The Great Hollow

Chapter 1 : Denial

My name is Lorian, I'm the younger prince of Lordran, my brother named Lothric and my sister named Loriana, I had my father metamorphosed and turned into a monster long ago when I was a mere kid, it was mournful, the despair consumed me.

Irithyll ? As far as I know, Irithyll is known as the land of the ancient Lords, where their kingdoms converge.

Containing a great variety of environments and filled with many dangerous creatures, any Undead's resolve will be tested to the fullest here. The Undead travel great distances to reach this land, where the First Flame waits to be linked. I wanted to link the First Flame but my older brother, the king of Lordran, Lothric, always warned me to not even think about it.

I did my research in the grand archives of Lordran, but I always got that feeling that there is something hidden that neither my brother or the castle servants wanted me to know.

I had the feeling that Lothric was hiding something from me. And it was exactly as I thought. That was long ago. I knew that Lothric was hiding something from me, until that night came.

He was sitting on the throne with a puzzled look on his face, once he saw me entering the throne room, he changed his face expressions and started smiling at me, he still looks at me like I'm a little kid.

"What are you hiding from me, Brother"

He answered normally and said : "Brother, there are always some topics that the princes shouldn't know". I knew that from what he said there was something big.

I said : "Is it about the first flame ?", then out of nowhere he came behind me with an absolute speed that I couldn't even react, then he replied with a cold voice : "This is none of your concern, brother, better for you to keep your lips sealed, cause if you don't, the consequences will be far more treacherous than you think." .

I couldn't move in my place, it was like as if I saw the death coming after me, the frighten consumed me, and I couldn't speak or move a muscle, no that wasn't just frighten but also something even darker than a human could handle , I noticed that there was a black aura surrounding the throne, and that specific aura was controlled by my brother.

In a blink of an eye, Lothric disappeared, to find myself I the only one standing in that abyssal-like throne chamber.

The Abyss ? I've heard the explanation of this word before, maybe in a book, or somewhere else, no, this is weird. I need to tell this to Loriana. Maybe she can help me or she can come up with determination as she is clever and I can trust her.

Unlike Lothric, Loriana is peaceful, she loves taking care of me, she treat me like my mother do, when I was younger than am I now, she used to sing me a song so I can sleep, her soothing voice would make me sit next to her for hours or even decades listening to her singing.

I rushed into Loriana's chamber, all the guards of the castle were confused because of me running on the hallways like a little kid, but of course they couldn't do anything, once I got near the door of my beloved sister chamber, I sensed something bad behind the door and it was like my conscience wants me to hurry and open the door but my hands refuse, I got scared, and I smelled a stench, and to be honest, I didn't know what to do, Should I open the door ? Or run away and pretend like nothing happened? No, Prince Lorian refuses to run away like a little kid. I mustered up my courage and then opened the doors of all of my powers, and that was astonishing.

The chamber was filled with blood everywhere, I saw her, I saw my sister, I saw Loriana torn into pieces, as if she had been devoured by a wild beast, and that smell that I smelled before was nothing but the smell of Loriana's body parts, I stopped in my place, unable to move and looking at my poor sister dead, the entire tape of my life with my sister passed over my eyes, I was shedding tears of pain, suffering and futility from my eyes, my legs were incapable to stand for more, I fell on my knees, and abruptly, I began to hear Loriana's tender voice singing that song that I mentioned before.