Ivory king: -built his throne over the gate of hell -married dark abyss queen -Has awesome lightsaber sword -Ended 2 no-hit runs -also has several tigers for pets
Man watching that guy coming all the way after unspeakable amount of struggle just to get one shotted by ivory king , ending his no hit run of ds2. I dont know what to say, like Ivory king deserves such respect to be super cool even though he's evil now or the respect for the youtuber who went through all this agony just to fail at the very end
She was really the only Shard of Manus that triumphed over what she was born out of because she was the only one that directly was exposed to her greatest fear with the help of someone else who is very clearly the strongest of all of the Kings and that King inspired courage in the Incarnation of fear to the point she made a new purpose for herself
i have to say, the story about the relationship between the ivory king and the fearful fragment of Manus was something I found really touching. The Ivory king knew her dark nature, knew that she married him so that she could sustain herself, and he accepted it; He provided comfort to a frightful being that any other man would simply have killed, he entrusted her with his city despite her inherently dark nature, he helped her to rise above said nature, and I well and truly find that incredibly touching hats off to from software for this snippet of story
The fact that the Ivory King gave Alsanna his city, with the lives of his people, really told how much he trusted her and her ability to not give in to her "dark side". Honestly what kind of true love...
Isn't it messed up how almost everyone whose lives the Chaos Flame ruins is basically a great person? With most other evils in the series, the victims at least partially had it coming, but the Chaos always seems to strike at the nice girls and guys (Fair Lady, Quelana, Ivory King, Alsanna...). ;__;
Darkness is not inherently evil, nor is chaos... darkness births fear and dread and chaos seeks to spread, yet neither inherently seeks to destroy of its own desire... that which is spawned of chaos and dark is that which may be evil.
@@TheBeastr the dog is a massive pain as a low sl. I was level 23 with 36880 Soul Memory and 8 adaptability. Needless to say it was a fucking nightmare.
@@steltzsm either you're lying or you went through the entire game at that level with a very specific item and by that point you should be able to fight aava just fine
@@alexberube5269 I used the agape ring yes. I just wanted to beat the game and help people out in forest of fallen giants. I also wanted the ring if the living so I would look like the host for some invasions or fashion when helping people out, which is located in Frigid Outskirts and is inaccessible unless you kill aava and unfreeze eleum loyce and get the garrison ward key. Why would I lie? That's pitiful shit, and for what? Brownie points no one cares about? But adaptability makes this game so shit sometimes, especially with her delayed hitboxes. That's why it was such a pain. I'm far from being the best player out there. My gear was always drangleic set - no helm, ring of blades +2, third dragon ring, royal soldiers +1, and either chloranthy or stone ring.
You know, I think I've quite fallen in love with the Ivory King. The first to draw his sword in defense of the innocent. A man who accepted a child of dark into his life, home, and kingdom. A man who sacrificed himself to protect the world from chaos. A man who had such faith in an incarnation of fear, that he inspired that incarnation to uphold a sacred duty until the end of time... The word "hero" is used quite frequently, usually without acknowledging the gravity of the word, but I believe that the Ivory King fully deserved to be called one.
The Ivory King should be more than just a hero, he should be a fucking legend among kings and warriors, for he was truly legendary in both, a wise king with near impossible power and an even stronger character. I say he deserves being beside Artorias, for while Artorias valiantly fought the Abyss the Ivory King fought the chaos with similar valor and even made a fragment of Manus to a devoted, kind queen.
Darca1n He stands above Artorias, who gave in to the Abyss without preparation for being handled. The Ivory King prepared everything to ensure that no matter what he was sealed deep within his fortified castle, and that even the Dark obeyed his wishes.
Indeed, and it seemed that instead of simply fighting the dark (or worse, attempting to use it for his own selfish desires) like other kings, the Ivory King dealt with the threats with his wisdom and less with his sword! BTW do you know VoicesFromTheDark? Just wondering because of your Username!
@@allhandsondik7803 Fittingly, "courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear." - Nelson Mandela
"By the nature of the definition, only the coward is. capable of the highest heroism - for the coward fights, despite his weak nature." ~David Gemmell.
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In the age of ancients, the lords were to choose their waifus, but none made a wise choice and their kingdoms suffered. There, the Ivory King stood and said "I want the weird one". Thus began the age of badass, and the soundtrack was cool.
Well ivory king was killing demons for thousands of years plus the choose undead dead killed the bed of chaos which was a bleeding ground. And the hero in dark souls 2 fininshed the job with all these powerful heroes killing demons its no wonder they all dead by ds3
@@vaskopoh9512 The statues that breathe fire are also considered demons. So, a bit more that five (haven't ever counted them). With the three demons in the final DLC (in pain, from below and the reborn Prince), this brings the total up to eight, plus the uncounted statues.
Hope and despair go hand in hand, thus to have courage to stand, you must first have fear. That being said, Alsana was very brave in the face of the literal hell of the world.
Knight: My Lord, where do you want your throne? Ivory King: Right in front of the gate to Hell. Knight: Haha! That's funny. No, I'm serious my Lord. Ivory King: I am too. Knight: Oh...
yasser osama It has sooome logic. The Throne could be considered the most highly guarded part of the city. Why not kill two birds with one stone. And by bird, I mean servant. And by stone I mean.. well you know.
***** Ivory King: Welcome to my great throne room! Now come with m- Alsanna: OH MY GOD! *points to Hell pit* WHAT IS THAT?! Ivory King: Haha! Don't be afraid, I'll keep anything that comes out of there away from you...my dear Alsanna: *clings to Ivory King* Ivory King: *in his mind*: Works every time...hehehe... The man is a certified badass indeed. Maybe even a distant relative to the mighty, legendary Giantdad himself!
Sort of funny how 2/3s of all the bosses in the Souls series and Bloodborne were actually former Heroes trying to save everyone, only to end up corrupted or controlled in some way. Funny. I'm sorry, did I say "Funny"? I meant unbearably tragic.
That's the point of the souls series. No matter how hard you struggle or how honorable your intentions, you will never be more than a pawn to greater forces, manipulated by honor, greed, love, or desperation. No one will ever be free from this fate. That is the real curse. To be an undead, is to have the ability to break free from this fate.
Dark Souls. A game of Dark Stories with dark unfortunate ends. Why does this one raise such hope? In the depths of Sunken City the world avoided the end of the world. At the cost of The Iron Kings mine. The Iron King becoming less of the man he was created many things to fill the void his dear friend Alonne left. Cost him life and Soul as his greatest creation turned on him and tossed him lava. Vendrick pushed to the brink with all the events unfolding around him. The Giants slaying all his men. His trusted knights fighting amongst themselves. His Kingdom was being taken over by the Dark. In the end he fled and hollowed. The Ivory King. Was different than the others. The Sunken King built the Kingdom to honor what he saw as a god. Iron King wanted a kingdom of his own. Ivory King. His name is unknown but his story will not be forgotten. The first king to take up sword for others. He took in a child of dark. Comforting her and giving her strength. When the Chaos came he knew what must be done. He left his queen to hold back the chaos. With his belief she believed in herself and held the chaos long after his demise. His strength was what all men have but are afraid to use. The Iron king had strength. The sunken king unbreakable faith. All that Ivory King had was compassion. Giving him more strength than all before him.
The Ivory King - sword was required for the Old Chaos - casted to the Old Chaos in order to protect his kingdom - became corrupted - provides comfort to Alsanna - true hero Artorias - sword was required for the Abyss - casted to the Abyss in order to protect his kingdom - became corrupted - provides comfort to Sif - true hero
@@silvertemplar8061 Necro, but after playing it myself, I think it's utter trash, especially the PC port, but some of the stories and characters are somewhat endearing to me and the Ivory King is, quite simply, someone I admire the most in this game.
I can see why the knights of the Ivory kingdom were so full of zeal. Their King truly was a terrifying hero in every sense of the word. Sometimes being a hero requires sacrifice. This king gave everything in order to stop what was coming forth. I think I would be happy to be able to follow someone who was able to give up so much in order to PROTECT so much more... Even if you can't beat something, you can always find a way to stop it, or at least slow it down. The Ivory King was so devoted that even a shard of evil, a shard of chaos, was willing to change her ways and follow him, and take up the fight. And so now she remains there to watch over the abyss so that it does not spread again. *Shivers* WHY DON'T WE HAVE ANY MOVIES THAT ARE LIKE THIS!!!!??
I have a theory, that Ivory king is in fact Giantdad. He uses Zweihander, his armor is reminiscent of giant's set, and his helm looks like a crown version of the father's mask.
Ivory "gigachad" King... - Built a throne right above the gate of chaos. - Married a shard of Manus to be his queen and make her a better person. - Became the first line of defense from the chaos in order to protect his people. - Had 3 giant magical beasts as pet. - Sacrifice himself for the good of others. - Put two of his pets in the blizzard to mercy killing undead exiles so they won't suffer freezing in eternity. - Having one of the most badass entrance in souls series.
“Stand, for you are in the presence of a True King.” “Knight, I know not who you are, but to save my King, I will follow you, into Chaos.” “We shall snuff out this infernal Chaos, as one.” “Let my body be thy shield, my soul, thy sword.” “Our King shall rest, as he deserves, more-so than any of us.”
@@kaylt.7864 Honestly, me too. The only way to inspire such unflinching loyalty isn't by fear or grand displays of power. You gain that level of loyalty by showing your people that you would never ask them to do something that you wouldn't do yourself and you show that you are willing to do anything to keep them safe. Ivory King did both of those things in the boldest, bravest, and most selfless ways imaginable. True kings lead by example.
I find the Ivory King to be a true warrior. He fights for a world where the dark and light can live peacefully, side by side. He saw the mistakes that he and those of the past made, and he sought to right these mistakes. He followed his own ambitions that were tempered by his own wisdom and the wisdom of his people. Where we find weakness, he finds purpose. Even when he knows that his power is fading, he does not hold any of it back. In the end, unlike kings of the past, he saw that his death would mean more than his life. The other kings fled and feared their opponents. The Ivory King accepted his fears and the fears of those who stood by him and turned these fears into his strength. The Ivory King has my respect.
This is the one Prepare to Cry that makes me a little misty-eyed every single time. Just the idea of the Ivory King knowing Alsanna's nature all along and still willing to offer comfort and shelter, even love, to the point she chose to honor his last wish instead of fleeing in fear as her nature likely screamed at her... I'm not that big on romance, but this? This plucks at my heartstrings.
The Ivory King is this game's Artorias. A total BAMF that sacrifices himself for the greater good. Shame we couldn't visit his memory and chat with him.
Also how much did you lose your shit after falling through the hole and see the old chaos? Made me wonder if his throne was build over Izalith...one could dream can't he?
That's the idea. The architecture in the Old Chaos area is identical to Izalith. It is built directly over the ruins of Lost Izalith. Unfortunately, I couldn't benefit from the surprise. In the UK we got it later than the US, and I'm terrible at not spoiling things for myself.
The Ivory King truly loved his queen, and in turn his queen truly loved him. It was that love that led him to sacrifice himself to protect his queen, his people and his kingdom. It was the same love that led Alsanna to remain in vigil for all time over the Old Chaos, to honor the last wishes of her husband and to keep the Old Chaos from spilling out into the world.
Gwynn: selfish, arrogant, manipulative, suspicious tyrant. Artorias: Failed his quest, almost became a slave to Manus, only succeeded in saving his companion. Gael: Literally slaughtered everyone in his selfish quest to fulfill a promise, uses you like a tool to see it being done. Ivory King: Brave, responsible, kind, trustfull, selfless king, that saved his people (and thousands of kingdoms to come) by slaughtering daemons and extinguishing their flames, the effects of which can be seen on many occasions in Dark Souls 3. Out of four of these, which one was forgotten to history? Which one is the only one not beloved my most of the community?
Gael was pretty relatable. Dude just wanted to have a new world painted, that wouldnt fall to the cycle of rot and flame. He needed the dark soul from the pygmies, and they told him to get bent. He decided to eat them all, to take the dark soul from them. I guess it is just as easy to say that the pygmies were selfish.
@@peenyyt4921 that's what he wanted to do. But he failed. If he didn't grovel for someone else's help and if not for the time travel being somehow possible, all the blood he collected would have been wasted. And besides, that new world: how long would it last, before it decays like Ariandel? Is it really such an achievement to paint it, if the price one has to pay is the blood of countless other people and your own? And who will inhabit it then, if all inhabitants of Ariandel came from outside, and you kill everybody just to get the material needed? All you achieve is fulfilling a personal promise at the expense of others, and creating a small, temporary, and empty world- this is the legacy of Slave Knight Gael.
@@starhalv2427 that is a really well thought out argument honestly although I’m pretty sure the point is they’re gonna burn the rot away, which father ariandel refuses to do
When I hear Vaati explaining the story behind the Ivory King... This is the leader we need... But not the leader we deserve... The only king I've ever heard of serving as the first line of defence to protect his people and the rest of the world. How many kings/leaders can say the same...?
Richard the first, aquitane king of England, known to you as the lionheart, known to the survivors of his battles as the reaper, is well worth such admiration. A man with everything to lose, he cast aside comfort and safety to perform his duty in abating the chaos of the saracen horde, believing so strongly in his cause that he had rode in the vanguard of his army...even his worst enemy would find admiration for his honor, bravery, sacrifice, and leadership, which put other's to shame as they sat in shaded tents drinking wine while their subjects died without the love of their king.
Darkdiver grandahl lore: Grahndal was the drangleic castle librarian and one they decided to go walking around the castle. As he was walking he came to the ruin sentinel room and fell through that hole in the floor and broke his damn legs because the castles construction team was shit. So he crawled into the portal to achieve bonewheel chair of legend.
He was probably the best king in ds history he was the first to raise his sword for his people he sacrificed himself for his people and no other real motive And he even sat in front of he'll so that in any monstrosity came from it he would kill it before it could harm anyone And on top of that he loved his wife even when he knew of her nature 10/10 character my fav character in all of ds
Ivory King : I love you Alsanna lets wed ! Alsanna : But I love you because you are strong enough to protect me I'm not worthy ! Ivory King : Don't worry my dear. I love you without a reason, and I will protect you forever. Players : *sob sob sob*
my favorite type of bosses in the souls games are honorable warriors artorias, alonne, and now the ivory King I model all my characters after them, they represent what true warriors should be
Every time I watch this I cry for the Ivory Queen. Her and the King's story is so touching. I get the sense that his majesty really loved her despite her dark origins. Super sweet and cute! :3
Sorry for necroing this comment but I just played the DLC and when I finally beat Ivory King..err… I mean when I totally beat him first try, (yep. true story) I noticed that he still had the ability to speak- but only 1 word at a time like "Die!" or "Attack!". But when you do defeat him, his final word is "Alsanna…". Even after endlessly fighting in literal hell and going hollow ages ago, he never forgot her. So yeah. He loved her. That much is clear. I actually teared up from it. Despite all the pain and loss, it's such a beautiful story.
I think the ivory king is the kindest and most competent king in the souls lore. He sacrificed himself to try to protect others from the chaos similar to Gwyn. I think he should of gotten gwyn's soul instead of the old iron king. He also forgone the evil past if his queen and still accepted her as he saw her for who she was. Ivory-sama is truly best, I wish things were different for him and his loyal knights ;-(
actually gwyns souls was given to the old iron king for a reason, you think gwyn renounced his sense of self to the first flame for selfless reasons? no he was arrogant and clung to his rule as long as he could, he only gave himself to the flame so that his rule of light could continue.
I wish things ended differently for the most respectable of kings and country's as well. Know what's sad about that? If things did end differently, we'd never of gone there and we'd never of known.
Well to-be-honest the Ivory King got the least most psychopathic of the embodiment of Manus. The Ivory's queen did represent the fear. She was the most docile of the four in my opinion.
I always think that it's interesting that most people see Raime as the reincarnation of Artorias, while I think the Ivory King has a far more similar story. I mean, I get that Raime is a similar fight to Artorias, but the whole Raime/Velstadt battle and exile thing is just something completely different. On the other hand, the Ivory King is a renowned hero, who sacrifices himself while trying to keep the world from harm. He has an animal companion that guards his resting place. He is left handed. I'm not saying that is enough evidence, but I think that's also a nice point of view.
Artorias sacrificed himself for sif and princess dusk. There is no evidence it was for the world. Manus never murdered him because you need to fear a good man not an evil one.
This makes me sort of curious. If Alsanna was Manus' fear, what does that make the other daughters? Who would be Manus' kindness? His ambition? His anger? Either way, Ivory King is incredibly based. We can only strive to be as good of a leader as him.
Nashandra is Manus' desire. She covets the throne, and all her weapons reference 'want'. This reflects Manus' hunt for his broken pendant, and possibly his 'love' for Dusk. Elana represents his rage, hence the 'Wrathful Axe'. Manus was obviously susceptible to anger, and that's probably what created the Abyss. Nadalia possibly represents his loneliness. She arrived at the palace of her lover, to find that he had already 'died'. She lingers in the Brume Tower, waiting for her king to return. Manus, deep down, was just human. And who knows how long he had been alone?
Shroom Mush The first two sound right in context with the items you can create, embodying the aspects of the queens. But what of chime of screams? Where does that fit in to all this, comapired to the other two that makes far less sense for it to be loneliness.
loneliness is a key theme in the item discription and her story but still don't get how that is conected to chime of screams. All I can think of is to cry out in despair. What you said is plausable but the other queens started alone aswell. The only diffrence this queen drew people to her so she would not be alone and pain would be a side affect of her loneliness not a starting trait like weakness or anger. Each queen clearly exibits a trait key that defines who they are minus Nadalia who is defined by happenings around her instead of a inate driving motivation like the other queens.
Actually the idols talk, they mistake you for the iron king. They tell you that they're glad you're here and that nothing matters as long as you're together. I don't know about you but that sounds lonely to me.
Its almost poetic- she didnt love him at first, but he always loved her and he always knew her secret but didnt falter and in the end when his actions rang so true that he could sacrifice himself to tyyhe chaos she finally found herself in love with him- quite poetic
The best boss in every Souls game is in the DLC. Ludwig, Maria and Orphan of Kos Artorias, Manus and Kalameet Sister Friede Sir Alonne, Sinh and Fume Knight
Find you a man like the Ivory King. Someone who loves you for you and protects you from flaming eldritch horror. Minus the disappearing during the fight I hope 😢
I always think that creatures of Dark should all be destroyed and hated. And yet, when I look at Alsanna, I can only say: "That poor thing, she only wanted a friend to comfort her." Vaati, you opened my eyes on this one. Thank you.
Eleum Loyce is probably the best chunk of lore that exists in souls, such optimism, such heroics, and such sorrow, the Ivory King is the best example of a leader to a kingdom we've ever had, a man so noble and heroic that he was capable of turning a creature of pure dark to a brighter future, who gave his all for the protection of his people, sacrificing himself to protect the world, The Ivory King was basically what the lie the way of white spoke of in Gwyn, but was not but a true Martyr in a lord
This story shows how important motives can be. The Ivory King is a reflection of Lord Gwyn. Both were great kings of great power who sacrificed themselves to Flame for the sake of something greater. The Ivory King faced down the Flame of Chaos for the sake of his beloved, and his people. He stood as the first line of defense for his kingdom and through wisdom and mercy he built a grand life for his subjects in what would otherwise be an inhospitable slab of land in frozen Eleyum Loyce. And he knew that his queen was a child of the Abyss, and a fragment of dark who only married him for protection. And yet he loved her anyway, believing in her to be more than her father's daughter. Gwyn, however, was a selfish and stubborn King. He couldn't accept the failing of his soul and his kingdom, and was willing to sacrifice anything and everything to keep his Age of Fire. Gwyn's linking of the First Flame was done for nobody but himself. To extend his own Age of Fire, and to cast out the dark that he feared so greatly, he enslaved and abused mankind, destroying whole cities to subvert the cause of the Abyss. Both Kings, in the end, made sacrifices that at face value seem noble and brave. However, when we analyze their respective motives, we see how one was good, and the other bad. And if the Ivory King were the Lord of Sunlight, the world of Dark Souls would be much different. For he loved his wife and his people, and Gwyn loved his Age of Fire.
Yeah of all the Kings and Knights we see in Dark Souls I would say Ivory King is the most noble. He chose to be at the forefront of his fight to sit in front of his enemy. When a lady of darkness came to him he did not cast her out but protected her and eventually completely undid her natural tendency to hide. He is my favorite character in the Soul series and the best thing to come out of DS2
Yes, FROM do like to reuse aspects from previous games. There are 4s everywhere in Dark Souls; Four Lords, Four Knights of Gwyn, Four Kings, Four evil queens. I strongly doubt there's a connection in-lore.
We only FIND four Crowns; there are certainly more. Eleum Loyce, Shulva, Iron Kingdom and Drangleic are all kingdoms occupying the same 'land' as Lordran (not necessarily literal; they are just Lordran's equivalents), each is in it's own cycle. But then there's Alken, Venn, Heide and Olaphis. They were all kingdoms before Drangleic, so naturally they would also have kings and crowns. It just happens that we only need four to free ourselves from the curse.
Say what you will about DS2. It had a lot of misses with characters and settings but when they nailed it they NAILED IT. Lucatiel and this whole DLC hit harder than anything in DS3. Usually I love listening to Vaatis narration but with this and Lucatiels Prepare to Cry all I want is for the voice actress to keep going and tell me more.
The best of the 3 DLCs imo, and the Ivory King being the most epic boss in DS2 for design, story, and execution of the fight. Now if only that snowstorm segment didn't exist.
I feel so much power from the simple scene when you and the group of knight landed down in the Old Chaos, it looks so, strong. Almost throughout the series we fights alone, even with the appearance of phantoms, Seeing fully alive and prepared group of loyal men, dive down along with you to aid in duty, so that they can help you and the Queen to put Their King to rest, just, so much power from it. Probably because it's pretty rare
Young hollow there are many monarchs who have come and gone. One killed by the ambitions of a crazed man in search of a dragon. Another succumbed to greed and pride and for that he drowned in the bed of lava which he had made. A third...hmm...was a true king. A man who didn't acknowledge his power nor his strength but a man who protected his people and gave comfort to his child of dark. Learn from their mistakes hollow, except for the third for he had none instead learn from his teachings. The teachings of a true leader.
When you realized almost no Demon enemy in Dark Souls 3 probably bcuz the work of Ivory King killed all of them in Chaos. You probably only met demon enemy that already on the surface like from DS1 before Ivory King born.
Has anyone noticed that the Ivory king has a similiar life and things like Artorias?. Think about it. In the obvious parts both Ivory king and Artorias are left handed, and they both fell to evil trying to stop it. Artorias has a friend Cif, and Ivory kings favorite pet is Aava. Cif suffers for the death of Artorias and tries to prevent you to take his place and Aava when you enter her fight without The priestess eye the queen says that Aava misses her lord. If you give Aava a bit more lore you could say that she not only guards the queen. She guards the gate to prevent you to get the chaos to become evil or fall like her lord. Also both Ivory king and Artorias are the most talented knights of the kingdom. (Despite Ornstein being gwyns knights captain its clear that artorias was the most skilled). Also If you look at the queen Alsanna and Ciaran they also share something. Its true Alsanna is the fragment of manus but to Win the kings heart she must attract him in some way so that leads me to bealive that she shared Ciarans attitude on some way (while its true artorias never showed ciaran some affection we cant say he didnt like her during his life since artorias never speaks of her but we cant discard the fact that he may have liked her a little. So this is why I think Alsanna share things with ciaran in attitude). Example Both Ciaran and Alsanna Want to honor the death of their friend and lord, they both throw aside the nature of their being. Ciaran retires from being the lords blade and honors artorias in his grave and alsanna stops being a dark person at heart after she fell in love for Ivory king for being her protector and honors him by guarding chaos. Now last thing I noticed. Ciaran after she retires she gives you her weapons which are 2 very different blades and alsanna gives you her soul which you can use to make a sword with 2 very different ends, one dark and light. Similar to Ciarans weapons.
Jose Payan Plot twist: Vaati is a high mage from another universe that has spent all his life learning about the different cycles the dark souls/bloodborne/sekiro universe has gone through, he is an ethereal being capable of saving humanity from its own destruction
I may be late to this video, but I'll never forget a detail I discovered for myself in this story. While it's hard to make out what Nadalia and Elana may have looked like in their human states, Nashandra was described as a woman of unparalleled beauty. When finally reaching Alsanna atop the stairs after her trust in you finally peaks, focusing in on what little you can make out of her physical appearance will reveal she was... not.. quite as gifted as Nashandra in that regard. And the Ivory King wed her anyway. That stuck with me ever since I played this dlc for the first time. I refuse to believe Alsanna's model was made poorly unintentionally. It was meant to add to the enormous pile of evidence of just how selfless the Ivory King was. In a series of lore that is absolutely packed with depressing and upsetting themes and stories, this one stood out so much more because of that. As cheesy as it may sound, the Ivory King is exactly the type of person I would strive to be in a fantasy world like this. I shout out to whom may be my favorite character in all of gaming. One without a name or a single line of dialogue...
If we ever at some point, some how, get to build our own kingdom through either DLC or Dark Souls 3 I will do as the Ivory King did. Sure he was strong, most kings in the Dark soul universe were strong. But he was more than "just" that. He has shown us that darkness can be conquered with compassion and love. Like Vendrick said: *Inherit fire, and harness the dark. Such is the calling of a true leader.* Every king we have met or heard of so far have shunned darkness trying to destroy it or fallen to its temptations. The Ivory King is singular in his actions among kings.
Would like to say my opnion about Manus and the Children of Dark: Manus' humanity ran wild. But what is "humanity"? It is, well, what defines us as humans. Humanity is capable of great Good, and great Evil. Great Selflessness, and great Greed. Harmony and Destruction. When such thing grows uncontrollably, the being cant cope with such anbigous will, and go crazy. Manus, the Abyss, and everyone claimed by it arent EVIL, they are INSANE. At least by our standards, just afraid of us, as we are of them. All the queens seeked power, or at least self satisfaction or confort. The Ivory King is great, because he willing offered confort for his queen of dark, but seemed to understand the concept that is being made of "wild humanity". He managed to change a being make of FEAR, into a selfless, and even BRAVE being, as she stands alone, to hold a great power she can never stop. That reflects the fact that humanity isnt something set on stone. It can change. For worse, or for better. One last thing: Some of what I said also can be applied for the Old Chaos. The chaos created by the Witch of Izalith, nor it's demons, are EVIL. Probably just afraid of us, wanting to defend themselfs. The best example is The Fair Lady, and to a degree, Queelag. This dont change the fact that, if left unkept, the Old Chaos could probably destroy A LOT of the world. But then again, it would just be a new step on the evergoing circle of renovation that exists in the world of Dark Souls
one of the most badass boss fights ever. I was overwhelmed by how cool the ivry king came walking out from the fire and jumping straight at me that I forgot about the fight lol
This story....it's so beautiful. Why couldn't it be told more directly in game. Thank you for this man, I appreciate the souls series so much more because of your videos.
The DLCs give more meaning to the lore of Dark Souls 2 than the base gae. Drangleic and King Venddrick felt like another cycle was repeated but the DLCs add more depth to the overall cycle and gives more context to what we are doing.
I didn't think your already fantastic videos could get any better. Boy was I wrong, each video has been better than the last. Keep up the good work mate.
The fact that he KNEW she was a fragment of the abyss and just didn't care, accepted her anyways and EARNED her immortal loyalty... god... what a fucking badass. Also love the idea of the king literally standing at his Chaos entrance being like "GET BACK IN THE HOLE" to any creature that dares crawl out.
Alsanna's dialogue is one of those bits of story that I'm fairly certain I'll never retrieve at this point, due to the difficult grind of farming enough Loyce Souls today. But it's also one of the most fascinating and well-acted pieces of story in all the games. Her fear, her affection, and her conviction all shine through spectacularly, and her words link various pieces of lore, reveal a different side of the "Abyss," and still keep us wrapped up in questions. Definitely a worthy reward for all the effort it would have taken.
The ivory king was the only true king in the DS2 story as far as im concerned, he above all did everything to make sure his people would not be hurt and that all would be spared the demon spread. He was a hero who only wanted peace for everyone, even if that meant he would never experience peace for himself.
four kings, once good, taken by the abyss and made dark. when the father of the abyss was defeated however, four queens were birthed, evil in nature until one was made good by the burnt ivory king. its funny how it looped back around like that
My god Vaati... The intro to this one is absolutely flawless in every way.. Like, my favorite videos have been the trailer to the first DS's Prepare to Cry series (yes, the trailer, it was very well made and could even have been an official trailer at that) and the actual parts for SunBro and Sir Alonne... But this, beautifully done. Love it.
Mine would be combination of the swordsman and the sorcerer for my class. It inspires a sense of knowledge and calm during battle and in times of calm and waiting.
Imagine being so badass that you build your own throne on the literal gate to hell and then decide to kamikazie straight into the heart of evil after realizing you’re slowly becoming the very thing you swore to destroy
A dark beginning and a light beginning mean nothing.. One seems evil and one seems good on the surface but it's actions that show ones true self.. One needs to know fear before one can know true courage to stand up against chaos and darkness..
Okay, Vaati, this one actually made me cry. What a bitter sweet interpretation of the lore, and a good telling, I think the Ivory King's background is the most brilliant facet of the flawed cut diamond of Dark Souls II. Thanks for this, and all your work.
Ivory king:
-built his throne over the gate of hell
-married dark abyss queen
-Has awesome lightsaber sword
-Ended 2 no-hit runs
-also has several tigers for pets
You mean on one channel or just in general?
@@joachims4726 yeah that one channel who tried beating the game without taking damage
@@hopadamaron9928 ... which one
Well actually otz was the one with the ivory king so yeah
IT WAS SO UNFAIR
Man watching that guy coming all the way after unspeakable amount of struggle just to get one shotted by ivory king , ending his no hit run of ds2. I dont know what to say, like Ivory king deserves such respect to be super cool even though he's evil now or the respect for the youtuber who went through all this agony just to fail at the very end
Kind of ironic that the shard of Manus that represented fear, would be the bravest and kindest of them all.
She was really the only Shard of Manus that triumphed over what she was born out of because she was the only one that directly was exposed to her greatest fear with the help of someone else who is very clearly the strongest of all of the Kings and that King inspired courage in the Incarnation of fear to the point she made a new purpose for herself
Well, without fear, there can be no courage.
its meant to be a credit to the ivory king that he helped her overcome her nature, yeah. the ivory king is the hugest chad in dark souls
@@stuntfumbler Along with Artorias, Alonne and Gael he stands out as one of the few truly noble characters in the series
Your comment (given the context behind it) now stands in my All Time Favourite Top10 UA-cam comments.
>builds Eleum Loyce
>marries a fragment of the Abyss
>keeps a magic tiger as a pet
>refuses to elaborate
>leaps into the Old Chaos
7 magic tigers if i remember
You forgot the “refuses to elaborate, again” at the end
Item descriptions say that he left without a word, so "refuses to elaborate" is genuinely true, 😂
>Copies Ihopadamaron I's comment style in hopes of getting top marks.
Be original zoomer.
@@trollking6315cope and seethe incel
i have to say, the story about the relationship between the ivory king and the fearful fragment of Manus was something I found really touching. The Ivory king knew her dark nature, knew that she married him so that she could sustain herself, and he accepted it; He provided comfort to a frightful being that any other man would simply have killed, he entrusted her with his city despite her inherently dark nature, he helped her to rise above said nature, and I well and truly find that incredibly touching
hats off to from software for this snippet of story
The fact that the Ivory King gave Alsanna his city, with the lives of his people, really told how much he trusted her and her ability to not give in to her "dark side". Honestly what kind of true love...
Isn't it messed up how almost everyone whose lives the Chaos Flame ruins is basically a great person? With most other evils in the series, the victims at least partially had it coming, but the Chaos always seems to strike at the nice girls and guys (Fair Lady, Quelana, Ivory King, Alsanna...). ;__;
Fortunately by Dark Souls 3 the Chaos Flame has nearly entirely died and Demonkind is at it's lowest.
Zakari Roberts in it's place we got the profaned flame, which is the abyss in flame form.
Darkness is not inherently evil, nor is chaos...
darkness births fear and dread and chaos seeks to spread, yet neither inherently seeks to destroy of its own desire... that which is spawned of chaos and dark is that which may be evil.
Alsana is literally the most hopeful and optimistic statement the souls games have.
Her voice put me at ease when I first heard it...then the dog showed up lol
@@TheBeastr the dog is a massive pain as a low sl. I was level 23 with 36880 Soul Memory and 8 adaptability. Needless to say it was a fucking nightmare.
@@steltzsm either you're lying or you went through the entire game at that level with a very specific item and by that point you should be able to fight aava just fine
@@alexberube5269 hey it's not that bad, i was lvl 123 with 69 int, I got F*ck by Avaa. (Pun intended and not)
@@alexberube5269 I used the agape ring yes. I just wanted to beat the game and help people out in forest of fallen giants. I also wanted the ring if the living so I would look like the host for some invasions or fashion when helping people out, which is located in Frigid Outskirts and is inaccessible unless you kill aava and unfreeze eleum loyce and get the garrison ward key. Why would I lie? That's pitiful shit, and for what? Brownie points no one cares about?
But adaptability makes this game so shit sometimes, especially with her delayed hitboxes. That's why it was such a pain. I'm far from being the best player out there. My gear was always drangleic set - no helm, ring of blades +2, third dragon ring, royal soldiers +1, and either chloranthy or stone ring.
You know, I think I've quite fallen in love with the Ivory King. The first to draw his sword in defense of the innocent. A man who accepted a child of dark into his life, home, and kingdom. A man who sacrificed himself to protect the world from chaos. A man who had such faith in an incarnation of fear, that he inspired that incarnation to uphold a sacred duty until the end of time...
The word "hero" is used quite frequently, usually without acknowledging the gravity of the word, but I believe that the Ivory King fully deserved to be called one.
Your name is incredibly apt, I think.
The Ivory King should be more than just a hero, he should be a fucking legend among kings and warriors, for he was truly legendary in both, a wise king with near impossible power and an even stronger character.
I say he deserves being beside Artorias, for while Artorias valiantly fought the Abyss the Ivory King fought the chaos with similar valor and even made a fragment of Manus to a devoted, kind queen.
I couldn't agree with you more. The Ivory King was a man of integrity, a suitable role model for those around him, and truly a king among men.
Darca1n
He stands above Artorias, who gave in to the Abyss without preparation for being handled. The Ivory King prepared everything to ensure that no matter what he was sealed deep within his fortified castle, and that even the Dark obeyed his wishes.
Indeed, and it seemed that instead of simply fighting the dark (or worse, attempting to use it for his own selfish desires) like other kings, the Ivory King dealt with the threats with his wisdom and less with his sword!
BTW do you know VoicesFromTheDark? Just wondering because of your Username!
It seems even the darkest of abysses has a glimmer of light in it.
*Salutes the bravest of all queens in Drangleic*
Reminds me of Ludwig from Bloodborne. "Even in this darkest of nights, I still see...the moonlight."
Kind of ironic, the shard that represents fear was the bravest
@@allhandsondik7803 Fittingly, "courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear." - Nelson Mandela
"By the nature of the definition, only the coward is. capable of the highest heroism - for the coward fights, despite his weak nature." ~David Gemmell.
In the age of ancients, the lords were to choose their waifus, but none made a wise choice and their kingdoms suffered. There, the Ivory King stood and said "I want the weird one". Thus began the age of badass, and the soundtrack was cool.
Legend
breathtaking lore
Deep.
he wanted the thicc Gothic girl and he won the lottery
@@aaallleeexx22 Kneel In Respect For The King
I like to think Alsanna and The Ivory King succeeded, and that is the reason the demons that appear in DS3 are but a speck of what they were.
Well ivory king was killing demons for thousands of years plus the choose undead dead killed the bed of chaos which was a bleeding ground. And the hero in dark souls 2 fininshed the job with all these powerful heroes killing demons its no wonder they all dead by ds3
@@donnellebarfield3964 4 or 5 are left in ds3 but we wipe them all with the king
@@vaskopoh9512 The statues that breathe fire are also considered demons. So, a bit more that five (haven't ever counted them). With the three demons in the final DLC (in pain, from below and the reborn Prince), this brings the total up to eight, plus the uncounted statues.
@@bluethunderbolt9631 not really but I am not too sure. Someone has to confirm this
@@donnellebarfield3964 Ivory King the Doom Slayer
Burnt Ivory King and Artorias the Abysswalker: The ones with the biggest pair in the souls series.
By the way, he enters the arena ON FUCKING FIRE and gives absolutely 0 fucks about it
+Joaquim Alves such a badass
"He's putting his abyss in my catacombs."
+Rathorage that video is gold. "I'm off to go fill Manus' man cavern with my estus flask"
And now we know story about the slave knight gael. Another hero for the list.
The Burnt Ivory King was my favourite boss fight, and this video has only strengthened my decision!
What a story :')
Praise the Sun.
Praise the Sun.
Go away Gwyndolin. Your father never loved you.
Stop commenting And make Videos :)
A team of soldiers against another: We can look forward to something similar in Scholar of the First Sin's PvP!
what kind of charisma can a man have to actually inspire courage to something that represents fear? 80 He's by far my favourite..
Hope and despair go hand in hand, thus to have courage to stand, you must first have fear. That being said, Alsana was very brave in the face of the literal hell of the world.
i don't think thats the way to look at it. I thinks its more a tale of fear becoming courage. Her fear of leaving manifested as strength to stay.
Knight: My Lord, where do you want your throne?
Ivory King: Right in front of the gate to Hell.
Knight: Haha! That's funny. No, I'm serious my Lord.
Ivory King: I am too.
Knight: Oh...
To think that this conversation might have happened is Hilarious :D
yasser osama It has sooome logic. The Throne could be considered the most highly guarded part of the city. Why not kill two birds with one stone. And by bird, I mean servant. And by stone I mean.. well you know.
Ivory King too bad-ass.
Hahahaha oh man that should be drawn as a little comic with a few additional scenarios XD
*****
Ivory King: Welcome to my great throne room! Now come with m-
Alsanna: OH MY GOD! *points to Hell pit* WHAT IS THAT?!
Ivory King: Haha! Don't be afraid, I'll keep anything that comes out of there away from you...my dear
Alsanna: *clings to Ivory King*
Ivory King: *in his mind*: Works every time...hehehe...
The man is a certified badass indeed. Maybe even a distant relative to the mighty, legendary Giantdad himself!
The Ivory King is the most badass king EVER. PERIOD.
Nigga literally threw himself into hell
@@abdulmuhammad4861
How can one ever hope to be more badass
Doom Slayer: who the hell are you?
Ivory King: Your grandfather
Gwyn is more badass
@@bakers2366 nice bait smoothbrain
The most epic boss fight in DS2 for sure. That first moment when you fall down to Chaos... I literally felt like im going down as well.
Also... infinite soul farm!
weeeee
My characters ankles haven't been the same since that drop
I love the name Eleum Loyce. It sounds so god damn cool.
I was thinking the same.
My kids will have strange names..
On the bright hand side, they'll be the most unique kids of their generation.
lol, same thing here. sexiest name ever)
the irony. haha
Eleum Loyce sounds cool. It's also frozen over, so i guess it feels cool too
When he gets killed by us, he kind of screams “Alsanna”. Goddamn, he is a real man among men. F for respect
Pack your bags, kids! We're going on a feels trip.
haha
VaatiVidya
ALL HAIL THE DARK SOULS MORGAN FEELMAN!
except its not feels
YAAAAAAY
Sort of funny how 2/3s of all the bosses in the Souls series and Bloodborne were actually former Heroes trying to save everyone, only to end up corrupted or controlled in some way. Funny.
I'm sorry, did I say "Funny"? I meant unbearably tragic.
+Zeta The Sixth as someone once said in a Batman film you can either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself come a villain.
+Zeta The Sixth i dunno that Church was pretty twisted in bloodborne - they had it coming. Save a few hunters.
+Zeta The Sixth "And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you."
Look both ways before crossing the street
That's the point of the souls series. No matter how hard you struggle or how honorable your intentions, you will never be more than a pawn to greater forces, manipulated by honor, greed, love, or desperation. No one will ever be free from this fate. That is the real curse. To be an undead, is to have the ability to break free from this fate.
"Turn back, this city holds nothing for you"
"I'm here to kill Chaos"
“Well why didn’t you say so, please come on in, good sir!”
CHAOS
Dark Souls. A game of Dark Stories with dark unfortunate ends. Why does this one raise such hope? In the depths of Sunken City the world avoided the end of the world. At the cost of The Iron Kings mine.
The Iron King becoming less of the man he was created many things to fill the void his dear friend Alonne left. Cost him life and Soul as his greatest creation turned on him and tossed him lava.
Vendrick pushed to the brink with all the events unfolding around him. The Giants slaying all his men. His trusted knights fighting amongst themselves. His Kingdom was being taken over by the Dark. In the end he fled and hollowed.
The Ivory King. Was different than the others. The Sunken King built the Kingdom to honor what he saw as a god. Iron King wanted a kingdom of his own. Ivory King. His name is unknown but his story will not be forgotten. The first king to take up sword for others. He took in a child of dark. Comforting her and giving her strength. When the Chaos came he knew what must be done. He left his queen to hold back the chaos. With his belief she believed in herself and held the chaos long after his demise. His strength was what all men have but are afraid to use. The Iron king had strength. The sunken king unbreakable faith. All that Ivory King had was compassion. Giving him more strength than all before him.
I'll drink to that brother
@@ZED_117 aye we drink to the greatest king.
@@kraigshall a toast to the fine and brave Ivory King.
The Ivory King
- sword was required for the Old Chaos
- casted to the Old Chaos in order to protect his kingdom
- became corrupted
- provides comfort to Alsanna
- true hero
Artorias
- sword was required for the Abyss
- casted to the Abyss in order to protect his kingdom
- became corrupted
- provides comfort to Sif
- true hero
Left Handed Beast ;)
artorios was ordered by qwyn
saved sif not comfort and his sword wasnt needed
Prince alucard yes he is, he only used his sword right handed in his fight because his left arm was a floppy spaghetti noodle.
Wark Draith his left arm was used for his greatshield which he broke his own arm to get it off to sae sif
danielmhfu oh, it's been a long time since i looked up the lore.
Story of Alsanna and the Ivory King is probably one of my favorite dark souls stories.
John Chi another reason why people underrate Dark Souls 2.
@@silvertemplar8061 Necro, but after playing it myself, I think it's utter trash, especially the PC port, but some of the stories and characters are somewhat endearing to me and the Ivory King is, quite simply, someone I admire the most in this game.
@@TheAkrillion thats just a skill issue
I can see why the knights of the Ivory kingdom were so full of zeal. Their King truly was a terrifying hero in every sense of the word. Sometimes being a hero requires sacrifice. This king gave everything in order to stop what was coming forth. I think I would be happy to be able to follow someone who was able to give up so much in order to PROTECT so much more...
Even if you can't beat something, you can always find a way to stop it, or at least slow it down. The Ivory King was so devoted that even a shard of evil, a shard of chaos, was willing to change her ways and follow him, and take up the fight. And so now she remains there to watch over the abyss so that it does not spread again.
*Shivers* WHY DON'T WE HAVE ANY MOVIES THAT ARE LIKE THIS!!!!??
1:35 "Why do we build walls?"
To make Drangleic great again.
John Smith
*MEMES*.
Gonna make izalith pay for it!
@@seduceme1093 the dna of the soul
I have a theory, that Ivory king is in fact Giantdad. He uses Zweihander, his armor is reminiscent of giant's set, and his helm looks like a crown version of the father's mask.
IvoryDad
Vaati please confirm
THE LEGEND NEVER DIES
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Really, I thought his headpiece looked like Smough's helmet with a crown ontop of it, just look at the face on it.
It would be cool if you could find stones or resins in Loyce that would apply Chaos to weapons!
Ivory "gigachad" King...
- Built a throne right above the gate of chaos.
- Married a shard of Manus to be his queen and make her a better person.
- Became the first line of defense from the chaos in order to protect his people.
- Had 3 giant magical beasts as pet.
- Sacrifice himself for the good of others.
- Put two of his pets in the blizzard to mercy killing undead exiles so they won't suffer freezing in eternity.
- Having one of the most badass entrance in souls series.
7 pets actually, so he's even more badass
“Stand, for you are in the presence of a True King.”
“Knight, I know not who you are, but to save my King, I will follow you, into Chaos.”
“We shall snuff out this infernal Chaos, as one.”
“Let my body be thy shield, my soul, thy sword.”
“Our King shall rest, as he deserves, more-so than any of us.”
,_, the bravery & self-sacrifice of the King & the unflinching loyalty of his Knights make me tear up
@@kaylt.7864 Honestly, me too. The only way to inspire such unflinching loyalty isn't by fear or grand displays of power. You gain that level of loyalty by showing your people that you would never ask them to do something that you wouldn't do yourself and you show that you are willing to do anything to keep them safe. Ivory King did both of those things in the boldest, bravest, and most selfless ways imaginable. True kings lead by example.
@@TitoMcFaddenIf a king doesn't lead how can he expect his subordinates to follow. 'Lelouch'.
I find the Ivory King to be a true warrior. He fights for a world where the dark and light can live peacefully, side by side. He saw the mistakes that he and those of the past made, and he sought to right these mistakes. He followed his own ambitions that were tempered by his own wisdom and the wisdom of his people. Where we find weakness, he finds purpose. Even when he knows that his power is fading, he does not hold any of it back. In the end, unlike kings of the past, he saw that his death would mean more than his life. The other kings fled and feared their opponents. The Ivory King accepted his fears and the fears of those who stood by him and turned these fears into his strength. The Ivory King has my respect.
This is the one Prepare to Cry that makes me a little misty-eyed every single time. Just the idea of the Ivory King knowing Alsanna's nature all along and still willing to offer comfort and shelter, even love, to the point she chose to honor his last wish instead of fleeing in fear as her nature likely screamed at her... I'm not that big on romance, but this? This plucks at my heartstrings.
The Ivory King is this game's Artorias. A total BAMF that sacrifices himself for the greater good. Shame we couldn't visit his memory and chat with him.
Also how much did you lose your shit after falling through the hole and see the old chaos? Made me wonder if his throne was build over Izalith...one could dream can't he?
That's the idea. The architecture in the Old Chaos area is identical to Izalith. It is built directly over the ruins of Lost Izalith.
Unfortunately, I couldn't benefit from the surprise. In the UK we got it later than the US, and I'm terrible at not spoiling things for myself.
Shroom Mush I'm the same way when I comes to any Dark Souls info.
The Ivory King truly loved his queen, and in turn his queen truly loved him. It was that love that led him to sacrifice himself to protect his queen, his people and his kingdom. It was the same love that led Alsanna to remain in vigil for all time over the Old Chaos, to honor the last wishes of her husband and to keep the Old Chaos from spilling out into the world.
Best DLC in Souls series. This power couple is the pinnacle of truest essence of love. The Ivory King is such a majestic character. What a dude!
If you ignore the frigid outskirts
@@justaguy9740 its opthenal
@@behraddadashzadeh9872 well so is the entire dlc?
@@justaguy9740he means to beat the DLC
I'd argue it's Ringed City. This one is the best in DS2.
Gwynn: selfish, arrogant, manipulative, suspicious tyrant.
Artorias: Failed his quest, almost became a slave to Manus, only succeeded in saving his companion.
Gael: Literally slaughtered everyone in his selfish quest to fulfill a promise, uses you like a tool to see it being done.
Ivory King: Brave, responsible, kind, trustfull, selfless king, that saved his people (and thousands of kingdoms to come) by slaughtering daemons and extinguishing their flames, the effects of which can be seen on many occasions in Dark Souls 3.
Out of four of these, which one was forgotten to history? Which one is the only one not beloved my most of the community?
I mean Gael literally ate history so
Gael was pretty relatable. Dude just wanted to have a new world painted, that wouldnt fall to the cycle of rot and flame. He needed the dark soul from the pygmies, and they told him to get bent. He decided to eat them all, to take the dark soul from them. I guess it is just as easy to say that the pygmies were selfish.
Gael gathered the dark soul so a new world could be painted lmao
a world that would actually be good to live in and all
@@peenyyt4921 that's what he wanted to do. But he failed. If he didn't grovel for someone else's help and if not for the time travel being somehow possible, all the blood he collected would have been wasted.
And besides, that new world: how long would it last, before it decays like Ariandel? Is it really such an achievement to paint it, if the price one has to pay is the blood of countless other people and your own? And who will inhabit it then, if all inhabitants of Ariandel came from outside, and you kill everybody just to get the material needed?
All you achieve is fulfilling a personal promise at the expense of others, and creating a small, temporary, and empty world- this is the legacy of Slave Knight Gael.
@@starhalv2427 that is a really well thought out argument honestly
although I’m pretty sure the point is they’re gonna burn the rot away, which father ariandel refuses to do
When I hear Vaati explaining the story behind the Ivory King...
This is the leader we need... But not the leader we deserve... The only king I've ever heard of serving as the first line of defence to protect his people and the rest of the world.
How many kings/leaders can say the same...?
As opposed to those who disarm the people but surround themselves with guards.
Richard the first, aquitane king of England, known to you as the lionheart, known to the survivors of his battles as the reaper, is well worth such admiration.
A man with everything to lose, he cast aside comfort and safety to perform his duty in abating the chaos of the saracen horde, believing so strongly in his cause that he had rode in the vanguard of his army...even his worst enemy would find admiration for his honor, bravery, sacrifice, and leadership, which put other's to shame as they sat in shaded tents drinking wine while their subjects died without the love of their king.
Carolus Rex fighting in the first wave with his men and died overseeing siege works
King vegeta for trying to have killed a fucking baby
The first line of defence at the F*CKING GATE OF HELL
Darkdiver grandahl lore: Grahndal was the drangleic castle librarian and one they decided to go walking around the castle. As he was walking he came to the ruin sentinel room and fell through that hole in the floor and broke his damn legs because the castles construction team was shit. So he crawled into the portal to achieve bonewheel chair of legend.
Day holy fuck me
VAATI!!!!! CONFIRM THIS!!!!!!!
Even his name shows how great a king he truly was. "The Ivory King" that name in itself is an image of purity. I love it. So much.
He was probably the best king in ds history he was the first to raise his sword for his people he sacrificed himself for his people and no other real motive
And he even sat in front of he'll so that in any monstrosity came from it he would kill it before it could harm anyone
And on top of that he loved his wife even when he knew of her nature
10/10 character my fav character in all of ds
He loved his queen for who she was, not for what she was made of, or where she came from
It is rare I find anyone in any setting I can admire and truly respect, but the Ivory King hits the mark dead on.
Ivory King : I love you Alsanna lets wed !
Alsanna : But I love you because you are strong enough to protect me I'm not worthy !
Ivory King : Don't worry my dear. I love you without a reason, and I will protect you forever.
Players : *sob sob sob*
My favorite boss and King. Love his compassion for his people and his wife.
my favorite type of bosses in the souls games are honorable warriors
artorias, alonne, and now the ivory King
I model all my characters after them,
they represent what true warriors should be
Every time I watch this I cry for the Ivory Queen. Her and the King's story is so touching. I get the sense that his majesty really loved her despite her dark origins. Super sweet and cute! :3
Sorry for necroing this comment but I just played the DLC and when I finally beat Ivory King..err… I mean when I totally beat him first try, (yep. true story) I noticed that he still had the ability to speak- but only 1 word at a time like "Die!" or "Attack!". But when you do defeat him, his final word is "Alsanna…". Even after endlessly fighting in literal hell and going hollow ages ago, he never forgot her. So yeah. He loved her. That much is clear. I actually teared up from it. Despite all the pain and loss, it's such a beautiful story.
The Ivory King is possibly the greatest king in the Souls series
A Gigachad..
all the soulsbourne series.
For real though, he is unmatched in how his people love him and overall reception as king.
Ivory King was so fuckin’ cool. Honestly the coolest King in DS lore. He’s definitely final boss material.
I think the ivory king is the kindest and most competent king in the souls lore. He sacrificed himself to try to protect others from the chaos similar to Gwyn. I think he should of gotten gwyn's soul instead of the old iron king. He also forgone the evil past if his queen and still accepted her as he saw her for who she was. Ivory-sama is truly best, I wish things were different for him and his loyal knights ;-(
actually gwyns souls was given to the old iron king for a reason, you think gwyn renounced his sense of self to the first flame for selfless reasons? no he was arrogant and clung to his rule as long as he could, he only gave himself to the flame so that his rule of light could continue.
Rose Nakahara I know, Gwyn was an incompetent lair, who ignored the spread of darkness.
I wish things ended differently for the most respectable of kings and country's as well.
Know what's sad about that? If things did end differently, we'd never of gone there and we'd never of known.
The Iron King just happened to find Gwyn's Soul in the lava. Eleum Loyce is pretty far away from there.
Well to-be-honest the Ivory King got the least most psychopathic of the embodiment of Manus. The Ivory's queen did represent the fear. She was the most docile of the four in my opinion.
I always think that it's interesting that most people see Raime as the reincarnation of Artorias, while I think the Ivory King has a far more similar story.
I mean, I get that Raime is a similar fight to Artorias, but the whole Raime/Velstadt battle and exile thing is just something completely different.
On the other hand, the Ivory King is a renowned hero, who sacrifices himself while trying to keep the world from harm.
He has an animal companion that guards his resting place.
He is left handed.
I'm not saying that is enough evidence, but I think that's also a nice point of view.
I totally agree. I think a lot of people didn't noticed that he is left handed, too busy surviving the intense boss battle I suppose.
Tru , I fought him 5 times , checked the wiki to learn his lore , and noticed "oh , he's left handed? Damn , I use the sword in the wrong hand"
Artorias sacrificed himself for sif and princess dusk. There is no evidence it was for the world. Manus never murdered him because you need to fear a good man not an evil one.
This makes me sort of curious. If Alsanna was Manus' fear, what does that make the other daughters? Who would be Manus' kindness? His ambition? His anger?
Either way, Ivory King is incredibly based. We can only strive to be as good of a leader as him.
Nashandra is Manus' desire. She covets the throne, and all her weapons reference 'want'. This reflects Manus' hunt for his broken pendant, and possibly his 'love' for Dusk.
Elana represents his rage, hence the 'Wrathful Axe'. Manus was obviously susceptible to anger, and that's probably what created the Abyss.
Nadalia possibly represents his loneliness. She arrived at the palace of her lover, to find that he had already 'died'. She lingers in the Brume Tower, waiting for her king to return. Manus, deep down, was just human. And who knows how long he had been alone?
Shroom Mush The first two sound right in context with the items you can create, embodying the aspects of the queens. But what of chime of screams? Where does that fit in to all this, comapired to the other two that makes far less sense for it to be loneliness.
You're right. Maybe she represents pain?
loneliness is a key theme in the item discription and her story but still don't get how that is conected to chime of screams. All I can think of is to cry out in despair.
What you said is plausable but the other queens started alone aswell. The only diffrence this queen drew people to her so she would not be alone and pain would be a side affect of her loneliness not a starting trait like weakness or anger.
Each queen clearly exibits a trait key that defines who they are minus Nadalia who is defined by happenings around her instead of a inate driving motivation like the other queens.
Actually the idols talk, they mistake you for the iron king.
They tell you that they're glad you're here and that nothing matters as long as you're together.
I don't know about you but that sounds lonely to me.
Its almost poetic- she didnt love him at first, but he always loved her and he always knew her secret but didnt falter and in the end when his actions rang so true that he could sacrifice himself to tyyhe chaos she finally found herself in love with him- quite poetic
The Ivory King got the only thing that was actually worth a damn, and the one thing that we the Player can never have: Love.
This DLC actually better than the main game itself.
The best boss in every Souls game is in the DLC.
Ludwig, Maria and Orphan of Kos
Artorias, Manus and Kalameet
Sister Friede
Sir Alonne, Sinh and Fume Knight
Hal Kitchen then theres the soul of cinder gwyn (no parrying) orenstine and smough
Nayrosnofla Alfonso those are great bosses. But the dlc ones are better. Artorias has the best story of any boss fight imo.
Can't forget the final boss (of the Ringed City).
@@halkitchen1838 you forgot ghal the god damned slave knight
The guys a bad ass
Find you a man like the Ivory King. Someone who loves you for you and protects you from flaming eldritch horror. Minus the disappearing during the fight I hope 😢
I always think that creatures of Dark should all be destroyed and hated. And yet, when I look at Alsanna, I can only say: "That poor thing, she only wanted a friend to comfort her." Vaati, you opened my eyes on this one. Thank you.
It is like Paarthurnax in Skyrim. He is born to be dragon but he was good guy!
Good reference. :)
Pr0t0rager I know, one of coolest characters in Skyrim.
Karakas
Fuck skyrim tho
solame10101 Skyrim is so emty and boring after a while... and the combat system, is there any?
The virgin vendrick/shunken King/iron King "lead their kingdoms to destruction"
The chad ivory King "marries a literal fragment of the primeval man "
vendrick did the same thing the ivory king did in that regard, its just that nashandra was not as benevolent/ harmless as Alsanna.
@@cr90captain89 vendrick lacked the spine to face nashandra
Why would you call Ivory King a loser (chad)? That makes no sense at all what's wrong with you.
@@cenciende9401 I cant tell if this is a joke or not lmao
The greatest love is unconditional, Ivory King has given his queen a heart that she haven't got when she was born.
Lol you can hear Leeroooooooy at around 5:12
Lord McDude I never noticed!!!
Lord McDude LEROY JENKINSSSSSS
Man, the stories of Dark Souls are so powerful and yet never really gets in the way of the player. Great job man.
Eleum Loyce is probably the best chunk of lore that exists in souls, such optimism, such heroics, and such sorrow, the Ivory King is the best example of a leader to a kingdom we've ever had, a man so noble and heroic that he was capable of turning a creature of pure dark to a brighter future, who gave his all for the protection of his people, sacrificing himself to protect the world, The Ivory King was basically what the lie the way of white spoke of in Gwyn, but was not but a true Martyr in a lord
This story shows how important motives can be. The Ivory King is a reflection of Lord Gwyn. Both were great kings of great power who sacrificed themselves to Flame for the sake of something greater.
The Ivory King faced down the Flame of Chaos for the sake of his beloved, and his people. He stood as the first line of defense for his kingdom and through wisdom and mercy he built a grand life for his subjects in what would otherwise be an inhospitable slab of land in frozen Eleyum Loyce. And he knew that his queen was a child of the Abyss, and a fragment of dark who only married him for protection. And yet he loved her anyway, believing in her to be more than her father's daughter.
Gwyn, however, was a selfish and stubborn King. He couldn't accept the failing of his soul and his kingdom, and was willing to sacrifice anything and everything to keep his Age of Fire. Gwyn's linking of the First Flame was done for nobody but himself. To extend his own Age of Fire, and to cast out the dark that he feared so greatly, he enslaved and abused mankind, destroying whole cities to subvert the cause of the Abyss.
Both Kings, in the end, made sacrifices that at face value seem noble and brave. However, when we analyze their respective motives, we see how one was good, and the other bad. And if the Ivory King were the Lord of Sunlight, the world of Dark Souls would be much different. For he loved his wife and his people, and Gwyn loved his Age of Fire.
Yeah of all the Kings and Knights we see in Dark Souls I would say Ivory King is the most noble.
He chose to be at the forefront of his fight to sit in front of his enemy.
When a lady of darkness came to him he did not cast her out but protected her and eventually completely undid her natural tendency to hide.
He is my favorite character in the Soul series and the best thing to come out of DS2
I honestly love this, their story is so sad, yet still sweet.
4 kings of new londo, corrupted by abyss in their thirst for humanity
manus made abyss
4 queens.
think about it
Yes, FROM do like to reuse aspects from previous games. There are 4s everywhere in Dark Souls; Four Lords, Four Knights of Gwyn, Four Kings, Four evil queens.
I strongly doubt there's a connection in-lore.
4 is pronounced the same way as death in Japan, and it's considered an unlucky number. Appropriate for this series.
Shroom Mush Don't forget four total crowns, which are speculated to link directly to the four lord souls.
Dark Souls 4 confirmed? ;)
We only FIND four Crowns; there are certainly more.
Eleum Loyce, Shulva, Iron Kingdom and Drangleic are all kingdoms occupying the same 'land' as Lordran (not necessarily literal; they are just Lordran's equivalents), each is in it's own cycle. But then there's Alken, Venn, Heide and Olaphis. They were all kingdoms before Drangleic, so naturally they would also have kings and crowns. It just happens that we only need four to free ourselves from the curse.
There's nothing at all in the Dark Souls series that represents hope as much as Alsanna's story.
Say what you will about DS2. It had a lot of misses with characters and settings but when they nailed it they NAILED IT. Lucatiel and this whole DLC hit harder than anything in DS3. Usually I love listening to Vaatis narration but with this and Lucatiels Prepare to Cry all I want is for the voice actress to keep going and tell me more.
Alsana was such a great character in this DLC. everytime i listen to her dialogue i find myself tearing up ;u;
The best of the 3 DLCs imo, and the Ivory King being the most epic boss in DS2 for design, story, and execution of the fight. Now if only that snowstorm segment didn't exist.
Goddammit vaati! I had homework to do!
Darth Zoddo but how am i supposed to stop after that?
Jay P No more lore till you eat your greens, young man.
One does not simply finish watching lore videos....
Darth Zoddo You get fucking lost in the comments and the speculation dude.
Darth Zoddo you can do that if you liked it enough, or go look up other lore videos with newly sparked curiously. no crime in that.
I feel so much power from the simple scene when you and the group of knight landed down in the Old Chaos, it looks so, strong. Almost throughout the series we fights alone, even with the appearance of phantoms, Seeing fully alive and prepared group of loyal men, dive down along with you to aid in duty, so that they can help you and the Queen to put Their King to rest, just, so much power from it. Probably because it's pretty rare
Young hollow there are many monarchs who have come and gone. One killed by the ambitions of a crazed man in search of a dragon. Another succumbed to greed and pride and for that he drowned in the bed of lava which he had made. A third...hmm...was a true king. A man who didn't acknowledge his power nor his strength but a man who protected his people and gave comfort to his child of dark. Learn from their mistakes hollow, except for the third for he had none instead learn from his teachings. The teachings of a true leader.
Ivory king deserves so much more love man was an actual hero through and through
When you realized almost no Demon enemy in Dark Souls 3 probably bcuz the work of Ivory King killed all of them in Chaos. You probably only met demon enemy that already on the surface like from DS1 before Ivory King born.
Has anyone noticed that the Ivory king has a similiar life and things like Artorias?. Think about it. In the obvious parts both Ivory king and Artorias are left handed, and they both fell to evil trying to stop it. Artorias has a friend Cif, and Ivory kings favorite pet is Aava. Cif suffers for the death of Artorias and tries to prevent you to take his place and Aava when you enter her fight without The priestess eye the queen says that Aava misses her lord. If you give Aava a bit more lore you could say that she not only guards the queen. She guards the gate to prevent you to get the chaos to become evil or fall like her lord. Also both Ivory king and Artorias are the most talented knights of the kingdom. (Despite Ornstein being gwyns knights captain its clear that artorias was the most skilled). Also If you look at the queen Alsanna and Ciaran they also share something. Its true Alsanna is the fragment of manus but to Win the kings heart she must attract him in some way so that leads me to bealive that she shared Ciarans attitude on some way (while its true artorias never showed ciaran some affection we cant say he didnt like her during his life since artorias never speaks of her but we cant discard the fact that he may have liked her a little. So this is why I think Alsanna share things with ciaran in attitude). Example Both Ciaran and Alsanna Want to honor the death of their friend and lord, they both throw aside the nature of their being. Ciaran retires from being the lords blade and honors artorias in his grave and alsanna stops being a dark person at heart after she fell in love for Ivory king for being her protector and honors him by guarding chaos. Now last thing I noticed. Ciaran after she retires she gives you her weapons which are 2 very different blades and alsanna gives you her soul which you can use to make a sword with 2 very different ends, one dark and light. Similar to Ciarans weapons.
+Chris Atlas Jimenez Feeling: Mind Fucked
+Chris Atlas Jimenez You misspelled Sif. Everything you said is now rendered pointless.
Artorias would win against Ornstein. Deal with it.
Noki lol no thanks
+Noki Against the captain of the Knights Guard? No he wouldn't friend.
Ivory King is definitely the best DLC. Really good story.
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I may be late to this video, but I'll never forget a detail I discovered for myself in this story.
While it's hard to make out what Nadalia and Elana may have looked like in their human states, Nashandra was described as a woman of unparalleled beauty. When finally reaching Alsanna atop the stairs after her trust in you finally peaks, focusing in on what little you can make out of her physical appearance will reveal she was... not.. quite as gifted as Nashandra in that regard.
And the Ivory King wed her anyway.
That stuck with me ever since I played this dlc for the first time. I refuse to believe Alsanna's model was made poorly unintentionally. It was meant to add to the enormous pile of evidence of just how selfless the Ivory King was. In a series of lore that is absolutely packed with depressing and upsetting themes and stories, this one stood out so much more because of that. As cheesy as it may sound, the Ivory King is exactly the type of person I would strive to be in a fantasy world like this. I shout out to whom may be my favorite character in all of gaming. One without a name or a single line of dialogue...
Ivroy King is best king
If we ever at some point, some how, get to build our own kingdom through either DLC or Dark Souls 3
I will do as the Ivory King did. Sure he was strong, most kings in the Dark soul universe were strong.
But he was more than "just" that. He has shown us that darkness can be conquered with compassion and love.
Like Vendrick said:
*Inherit fire, and harness the dark. Such is the calling of a true leader.*
Every king we have met or heard of so far have shunned darkness trying to destroy it or fallen to its temptations.
The Ivory King is singular in his actions among kings.
Well I don’t think Gwyn was trying to fuck Manus and keep him around all the time. If only Gwyn would have made that sacrifice lmao.
still the greatest dark souls story, i always come back to watch this every year
kinith saephan Agreed
Would like to say my opnion about Manus and the Children of Dark:
Manus' humanity ran wild. But what is "humanity"? It is, well, what defines us as humans. Humanity is capable of great Good, and great Evil. Great Selflessness, and great Greed. Harmony and Destruction.
When such thing grows uncontrollably, the being cant cope with such anbigous will, and go crazy. Manus, the Abyss, and everyone claimed by it arent EVIL, they are INSANE. At least by our standards, just afraid of us, as we are of them.
All the queens seeked power, or at least self satisfaction or confort. The Ivory King is great, because he willing offered confort for his queen of dark, but seemed to understand the concept that is being made of "wild humanity". He managed to change a being make of FEAR, into a selfless, and even BRAVE being, as she stands alone, to hold a great power she can never stop.
That reflects the fact that humanity isnt something set on stone. It can change. For worse, or for better.
One last thing: Some of what I said also can be applied for the Old Chaos. The chaos created by the Witch of Izalith, nor it's demons, are EVIL. Probably just afraid of us, wanting to defend themselfs. The best example is The Fair Lady, and to a degree, Queelag. This dont change the fact that, if left unkept, the Old Chaos could probably destroy A LOT of the world. But then again, it would just be a new step on the evergoing circle of renovation that exists in the world of Dark Souls
one of the most badass boss fights ever. I was overwhelmed by how cool the ivry king came walking out from the fire and jumping straight at me that I forgot about the fight lol
This story....it's so beautiful. Why couldn't it be told more directly in game. Thank you for this man, I appreciate the souls series so much more because of your videos.
The DLCs give more meaning to the lore of Dark Souls 2 than the base gae. Drangleic and King Venddrick felt like another cycle was repeated but the DLCs add more depth to the overall cycle and gives more context to what we are doing.
I didn't think your already fantastic videos could get any better. Boy was I wrong, each video has been better than the last. Keep up the good work mate.
The fact that he KNEW she was a fragment of the abyss and just didn't care, accepted her anyways and EARNED her immortal loyalty... god... what a fucking badass.
Also love the idea of the king literally standing at his Chaos entrance being like "GET BACK IN THE HOLE" to any creature that dares crawl out.
The Virgin Vendrick
*THE GIGA CHAD IVORY KING*
only person worthy of the title king in the souls trilogy
The virgin old iron king
Chad burnt ivory king
Alsanna's dialogue is one of those bits of story that I'm fairly certain I'll never retrieve at this point, due to the difficult grind of farming enough Loyce Souls today. But it's also one of the most fascinating and well-acted pieces of story in all the games. Her fear, her affection, and her conviction all shine through spectacularly, and her words link various pieces of lore, reveal a different side of the "Abyss," and still keep us wrapped up in questions. Definitely a worthy reward for all the effort it would have taken.
He was the embodiment of "i can fix her" and then literally fixed her
The ivory king was the only true king in the DS2 story as far as im concerned, he above all did everything to make sure his people would not be hurt and that all would be spared the demon spread. He was a hero who only wanted peace for everyone, even if that meant he would never experience peace for himself.
So wait.
The ivory king corrupted a child of dark. Beat hell. Built his throne on top of hell, then became lord of hell.
Ivory King=Chuck Noris
He didn't corrupt her, he resisted her inherent corruption and loved her into submission at the same time.
Doom slayer is more like it
four kings, once good, taken by the abyss and made dark. when the father of the abyss was defeated however, four queens were birthed, evil in nature until one was made good by the burnt ivory king. its funny how it looped back around like that
"what is better, be born good or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?"
I sense a Skyrim refrence
My god Vaati... The intro to this one is absolutely flawless in every way.. Like, my favorite videos have been the trailer to the first DS's Prepare to Cry series (yes, the trailer, it was very well made and could even have been an official trailer at that) and the actual parts for SunBro and Sir Alonne... But this, beautifully done. Love it.
Outstanding work once again, Vaati.
The Ivory King, quite possible the only truly pure being in all of SoulsBorne...
This man is what the Chosen Undead is only masked as...
*A Hero*
the Ivory King truly was the better king out of the others
vaati does the best lore videos and I agree on the ivory king
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Tyler Thorson Which RPG Class Are You? and How Does Your Soul's Presence Affect Other People?
Mine would be combination of the swordsman and the sorcerer for my class. It inspires a sense of knowledge and calm during battle and in times of calm and waiting.
Even though the souls series has ended, I still want to know more of the Ivory king and his kingdom.
Imagine being so badass that you build your own throne on the literal gate to hell and then decide to kamikazie straight into the heart of evil after realizing you’re slowly becoming the very thing you swore to destroy
The ivory king truly was the best king in the dark souls universe...
I would gladly follow this man into hell itself.
A dark beginning and a light beginning mean nothing.. One seems evil and one seems good on the surface but it's actions that show ones true self..
One needs to know fear before one can know true courage to stand up against chaos and darkness..
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Well, now I know where the Blades of Mercy came from.
Okay, Vaati, this one actually made me cry. What a bitter sweet interpretation of the lore, and a good telling, I think the Ivory King's background is the most brilliant facet of the flawed cut diamond of Dark Souls II. Thanks for this, and all your work.
This is one of my favorite vids you've ever made, Vaati.