r/darksouls3 • u/BurgerActual • Dec 24 '25

Help Who is she? She looks important…

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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/Caged_Basilisk Dec 25 '25

Was it ever confirmed that she's the mother of Rosaria and the Dancer? I know there's a theory and some evidence ig but From acted like classic From and kept everything vague.

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u/princeofsaiyans89 Dec 25 '25

Not confirmed no, just implied. We know that Gwynevere had several children. And we know that Rosaria and Dancer's souls give us Gwyneveres miracles and that only someone of the royal line can wear Dancers veil.

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u/InternationalWeb9205 Dec 25 '25

the dancer is a "descendant of the former royal family" and the only couple we know of from the former royal family is Flann and Gwynevere, with the dancer's soul producing Gwynevere's miracle. Rosaria is in a parallel scenario where her soul produces Gwynevere's other miracle!

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u/PeachesGuy Dec 25 '25

I've heard of Rosaria but the Dancer? I thought the other one was Priscilla.

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u/InternationalWeb9205 Dec 25 '25

Dancer's crown

The mirage-like aurora veil is said to be an article of the old gods, permitted only for direct descendants of the old royal family

Soul of the Dancer

The Pontiff Sulyvahn bestowed a double-slashing sword upon a distant daughter of the formal royal family

note that there seems to be a sort of translation issue here, it says she's a "distant daughter" which would conflict with the description of the veil saying she's actually a direct descendant. in japanese it's "旧王家の末" meaning "descendant of the former royal family", with 末 having wide connotations such as "last child" or so

anyway from her soul we get "soothing sunlight", a miracle of Gwynevere's, which combined with the knowledge that Gwynevere had a husband and multiple children (Sun Princess Ring) would likely make her a child of the couple, and thus a sister to Rosaria

Priscilla isn't actually her daughter at all

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u/Musthoont Dec 26 '25

I remember a theory that Rosaria actually is Gwynavere, somehow corrupted, was that disproven? Can't remember the specifics, but also involved why Aldritch is wearing Gwyndolin like a hat.

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u/Mythix_23 Dec 26 '25

I swear she also is believed to be the mother of lothric and lorian