Originally Posted by Pessimeister 
Huzzah, finally finished! 
Congrats
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Originally Posted by Pessimeister
I love how the music for this encounter has this sedate quasi-romantic quality instead of the usual and almost expected bombastic overture.
Me as well. This kind of subversion isnīt particularly novel, but in this case it just worked exceptionally well. On my second character I was intentionally prolonging the battle to savour the moment.
Partially also because, similarly as with Manus, I managed to sorta screw the magic of this encounter the first time, mainly since
Spoiler
I had help from a certain NPC and the battle took about 10 seconds due to it.
Speaking of which, I actually thought having help for this fight was normal and discovered only later that it certainly wasnīt so - getting it the proper way is among the more ridiculously obscure things in the game, but Iīve unknowingly bypassed it by killing a certain creature through a wall
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At any rate, Dark Souls is a poetic game
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Anyway, so … which
Originally Posted by Pessimeister
Well, it's been a jolly grand adventure. Thanks all for reading my bollocksy words and also to the posters who gave assistance and words of wisdom along the way.
Thanks for the write-ups!