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D, Hunter of the Dead

D, Hunter of the Dead is the armored hunter first seen near Summonwater Village. He introduces you to Gurranq and later becomes involved in Fia’s Weathered Dagger request.

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Locations and access

Road west of Summonwater Village

Limgrave · Undead warning

Starting Site of Grace: Summonwater Village Outskirts

  1. Follow northern Limgrave’s road east across Saintsbridge toward Summonwater Village.
  2. Look for D beside a body before the village ruins. Speak for his warning about the dead.

Main room by the table

Roundtable Hold · Roundtable hunter

Starting Site of Grace: Table of Lost Grace

  1. Return to Roundtable Hold and look for D in his gold-and-silver Twinned armor.
  2. Speak with a Deathroot available if you missed his early village meeting. He can still introduce Gurranq here.

Newly opened room beyond Hewg

Roundtable Hold · Dagger aftermath

When available: After giving him Fia’s Weathered Dagger.

Starting Site of Grace: Table of Lost Grace

  1. Meet D and Fia at Roundtable Hold. After reaching Altus Plateau, let Fia hold you and ask to speak in secret until she gives you the Weathered Dagger.
  2. Take the dagger to D and choose the dialogue option to give it to him.
  3. Reload Roundtable Hold and check the newly opened room at the far end of the passage beyond Hewg.

Quest steps

Quest steps can include different outcomes. Read the branch, conditions and cutoffs before making a choice.

  1. Collect a Deathroot

    Branch: Main quest

    Defeat the Tibia Mariner at Summonwater Village for an early Deathroot. Speak to D afterward, or show him a Deathroot later at the Hold.

  2. Take the introduction

    Branch: Main quest

    Accept his offer to meet Gurranq. Use the sending gate in the bushes northeast of Third Church of Marika to reach Bestial Sanctum.

  3. Return for his lessons

    Branch: Main quest

    Meet Gurranq and return to D for his incantation shop. His later cooperator opportunities are separate from buying the spells.

  4. Return the dagger

    Branch: Main quest

    After Fia offers Weathered Dagger during her private conversations, give it to D through his dialogue.

  5. Find the aftermath

    Branch: Main quest

    Reload the Hold and enter the newly opened room beyond Hewg. Speak to Fia and collect Twinned armor and D’s Bell Bearing from the body.

  6. Decide on the armor handover

    Branch: Optional twin connection

    D’s twin sits near the Valiant Gargoyles approach in Siofra Aqueduct. Giving the full outfit to him continues that separate character’s quest.

Rewards and conditions

Reward or serviceConditionDetails
Gurranq introductionShow a Deathroot and accept the offer.Marks the convenient sending-gate route; Gurranq gives the later Deathroot rewards.
Litany of Proper Death and Order’s BladePurchase after meeting Gurranq.His two lessons are shop stock, not automatic gifts from showing a Deathroot.
Twinned set and D’s Bell BearingCollect after the dagger outcome.The set can continue his twin’s quest; the bearing preserves his lessons.

Notes

  • Darian, the hunter, and Devin, the beholder, are two different brothers. Their similar armor and shared title do not make them one travelling NPC.
  • His introduction does not consume a Deathroot. Gurranq is the one who receives those handovers.
  • The Weathered Dagger is a quest delivery item. It is not an equipable dagger to test on D.
  • Fia’s dagger outcome and deliberately killing D in Limgrave create different consequences for the twin’s later armor handover.
  • You do not need to kill the Black Blade Kindred outside Bestial Sanctum to speak to Gurranq inside.
  • D’s later death does not prevent continuing Gurranq’s Deathroot handovers directly.
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