Fia, Deathbed Companion

Ah, Fia. The Deathbed Companion. You wish to know the truth of the woman who offers solace at the Roundtable Hold? It is a fraught subject, one tied to my own wretched studies of Death.

The Embrace of the Companion

To the others in the Hold, she is merely a strange source of comfort. She offers her embrace—a bizarre ritual, surely—and in return, she grants a minor blessing, a subtle fortifying of the spirit. She calls it "sharing vigor."

But I believe there is more to it than simple charity. Think of the cost of her action: when she holds you, she is drawing a portion of your vital strength, your life force, into herself. She takes that vigor and weaves it into something else, something hidden within her robes. She is a vessel, Tarnished, but for what purpose?

The Purpose of the Stolen Life

I have spent many hours observing her, connecting her actions to the lore of Godwyn’s blight. I have come to a chilling conclusion: Fia is an agent of the undead.

Do you recall the source of the curse that blighted Godwyn? It was the Rune of Death being used to kill his soul but not his body. That body, the Prince of Death, now lies at the root of the Erdtree, perpetually undead, spreading the blight of Those Who Live in Death throughout the Lands Between.

Fia’s true objective is tied to this death-curse. The vigor she steals is not for herself, but for the undead. She is gathering the strength of living souls to nurture a grotesque, ultimate ambition:

She seeks to find a way to make Godwyn the Golden not merely the source of the undead, but the God of a new Death Order. She wishes to grant the Prince of Death the destiny he was robbed of, establishing a world where the living and the undeath coexist under his rule.

The Fatal Dagger

And there is a further, damning detail, one that connects her directly to the most heinous transgression:

I discovered the Black Knifeprint, the remnant of the ritual used to kill Godwyn's soul. That fragile clue pointed me toward the identity of the assassins. But it was Fia who possessed the actual Black Knife Dagger, the very blade used to strike Godwyn on the Night of the Black Knives. She gave it to me, feigning fear, but I believe it was a deliberate act of revelation.

She is not merely studying the undead; she is one of their champions, an accomplice in the initial crime that shattered the Ring, and a devotee of the corpse that resulted.

She hides her dangerous ambition beneath a gentle, comforting touch. Be wary of those who offer the softest words, Tarnished. They often conceal the hardest, most devastating truths.