[b]Dark Souls[/b] is the first game of the [[dark souls (series)|Dark Souls trilogy]]. Dark Souls is the spiritual successor to [[Demon's Souls]] and the second installment in the [[dark souls (series)|series]]. 

Like its predecessor, it is known for having a fiendish difficulty.

The game was released in 2011 for [[Playstation 3]] and [[Xbox 360]]. In 2012, [i]Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition[/i] was released for PC, which was later ported to consoles.

h4. Characters

* [[Chosen Undead]]

h6. Bosses

* [[Asylum Demon]]
* [[Taurus Demon]]
* [[Capra Demon]]
* [[Gaping Dragon]]
* [[Chaos Witch Quelaag]]
* [[Demon Firesage]]
* [[Iron Golem (dark Souls)|]]
* [[Priscilla the Crossbreed]]
* [[Dark Sun Gwyndolin]]
* [[Dragon Slayer Ornstein]]
* [[Executioner Smough]]
* [[Great Grey Wolf Sif]]
* [[The Four Kings]]
* [[Seath the Scaleless]]
* [[Gravelord Nito]]
* [[Bed of Chaos]]
* [[Gwyn Lord of Cinder]]
* [[Sanctuary Guardian]]
* [[Artorias the Abysswalker]]
* [[Manus Father of the Abyss]]

h6. Enemies 
* [[Black Knight (Dark SOuls)|]]
* [[Mushroom Parent]]
* [[Berenike Knight]]

h6. NPCs
* [[Knight of Astora Oscar]]
* [[Anastacia of Astora]]
* [[Solaire of Astora]]
* [[Siegmeyer of Catarina]]
* [[Knight Lautrec of Carim]]
* [[Dusk of Oolacille]]
* [[Queen of Sunlight Gwynevere]]
* [[Quelaag's Sister]]
* [[Quelaana of Izalith]]
* [[Lord's Blade Ciaran]]
* [[Alvina of the Darkroot Wood]]
* [[Maneater Mildred]]
* [[Knight of Thorns Kirk]]

h4. Other

* [[Praise the Sun]]
* [[YOU DIED]]
* [[Estus Flask]]
* [[Message (from software)|]]
* [[Moonlight Greatsword]]

h4. External links

* "Dark Souls Wiki":[https://darksouls.fandom.com/wiki/Dark_Souls_Wiki]
* "Wikipedia: Dark Souls":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Souls]
* "Wikipedia: Souls (series)":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souls_(series)#Games
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