Memory of the King

Overview

General information

Examine the remains of King Vendrick's armor set at the end of Undead Crypt to enter the memory.
Requires Ashen Mist Heart and one DLC crown to access the next segment of dialogue.

Connections

• Undead Crypt

Notes

• Vendrick is an NPC in this area.
• Attempting to attack Vendrick or walk out of the area results in the player immediately exiting the memory (can be re-entered).
• Obtaining the King's Crown and one DLC crown is required to unlock the next set of dialogue.
• Further dialogue is unlocked as you collect the remaining crowns.
• There seems to be a glitch where you can't access the memory even with the ashen mist heart, unsure how this is caused.
• You must have all crowns in your possession (not stored in your Item Box) to receive Vendrick's Blessing.
• If the player runs to the top of the staircase, Velstadt's back can be seen just before leaving the memory.

Vendrick's Blessing

If you talk to Vendrick after obtaining his crown (King's Crown) and the other three DLC crowns (Crown of the Sunken King, Crown of the Old Iron King and Crown of the Ivory King) a short cutscene will play. Afterwards the three DLC crowns and the King's Crown will provide an extra hidden effect when you're wearing one of them:

• When you die you will no longer go hollow / become more hollow.
• You are immune to Curse.

To unlock this reward you must have earned all three DLC crowns in a single playthrough (e.g., not spread across NG+ and NG++). The effect only lasts for your current playthrough, and will not carry over to the next NG level.

Dialogue with Vendrick

• When spoken to in Memory of the King
  1. Seeker of fire, coveter of the throne.
     I am Vendrick, ruler of Drangleic.
  2. Seeker of fire, deliverer of crowns.
     What do you see in the flames?
     Find the crowns, and your own answers.
     The crowns hold the strength of lords from time long past.
     Seek adversity, as befits you.
  3. Seeker of fire, coveter of the throne.
     I'm no king, I'm more fit to be a jester.
     I was unaware of my own blindness.
     We are feeble vessels, with feeble souls.
     We will cast aside the prop of life, only to face greater hardship.
     Are you another such fool? Or something more?
  4. I fail to see your design, young moth.
     I fail to see your design, wee moth.
     But, I see very little, these days.

• Continues here if player has one DLC crown and the King's Crown.
  
  1. Seeker of fire, conqueror of Dark.
     I too sought fire once.
     With fire, they say, a true king can harness the curse.
     A lie, but I knew no better…
     Seeker of fire, you know not the depth of Dark within you.
     It grows deeper still, the more flame you covet.
     Flame, oh, flame…
  2. I am king of this wretched, unraveled kingdom.
     I subdued the giants, and claimed their strength.
     So that I might step closer to fire…
     Drangleic will fall, The fire will fade, and the souls of old will reemerge.
     With Dark unshackled, a curse will be upon us…
     And men will take their true shape…
     (The last three lines are repeated when spoken to again.)

• Continues here if player has two DLC crowns.
  
  1. Seeker of Fire… I see you subdued another foul creature.
     One of the father of the abyss spawn… that confounded quintessence of humanity.
     The abyss once had form but then dissipated.
     And yet… traces of it's existence endured.
     Each fragment thirsting for power spread dark with no relent.
     My dear 'shandra was one such fragment.
     A feeble, tiny thing that thirsted for power more than any other.
     Driven by insatiable lust for a worthy vessel.
     
  2. Fire came to be and with it disparity.
     Heat and cold, life and death, light and dark.
     Dark was seen as a curse.
     Shadow is not cast but born of fire.
     And the brighter the flame, the deeper the shadow.
     Inherit fire and harness the dark.
     Such is the calling of a true leader.
     (Repeats from line three.)

• Continues here if player has all three DLC crowns.
  
  1. //One day fire will fade and dark will become a curse.
     Men will be free from death; left to wander eternally.
     Dark will again be ours and in our true shape
     We can bury the false legends of yore.
     …only is this our only choice?

Seeker of fire, coverer of the Throne
Seek strength.
The rest will follow.//

• If player attempts to attack Vendrick
  
  1. Foolish…