oh her poor father, he's all hollowed up now..

Indeed :( Made me feel like a heel for stealing all his glory and adventure.

Doesnt he return in the dark souls II dlc?

From what I've seen, not as a character per se, but there is an onion kngiht invader in the ng+ that may drop the armour set. Also, in the Sunken Crown dlc at Shulva, you do chance upon a helmet. I think the Iron king's area has the gauntlets, but I haven't had a chance to play that one thoroughly. The armour in dark souls 2 looks significantly more faded/corroded, which means it's been passed down many hands.

Love how they follow the lore so well

That armor is awesome :D Wicked sweet detailing :)

Thank you :3 I loved the design and it was a fun armour to draw :D

That game sure can give ya the feels..

Indeed it can! The best part though is that you can go through the entire game and not know ,or care, about the major story and the characters. You have to invest your own attention and research/discussion to find out about the world around you and learn about what drives the people in it. Story and in particular, lore, is never shoved in your face through exposition, which makes it that much more appealing and fascinating, in my opinion :D

I hope that Dark Souls 3 will have its own share of memorable characters and their stories that we will have to learn of and explore. There were a couple of nice characters in DaS2, but nothing quite like the first. <3

DS1 left e a larger impression overall. DS2's 'nexus' system with Majula just didn't feel as good as the more metroidvania unlocking of the maps in DS1. Maybe I'm old fashioned but I think being able to warp anywhere at the beginning kind of shrunk the feel of the game for DS2. I'm just glad that the producer of DS1 is returning to the helm for 3. Preview analysis videos have been promising :D