Slave Knight Gael

"Hand it over, that thing, your dark soul"

- Gael to the Ashen One "Is this the blood?... The blood of the Dark Soul"

- Gael Empowering the Dark Soul Slave Knight Gael is a NPC and the final boss in ''Dark Souls III:Ringed City. He is a warrior and the incarnation of the Dark Soul, He is the final boss of the Dark Soul Series. ''

Ashes of Ariandel
believed that he departed the painting after The Painter was locked away, taking the rotted remains of the physical portal with him, attempting to find another Ashen One to complete the prophecy that would burn away the rotted world so that The Painter could replace it.

Unable to find one, he travels to the Cathedral of the Deep, praying for divine aid in his mission. When he encounters the Champion, he is overjoyed to have completed his search, and requests the Ashen One to free The Painter and show her the flame that would burn the rot. Once they come into contact with the piece of the painting, the Ashen One is pulled into the painted world.

In the fight with Ariandel and Friede, the flame is reignited, and The Painter comments that she will wait until she can see it before beginning the painting. To do that, she needs the pigment she intends to use, which she reveals to be the Dark Soul itself, discovered by the Furtive Pygmy and used to create all of humankind. She also mentions that Gael intended to get it for her, for he has set out on a new mission to find it, and she wonders whether or not he has found it already.

The Ringed City
Gael continues his mission seeking the pigment of the dark soul, during his mission this can be invoked to help the Ashen One, Gael finally finds the Dark Soul and consumes it absorbing all its power incarnating it, finally is found by the Ashen One, noting his Presence this rises and claims his soul beginning the battle, after being wounded this manages to bleed realizing that he is the Dark Soul taking all its power and using it during the final battle, with diverse combat abilities is finally defeated by the Ashen One Who decides to give his Soul to the painter of the world of ariandel who finishes his painting, The picture of a cold world like the dark soul of a man.