He Helps Anytime - Dark Souls 

Fucking totally spaced it.

Wouldnt call them slaves, i see them more as workers

@@hiimvegan5366 arent they referred to as slaves in multiple in game item descriptions?

@@skepsisrollins1711 im not sure in which one

​@@skepsisrollins1711Nope. Just the guide, I think.

How fitting would it be if that was the last of the giant life energy to help you only for you to find him after the boss dead.

I shouldve gotten a clip of that because thats the only way ive ever killed that crab

@@TheHonoredMadman its that God damn sideways charge /claw slam follow-up. And in the goo you have little hope of evading that devastating attack

I gotcha covered im working on something that covers the giants from each game

In the game files there was also cut content of a gigantic giga-giant who stood in the ocean near Majula hurling stuff at you, a giant the size of a skyscraper. Zullie made a video about it.

@@TheHonoredMadmanThx so much!!

Well with everything converging at the base of lothric its kinda hard to say, but yeah i always figured the settlement mustve been built over the burg

This is a great write up and theory, i have a video on the evolution of giants with some similar theories but not as detailed as this

@@TheHonoredMadman Thanks! That's very kind of you. I'll be waiting for that video. Sounds interesting. And yeah,part of the reason the theory is so detailed is really just my obsession with Carthus and Wolnir. That, and theories about Lordran's history in general. I think there's a whole lot of things that happened between 2 and 3 that we have almost no context for. The Crowns. Wolnir. Carthus. The founding of Farron. The emergence of Londor and Lothric. People keep saying 2 is gone in 3, but it's really all over the place. It's just not explicitly referenced as much.

@@TheHonoredMadman Pardon me. I misunderstood last time. You said you already have that video? Can you link it? Thank you kindly.

@@TheHonoredMadman Hello. This is a short tangent I found myself on, but it does feel important: Where did the Giant Sentinels go? As far as we have speculated, the enslaved Giants of Lordran in Sen's Fortress and the like freed themselves,and founded the "Giant Kingdom", but the Sentinels left long, long before that, as did Gwynevere and most of the gods. By the time of 1, they're already gone, so,where are they? "Armor of the giant sentinels of Anor Londo.Made from ancient brass, it also offers protection versus non-physical attacks." Compare them to this: "How old could this nearly-crumbling armor be? Has extremely low durability. Sometimes, just as a thing falls to pieces, it unleashes its last flash of great power..." Most people have this strange notion that the Old Knights of Heide are golems of some sort; this is unlikely to be true, for a simple reason: "Wielded by a warrior from a time so ancient that there exists no record of his endeavors." There is, or was, a warrior within that armour, wielding that greatsword or greathammer. Whether they are still in there is unknown; the important thing is, this was once an actual person. Amd given the size and age of said armour, that person would have to be a Giant. This explains a few things; for some reason, there is at least one Giant skull within the Grave Of Saints. The Old Knights are resistant to but not immune to bleed damage. Most importantly, both their age and the state of the armour can be explained by them wearing brass instead of the specific alloy used with the Heide Knights' chain mail. In other words, the Old Knights were the next incarnation of the Giant Sentinels, just as the Giant Kingdom was built by the formerly enslaved Giants of Anor Londo and Sen's Fortress. The two, thanks to their separation early on, have diverged completely.... Or have they? _ I had a strange question enter my mind: Why is the Giant's Kinship necessary to enter the Throne Of Want? It's quite odd, when you think about it. The beings that form the bridge to the Throne are not Giants; they're golems, specifically of the kind seen in Eleum Loyce. No head; hole in the chest. Both they and the Throne itself are far, far older than Vendrick, if not most of his predecessors. In fact, in Aldia's words, " none of them stood" where we did; never was anyone in the known history of this continent so close to the Throne. "Whether Heide refers to a kingdom or was just a name for the land is not clear, for no records date back far enough to tell." "The Defender has stood by the throne for ages. Will his wait be worth the while?" This explains one half; the age, as well as the golems. Eleum Loyce is one out of two places that resemble Anor Londo within Drangleic; the presence of the golems there is not so strange; they were likely originally produced in Heide. So,why is the Giant's Kinship required? And why does the Giant Lord have it? Well, the Giant's Kinship's original name sheds some light on it; " Giant's Resonance." The item description isn't helpful in describing it's origins, but the name is quite enough. The Giant's Resonance is exactly what it says in a tin; it is a a resonance among all Giants. A connection that binds them all. Indeed, a " singular rage" burned within the Giants' hearts at Vendrick and his kingdom. They marched as one to burn his kingdom; unable to separate theor own feelings from those of his most direct and specific victims, they could find it in themselves to forgive these transgressions, or even consider the alternative of peace. At the moment we find it, the Resonance is bound to one Giant Lord, come from across the sea to fulfill his duty.... But who held it before? In much the same way Eleum Loyce resembles Heide and Anor Londo, there is one place that resembles the Throne; The bottom of Brume Tower. Dozens of Old Knights litter the place, covered in ash, but above all of them, there is one. What you see the Fume Knight's arena is composed merely of his chest piece and helmet; whoever wore this armour was, truly, a Giant among Giants. Whatever happened here, we do not know,though it left one reluc; a certain scorching hot scepter, held by a foolish human king..... One that oddly looks like a coiled sword. _ The Throne, it appears, was carved at least twice. When first made, it was a massive seat. Within that seat, is an even smaller notch, carved to fit a much tinier subject; A human. In some way, shape or form, the Giants in general, and the Old Knights specifically, were the wards of the Linking of the Fire within Drangleic. With the fall of Heide, however, and their inevitable passing, their Resonance was inherited by another; A vengeful king, from across the sea. Come to conquer Drangleic, and reclaim the birthright of his race. Was Nashandra truthful when she told Vendrick to fear the Giants? In fact, was the Giant Lord " warned" in the very same manner? After all, there is only one true Throne... And we have no need for two rulers.

Thats a great theory, i like to think those three really big ones were the oldest, one of em mightve even worked at Sen's Hamburger House

@@TheHonoredMadman would be the only possibill conection for ds1(as long u didnt kill them)

Ever consider that Xanthos King Jeremiah might have been the king of Oolacile? If not that, then the connection might be due to the colour, with Xanthos being a golden yellow and the head wrapping being that of a mushroom. Oolacile is known as the land of golden sorceries and mushroom folk.

This... This is making insanely good sense to me.@@slightlytwistedagain

Heysel is part of Rosaria's fingers. She's not a typical scholar but a assassin.

Great comment that makes complete sense. I completely missed the giants being part archtree, i mean i know the ds2 ones turn into trees but i had no idea the giants in d1 and 3 themselves came from the archtrees

@@TheHonoredMadman It's also worth noting that it isn't just the giants, humans do it to as you see their bodies turning into trees in the Undead Settlement, and you see them around the High Wall of Lothric. Could be a transitional/metamorphosis phase into those insectoid butterflies. Also don't forget the Rotted Greatwood is basically a bloated giant. I think that boss gets overlooked a lot when talking about giants.

​@@TheHonoredMadmanI don't think they came from archtrees per se, though they do have strong ties. Archtrees are closely related to Titanite (see: The Great Hollow). Titanite is a real world mineral, formerly and informally known as sphene which is the Greek word for *wedge.* (Giants are also somewhat analogous to Greek Titans, having been overthrown by smaller gods.) *Essentially, Titanite is Archstone.* (N.B. Pharros' Lockstones are also a reference to keystones; the stone wedges that support architectural arches) Arches, in-game, are a metaphor for the harmony of erection and erosion, which is an idea adapted from Yukio Mishima's "Sun and Steel".

​@@core-nix1885lol erection

I thought the curse rotted great wood was a spirit tree that the villagers sealed curses in and then one day they sealed either too many or too big of a curse in it and it corrupted into what we see in game

Ill check he was already dead by the time i did ringed city on my my most recent playthrough

Haha yeah i always try to fit it in when i remember it

I have a clip of it too but then it got lost in the shuffle, kicking myself in the head over that currently haha

Its the kings field menu theme i think from 3 or 4 i cant remember

@@TheHonoredMadman alright thanks dude. Love the vids. Always look forward to more

I dont know the name its from some show on amc called lucky hank, it was playing when i was editing and i thought it kinda fit haha