The Crestfallen Warrior and the heroes of the Firelink Shrine

 

Crestfallen Warrior

What turns an undead into a hollow? Is it the passing centuries of a never ending life? The experience of dying hundred of times ? Or is it those things coupled with the loss of hope? Firelink is the last place heroes often visit before they go hollow, it is the gateway to many dangerous places.

Most Undead in Lordran have a purpose that they strive towards before hollowing. However there is one who is content to wait until his sanity slips away, the apathy of this man is kept whitin Firelink Shrine, while he simply watches Heroes come and go. Some never returned and he remains, at least nothing will bother him once he goes hollow.

When you first encounter him it is clear that he does not have any faith in the fate of the undead and their purpose, so he just stands there and tries to make you give up before you try, just like he did.

Big Hat Logan

“Well, what do we have here? You must be a new arrival. Let me guess.  Fate of the undead, right? Well, you're not the first. But there's no salvation here. You'd have done better to rot in the Undead Asylum… but, too late now.”

“Did you see him? Big Hat Logan, the legendary sorcerer, in the flesh, this place is simply mad. Legendary heroes popping up right and left… They are making me feel quite inadequate, to be honest..”

It is obvious that he is jealous of you, and all of the others who passed through that place, the Firelink Shrine, all of you have a goal, a fate, but he..

Anastasia of Astora

“Oh, have you seen that terribly morose lass? Anastasia, the fire keeper, she’s stuck keeping that bonfire lit. Sad, really sad.. She’s mute and bound to this forsaken place. They probably cut her tongue out back in her village, so that she’d never say any god’s name in vain. How do these martyrs keep chugging along? I’d peter out in an instant”

Griggs of Vinheim

“How did that silly sorcerer's apprentice end up? You know, Griggs,  the one always prattling on about Master Logan. He left for the Undead Burg, but never came back. Servers him right. If even Old Big Hat can't make it out there, what chance does he have? I hope he enjoys his new life as Hollow.”

Laurentius of the Great Swamp

“How did that raggedy old chum end up? You know, Laurentius, the one who idolized some godmother of pyromancy. He left for Blighttown, but never came back. Whereas most flee from sickness, he dive right in. Well, nothing will harm him once he goes Hollow.”

“Did you hear about Rhea, the maiden? The virtuous lass came back alone, and in absolute tatters… Did her follower die, or was she abandoned? Who knows, but I suppose we've heard the last from "M'lady".”

Rhea and her followers

“Did you ring the second bell? That is incredible, I must say…but now we have a new problem. It's noisy, it snores, and its breath is lethal…this is no laughing matter, I tell you. And I was really beginning to like it here! Sigh…Maybe it's time I do something about it…”

After you have fulfilled the prophecy of the undead and the primordial Snake, Kathee, arrives, he clearly begins to go mad, he can stand it no more, so he waits for you in New Londo and prepares an ambush… but after you end his misery, it looks like he was looking for that from the start, to be killed by the undead hero.

“Heheh, not too shabby…
I think you've done me a favour…”