The barrier sealing away an ancient kingdom has come undone, with waves of madness spreading out from it. Death City's top Meisters are sent to investigate. What they find is a world far different and more terrifying than anything they've encountered. But even in the darkest of places, there are others there to help brave it to find the light.

Artorias, Knight of Gwyn, Lord of Cinder. During his fight within the Abyss he was consumed by black magic, but these sorceries have their ways of being unpredictable, who knows what can happen to a soul once struck by its corruption.