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“ | Have you heard of Seath the Scaleless? In legend, he turned against the ancient dragons. He became Lord Gwyn's confidant, was granted dukedom, and was allowed to pursue his research. At the Regal Archives, he immersed himself in research on scales of immortality, the one thing that he did not have. But his very research drove him mad... The Archives became a dungeon, a place for sinister experiments. Now, nobody dares even approach the duke's forbidden Archives. It looms over this land, high atop the mountain. But I should warn against even an approach... | „ |
~ Darkmoon Knightess on Seath the Scaleless. |
Seath the Scaleless, also known as the Writhing Ruin, is the secondary antagonist of the 2011 action role-playing game Dark Souls and a major antagonist in its 2014 sequel, Dark Souls II.
Envious and dissatisfied by the fact that he was born as a blind mortal dragon, Seath the Scaleless chose to betray his brethren and side with Lord Gwyn as an alternate means to be immortal for centuries. He eventually met his downfall after his Primordial Crystal was destroyed by the Chosen Undead, the protagonist of the game, due to the reward of his cooperation with Lord Gwyn, a Bequeathed Lord Soul Shard, put him at odds with the hero.
By the time of Dark Souls II, he had become one of the Great Old Ones, four reborn beings that had once opposed the Chosen Undead, now possessing remnants of the Lord Souls, continuing his experimentation in a new form.
Appearance[]
In contrast to his brethren, Seath the Scaleless has a more centaur-esque stature, possessing a slug-like lower half that has a pair of thick tentacles as sort of legs. He also lacked scales, unlike typical everlasting dragons, exposing his fleshy skin. Like other everlasting bodies, his upper torso and arms are almost humanoid in shape. While seemingly blind due to lack of eyes, his sorcery enables him to perceive his surroundings in a similar manner that eyes do.
Personality[]
Envious and bitter by the fact that he was the most different and defected of his kind, Seath chose to betray his fellow dragons by joining the Lords, particularly Gwyn, upon discovering that their powers can shatter Everlasting Dragons, which render them mortal. Arrogant and power-hungry, he believed that he could gain immortality for himself and seemingly succeeded with the Primordial Crystal. His obsession and immortality not only resulted in the loss of the innocence of women that he mainly turned into monsters, but also drove him more insane than he let on. This, alongside the reward of his betrayal granted to him by Gwyn, inevitably proved to be his downfall.
Biography[]
Background[]
Seath is an albino dragon who was born without scales. Not having scales means he lacked the immortality that all other dragons possessed. Out of jealousy for the other dragons, he betrayed them, siding with Lord Gwyn in the war against his brethren. After the Everlasting Dragons were wiped out and Gwyn emerged victoriously, he granted Seath the title of Duke and gave him a Bequeathed Lord Soul Shard out of gratitude for his aid in the war.
Quest with Immortality[]
Seath eventually went insane in researching the Scales of Immortality as he could never have them for himself. However, he no longer requires the Scales as his research into the Primordial Crystal (which he stole from the dragons) resulted in him becoming an Undead, and therefore immortal. He has his servants, the Channelers, abduct women for him to perform experiments on and is able to use sorcery to create life from nothing. It is suggested that he is the father of Crossbreed Priscilla.
Imprisoning the Chosen Undead[]
When the Chosen Undead reaches the Duke's Archive in search of Seath's Bequeathed Lord Soul Shard to fill the Lordvessel, the albino dragon sends his minions out to stop them. Upon reaching the top of the Archive, Seath ambushes the player and traps them in his room. He regains all lost health immediately and easily overwhelms the player, thus they must allow Seath to kill them. They respawn at the bonfire in the prison section, forcing them to fight through Seath's created monsters to fight against him again.
Downfall[]
From Big Hat Logan, the player is informed of the Primordial Crystal in the nearby Crystal Cave that grants Seath his immortality. Upon reaching the room with the crystal, Seath flies over to stop them. Despite his efforts to protect his Primordial Crystal, the Chosen Undead shatters it, allowing them to damage Seath and slay the tyrannical dragon.
Legacy[]
“ | The Writhing Ruin is an ancient thing whose shadow remains cast over the land. It first took possession of a solitary insect, but grew its power, feasting on the wealth of twisted souls found in the land. | „ |
~ Soul of The Duke's Dear Freja. |
Although Seath was seemingly gone for good, his corrupting magical influences would remain to haunt the kingdom of Lordran, as well as the kingdoms to follow. Big Hat Logan would go insane by the Paledrake's magic after the Chosen One defeats the dragon and buys all of his magic spells. A fragment of his soul, seemingly retaining his personality and goals would be reborn time and time again, continuing to experiment on people.
“ | But our master never dies, only changes form, so that he may seethe for all eternity. | „ |
~ Manscorpion Tark, hinting at Seath being the Writhing Ruin. |
As the Writhing Ruin, it would find its way to Tseldora in Drangleic where it infected Freja the spider and turned her into a man-eating monster, as well as infecting the citizens with parasitic spiders. The notes taken by Big Hat Logan were eventually found by the Crystal Sages of Lothric, who spread preaches on the word of the "mythical" Paledrake. Scholars from the Grand Archive revered his research and some worshiped him as a god. One of these worshipers was Oceiros, the former king of Lothric, who attempted to follow Seath's footsteps in achieving great power, only to become a dragon hybrid and driven insane.
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Trivia[]
- The name "Seath" is from the dragon with the same name in King's Field; he is the rival of another dragon named Guyra (who Black Dragon Kalameet is based on).
- He is also connected with the Moonlight Sword, a symbolic recurring weapon from King's Field.
- It has been theorized the reason for the crystal growths present on his lower body is an attempt to replicate the Everlasting Dragon's immortality derived from their scales with crystal "scales" of his own.
- Despite being blind, Seath can still detect the player even with the Hush sorcery and/or the Slumbering Dragoncent Ring.
External links[]
- Seath the Scaleless on the Pure Evil Wiki
- Seath the Scaleless on the Dark Souls Wiki