It is implied that Aldrich consumed many children, and that Anri and Horace were the only children to escape the Devourer. Despite this, he retained sanity and sentience, and was still given his sacrifices.
He was not immune however, and his devouring of both flesh and souls bloated him with dregs until he collapsed in on his own polluted form, becoming a mass of abyssal sludge, animated by darkness. Most of those who worshiped the Deep became intoxicated or corrupted, all except for Aldrich, who, despite his taste for flesh, retained sanity somehow. But while the powers in the Deep are beyond pure humanity, so too is its potential to do grave harm, breeding abhorrent life beyond abyssal corruption. The clerics of the Church sheltered him and provided him with a steady stream of sacrifices, an operation overseen by Archdeacon McDonnell and Archdeacon Royce.ĭuring this time, he continued to indulge in the misery of those he consumed, and even created sacred rings that bestowed that same feeling to wearers.
īuilding on these visions and powers, Aldrich founded the Church of the Deep and actively pursued the corruption of human souls. Through these visions, Aldrich was able to reach a level of the Dark generally inaccessible to humanity, which subsequently came to be known as the "Deep." Aldrich eventually developed a habit of consuming humans, an act in which he delighted.
Legend states that he hailed from Irithyll, although his original physical appearance lacked the typical features of the old gods, suggesting that he may have been just a human.įormerly a holy cleric, he began to have visions of an age of the "deep sea," where the dregs of the human soul fall to their lowest depths and become the shackles which bind the world. The opening cinematic reveals that Aldrich has become an expansive sludge of maggot-ridden rotten flesh, humanity dregs, and his own bones as well as those of the victims he has consumed.īy the time the player reaches him, he will be inert and spread across the floor, using the weapons and malformed body of Gwyndolin to interact with his environment and perform attacks.Īldrich is found in Anor Londo in the same cathedral hall where Ornstein and Smough were fought in Dark Souls.
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