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 because we can and artorias spammed that slimy sticky black stuff all over our smooth and silky bodies
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