Bloodborne Lore Hunting ► The Beast Hunt 

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Well, now we know that ludwig's transformation was even worse than the cleric beast.

we are born of the lore, made men by the lore, undone by the lore.

Notice how most coffins lying around are tightly chained shut, might the scourge take hold of someone even after death?

It's a shame that Bloodborne lore shut down so fast. This is the only lore hunt we got on the main game, and the "Things you Missed" series only had three episodes. :/

I'm still waiting for the item description that explains how Yarnham ever had a functioning economy when the place is like 90% churches :p

I don't see the Cleric Beast being Ludwig, because otherwise he'd drop the Radiant Sword Hunter badge which gives you access his sword and rifle. I think he's passed on, and the beast we fight is actually the current captain since we only gain the Chief's Emblem, Kirk Hammer and repeating pistol from this fight, weapons of the church, but not Ludwig.

I was confused as to why you thought Ludwig was cleric beast and not the rape horse in Old Hunters DLC then I realized this was made before the DLC.

This game would be easier if you could carry around a lamp with that incense

A nice touch I like with the Blood Vials animation is it acts like an auto injector, used to administer medicine quickly, an example would be Epinephrine (Epi pens). It works by taking the safety cap off one side which enables the other side of the pen that's loaded with a one inch needle to become active or loaded. If you were to touch the loaded side the needle shoots out and injects the medication, and it's commonly used on the lateral (away from the mid line of the body) side of the thigh, were there's mostly muscle, which is what your character does every time they heal themselves with Blood Vials.

Vaati I've noticed alot of people saying that Gascoigne killed his wife. I don't think this to be true. When you enter the boss fight, Gascoigne is cutting into some Yharnamites. Probably beasts, not his wife. His wife is flung up on a carriage in the corner. Now we know from their younger daughter that Gascoigne's wife went out searching for him after he didn't come home when they expected him to. But where would she go to look for him? WE know that Gascoigne was over by the central Yharnam bridge, we can summon him to fight the cleric beast. But Viola doesn't know that, so where would she go to find Gascoigne? Perhaps she went to the chapel where likely they met when Gascoigne was a member of the church, but what she instead found there were wild Yharnemites who then killed her and just tossed her corpse onto that carriage. Then Gascoigne comes along after finishing up with the Cleric beast and finds the men brutalizing and murdering his wife, and he just snaps. The 1 light in his life that keeps him sane is snuffed out right before his eyes and he goes and slaughters the beasts. But the damage is done, he can't be sane anymore after that, because being sane means he has to remember his wife and child. He wants to just be a beast who hunts beasts for blood, which is what he becomes. We know that playing the music box hurts him because we're forcing him to think of Viola, something his mind can't cope with. TLDR; I don't believe Gacoigne killed his wife.

I can't wait till you cover Micolash. He basically tells you everything, but in such a way that still leaves you guessing. Grant us eyes, Vaati! GRANT US EYES!

I think you missed something here: The Night of the Hunt is the night of a full moon. The Yharnamites you talk to early on refer to the hunt like it's something that's an inconvenience. They're not worried until it's night and the hunt isn't dying down. I think the scourge was so feared because every full moon, the afflicted grew hairier--except for the ones too far gone. They probably didn't change back and rampaged. Plus the full moon works with the classic werewolf lore and ties into the influence of the Moon Presence in the game.

Ahhh,Kos..or some say Kosm,, Did you hear about our prayer ? No, VaatiVidya will not abandon the lore.. No one can catch him! No one can stop him now! Aaahahahahaaaa.....

Ludwig makes the cleric beast look like a church mouse

Great as always brother!

Thoughts on the transformation of the villagers: It seems to me that only the men transform and become beast-like. Take Gascoigne's wife for example. Her corpse is completely human compared to the beast-like bodies littering the graveyard around her. Even the wild and wonderful witches of Hemwick, and the bell ringers stay human (but seem to be murderously insane). I feel that there is something to this considering the number of female NPCs in the game that all retain their humanity and how towards the end of the game their... "anatomy" we'll say, plays an integral part in the plot line/lore. Of course, Vicar Amelia transforms and could squash the whole idea, but she is an exception being a member of the church and being directly exposed to the blood, or one would think. Another crazy theory: I believe the Lovecraftian Elder Gods need the women to remain as they are for incubation via the blood red moonlight (see: every normal woman's behavior shift during this time) so that they may become surrogates to the Gods.

Cant wait for his take on Iosefka

Ah I remember the good old days when people thought Ludwig was the Cleric Beast

Your scripts are always so deep and philosophical, and the way you deliver the lines are amazing. Sometimes I can't even tell if what you are saying is reading from an item description or your own writings. Great job!

Someone should do a parody of "Tainted Love" with "Tainted Blood"

I'm just waiting for Vaati's explanation on why you turn into a squid.

Absolutely massive fan of your videos dude, cannot wait to watch this when I get home :) praise the sun

When he talked about the lanterns I was like: "Why can't we have one of those lant-oh, right, we are supposed to kill the beasts, not keep them away from us.

Yay. I was waiting for a lore vid. Also those endings are trippy as fuck...

I am awestruck at Miyazaki's brilliance in designing games. Never before have games come close to the beauty and depth of his creations. Graphics, gameplay and storytelling at it's highest point.

I'm a nurse in emergency in Melbourne, Vaati you and ENB keep me sane during night shift.. Much appreciated

Don't have a PS4 to play this gem, but watching your videos is the next best thing. Top quality narration and editing as always, Vaati. Keep up the awesome work.

I take it we'll learn about the Church, Amelia and the Blood Starved Beast next?

I appreciate your attention to detail, the sequence and pacing of your video, and that you support your lore ideas with in-game item descriptions and NPC dialogue. Keep doing what you do so well!

Who cares about lore, don't think too hard about all of this, just go out and kill a few beasts, it's for your own good, is just what hunters do.

I'm probably late, but I've watched your lore on Bloodborne sooo many times and everytime I find something new! I'm still playing the game and looking for it myself so I can really "live through the nightmare". All I want to say, is that YOUR channel is the best one out there for lore and all the other stuff, not just by the quality/quantity of the content but even by your approach to the game. Simply the best, and trust me, I've told all my friends - "If you really want to know the lore in depth, go to VaatiVidya." Thank you, for every single video!!!

I've always been under the impression that Gascogne did not kill his wife, but perhaps a beast killed his wife and him losing her was one of the main things that drove him to become a beast

Finally! I've spent 100+ hours on this game now, got the platinum trophy and turned every stone - still... So many questionmarks (And as always, I love it).

Writing an essay on different depictions of religion in video games, your videos are helping me big time! The depth of this game is amazing, and the small details in the environment and item menus tell such an amazing story. Can't wait for more in this series ^^

VaatiVidya: You make GREAT WORK at telling the story and narrating stuff. you're top quality at what you do. I encourage you to keep doing great stuff. I love all the details that you bring to the table that most people miss. that gives it a LOT OF VALUE.

Awww yiss. Time to be nerdy.

Before some of Yall talk shit about him saying cleric beast is Ludwig,this video came out before the dlc,so he couldn't know,it was just a very popular theory

YAAAAAAAAYYYY A LORE VIDEO

I started watching ENB's Bloodborne videos, and i was itching to watch any lore about the game npcs, characters, etc. The first name that popped up in my head was your channel...and here I am watching this well narrated video. Thanks for uploading :).

"Those from the church turn into the most hideous beasts." Truer words have never been said lol

Well done man, there is just a sort way you approach your diction that makes your lore threads better than everyone else. Wish you made more but bloodborne is still very young so ill just have to wait.

Wow this community is moving super quick. It's only been a week or so and the first lore video is out. I hope it wont be exhausted too quick. Dark souls had way more years to be picked apart as a delicacy, but this is being devoured with great haste

Love watching these old vids and seeing where you got it right and wrong as time went on. The editing is fabulous, even way back then

i cried so hard at the little girl's story. no way to prevent her death no matter which options you choose

you know even though i never really played the souls games i watched all of your lore videos, they were always so interesting. plus your voice adds to the solemn theme of the lore.

I can't wait for this series to get to all the Lovecrafty nightmarish stuff!

Really happy you started doing these, would be cool when you kinda complete the story and plot from actual gameplay to kinda delve into how this world was before the healing church and why was there a need for a lot of things, the student explorations of old labyrinths etc. Now I'm kinda sure that the item descriptions are limited to a certain level, but imo your explorations of lore and thought process was to me always kinda spot on. Can't wait to see if yet again we agree on a lot of lore points :)

"Ludwig becomes the Cleric Beast" Oof

To this day I don't know why my character didn't just fuck off back home after seeing monsters everywhere, since they were cured and all.

Maaaan,vaati my boy, youre doing realy great on the lore of bloodborne

I have to say, the quality of your editing just gets better and better Vaati. Something I noticed that was so simple, but at the very end when he was still talking, and you fade the screen moments before he finishes... feels so smooth. That transition was spot on, and I just really appreciate that effort and quality you put into these videos, so thank you for being so passionate about both the lore and the telling of it, and the way you display it to all the viewers. Great work, once again.

I often rewatch your videos and you said at 4:08 (ish) stuck out to me this time. Have you brought up the fact that the Cleric Beast isn't Ludwig (seeing as we fight him in the DLC) in a newer video?

I was hoping for this to be set in Lovecraft's "Dream World". I guess only time will tell. I love Lovecraft stories and Lovecraft loved that people expand his work creating new ones in the same universe. Nothing would be as amazing as a interpretation of Lovecraft's work by Hidetaka Miyazaki.

Uh as far as I'm aware gascoigne did not kill his wife, her body is on the roof but he is carving up someone on the ground, this leads me to believe he stumbled upon some other hunters murdering his wife and he lost his shit.

Vaati the presentation of your videos just gets better and better man. This video actually sent chills down my spine. I don't have a PS4 so I'm experiencing this story through your videos. Absolutely amazing man.

Vaati, I have a lore theory for you. It's about Gerhman and the Moon Presence. Just wanna see what your thoughts on it are. SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS for everyone else!! Ok, here I go...... Gerhman found and saved the Moon Presence as a newborn great one, he brought it to the hunters work shop, that's why you get an umbilical cord from there, its the Moon Presences. At the same time there was the ashen blood out break in old Yharnam, Gerhman, the leader of the freelance hunters at the time, led the charge against the unending scourge, however after sustaining a severe leg injury and out of blood he retreated to a safe distance inside a house that you could only enter by falling a few floors down to the door, this fall broke his leg. He hobbled upstairs and sat in a chair to rest in hopes his hunters blood would heal him and he fell asleep. Alas, the church abandoned the fight and set old Yharnam a blaze in an attempt to halt the new scourge. The smoke and flame claimed Gerhman as he slept. That is why you get the armor he wears when he fights you from there, minus the hat. The young great one however would not let Gerhman die as it spent the most time with him, enough to build a connection, and it needed a medium to influence. So, it created the Hunter's Dream, drew in and bound Gerhman to it so that Gerhman could organize and send out hunters under the Moon Presences influence. You do as it wanted you to and when you kill Gerhman it tries to bind you to the dream in Gerhman's stead, but since you consumed three third umbilical cords you had the surrogate potential to become a great one in any minute so it could not bind you. Feeling its creation and its cause to eliminate the other chaotic great ones threatened by you becoming a new great one, it tries to kill you. When you kill it the power of its blood triggers your transformation into a new great one. Since you were created in the hunters dream and, it is the safest place for you, you keep it sustained and the doll cares for you inside until you are strong enough to take on the role as the last free great one. Done. At least after so much research that is what I concluded to be the whole of it. The research involved item descript., lore provided by every medium the game gave, comparing screen shots, and finding and recording and reviewing hidden dialog, items, etc. It took three weekends of study to come up with that. Well, what do you think?

The narrative and presentation is incredibly immersive. This is my favorite game and these videos are such a just representation of the complexity and ambience you feel when playing the game. It's a great way to relive the night of the hunt from different perspectives.

I guess this was made before the Old Hunters then... Time for an update?

VaatiVidya Ones again the lore presentation is awesome, this is just amazing was holding up on searching for lore videos until you did one. Can't wait for more

Anyone else think Bloodborne's story is waaayyy more confusing than any of the souls games. Like at least i had an idea of what was going on but for this one i'm 100% lost.

yeayy, the first great Blooborne Vaati story awesomeness. If only the developers would have hired you to tell/flesh out or even just narate some story the game wouldn't have felt so underdeveloped in this area. I would have loved to hear your ideas of what happened in different houses. Thanks a lot for the great greeeat vid! Can't wait for more like this! Although i appreciate your solution vids too, i find you really excell beyond measure at this storytelling part

What about the ashen blood disease that preceeded the beast scourge?

yo vaati, if i may make a request. i think that a lore video on the three covenants of this game (the vilebloods, the executioners, and the hunter of hunters) and the way they work into each-other would be a really interesting thing to look into. as always, great video dude, stay awesome

Who is Molotov(from Molotov's cocktail) in the universe of Bloodborne?

Dude that was a sick video. The atmosphere from the soundtrack and your tone of voice was perfect 👌

The blood wasn't naturally tainted. the executioners NPC Alfred says someone brought vileblood infection.

Loved that ending bit about just hunting beast because that's what they do. Well done video Vaati.

Ok turns out Cleric Beast ain't Ludwig. But other than that, awesome video

I hope you make the "Lore hunting" so that those who haven't experienced BloodBorne can understand the universe and Lore (Which in the BloodBorne story explained vid i was understanding you pretty well) You're a good narrator haha

I always thought the cleric beast was a transformed church hunter.

So I've recently gotten near to the end of the game (I'm stuck on Gehrman) and have been avoiding your vid's to stay spoiler free and to try and draw my own conclusion on the events of the game. Having come back now and watched this vid I realise I've actually really missed your lore vids! Can't wait for more :)

Eileen sounds like evil morgz mum. so it's true that morgz mum is from another world

Watching all the lore videos has helped me find things like this out for myself :). It's a new way to experience the game

11 people became beasts.

Can't wait for your prepare to cry videos on bloodborne. I know some of the stories in bloodborne are straightforward to follow, but then you get to the obscure lore of Eldrich and the becoming of Master William

anybody still playing in 2022?

ALL OF MY YES!!! :D These lore videos were always my favourite on this channel. People, items, enemies, places, events, relationships between all of the before? Doesn´t matter. It´s always worth watching if you can take the potential spoilers. Thanks Vaati. Stay awesome!

Anyone still playing in 2019?

YES! LET THE LORE BEGIN! I love these videos and I like that,even in the first one, I found out new info (cleric beast = ludwig) please keep them coming!

The Cleric Beast was Ludwig? I don't really see that being the case, is it mentioned somewhere?

Oh my lord, please make more. I love Bloodborne, I love your videos and you explain everything in such a cool, exciting way, can't wait for the next video!!!!

Vaati: "Ludwig became the Cleric Beast." Ludwig the Accursed/Holy Blade: "Am i a joke to you?" PS: I know this video was made a long time ago, but i couldn't resist...

Vaatividya man I love how you make the connections in the lore through descriptions I would love to be able to Pick your brain about your first impressions but I guess I'll just have to wait on more videos.: /

Are you really sure that Gascoine killed his wife? I absolutely respect your theory, but he might have found her dead in the tomb. Maybe the guy he butchered when we met him killed her, and perhaps the death of his wife would be the last drop for him? Just a theory of course.

The lore can be a little vague if you burn through it without taking the time to take in all the messages and cryptic clues given to you throughout the game. Thanks for this video. It really puts the story into perspective!

Cleric Beast looks like Manus...

“Ludwig became the Cleric Beast” If only he could be so lucky.

So how long does a Hunt last? Has it never ended and just continues each night? Or are there times when no one hunts and the people of Yharnam go drink blood and worship the "Great One's"?

Amazing content! You make this one of a few channels that I've never grown sick of, or found a rushed, click and money grabbing video. All quality and honest (but niche) content. Just wanted to thank the work you put into these and congratulate you for your fine work!

Its possible that Father Gascoigne became a beast after the Yaramites killed his wife for being a hunters wife. And you know he then bathed the graveyard in their blood.

Dunno if it was because I listened with earphones in but your voice sounded amazing in this one. Absolutely love this stuff. Btw, please keep the boss guides going!

Ludwig is the Cleric Beast? What evidence is there for this?

Yess, Lore video! Im anxious to see the videos about the late game! but a think is better for us to get there in the right time, keep the chronological structure to that series! And thanks for the good work Vaati, I learn a lot from you videos! I never suspec that Ludwig could be the Cleric Beast

How did you connect the cleric beast and Ludwig. Is there an item description i missed.

ive pretty much watched all your bloodborne videos in one day. found you on the edwad series by criken and now i just cant stop watching yours. the lore for dark souls and bloodborne have always been so difficult for me to patch together and understand and you just make it really easy so thanks im really enjoying it.

well the old hunters kinda fucked you up lol

Vaaty your amazing. I think the quality of your videos is outstanding and increases from video to video. Thanks for one of YT's best content

Hahahaha lul “Ludwig became the cleric beast”

Really enjoyed it and will be very interested to see the later game lore videos and your take on the more Lovecraftian and outlandish aspects of the Bloodbonre universe.