Sister Friede

She found you after you arrived in the Painted World

Art by: JunJiuk

Her, Maria, and Malenia, the "We'll you up and make you love every second of it" trio

Few are those who know of the existance of the Painted World of Ariandel. To them, it is a lonely, cold world, where all the forlorn and the outcasts that don't fit in the world go to. But all who live in the frozen painting know who Sister Friede is: a beloved guardian to the inhabitants of the Painted World, and a deadly blade to all trespassers who would attempt to spark the Flame of the painting. No one knew why she was against the idea of continuing the cycle of the painting, nor did they question her. Not even when rot and disease started to spread, or when she chose to allow an outsider to remain in their cold and lonely lands.

YOU

Your past is something illusive, even to yourself. No one is sure as to where you could have come from, or what you are exactly: human, Undead, Hollow, something else entirely? Does it matter at this point? The answer is likely no, since there'll never be one true answer.

What is known though is that it seems the world has no space for you. You've wandered, and wandered, and wandered, and yet you still lack a home in this world that's slowly falling into ruin as everyone keeps on stubbornly trying to keep the Fire lit. But who are you too judge those who fear what might happen if the flames go out?

So you kept wandering, until you stumbled across a colossal painting. It was faded and showed various signs of rot, but it called to you, and you answered. As the palm of your hand laid upon the rotten material, you found yourself being pulled into it, never to be seen again.

And yet, despite the cold, the rot, and the solitude, it felt like something both foreign and familiar: home.