Behind the altar is a large hole that leads to an underground chasm, with the injured Midir in the middle. In the Church is a secret room found past the illusion of a Black Knight statue with no sword.
Striking Midir with a visceral attack to his head will make him lose his grasp and plummet to the bottom. While the player can quickly run to the building and avoid Midir's flames, hitting him enough times staggers him. Immediately after walking out will Midir land on the bridge leading to the Church of Filianore, blocking the path. He will sit on a cliffside waiting for the player to cross before swooping down and engulfing the entire bridge with flames (there are rocks that the player can hide behind), doing so until the player reaches the Shared Grave area. He will not be interactable until reaching a bridge past the abyssal swamp. When the Ashen One is summoned to the Ringed City, Shira requests them to slay Midir before he becomes fully consumed by the Abyss.Īt first, Midir can be seen flying off not long after entering the Ringed City. However, his eternal battle with the dark would taint him with the same Abyss he fought, turning him hostile against the residents and the Spears of the Church, the guardians of Princess Filianore. Granted with immortality, Midir continued his duty of fighting the Abyss' spread long after the gods perished. A descendant to the Archdragons that Gwyn and the kingdom of Lordran fought off to begin the Age of Fire, Midir was raised by the gods as a guardian of the Ringed City, protecting the city from outside threats, particularly the Abyss created by Manus.