The DuskbloodsSenator Samir Patres is a Network Test Ver. Bloodsworn who fights with the Senate Rapier and the Soulbird Ring. Skills are Bloodstake and Saurian Form. Aspects are Blood Disciple and Unshakable Sword. The ring sends a prehistoric spectral bird; Saurian Form becomes a carnivorous dinosaur. He is one of six first-party test kits.
Senator Samir Patres
YouTube thumbnail for FromSoftware's The Duskbloods network-test announcement film (video K7oI_Bo9z8I).
- MeleeSenate Rapier
- RangedSoulbird Ring
- Skill 1Bloodstake
- Skill 2Saurian Form
- Aspect 1Blood Disciple
- Aspect 2Unshakable Sword
- AvailabilityNetwork Test Ver.
Weapons, skills, and aspects
The Senate Rapier is a well-tempered narrow-bladed straight sword. The Soulbird Ring sends forth a prehistoric spectral bird for ranged attacks. Bloodstake forms a swamp of blood at a foe’s feet, then a colossal bloodstake rises from it. Saurian Form assumes the shape of a carnivorous dinosaur, charges, and attacks with jaws. Blood Disciple lowers the required Bloodsworn skill level. Unshakable Sword makes perfect guarding boost melee attack power, which is a first-party hook into the guard-counter loop in the online manual.
Samir is the test kit for players who want a fencing melee line, a spectral bird at range, and a dinosaur commit. Perfect guards feed Unshakable Sword. The thumbnail is FromSoftware’s network-test film still, reused in place of an unbound campaign portrait.
Samir in a Dusk Battle
Unshakable Sword wants perfect guards, so Phase I is for learning the shield repair gauge rather than trading raw HP. Bloodstake is a ground trap for ritual-site chokes. Saurian Form is a commit with jaws, closer to Zork’s Human Rocket than to Layla’s vanish. Blood Disciple lowering required skill level means Samir can unlock skills earlier as he levels on field enemies.
Standard alliances still share Sword and Pledge; a rapier kit that can hold a pillar is useful to a Flame partner. Bloodbound pairs keep that share into Moon Blood Bestowal. Howl remains available if you need stagger without spending Bloodstake. The senator is still one of six test kits, not a proof of the unpublished remainder of the retail dozen.