lore doesn't matter
we killed artorias for his armor so lore is out the window
so lets steal that cleansing greatshield that keeps that puppy from getting a bloated head, and lets enable ourselves to spam dark bead too.
lets use that shield because it looks as busted up as the abyyss greatsword.
using artorias' greatsword is stupid because the sword would look so very pretty, while the armor looks like it went through south central LA or baltimore so we can't let ourselves neglect that cool sword flipping stuff