Night Souls iii is full of mysterious and often sinister characters that you tin encounter on your journey. Every character yous run into is on their ain journeying and past helping them out, you learn more than and more about them.

One such character is Anri of Astora, a knight traveling with a silent companion that you meet during your journey. Anri has become a fan favorite character and that's thank you in large part to their questline where nosotros get to acquire more about their backstory. SinceNighttime Souls doesn't like to spoon-feed the story, it'southward left to player to figure things out. Let's have a look at some things about Anri you may have missed.

10 Either Male Or Female person

Anri and Horace resting on the road of sacrifices

Dark Souls 3 is a game that let's players create and customize their ain characters, including picking what gender they'd like to play as. Players who have only played as i gender for their character might non accept known that Anri'southward gender actually depends on the player grapheme'south gender.

If the player is playing a male character, Anri will be female person, but if the player is playing a female graphic symbol, Anri will be male. It's also worth noting that in Japan, Anri is a unigender proper name and works for both the male or female version!

9 That Vocalization Sounds Familiar

When fans of the Soulsborne serial showtime encountered the female person Anri, they may have felt that her vocalisation seemed familiar, and they were right. If you had playedBloodborne before getting toNighttime Souls 3, then you had already Anri'south vocalization before.

Female Anri is voiced by Lucy Briggs-Owen who previously lent her phonation toBloodborne where she voiced Vicar Amelia, Imposter Iosefka, and Sister Adella. FromSoftware has had several vocalization actors from their previous games appear in their recent titles, and it's always a care for when you can recognize the vox.

viii Wedding Bells Are Ringing

And then the reason Anri's gender is always the reverse of the histrion character'due south is because there's a hidden questline that lets you ally them (but in that location'south besides a modern that adds a gay matrimony option).

It's not the most ideal wedding ceremony ceremony, however, every bit when the player arrives at the Temple of the Darkmoon for the anniversary, Anri is lying on a bed of flower petals with a cloth over their confront looking quite dead. Marrying Anri actually just means stabbing a sword through his or her face to receive power.

7 Necessary For Ane Of The Endings

And then the questline we mentioned apropos marrying Anri is actually part of a questline to unlock a hush-hush ending for the game that many contend is the catechism catastrophe. Marrying Anri is only ane role of the questline, merely it'south arguably the almost important part of it.

Anri plays an integral role to be able to go the "Usurpation of Fire" ending, which sees the histrion grapheme becoming the Lord of Hollows. The one guiding the player on this questline is Yuria of Londor who says that a lord needs a spouse then ropes Anri into the whole thing.

6 Horace'due south Shrine

When you kickoff see Anri they're being accompanied by a silent companion named Horace the Hushed, and together they're looking for Aldrich. It'south articulate from the dialogue that Anri and Horace accept a shared past that deeply affected them and they vowed to always take each other's back.

Unfortunately, they get separated and Horace ends up Hollowing, meaning he goes insane and will attack on sight. If you lot kill him and tell Anri where he was, they'll become and make a small shrine with Horace'southward weapon, shield, and a prism rock which you tin visit.

v Is Already Hollow When You Meet Them

The "Usurpation of Burn down" questline is about the player character becoming the Lord of Hollows, and they simply able to marry Anri after Yuria of Londor reveals that Anri is a Hollow.

Nearly people assumed that Anri went Hollow after beingness separated from Horace but it turns out that both Anri and Horace were already Hollow (physically, at least) when you first see them. Some clever players accept constitute ways to remove helmets from NPCs and discovered that Anri is already physically Hollow.

4 Anri Gives Up

We've already touched on how getting separated from Horace impacts Anri. They get into a bit of a downwards spiral of depression but they practice bounce back and continue on their journey with hopes of avenging Horace's death.

However, killing Horace earlier he Hollows and in forepart of Anri will cause Anri to straight out give up. After killing Horace in front of them, Anri will stop attacking y'all, plummet to their knees, and lament Horace'due south decease, as you either leave or kill Anri. It's a much more than depressing and evil route to have with Anri'south story.

3 Appears In "Usurpation Of Burn" Ending

Subsequently stabbing Anri through the confront in the strangest wedding ceremony ever, the player is well on their manner to becoming the Lord of Hollows and usurping the Fire simply it'due south the last players run across of Anri. Or so many thought.

It can be tough to see because the ending cutscene'due south lighting is quite dark but eagle-eyed players accept noticed the silhouette of a graphic symbol wearing the Elite Knight set, the aforementioned armor Anri wears, kneeling among the other Hollows. There really aren't any other characters it can be except Anri.

ii Might Not Actually Be From Astora

Nearly aught story-wise is explicitly stated in the Dark Souls games. It's purposefully left open to estimation which has resulted in plenty of lore theories accompanied by some compelling bear witness. One such compelling theory is that Anri of Astora is not really from Astora.

If you read the item description for Anri's Directly Sword, it reveals that not but is the sword not originally Anri's but it besides reveals that Astora is a ruined land. Too, the item description for the Aristocracy Knight set reveals that Anri knows of Astora only by proper noun and was but drawn to the idea of Astora.

i Ties To Aldrich, Devourer Of Gods

When you beginning meet Anri, they say that they and Horace are on their way to the Cathedral of the Deep to find and impale Aldrich, but they never explain why. Information technology'southward something players take to slice together with detail descriptions and such but information technology reveals a grim story.

There are some grim implications that Aldrich, known for his penchant for cannibalism, kidnapped children and ate them. Not just were Anri and Horace two of those children, but they were as well the but two to e'er escape Aldrich'south clutches and accept sworn revenge against him.

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