Millwood Knight

Millwood Knights are enemies in Dark Souls III: Ashes of Ariandel.

Description
Large, powerful enemies; they wear the Millwood Knight Set, albeit a much larger variation. They deal heavy damage and are not easily staggered, but their attacks are easily avoided as they typically have a large wind-up time.

Location
Common enemies throughout the Painted World of Ariandel.

Lore
The Millwood Knights were once inhabitants of a place called the Millwood Forest, a fabled land. It was home of the Ethereal Oak, a sacred tree to them, and from the antlers of some blessed beast they adorned their helms. Millwood was known to practice a primitive sort of worship, directed towards the very earth. They fought with the power of the earth itself, with their chieftain knights serving also as their high priests, calling forth massive quakes onto their foes. With their greatbows and great arrows, made of black oak, the knights fought the Abyss Dragon, a being of unknown nature that was their sworn enemy.

By means unknown, the forest was left in ruin, and the knights went on a journey towards an uncertain purpose. Eventually they cared not for the Abyss Dragon, and they were drawn into the Painted World of Ariandel, where they found a new wood to call home and live to this day. Explorers who later discovered the ruins of the ancient forest found the Ethereal Oak rotting there, and the belongings of the knights laid about proper by caring hands, though the knights were not found.

Trivia

 * While there is vast uncertainty here, it is theorized that the Abyss Dragon they fought was Kalameet.
 * Far into the Painted World is a large single tree, perhaps serving as a surrogate for their original worshiping of the Ethereal Oak, as many priests are found near it.