Quelana of Izalith (lore discussion & spoilers)

[m3ld0n]

Greetings everyone,

I have had this in mind for some time now, but didnt post it before because I was searching for other threads online that may have discussed this already.

Ok then, here I go:

I think Quelana isnt really alive, and what you meet is her ghost, or astral projection, whatever. Why, you ask ? well, first of all, the description on the Gold-Hemmed Black Set states the following: "Worn by the witch Quelana of Izalith, mother of pyromancy and Daughter of Chaos." And also when you first meet her, she says this: "Hmm… A mere Undead, yet you can see me? Fascinating…I am Quelaana of Izalith.I am not often revealed to walkers of flesh. You have a gift."

You get her set from the corpse in the Ceaseless Disacharge Boss fight, and as far as I am concerned, you always get the armor of npc phantoms, from the corpse where they died in their own world.


I am sorry in advanced if maybe this was already obvious/clear, but I have not been able find any clear discussion about this.

Regards.

[sh_amp]

You can find the armor sets for some NPC despite them beig alive. Apparently time is being distorted which is also why you "meet other players". This theme was already present in Demon's Souls. And then there is Oolacile.

Would be interesting to find out what the exact conditions for her appearance are.

[Ankkah]

The corpse you find the Gold Hemmed set is one of the sisters. Here comes a spoiler. Her brother is watching over the corpse.

About Quelana's dialogue piece. Probably she says that because she hangs around in dangerous places where mostly monsters live. Or might be because of a spell/magic/presense/your idea, theres no definite answer.

And like Spooky said, time is distorted. You can find Havel's armor in the secret room while Havel is still alive.

[Onion]

引用自 Spooky Picks：

You can find the armor sets for some NPC despite them beig alive. Apparently time is being distorted which is also why you "meet other players". This theme was already present in Demon's Souls. And then there is Oolacile.

Would be interesting to find out what the exact conditions for her appearance are.

she usualy appears when your pyro glove is over +10.

[Ankkah]

引用自 Tenshi / Katawa：

she usualy appears when your pyro glove is over +10.

Which is odd, since I've met her always before that has happened.

Which leads me to this revelation. Pyromancy flame and/or possession of Quelaags soul and/or owning a Chaos pyromancy (thus, having the knowledge of Chaos, Sisters or pyromancy) is probably the catalyst for making Quelana 'visible' to humans (along with being the trigger for moving Quelana there, but I mean lore-wise and not gameplay-wise).

Salamar (or whoever the Pyro-dude's teacher was) probably met her this way too (purely my speculation)

[m3ld0n]

引用自 Ankkah：

The corpse you find the Gold Hemmed set is one of the sisters. Here comes a spoiler. Her brother is watching over the corpse.

About Quelana's dialogue piece. Probably she says that because she hangs around in dangerous places where mostly monsters live. Or might be because of a spell/magic/presense/your idea, theres no definite answer.

And like Spooky said, time is distorted. You can find Havel's armor in the secret room while Havel is still alive.

MMm, the thing is, the clothes say ""Worn by the witch Quelana of Izalith", so.... thats what make me wonder about her appearance.

[Ankkah]

引用自 m3ld0n：

MMm, the thing is, the clothes say ""Worn by the witch Quelana of Izalith", so.... thats what make me wonder about her appearance.

Just the devs / translation messing up. Or perhaps she's the target the player character connects the clothes to, as he doesn't actually "learn" anything himself.

[Nanostrike]

I was under the impression that she'd ascended beyond her physical form and that only powerful Pyromancers that were in tune with the flame could actually see her.

Her brother, that boss, is keeping the only thing that remains of her, her clothes, to remember her by. It's why he's enraged when you disturb them.

[Ankkah]

引用自 Nanostrike：

I was under the impression that she'd ascended beyond her physical form and that only powerful Pyromancers that were in tune with the flame could actually see her.

Her brother, that boss, is keeping the only thing that remains of her, her clothes, to remember her by. It's why he's enraged when you disturb them.

A nice thought, but nope, the body is still one of the 4 nameless Sisters. I'm not 100% sure but 99% that this is confirmed by someone.