Update 3: Undead Settlement P1
Trigger Warnings: Depression, Gore, Violence, Horror, Torture, Ableism
Dog, why’s it always gotta be dogs? The Undead Settlement is a horrific place full of hanging corpses and tortured souls. Villagers can be found throughout who are the remnants of those who both lived here and who dealt with the undead. We discover corpses of what appear to be bodies made out of roots and tree. We learn that the villagers took to cutting up then burying the undead to get rid of them, perhaps this is what led to these deformed tree corpses. Up in the tower in the distance we spot a giant archer who appears to be, firing, arrows? How ridiculous. In any case we make our way through the settlement and meet up with a few new faces after dodging huge arrows and fighting our way past a dark phantom. After a lot of trouble we manage to discover a pit of hollows and corpses and are able to join the mound makers.
NPC’s:
Holy Knight Hodrick
Murder Grandpa
Siegward of Catarina
Battle compatriot and pondering old goofball.
Eygon of Carim
Spooky guard of a yet to be met priestess.
Important Item Descriptions:
Mortician’s Ashes:
“Umbral ash of a resident of the Undead Settlement who made a living burying corpses.
With this, the shrine handmaid will prepare new items.”
Charcoal Pine Resin:
“Black charcoal-like pine resin.
Temporarily applies fire to right-hand weapon.
Used in the Undead Settlement to preserve Undead bodies after dissection, and to bury them.”
Evangelist Robe:
“Robe of an evangelist sent from the cathedral.
These teachers, all women, came to enlighten inhabitants of the Undead Settlement and sent carriers on the path of sacrifice.”
Worker Garb:
“Garb worn by inhabitants of the Undead Settlement.
Official attire for the dissection and burial of undead. Naturally the ceremonial significance of such work is long forgotten,
Indeed, no one could continue to entertain such horrors.”
Loretta’s Bone:
“Old, discolored human bone with several holes bored into it.
A woman’s corpse in the Undead Settlement was found clutching this bone. Her name was Loretta.”
Undead Bone Shard:
“Undead bones that yet burn.
Cast it into the shrine bonfire to boost the recovery provided by the Estus Flask.
The bonfire’s cinders are the bones of Undead, and a bone that still burns is a fresh cinder indeed. Before feeding upon death, one must first pray to it.”