Gravelord Nito

Gravelord Nito, first of the dead, is a powerful god to the people of Anor Londo and an antagonist the video game Dark Souls.

Appearance
Nito is arguably the least human-like god in Dark Souls. His body is large, composed of a group of human skeletons lumped together, mildly obscured by a large, black fur coat. he possesses a massive scythe-like blade for his right arm.

Dark Souls
Long ago, during the Age of Ancients, the world was unformed, with no light or dark, no life or death. All that existed were the Everlasting Dragons, and the Archtrees they called their homes. At some point however, a fire came into being in the bowels of the Earth, known as the First Flame. The flame brought disparity; life and death, light and dark. At some point, humanoid beings came into existence, and drawn to the flame, four of them found great souls of lords in the fire. Nito found the Death Soul, which he used to strike down the dragons with a miasma of death and disease as well as imposing the very concept of death onto the world.

Along with his fellow lords, and a host of other gods and warriors, Gwyn made war against the Everlasting Dragons above. When one of the dragons' own, Seath the Scaleless, betrayed their secret weakness, Gwyn and his lords were able to defeat the dragons, and make the world their own, thus beginning the Age of Fire. While Gwyn and the Witch of Izaleth set off to rule and be worshiped as gods, Nito instead went back deep into the catacombs where he then sleeps in eternal slumber.

Travelers brave enough to find their way into his tomb can pay their respects and become a Gravelord Servant.

In time before the player's mention, Pinwheel stole the power of Nito, holding on to it until the Chosen Undead meets the Pinwheel. This power was also sought after by Occultists who wished to destroy the other lords using the power of Nito. These events are considered ancient history that fall in a timeline between the fall of Oolacile and the Chosen Undead's arrival.

Dark Souls II
A long time after Nito's death, the fire was linked and faded again many times, and the land of Lordran that Gwyn had once ruled saw the rise and fall of countless kingdoms.

Nito's powerful soul would remain however, and he would be reborn time and time again. Deep in the Black Gulch, a monstrous amalgamated created fromed from the undead trapped within called the Rotten came into possession of the Old Dead One Soul, exerting Nito's power of death and disease just as the old god did.