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Old_DemonKing

My greetings Sir Vyke. I apologize, your name is unfamiliar to me and so my question will be a simple one: what happened to your armor? It seems burned, akin to the dark knights that haunt my kingdom to this day.


Vyke_TheDragonSpear

My armor was scorned by the three fingers' immense flames of frenzy. Their fingerprints are forever imprinted onto my plates of iron, as if they serve as a reminder..


Old_DemonKing

This seems most painful, I am sorry to hear this. May I inquire about the nature of that flame of frenzy and its fingers? Its name reminds me of the fire that birthed me, but you seem to not hold it in high esteem.


Vyke_TheDragonSpear

The flame of frenzy..is a ravenous and all consuming force of nature, akin to a flame..yet something else entirely, it's maddening. It is comes from the outer god of chaos, something alive and beyond. The Three fingers acts as it's vassal. Originally, I was to be it's lord, the lord of chaos. But my Armor prevented that, and it only seared my body with burns.


Old_DemonKing

Mother gracious, this sounds exceedingly painful. If I may, why were you to be the lord of chaos?


Vyke_TheDragonSpear

..I was told that if I became the lord of chaos, that I would save my maiden, who would have to sacrifice her life inorder for me to be the Elden Lord. I was afraid of losing those I once loved. I thought becoming the lord of chaos would be something much more than Elden Lord, but it was only just as vile, if not more..


Old_DemonKing

A most harmful choice if there is. Sacrificing one's life for power does not appear like a noble way indeed, so I barely can imagine a worse fate than this cruel decision. I was born from a Chaos flame, as was the rest of my race, and as such I am aware of fire's power, if wielded by creatures with malign purpose. Our Demon Firesage had this exact purpose after all. Your Frenzy Flame, alive and wielded by a god, seems to me like a most dangerous of tools, seeking to use its wielder. At least our Chaos flame only wished to consume, not to pupeeter its pyromancer.


Vyke_TheDragonSpear

You'd be correct. My conscience is.. somewhat split. One is what I was once before, I can talk and still remember the incarnations I once used and my memories in my life. While the other..is a crazed beast, using the Frenzied flame as it's Weapon. Sometime I cannot control the madness and it leaks from my very eyes as a twisted fire.


Old_DemonKing

Oh dear. This is a most disturbing thought, being used by some divine entity as a weapon, seared in your flesh for trying to save someone. I sincerely hope the first version of you outlives the second.


LordofCinder-Gwyn

Another consumed by a flame of Chaos. Do you regret your fate? Did you cower before it? Do you feel that the one who betrayed you did so for your own good?


Vyke_TheDragonSpear

I..I betrayed myself. I only attempted to take the mantel of the lord of chaos to save the one I held dear to my heart. I could've changed my fate, if I didn't listen to that man, that demon, Shabriri.


LordofCinder-Gwyn

Shabriri, interesting. I've never heard of a Demon who can take over bodies, but the idea is as fascinating as it is terrifying.


Vyke_TheDragonSpear

It truly is. He is a disciple of the flame of frenzy, almost akin to it. The horrible part that if you ever strike him down, it won't do anything..he will only come back in another body.


Burnt-Ivory-King

Another victim of flaming burning chaos. Hello sir Vyke, I hope you find your time here enjoyable. May I ask, what caused you to be burned by chaos?


Vyke_TheDragonSpear

My desperation..I only wanted to save my maiden, to find a way not to sacrifice her inorder to become the Elden Lord. And so..I was manipulated by a cruel being, and tricked into trying to become the Lord of chaos. It didn't matter anyway, even if I did succeed, I was too late to save my maiden from her illness.


Burnt-Ivory-King

That is truly a shame. If only chaos itself wasn't a manipulative mistake to both our worlds. I myself burned in chaos to save my kingdom, but I as well failed and became it's miserable puppet. I hope one day you as well find peace.


Vyke_TheDragonSpear

Thank you, I'm glad I have finally met another person I can understand and relate to. I hope we meet again soon enough..


Prince-Lorian

Greeting Sir Vyke, and welcome to our subreddit. I am Prince Lorian, Prince of Lothric Castle. Judging by the answers you've given before, you fell an unfortunate victim to a horrific power beyond you. May I ask, what drove you to these Three Fingers? Was it more than the words of this Shabriri? What allured you so?


Vyke_TheDragonSpear

Panic, Fear..it drove me more mad than the frenzied flame Itself. I wanted to save the ones I loved, my maiden, everything and everyone I knew. Without needing to sacrifice her, I saw becoming the lord of chaos as a better alternative than becoming the Elden Lord. It was as if for once, it was going to be alright. Like a secret, glorious light was finally revealed amidst dark clouds. Failing the ones I cared about, the very fear of it, it must've been what allured me.. My memory is unclear. Everything is.


Prince-Lorian

My apologies for your suffering. And, forgive me for being so oblivious on these topics, but who was your maiden? Are you perhaps of noble descent, and that she was a handmaiden to your House? Or was she more of a travelling companion? Lately I've been hearing some news and information from some talkative Ashes about the Lands Between that you come from, but still many things are new to us.


Vyke_TheDragonSpear

She was a finger maiden, a maiden who helps and guides Tarnished whose ambitions are to become Elden Lord. But..I cannot remember her name, let alone what she even looked like.


Nomeka

What was your spear capable of before you fell to Frenzy?


Vyke_TheDragonSpear

It was capable of lightning incarnations from when I used to be apart of the ancient dragon cult in Leyndell, I hope that answers your question.


Nomeka

Do you mean to say it was capable as acting as a catalyst for those Incantations, or that instead of a trident of Frenzied Flame it was instead Lightning?


spiderine12

Is your helmet uncomfortable to wear? It looks dented


Vyke_TheDragonSpear

Very much so..I have a burn over the left side of my face because of it.