8 Video Game Bosses Who Were Dead When You Arrived

8. Lady Maria - Bloodborne

True to the acclaimed format of FromSoftware's modern RPGs, the DLC for Bloodborne, The Old Hunters, raises a hell of a lot more questions than it answers. The expansion's setting, The Hunter's Nightmare, is a horrific mash-up of poorly reconstructed in-world locations, from the basic Cathedral Ward to the forgotten Fishing Hamlet.

And standing between these two locales is the Astral Clocktower, where an old hunter, Lady Maria, resides.

The cryptic lore suggests that Maria killed herself, and wound up in the nightmare after giving in to her craving for blood once more. The player finds her body in the clocktower, whereupon interacting with it causes her to spring to life and pull you in close.

"A corpse...should be left well alone," she whispers ominously - before wiping the floor with you in a hectic boss battle.

Because the usual rules don't seem to apply in this place, Lady Maria may actually be 'dead' when you meet her, but since she is bound to the nightmare, can only truly be killed by your hand.