Save Anri or let her Die? Which Ending to go for? Dark Sigil and Yuria?

[Slayer Seraph]

I just can't decide what to do with the ambiguous conflicting questlines. And can't choose.
This is my first playthrough. I'm just before Pontif boss. SL 70ish. I need to decide whether to kill the Assassin pilgrim or doom Anri.
My initial instinct tells and morals tell me to kill the pilgrim and save Anri. Even though the game gives ZERO ways / hints to tell you about the hidden pilgrim. Unless you rad a guide there's no way a normal player will discover it (wont messages) and understand what's going on. Or even that they mean to kill her. Because it's the most vague narrative ever.

So it all makes no sense anyway.
Then there is Yuria leaving it I betray her then can't buy her Purging Stones stuck with Hollowing unless I cure Dark Sigil which costs like 200k almost and rising.

Finally there's choosing 1 ending from the 3. I had to read them all, as part of quest guides...
Not sure which ending is best to start with. Because I don't know if I feel like NG+. I might load a save to get more endings... dunno.

[Lost Soul]

what ever your choice,Anri will die eventually,because Horas was crazy.And Horas mean so much to Anri.
But seems when you become the hollow king,Anri will appear in final scene
I don't know what is it means.

[Slayer Seraph]

I feel like both ways aren't very rewarding or satisfying only one gives you an ending path.

Not sure which ending to go with first.
I got 200K souls now before Pontif.
I can Remove Sigil and kill the assassin saving Anri.
Or I can play along, and go with marriage thing.

One thing that's curious for me. Maybe Anri wasn't assassinated per se? Perhaps she is better off?
By taking her Sigils you literally possibly making her Un-hollow. Permanently reversing her hollowing. if she respawns she gets better. If not she rests in piece.
Perhaps Yuria was putting her out of her hollowed insane misery? Killing her swiftly and not in brutal combat, before she go completely hollow?
What do you think?

That thought makes me wanna go with it.

Besides logically speaking there's no way my character knows they want to kill her.

[Halcius]

♥♥♥♥ Anri, she is -NOT- your waifu. Let her die. Yuria and gang also help you down the road, especilally in summons for the Soul of Cinder Boss fight. if you summon Yuria for that and she survives (not hard) you get her set and her katana. Billed Mask (the helm for the set) is almost as sexy as the dancer's crown. You get all of Anri's loot later anyway, and she survives, anyway. Check the ending cutscene for the Lord of Hollows ending, she's in the crowd.

Put your hot sacrificail sword knife in her hollow.

[Seferofe]

Originally posted by djmarkymark1:

♥♥♥♥ Anri, she is -NOT- your waifu. Let her die. Yuria and gang also help you down the road, especilally in summons for the Soul of Cinder Boss fight. if you summon Yuria for that and she survives (not hard) you get her set and her katana. Billed Mask (the helm for the set) is almost as sexy as the dancer's crown. You get all of Anri's loot later anyway, and she survives, anyway. Check the ending cutscene for the Lord of Hollows ending, she's in the crowd.

Put your hot sacrificail sword knife in her hollow.

Yeah, but you can just kill Yuria for her stuff anyway.

[Slayer Seraph]

How long can I prolong her "marriage" ceremony ?
Can do this just before selecting an ending?
I ask this because I think of:
Backup save.
Leaving it to the last moment not taking her Sigils. Do the ritual. Do the ending. Reload save
Skip ritual do ending 2.
Reload
Do ending 3. And maybe the 4 version.
That way I don't spend souls on Removing Sigils which will be grindy.

Can you postpone it?

[Halcius]

Not really. She is either 100% dead or 100% alive after pontiff, depending on whether or not you killed the pilgrim. Whether or not you enter the tomb just changes the ending, not Anri's fate.

I recommend playing through multiple times to get the other endings, sure, but this is a good one. It feels good to have a kingdom and subjects. The price of curing the dark sigils equals the price of your next 5 levels combined. They're the price for the levels you got from Yoel for "free." You don't get to keep the free levels if you return the other component of the gift.

As for Seforofe:

Yeah, you could kill most characters for their loot. She's also a summonable ally for the Sould of Cinder, why would you not want that support? Also, if you don't choose this path, Londor Pale Shade will shank your ass. That's why not just kill her. There are distinct benefits to following this path and distinct disadvantages to not following the path.

[Slayer Seraph]

Originally posted by djmarkymark1:

Not really. She is either 100% dead or 100% alive after pontiff, depending on whether or not you killed the pilgrim. Whether or not you enter the tomb just changes the ending, not Anri's fate.

I recommend playing through multiple times to get the other endings, sure, but this is a good one. It feels good to have a kingdom and subjects. The price of curing the dark sigils equals the price of your next 5 levels combined. They're the price for the levels you got from Yoel for "free." You don't get to keep the free levels if you return the other component of the gift.

As for Seforofe:

Yeah, you could kill most characters for their loot. She's also a summonable ally for the Sould of Cinder, why would you not want that support? Also, if you don't choose this path, Londor Pale Shade will shank your ass. That's why not just kill her. There are distinct benefits to following this path and distinct disadvantages to not following the path.

But can I do what I suggested regarding the game ending choice and save it for last possible moment?
So: not do the ritual until I finish everything else in the main game expect ending. Then take her Sigils and be eligible for 3rd Hollow Lod ending?
This was I don't have to spend Souls to remove Sigils like Fextralife guide suggested. Because on NG+you lose all yout sigils and thus hollowing. Win win.


I just need to make sure I can't mess up the quest ending and lock away the Hollow Lord ending- by skipping and delaying the ritual.

Please help me figure this out!!!

(I might do NG+ but I will prob3 want to see 2 or 3 endings before that. Maybe all.)

P.s nobody has a comment on my amazing Anri and Yuria theory???(Above) lol

[Slayer Seraph]

Originally posted by Seferofe:

Originally posted by djmarkymark1:

♥♥♥♥ Anri, she is -NOT- your waifu. Let her die. Yuria and gang also help you down the road, especilally in summons for the Soul of Cinder Boss fight. if you summon Yuria for that and she survives (not hard) you get her set and her katana. Billed Mask (the helm for the set) is almost as sexy as the dancer's crown. You get all of Anri's loot later anyway, and she survives, anyway. Check the ending cutscene for the Lord of Hollows ending, she's in the crowd.

Put your hot sacrificail sword knife in her hollow.

Yeah, but you can just kill Yuria for her stuff anyway.

I never kill npc without reason. Especially not for loot. That's lame.

[Halcius]

I am almost 100% sure that the built in save system for DS3 autosaves often, overwriting data frequently. Unless you have a separate system through which you can save your game state, you can't just reload the save and pick a different path. What you can do, is play the Lord of Hollows ending up til the Soul of Cinder boss fight, then betray Londor by curing your sigils before the boss fight. That frees you to default to the Linking the fire ending. If you give the Firekeeper the Eyes of the Fire Keeper (From the untended graves), you are then on the edgelord kill the fire path.

[Slayer Seraph]

Originally posted by djmarkymark1:

I am almost 100% sure that the built in save system for DS3 autosaves often, overwriting data frequently. Unless you have a separate system through which you can save your game state, you can't just reload the save and pick a different path. What you can do, is play the Lord of Hollows ending up til the Soul of Cinder boss fight, then betray Londor by curing your sigils before the boss fight. That frees you to default to the Linking the fire ending. If you give the Firekeeper the Eyes of the Fire Keeper (From the untended graves), you are then on the edgelord kill the fire path.

Thanks. But what I meant was make a copy of the save. Do the Marriage Ritual after final boss or just before it. Then after credits quit. Copy and Overwrite the old save on the current save. Reload and I will be before the choice
Do the other endings withoit curing sigils bit without getting Anri's.
Therefore my question, how late can I delay the ending of Yuria questline and ritual?

[Taco Cat]

Yuria is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ summon for Soul of Cinder