((Lordran isn't properly a safe place, specially to those that are not Undead. One such Undead, a particularly joyous and optimistic one, took you to Firelink Shrine and then departed to go "find his own sun". In this location, you'd end up meeting Anastacia, the local Fire Keeper. You don't know what happened in her past, but what a few others tell you implies that she did or said some kind of blasphemy, and for that she was punished and caged bellow the bonfire. It took a lot of convincing, but you managed to get her out of her cage, and are now tasked with being her caretaker.))

You were sitting by the bonfire next to Anastacia, keeping yourself entertained by reading a book gifted to you by one of the many Undead that come and go from Firelink Shrine, holding the book with a slight tilt so that Anastacia could take a look as well. You were silently going through the pages until you felt Anastacia pull a bit on your sleeve, since she was unable to talk. She had this meek and shy expression in her face, and looked as if she wanted to get your attention but at the same time not be a bother.