History TearJerker / DarkSouls

--> Quelaag? Please, sister, do not cry. I'm happy, truly. I have you, don't I?

** Even better: When you go into the Painted World and read up on the lore about a "life stealing abomination", you go in expecting to face a horrible monster that was once one of the greatest enemies of the gods. What you find instead is a depressed, lonely, and ''terrified'' young woman who just wanted to be left alone, and was sealed in a dark, hellish world literally just because she's a half-breed.

* Logan's Fate [[spoiler: If you buy all his spells he will continue his research for what made Seath Immortal. After Defeating Seath and going back to him, he has went completly mad from the reasearch and disappears the next time you rezone. Upon going back to where you first fought Seath, you can find a hollowed Logan with nothing on besides his signature hat.]]

* The final section of the game deserves a slot here as well. You spend the entire game working up to this moment, ringing the Bells of Awakening, braving the notorious Sens Fortress, traversing the abandoned streets of Anor Londo, and overcoming all other obstacles to open up your final destination. What awaits you here? [[spoiler: The Kiln of the First Flame. A wasteland desert made of ashes and partially melted architecture, completely quiet and devoid of life other than the few remaining Black Knights guarding the final area]] Dispatching these final enemies what is there as the final fight in this game? None other than [[spoiler: Gwyn, Lord of Sunlight. Now reduced to the Lord of Cynder, having been [[AndIMustScream BURNING in the Kiln]] ever since he first lit the First Flame. And to make matters worse? He gets no intro cinematic, no dialogue, you just have this once great man lunge at you as soon as you cross the fog, as a simple, elegant, and impossibly depressing piano piece plays as you fight this fallen hero. Both to accomplish your goals, and for this point it'd seem to be [[MercyKill put him out of his misery]]]]

* There's a very subtle one involving Witch Beatrice. [[spoiler:So you beat the Four Kings, quite possibly with the help of phantom Beatrice, and you're exulting and also wondering just when you're going to meet Beatrice for real, since she's helped you out via phantom sign twice now. And then you go beyond the Kings, and you see... a body with all of Beatrice's stuff on it. The item descriptions make it clear Beatrice lived [i]centuries[/i] before you did and could help you due to Lordran's convoluted flow of time, but for your purposes, she's dead. She may have even tried challenging the Kings again after helping [i]you[/i].]]

* Crossbreed Priscilla. Particularly, ''killing'' Crossbreed Priscilla. She's pretty much the only boss that rather than preemptively striking, politely asks you to leave her alone- even Sif just attacks on sight.

* Several characters you speak to tend to finish conversations with something to the tune of "don't go Hollow". Just a farewell at first, [[PlayerPunch until several NPCs start
Hollowing one by one.]] [[FridgeHorror How many of their friends did they lose?]]

* Pretty much everyone you speak to finishes conversations with something to the tune of "don't go hollow". Just a farewell at first, [[PlayerPunch until the NPCs start hollowing one by one.]] [[FridgeHorror How many of their friends did they lose?]]
* CrossbreedPriscilla. Particularly, ''killing'' Crossbreed Priscilla. She's pretty much the only boss that rather than preemptively striking, politely asks you to leave her alone- even Sif just attacks on sight.

* When you get [[BigBadassWolf Great Gray Wolf Sif's]] HP down far enough, he actually starts limping and his attacks become slower. Given that he's a PunchClockVillain at worst and one of the most [[AnimationBump beautifully animated]] creatures in the game, it's hard to score the final blow. Is it any wonder there are so many rumors stating you can spare him at this stage?

** An alternate conclusion to the sidequest is no happier. [[spoiler:Should Siegmeyer take too much damage during the fight with the Chaos Eaters in Lost Izalith, and survives the fight, he will die from his injuries. To make matters worse, he dies utterly miserable that he's "failed" the player character and his last words have him calling for his daughter, similar to if the player kills him.]]

** An alternate conclusion to the sidequest is no happier. [[spoiler:Should Siegmeyer take too much damage during the fight with the Chaos Eaters in Lost Izalith, and survives the fight, he will die from his injuries. To make matters worse, he dies utterly miserable that he's "failed" the Chosen Undead and his last words have him calling for his daughter, similar to if the player kills him.]]

** An alternate conclusion to the sidequest is no happier. [[spoiler:Should Siegmeyer take too much damage during the fight with the Chaos Eaters in Lost Izalith and/or not kill a single one, and survive the fight, he will die from his injuries. To make matters worse, he dies utterly miserable that he's "failed" the Chosen Undead and his last words have him calling for his daughter, similar to if the player kills him.]]

* Solaire becoming Hollow is bad enough, but is made undeniably worse by the fact that he's become delusional and believes that he's managed to finally find his own personal sun...

** An alternate conclusion to the sidequest is no happier. [[spoiler:Should Siegmeyer take too much damage during the fight with the Chaos Eaters in Lost Izalith and/or not kill a single one, and survive the fight, he will die from his injuries, utterly miserable that he's "failed" the Chosen Undead and calling for his daughter.]]

* The conclusion to the Siegmeyer and Sieglinde sidequest. [[spoiler:When the former goes Hollow, the latter is forced to kill him. Siegmeyer is already dead by the time the player reaches them, with a grief-stricken Sieglinde standing over her father's corpse.]]

* If the player [[YouBastard opts to kill the Giant Blacksmith]], his final words are "Nighty-night...".

--> '''Dusk:''' Farewell... my rescuer...

* The conclusion to the Siegmeyer & Sieglinde sidequest. [[spoiler:When the former goes Hollow, the latter is forced to kill him.]]

--> '''Dusk:''' Farewell... my rescuer...

--> '''Dusk:''' Farewell... My rescuer...

* If the player [[YouBastard opts to kill the Giant Blacksmith]], his final words are "Nighty-night...".

* Solaire becoming Hollow is bad enough, but is made undeniably worse by the fact that he seems to have become delusional and believes that he's managed to finally find his own personal sun...

* Solaire becoming Hollow is bad enough, but is made undeniably worse by the fact that he seems to have become delusional and believes that he's managed to finally find his own personal sun...