The Fume Knight is actually Raime, the left hand of King Vendrick. The Fume Knight will materialize seemingly out of thing air to grab his sword shortly after entering the arena. Ladies and Gentlemen, here is what I believe to be the hardest boss in the game. And I think we're killing some more things here too, so that's nice. And then, once more, we came along to put an end to it.Īnd now we're here in this huge tower the Old Iron King built at some point. The Iron King then must have sunken into what presumably is molten Iron where his dead scorched body made acquaintance with Gwyn's Soul to become the big Diablo thing that hid away at the end of Iron Keep. So yes, the Old Iron King was killed on the spot as soon as the Smelter Demon showed up, and the Smelter Demon kept haunting what remained of the Iron Keep until we came along to kill it. Was this metal goliath here from the beginning, or as it a product of the king's conceit?'. It may very well be possible that the Smelter Demon was always there, at least the description of the Smelter Demon's Soul suggests that 'The Old Iron King's life was taken by a mass of iron that had been given a soul. If only due to the fact that it's called a demon. As we know the Old Iron King met his demise when he created or awoke the Smelter Demon, a mass of Iron that we can assume was in some way possessed by the Chaos Flame the Witch of Izalith kindled originally. Unless we are talking about a less literal dragon. Alas, there's no dragon made of iron too be found anywhere. The Old Iron King went mad with his iron creating power and there's even talk about an iron dragon being created. After Alonne's departure, though, the Iron King named his Knights Alonne Knights in honor of Sir Alonne. We will be able to uncover a little more about that later into the DLC but right now we'll leave it at that. We don't know why exactly, but the descriptions of the Alonne Knight set pieces imply that he just wanted to head out and see other lands. So perhaps Vendrick and the Iron weren't allies after all, but Vendrick came across the Iron King's lands long after he was gone and took his Ironclad, which were nothing more than animated sets of armor.Īt the high-point of the Old Iron King's rule Sir Alonne left. But then again, the Old Ironclad set's description tells us that they came from Drangleic Castle and quietly assumed their positions. It was probably then that Drangleic was being attack by giants and the Old Iron King allied himself with Vendrick and sent his Ironclad warriors to help fend off the Giants. I created a castle made of iron we know as the Iron Keep. With the power to produce iron, seemingly without limit, he was invigorated and grew more and more powerful. To say that this item description tells the rest of the story would be a happy ending and this is a Souls game, there never is a true happy ending. But with theĭiscovery of this iron-producing miracle, Of Venn, the act required all the resources And along came the Scorching Iron Scepter But let's be clear here: By that point the Old Iron King was not the Old Iron King yet. We don't know why Alonne decided to side with the Iron King or how the two met exactly but over time Alonne became the Iron King's right hand man. At some point a knight from the east appeared. He did some things sure, but he did some things but he apparently tended to overspend which left his entire kingdom in a weak state, though it may have grown because of some conquest he was left with very little afterward. Overall I'd say this DLC is the weakest of the three, but still hella good and better than large portions of the main game.Īs far as I can tell the Iron King wasn't a particularly influential or even successful ruler at first. Due to being set in a tower the Level design in the DLC is more vertical than other places in the game. One of which actually kind of has a co-op gimmick. It's also the only DLC with two co-op areas. This DLC also has the hardest boss of all the DLCs and according to most the hardest boss of the game. Basic enemies aren't really tougher but much faster and there's some more variety concerning the major enemy types. This DLC, in my opinion, is a step up in terms of difficulty compared to the Sunken King DLC. And it's also not like that map is worth anything considering it shows Iron Keep being south of Earthe Peak even though it's clearly above it. It's supposedly located some place close-ish to Iron Keep but it's not like they put it on the map that came with the game. Crown of the Sunken King is the second of three DLCs and is the only one tied directly to a characters we already knew.

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