At the Kiln of the First Flame, Ash watched the incarnations of the Lords of Cinder leap into the air, only to be smashed by a low-health dragonkin with two Chaos Bed Vestiges and a Lightning Spear. He was left utterly stunned.
The Wolf Who Severed Immortality watched the fearsome Headless Ape get instantly killed by a Blood Blade and a single Umbrella Parry, and began to question his life.
On a terrifying night of the hunt, with the blood moon hanging high, Gehrman, the First Hunter, looked at the man before him, holding a pistol in one hand, his other hand empty, and not even wearing hunter's garb. He didn't dare make a single move, afraid the man would tear him apart with his bare hands.
At that moment, all the game worlds were abuzz with tales of a warrior who had transcended dimensions. The residents of those worlds affectionately called him the "First Kindler," the "Ashen One Who Extinguished the Flame," the "Sword Saint Who Commands the Asura," the "Elden Lord," the "Newborn Young Great One," and more.
