Game Theory: Who Is the Traitor in Dark Souls 3?

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Key Insights

• ❤️‍🔥 The player character is an unkindled tasked with killing Lords of Cinder to link the fire.
• ⛩️ The Nameless King battle hints at the character's history and enmity with Prince Lothric.
• 🤴 The player character's past role as a Black Hand assassin serving the Lothric royal family is revealed.
• ❓ NPC interactions provide clues to the player character's allegiances and betrayals.
• 😌 High Priestess Emma's lies and priorities hint at the player character's past role and mission.
• 🛟 Black Hand assassins serve as elite covert operatives in Lothric's government.
• 🥺 The player character's allegiance shifts throughout the game, leading to conflicts with former allies.

Questions & Answers

Q: Who is the player character in Dark Souls 3?

The player character is an Unkindled: someone who previously tried and failed to link the fire. The theory further identifies the character as a former Black Hand assassin who served Lothric’s royal family.

Q: What is the player character tasked with doing in Dark Souls 3?

The player character must kill the resurrected Lords of Cinder and return them to their thrones. This becomes necessary after Prince Lothric rejects his duty to relight the fading fire and the revived Lords refuse to do it again.

Q: What is the proposed connection between the player character and Prince Lothric?

Three other Unkindled are each closely associated with a Lord of Cinder, leaving Prince Lothric and the player character as the unmatched pair. The theory treats this pattern as evidence that the player has a hidden history with Lothric.

Q: Why did Prince Lothric refuse to link the fire?

Prince Lothric rejects the duty of using his body to relight the fire. The transcript frames his refusal around the pain of burning oneself, which the resurrected Lords of Cinder also know from personal experience.

Q: Why is the Nameless King battle important to the theory?

Defeating the optional Nameless King does not directly advance the player’s mission to return the Lords of Cinder to their thrones. The theory therefore interprets the fight as a clue that the player had an earlier connection to Prince Lothric and was somehow an enemy of the Nameless King.

Q: Who is the Nameless King according to the theory?

The theory identifies the Nameless King as Lord Gwyn’s firstborn and eldest son, formerly a god of war. Item descriptions say Gwyn’s firstborn lost his divine status and name, while the Nameless King abandoned his role as a dragon-slaying god of war to ally with ancient dragons.

Q: Why did the Nameless King become an enemy of Gwyn and Lothric?

The Nameless King sacrificed everything to ally himself with the ancient dragons, making him an enemy of his father, Gwyn. Lothric’s tradition of linking the fire and its knights’ history of fighting dragons also place the kingdom in opposition to him.

Q: What are the Black Hand assassins in Dark Souls 3?

The existing page identifies the Black Hands as elite covert operatives who serve Lothric’s royal family and eliminate enemies of the throne. The theory proposes that the player character once belonged to this group, making shifting allegiances and conflicts with former allies central to the character’s history.

Summary & Key Takeaways

• Dark Souls player character's identity as an unkindled tasked with killing Lords of Cinder.

• The Nameless King battle hints at the character's history and enmity with Prince Lothric.

• The player character's role as a Black Hand assassin serving the Lothric royal family is revealed.