More Backtracking

Having come up to the foreboding looking/sounding Iron Keep I decided to retreat temporarily and catch up on some lost treasure. I first went back to the Shaded Ruins to use my Fragrant Branch on another human statue. Unfortunately the ungrateful Lion Tribesman attacked me once awakened and the area he was blocking held no treasure and seems like it was already accessible :(

I then returned to Harvest Valley to take on the pit of sickle-wielding monsters there. This yielded a fair amount of items and a crystal lizard to boot. I also got another Fragrant Branch but the only other statue I've come across is another lion dude in Shaded Ruins who isn't blocking anything so I fail to see the point.

The Fire Seed I got went straight to Rosabeth for a Pyro Glove+4. Not really using my pyromancies too much. Flame Swathe comes in handy when in a pinch but Toxic Mist seems hit and miss. The others aren't really powerful enough to be worth it.

I also took my Gyrm Armour to +10. It has ridiculously high physical defense now (I think my overall is 850!) and I still have a spare slab if needed. Got the Demons Great Hammer by trading with the crows. (Discovered they also take Prism Stones which is good for burrs and homeward bones.) It needs to be two handed but it upgrades with regular titanite so might be worth a try.