Dark Souls: The Lore of the Main Bosses

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If there's one thing Dark Souls is known for, it's incredible boss design. In just the first game alone, players will face off against armored knights, fearsome demons, and a slew of gigantic foes that want nothing more than to squash the tiny player beneath them. However, there's a lot more to Dark Souls' bosses than meets the eye.

Dark Souls features a total of 13 main bosses, each one boasting its own set of moves and abilities. Behind all the terrifying swings of huge swords and all the hurtling fireballs, though, these bosses have rich backstories — but fans may need to dig a little deeper than just what the game tells them to uncover this lore.

The Dark Souls Timeline Explained

Created by the Bed of Chaos, the Asylum Demon protects the Northern Undead Asylum. Though its purpose is still unconfirmed, it is theorized that the Asylum Demon was placed at the Asylum's exit in order to ensure that only the strongest Undead can enter Lordran. Gwyn, the Lord of Cinder and ruler of Lordran, likely wanted only the strongest Undead to exit the Asylum so that they could be pushed toward linking the fading First Flame.

Acting as the protectors of the first Bell of Awakening, the Bell Gargoyles are designed to test any Undead who seeks to link the First Flame. If an Undead manages to defeat the Bell Gargoyles, and rings the bell, then that being takes on the prophesied mantle of the Chosen Undead.

The deformed son of the Witch of Izalith, the woman who once stood with Gwyn and Nito as they exterminated the ancient Dragons, the being now known as Ceaseless Discharge was once just a small human-like boy. At birth, the boy had painful sores that oozed with a lava-like substance. His sisters, the Daughters of Chaos, gave him an Orange