A Story Analysis of Blasphemous 2 

Theres a trophy called "1000 years later" after you beat the "tutorial boss" so I'm taking that as canon about the amount of time that's passed. Loved finding Mother of Mothers

Seeing the Mother of Mothers again out of nowhere was probably the best feeling I’ve had in a metroidvania since Hollow Knight. Loved this game

12:45 - I see this point come up a lot but I think it's a misconception. The Witness isn't the child born, he's the one delivering the child - you can see him acting as the 'Midwife' in the prior scene. Going by the Witness' dialogue when you bring him keys, it suggests that the 'child' born was the Miracle's first effort to take on physical form, but because it was unused to using its powers without the direction of the High Wills, it first manifested as the new plague of afflictions, spreading and mutating people throughout the land. The 'child' as literally a formless plague - the Witness was just the first one to be afflicted. These mutations were the Miracle 'learning' how to take on tangible form. The Miracle finally manifested as the Heart, it's last best effort to take on a physical incarnation.

I think you touched upon why the bosses and some of the enemies seeming so... happenstance without realizing it: The Miracle was dying when it was reawakened, and needed guardians to protect it. It is acting without seeming rhyme and reason because, unlike before, it lacks the support structure of the established holy church. So, instead of blessing powerful saints and martyrs, it just grabbed anyone and everyone it could. There is no rhyme or reason to the actions of a starving, desperate beast.

One of the saddest things in this game is if you go all the way back to the beginning, you catch a glimpse of the puppy from the first game

From what i know the honey man is a reference to the story of a hollow statue of christ which cried honey due to bees living inside (search for "Cristo de la miel", the story is a bit longer)

Fun fact: The "Afilaor" boss resembles the typical spanish knife sharpener, a peddler who goes around the streets with a characteristic pan flute melody, which is what sounds in the fight music. Its a traditional job from the 17th century I think but you can still hear them in a lot of places in Spain at least (I think some places outside spain have this too but I'm not sure enough). As an andalusian I'm so proud of this game and really enjoying all the references and folklore of my culture being in such a good game

Correction: The third person in the birthing cutscene, the one with ginger hair and black wings (the "Witness") was not the couples child. He was the midwife of the birth (look closely at the cutscenes, you will see him waiting for the child between the mothers legs). The "child" that the couple gave birth to was actually the oozing black substance which turned him into a dark angel and brought suffering to Custodia.

Okay so, the Old Lady with black clothes and a black hand fan (in the dream of the lady who is being mourned) is a reference to an old play called "La casa de Bernarda Alba", in which a mother forces her 5 daughters to stay locked inside the house with her, for god knows how long, to mourn the loss of her husband. It was created by the Grenadian poet Federico García Lorca, whose plays delved deep into the rural parts of Andalusia, talking about common daily problems and the place of women during those times (as a critique). The achievement for completing all the five daughter's trials is called "House of grief and hatred", making the reference even more obvious. The play is also recommended though I don't know if it has an English adaptation.

I’m Peruvian and I showed my mom this game, when she was a girl my grandma made her go to an all girls catholic school, and while she isn’t very religious, she said this game scared her, she stated that while the imagery is holy, there is something seriously wrong with it, like something has infiltrated god, which funnily enough, is a prevalent theory about the high wills and miracle in the previous game, and I share her sentiment, the game is unsettling, especially for someone being raised spanish catholic

Svsona is neither of the other ladies. She's based off a Spanish folklore story. If you notice, all of the Two Moons area and music is Arab inspired, and even the prayer you get from Yerma is a Zejel, which is a type of Arab poetry. Is fun to see the devs including a completely different culture in the game, as a nod to the time Spain was under arab control during the middle ages.

Idk about yall but the Mistress of Mourning with her Sea of Mourning cloth behind her had to be my favorite imagery from this game. Its just so striking and the sound design is incredible.

I also realized that Crisanta is nowhere to be found in "The Canvas of Light and Time". The Penitent One only reached that place after completing his penance. This could be another indicator at Crisanta coming back, because she might still have a purpose in this world, but that is mostly wishful thinking because they really did her dirty. Overall great video!

This is my analysis of A)How the Miracle came back, and B) The Ending. The game takes place a long time after the first game (the new holy figure, the Witness, even says "aeons"), and the Miracle has been considered extinct due to not showing up in so long. However, one married couple was having trouble conceiving a child, almost tearing themselves apart, and in utter desperation entrusted themselves to the Miracle to grant them a child. This wish was considered so humble and true that is woke up the Miracle, and granted the wish of the couple whose faith in it hadn't wavered in so long. However, things didn't go as planned even for the Miracle. It had been out of action for so long that, when it tried to make the child, known as the Witness (the one who said it had been aeons), into a new icon of worship like the Twisted One, the Miracle did an "erring", made a mistake due to its depleted might and the Witness came out both fully-grown and deformed, killing the mother in the process. Failing to incarnate into an icon and only manifesting as disease, it accidentally unleashed an "contagion" of disease, deformity, and pain, that spread through the land that afflicting many innocents lives. EDIT: Alternatively, as proposed by goldenyak629 below, the Witness is instead the Midwife that was to deliver the child, and the "child" was the disease that failed to be an icon. Which makes sense due to the similar appearance of the Witness and the midwife in the flashback, as well as the Witness' line about how the Miracle _"did fail in its efforts to incarnate, manifesting only in the form of disease, deformity, and pain"._ Yet the gaze and vision of one innocent, looking for any hope in the face of this desolation and relying purely on faith, allowed the Miracle to gain one last chance and was able to shape the wish into a giant heart-womb in the sky, where the birth of the new Child of the Miracle shall soon take place. The Heart is out of reach, watching over the City of the Blessed Name which has been raised by the Regret of three stone figures, represented by the Family: the eminent Father, the merciful Mother, and the counter-figure of the Witness. For the city to be reached, the Regrets of the three stone figures must be revealed so that they may be humiliated and humbled. The Regrets are hidden by three Guardians, who are in turn protected by the Archconfraternity; five Penitents of different Confraternities that the Miracle took as its sentinels. For the Heart must not be reached before the Child is born. And soon... the Penitent One awakens from his tomb. *As for the ending:* Before he fights the Incarnate Devotion, the Penitent One can chose to anoint himself with the Incense of the Envoys, ashes of 4 wooden statues that he can burn. This is hinted by the description outside the door to do this that reads "The Father said _"The Four Envoys wrapped my body in soft linen cloths."_" According to the Incense description, this marks the body of one who performs the Ultimate Sacrifice thus returning to the heavens, (EDIT)and that the Great Grace will bestow upon them the ultimate forgiveness, the last step in the Way of Penitence. You see, the Incarnate Devotion, as soon as it's born, is trying to contact the High Wills, as it knows that they are its creators. Yet it doesn't understand *why* it was created, and the High Wills don't answer it because, well, they're dead, leaving an _"obscure darkness of unanswered cries that prevents me from understanding the purpose of my birth."_ It then believes that the Penitent One was sent by the High Wills to judge the Incarnate Devotion, and the fight to serve as _"proof of thy dignity of your glory":_ essentially, its believes that the fight is to prove that the Incarnate is worthy of the High Wills' glory, to be worthy of being their _"magnum opus"._ Without the Incense, the Incarnate decides that the pain the Penitent One deals to him is meant to be a baptism, one that will unite it and the Penitent One together and make that communion flesh, becoming a new symbol of Devotion(EDIT) that brings a second age of the Miracle; the Second Psalm, successfully succeeding the long-dead High Wills. But with the Incense, this makes the Incarnate start believing that the High Wills are rejecting it, that they are hurting it in responds to questions of its purpose, that they are trying to kill it despite being of the High Wills' flesh and holding their heart. The Incarnate reconciles with the mystery of it birth, accepting that it will go unanswered, and states the Incarnate's punishment and death will be the High Wills' legacy. (EDIT)This, presumably, is because the Incense of the Envoys marks one as not just making the ultimate sacrifice, but one who will be bestowed the ultimate forgiveness. The High Wills and the Miracle seek devotion through punishment, through penitence. Being given the ultimate forgiveness by the "Great Grace" means the Penitent One... is no longer the Penitent One. (EDIT)Being blessed by the Great Grace maybe made the Incarnate think that the Penitent One was a representative of the High Wills. Furthermore, the Incarnate cannot be united in communion with a baptism of pain with the Penitent One because, again, the Incense absolves him; they are no longer being punished, no longer in pain. That common element cannot unite the Incarnate and the Penitent One; it is instead a pure being blessed by the "Great Grace" punishing another for seemingly not being worthy, so it just dies without being reborn. And with the (unwanted)suffering and death of the Incarnate Icon, the High Wills/Miracle's plans fail and the Penitent One is taken by the spirits of the Four Envoys to the highest of heavens, beyond many dreamed kingdoms such as the High Wills/Miracle's Path of Ancient/Eternal Processions, where all the other notable(and good) characters from both games are. Safely watched over for the rest of eternity by these spirits, the Penitent One will be enshrined as a holy figure in the canvas of light and time, his Penance... finally complete. === Let's see what we share in ideas after the video. EDIT: We were pretty close! Added edits to the theory based on your vid.

Some things from Andalusian point of view. - Orospina penance's is related to her Botherhood; Sewing the capes and the clothes for scultures and stuff. It's a very hard task to sew gold and silver for all the religious colthing. You can see al the golden thread she uses. Also, there's a lot of spider reference in Orospina concept. - Benedicta. There's this old tradition to pray for the dead ones and keep an eye on them all night. I think her story is related to an old legend (I will have to investigate more) - Susona, she is a reference of a real person and a legend. A beautiful jewish woman from XV in Seville, who betrayed her own father and retired in a convent after that. There's also another reference of her in the game. In the shop in the town there's a skull tile atop of the door. That tile is a real one, it was where she lived in life. - Odon, it isn't told when his ship sunk. Maybe we can consider that's the same ships from the first game, Echo And Shadow. Maybe he had the same penance of silence or maybe his vocal cords are too worn out. - There's also the old lady frim the challenges. She's a clear reference to Bernarda Alba, from Lorca's play The house of Bernarda Alba, there's other references from the author, like Yerma (the same name of another tragedy play he wrote). - Montañes is a reference of Juan Martinez Montañes, a very important Andalusian sculptor.

Blasphemous 2 is the first game i almost cry on the very beginning. It's very heartbreaking to see the fate of my bro (Diogracias) and my sis (Crisanta). They always help us when we need them most. But we are not there when they need us most.

: I noticed there was a VERY strong connection between theft and the NPCs and bosses we encounter as a result of it. Yerma stole the spearpoint she gives us at the beginning of the game, Orospina is a spider preying on the thieves of who try to steal the gold she will eventually wrap them in, Cesareo stole his wife's breast in an act of paternal desperation, Casto stole from the dead only to become intertwined with Death itself, Regula stole the painted face of a saint only to discover her own face had been removed and supplanted on to the statue the paint was originally on, etc. etc. I don't know how it affects the player's understanding of The Miracle's new manifestation, but I would argue that those who are affected by The Miracle are not exclusively punished - some are granted power to inflict punishment on other wrongdoers, particularly thieves.

Imagine if in the DLC you can play as Crisanta, but all the enemies are invisible unless they run or attack

There is a painting by Goya of a man having dinner with a skeleton-like man and it made me think of Cástula and Trifón when I met them, as one of them is a skeleton when you exit and enter the room. I am certain that the team is aware of Goya from analyses of the first game because A Procession of Flagellants by him also seems clearly linked to the esthetic. Also, the trophy for reuniting them is called Old ones eating soup, like the painting.

The honey man is based on a famous statue that secreted honey and was thought to be blessed. Reality was that it was hollow and some bees took up residence. Cesareo os based on what I think was a story of a noblewoman who had a beard who when nursing looked like a man doing so. I can't recall the full details, but it's from the first artbook. Afilaor, the boss under Mother of Mothers is based on traveling knife sharpeners from Seville who use flutes to announce their presence.

Minor correction for Regula if you will. She snuck in a famed sculptor's abode to get a sneak peek in the sculptor's latest masterpiece rendition of a holy personality to find the effigy so beautiful and coveted the beauty. She then literally copied the face of the sculpture by pressing a veil into the sculpture's freshly painted face and paraded with the beautiful face as if it was hers. Regula soon found out that in some kind of twisted divine irony notable of Blasphemous, that her original face became that of a bland sculpture when she took off the veil. As for Regula's unusually huge stature, her dialogue noted that it was part of her punishment. Apologies for being anal about her storyline cause her's was the one that I was the most invested in the game, regardless of how short it was, still, pretty great vid!

Can’t wait to get this! Literally bought the first Blasphemous because of your video.

I re-watched the PO's confrontation with High Wills and how they cursed him to forever bear penace due to committing the "ultimate blasphemy." That means the PO is forever being a penitent. When Miracle resurfaced again, it also affected him unintentionally because someone has to bear the penace for the new guilts and regrets manifested. Also a potential hook into future DLCs. After Eviterno is defeated and before you ascend, a name is mentioned: the High Dramatist. A dramatist is s writer of plays which are performed on a stage by actors... and in general an actor or actress PRETENDS in order to play the role they were given. What is the purpose of this entire play?

If they're planning a new ending for the DLC i think this would be a great idea- the penitent one now in heaven helps crisanta to complete her penance and also get her to heaven

my #1 question about this game is the afterlife. in the first game, we get to see the endless procession, and we destroy the high wills there. but in this game, the three regrets all describe the afterlife as "black gates, from which one never awakes." clearly something happened to the afterlife that belongs to the worshipers of the miracle and i hope they explore it more in a dlc

Pro tip: You can cheese the Incarnate Devotion fight and kill it in like 2 minutes tops by doing the following Equip all three fire resist and tier 3 and 2 universal elemental resistance rosary beads if you unlocked all five slots so the boss does poop damage to you Upgrade the blood sword ability that grants healing for every hit Wack the boss with the might of penitence until it dies cus you outheal his damage tenfold, enjoy

Every prayer is named after a variant of spanish music, mostly flamenco. Liviana is not the girl's name (probably), but the type of song the penitent performs to call on the prayer

The man in the third image of the story isn’t their son, he’s the shirtless midwife guy near the mother in the second image. He got infected by whatever came out and started mutating with angel wings. The Witness is the guy who witnessed the birth and survived

Loved the video, and while this add nothing to theorys or plot or stuff. If you go back to your starting point/former resting place the Spirit of the Dog of the first game has a chance to appear, barks at you, wags its tail and leaves, such a small wholesome cameo that kinda gives the Penitent One and the player a "Feels Good" Moment that he and our allies are still with us in these trying times....and hell it gets confirmed in the good ending were they were waiting for us

The talking hand is definitely a reference to a early medieval art trend of the Manus Dei at the time was a way of depicting God's intervention/blessing in artwork.

Well, thing I catch from this is about interesting detail about the penitents, such as a fact each confraternities representing four archangel from thier backstory to thier fight -Orospina(earth,justice) For embroidered her victims like spider spreading its web, especially it confirmed most of her victims so far are thieves -Benedicta(air,temperance) For being kept alive simply to eternally do her job -Lesmes(fire,fortitude) For keep bottle up for never bluntly angry to miracle for things happened against his will -Odon(water,wisdom) Obviously for his background as sailor Also it might be a theory. The reason behind Cresanta's suicide is based from a dialogue when facing Eviterno that stated anyone facing him shall be declare as the last of penitent and the problem came from his penance that he has to waiting which at this case facing other penitent. So after injured Cresanta took her life to make her won't be the last as the fight result will conclude Eviterno's penitence and the only way to confront Devotion Embody by win to conclude Eviterno's penitence

NO WAYY i was ready for b2 to take a few months but u came in clutch. You're the reason I actually started reading item descriptions in games thank you!!

It’s always games that are gruesome and dark that tend to have good stories hidden away within them

One thing to consider: The final boss, Devotion Incarnate, says "Higher Will" and then calls that higher will "Fathers", so it's likely that the Devotion Incarnate is the final manifestation of the High Wills from the first Blasphemous game. A last ditch effort of that old faith to be reborn through The Miracle to connect the past to the present.

9:21 So basically, the Miracle turned Lesmes into a medieval Krang from TMNT.

The reason why you talk with the witness in such a random place is that you are not meant to go there so early. There is a point in the church where the real witness is where you can't progress without the double jump you get after fighting Afilaor, but by how the game is structured there is nothing avoiding you do it after you get all three weapons so you can end there before you even go to the high temple. As for Enunciada, in her last dialogue she mentions the High Dramatist which could be refering to the final boss but may be an unknown entity we don't know of yet. Also my personal theory about the Miracle is that it doesn't have an agency of it's own. As I see it the Miracle is just a wish granting force that just makes as it is asked. However at some point the people of Cvstodia started being aware of this force and started praying to it in a more direct way and personalicing it and this is what eventually caused the Higher Wills to be born, as the Miracle was just answering their prayers, as well as he did with the child and the heart in the sky.

I believe Lesmes and Quirce are two sides of the same coin. Quirce was sentenced to death for his crimes but the Miracle was merciful to him, whom it fully resurrected using the flames he was burned with. Lesmes was also executed for unknown crimes and brought back by the Miracle, but unlike Quirce his resurrection was another form of punishment. As now he was trapped inside a metallic body and could feel deep down he was still dead

i was (and am) on the verge of tears thinking about the ending of the canvas of space and time and i am more than hyped for whatever they want to do with that lonely crimson ribbon blown in the wind, this is one of THE best games ever created

One of the things that confuse me the most is that the Child of the Miracle seemed to be okay with either outcome. When he dies he is also at peace and says he understands his purpose now, just as when he merges. The child mentions he is one with the Miracle, meaning this could also have been some sort of a final test for the Penitent One and the people of Cvstodia. Lose, and I get to watch over you and impose my will, win, and you are prepared to live without my interference.

You, my man, are literally doing God's work ❣ I was eager for a lore video and did not expect that we would be getting one so soon!

as a Catholic school student, former teacher and near miss from a monastery the lore is just perfect. It's incredible how insane a lot of Catholic beliefs seem when presented in this game world

The timing on this is perfect, I watched the first video a little over a week ago while going through the Gingy back catalogue. Thanks for the in depth video

I was exploring blasphemous 3 like a fiend and dropped into the mother of mothers way too early (and couldn’t make it very far) and it was like a punch to the gut. All I had been thinking about is how lonely the penitent one must have been, to find connections and wake up and have them not only be gone, but dust and scattered words, secondhand lines carved in a statuette or half a prayer half remembered, and then I descend to that holiest of places. That I had to fight SO HARD to get to the first time. A fragment of the golden mask, that talks about a long forgotten convent. A crumbled statue of a man bent forward, hands behind his back, almost lost behind a crumbled wall. The knot of the three words, and deogracias’ words as the penitent one remembered them, echoing through a lonely hall, the warm reverence hollow in the dusty air. The trophy you get for beating the first boss is called A Thousand Years, but it doesn’t really feel that way until you descend to the mother of mothers, and realize that even that figure 8, representative of the twisted one and thus the miracle, has long been forgotten and lies crumbled in the background. And then you feel more alone than ever.

not being a native english speaker and the subtitles constantly referring to the penitent one as ‘the paddington’ sure was a nugget of fun during the story of a game that is so bleak and despairing. anyway, loved the video, thx for the quality content ❤

Note for any1 who cares, the little line on a vowel indicates thats the strong sillable of the word, for example radamés, the e has a line, meaning the mes sillable is the strong one, so instead of the pronounciation used in the video you would pronounce it enunciating the mes sillable as the strong one instead of the da one (the word being divided in the sillables ra-da-més). It doesnt matter much but hey, heres some spanish for all of you :D

Finally!!! I've been literally looking for a story analysis for the past week.

Thank you so much for this! Loved this and I’m so glad you did this one as well! Truly one of the best videos of yours! Although I shall still pray for a video on Pathologic 2 amen

I was waiting impatiently to see you review blasphemous two, your video on the first one truly is one of my favourites. Much love, continue like that Gingy!!!

This is what Im waiting for since its release. I don't even play this game or the first one but since you explaining the story of this game before make me love this game and curious about the story in this game Love your video man

Another banger let’s go been waiting for this!!!

LOL I was JUST watching your Blasphemous 1 video! Great timing Gingy :D

Thank you for these videos! I am intensely interested in the story and art from both games but hate playing this genre, so your videos are perfect

I just finished watching your Hollow Knight lore explanation, you mentioned in the video that you would be talking about Blasphemous soon, I was very excited but thought I would have to wait. imagine my surprise seeing this brand new video pop up

Damn you work fast. Im still playing through the second game so I'm gonna watch this later. Loved your last blasphemous video so I have high hopes for this one.

Amazing videos both about blasphemous 1 and 2 I love how much thought you put into it with learning the cultural and religious backgrounds and even spinning theories of your own. I’m excited to see what will become of Crisanta I hope it will be a DLC where we play her. In the meantime if you look for something to do a lore video on try Fear and Hunger it’s an amazing game as well If you loved blasphemous you might like this one and the lore is similarly complex and multi leveled I would love to see your take on it :)

Loved this deep dive into the game's lore. I beat it last week (was on staycation lol so I had some extra time) and I enjoyed it more than the first one as it was a bit easier to play despite having some boss fights that made me want to rage lol. This video gave me a lot more insight into the story that I missed while playing.

Just finished Blasphemous 2, and I'm just amazed. Triple A studios need to start taking notes.

Can’t believe how much ur channels grown gingy I remember watching ur for honor vids/ live streams

Been waiting for this video for a long time and it did not dissapoint!

Damn what are the odds, I just watched the Blasphemous 1 video like 2 days ago. Good shit, looking forward to more videos.

Congrats on 300k gingy

Another great video as always!!

loved the game to bits, just got the platinum trophy and I think we'll probably get more story on the dlcs to come involving Crisanta, maybe what led her to battle Eviterno and finally committing suicide. I'm pretty sure there's more to come and still as awesome as the rest of the series has been.

Another excellent video! Well said and interpreted. My nagging issue though is Crisanta's role in Blasphemous 2. I'm hoping that the DLC will shed more light on her exploits after the first game .

I love lore and you do a great job of explaining things. Great listen while I drive to the job site

i had never heard of blasphemous until your other video (which i JUST watched last night and went down a deep dive), and although i probably won't play them myself since metroidvanias aren't really my cup of tea, im super excited for this. the stories and lore seem really interesting

I just watched your first analysis on the series yesterday!!

great content as always. My wish for this Xmas is for you to do essay on Fear & Hunger and its sequel!

Beat it a couple days ago and I was completely content with waiting a while for this video to come out. but nope, you are right on top of it

Awesome!! Love your channel

You pulled this out fastest than I could plat the game. Well done!

THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO.

Great video as always! Reminded me of a game called Deaths Gambit that I think would really like . Its another dark metroidvania with a great story, secrets, and gameplay. With the updated version of the game and the dlc release it has become one of my favorite games of all time.

one of my favorite moments was when i found out that the twisted one is actually in the background of the room where we start the game. i got goosebumps when i saw him

I bought this game like a week ago and I'm in LOVE with it

Homie just made cleaning my tools in my shed much less boring. Was looking forward to this vid thanks man

i cant believe a lot of people missed the boss at the sacred grounds....literally the best boss in the game lol amazing video as always

Great video. I'd love to see you tackle more metroidvanias

Lore time!!!

your first video made me play blasphemous 1, i had dropped it and picked it up again bc the story was so fire

Absolutely stellar video and beautiful game!

Yes been waiting for gingy to drop a B2 lore video!

I loved this game so much!!!! Blasphemous 1 is one of my top favorites games of all time so seeing a part 2 is just my bread and Butter!

Finally been waiting for this vid

FINALLY DO U KNOW HOW LONG IVE BEEN LOOKING THIS UP FOR

Watched the video on the first game this morning. To watch an other video on the second game the same day is truly a Miracle

i've been waiting for you to cover this!! i listen to your blasphemous video to fall asleep to so im excited for this one!

I just checked and the character of the Honey Man looks identical to the artist who made the Christ of Honey statue, Antonio Susillo. Antonio Susillo made a mistake on the statue and messed up the legs of the statue. This frustration and regret (along with the pain of his failed first marriage to a woman who left him deeply in debt) led him to shoot himself. It took some time but eventually his remains were buried under the feet of the statue and shortly after some bees found a hole in the statue and began making a hive there. Due to the heating of the statue, the bee's honey would weep from Christ's eyes. The character of Cesareo seems to refer to the painting, "Magdalena Ventura with her Husband and Son" by Miguel Ribera (1631). Magdalena was 52 at the time of the painting, and had begun to show facial hair growth at 37. She had at least two other children, and was an Italian from Abruzzi. I'm not entirely certain about some of the others but I can say Blasphemous 2 seems to be all about the Miracle attempting to manifest the perfect image for itself and punishing anyone (artists, sculptors, or even average people) who attempt to produce imperfect depictions of it. Blasphemous, as a series, seems to centre itself around highlighting the flaws of the Miracle (or God). In Blasphemous 1, we see that the Miracle is egotistical and deems itself to be perfect in all its decisions and punishments (no matter how horrifying and cruel its decision actually is). However, we learn it is not really the Miracle itself that punishes people but rather the Wills, which seem to represent the will of humanity. The punishments by the Wills did not seem to begin until humanity willed it into existence based off their own deep desire to be punished. Blasphemous 2 shows the Miracle to have vanity and hubris, and uses its own belief in its perfection of image as grounds to punish anyone who it decides has made an imperfect or unacceptable depiction of itself. However, this is also ironic. The first child it creates for itself to be manifested through is, in itself, flawed, and born as a formless manifestation of disfigurement. Thus, the Miracle didn't want the only living survivor of its failure (the Witness) to tell anyone about it because then it'd be known that the Miracle is NOT perfect and actually created a plague of disfigurement upon humanity. Nonetheless, disfigurement had been unleashed and had spread across the land, which disfigured the faces of the city's citizens. Thus, it's my theory that the Miracle needed a scapegoat. Someone to blame and ironically chose the most beautiful woman in the city (who would admire herself in the lake and wished for nobody else to be able to see their reflection in the lake) to take the blame and bear the regret by having her vanity deemed the sin that manifested the disfigurement in the first place in order to hide the failure wrought by its own failure and vanity.

Been waiting for this 🎉

Great vid Gingy

Stumbled onto this channel recently from another game that I thought was made by the same company as Blasphemous due to some similaries in terms of art style, and the blood red backgrounds when defeating bosses. Really love your deep dive into the Blasphemous games and watched a couple other videos. If you ever have time, may I suggest looking into a game called Infernax? It's the aforementioned game that I thought had the same developers as Blasphemous and takes place in a similar medieval time setting, except the player has the appearance of a Crusader or some kind of holy knight and has multiple endings to it based on faith and choices made throughout the game. Ranging from a demon smiting holy knight, to giving into the evil and becoming the ruler of all. There are a few "extra" endings as well, that could be seen as joke endings.

your the best one that makes lore videos ❤

Hey buddy. Just here to say I hope you’re planning on doing a story explained video on armored core 6. Love your vids keep it up

knowing Blasphemous's start lore wise there will deffinetly be a dlc for this one too

The ribbon either hints at dlc or a completely new game following Crisanta and maybe the aftermath of the Penitent Ones' ascendance, either way Blasphemous content isn't quite done yet, so we got something to look forward too.

thanks for making this :P

Thanks for making this

I've been waiting for this

I love that I'm learning things about my country and culture thanks to the game and the video. Ty

On the 3 regrets part I know Lesmes name means “he whose nobility protects him” which is probably why is can’t be corrupted and Quirce is the name of a boy who became a martyr i believe both fit their names and character alike.