We Didn't Trust The Mandalorian's Armorer Because She Acts Exactly Like A Dark Souls NPC

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Since her very first appearance, the Armorer has been a mysterious character on Disney+'s The Mandalorian. When the penultimate episode of the show's third season was titled «The Spies,» fans immediately began to theorize that the Armorer, the very person who had led the Tribe for some time, was the titular spy. That turned out not to be true, as no spy was uncovered among the Mandalorians, and it even seems like they may have been going for something more like the Biblical usage of the word. But you're right to be suspicious of the Armorer all the same, because she's basically a Dark Souls NPC--some of the most notoriously treacherous characters in gaming.

While The Mandalorian itself hardly has Dark Souls vibes, everything about the Armorer seems to. When Mando finds her, she's working in a secretive underground forgery in the sewers. As far as we can tell as viewers, the Armorer never leaves this space until it's time to migrate to a new hideout for the Children of the Watch. She just lives down there in the sewer, endlessly hammering away at Beskar, like so many other NPCs you encounter in FromSoft games, from Andre the Smith in Dark Souls to Elden Ring's Gideon Ofnir (not to mention that her helmet bears a striking resemblance to Gideon's).

She's also a high-ranking member of the Tribe, the sect of the Children of the Watch, an orthodox sect of Mandalorian culture and religion. Obscure factions, or covenants, that have their own rules and advantages are a staple of games like Dark Souls, Demon's Souls, and Elden Ring especially. These factions often require that you keep a particular item equipped at all times to get their advantages. For Din Djarin to stay a part of the Watch, he can never take off his helmet in