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AT LAST! After a looooooong month, I FINALLY managed to complete “Deities of Dark Souls Part 2″. Sequel to my first image, and done in the same style, but modified slightly.

Part 1

WARNING! Long post below.

Now, onto the gods themselves. These gods are the less famous deities, and have less images to represent them (except for Zandroe and Zinder, they have rings dedicated to them), so thinking of suitable designs for them was tough, but I tried my best, by instead using bits and pieces of lore that they could have a hand in. From top to bottom, left to right, are:

Flame God Flann: Gwynevere’s husband, and the titular flame god. With how important the First Flame is to the lore, and the importance of fire as a whole during the Age of Gods, I always wondered why he didn’t take up a bigger role besides being just background flavor for Gwynevere’s lore.

For his design, pretty simple really, I literally just mixed Laurentius’ gettup with that of the Desert Sorceresses of Dark Souls II! xD He’s an arrogant, vainglorious dude who has a hawt bawd and knows it... But also a master pyromancer, and perhaps was one of the first gods to actively spread pyromancy beyond the realm of Anor Londo

Funilly enough, he also has some bits of Izalith in him, design wise.

Old McLoyf, God of Drink and Medicine:  This guy was fun! It was difficult to discern how he liked based on the coin, but I could tell he had a beard and hair. Aside from that? Nothing, and this is where the FUN happened.

So for my design, I thought he’d be neat if he’s the patron of both Catarina of DS and DSIII AND the Gyrm of DSII. Like our favorite NPCs from Catarina and Gavlan, he’s a jovial and boisterous god full of mirth, and an avid drinker.

Similar to the function of Siegbrau, he heals himself by... Drinking! And he heals others by offering drink as well, though he too dabbles in traditional medicine as well.

The Nameless Smith God: The basis of this guy is pretty easy, as the Prowling demons were born from the Titanite slabs that scattered once the guy died.

For his design, he is literally made of Titanite, with a gigantic slab lodged into his chest, perhaps actually growing out of his body, and like his spawn, he has two massive “wings” growing out of his back.

For his general outfit, his helmet was inspired by the Gyrm, specifically Gavlan. I imagined that, since he IS the smith god of DS, other cultures that focus on smithing, like the Gyrm do, venerated him in some way even after he kicked the bucket.

Kremmel, God of Struggle: Essentially Kirk before Kirk, his design was inspired by how The Ring of Thorns looked suspiciously like something Kirk would wear. In fact, you get it by killing Pate, and you get better versions of it by constantly invading others in-game. Much like how Kirk invades you in the first game. (Or you can just buy a +1 version from grave warden Agdayne)

For Kremmel, life sucks, with his body being so beaten up, his armor worn and torn and even melted into his skin in some areas during the war against the dragons. He is also however, ridiculously tough and strong.

Galib, God of Disease: The First Fenito (hence his bluish skin), instead of watching the Undead Crypt however, he instead offered himself to spread the Gravelord’s “gifts” by any means necessary. He wears a modified version of the Leydia witches garb, with more tapestry and a “fur” coat that evokes Nito himself.

I thought it’d be a great idea to connect him with Nito, since the Gravelord himself was responsible for the “Miasma of Death and Disease” upon the dragons, it would make sense some being would take the “disease” part and spread more death once Nito took a nap in his neat little tomb.

Since the Leydia Witches were said to be manipulating disease (and cures), I also imagine that, unlike the Gravelord, he is able to cure diseases and ailments. In the end however, he is still loyal to the cause of “The First One to Give us Death”

The Covetous Serpents: One of the most interesting lore tidbits from both rings in Dark Souls III was this:

A silver ring depicting a snake that could have been, but never was, a dragon. Fallen foes yield more souls.

Snakes are known as creatures of great avarice, devouring prey even larger than themselves by swallowing them whole.

If one's shackles are cause for discontent, perhaps it is time for some old-fashioned greed.

When combining with the lore of DSII where they were venerated as gods, it now makes sense why Zandroe and Zinder are gods of greed and desire respectively. They’re self aware that they can never be dragons, but despised the fact they couldn’t. They would always want to be real deal dragons, and all things associated with it. 

And now for the snakes themselves.

Zandroe, God of Greed: Based off the Covetous Silver Serpent Ring, he’s fashioned after a Cobra. Whatever he wants, he only needs to bite once, and takes the possessions of the fallen once they’re dead.

Today’s October 1st! You know what that meeeans?

Inktober! Or in the case of this piece of fanart! Soulstober (I checked and I was surprised this tag already existed! Neato!) :D

Now that I’ve submitted my Thesis, I can go back to completing “Deities of Dark Souls” Part 2!