This theme applies to the beings who are just shadows of their former glory which Nito is as well since we know for sure that Pinwheel stole power from him. So we know that Nito wasn't just sleeping, he has used up his lord soul doing Something.Ĭlick to shrink.Diminished power is a pretty common theme in Dark Souls, there's the undead dragon in the Valley of Drakes clinging to a cliff unable to fly like its lesser brethren and when it tries to breath fire it spits out poison instead, the Gaping Dragon who's hunger turned it into an abomination that can't fly or breath fire like the undead dragon, the Bed of Chaos who can't protect itself from you when you get pass the defenses even though this used to be the Witch of Izalith, Gwyn the Lord of Sunlight became the Lord of Cinder due to burning in the Kiln and because of this he can't even use his lightning bolts or Sunlight Spear, Artorias the Abysswalker was corrupted by the Abyss, has a crippled arm that usually holds his shield and fights like a rabid animal instead of the knight he was. When you read the description on his soul, it says that "Much of the power have been offered to death". My head canon is that Nito is gravelording in his coffin, infecting countless other worlds with his servants, searching endlessly for something. The hosts of the infected world must then find the gravelord (There willl appear a black summon sign that relatively match the location of the gravelord in their own game) and invade the gravelord. Gravelords infects 3 random worlds and and adds bunch of much stronger enemy into them. I think in DS2, when you burn ascetic, the area gains some extra enemy who are tougher. Gwyndolin and Nito boost your power if they like you and take them away if you betray them.Ģnd, Gravelords infected other worlds. From most other covenant, it's fine to switch your allegiance after you get what you want from them.
Gravelords is unique in 2 ways compared to the other covenants from what I remember.ġst, They are one of the 2 covenant where the rank in covenant mattered, reflecting of the fact that these covenant are servants of active gods.