The area that Tirek opened a portal to happened to be the streets of Lothric, as in where the first bonfire of the city rested, and stepped out into the large area that surrounded the bonfire, though while the rest of his group entered the area that he had appeared in he found that all of the enemies that he and Sarana had faced in the past had calmed down, which showed him that his modifications to this world were already being felt, as some of the Hollows that were off to the right seemed to be confused as to how they were back to normal, especially since the sky had to be different from what it was supposed to be after someone linked the First Flame. Once everyone was on this side of the portal Tirek closed it and started to walk down the path to the left, where he combined the power of the Time Stone and Soul Stone to awaken all of the fallen knights that had been slain long before he arrived in this world, as that meant he hadn't absorbed the power of their souls and, more importantly, that they could be roused from their slumber and rejoin the world of the living, where those he revived looked around as they came to terms with what he had done to them, even though it took them some time to figure out that he was the one that had messed with their bodies and souls. While he did that he spotted the fallen wyverns that were scattered all over the part of the city they were in and directed his power towards them as well, where Yuria and the others watched as he raised the fallen wyverns from where they were resting and restored each of them to the point they had been at before something had felled them, though this time around the knights of the city, along with the former Hollows who were near them, saluted Tirek as he and his group walked by them, because even if he didn't use his new power to mess with them and make it so they saw him as their new ruler, their new god, he knew that having the dragons and wyverns on his side was also enough to do the same thing. He also couldn't wait to show them Midir, just to display the sort of power he had access to in being able to have a dragon sired by the Archdragons on his side, though he planned on heading back to Archdragon Peak at some point so he could raise the massive fallen dragon from its slumber, as having a second immensely powerful beast on his side meant whoever resisted his rule, as he was sure there would be some who might resist his decrees, this would make them think twice about their foolish actions.
As he walked along the path that would allow him to reach the church that was in the middle of the city, and the rest of the group followed after him, Tirek could tell that Anri was thinking about something as she glanced out at the rest of the city and watched as some of the fallen residents were revived to what they had been like before they tried to get Prince Lothric to link the First Flame, which he refused to do given everything he had seen and heard, which resulted in the last couple Lords of Cinder being revived and a number of Unkindled being pulled from their graves to hunt down and kill the ones who were supposed to replace the Prince.
"Is something wrong, my Queen?" Tirek inquired, as he was slightly interested in what could possibly be bothering Anri at the moment, especially since there was nothing that could challenge him or harm anyone that was following in, and that wasn't counting the fact that Aldrich had been slain, so Anri didn't have to worry about the Lord of Cinder returning from the grave, since to bring that sludge creature back would mean the end of the Space Stone, though most of his attention was on the path he was following as he revived all of the fallen so they could embrace the new life that he was giving to this world, since they wouldn't have to worry about linking the First Flame anymore.
"...yes, you could say that..." Anri replied, where it was clear that something was definitely bothering her, even though that was when Tirek had to wonder if she was missing Horace, who he and his companions had slain due to the fact the knight had been hollowed when they found him in Smouldering Lake, though even as he thought about that he knew reviving her childhood friend would be easy, especially since he knew where to find him, before Anri sighed as she focused on the area that was in front of them, as Tirek was manipulating the city to form walkways for them to reach the lower areas that they would have had to climb down a ladder if it wasn't for him, "Lady Yuria didn't have a lot of time to tell me everything that happened since we last talked to each other, but she told me that the two of us engaged in a wedding designed for the Unkindled, or maybe it was Hollows, that basically tied the two of us together or something like that... I just find the fact that we're, um, married to be unreal, since I wasn't expecting such a thing to happen when I set out with Horace to find and kill Aldrich, which Yuria tells me you and your pair of subordinates accomplished with ease."
"Yes, you and I performed a specific ceremony to link ourselves together in some manner, and yes, Sarana, Martok, and I hunted down and killed Aldrich," Tirek remarked, letting Anri know that everything she had been told, or what little Yuria had told her since he was sure the dark sister had refrained from mentioning the fact that he had stabbed her in the head to absorb the dark power that had been gathering inside her body, which had been the entire reason behind the wedding based on what he could tell, but there was one thing Yuria had gotten right and that was the fact that every rightful Lord, or in his case the soon to be King of Lothric, had a partner of some kind, and it appeared that Anri had to be his, as he did know he could have done a lot worse based on everyone he had seen since the start of his quest, "Whatever terrors have been lurking in your past have been put to rest, as you won't have to worry about him returning to do you harm, so be at ease and take comfort in the fact that your foe has been cut down as his cinders used to open the way to the First Flame, all so I could complete my quest."
Anri said nothing to that as she and the others followed Tirek over to the area of the city that the church rested in, as that seemed to be their destination based on what they were seeing right now, and it wasn't long before their growing group reached the church, where they found a number of knights and citizens standing near the structure in question, where all of them saluted Tirek as he came to a stop in front of the church, to which Sarana, Martok, Anri, and the others came to a stop behind him as they waited for him to do what he had come to do. In that moment Tirek focused his power into some of the Infinity Stones and turned his hand into a fist as his power rolled out from where he and the others were standing, something that caused the entire plateau or mountain that the city and castle had been built upon to shudder for a few seconds, before he rushed up into the air, positioning himself away from the others for a time, before setting in motion his plans for the kingdom of Lothric. The first thing he did was restore all of the massive stone bridges that rested around the city to their former state, lifting the fallen bodies from where they had fallen and revived those who met their end on each of them, though once each of the bridges was restored to its former glory he shifted his magic and the city shook for a moment as the outer ring, with the high wall, lowered into place, demonstrating his power to those that were watching him work, as he was sure that those he had revived were totally shocked by what he was doing, and this was just the start of his renovations to the city. The castle, for instance, was positioned in the middle of the entire city, while he made sure to put the church somewhere near his new residence as the rest of the city shifted to better suit his desires, though part of him was amused when he noticed that what he was doing was starting to make Lothric City resemble Canterlot, a dark version of the city Princess Celestia and Princess Luna called home, but as he considered that he focused on the castle for a moment and shattered the various chambers and rooms, scattering the individual sections for a moment before even bothering to rearrange the castle into a more realistic layout, as there needed to be an entrance hall, a kitchen, the royal bed chambers, a servants quarters, a dining area, maybe a ballroom, a library that the archives took the place of, an area for the guards to live and train in, and the throne room, the most important room, not to mention a few other odds and ends, like the fact that he transformed the Consumed King's garden into an area for the devil beasts of Irithyll to reside in, so they could be near him if he wanted to dispose of someone.
Once he was done transforming Lothric City, and it actually resembled a realistic city and not the ruined kingdom he had seen while he was traversing it with Sarana at the start of their quest, he turned his attention to the lands that rested just outside his new seat of power and started weaving his magic over the ruined lands, as in he repaired all of the structures that were scattered throughout the Undead Settlement and made sure that all of the hollowed residents were restored to their normal forms, just like he had done for everyone that was scattered throughout his new city. From there he turned his attention away from the settlement, or whatever it was originally called, and moved onto the next area that was on his list, where he fixed up certain structures and restoring those that had fallen before his arrival in this world, though while all of that happened he came to a stop when he reached a certain area and upheld his promise to Sarana, even if he didn't actually promise her anything when they were last in this area, where he waved his and and set fire to the vile swamp that rested inside Farron Keep, transforming the entire landscape into a place of fire and ash as he heard the Ghru scream in agony, or their version of it anyway, even though he knew that it would be a barren wasteland at some point in the future, which would be replaced with something else in due time. Once that was done he made sure to weave his magic over the path that lead to Irithyll, where he restored the broken path to what it had been in the past and made sure to modify it so that it wasn't cutting through the now burning Farron Keep, though as he did that all of the hollows that called the icy city home started to regain themselves, and that included the silver knights that guarded Anor Londo, an area that he waved his hand towards and purged it of all of Aldrich's taint, which he transferred back to the Cathedral of the Deep, since that was where it belonged, and made sure the small city where the gods once resided was restored to its original glory, as he knew that there were a few gods remaining in this world and that this would be a good place to let them rest, if they didn't want to rest in his new castle anyway. The moment he was done fixing the mess that Aldrich had left all over Anor Londo, and he was sure that he was leaving nothing of the sludge Lord of Cinder behind, he used the Space Stone and opened a pair of portals so he could transport the three devil beasts that were resting in Irithyll to their new home in his new castle, where he made sure to check on them and make sure they liked the new area that they would be calling home, before he moved to the next location that was on his list of places to revisit.
That was when he reappeared in Smouldering Lake, an area that he loosed the chill of winter upon and froze the entire underground area, and he meant everything since he didn't like this place at all and let the large crabs that called this place home be encased in ice, which also included the giant weapon, but once that he had done that he headed over to the side cave and located Horace's body, to which he moved it to the area of his city that he had set aside for a graveyard, all so the knight could be laid to rest without Anri knowing. With that done he decided to check out the Cathedral of the Deep for a few moments and quickly purged the maggot monsters who were still lingering in the area, which was mostly due to the fact that he disliked them as well and was rather happy to see them disappear, but he was more interested in all of the knights, grave wardens, and deacons, as asserting his dominance over this world would have caused all of them to acknowledge him as their new Lord, or god given that he had stolen the power of the First Flame and carried it inside his body, and from what he could see it appeared he was correct in his assumptions, as those that were below him took a moment to pray in his direction, to which he nodded and departed from the area so they could return to whatever it was that they were doing, possibly heading for the swamp so they could journey to his city. From there he used the power of the Space Stone to head back to Archdragon Peak and weaved his magic through the air for a few moments, where the massive Archdragon that was leaning against a mountain stirred as its horns and other damaged pieces were restored to their former glory, before the crimson nature of its scales returned not a few moments later as it freed itself from where it was resting and glared at Tirek for a few seconds, who happened to be floating in the air and was focused on it, though he used the Mind Stone to share his knowledge of what might have occurred since the Archdragon had fallen and this point in time, allowing the beast to understand that he had taken control of this world and that he had Midir on his side, who the Archdragon might know, though it would take some time for it to recall what it had known. The powerful beast came to understand that the world was different from what it remembered and that most of the land that the temple it had been resting near now belonged to Tirek, where it decided to remain in this area and would chat with Tirek whenever it recalled enough of its memories, as it didn't know its name, suggesting that it might have been dead for a long time, to which he nodded his head and headed for another part of the world to check out, just to see what sort of effects the residents were dealing with, in addition to what he had done to them.
One of the places he decided to check out ended up being the Ringed City, where he found that, due to them waking up Filianore and shattering her illusion, that the city seemed to be entirely ruined, unlike what happened when he went out to find and tame Midir, meaning that he must have fought the powerful dragon before the illusion totally unraveled and, as such, might have actually saved his life, though thinking about that made him think about Gael and the painting that he was trying to help someone make, to which he opened the way back to the Painted World of Ariandel and quickly found that it was definitely burning in some sense, meaning the fragment Gael had been carrying would disappear in due time, to which he landed outside the church and headed up to where the attic room rested, something that allowed him to find the Painter, the little girl he and the others had seen earlier, sitting up there without a care in the world.
"I thought I might find you here," Tirek commented, where he came to a stop in the attic room and found that part of this area was on fire as well, as part of the structure had flames licking at it and would, in time, ruin this area and possibly drop the girl into the area he had first seen Elfriede in, not that the Painter seemed all that bothered by such a thing since she was staring at a blank canvas, which meant she was either waiting for the paint to be delivered, no doubt by Gael, who he knew wouldn't be returning to this area since he had perished earlier, or for inspiration to come to her, "So, are you going to remain here for the rest of your days? With Elfriede and Father Ariandel dead, and their power over this world broken at long last, I would think that you would want to leave this world and see what lies outside the painting, especially since it seems that the fire is spreading and might consume what remains of the painting that serves as a portal to this world, as in this world might perish in the near future."
"I have a painting that must be painted," the Painter replied, showing that she wanted to work on the painting that was in front of her, even though it was perfectly clear that she was lacking a number of items that were necessary for her to even do such a thing, most notably the paint that would be used on the blank canvas she was sitting in front of, though that was when the girl glanced over in Tirek's direction for a moment, where he found that he had missed something the last time he had seen her, as there were scales on her legs and feet, not to mention some on her face, near the forehead, where she also had red slitted dragon eyes, "I am waiting for Uncle Gael to return with the pigment, one colored like the dark soul of man, so that I can paint a cold, dark, and very gentle place, to make a goodly home."
"Well, I'm afraid that you wont be seeing Gael again, as the Ringed City is no more," Tirek said, figuring that there was no harm in him telling the Painter that the one she was waiting for wasn't going to return and that the area he was heading to had perished at some point in time, despite the fact that he was sure he could use the power of his Infinity Stones to find and retrieve a version of Gael that hadn't gone insane from hunting down the Dark Soul, though his news certainly caused the Painter to pause for a moment as she thought about what that meant for her painting and its completion, though that did give him an idea, "however, there is a new world outside the painting for you to experience and take in, and it might give you some inspiration on what to paint next, and that's not counting the fact that you might find a new pigment to use for whatever painting springs into your mind."
The Painter seemed to think about that for a moment, even though Tirek could see that she was lost and might not fully understand what he had said, before she nodded her head and started to collect all of the painting tools that rested in the attic room they were in, which was around the time that he noticed that there were some scales on her arms and hands, ones that he had missed due to how she had been sitting when he stopped in this area, though he also spotted something swaying under her dress, something that turned out to be a small white dragon tail. Instead of questioning it, since he had seen some crazy stuff during his quest to regain his power, forge a gauntlet to handle the power of the Infinity Stones he ended up creating, and steal the power of the First Flame, all Tirek did was open a portal nearby and channeled a bit of his magic to lift the canvas so the Painter didn't have to do that, but while all of that happened he came to feeling something that was coming from the girl, though it didn't take him long to determine that it was the power of a god, or more like a demigod based on what he was feeling. The reason he knew that was due to what he had felt earlier when he, Sarana, and Martok started to fight Aldrich and discovered that the sludge Lord of Cinder was in the process of devouring one of the few remaining Gods of this world, Gwyndolin he finally recalled, meaning this girl definitely had some godly blood inside her body, though whose daughter she was he had no idea, since he honestly had no idea which of the Gods were still alive in this world, despite the fact that he knew several were still alive, so his best bet was to have the Painter follow him out into the real world and see who her parents were when they came for her, because he was certain that such a thing would happen in the very near future. Part of him did take a moment to wonder if the Painter might be Ocelotte, the missing heir to the Lothric throne, someone Sarana would likely want to kill since she had a vendetta against the entire royal family and had dealt the killing blow to the three they were able to find inside the castle, Oceiros and the Twin Princes, Lothric and Lorian, though if the Painter was Ocelotte, and she really was the daughter of a goddess, it would be hard, if not nearly impossible, for Sarana to take them down as well, to which he decided not to say anything for a time, not until one or both of the Painter's parents came to pick her up.
The moment the Painter was ready to leave, and she made sure to double check that she wasn't leaving anything behind for the flames to take and burn, Tirek waved his hand for a moment and used the Space Stone to open a portal back to the part of the new version of Lothric City that he had created, where it was easy for him to see that everyone was standing in the same spots he had left them in, even though he knew that he hadn't been gone for long, before he walked through the portal and appeared in front of the group that had followed him earlier, but before he closed the portal he made sure that the Painter followed him through it, where she looked around with wonder in her eyes, and he waved his hand as soon as all of her stuff was on this side, closing the portal and leaving the burning Painted World behind.
"I take it that you reshaped the land according to your desires?" Sarana inquired, because it was easy to determine that he might have gone out to use his new power to reshape the lands that they had traveled through in the past, before making it to this point, though while she said that she, along with a number of the other members of their group, noticed that their Lord had returned with a little girl, the Painter of the Painted World of Ariandel she realized, something that made her take a moment to wonder why Tirek would have gone out of his way to bring her here, before deciding that he had his reasons and would tell them what they were if he felt like revealing his reasons.
"In addition to fixing some areas and cleaning Anor Londo for the other gods that reside in this world, so they can live in a place that isn't defiled by Aldrich's filth," Tirek replied, giving Sarana and the others a brief idea of what he had done to the rest of the lands that rested around the castle and the city, though that was when he glanced over to the Painter for a few seconds, as she seemed to be what was interesting everyone at the moment and he couldn't blame any of them, not after what he might have discovered earlier when he went to convince her to leave the Painted World behind, "I also checked out the Painted World of Ariandel, since we left it in a burning state the last time we were there, and that's the start of a fire to be exact, and convinced the Painter to come with me, so she didn't perish along with the rest of the Painted World, which is why she and her painting materials are here. I'm expecting someone to come looking for her in the near future, so for now she can remain inside one of the guest rooms inside the castle, and she also needs a haircut at some point, but we can discuss that later, depending on how long she ends up staying inside the renovated castle."
As the group nodded their heads to show that they understood him, and the Painter did the same thing when she realized that Tirek was actually talking about her, Tirek walked over to the location of the new castle entrance and showed the rest of the group that it was made out of the same stone that the previous castle had been made out of and that it had taken on a brand new style, the style that belonged to Princess Celestia's residence in Canterlot, even though they were stunned by his changes to the interior of the castle. He had transformed the interior of the Twin Princes' castle into something that made sense, as one could see the markers that would allow them to head to the various wings of his new castle and all of the rooms that had been created while he was reassembling this structure, such as the new library that was basically the Grand Archives and an area that Andre could work in, the latter being more due to the fact that the blacksmith would need a new profession that wasn't repairing the armor and weapons of the Unkindled, even though Tirek had taken a chance to use a few of his Infinity Stones to take his smithy from Firelink Shrine and bring it here. In addition to that he made sure that there were areas for the warriors of the group to hang out in, areas for the magic users to learn and practice in, and a number of other areas that were common in some of the other castles he had seen in the past, even though the relaxation area where he could look out at the area the devil beasts were residing in was his own addition to the castle, making the most of the Consumed King's garden, before the tour ended in the throne room he had created, where they found that he had added a set of stairs between the lower part of the room, where people entered and talked to the ruler of the city, and the upper part of the room that was slightly higher than the lower section, which just so happened to have two thrones on it, one large one with golden material and a red cushion while the other one was slightly smaller and was made from silver while having the red cushion. With the tour over Tirek made sure to inform Sarana and the majority of the group that he would speak to all of them later, once they had a chance to settle into whatever rooms they wanted to take, or even just leave and claim a house somewhere in the city if that was what they really wanted, basically meaning that he knew some of them would want to take a break and clean themselves off, or something to that effect, to which his companions and the majority of the group departed for now, though though he headed off to a bedroom that was fit for a king and queen to sleep in, along with a bathroom and everything else that such a place had.
The only one that followed him to this room was Anri, who seemed confused about how she should feel about what was going on at the moment, while the Painter was escorted to a room by Sarana while Martok carried the canvas, before he took a few seconds to investigate all of the clothing that was in part of the bedroom and discovered an elegant shirt that actually went with his pants, even if parts of it were purple colored, though he made sure to enchant it to resist the flames that were his new hair and did the same to the pants, since his tail happened to be the same as his hair, though once that was done he noticed that Anri was standing near the entrance, unsure of what to do next, and she was still wearing all of her armor as she looked around the bedroom.
"Surely you would feel better wearing something that doesn't weigh you down so much," Tirek commented, which caused Anri to pause for a moment as she looked down at the armor she was currently wearing right now, showing that she was still in shock over something, no doubt the fact that she was married to him due to the 'wedding ceremony' Yuria and her allies had the two of them perform, but in the end she sighed for a second and raised her hands to her head, where it only took her a few seconds to pull off her helm and revealed that she had shoulder length blond colored hair, possibly wheat colored, and light blue eyes, "See? You look better this way."
Anri said nothing to that as she took a moment to look through some of the dressers and found a silver colored dress that seemed to stand out to her, where Tirek said nothing as she walked behind one of the furniture pieces that made it hard for one to see what she was doing, though the fallen armor that hit the ground gave him more than enough information on what she was doing, and not a few moments later she walked out with a blush on her face, as if she never imagined that this would ever happen, before they headed back to the throne room and claimed their thrones, as it was time for Tirek to start ruling his world and the glorious future that was ahead of them and their allies.