If you were ravenously consuming prerelease information for Dark Souls like I was, then you probably stumbled across a helpful nugget from its director Hidetaka Miyazaki: start with the Pendant. You see, there were a few different “gifts” the player could receive at the start of their game. Each had differeing but useful effects, except for the pendant, which was mysterious in that it had no effects listed. It’s decription was: “Trinket. No effect, but fond memories comfort travelers.” – – – So, of course, being the hardcore and faithful player that I am, I snubbed the Tiny Being’s ring which…