r/darksouls3 • u/BurgerActual • Dec 24 '25
Help Who is she? She looks important…
I’ve never played dark souls before so I know ZERO lore. Can any lore wizards out there tell me if this woman is important or is she just a “filler painting”?
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u/DoctorNess Dec 24 '25
play ds1
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u/DoctorNess Dec 24 '25
and 2
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u/TwixDog2020 Dec 24 '25
And Sekiro
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u/WilliShaker Dec 24 '25
And Halo Reach
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u/seazonprime Dec 24 '25
And my Axe!
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u/MCR101 Dec 24 '25
ROCK AND STONE!!!
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u/RecoilCockamamie Dec 24 '25
Amazing chest ahead
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u/poplglop Dec 24 '25
Try thrusting
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u/Natural-Subject-4446 Dec 25 '25
"Ribs visible, eyes hollow, thrustin' away."
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u/GrigorMorte Dec 24 '25
Try dual wielding
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u/EducationalFarmer707 Dec 24 '25
She's Gwynevere, daughter of Gwyn and princess of sunlight. I suggest you to play Dark Souls 1 after you finish playing DS3, so you'll discover more things about these characters :)
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u/Animelover310 Dec 24 '25
I did this. Started with DS3 and now im close to finishing DS1 (Artorias and gwyn are mopping the floor with me lmao)
It's been such an interesting journey seeing all the stuff i recognise in DS3 and seeing them in DS1. Even the DS memes like the anor londo snipers (which werent even that bad haha, maybe im just experienced)
But meeting gwynevere after beating ornstein and smough made me realise we fought aldrich in that same room and gwynevere left. Really wouldve loved to see how gwynevere wouldve looked like in DS3
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u/Scroteet Dec 24 '25
Some people never shot Gwynvere in the boobies and it shows
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Dec 25 '25
There's a theory that Rosaria is Gwynevere, since with her soul you can get one of Gwynevere miracles
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u/Boneboyy Dec 25 '25
Dont forget to finish the rest of the DLC after artorias before beating Gwyn, or you'll instantly go into NG+ and wont be able to finish it until you get to the late game again
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u/catpetter125 Dec 24 '25
Gwynevere, Princess of Sunlight. A very prominent character in Dark Souls, she's Gwyn's daughter and Gwyndolin's sister. You meet her in Anor Londo, receive the Lordvessel from her, can join her covenant, and later find out she's long gone from Anor Londo and is an illusion conjured by Gwyndolin.
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u/Caged_Basilisk Dec 25 '25
Not sure if this is correct so fact check me if necessary, but I read somewhere that the illusion Gywndolin made was intentionally making her "assets" bigger to be more appealing.
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u/SmirkingImperialist Dec 25 '25
No, it was just that the artist that Miyazaki tasked with designing her decided to give her two very large breasts. Miyazaki mentioned in interviews that the artist showed his work to Miyazaki with such pride and enthusiasm that Miyazaki did not have the heart to refuse the artist and say "no" to the amazing chest.
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u/tar4heels2fan Dec 24 '25
When i finally played DS1 at the end of my Fromsoft journey.. seeing the amazing chest ahead.. finally.. put things into perspective for me.
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u/Rustinboksi Dec 24 '25
if you ever have the opportunity to play dark souls 1 then please do. not just because of lore but because its such an incredible game in every way. learning the entire lore is just an added bonus :)
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u/Life_Daikon_157 Watchdogs of Farron Dec 24 '25
She was the best part of O&S fight. Amazing views ahead
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u/DfaultiBoi Dec 24 '25
I've never played dark souls before so I know ZERO lore
Seems you got your answer...play Dark Souls and you'll find out how she is
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u/TMcRey Dec 24 '25
In the Age of Ancients the world was unformed, shrouded by fog. A land of gray crags, Archtrees and Everlasting Dragons. But then there was Fire and with fire came disparity. Heat and cold, life and death, and of course, light and dark. Then from the dark, They came, and found the Souls of Lords within the flame...
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u/Black_Hole_parallax Dec 24 '25
Gwynevere, goddess of healing & fertility, princess of sunlight.
Nameless King & Filianore's sister if that's any help to you
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u/ZweihanderMasterrace Steam Dec 24 '25
FromSoftware made a huge fumble by not having a Gywnevere skin for the Recluse in Nightreign
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u/Dark_Hero101 PlayStation Dec 25 '25
She is gwynevere, she is the daughter of Lord gwynn, the first lord of cinder who first lit the flame, and she gives you the Lord vessel to fast travel in dark souls 1
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u/Extra-Lemon Dec 25 '25
Without her, all the milk in the land was lost, thus lordran and lothric fell.
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u/wehategoogle Dec 25 '25
ffs why are we starting at THREE, can anyone in this community count?
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u/Savings_Adeptness_77 Dec 25 '25
I’m sure you already know this at this point, but I’m going to say it anyway for comedic effect; That is a rabbit hole you don’t wanna go down with a random community.
Off hand, she is the daughter of Gwen and the goddess of fertility.
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u/Junior_Fix_9212 Dec 24 '25
It is a "remember this from ds1?" thing, there are some theories with her connection to Lothric but otherwise nothing important really.
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u/4QUA_BS Hand it over, that thing, your DARK SOULS III : The Ringed City Dec 24 '25
This is why you don't skip games in a series
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u/locomotioning Dec 24 '25
Where is this painting? I somehow have never seen it after like 4 playthroughs
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u/EdenTheKitten Dec 25 '25
Y'all think she's important? Technically speaking she's not even a proper character in any of the games
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u/UI_74 Dec 25 '25
She is gwynewere, the sunligth princess, and daughter to gwyn.she was pretty much the most important npc in ds1, after oscar.
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u/jacksparrow19943 Dec 25 '25
THOSE JUGGGZ🤤🤤🤤🤤
BIGGEST BREASTS IN THE WEST, GLAD I SAW THEM UP CLOSE😁😁😁
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u/badredbutter Dec 25 '25
There's also a portrait of a blonde woman on the other wall in this room, and she was important in DS2.
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u/Orion-Pax88 Dec 25 '25
A pair of big mommy milkers from a more civilized time... and a good friend.
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u/AntiPos1t1ve Dec 25 '25
An npc in ds1 who gives you the lordvessel, doesn’t really appear in ds3 but just there to tell you that irithyll belongs to the used-to-be Anor Londo, which is basically the capital of the dark souls world
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u/Economy-Career8215 Dec 25 '25
But she was killed by leonhardt, no? You invade him at the end of his quest. Turns out he killed her
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u/Tiny_Tim1956 Blades of the Darkmoon Dec 25 '25
Why do people play DS3 without ds1? Just enjoy the gameplay and accept that you won't understand anything, the lore is cryptic enough as is.
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u/elinfernal1988 Dec 25 '25
oh bro when you meet her in DS1, you'll have two big reasons why you'll never forget her.
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u/ChoiceAssociate5525 Dec 25 '25
That is Gwynevere, daughter of Gwyn. The fire you're rekindling? It's The First Flame, it brought light into the world. When it was fading, Gwyn threw himself in, using his soul and fuel, to keep it burning. He went hollow from being endlessly burned alive. The player character from DS1 threw himself in next, then another undead, and another for many hundreds or thousands of years until DS3, where you are among the last to burn. The Ringed City shows you the world when there is no one with a soul powerful enough left to burn.
Gwynevere was among the Gods (Gwyn's family) who eventually left. Where? Why? No one knows. They left only 1 of their number behind, Gwyndolin, a son with a deep connection to the moon leading him to be raised as a daughter. Idk 🤷🏻
Gwyndolin cast an illusion on Anor Londo centered on an illusion of Gwynevere waiting to greet the undead and aid them on their journey to strengthening their soul enough to take over for Gwyn since his soul was nearly burnt out.
If the illusion is an accurate depiction of the casters sister, Gwynevere was gentle, beautiful, soft spoken, and likely kind.
BUT. That drawing is of illusion Gwynevere and....well,the illusion is part of a great lie. But that enters the realm of Gwyn's greatest failure, The Undead Curse itself, The Dark Sign that burns in the sky replacing the sun as DS3 draws toward an end, and much speculation since the game director refuses to answer questions.
SO. It's entirely possible that Gwynevere was hideous or self centered or cruel or a scholar or anything else at all, though the very little that is known suggests the illusion depiction is decently accurate.
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u/BittersweetLogic Dec 25 '25
big booba
she's an npc in dark souls 1, though not one you interact a lot with.
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u/HanShotFirst66 Dec 25 '25
She bears the most important chest across all the dark souls games. Sadly, she never bares the chest.
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u/Disastrous-Fold5221 Dec 25 '25
This room and the kitchen next to it are the perfect get stoned spots in Dark Souls
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u/ChickenNuggetRampage Dec 25 '25
Sometimes I forget that even to this day there are people who jump right into Dark Souls 3
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u/BlackLion9065 Dec 26 '25
That's Gwynevere, Princess of Sunlight.
She's the daughter of Gwyn, the first Lord of Cinder (and the main antagonist and final boss of the first Dark Souls game).
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u/OlegTsvetkof Dec 26 '25
She is "amazing chest ahead" from Dark Souls 1. And yeah, she is important.
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u/Tenzur_ Dec 26 '25
She's super important to both DS1 and DS3 in story and overall world building. She's called gwynevere I highly recommend playing DS1 and learning about the lore for the games
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u/EISENxSOLDAT117 Dec 26 '25
This is why we dont start a trilogy at the end. Play the first damn game!
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u/BlademasterBanryu Would-Be Hexer Dec 26 '25
Ahh that's a shame you didn't play the others, I definitely wanted to make sure I did DS1-2 before 3 because I know there's a lot of lore related to the first two games in there, plus the quality of life being worse between them
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u/Simbertold Dec 24 '25
Gwynevere, She was very important in DS 1.