Notes from author
Gravelord sword start→16str 13dex to two hand(buy bow and arrow)→get garg-halberd, if didn't drop, quit→level up garg-hal to +5 at Andre and get seal of Artorias→farm some souls and kill moonlight butterfly, get wolf ring, elite kinght set, stone set→go to blight town through valley of drake, kill quelaag→get chaos fire ball, kill ceaseless→kill taurus demon one by one, two hit of gravelord sword can stunt them→use up all souls to upgrage pyro flame, equip gold-hemmed set to suicidely get chaos ember(two rolls)→explore blight town, use the gold-hem's good poison resist to get fire keeper soul, power within and farm for at least 9 green shards, if possible upgrage pyro flame to max and buy great combustion and combustion→go to the depth and save pyro dude, talk to him and get a pyro flame→go back to asylum and get 2 red chunk, trade pyro flame for another red chunk, kill the stray demon too→run to vamos and upgrade chaos garg-hal→kill sif, get grass crest sheild, save dusk and get crown of dusk→get souls to buy bellowing dragon ring.
Do all of the above, the way after sens can be a breeze.