Leaked class descriptions attributed to FromSoftware’s upcoming title The Duskbloods have circulated online, outlining 14 distinct, blood-themed character archetypes ahead of an alleged closed network test.
The materials have not been confirmed by FromSoftware, but the leak provides a detailed look at the game’s proposed class identities and narrative hooks.
Context: FromSoftware is the studio behind critically acclaimed titles such as Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and Elden Ring.
Elden Ring launched on February 25, 2022, and had surpassed 20 million copies sold worldwide by December 2023, underscoring the studio’s commercial and critical influence in modern action-RPG design.
Whether The Duskbloods will be formally announced through channels like a Nintendo Direct, or appear on a storefront such as the Nintendo eShop, remains unconfirmed.
Rewritten summary of the reported leak
The leaked documents describe 14 playable classes, each built around macabre blood mechanics and unique role-playing hooks.
In journalistic terms: leaked materials characterize The Duskbloods as presenting 14 blood-themed character classes, ranging from ritual executioners to mechanized assault troopers.
Class breakdown (rewritten from leaked text):
- Blood-Eater (Walter): A lone survivor from an extinct clan of rare-blood hunters who tracks others by scent; his backstory centers on a violent descent into madness and an obsession with pure blood.
- Guillotine (Gillian): An executioner associated with an inquisition who carries a massive blade and shows signs of mutation from prolonged exposure to blood while seeking a mythic "Blood of the Beginning."
- Foul-Rot (Veronica): A blind former nun who spreads a corrosive rot through self-inflicted wounds and tainted footprints that decay what they touch.
- Nail-Pierced (Sebastian): A fanatic who uses self-inflicted injuries and embedded nails to channel violent, miracle-like ferocity at great personal cost.
- Coffin-Bearer (Maurice): A corpse-collector who carries an iron coffin housing a writhing monstrosity; he attacks by ramming enemies and siphoning their blood into the creature.
- Thread-Torn (Oscar): A taxidermist who grafts enemy flesh onto himself, using harvested tissue to reconstruct and eventually transform into an ancient beast.
- Mud-Treader (Ulan): A warrior enhanced by experimentation whose injured legs exude filthy blood, leaving a poisonous red swamp in her wake.
- Candle-Snuffer (Isabel): A former mansion attendant who manipulates shadows to trap and drain foes’ blood and extinguish light in her path.
- Gut-Rinner (Randolph): An assault trooper equipped with a flight-capable backpack and mechanized abdomen, specializing in wide-area, blood-fueled spear attacks.
- Gazer-of-Flesh (Yuri): A heretical observer who removed his eyelids and can intensify a target’s blood flow through staring, with catastrophic results.
- Ash-Crown (Camilla): A survivor who uses a mixture of ash and her own blood—"blood ash"—to petrify and shatter enemies.
- Rust-Gospel (Baldur): A former priest who fills his mouth with scrap iron and needles, producing a blood-laced mist when he prays.
- Dusk-Silt (Elsa): A late-stage sufferer of a disease whose body turns to a blood-mud substance that can evade attacks and inject poison into foes.
- First-Shard (Nameless Shadow): An amorphous first-blood entity that imitates and unleashes the techniques of other bloodlines while lacking coherent origin or speech.
What’s verified and what’s not: The class text above is a rewritten version of leaked material and should be treated as unconfirmed until FromSoftware issues an official statement.
Verified facts in this report pertain to FromSoftware’s past releases and milestones.
Any official details about platforms, release timing, or distribution (including listings on the Nintendo eShop or presentation during a Nintendo Direct) will require confirmation from the publisher or developer.
The materials have not been confirmed by FromSoftware, but the leak provides a detailed look at the game’s proposed class identities and narrative hooks.
Context: FromSoftware is the studio behind critically acclaimed titles such as Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and Elden Ring.
Elden Ring launched on February 25, 2022, and had surpassed 20 million copies sold worldwide by December 2023, underscoring the studio’s commercial and critical influence in modern action-RPG design.
Whether The Duskbloods will be formally announced through channels like a Nintendo Direct, or appear on a storefront such as the Nintendo eShop, remains unconfirmed.
Rewritten summary of the reported leak
The leaked documents describe 14 playable classes, each built around macabre blood mechanics and unique role-playing hooks.
In journalistic terms: leaked materials characterize The Duskbloods as presenting 14 blood-themed character classes, ranging from ritual executioners to mechanized assault troopers.
Class breakdown (rewritten from leaked text):
- Blood-Eater (Walter): A lone survivor from an extinct clan of rare-blood hunters who tracks others by scent; his backstory centers on a violent descent into madness and an obsession with pure blood.
- Guillotine (Gillian): An executioner associated with an inquisition who carries a massive blade and shows signs of mutation from prolonged exposure to blood while seeking a mythic "Blood of the Beginning."
- Foul-Rot (Veronica): A blind former nun who spreads a corrosive rot through self-inflicted wounds and tainted footprints that decay what they touch.
- Nail-Pierced (Sebastian): A fanatic who uses self-inflicted injuries and embedded nails to channel violent, miracle-like ferocity at great personal cost.
- Coffin-Bearer (Maurice): A corpse-collector who carries an iron coffin housing a writhing monstrosity; he attacks by ramming enemies and siphoning their blood into the creature.
- Thread-Torn (Oscar): A taxidermist who grafts enemy flesh onto himself, using harvested tissue to reconstruct and eventually transform into an ancient beast.
- Mud-Treader (Ulan): A warrior enhanced by experimentation whose injured legs exude filthy blood, leaving a poisonous red swamp in her wake.
- Candle-Snuffer (Isabel): A former mansion attendant who manipulates shadows to trap and drain foes’ blood and extinguish light in her path.
- Gut-Rinner (Randolph): An assault trooper equipped with a flight-capable backpack and mechanized abdomen, specializing in wide-area, blood-fueled spear attacks.
- Gazer-of-Flesh (Yuri): A heretical observer who removed his eyelids and can intensify a target’s blood flow through staring, with catastrophic results.
- Ash-Crown (Camilla): A survivor who uses a mixture of ash and her own blood—"blood ash"—to petrify and shatter enemies.
- Rust-Gospel (Baldur): A former priest who fills his mouth with scrap iron and needles, producing a blood-laced mist when he prays.
- Dusk-Silt (Elsa): A late-stage sufferer of a disease whose body turns to a blood-mud substance that can evade attacks and inject poison into foes.
- First-Shard (Nameless Shadow): An amorphous first-blood entity that imitates and unleashes the techniques of other bloodlines while lacking coherent origin or speech.
What’s verified and what’s not: The class text above is a rewritten version of leaked material and should be treated as unconfirmed until FromSoftware issues an official statement.
Verified facts in this report pertain to FromSoftware’s past releases and milestones.
Any official details about platforms, release timing, or distribution (including listings on the Nintendo eShop or presentation during a Nintendo Direct) will require confirmation from the publisher or developer.
