12 Years of Lore Comments | Dark Souls Lore 

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Millions of people gravitate to Vaati and his style of videos (not without credit). While he puts everything the game gives you together, you guys go under the surface and scoop out the really worthwhile stories and theories for people like me. You guys are doing exactly what Miyazaki wanted to inspire when he made this game, and i think you are doing an outstanding job. I really love how you've shifted my perspective on the world of Dark Souls. From some really hard game to a world full of wonder and mysteries. Reminds me of my favorite videogame quote fom Dishonored 2: "The world is better with a hint of mystery" Thank you for what you do (PS, im hoping for some DS3 lore some day, i still think that i'm the only one who noticed prince Lothric exusively uses angelic miracles as the lord of a giant kingdom that had a civil war with angel worshippers.)

The Lore Bible is just the full run of Berserk.

Your subtle humor without changing the sincerity of your tone is the best thing for me 😂

Your video "The way of white & the undead curse" is a classic for me. every time i remember that theory I end up watching that video again. Keep doing you fam.

My personal favourite Hawkshaw video was the Elden Ring Colour Theory - it's too perfect, it has to be true. However, a close second, and more in line with this video is your video on Lautrec. Really thew me for a loop and made me rethink his whole appearance in the game. Frankly, while I still like other lore youtubers, I feel like they only really scratch the surface - their theories are safe, based on hard evidence and more "explanatory". Explaining the lore, explaining who each character is. Your videos go deeper, plumbing the depths for hidden motivations - histories and events and relationships that weren't all that obvious initially.

Thank you so much @hawkshaw for including one of my comments in this video. I still continue to watch ALL your videos over and over for years since finding your channel. I'll always comment for as long as you continue to provide content. ❤

Not too long ago Hawkshaw liked one of my comments and it meant the world to me lol To see a RU-vidr care so much about their fanbase and opinions makes a huge difference.

Smough is a mimic The laugh, the size, the greed, the eye spacing There is no doubt in my mind

Dark Souls 1 is my favorite video game of all time. In turn when I first found your original videos on timeline, demons, the way of white, and Ash lake I marrathoned them all and this became a favorite youtube channel. Happy to become a member finally. Thank you for the amazing content chaps.

Six hours ago, and after 8 years, I finally beat the first game. It's odd to say, but this was the first bucket list item that I ever wrote down, and now it's the first one I've crossed off. My wife understands that it's a big deal for me (especially since I'm not a gamer), but she knows it's truly significant. I cannot thank the community enough for being so wholesome, supportive, and hilarious. Times got dark for me (especially during the pandemic), and there were times when I very nearly (literally) went hollow. But even then, one of the first thoughts that kept coming to my mind, in the darkest of places, happened to be "I haven't completed Dark Souls yet..". It's funny where life takes you, and what surfaces in truly desperate hours. Now, I'm at a place where I no longer need to hold onto the dream of one day defeating Gwyn. I completed the challenge (and I don't give a shit if I had my BK Halberd and GC Shield on the entire second half), and my son got to watch me land the final hit. I feel more excited about the other adventures life has in store. From the bottom of my heart, Thank you all for being a crazy bunch of lore hunters. You all had a significant part in being heroes in the real world when you had to do heroic deeds in a virtual one. And I know damn well I'm not the only one. Praise the sun.

Please talk about the connections of kingsfield to dark souls such as the soul of midir the moonlight greatsword and the sword of artorias

Your lore its truly why I started to play Dark Souls after Playing Elden Ring. Thank you

Honey, wake up, Hawkshaw dropped another masterpiece (I‘m single)

dark souls got me through some of the roughest times in my life, thousands of hours i would have spent crying and worrying, i spent with these characters, your genuinely one of my favorite youtubers and your videos and interpretation of the lore bring the game to life in a way that actually excites me to think about, i recently introduced my little brother to dark souls and its amazing to get to share the lore and theories as he plays through for the first time (he cant beat the crestfallen warrior lol!)

Always a treat to see a video from you hawkshaw. I also appreciate how basically every single music choice you make is something I might use if I was making a video

Man, what a coincidence I was literally just watching your dark souls videos yesterday while I was playing, and then you release a new one today, the stars have simply aligned Love your videos!

This video feels like a reward for the community

Beautiful! Haha, I know my comments tend to be a little unfeatureable but it is wonderful to see how many lives can be touched by stories and by voices that speak back to and sometime on behalf of the audience. Really, a lot of these videos have been like having a dialog about something you just love the core essence of so much but never get to speak of it directly with a friend who goes as off the deep end as you!

The Age of Mythology music was a good choice to bring a warmer tone, even in the inevitably grim section about Smough and his habits.

The quiet contemplation of these lore videos is Chicken Soup for the Occult Soul. Thank you for your efforts in celebrating the brilliance of the works of From Software, and making the discourse on Video Games more critically robust. Cheers to 12 Years~

I love dark souls. This series..... this whole genre. My new kittens are named Orinsten and Smough. Two wonderful little hooligans. Elden Ring and the Dark Souls series have helped me understand myself more as a person. Even though the games are hard, they're super rewarding to master. These games have helped me out of my own depression. I absolutely love learning more and more about the games lore and theory. Thank you all for sharing them.

Thanks for the video! Love you! ❤️❤️❤️

Hawkshaw picked up the torch when Vaati dropped the ball when Elden ring released. Bro was strangely quiet back then, maybe he made enough money, maybe he chansed perfection too hard, or maybe he was just busy back then. The lore scene was quiet for awhile and after a few weeks many new lore channels stepped up, and now Hawkshaw stands tall among the fallen as one that suceeded as is one of my favorite lore channels :D also if you put a bonfire/fireplace sfx in your sleep videos it would be awesome.. story by campfire vibes XD

This video for some reason didn't appear in my subscription feed. I luckily saw it in my home page but very weird it doesn't show even when I reload

I love your content man keep it up ❤️

Hey just enjoy the lore digging. The more you enjoy it the better you do forget others opinions your best videos are the videos you were most relaxed doing. I love your video's and plan on seeing all the new theorys

Taking an English course for poetry this semester and I can’t stop using your voice in my head lmao

You are still the only Loretuber who understand Demons in the souls series. Also the plot against the gods videos is literally the best lore video on this site.

This was lovely. Thank you for taking the time to interact with your community :)

Hey so, regarding the lore for Elden Ring: I found something revealing in the item description for the mimic veil and I don't think I have seen this mentioned yet. It states: Golden veil of intricate design. Uses FP to mimic nearby objects. When Godrick was hounded from Leyndell, the Royal Capital, this was one of a multitude of treasures he took with him. Also known as "Marika's Mischief". The nickname really stands out to me as an explanation of how Marika was able to take the form of Radagon.

Hawkshaw is the best. The lore videos on the original Dark Souls are still the best work anyone has done in my opinion. The Ash Lake and Havel’s plot is as good as it gets. Keep up the great work. This is one of the only channels on RU-vid I am actually subscribed to.

I know I'm probably way off but what if smough being named "executioner", is because when he grinds down the bones of his victim he's making it a true death to the undead victims. As in he eats everything and leaves nothing to reanimate.

I honestly think the skull in Ash Lake is just an Oni. Onis are like demons in Japanese Mythology. Onislayer Greatbow describes Oni as giant and horned - and the sword Onikiri (Oni killer) was made to decapitate It’s target. Also if you search Oni - their faces are very similar to the skull. The Blacksmith Deity might be the Nameless King himself - since the runes on the Titanite Demon’s heads were translated - they all talk about the Firstborn. The only thing I can’t possibly explain though is why there’s so much titanite in The Great Hollow then?

Is archdragon peak the undead asylum? The stairs to the crow in the undead asylum are almost identical to the stairs up to the dragon torso stone in archdragon peak.

Really love your Content Hawkshaw This Channel got my first Membership, because I want to support your work. But also have a question. Where can I find the extra Lore before Bed Videos?

Honestly, I do not feel Smough is Alderich. Sure, its convincing that we are able to purchase his gear after defeating Alderich however I can see this as a "Well, we already added Orenstiens armor, how do we add Smough's? Give it to the cannibal of course!" But from a lore perspective I have a theory: We know Smough was the left to defend Anor Londo, but seeing as Gwyndolin was consumed by Alderich, a literal god. I feel its somewhat safe to assume that Smough was eaten as well, digested first before Gwyndolin. This would explain Smough's armor being in Alderich, and Smough is an executioner. Not a God like Gwyndolin, just a really big, buff executioner. I wonder if there are any other hints in Aldrich's model. I feel thats the explanation but thats just a theory.. A GAME THEORY! Thanks for reading. (feel free to discuss in comments I'm curious as to what you think.)

4:10 Wait, is that true! Just gotta make sure.

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you guys are the best

Just a wonderful channel!!

6:08 Knight Lincoln gives me hope for humanity 😭😭😭😭😭💯💕

Titanite's former mineral name is Sphene, meaning *wedge* Wedge action is what holds up *arches* (see: keystone/voussoir) Arches are conic sections and the base, apex and body of a cone are a metaphor for the procession of Maya from Atma; the *Logos* (see: "Atma-Maya" by Frithjof Schuon, "Fragments" by Heraclitus) Seath is the Arch-Duke, Logan's witch hat is symbolic and Lothric's *platinum* sword is *sphenic* (Z = 78 = 2 * 3 * 13), like the shrine maiden's *titanite slab* (cost = 30k, 30 = 2 * 3 * 5)

So few people are doing dark souls still. Most have moved on to Elden Ring, Eredin has deleted everything and is on some religious mission now. It feels like a sad time for dark souls RU-vid right now but i hope you will continue to create and enjoy this game that has brought so many people so many hours of enjoyment (and pain). Though the path ahead seems dark for thoes of us who still enjoy good ol' dark souls 1 here on RU-vid, I can only thank you for remaining to be the light at the end of this deepest tunnel.

Something that maybe could use further explanation in the video is the theme of small in big. Or the seeming complex. Smough, a regular man in the armour of a giant, the mechanical boulder contraption, powered by simple labour, and the dog powering the lift... thinking deeper on this idea, the giant smith and his tiny anvil, the great lord neeto finally guarded by the tiniest skeletons, the gigantic, imposing goddess being a harmless illusion. All of it kind of shares this idea that everything is much more simple than it looks. The world of dark souls, in general, seems to be one made entirely out of these juxtapositions. Especially ones of simplicity. (One juxtaposition that I particularly loved was that Smough was the last defender of Anor Londo. The last knight to hold onto his honour is the cruel, the evil, the barbaric executioner.) To me, these juxtapositions finalize with Gwyn. The world of the gods is ornate, it is prestigious, it is crumbling, but it is still beautiful. Only to discover the thing that's keeping that world afloat is a sad, dying man, who is losing the strength to defend his throne. The complexities of this world all rest on the simple willpower, perhaps actual physical power, of someone unwilling to let go. Even the concept of the game-lore being this turgid, esoteric, impossible to comprehend mess of overlapping themes and stories, despite the fact that throughout most of the game your simple goal is "go there, kill this", is kind of artistically satisfying. Part of me believes there is no lore book, all of this is just the ultimate extrapolation on Miazakis favourite joke: Look like one thing, actually other thing.

Smough definitely be getting wide on his own supply. Nice line!

I love this channel, especially the mentality of lore-as-community-building. Check this out. I'm gonna outline some stuff about the Forest Hunters covenant. It'll sound crazy but it checks out. I have my own ideas on what it all means, but I've been turning it over for like a decade and it keeps getting more complicated. Just wait until you start trying to factor Alonne and the mushroom pyromancer ants into all this. The undead merchants in Undead Burg are Forest Hunter spies, and probably arrived in Lordran with Shiva. Alvina trusts Shiva. A lot. Shiva's armor prominently features a lion. Corpses matching the description of both Shiva and his attendant are found in DS3. Shiva's attendant uses Fire Surge. Fire Surge is dropped by one of Jeremiah's cultists in the Painting. Acid Surge would seem to come from the same place, which is probably Jugo, but that's getting into the second game, which makes things much, much more complicated.

This is so Wholesome!

Ash Lake video is the quintessential Lore video for any video game franchise. its so well made I like to take it as canon, even if my lore mind knows there is some speculation here and there

The revelation of why rats drop humanity literally made my jaw drop. Mindblown.

great channel!

Hey so I was watching your video on the ancestral spirits, and with the jawbone axe saying they disdained metal, that would mean they would've had to have come around during or after the beastmen. Given their humanoid forms however, I'd say it's not a stretch to say they came post Farum Azula since humans didn't have access to metals quite yet. Therefore they would've been during the Erdtree's time.

Never heard 'incomparable" pronounced that way. As a linguist and lexicographer, i thank you.

A correction, in DS3 Smough's Hammer is found in a chest in Irithyll, only his armor is sold by the handmaiden in Firelink.

Here's a thought that I've had: Is the Black Knight (in Undead Asylum) searching for the chosen undead because Gwyn has changed his mind about prolonging the age of fire? Trying to stop the player from collecting all of the lord souls to most likely extend the age of fire? That would explain why Gwyn is still there at the first flame, and didn't turn all of himself into ash by this point. There are a few arguments against this though: *The player may choose the dark ending. *Gwyn might just not want to die.

The most interesting comment i read was about the theory that havel was a dragon and we only encounter his knights. I would have loved you touching on this.

And what if havel is the (stone) dragon at the end of dark souls 3 ? There is litterally a havel warrior next to him with a titanite slab. Did he killed him ? In the very domain of the dragons ? It looks like he is mourning, or simply contemplating it, just as the dragon gesture indicates meditation in stillness. Maybe havel warriors are all clerics of this one dragon. Could the dragon in ash lake be it, the dead stone dragon in ds3, but sooner in the timeline ?

In your response your statement at the end of the video, I’ve always wondered if the “deep sea” that Aldritch saw was meant to be a link to Bloodborne. I’m sure I’m probably extremely late to this party but the recurring motif of water in Bloodborne combined with Aldritch seeing an age after the end of the age of fire has made me wonder if it is an intentional lore bit meant to link the worlds of dark souls and Bloodborne while at the same time being a murky enough concept to not outright confirm it. I’m sure I’ve probably missed something and maybe this has been talked about and settled already but I haven’t seen it and I’ve always been curious.

at 4:14, you mention that From is planning to release the full canon story of Dark Souls in 2031; when did they say this? I can't seem to find any info related to it

Actually, I've replayed your Siegmeyer impression several times and even tried it myself. My girlfriend was staring at me like O_O I always find the personal touches you add to be endearing. I'm quite sad you unlisted your Elden Chef video too. You know, I once released a discord bot for a popular game, and I named the bot after Siegmeyer. Due to it being the first of its nature, it got over half a million users. But I was lazy with updates, and eventually Bots with names that actually made sense quickly overtook mine. All this happened before I watched Siegmeyer the Pretender, and since then I almost draw parallels between that event and the Dark souls lore, especially after hearing your video and thinking about it retrospectively

I Would love to see a lore video about iconic Dark Souls locations, the places tell a lot about the story of the game Even items and enemies located in such place help in that regard, for example why are snake warriors located both in Sen fortress and Seath's archives Or how Anor Londo's Sun represents the Gods and their popularity, i assume it used to be in his most shining form before Gwyn's Son banishment (which can be linked to Solaire and his praising of the sun, especially near that Statue and ALSO considering Gwyn's son ring is called the Sun firstborn ring Or how from fading away it becomes a moon which is visible only thanks to the Sun, this represent Gwyndolin only having indirect power over the city and how he's usually concealed

Hawksaw could you please do a video on the undead setlement and the mount makers i would realy love some ds3 content

3:40 Isn't Smough's Hammer found in a chest in Irithyll, in that one building with the Silver Knights and frost vases?

Havel the Rock was most likely an ancient dragon. HEAR ME OUT. Havel's name in Japanese reads as ''Iwa no Youna'' which translate to Rock-like so in Japanese its Havel the Rock-like when translated. 'no Youna' also applied to ''Yama no Youna'' which translate to Mountain-like to describe the ancient dragons. So the item should read ''Stone imbued with the power of the everlasting dragons, offered to a mountain-like ancient dragon. Yama no Youna = Mountain-like Iwa no Youna = Rock-like Same 'no Youna' description can be found in the ancient dragon greatshield and the dragon tooth. Havel's Greatshield has a skill called ''Stone Flesh'' which raises physical absorption, but lowers lighting absorboption... But if you think that stone-like element enemies are weak to lightning, no other stone-like enemies in games are weak to lightning.. This makes me think that the followers of Havel used Havel's scales for armor. And as for the Dragon's Tooth. Its stated in the Design Work that its an ''Ancient Dragon Horn''. And the Ancient Dragon in Ash Lake is actually missing a horn.. Dark Souls is no stranger to describe something that is 'wrong' or 'observed by those who write about it' like Havel's items description Havel's Ring : "This ring was named AFTER Havel the Rock...." Havel's Helm in Japanese : "Helm worn by Havel the Rock's warriors. Carved from solid rock..." Havel's Ring : "This ring was named after Havel the Rock, .... Havel's men wore the ring to express faith in their leader..." No where in these reads that it was owned and worn by Havel, rather the people who followed him - Havel's warriors. They also use a miracle called 'Magic Barrier' which reads 'Miracle of Bishop Havel the Rock. Cover body in defensive magic coating.'' But in the Japanese translation it says ''Haberu no Shisaii'' which translates to Priest's of Havel, not that Havel himself was a priest/Bishop. Havel was an Ancient Dragon, and hates Seath and the only magic associated with Havel is to prevent magic damage, something that Seath is all about. Why he got beef with Seath, well, I dont know. Thank you for reading!

I always sleep to lore videos anyways also I love the onion family

im more a solair myself, eternally chasing that my impossiblepossible sun.

Please do some dks2 theories... So much great lore that has gone largely untouched.

I didn't finish the video about the cloranthy ring + smough + many armor/statue designs, but the "Flower of Life" is an ancient symbol associated with spirituality and universal oneness. The fringe and pseudo scientific info regarding this symbol go so far as to describe levels of consciousness leading to interdimensional power. Maybe some fertile research and speculation there despite the lunacy hahaha

Hey man, you really need to start looking at ds2 and how it fits into the series. The giants already are such an interesting theme in itself. ( Beings that parallel to the dragon are stone and exist since time immemorial (dark & light soul!)) I know theres lots to do with ds1 and elden ring but ds2 deserves more exposition on your channel! Its a shame

Hawkshaw After the fight with smough and ornstien, what if like many other souls, it found a way to return into form. The savage of smough twisting its new form. Maybe Gwendolyn tried to fight it and instead was killed and consumed as Smough had done many times before. In the boss battle from ds1, when smough brings his hammer down on Ornstien, he only gains lightning or magic attacks, so maybe Smough can absorb others like feeding, and gain their powers like Kirby. When Ornstien absorbed Smough, he grew larger and his magic became prominent lightning. Smough laughs, maybe he can't truly die and he is aware of it. Or maybe he has eaten the undead or gained the power to partially resurrect through unclean means. Smough was evil hearted and probably loved only being executioner, lending help to him making easy work and an easy meal if he so disired. Others were disgusted of his habits but he remained an executioner. So maybe after Smough absorbed the spell of Ornstien, he was able to achieve lightning. Sensing the imminent danger, Gwendolyn acts and attempts to overthrow Smough after he comes back, its possible he eats and gains power, if he then eats enough undead, he may have a partial link to dark rituals which is likely. It is likely Gwendolyn wasnt prepared for Smough, and quickly was taken out. Absorbing Gwendolyn now gives him access to Gwendolyns spells and also changes his form slightly more. Maybe absorbing others increases his actual body size, to the point he has to leave behind his armour, and while he tests his new spells, he remembers how you defeated him, when he used his hammer, likely seeing it as his favorite weapon, he is now forced to feel as though his weapon wasnt cutting it (pun intended) so he tries the spells and soon his enemies fall faster as he gains a grip on his power, becoming Aldritch whom likely has dark connections still, maybe more so now. With everyone he consumes his form twists and changes to each victim he claims, the strongest soul of his being what we physically see. Basically he can return using others souls that are capable of resurrection like dark souls or rituals. This would mean that as long as he has a souls he can use, he is basically immortal but cant ressurect like the player does, so his body changes each time. Likely depending more on his powerful magic, like Gwendolyn did. Tell me what you think about this theory!!!

I have a half baked theory that probably has a lot of holes in it but something I think about time to time. Sorry for my broken English beforehand! Manus escaped the Ringed city to Oolacile! We know with Halflight was from Oolacile so that kinda gives me an idea that Oolacile and The Ringed City were aware of each other. I don’t have a lot though out but i just think Manus is either the furtive pygmy itself or maybe a pygmy that was born with the most amount of the Dark soul itself. And that lead the church afraid of him probably calling him to be assassinated, so he fled and maybe he wandered in Oolacile, probably was a figure that people trusted and treated kindly hence why he was buried, probably out of respect or to let him rest in a peaceful area. The church probably found leads on what happened leading Oolacile to bend a knee and that cause a pact with the gods and the ringed city. Hence why Halflight and probably many others from Oolacile joined to protect the church in the ringed city. Or Manus was extremely paranoid and distrusting of people or either fully lost his mind and a beast at that point and attacked the City, leading to them killing him and tossing him under ground to seal him away. When he awakened he destroyed the city out of malice, before then The ringed city learned about this and made a pact with Oolacile. Many years later probably a few hundred years and to the point of the dlc, as we know Kaathe manipulated the people of Oolacile to mess and experiment on Manus’s corpse thus probably making him into a uncontrollable monster and using his humanity and darkness to corrupt and destroy the city. I do like the first idea of him being a good person who was just feared for being too “human” leading him fleeing into a civilization that accepted him and respected him.

Miquella is Mycelia, Helphen's Steeple is Hyphae's Shelter which are Trees, Hyphae (Mycelium threads/fingers) comes from Hephaestus who is a god of fire and our gods of fire are botanical photosynthesis and fungal decomposition creating the right chemistry for fire and thus life on land. Hyphae also means thread, weave, and web in Proto-Euro etymologies. The Primeval Current is the Cosmic Web, Mycelia, Root, and Vascular systems of life and death.

here's my two cents of speculation, a recent epiphany of mine that i haven't seen around The ember item in Dark Souls 3 is a burning version of Dark Souls 1's humanity, caused by the persistent age of fire. This explains why hollowing doesn't visually happen in DS3, because one used to burn humanity to return to their human form, and it also connects to the hollows of Londor for that same reason. The dark sigils one is bestowed will dull the flames, as one accepts the darkness within them. Hollowing is once again able to more naturally occur on death. The other method of hollowing, by losing one's will and purpose, still has the same effect, but I think it's a different situation. The hollowed person has no method to continue their belief in the flame, and so the fire fades from their soul. Perhaps this could imply more significant things about the undead curse, like the Darksign being a ring of flame that represents and requires this belief in it for an undead to retain their personhood.

One of my main lore things i like to bring up is that the ds2 giants could very easily be the same as Yhorm's ancestors and the giants from ds1. The giants used to be the regular old giants we see in dark souls one and two, but they transported their souls to into Golems, thats the bodies we see them in ds2, through the ashen heart. It's stated multiple times that vendrick stole the ability to craft golems and forged drangelic from it, as directly stated by Chancellor Wellager. The reason for escaping their old bodies is to escape the undead curse, Its said vendrick came close to stopping the curse but failed, and he seemingly had great enough intresr in protecting the ashen heart that he gave it to The ancient dragon (who he himself is a giant)

OK, I’ve been thinking about this for a while, and I know SotE DLC is bananans rn so I wanna get this theory off my chest. MEGA DISCLAIMER: I have never played a FromSoft game ever. All the information I’m pulling from is due to the integral and vital deep dives of Vaati, Hawkshaw, AgtJake, Zullie, Smoughtown, Miss Chalice, and others that contribute to the massive narrative of this game. Thank you guys for your passionate attempts at making sense of the copious amounts of information. Every time I’ve watched a trailer/breakdown of SotE, my mind constantly goes back to the cut content Zullie discovered in one of her videos regarding the Malenia fight. About how there were dialogues and items relating to the relationship between Malenia and Miquella, and how the cut content hinted at a possible companionship between Malenia and the Tarnished. We know from the interviews Miyazaki had with a couple of gaming reporters that the ending of the DLC is self-contained, but that certain prerequisites needed to be made in the main world before the DLC could be accessed. E.g: Defeating Mogh and Radahn. So what if the other side is true too? What if, while the ending of the DLC is self-contained, the affects it has on the main world aren’t? There’s a reason you need to defeat Radahn, lore wise, for the DLC to happen. But what if there’s a reason they cut that additional dialogue/relationship stuff from the Malenia fight, too? After all, Malenia is an optional boss, and she doesn’t have to be defeated for the endings to come to pass. And what if this creates an external summons for the Moghwyn palace fight, where a new story pathing allows Malenia to help the Tarnished? What if you can go talk to her, get her to help, and possibly even choose Malenia over Millicent to give the needle to? Maybe if Malenia’s help is too broken, maybe this is an optional pathing for Millicent too, instead of her succumbing and dying to scarlet rot. Especially since Millicent, being Malenia’s will to resist, is mainly tied to the protection and devotion Malenia had for her brother, Miquella. It may not change the end, or how you fight Malenia. It perhaps might even give Malenia’s fight more weight. Seeing that you tried to help. She sees the corpse of her dearly departed brother, and gives up. I don’t know. But it’s been kicking around in my head for too long just to hold onto. I also have other theories regarding Miquella, and why he’d co-inhabit the land of shadow with his blasphemous kin. There’s something to that there, as well. But it also brings me back to the cut content again. “Let all things flourish, whether graceful or malign.” We’ll see…

I have had a question about the anor londo fire keeper for the longest time. In DS3 we’re told that all firekeepers are blind. In ds1 the fair lady has no idea we’re not her sister, even if we look nothing like her. All the fire keepers in DS1 and DS3 are blind or at least we have no reason to think they can see; except the anor londo firekeeper.

I think Solaire and Siegmeyer are two different types of fellow player: The one who always puts his summon sign down and helps people and the one who needs help for the hard parts. And Kirk is the griefer asshole.

i love this channel

The RU-vidr Yoshimitsu has a great video on Havel's rebellion. It's very likely that Havel himself was an everlasting dragon, and the Havel Knights are just that: his knights who are armed with the fragments of his body. Apparently there is a reasonable amount of evidence for this, but I won't sum up his whole video here.

The real lore was the friends we made along the way. That we then had to put down because they all went hollow.

When Anastasia gets revived after death her tongue comes back so why would she be crippled if she was resurrected completely?

For some reason this video aint showing up in my "subscriptions" tab. Only on YT's front page

I was pondering an idea, this is a large game so what if we are still missing things that we think we figured out, as we all know it happens alot.

In regards to Smough’s armor implying that he isn’t human; he could just be one of the gods. I know we think of important people like Gwyn and his family as the gods, but even dudes like Gwyns Knights would fall under the category of “gods”. They’re not necessarily gods in the sense that they’re religious figures given worship and praise, but rather gods as a part of a humanoid species that doesn’t bare the Dark Soul.

3:50 I don't know if it's correct that we can buy Smough's Hammer after defeating Aldrich, since the Hammer is a pickup from a chest on the second floor of the building with a Sliver Knight staring at a Gwynevere painting. Maybe he meant "Armor" instead? Personally, I don't recall since I haven't played in a while, and the last time I did was when I was playing the Blades of Ashina mod combined with the Honest Merchant mod (I fucking hate grinding). Either way, it could very well be that Aldrich simply ate Smough, as Smough could also believably be of the same race as the Silver Knights, and thus may hold a bit of "Divinity" so to speak - likely more so, since I think for beings divine in nature (which, I should remind you, Smough IS since he is susceptible to the Occult Club we find in Anor Londo) greater "Soul" strength also boosts their Divinity, and I don't think it matters if the Souls is naturally strong or made strong by consuming the Souls of others, which I assume is a natural process for the divine - humans, that is to say Undead, need a bonfire / Firekeeper to be able to harness the power of Souls, but I don't think that's the case for the gods or their divine servants/contemporaries, as large stature is almost universally associated with power in Dark Souls. Holy fucking shit I should write shorter sentences. Anyway, I assume the connection the divine beings of Lordran have to the First Flame lets them "skip the middle man" so to speak and directly draw power from the Souls of their defeated enemies. Though I am also left to wonder if this is the case as I seem to recall, perhaps falsely, that being able to devour Souls is something unique to Undead? This also has me recalling an old thought of mine - how do Souls *really* operate? Are they simply created out of nothing upon birth? Are they somehow recycled? What happens to Souls offered to increase your level?

Can we get a video for the reoccurring sad bois crestfallen warriors?

I was thinking about how ornstein is an illusion and how we always thought the reason smough shows such disregard to ornstein's corpse was because he shunned him for so many years but what if smough knew he was an illusion so he hated it for attempting to replace ornstein and the illusion shows respect to smough if he's defeated first is because the illusion truly does respect smough for the warrior he was (im sorry if im getting the illusions wrong Im not sure how it works)

Hmm Heres some possible lore. Maybe after his failed rebellion Havel cast aside his armor and started anew. In the lands of Catarina. Siegmeyer gives you a miracle. Havel knights or those that found his armor just bonk. Strange that a bishop never uses faith abilities. Even if he's lost his faith in the gods he knows they're real. One last try with new heavy armor and a new big stick seems like somethin an old knight would do. Even if he comes off as Don Quixote the Pooh

The smough being aldrich theory always bugged me. It makes sense because the pieces are there but something is missing. Since the deacons of the deep were originally way of white members and aldrich was a “right and proper” cleric of the way of white, wouldn’t that give Aldrich access to the grand archives? The same grand archives where Oceiros went mad learning about Seath. Regardless of having access to the grand archives, I think Aldrich learned about Smough and thats what “developed his habit of devouring men” as your cousin Hawkwood said. So what is he then? Just a cobbled together reference to Smough, nito, percilla, and gwyndolin that they forgot to give meaning to? Aldrich’s story leaves me as unsatisfied as his eternal hunger.

Theory: bearer of the curse and the ashen one are the same, after all bearer was able to overcome hollowing and ashen one is immune to hollowing and even the dark sigils don't make them truly hollow cause they still have humanity despite being beef jerky, and going the lord of hollow ending seems the perfect conclusion to the leave ending of ds2, and the Lord of hollow ending allows humanity to survive in the painted world and eventually return once the dreg heap is cleared up, after all the first flame doesn't fade in Lord of hollow ending but rather merge with the player meaning the first flame only dies when the player does. Ps this is why i consider Lord of hollow to be best ending for everyone in the game, lin k only keeps the fire alive for an hour and age of dark everyone becomes Abyssal monsters, but Lord of hollow ending keeps the fire eternal

Please please do darksouls 3 lore, too much potential there

Miyazaki is giving himself until 2031 to reveal the story because he needs to give himself time to create one 😂 feels like the community have hyped this way past what he originally intended and now needs to deliver

I want to ask a question and sorry for bothering?? years back I pass Dark Souls and it was amazing, but now I want to pass the game again, but not in NG+ Start from Zero creating a new character, enjoy the game if it was my first time playing.

I think Gwyndolin has influence over item description.

I think Hawkshaw is a great guy

Huh. I guess I'm surprised you can read all those comments, that's a lot of folks. I always had this crazy theory all the games exist in the same physical planet at different times but heck, I feel like I'm wrong, I just get excited every time I see a forest and a pair of castle gates.

Etymologically: Sieg-Victory , Mayer- farmer, Siegmeyer-the farmer of victories. Ironic for this character.

Just curious, why were the lower before bed videos not possible? Why did you two kind of like them?

16:00 Now I'm sad.

MASTER HEWG LORE VIDEO WHEN