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eclipsecrowned · 6 months ago

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available muses + titles/settings under cut, page stretcher, consider viewing on blog proper rather than dash.

bachelorettes:

charlotte beatrix marie rhody wyndham (berserk) / princess, heiress presumptive, and later queen of midland. fantasy based but portable to other settings.

melisande (flight of dragons) / princess to an unnamed fallen kingdom with no clear indication where she falls on hypothetical inheritance. fantasy based but portable to other settings.

roxelena angethier (dnd) / eldest daughter and heiress to a substantial merchant family. she intends to serve her family dutifully, which may require marital politics in due time. good luck though she's a bard and a wheeler and dealer. fantasy based.

asha greyjoy (asoiaf) / eldest child and preferred heir of house greyjoy. she's going to fight your muse about this and probably go self-made widow idk what else to tell you. fantasy based.

joanna lannister (asoiaf) / eldest trueborn daughter of an unlanded later son of a lord paramount. tight with her cousins who hold substantially more power. i love aus who the fuck else would even put up with her bullshit. fantasy based but portable.

mira snow (asoiaf oc) / bastard daughter of lord stark's elder brother who died in the rebellion. as her cousins keep falling, there are factions who remember that a man's daughter inherits before his brother and want to present her as a pretender. fantasy based but portable.

brienne of tarth (asoiaf) / only living child and heiress of lord selwyn of tarth. no she's not going to believe this is happening. yes she is going to question your muse's sanity. yes she is going to give them an out from this marriage. fantasy based but portable.

cristina dragfy (historical oc) / only child of the dragfy family, land-owning nobles in historical wallachia. you're marrying into a cursed line of monster hunters but at least your wife is pretty and kind. historical fantasy based but portable.

merel van breda (grishaverse oc) / stepdaughter of a wealthy mercher patriarch, and probably her stepdad's favorite kid. an innovative engineer, she's actually seeking a match to game the system surrounding women's rights in business -- namely concerning the rights of widows. would you be willing to fake your death for a handsome payout? apply inside. fantasy based but portable.

eleirch merch iaen (arthuriana) / daughter of a welsh chieftain and maternal relative to the one and only king arthur. a frequent feature of her cousin's court, she's strange but also an only daughter. her father longs to see her future secured in marriage before he passes. fantasy based but portable.

gwynevere, princess of sunlight (dark souls) / oldest daughter and eventual successor of gwyn, lord of sunlight. beloved of the people and known to be an unparalleled beauty, she will do whatever her father asks of er, and is not afraid to barter for her own ends. fantasy based but portable.

evi (stormlight archives) / ok so basically her earliest arc point is her brother trying to use her hand in marriage as a bartering chip for sanctuary and security after the two are made refugees. her dowry is a magical set of armor. she'd prefer choice in the matter but she is so tired of always running, perhaps it would be nice to stay. fantasy based but portable.

freyja njordsdotter (norse mythology) / daughter of the king of the vanir, and a daughter of desire incarnate which makes her uncannily powerful all things considered. a hostage of the asgardian royal family. this is not going to end well for you. there's an entire story about the last time someone tried to force her hand. fantasy based but portable.

sigyn (norse mythology) / her father is leader of a small community, and she serves in king odin's court before the troubles. it's conceivable that she'd be a fetching catch for her ties to others, even if she'd be ambivalent to more political matches. or her father or odin might have pulled something. savvy and composed, you're going to have a time courting her, or can help her to break this arrangement. fantasy based but portable.

hnoss oddrsdotter (norse mythology) / granddaughter of one king, and secret bastard daughter of another. forget the other ladies in this setting hating every second of this. she's a romantic who dreams of settling down and having passion in her life. she's more enthused about this than whoever made the match for her. fantasy-based but portable.

astraea lucis caelum (ffxv oc) / eldest child of the lucian king, and the 'daughter of the nation.' a beloved public figure and princess, who has always set aside her own needs to serve her family and nation. she'll even marry if it is required of her, but her chosen spouse will definitely see how it weighs on her. urban fantasy based but portable.

bachelors:

vellioth the martinet (bg3) / master vampire of the city of baldur's gate, but more importantly the current holder of house szarr's properties and interests. yes really i am offering him up for this one. he's terrible at the job. someone please attend to this shit so he can focus on rebuilding the church of bane. fantasy based.

'valas' devir (bg3) / son of the hero bhaalspawn and a descendant of the fallen house devir of menzoberranzan. es really. his parents played at politics in the gate during his childhood, and his mother is the scheming sort. there might be an arranged marriage of some sort he's oblivious to until it lands in his lap decades later. fantasy based.

laerion velaryon (asoiaf) / second son, then later assumed heir, of driftmark. born into an old valyrian family of good standing and the son of a targaryen princess, he's a hot piece on the marriage market. too bad he doesn't want the titles, the power, and certainly not the wife. fantasy based but portable to other settings.

zoltan szigalzy (fandomless oc) / in his mortal life, he's the only son and heir of a 12th century hungarian warlord. the perfect gentleman devoted to his family, he's basically the perfect man. if his family wasn't doomed as fuck, it might be a happy union.

jon snow (asoiaf) / he's new in town and it gets worse. presumes he eventually takes some type of title whether in the north or as rhaegar's bastard. he'll try to honor and do right by his wife but be aware i play him gay, ladies. fantasy based but portable.

tyrion lannister (asoiaf) / youngest son and nominal heir of house lannister. it is april, and he is the eternal fool. dad hates him but also won't leave him alone. he has to marry for the good of the family despite being its black sheep. please he's so traumatized. fantasy based but portable.

lestat de lioncourt (the vampire chronicles) / son of the marquis of auvergne. let's assume his meddling dad is involved pre-america and that he's running a con in any other setting <3 would you like the worst housepet known to man? here he is. eat up ladies. historically based.

lothric, younger prince (dark souls) / prince of a kingdom that shares his name, and grandson of the god-king gwyn. he's played up as a beautiful messiah to the people, while actually being a chronically ill hybrid grown in a lab. watch his parents and the court play games about why his betrothed cannot possibly see him, all as he's trying to communicate with them 'get the fuck out this is a cult.' fantasy based, but portable.

utgard-loki (norse mythology) / king of jotunheim. he's an unmarried king of an entire realm. his council has decided he needs to remedy that, especially as asgardian aggression grows in audacity. fantasy based, but portable.

titus drautos (final fantasy xv) / he's a high-ranking man with ties to the royal family and a traitor to his adoptive land. if he needs an in somewhere or to sell his con as an upright lucian emigre, then he'll do this. he'll hate it beneath the surface. but he'll do it. prepare for awkward but sincere attempts at affection like he can lessen the blow and late nights away from home. urban fantasy based but portable.

gender cannot constrain them:

claude di montoya (historical fiction oc) / heir to the marquisate of cea, a genderfluid figure who presents alternatively as their uncle's nephew claudio and as claudio's sibling, claudia. historically based but portable to other settings.

gabrielle de lioncourt (the vampire chronicles) / eldest child and nominal heir to a duchy in 18th century sicily. fated to a miserable arranged marriage in canon, and is going to fight against getting married just as hard in thread. historically based.

hel lokadotter (norse mythology) / queen of two realms in her cosmology. of noble jotun blood and with ties to the asgardian royal family. could be her hand was promised before all her troubles began and someone is trying to collect on promises made by her caretakers when she was only a child. could be she's bartering making a play for alliances. fantasy based.

odessa harkonnen (dune oc) / member of house harkonnen and part of the na-baron's inner circle. a dyke of undefinable gender who has tried to avoid marriage and ha stifled her own fertility, but it's a new age under the atreides. scifi based but portable.

steeples fingers.

i'm blaming my abiding crush on n*cola for this one but... like to perhaps plot an arranged marriage scenario. goes for all of my historical and fantasy muses, of course. 'm likely to go for something more cerebral i warn you now, whether characters conspiring to get out of it or make the best of it, playing politics, etc. will reblog with a list of available muses for this plot for those curious.

#out of stories

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austerulous · 2 years ago

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Thinking about Gwynevere…

#no ' chest ahead ' jokes the princess of sunlight deserves better than that #i really love the theory that gwynevere and rosaria are the same person #there's something about the goddess of fertility becoming focused on rebirth #finding herself imprisoned in the cathedral courtesy of mr. pontiff #i think it's possible for that to be true and for her to also be the queen of lothric and mother of the princes #i just love her your honour #◈ — ooc; puffin speaks

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chaospyromancy · 5 years ago

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the sweet sunlight princess of anor lando

#gwynevere i love youuuuuu.......bleh #im unleashing my full bisexual powers its pride month babey #myart #artists on tumblr #art #digital art #dark souls #dark souls fanart #dark souls 1 #ds1 #gwynevere princess of sunlight #gwynevere #princess of sunlight #queen of lothric #anor lando

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knightscanfeeltoo · 1 month ago

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Gwynevere singing some Karaoke while Malenia is just staring at her, feeling Jealous and In Love...

(I don't wanna keep drawing Gwynevere but I want More Drawings of her and Malenia Together or Malenevere and her Dad made her wear the "Sunlight 4 Life" Shirt, BTW...)

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drenched-in-sunlight · 3 months ago

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"Marika becomes the sum of all the Fromsoft girlies" is nice but you forgot Nashandra who actually has parallels with Marika! Recommending to check it out, she's cool!

let’s get this out of the way now… I love DS2, I think the vibe and gameplay is immaculate and I’ll defend it as a whimsical and enjoyable videogame experience till the end of time.

But my god, I hate how they handle female characters in that one 💀

In fact, I don’t like how they handle female characters in DS franchise in general. It got a bit better in Bloodborne and Sekiro and especially AC6, but overall ever since I started playing Fromsoft game in 2020, my main gripe with them is they only have 2 tropes to shoehorn their female character into: helpless victim of a system that would mangle and exploit them OR serious sword lady. And if I’m being real, it’s the main gripe I have with Elden Ring base game too?

I didn’t discuss it on tumblr because back then I were still trying to keep this blog art-focused, but when the game came out in 2022, I did express my concern on twitter that I found the female characters cast… strangely lacking. Because I went into the game expecting Ema-level of writing (literally Sekiro’s Ema is one of the best female characters Fromsoft has ever written to this day I could and have talked ppl’s ears off about her. And I’m glad she on her own is very different from Marika. That means they could at least write 2 more types of female characters now the bar is on the floor but I’ll take it and cherish what I have), but it felt like they got reset back to DS franchise with ER base game.

(This has an added layer of me being a girl born, raised and lived in a Sinosphere country that is entrenched in Confucius values just like Japan, so yes I do understand and experience firsthand the underlying culture values that shapes their writing. Hell, I live and study postgraduate in Japan for 2 years too).

But we are going off track, this is about DS2. Now, my problem with DS2 is, see, with 1 or 3, the female characters either have very little agency or no agency at all. And it just…. be like that. The male characters are somewhat the same, so it really doesn’t bother me that much. The cool, unique, not sexualized design is enough. But 2?

2 has a lot of female characters…. who either play no role in the world setting or sinister figures that charm men and bring ruins to kingdoms? What?

(Before anyone says “but Lucatiel—” Lucatiel is the beacon of light in that game, yes, but at the same time her purpose centering around her brother is… also a problem I have with the way they handle Malenia’s story. My Fromsoft experience has lore to it as well jfc)

Like, it’s just ??? to me half of those women have no agency or backstory whatsoever apart from being the Dark’s daughters that would bring doom everywhere they go??? You can say everything wrong in DS2 world is their fault and I actually wouldn’t have much to argue. Actually, it’s interesting you bring up Nashandra because I do think Nashandra has parallel in Elden Ring. But not to Marika.

Nanaya.

That’s who reminds me of Nashandra in Elden Ring. Literally the mysterious, lowkey nefarious lady and her old man husband with questionable dynamic DS2 trope 🧍‍♀️ you can actually see that in their name too.

If I have to pick a character in DS franchise specifically to make parallel to Marika, it’ll always be Gwynevere. Because I honestly think it’s amazing they took a character that has the least amount of agency they’ve ever created, and turned the core concept of her (warmth, healing spells, sunlight, mother, daughter, queen, faith) into another character with actual good writing.

That’s why I didn’t include Nashandra in my previous post. Not because I don’t know about her. It’s because I know.

#ask #anon #reply #in fact I do not think Vendrick and Godfrey are any way the same #Godfrey actively acts and fights for Marika out of love he met us with full of his potentials #vendrick locks himself away and we literally fought like…. his walking corpse??#which cast another ??? layer on his and Nashandra’s relationship that does not exist with Godfrey and Marika #Vendrick… is actually really similar to Midra to me??#Fromsoft reuse tropes a lot and are still reusing them. the difference is they write them better now #and not just haha woman bad poor man got tricked #I think nanaya and midra is a more complex and interesting take on Nashandra and Vendrick

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emlan · 6 years ago

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My kingdom for some lore theories surrounding these three characters that doesn't just fall back on these lazy takes.

#dark souls 3 #dark souls #gwynevere princess of sunlight #the queen of lothric #rosaria mother of rebirth #souls series #from software #fanart #video games

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blood-darkened-moon · 2 years ago

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Dark Souls

Dark Souls 1

Dark Souls 2

Enemies Aurous Knight | Heide Knight | Amana Priestess | Pursuer | Flame Salamander

Dark Souls 3

Others Dubious Grandma | Maiden of the Moon | Irithyll of the Boreal Valley

DS Trivia

#dark souls #tag list

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crysdrawsthings · 7 years ago

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Before I got disowned by the entirety of a fandom - NoShitHappened!AU yes. Sleepy Seath and Gwynevere from NSH!AU. No nasty shit, just a couple of a nerd dragon and a kind also occasionally badass sunny lady. With later smol and fluffy addition called Priscilla. Inktober thing.

... ok bye *fat rolls away*

#inktober #inktober2017 #inktober17 #dark souls #dark souls au #no shit happened au #seath the scaleless #gwynevere #princess of sunlight #queen of sunlight #crysandthings #crysandherabnormality #my art #i probably forgot some tags #i am not sure

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demons-fanatic · 4 years ago

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Rosaria: Our Lady, Holy Mother

So, I've been replaying Dark Souls 3 and during so, I've honestly been realizing way more about some characters and really indulging in them. One of them is Rosaria, Mother of Rebirth.

Warning: Spoilers for Dark Souls 3 for the ENTIRE post below!

In Dark Souls 3, there's a particularly interesting character named Rosaria. She leads a covenant called "Rosaria's Fingers" which are directly opposed to the Way of Blue and Blades of the Darkmoon. Which leads us to our first major point; Who is Rosaria and why does she hate the Gods?

At first glance at her character, Rosaria is really dark. As in literally dark, her black clothes, black hair... etc. Opposed to the Gods who are usually represented by White or Divine Colors(See Gwyn's Family) and I'm not sure if it's really intentional but it is something that is obvious. Next, what exactly does Rosaria represent or what is her place in the Dark Souls world? For this, we must look at a Japanese Myth.

The Story of Izanami(伊弉冉尊) and Izanagi(イザナギ) is the basic creation Myth for Japan. They were both the first Man and Woman, they created the first land. They did so with a Spear that was gifted to them and then created the Great Sea. They birthed two children, Hiruko(蛭子) and Awashima(粟島), Hiruko in particular meaning "Leech Child". After giving birth to Kaga-tsuchi(火之迦具土, Literally "Shrine of Flame"), Izanami dies and is sent to the Underworld, becoming the Goddess of Death. Izanagi comes to look for her and while going there, Izanami tells Izanagi not to look at her. However, he does anyways revealing the Underworld has permanently obstructed her form. This terrified Izanagi and he left her in the Underworld. After this, Izanami proclaimed she would kill one thousand people a day but Izanagi said he would father a thousand and five hundred more a day. They were officially divorced in this event.

As we can tell, there are a lot of interesting things we can gather once we connect Izanami to Rosaria. And you might be asking... can we even do that? Well, yes. Rosaria is connected to divinity in some way. Only large people are seen to be deific and once we get Rosaria's Soul(I'll get to that later) we can acquire Gwynevere's Miracles meaning even if she wasn't a god, she was heavily connected to the Gods in such a way she knew and or used these Miracles. It is also worth mentioning that Leonhard calls her a Goddess, but that could be due to his adoration. The other connection is that in some way, Rosaria was betrayed by the Gods so badly she now garners followers in the hopes they will kill members of Royal Covenants and steal something taken from her, tongues. Another connection is Hiruko and the Slug in Rosaria's lap, Hiruko was considered inadequate as a Child and deformed, as you can tell the creature that lays on Rosaria is definitely a deformed creature, similar to the Man Grubs, possibly her Child as it is the biggest(this has no evidence what-so-ever). The last connection is also something pretty interesting; The Deep and the concept of "Kegare(穢れ)".

This leads into a lot, so be wary of this part if you want to read it. So, in Shintoism, water is a very important part of the entire thing. Along with this is the concept of purity through flowing water or "Harae(祓)". Flowing things, especially water, is clear and clean unlike still water which collects grime and impurities. Of course, you want to be clean, right? Well, this is the concept. Flow is good, stagnation is bad. While we are stagnant, whether spiritually or physically, we collect impurities and do not really do anything. You may ask... How does this relate to Rosaria, specifically the connection of her and Izanami? Well, let's look at the place she's at. I don't even mean her room but the entire location. The Cathedral of the Deep is full of Kegare, absolutely full of it. All of the water is disgusting and muddy and mucky, poison comes out of the faucets and the foundation of the Cathedral is sinking. The entirety of the Deep is also just Kegare, but I plan on making a post just on that. So, yes, Rosaria is surrounded by Kegare and so was Izanami. The Underworld filled her with impurities and deformed her entire body. Rosaria seems to be very dirty herself, in her hair is slime and she lacks a tongue, which was stolen from her. Both Women are considered deformed and dirty and are surrounded by stagnation. Rosaria herself does not move and only sits in her Chamber, same with Izanami only staying in the Underworld, stagnating, in a way. Now, this is not extremely high evidence but it is an interesting connection that could explain Rosaria's role and some of her inspiration.

Next is another connection but this time it's in the Universe. This one is quite obvious if you've played Dark Souls 1 and this is Rosaria and Anastacia. Both scenarios play out very similarly. Their Souls are stolen by Men who bring their Souls to Anor Londo but for different reasons. Lautrec's is actually never stated and thusly is unrelated. But Leonhard's is because he wishes for no one else to have her. Claiming that you and most likely everyone else will just steal it too. Why they have similar plotlines, I have no idea and it doesn't really make sense. Though, it is possible that Rosaria is a Firekeeper of some sort as she can Respec(reset skill points) the Player Character and the only other Character's in the series who can do that are Firekeepers. However, her Soul doesn't look like a Firekeeper's(reference below)

(Rosariaiis's Soul)

(Fire Keeper Soul)

Admittedly, it does look like a bit of Humanity is swirling in her Soul, compared to others but, who knows. She probably is a Firekeeper but we'll probably never get an answer on that. And by the end, Anastasia does have her tongue back but for some reason Rosaria does not and it is absolutely not clear why this is the case.

Next, let's talk about the bit of lore she does have. It's said that her tongue was stolen from her First Born and that could be a lot of people. First off, it does imply more Children and that does fit with something later. So, who is this first Child? Well, most signs point to Aldrich, whose Bodily slime is actually near the doors of Rosaria's Chamber, this proves not a lot but given the fact Aldrich is a cannibal, he definitely did something to her whether or not it be he stole her tongue. But of course, why wouldn't he eat all of her? It's kind of confusing and this part of the lore is extremely lackluster and even if you think about it you can't get anywhere.

Next, let's talk about her Covenant, but before we do that let's ask another question. Is Rosaria someone we have seen before? Well, if you're telling yourself "Hm, she sounds like she could definitely be Gwynevere" you'd be right. Not that she is Gwynevere confirmed but more signs point to yes than no... Let's go over the evidence:

Is a Goddess

Connections to Miracles about Gwynevere

Connections to the Old Gods in some form

Has Children(Amazing point, I know)

Have Magical Abilities

GNow, I know this isn't much but all together it is pretty telling evidence that something is afoot with the connections. Your first thought of it being against is "Oh, well yes it's possible but isn't Gwynevere like 40 feet tall" and well, no, not really. Even in DS1 this can be debunked in the same room(sorta). We all know Gwynevere is an illusion, so how do we know her real size? Well, in the Ornstein and Smough Boss Room we see these statues .

As we can see, Gwynevere is almost as tall as the Gwyn statue which is basically built to scale. Presumably, anyways. And as we can see, Gwynevere is not as big but she is pretty tall. Now, let's compare it to Rosaria(with Player scale too):

(Source)

As we can see, this height is actually plausible. Rosaria isn't actually that much taller or bigger. Her legs are long and torso about the same size. The next point against it though is the names... Rosaria is obviously not the same as Gwynevere. But, assuming that if you're running away from your family, you'd change your name too. And the Miracle she gives with her Soul, Bountiful Sunlight, which mentions Gwynevere's occupation as a Mother and Wife. This obviously fits in with Rosaria's mentioned child and children, assumedly. But, it's never said that she was married. But, Gwynevere is married, to the God, Flann. They could be hinting at the fact that either Rosaria is Gwynevere's daughter or her, herself.

Another suspect of who she could be is the Queen of Lothric. We know the Queen left after her Husband became mad with the power of the Dragon. There is also evidence for this. Gertrude, the Heavenly Daughter, is said to be the Daughter of the Queen, Rosaria is surrounded by Man-Grubs that are reborn via her and there is actually a Man-Grub near Gertrude's cage. The Queen is said to have several Heavenly Children and the Queen is also compared to a Goddess of Fertility and Bounty(Gwynevere). Rosaria is considered a Goddess and the Queen was worshipped as a Goddess for sure. Another Child of the Queen is the Dancer of the Boreal Valley, how do we know this? Well, the Dancer's Soul gives another of Gwynevere's Miracles, Soothing Sunlight which explicitly states the Dancer is a member of the Old Royal Family, at least for the most part as in it's in her tree. So, how does this connect back the the Queen and Rosaria? Well, it's very much told this way with Miracles the Queen is the Daughter of Gwynevere, who was also her Maiden and carried on the stories of her Mother to her Children. This does make the most sense in comparison to her actually being Gwynevere, but, options. Rosaria's tongue though is still a mystery, I have no idea if her firstborn(presumably Lorian or Aldrich but... that has no evidence) stole her tongue and if that's the case, why. It could just be apart of the hellscape that is Dark Souls 3's lore.

So let's talk about the covenant, Rosaria's Fingers. As to why they are called as such, I am actually not sure and it honestly seems to hold no important to what I see. The member's of this Covenant have a prefix regarding names of specific finger's, somewhat. Yellowfinger is not really a finger. There's also the symbol for the covenant which is actually the Papal Cross of the Christian Religion and is the Emblem of the Pope, there is actually a Pope in Dark Souls 3 in the form of Sulyvahn but there seems to be no connection other than Aldrich being connected to Sulyvahn and that's really it. Rosaria's Fingers collect the tongues of their foes, which are the Way of Blue and Blades of the Darkmoon, two covenants that are explicitly connected to the Old Gods. Obviously, this tells us that Rosaria not only hates the Old Gods but it's possibly they are the ones that stole her tongue from her. Meaning her firstborn is most likely connected to the Old Gods, but as given before, that was obvious. It is either that or the Old Gods have disrupted her in some other way. In other aspects of the Covenant, Rosaria gives the option of Rebirth(or Respec'ing) which basically lets someone reallocate their skills, what implications this has in the universe is completely unknown and is probably just a way to make yourself stronger. You can rebirth yourself in-universe until you become a Man-Grub, and it's basically literally what the name implies. But the descriptions imply it might not be that simple. Some of them wield staffs that cast holy spear spells to protect Rosaria. Why she can do this is not clear, nor why it happens is not clear either. It doesn't seem that she hates her subjects or anything of the sort, so it could just be a curse she has given her abilities.

Rosaria doesn't really have a lot to her character, along with that she barely has lore, unfortunately and all that can be gathered aside from the only clearly stated things is guesswork and it's not that much fun. The only cut things that have come from her is a cut Boss Track related to her(interesting to note this track IS similar to the Dancer's who is interestingly not a Boss at first), whether she was the boss or not, is not clear.

Unfortunately, this seems to be all that Rosaria has to her but if you know anything else or want to correct some information for me please do so! I'll gladly edit something things and I might add more. My next post is hopefully going to be the Angelic Faith of Lothric and the Primordial Serpents.

#Dark Souls 3 #Dark Souls III #DS3 #Dark Souls Lore #Dark Souls Theory #Soulsborne Lore #Soulsborne #rosaria mother of rebirth

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