You are in the Shadow Keep in the land of shadow. You have been following Miquella’s crosses which led you to a dark chamber within the keep.

Candles light up around you as a red snake gazes at you, before you hear a voice from the shadow

Messmer: “Mongrel Intruder.”

Messmer: “Another stripped of the grace of gold… my mother would prefer you dead. Perhaps you wish for something rather than death…”