The Fire Keeper is a central non player character in Dark Souls III, released by FromSoftware in 2016. Stationed at Firelink Shrine, she is the character players return to repeatedly to level up, which means her calm greetings are heard hundreds of times during a playthrough. That repetition helped her voice become instantly recognisable within the Souls community. Clips of her lines later spread through YouTube edits, streams and soundboards, where fans use them as a shorthand for returning home, resting between fights, and the quiet melancholy that defines the series.