Welcome to my guide: Why do I kill this thing and why does it want to kill me?
In this guide I want to give you a short overview of why you should be interested in killing the bosses from a lore related perspective and why they want to kill you (the title seems to be unneeded, doesn’t it?). I won’t be formal, this guide is supposed to be more of a fun read. Also this guide is going to spoil everything. You have been warned.

There was this guy called Gwyn that really wanted to stop the Undead from ending his Age of Fire. He found the mightiest flame while everything else got leftovers. The Witch of Izalith got the lame flame for creating life. When fire began to fade, she tried to recreate the first flame, failed and became a being that started to pump out demons. Gwyn, a racist, intended to kill all of them, failed and started jolly cooperation by using abusing their workforce. They, not being smart enough to ask for healthcare or backup in any form, took the tasks like keeping the Undead in a prison to make sure that they do not break out (which you do), endanger the fate of the world (which you do) and end the age of fire (which you could do, but did not in canon[or?]). In short: You are fighting an underpaid guard who really likes to hammer things.

Almost the same. The difference is that the Stray Demon kills everybody that wants to leave the prison and the Asylum Demon kills everybody in the prison. You killed his brother, he is angry and has to work two jobs now. Without getting paid more. So you not only killed an underpaid government official once, but twice.

Another demon, another one who is supposed to stop you. Another government official you are supposed to kill. Thrice the kill, thrice the charme.

These guys watch one Bell of Awakening. Reason for this? Well, they are Gargoyles and supposed to stop the Undead from reaching it. The whole thing about the Chosen Undead is a hoax Gwyn(dolin) probably made up and he just needed someone strong enough to relink the fire. So they have been put there to test you. That is their sole reason for existence. So why has one of the gargoyles already been damaged? Lautrec probably tried to destroy them, but failed and landed in the cell, after losing like the crybaby that he is (my goddess needs to love me, go cry me a river).
In short: You are not fighting a government official this time, but literally breaking private property to ring a bell as a proof to your hood how great you are. Good job.

Seath is a mad scientist that created things that are somewhat mad themselves and as such attack anything trespassing their territory. He doesn’t hate you, he is actually somewhat indifferent to you. You still really want to kill him, because of loot. While this boss is optional, you are still going to kill him for MORE SOULS.

Another demon, but this time he does not really serve a purpose. He just came up to kill some guys. This is probably the second most indifferent character to you. He doesn’t want to kill you, he just wants to kill anything that is not a demon and you crossed his path. So have fun together and enjoy your time while trying to slaughter each other. It comes from the bottom of his flaming heart.

An ancient dragon is a being that precedes time and existed before there was actual existence of anything really. Even the first flame came after them. They did not care for anything as they transcend the concept of disparity. I mean they lived at the heat death of the universe. That is the ultimate form of being stoic.
The Gaping dragon is a former ancient dragon that regressed, because he started to become less stoic and thought eating things is fun. Which meant he started to eat so much that he transformed to a being with no mouth to eat faster. There is a chance that he came from Blighttown/he has been there. So he is also somewhat indifferent to you, because he is still hungry (and always will be till you kill him). This is a new one: He does not want to kill you, he just wants to eat you. So his actual intention just makes it necessary to kill you, but he would not, if there was an easier option (I guess).
What a peaceful beast.

Okay, do you remember that woman that created the demons? She had daughters that were transformed into demon hybrids (except one) and Quelaag is like the ultimate version of them. Perfect symbiosis between a being of destructive power and a lust for the death of humans and a spider. But did you know that she is actually pretty nice and really loves her sister a lot?
Her sister is literally 30 humanities close to death (canon may differ from gameplay) and she really wants to safe her. And you are a human. I think you are smart enough to connect the dots.
So yeah, this is awkward. She really wants to kill you, yet her background story is so sad. And later on we help her sister for our own personal gain (trading 30 humanities for Solaire? SIGN ME UP).
In the end she got what she wanted. Quelaag just did not know that it was a soul for a soul.

It serves almost the same purpose as the gargoyles. But this thing guards the way to Anor Londo. And its soul has been created by using one of the first dragons which explains the power. You sure need a lot of energy to move such a big body. Did you think the laws of physics don’t apply to Lordran? Dude, how many times does gravity need to teach you this lesson?

LITERALLY NO REASON TO KILL HER
She is the daughter of Seath (a dragon) and a god (maybe Gwynevere?) and wields the magic “Lifehunt Scythe” which is the technique to slay the gods. The gods decided that she is kinda overpowered and banned her into the painting tier. Maybe not the most interesting way of life, but she stay(ed) alive. We do not know, if you killed her in canon, despite that we will never see her again, after having denied the option to talk it out. Oh, and her death animation of course.

Do you remember that Gwyn guy? Good. He had four knights that he trusted immensely. Artorias, Gough, Ciaran and Ornstein. And Ornstein was the captain of these knights and probably the most trusted of the four knights. So as a logical conclusion Ornstein left to find the Nameless King, the son of Gwyn who allied with the dragons and was Ornstein’s teacher.This means that Ornstein betrayed absolutely everything Gwyn stood for and left Anor Londo to chase his dreams.
Implying that the Ornstein you are facing is an illusion. This lore has not been provided in Dark Souls. Please purchase Dark Souls 3 to experience the whole story.
Executioner Smough always intended to join these knights for their prestige and the rank they had. But being a cannibal and Gwyn, really not being okay with a guy who eats the guys he executed, told him no. Pretty ironic for a god that tried to genocide a whole species and cursed humanity, because he feared their guts.

No reason too.
The second optional soss you can fight and you actually lose benefits, if you kill him. So what is up with him? He is a guy moving like a girl, because daddy Gwyn wanted his child related to the moon to be an antithesis. Which is the reason that Gwyndolin is a cross-dresser. All in all he is pretty nice and you did not kill him in canon. He just wants to protect the memory of Anor Londo and created the illusion of the sun as well the most amazing chest in the series. If not for achievements, the challenge and some souls, you got no real motivation to kill him. Which absolutely means that you are going to kill him.
It is even possible to work for him as a government official and the position is called Blade of The Dark Moon. All dreams of feeling important can be fulfilled, just serve god and kill the parallel dimension versions of yourself.

Do you remember the four knights? One of them (Artorias) had a wolf and tried to save a kingdom in the past and failed. You take his place (like the imposter you are) in the past and save the still big but smaller Sif from humanity (not humanity, but dark spirit humanity that want to eat your soul). Sif survived and stayed sad at the grave of Artorias, to take up his sword that grew with him to gigantic proportions. He just wants protect you by not letting you descend into the abyss, because it is dangerous . Which means your undead brain tells you to kill him for that ring. Probably the most well-known and saddest part of the lore.

Gwyn had not only faith in Ornstein who betrayed him, but the Four Kings too. Four humans that were once his servants and then decided to embrace the darkness of the abyss, showed Gwyn the middle finger and kept the part of his Soul he left with them. The Chosen Undead needs that soul to proof himself that Sif’s death was not useless and to maybe link the fire. You are probably not sure yet which achievement is cooler, so that is a reason for some internal struggle.

The Witch of Izalith not only gave birth to demons, she had a son (before that whole incident) that transformed into this after a failed experiment. The result was a being that is permanently on fire and suffers so much that he is beyond saving. His only happiness in life is to watch the grave of his sister which you loot for equipment and then proceed to slaughter him. In the end it is fine though as he finally can be happy in death, suffering no pain. The happiest ending in all of Dark Souls.

Before there were pyromancies something else existed and was exclusive to the family of the Witch of Izalith and this guy. After the experiment w[h]i(t)ch created the chaos flame, he instantly became the first demon. That’s it. He was a straight A grade student and worked for her. Trying to protect his teacher, he got slaughtered by you.

I hope you still remember unending relief of load. It is alright if you don’t, nobody does. Well he was cursed from the beginning of his life: he never stopped to leak fire from his wounds which hurt him. So his mother and sisters created the “Orange Charred Ring” to stop him from suffering as much. Then he dropped it (the description of the ring itself calls him fool. What an idiot) and the ring created the demon.

The Witch of Izalith tried to recreate the first flame and failed. So she became a big womb for demons with some of her followers turning part of her body. She claimed a big juicy soul in the past, we know the drill at this point: We take it. This boss literally just tries to live on and you come to slaughter her and the demons. In the long run they will die out with her. Just kill her. Kill her now. Because your fight is eternal. Wrong script, but it fits too (more or less).

Seath is an ancient dragon with a birth defect. Snice he has no scales, he did not share the trait of immortality with his other dragon bros. That was the reason for his downfall.
He decided to change the team and helped Gwyn to kill almost all of them. I mean Havel the Rock did not like him, but just like Dwayne the Rock Johnson is only the same character for one movie, but also portrays himself in every other movie, the mystery of Havel still has not been answered. But Gwyn decided that the one guy who is not interested in betrayal, is the one he is going to betray.
Like you can’t make this up. So Havel got banished into a tower. And Seath became a duke and got part of Gwyn’s soul.
Gwyn proceeded to link the flame and Seath decided to invent sorcery and tried to become immortal which he did. Until you shatter the crystal and make him mortal again.
He pretty much was an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ over the course the of his whole life. He kidnapped woman for experiments and created the pisaca with them. Not to forget: he made the channelers to search for even more specimens. In short: Get out of here Seath. Dragons do not belong in the Age of Fire.

Nito is another one of these guys that found a soul in the First Flame. And he found the Soul of Death which is pretty powerful and made it possible to kill the dragons. The problem is that he lost some of his power to Pinwheel who decided to become an undead politician and rebel against the government. He stole some of Nito's might and cornered him with the power of democracy. So Nito is in a pickle and needs a hero to save his soul. Which means….

Pinwheel lost his child and wife. So he decided to bring them back, challenged the incarnation of death and stole the rite of kindling And then he brought his family back by merging their existence with himself. But his rebellion was not over yet and as such Pinwheel "the Joker" of the undead army started to give Nito what he deserved. Whatever, maybe he wasn’t involved in the occult rebellion, but this like 10 layers deep into the lore. To make it easier: You want that Rite of Kindling while he stands in your way and stops you from claiming Nito’s soul.

Oh yeah, and he posses a lord souls which is good for starting a new flame. And because you have nothing better to do: You start challenging death itself and win. Which makes a lot of sense, if you keep in mind that you are effectively immortal.

Congratulations, you reached the god who set himself on fire. He is not really himself anymore and the effects of linking the fire haven’t been well to him. So he just starts to attack you. A shadow of the former god he was. The last challenge to overcome. An epic final battle for the legends.
UNLESS

Okay, to make it short: You traveled into the past, because of the broken pendant, as there is an entity who really wants it back. This coincides with the attack on Oolacile from the abyss. Which means you should know where this is going.
The Oolacile sanctuary is a holy place and needed defense to not be overrun. So Elizabeth (the magic mushroom) probably created a lightning-infused manticore to kill everybody that comes too close to it. You should know the drill by know.

Artorias seemingly should lose his title in the present as you take his place in history, Well yes, he can walk the abyss, but he took Sif with him. And to protect Sif, he used his magic up, Gave her one of his swords, broke his dominant hand and fights you without a brain as he has been indeed consumed by the abyss itself. Did I forget any handicaps? I don’t think so, but it shows the pure power difference between you and anyone else. Just like a bad DND party at which every character is absolutely overpowered and able to kick your ass.

Too many theories about this guy exist. Either he is the one who found the Dark Soul first. Or he is just another guy who lost himself to the abyss and when the people of Oolacile awakened him… They made a big mistake. His whole intention was to retrieve the pendant from you. It seems that he had some really good memories with it. If it is related to love… We have found him:
“The Omega-Simp”.
Well that’s it. He is an abyss guy and you are the guy who is going to be the abysswalker in the past to make sure that Artoria’s legacy that you created will continue to be told in the future that is your present.

He is the last ancient dragon. That’s it. Just doing dragon things. Anciently..

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