He continues to appear to the Bearer of the Curse, seeking to learn their intentions and telling them of the nature of the curse and the fabric of their world. When the Bearer of the Curse has defeated the Four Great Ones and lit the Primal Bonfires he will emerge and guide the Bearer of the Curse towards his brother Vendrick, now a mindless hollow. Plot Īldia serves as a lore-centric character, alluding to a great deal of things in relation to the lore of Dark Souls II. He failed, however, and turned into a monstrosity, inhabiting the bonfires. Through his experiments, Aldia sought to learn the nature of the undead curse, and to shed the yoke of fate. Many valuable objects came out of Aldia's Keep, including the Sunset Staff, the Spitfire Spear, Soul Geyser, Unleash Magic, and Forbidden Sun. The Southern and Northern Ritual Bands were created by Aldia after cruel, horrible experiments were performed on these people. People who were invited to his manor commonly disappeared and were replaced with malformed beasts. For his reverence of the Undead, Aldia was shunned by Vendrick, banished to his Keep forever. He secluded himself in his manor, searching for secrets of life, viewing the Undead as the key to finding it. Finally, after completing the dialogue in Dragon Shrine, Aldia will appear as a boss in the Throne of Want in Drangleic Castle after killing Nashandra, but only if Vendrick is killed before Nashandra. The game can be completed without fighting Aldia here, if Nashandra is killed before Vendrick is.Īldia is the elder brother of King Vendrick, and aided his brother in founding the kingdom of Drangleic.After exhausting his dialogue in the Undead Crypt, Aldia can be found in the Dragon Shrine bonfire room, at a significantly reduced size compared to the first bonfire.Upon speaking to the player at the primal bonfire, Aldia will proceed to the first bonfire in the Undead Crypt.If all bonfires have been lit prior to downloading the patch, he will automatically appear in the Black Gulch primal bonfire room, after The Rotten. He is first encountered in the final primal bonfire room that remains unlit.His head and shoulders are all the Bearer of the Curse sees as he rises from the ground, but this could imply that there is a body below it, invisible to the player. There is a single red orb near the center of his body, which is possibly an eye. The ground around the Scholar will be on fire. The Scholar of the First Sin appears to be a giant, charred human head covered in flames and large branches.