"Only an honest death will cure you now. From your wild curiosity." 

Climb the Astral Clocktower, and kill Maria...She hides the real secret…

“Go back to your hunt, and if you have the chance, put this night behind you. …places better left untouched, secrets better left alone… …only a fool would so brazenly roam…"

Haven't you seen enough of these wretched beasts, freakish slugs, and mad doctors? Sentence these fiends to death  

Once upon a time a troupe of foreign constables chased a beast all the way to Yharnam. The constables became victims of the beast, except for one survivor, who in turn devoured the creature whole, all by himself.

The keepers, who mind the slumbering Great Ones, gained eternal life, preserved in ashen form in a ceremony of flame that cremated body and soul.

The long, pointed hat is a symbol of the old keepers and is considered evidence of their companionship, forged in a certain sin.

Dare not to delve into the world beyond humanity, the eldritch Truth touched upon long ago at Byrgenwerth.

Even in his beast-like state, when he sees the Holy Moonlight Sword channeling the abyssal cosmos in battle, Ludwig is able to achieve lucidity. This gives us a picture of what he must have been like each night of the hunt, before being pulled into the Hunter's Nightmare

Even after being defeated and finally finding some form of rest, Ludwig was still guided by the moonlight. His ideals untarnished, he died a true hero. His guiding Light would be passed on to another, that blinding thread that lead, and mislead the consummate hero.

"…You are a skilled hunter. Adept, merciless, half-cut with blood. As the best hunters are”

Djura felt defeated by the state of Old Yharnam, and renounced his hunter's vows

"Seek the Old Blood. Let us pray… Let us wish… to partake in communion”