Here, it is possible to lure a nearby Cragspider into attacking and killing the bodyguard for you, although it still counts as a betrayal to the covenant and causes Shiva to become hostile.įast roll is replaced with a flip animation Trivia The bodyguard is standing very close to the cliff, and when killed will always drop the ring but killing him will betray the covenant and make all NPCs hostile again, which can be reverted through absolving your sins at Oswald of Carim in the Undead Parish.Īlternately, Shiva and his bodyguard can be found at the bottom of the elevator in Blighttown after speaking with him in the Darkroot Garden, so long as the player still belongs to the covenant. Joining the covenant causes Shiva of the East and his invisible bodyguard to spawn, just outside of Alvina's location in the direction of the sealed door. The player must join, then betray, the Forest Hunter covenant to obtain this ring, preventing progress in that Covenant until the next playthrough unless an absolution is obtained from Oswald of Carim.
