Progressed a bit further and have routes to two more bosses ready. One through the Artery which was pre-checkpoint in my next section after the church, tried boss a couple of times. Little wood thing, forgot name, gets bigger at half health. Probably easier with two as you can share agro. More open area compared to Shroud.
I then went back to the mid-area checkpoint and progressed on to what I presume is the next main boss, not tried yet. Section too him is Ash something - would be nice if they included these names in the map! 😁
Found a piece of whatsit and got my first dragon blood upgrade from the Root mother - extra estus flask! Found an item and returned it to someone in base for a nice reward. Also found a nice new ring Heartbreaker? First hit on unaware victim is auto crit - so handy for a sniper build.
Loving it. May be on later if you are about @Brave?