Maybe it was mentioned in the comments, but I'd like to add that you can clearly hear Kaathe "typical" breathing sound ( noice of Primordial Serpents like back in dark souls 1). You can hear it when you walk from the center of Firelink Shrine to the right hand side of the tunnel to the blacksmith and onto where Yoel and Yuria are located. I guess it is the final proof Kaathe is behind the Yuria's questline.
It also just goes to show you why you are greeted as a "lord of hollows" by Yuria so openly. You have five sigils, more than could be regularly kept on a normal hollow. It appears three may have been a maximum (speculation) as that's all you receive from Anri. I'm still not 100% convinced the Age of Dark is the best ending however... I mean let's look at Dark Souls 1. When you became a Darkwraith of Kaathe how did you improve your covenant standing? Feeding Humanity to Kaathe. Plus, with how untrustworthy the game makes any form of serpent-like creature, telling us they are beings of greed and creatures that could have been dragons but never will be, it signals to me some form of innate spite towards anything non-serpentlike. Also, as a semi-related note you can see statues of what appear to be Primordial serpents in a slightly humanoid shape wearing robes in the Grand Archives. The area is well renowned for being a location of great torture and corrupting experiments. I'm just not 100% convinced. The worst part is that Yuria, from the beginning, tries to see if she can pull you by strings during her request for you to kill Orbeck for basically no reason. Then, strangely enough, there is no other request to kill anyone else. To me it's just a manipulative attempt to see if you are willing to kill on command.
According to Aldrich and The Cathedral of The Deep, the next natural age is an age of water. So, perhaps an age of darkness is actually an unnatural age that we can choose to start
+Komodo Dargon Just because he saw a deep blue, like the depths of sea or whatever it says on his soul, doesn't mean it's an Age of Water. They deepest parts of the sea are called the Abyss, which as you should know is related to humanity and the Age of Dark.
no. the reason why she wants you to kill orbeck is because he can possibly usurp you as he MAY also be a dark lord. dark lord or not, he is irrelevant as she is seeking the lord of hollows. yes it is different. kaathe was proven wrong in his search of the TRUE path in DS1. he only saw half of the truth. age of man truly does come after the age of gods. however as light exists, so should dark. they are intertwined so whether you choose to link or not, will make no difference. being the lord of hollows does. not only have you forsaken linking the fire, you took it for yourself. not only do you only bear the dark soul within you, you are now a vessel of the light soul. this way, the endless cycle breaks. kaathe and framf wouldve been BOTH right and BOTH wrong as their answer is only half right. hollows were the true form of non dragon beings. it was the hollows who took the lord souls. so "make londor whole again" could mean obtaining all 4 lord souls.
Orbeck is an assassin for Vinheim Dragon School, Vinheim Dragon School is derived from Seath The Scaleless (at the very least in name), and The Sable Church are not fond of the Old Gods / Lords. Perhaps the church and school are opposing forces, and I strongly believe that Yuria pushed for us (the character) to kill Orbeck before he may have killed her. Although it would have been nifty to see them battle it out like Pate and Creighton had in Dark Souls 2.
CrimsonNutcase that may be possible but she is under the impression that he may be a dark lord himself and could potentially ruin it since her path requires a ritual in which you must marry Anri and take his/her dark soul. If Orbeck were truly a dark lord and were on the path of letting the flame die, you cannot usurp the first flame.
But anri shows up at the end of game cut scene in usurpation of fire. Shes kneeling with the hollows on the top right side of the hollows kneeling to you. you can tell its her cause she/he is wearing the elite armor set
+chris gonzalez i mean, it could very well be her, but the description tells us that the armor was given to the "elite knights of fallen astora" meaning it could be any old elite knight of astora
It's pretty clear that "salvation" which Sable Church offers is salvation from loosing your mind as you go hollow. Thus it's possible there is a community of hollows.
Dude, if Dark Souls was taught in college, you'd be a great professor. Really good presentations. Subbed for more. Also, if you haven't done it yet, can you make one of these about the lore around The Consumed King Oceiros? Thanks. On a sadder note, if DS3 is the final DS game FROM does, then revelations about the coming of the Age of Dark or the World Submerged that Aldrich envisioned becomes moot. So here's hoping they don't just let all this lore go to waste and make more games.
seeing how Soul series seem to enjoy the time travel theme, i kinda want the DLC is something in Untended Graves, you did see some kind of black hole straight down in a cliff that make you just want to jump down. and i do want to know about the Little Lord a bit more.
Really solid job unpacking all of that. I find the Londor plot line highly intriguing, and wonder if it ties to Aldritch and his connections to the Abyss in any way.
Love this video! I hope (and reckon we'll get) one DLC about Londor, the other about the angelic faith. Both seem to have had a lot of influence in the world we find ourselves in in DS3, and both seem to have even more unanswered questions than we normally find in a dark souls game!
The three mentors of the Sable Church of Londor... The three sealers of New Londo... One of whom left to aid the undead of Blighttown. Yulva brought her healing miracles to bring comfort to those in the Blighted city. Yulva... Yuria. I'm seeing some connections here. Also, Hollows can never die. You can see Anri in the final cutscene bowing before you. Oh, and, reading through the description of the Silvercat Ring kind of disproves your whole Kaathe theory. "In the Age of the Gods, or possibly just following it." Showing that the Age of the Gods has long since passed. It seems that the act of linking the fire is seen now only as some sort of rite of honour. After all, the Firelink armor states that "It exists as a symbol of the great Lords and the noble act of linking the fire, though it is no more than an empty husk." But is it truly the armor that it describes, or the act itself?
seeing how every NPC "of Londor" in DS3 isn't all that hollow,but rather spreading hollowing ,or even accepting it as the natural progress of things. The way Yuria sets you up as the "Lord" (or Savior) of Hollows, seems to me like the "blackpilled" answer of "linking the fire"
Excellent video, but I need to point out a minor error at 21:43 You speak of the item "Sword of Avowal" and read its description, but instead show the black gauntlets & their description
@@Nix_AbyssI think Londor is the Human Settlements inside, and outside of Lordran. Including, Baldur, Berenike, Zena, The 5 Finger Delta. You don't hear much from those places any more.
Another great lore vid. Also I'm sure others have pointed it out already but you have the wrong footage at 21:48, you have the black gauntlet item instead of the swords'.
anri is not a victim. s/he's like you, recruited with some shady business, but after that voluntarly in the whole thing. s/he admires you, if not really love with you, in the dialogue in the church of yorshka s/he's grateful to you, and s/he admires you for your strength and courage and whatnot. s/he does'nt "die" in the rite of awowal, s/he undead anyway. s/he's also kneeling to you with the other hollows in the final cutscene.
Your scripts are absolutely brilliant! Very well written. If you mess up, you should just repeat the line, and fix it in editing. I know it can be daunting, but trust me, it,'s worth it. It's that extra step that really makes the quality high. Regardless, you earned a subscriber and I'm looking forward to more of this!
Don't worry, it's a continual process. If you ever hit a point where you don't know how to keep improving, then you have a problem. But as long as you know how to make things better, you have something to work towards. Cheers.
Great stuff. I'm curious that the Purging stone in DS1 says it's a secret of Arstor, Earl of Carim. In DS3 it's a secret of Londor. I'm also curious to know where Velka sits among all this.
When you are stating the description of the Sword of Avowal, you have the wrong item on screen. The item you are showing is the Black Gauntlets. (21:54)
+Simon Aldridge What is in Lordran? New Londo. New Londo is where Kaathe has set up shop by shepherding the Abyss and turning Hollows into his warriors to end the Gods and their Age of Fire. Which is where you get the Dark Hand. There is also Anor Londo, which is where you have to stab Anri in the fucking face, and that was in Lordran as well. The entirety of Dark Souls 3, is Lordran, just after presumably a countless number of years, and because of the Gods fucking with shit and time being distorted, the lands are shifting merging, but it is still Lordran.
*drops carving* VERY GOOD this video made me think deeper about the lord of hollows ending and the way it recontextualizes the other endings. i was thinking about the main macguffin of the game, making the lords return to their thrones because they won't do it themselves. playing through the game, you find that each of the lords of cinder have their own reasons for not wanting to come back: aldrich has a pretty good thing going eating gwyndolin, yhorm doesn't want any more destruction from linking the flame, lorian and lothric never believed in keeping the sick world going any longer and linked the fire against their will, and the abyss watchers are too busy with their fight club. by killing them and linking the flame, you are prolonging the suffering of the world, but the hollows of londor throw a wrench in the works. i'm still not sure which ending is the "good" ending, or if that idea even makes sense for this game/series, but i'm leaning towards the lord of hollows ending after this video. looking forward to more great videos! ps. what is the song that plays at the very end?
Scotland :P . Anyway, cool video! Subscribed. A lot of the other guys doing lore videos seem to rush through it and have videos under 5 minutes long. Prefer these ones that are more in depth!
Great vid and insights! :) I always assumed that the pilgrims we see praying across the game came to pray to prince Lothric. They always face Lothric when outside of it, and within Lothric they face the castle. Seeing as Yoel pleads for death when we first meet him, it seems to me that he was pleading for prince Lothric to link the fire, because in an age of fire the undead can die human. Perhaps this desire to be human again rather than hollow is the reason for his exile? Also dully note that at 23:56, on the right side of the screen near the elbow, Anri is kneeling beside the other hollows, so perhaps the marriage was less of a trap than implied. Oh for a bit of constructive criticism, perhaps you can more often show video footage during your narrative that is relevant to your story, like you did when you showed some dialouge with Yuria? As much as I enjoy seeing you, or anyone else, get their shit pushed in by Cathedral knights or Black knights, its more of a distraction than a bonus most of the time X'D
I'm surprised I didn't find this channel sooner. Your take on lore is really in-depth and interesting. Do you plan to make a video of Pontiff Sullivayn (or however you spell that)? On my first run thru, I honestly didn't pay too much attention to his lore, but after watching a few unrelated lore vids, I noticed that his name keeps popping up. He seems to have influenced events all across Dark Souls 3. Either way, good luck with your video endeavors!
You did an amazing job. I still wonder if the few Darkwraiths in the game work with Kaathe still or with Londor too. Or are just remanence of the past still walking around. I always could not figure that out, but it could just be fan service. Keep up the great work man! :)
So do I..my presumption is they are still attempting to bring an age of dark but they no longer directly report to Kaathe....who has shifted his focus elsewhere
+SmoughTown Kaathe has a tendency to do that. From Oolacile to New Londo to the Sable Church. He does say in DS1 that he believes we will succeed where everyone else he advised, has failed. Maybe becoming Chaotic Evil in both previous locations wasn't part of his plan at all, just a consequence of not having a vision once he gave them hints and powers...
I fucking live for SmoughTown's videos and my favorite parts is how he starts his analysis of dialogues by pointing out things that are so obviously obvious hahaha "I am Yoel of Londor, a pilgrim, as you can see, only..." "We can therefore see; he's a pilgrim of Londor." I just love it so much
Hmm...I'd say Velka is somehow involved in this too. Dark Souls I mentioned that she is the highest authority on curses and is the only one who can truly lift them. Plus, vow of silence is one of her miracles if I remember correctly. On top of that, her pardoners were all powerful swordsmen and she favoured intellect over faith in her followers. I have nothing of substance towards this theory, but it really seems likely that she is involved. I say this also because she has fought against the old gods before (ocuult rebellion) and because she is the Goddess of Sin. As Dark Souls II Scholar of the First Sin and the Scholar Ring from Dark Souls III imply that the Linking of the Flame was a sin, she is likely to desire an end of the First Flame.
Cool stuff! Conjecture souls- Right of Avowal = how twin humanities in ds1 got created? Make Londor whole again = glue all the humanity back together again to reform the dark soul?
The only problem I ave with the videos is, that the sounds is a bit too quite. Not much, but I still need to turn up the volume if I want to understand something after watching other channels before.
One thing thats always got me are the seprents. They claim to know the truth and Frampt goes as far as saying he is friends with Gwyn but at no point does anyone of great importance in the earlier titles even mention they exist.
Londor & Lothric have the commonality of the presense of primordial serpents. In Lothric, we also see a Gold Dragon & a Silver Dragon. Before even all of that, we saw the infestations of those things which claimed the bodies of Iudex Gundyr & several hollows who were mixed in with the others. Ash is a significant element of these happenings, and no matter a linking or a renouncement of the flame, we know the cycle returns always. Aldas from DS2 told us as much. But Aldas also proved the impossible by transpositioning a dragon into existence. Now, look at the descriptions of the Gold & Silver serpent rings. Past tense now, people.
I enjoy your videos my man, nice work. Related to the game, it seems to me that the world of DS3 has 2 realities: One where the flame has been linked in the past, and one where it has not. What do you think about that?
You seem to have missed a few things. Kaathe was already in Londor. Londor can't really be a successor of itself. Londor seems to be New Londo's new moniker. Just as Drang refers to Drangleic and Irithyll refers to Anor Londo.Through time, New Londo must have become a city home to many Hollows. Another thing you missed is that we did not Sacrifice Anri; we merely stole her dark sigils. He/She can be seen in the ending cutscene for the Usurpation of Fire kneeling before us. I couldn't resist leaving a comment and I apologize for possibly proving you incorrect.
+Gage Teller The Dark Set tells that the Darkwraiths were 'relics of a small country that fell to the dark long ago'. Does this not imply heavily that it became uninhabitable and that Londor can be its succesor state?
If we took Anri's dark sigils, and dark sigils are likely what keeps the hollows of Londor sane, then we did sacrifice Anri. At any rate, you can argue the circumstances all you want, but you perform a ritual sacrifice.
@@alexgroot2508Well yes, but that doesn't mean the abyss doesn't weaken over time. It can be reset, with the linking of the flame by the time we got there in Ds1, it's been dead for at least 100 years. But people can settle in ruins, and build something out of it. We don't hear of Balder, Berenike, or Zena. Nor the 5 finger Delta. I suppose the hollows from those places, could have traveled to Lordran, and made something of a symbiotic relationship with whatever remained on the abyss.
+xamphor I noticed that too. The "towers of the church" having spikes actually does sound similar to the Gothic embellishments on Anor Londo's or Drangleic's tower spires. While we do visit Anor Londo in Irithyll in the game, I suppose it is conceivable that some geography craziness has happened between the games. That or perhaps it was a later settlement by survivors from New Londo. I'm interested to see if we ever get any solid answers (probably not).
Thats how I took it as well. We know Kaathe had created Londor and the Sable Church. So why wouldn't it be in the same place. I bet we go there in the DLC
That would explain why the Darkwraiths at Farron Keep are advancing towards the Abyss watchers, trying to kill off the flame? And if thats why they're there, then that Dark Wraith at High Wall of Lothric, the one you need the lift key for, must be trying to find the Prince. But he must have lost his way and got stuck in a trap made by the Lothric Knights.
+slightlytwistedagain Horace was a child who escaped the clutches of Aldrich, as well as Anri. This is why they are pursuing him when you meet them on the road of Sacrifices. Both of them are hollows, however its clear that Horace is farther along in this decaying process evident through his inability to articulate words. He is however still sane at this point, showed by inviting you to the blue sentinels. Think of Horace like the the cleric from dark souls 1 who travels with Rhea of Thorolund. He can't talk because he is gripping the threshold of his humanity. Sometime between your victory with the Deacons of the Deep and the Abyss Watchers, he loses his grip, thus losing his sanity, perhaps he felt this change before hand and created distance between Anri to protect her, or perhaps he simply got lost due to his dwindling state. Unfortunately as Dark Souls goes, there are no happy endings.
+SmoughTown good video...was thinking about the third and eldest sister here since I can't find anything on her so far. Is it possible that the third sister is actually Velka? I've been reading item/wpn etc descriptions from Dark Souls 1 and found some interesting connections, for instance... 1. Velkas Rapier mentioning her being an inhuman swordswoman : (It is no mere symbol to be sure; the pardoner is an inhuman swordsman, and wields this enchanted blade with special sword technique) 2. Velkas Talisman : Medium for casting miracles of the Gods. This black tuft of hair that serves as a talisman belongs to Velka, Goddess of Sin. It casts miracles not by drawing upon faith, but intelligence. There's also 'The mask of Velka', 'Black Cleric Robe', 'Karmic Justice', 'Vow of Silence', 'Book of the guilty' and 'Judgment Set'. All these items support my theory. ..still, just a theory though :)
+Nelson Berrios certainly an interesting theory - we get frustratingly little on Velka throughout the series, but this makes her one of the most tantalising characters!
+teamshesh 8988 mm... I was pretty sure Horice's tongue was cut out at some point and that's the reason for him not being able to speak? It says so in one item description, just can't remember which one.. aww well. Another thing to remark about Horice's fate is that he's right below the crumbling bridge where that horde of skellys all of sudden shows up. Taking this into consideration, I believe Horace lost his life on that bridge, tipping him over to the 'hollow' side (much like Tarkus in DS1). Now.. you can ask yourself, why just Horace and not Anri too? Well...when you meet Anri for the second time in the Catacombs, she has obviously chosen NOT to cross the bridge as you find her on the ledge above.
I wonder if the usurpation of fire choice will effect any experience or interaction in the ringed city dlc as are you not their lord now? Being that it's Londor.
Is it possible that Rosaria may be the eldest daughter, first founder of the Sable Church? It could make sense, as a callout to how Kaathe was the leader for the red covenant in Dark Souls 1, and the third sister's presence could be noted by her absence in the final cutscene. When you look at Rosaria, trapped in her bedchamber, she never seems to move, and never really wants to. She is wearing a black dress, and the little slug-men around her that she cares for could be assumed to be hollows. Her missing tongue may be a reference to the fact that the hollows of Londor have taken the vows of silence. This would also raise an interesting question, as it could be argued that Rosaria is a descendant of Gwynevere, and if Yuria and Liliane are her sisters, they could all possibly be descendants of the line of Gwyn.
One small question, at the end of the video as you walk among the hollows as their new lord. Who is in that elite knight's armor? It seems significant seeing as they're the only ones in armor other than the maidens.
Great video, I would like to point out though that Anri is still alive, well, undead in the last cut scene, she / he is seen bowing down as you walk past to the right of your character. So she/he is sacrificed but im guessing because your dark sigils are now linked, they will die when you die.
you know whenever i fight hollows their animations,suggest not that of madness, but of serious anger. like they are so unbelievably angry at me. I could be grasping at straws though.
I think these hollows aren't fully hollow I think they are on the brink of it though that's why they fight lazily and some doesn't even try to take a swing at you
When Gwyn originally harnessed the First Flame, he extinguished all Dark within himself and this created an unnatural state of unbalance. Essentially, the Flame burned off its own energy rather than the Dark that serves as its antithesis. From that point, humans have sacrificed themselves to Link the Fire while oblivious to the fact that they are perpetuating Gwyn's wrongful Link within the Flame. Now, regarding the current state of things, Prince Lothric was supposed to be sacrificed to the First Flame to perpetuate the current Age of Fire but failed in this endeavor, leading to an Age of Dark (as seen in the Untended Graves). However, in an unprecedented event, there was a small resurgence of Fire from the ashes of the First Flame, this brought a degree of illumination to the world alongside summoning the previous Lords of Cinder and the Unkindled to truly Link the Fire. Unkindled are Undead, like in the previous Dark Souls installments, but, from what I gather, the Unkindled suffer from a more rudimentary state of Undeath. Specifically, they seem to be representative of a collective failure to Link the Fire and thus lack the human aspect of Dark, the "sustenance" of the Flame and therefore do not suffer Hollowing, which subjects them to a lesser existence. Now, the inhabitants of Londor, however, are the more familiar variety of Undead as they are afflicted with Hollowing but, unlike any prior civilization, they embrace this curse as the inherent identity of humankind. As a result, they have experimented with the curse and have discerned new means of harnessing its innate power and have even discovered the true nature of the cycles. Essentially, they wish to restore the balance of the world, alongside elevating themselves to a position of power. To accomplish this, however, they require a champion, a true monarch and worthy soul to Link the Fire. This is the player character. As an Unkindled, you are incapable of actually linking the Fire despite being worthy of doing so due to your lack of Humanity (Dark). You are discovered by Londor, who recognize your potential, and they use their newfound power to afflict you with the more traditional state of Undeath in the form of the Dark Sigil. They even have you perform a spiteful gesture to Gwyn by performing a ritual sacrifice upon his tomb. Regardless, when you reach the First Flame, Gwyn's soul, alongside those who followed (coalesced as the Soul of Cinder), is purged from the Flame and the Dark Sigil, representative of the endless Dark of Humanity, now serves as the natural "sustenance" of the Flame. What happens from that point is anybody's guess. If you still want my take, judging from the clip, the Hollows seem to have re-attained at least a degree of sentience suggesting that the mindless hollowing has been banished but they now accept the inherent Dark within themselves and will, potentially, live and die with a functional state of mind as Dark and Light have now achieved a state of balance. Even the deceased Anri of Astora can be seen, revived, in this ending.
Nice work! I love DS Lore videos, but the vast majority of them are crap. This was well researched, written, and delivered. Please keep up the good work!
I don't think it is an age of dark. I read somewhere "you sacrifice your soul to the dying flame but in this you sacrifice the dying flame to yourself" you absorb it saying it's still alive shared to all hollows through the dark soul and that undead will never go insane again as the age of men has truly began
Omg, you can parry the UGS cathedral knights? Fuck me, I've been playing for 300 hours+ and never even though of that! Lore is good, but damn, that just shocked me.
Sable Church of Londor sort of reminds me of Dune's Bene Gesserit - matriarchal, but looking for their male sort-of savior (Dark Lord, Kwisatz Haderach). I mean, yes, in DS, the Dark Lord can be female, but that is because it is a game with gender choice and not a sci fi novel. Eh, whatever - one just reminded me of the other. dune.wikia.com/wiki/Kwisatz_Haderach
What do you think the chances are that Kaathe is the eldest 'sister'? I know, I know, but you never hear of her, and he's even on her final words. Also, you only see two sisters in the Dark Lord ending...Seems like Kaathe has been busy either way, wonder if Kingseeker has been too. Maybe just maybe he lead a certain young sorcerer to the profaned capital?
Over time an increasing number of Undead and Hollows would find refuge with them, evolving into a society made up of those who have lived miserable lives, incredibly old people full of secrets and deceit. This place would become known with the name of London.
the age of hollows isn't an age of humanity/the dark soul,because you lose your humanity while hollowing as evidenced by DS1 mechanics. I see The abyss/the dark soul and the first flame as somewhat opposites and hollowing as going back to the age of ancients, where the pygmiesthat resemble hollows originate.
I don't think Anri is anything close to what we understand as "hollow". Undead, sure, but not hollow. Maybe it's something with the unkindled theme, which is less then undead, but consious and all.
is that anri bowing to us in the elite knight armor? seems strange to just throw a random elite knight in there with all the naked hollows and the sisters.
Maybe it was mentioned in the comments, but I'd like to add that you can clearly hear Kaathe "typical" breathing sound ( noice of Primordial Serpents like back in dark souls 1). You can hear it when you walk from the center of Firelink Shrine to the right hand side of the tunnel to the blacksmith and onto where Yoel and Yuria are located. I guess it is the final proof Kaathe is behind the Yuria's questline.
It also just goes to show you why you are greeted as a "lord of hollows" by Yuria so openly. You have five sigils, more than could be regularly kept on a normal hollow. It appears three may have been a maximum (speculation) as that's all you receive from Anri.
I'm still not 100% convinced the Age of Dark is the best ending however... I mean let's look at Dark Souls 1. When you became a Darkwraith of Kaathe how did you improve your covenant standing? Feeding Humanity to Kaathe. Plus, with how untrustworthy the game makes any form of serpent-like creature, telling us they are beings of greed and creatures that could have been dragons but never will be, it signals to me some form of innate spite towards anything non-serpentlike.
Also, as a semi-related note you can see statues of what appear to be Primordial serpents in a slightly humanoid shape wearing robes in the Grand Archives. The area is well renowned for being a location of great torture and corrupting experiments.
I'm just not 100% convinced. The worst part is that Yuria, from the beginning, tries to see if she can pull you by strings during her request for you to kill Orbeck for basically no reason. Then, strangely enough, there is no other request to kill anyone else. To me it's just a manipulative attempt to see if you are willing to kill on command.
According to Aldrich and The Cathedral of The Deep, the next natural age is an age of water. So, perhaps an age of darkness is actually an unnatural age that we can choose to start
+Komodo Dargon Just because he saw a deep blue, like the depths of sea or whatever it says on his soul, doesn't mean it's an Age of Water. They deepest parts of the sea are called the Abyss, which as you should know is related to humanity and the Age of Dark.
no. the reason why she wants you to kill orbeck is because he can possibly usurp you as he MAY also be a dark lord. dark lord or not, he is irrelevant as she is seeking the lord of hollows. yes it is different. kaathe was proven wrong in his search of the TRUE path in DS1. he only saw half of the truth. age of man truly does come after the age of gods. however as light exists, so should dark. they are intertwined so whether you choose to link or not, will make no difference. being the lord of hollows does. not only have you forsaken linking the fire, you took it for yourself. not only do you only bear the dark soul within you, you are now a vessel of the light soul. this way, the endless cycle breaks. kaathe and framf wouldve been BOTH right and BOTH wrong as their answer is only half right. hollows were the true form of non dragon beings. it was the hollows who took the lord souls. so "make londor whole again" could mean obtaining all 4 lord souls.
Orbeck is an assassin for Vinheim Dragon School, Vinheim Dragon School is derived from Seath The Scaleless (at the very least in name), and The Sable Church are not fond of the Old Gods / Lords. Perhaps the church and school are opposing forces, and I strongly believe that Yuria pushed for us (the character) to kill Orbeck before he may have killed her. Although it would have been nifty to see them battle it out like Pate and Creighton had in Dark Souls 2.
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that may be possible but she is under the impression that he may be a dark lord himself and could potentially ruin it since her path requires a ritual in which you must marry Anri and take his/her dark soul. If Orbeck were truly a dark lord and were on the path of letting the flame die, you cannot usurp the first flame.
But anri shows up at the end of game cut scene in usurpation of fire. Shes kneeling with the hollows on the top right side of the hollows kneeling to you. you can tell its her cause she/he is wearing the elite armor set
+chris gonzalez i mean, it could very well be her, but the description tells us that the armor was given to the "elite knights of fallen astora" meaning it could be any old elite knight of astora
+Aureliano Lorente oscar?
AnbuYahiko a shyamalan level plot twist right here
If you buy her set, she doesn't wear it and vice versa so it's pretty fair to assume that Anri was the one kneeling in the Usurpation of Fire ending.
ezioisabadass huh, interesting, and anri IS hollowed so maybe her reanimated body kneels to you simply because you ARE the lord of hollows
arnis not dead shes on the right on final cut scene.
+ShadowGuard419 Nice find
@Mikko Lopez there's no chance for undead only some race can do that
Well she is dead... but she's a hollow lol
Dude that was fucking amazing to listen to. Was totally captivated =]
So glad to hear that, thank you for watching
There was an editing error at 21:41, the wrong item is shown while you read its description
nice catch. i was just about to say something myself
love the lore work man! The talking thing will sort out with more practice. keep it up!
Thanks very much!
Could a demon link the flame?
It's pretty clear that "salvation" which Sable Church offers is salvation from loosing your mind as you go hollow. Thus it's possible there is a community of hollows.
Dude, if Dark Souls was taught in college, you'd be a great professor. Really good presentations. Subbed for more. Also, if you haven't done it yet, can you make one of these about the lore around The Consumed King Oceiros? Thanks.
On a sadder note, if DS3 is the final DS game FROM does, then revelations about the coming of the Age of Dark or the World Submerged that Aldrich envisioned becomes moot. So here's hoping they don't just let all this lore go to waste and make more games.
Haha that would be my dream job. Thanks very much for watching and supporting me. I will look to do them, it's an area I'm interested in as well
Well done, thanks for this video :) got bored of dozen or so Aldrich vids out there hehe
Absolutely love the detail
Really cool lore dude the "wedding" scene always tripped me out and now it makes a little more sense, thanks :)
Glad I helped in some way! Thank you for watching
Glad I helped in some way! Thank you for watching
+SmoughTown No problem
+SmoughTown No problem
I reaaaally hope one of the dlcs are in Londor
+SG Gunner Or at least themed around Londor.
seeing how Soul series seem to enjoy the time travel theme, i kinda want the DLC is something in Untended Graves, you did see some kind of black hole straight down in a cliff that make you just want to jump down.
and i do want to know about the Little Lord a bit more.
Your lore examinations flow really well and are interesting. I'd come back here for refresher courses, for sure.
I hope one of the 2 dlc's will be about Londor and the other abut Gertrude.
Loretta DLC pls
+Furionic696 Why? She's just some dead peasant, probably not all that interesting.
+Alice Nano you don't understand
Micah Okelley wot
omg even better
Awesome work, good choice to show all your sources :D Keep up the good work, we're looking forward to your next lore video
That's very kind of you to say! Hoping to finish the next one today!
That sounds awesome! 😄 Almost can't wait to see what you have in store
Really solid job unpacking all of that. I find the Londor plot line highly intriguing, and wonder if it ties to Aldritch and his connections to the Abyss in any way.
Thank you very much - I appreciate that. I also wonder the same but thus far the story has been fairly enigmatic in that respect.
Thanks so much, man! I accidentally missed this quest twice now and this is the juicy piece of lore I needed for my fan fiction :D
Excellent video and I hope we get to learn more about this place in the DLC because there are so many unanswered questions....
Thanks very much and thanks for watching! I hope we do too - that and the angelic faith
Love the villainous choice in outfit for the dark ending there.
Love this video! I hope (and reckon we'll get) one DLC about Londor, the other about the angelic faith. Both seem to have had a lot of influence in the world we find ourselves in in DS3, and both seem to have even more unanswered questions than we normally find in a dark souls game!
The three mentors of the Sable Church of Londor...
The three sealers of New Londo...
One of whom left to aid the undead of Blighttown.
Yulva brought her healing miracles to bring comfort to those in the Blighted city.
Yulva... Yuria.
I'm seeing some connections here.
Also, Hollows can never die. You can see Anri in the final cutscene bowing before you.
Oh, and, reading through the description of the Silvercat Ring kind of disproves your whole Kaathe theory.
"In the Age of the Gods, or possibly just following it."
Showing that the Age of the Gods has long since passed.
It seems that the act of linking the fire is seen now only as some sort of rite of honour.
After all, the Firelink armor states that
"It exists as a symbol of the great Lords and the noble act of linking the fire, though it is no more than an empty husk."
But is it truly the armor that it describes, or the act itself?
best lore video I've watched. good job.
seeing how every NPC "of Londor" in DS3 isn't all that hollow,but rather spreading hollowing ,or even accepting it as the natural progress of things.
The way Yuria sets you up as the "Lord" (or Savior) of Hollows, seems to me like the "blackpilled" answer of "linking the fire"
Excellent video, but I need to point out a minor error at 21:43
You speak of the item "Sword of Avowal" and read its description, but instead show the black gauntlets & their description
Great digging my friend. Keep it up! And thank you!
And nice try on all those parry by the way ;)
Londor is truly the first mentioned location that really peaks my interest.
Really hope the DLC deals with Londor
+Cheese4Everyone Same also want to see what is with the 3 firelink shrines and the Places after Oceiros.
@@Nix_AbyssI think Londor is the Human Settlements inside, and outside of Lordran. Including, Baldur, Berenike, Zena, The 5 Finger Delta. You don't hear much from those places any more.
really enjoyed this. great video
Another great lore vid. Also I'm sure others have pointed it out already but you have the wrong footage at 21:48, you have the black gauntlet item instead of the swords'.
anri is not a victim. s/he's like you, recruited with some shady business, but after that voluntarly in the whole thing. s/he admires you, if not really love with you, in the dialogue in the church of yorshka s/he's grateful to you, and s/he admires you for your strength and courage and whatnot. s/he does'nt "die" in the rite of awowal, s/he undead anyway. s/he's also kneeling to you with the other hollows in the final cutscene.
Anri was killed by the hidden assassin in Yorshka's church. He was also a pilgrim like Yoel. If you kill him, Anri won't die.
+DelfinManny Instead she goes hollow and then you kill her
such an amazing work , everything's so well explained and understandable, will follow you right away sir (sorry for my frenchy english)
That's very kind of you! Your English is great 😃
haha thanks ! you got yourself a new fan, looking forward to watch your next videos !
+Barnabé Buhler thanks for your support - I'll keep them coming!
Your scripts are absolutely brilliant! Very well written. If you mess up, you should just repeat the line, and fix it in editing. I know it can be daunting, but trust me, it,'s worth it. It's that extra step that really makes the quality high.
Regardless, you earned a subscriber and I'm looking forward to more of this!
Really appreciate the feed back - I do have some work to do but hopefully I will improve with the support of people like yourself!
Don't worry, it's a continual process. If you ever hit a point where you don't know how to keep improving, then you have a problem. But as long as you know how to make things better, you have something to work towards.
Cheers.
Sorry, why don't you have more subs. Really, your lore videos are some of the best.
That's very kind of you to say - I just enjoy sharing my thoughts. Thanks for watching
Great stuff. I'm curious that the Purging stone in DS1 says it's a secret of Arstor, Earl of Carim. In DS3 it's a secret of Londor. I'm also curious to know where Velka sits among all this.
Thanks very much. It seems like Carim has changed a lot - it's now the home of the way of white? Interesting
When you are stating the description of the Sword of Avowal, you have the wrong item on screen. The item you are showing is the Black Gauntlets. (21:54)
Hey another Scottish person! Amazing video mate- very informative, got a new subscriber cant wait to see more!
Hey there! Really glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching
18:37
The art of life drain is unique to Londor but found in Lordran? Am I looking to deep into the wording or is that alluding to something?
+Simon Aldridge What is in Lordran? New Londo. New Londo is where Kaathe has set up shop by shepherding the Abyss and turning Hollows into his warriors to end the Gods and their Age of Fire. Which is where you get the Dark Hand.
There is also Anor Londo, which is where you have to stab Anri in the fucking face, and that was in Lordran as well.
The entirety of Dark Souls 3, is Lordran, just after presumably a countless number of years, and because of the Gods fucking with shit and time being distorted, the lands are shifting merging, but it is still Lordran.
*drops carving*
VERY GOOD
this video made me think deeper about the lord of hollows ending and the way it recontextualizes the other endings. i was thinking about the main macguffin of the game, making the lords return to their thrones because they won't do it themselves. playing through the game, you find that each of the lords of cinder have their own reasons for not wanting to come back: aldrich has a pretty good thing going eating gwyndolin, yhorm doesn't want any more destruction from linking the flame, lorian and lothric never believed in keeping the sick world going any longer and linked the fire against their will, and the abyss watchers are too busy with their fight club. by killing them and linking the flame, you are prolonging the suffering of the world, but the hollows of londor throw a wrench in the works. i'm still not sure which ending is the "good" ending, or if that idea even makes sense for this game/series, but i'm leaning towards the lord of hollows ending after this video.
looking forward to more great videos!
ps. what is the song that plays at the very end?
love it, great work.
Scotland :P . Anyway, cool video! Subscribed. A lot of the other guys doing lore videos seem to rush through it and have videos under 5 minutes long. Prefer these ones that are more in depth!
Thanks very much! Glad you enjoyed it - I could talk for hours on these!
No, thank YOU. Watching these videos is a source of great joy to me :)
That's very kind of you! Thanks very much
Great vid and insights! :) I always assumed that the pilgrims we see praying across the game came to pray to prince Lothric. They always face Lothric when outside of it, and within Lothric they face the castle. Seeing as Yoel pleads for death when we first meet him, it seems to me that he was pleading for prince Lothric to link the fire, because in an age of fire the undead can die human. Perhaps this desire to be human again rather than hollow is the reason for his exile?
Also dully note that at 23:56, on the right side of the screen near the elbow, Anri is kneeling beside the other hollows, so perhaps the marriage was less of a trap than implied.
Oh for a bit of constructive criticism, perhaps you can more often show video footage during your narrative that is relevant to your story, like you did when you showed some dialouge with Yuria? As much as I enjoy seeing you, or anyone else, get their shit pushed in by Cathedral knights or Black knights, its more of a distraction than a bonus most of the time X'D
I'm surprised I didn't find this channel sooner. Your take on lore is really in-depth and interesting. Do you plan to make a video of Pontiff Sullivayn (or however you spell that)? On my first run thru, I honestly didn't pay too much attention to his lore, but after watching a few unrelated lore vids, I noticed that his name keeps popping up. He seems to have influenced events all across Dark Souls 3. Either way, good luck with your video endeavors!
Thanks very much! Indeed I am - writing the script as we speak. It is turning into a very large video but hopefully should be ready this weekend!
+SmoughTown Awesome!
Great work. Keep up the good videos and you will have tons of subs in no time!!:)
Awesome Video :) just subbed
Thanks very much!
You did an amazing job. I still wonder if the few Darkwraiths in the game work with Kaathe still or with Londor too. Or are just remanence of the past still walking around. I always could not figure that out, but it could just be fan service. Keep up the great work man! :)
So do I..my presumption is they are still attempting to bring an age of dark but they no longer directly report to Kaathe....who has shifted his focus elsewhere
+SmoughTown Kaathe has a tendency to do that. From Oolacile to New Londo to the Sable Church. He does say in DS1 that he believes we will succeed where everyone else he advised, has failed. Maybe becoming Chaotic Evil in both previous locations wasn't part of his plan at all, just a consequence of not having a vision once he gave them hints and powers...
If you look in the background at the kneeling hollows you'll notice an armoured knight that looks like Anri
I fucking live for SmoughTown's videos and my favorite parts is how he starts his analysis of dialogues by pointing out things that are so obviously obvious hahaha
"I am Yoel of Londor, a pilgrim, as you can see, only..."
"We can therefore see; he's a pilgrim of Londor."
I just love it so much
Hmm...I'd say Velka is somehow involved in this too. Dark Souls I mentioned that she is the highest authority on curses and is the only one who can truly lift them. Plus, vow of silence is one of her miracles if I remember correctly. On top of that, her pardoners were all powerful swordsmen and she favoured intellect over faith in her followers. I have nothing of substance towards this theory, but it really seems likely that she is involved. I say this also because she has fought against the old gods before (ocuult rebellion) and because she is the Goddess of Sin. As Dark Souls II Scholar of the First Sin and the Scholar Ring from Dark Souls III imply that the Linking of the Flame was a sin, she is likely to desire an end of the First Flame.
Maybe it's a stretch but the armour looks similar to the one pardoners wear. Also a "billed mask", perhaps like a crow?
Cortez
Yeah. VaatiVidia released a video yesterday that drew similiarities between the three sisters and the pardoners.
Cool stuff! Conjecture souls-
Right of Avowal = how twin humanities in ds1 got created?
Make Londor whole again = glue all the humanity back together again to reform the dark soul?
Twin humanities were because of pregnant women.
+Dylan Guerrero Well this a dark turn
Good job dude. I hope we go to Londor in the DLC.
The only problem I ave with the videos is, that the sounds is a bit too quite. Not much, but I still need to turn up the volume if I want to understand something after watching other channels before.
I'll make sure to improve on this - thanks for watching
One thing thats always got me are the seprents. They claim to know the truth and Frampt goes as far as saying he is friends with Gwyn but at no point does anyone of great importance in the earlier titles even mention they exist.
Londor & Lothric have the commonality of the presense of primordial serpents. In Lothric, we also see a Gold Dragon & a Silver Dragon. Before even all of that, we saw the infestations of those things which claimed the bodies of Iudex Gundyr & several hollows who were mixed in with the others. Ash is a significant element of these happenings, and no matter a linking or a renouncement of the flame, we know the cycle returns always.
Aldas from DS2 told us as much. But Aldas also proved the impossible by transpositioning a dragon into existence.
Now, look at the descriptions of the Gold & Silver serpent rings. Past tense now, people.
I enjoy your videos my man, nice work.
Related to the game, it seems to me that the world of DS3 has 2 realities: One where the flame has been linked in the past, and one where it has not. What do you think about that?
You seem to have missed a few things. Kaathe was already in Londor. Londor can't really be a successor of itself. Londor seems to be New Londo's new moniker. Just as Drang refers to Drangleic and Irithyll refers to Anor Londo.Through time, New Londo must have become a city home to many Hollows. Another thing you missed is that we did not Sacrifice Anri; we merely stole her dark sigils. He/She can be seen in the ending cutscene for the Usurpation of Fire kneeling before us. I couldn't resist leaving a comment and I apologize for possibly proving you incorrect.
+Gage Teller The Dark Set tells that the Darkwraiths were 'relics of a small country that fell to the dark long ago'. Does this not imply heavily that it became uninhabitable and that Londor can be its succesor state?
If we took Anri's dark sigils, and dark sigils are likely what keeps the hollows of Londor sane, then we did sacrifice Anri.
At any rate, you can argue the circumstances all you want, but you perform a ritual sacrifice.
@@alexgroot2508Well yes, but that doesn't mean the abyss doesn't weaken over time. It can be reset, with the linking of the flame by the time we got there in Ds1, it's been dead for at least 100 years.
But people can settle in ruins, and build something out of it. We don't hear of Balder, Berenike, or Zena. Nor the 5 finger Delta. I suppose the hollows from those places, could have traveled to Lordran, and made something of a symbiotic relationship with whatever remained on the abyss.
The Atonement miracle reminds me of the Old Testament tradition wherein a scape-goat carries sin and is sent out into the wilderness to probably die.
Awesome. Subbed.
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Thanks very much!
***** Well Done Lore!
Bravo. 8^)
Everything about Londor, the Sable Church, and the Usurpation of fire just reminds me of the Furtive pygmy and how his plans.
Londor = New Londo? Been wondering about it
+xamphor anor + londo = londor
+xamphor They definitely share a connection, because new londo was too a common place for hollows to live in.
+xamphor I noticed that too. The "towers of the church" having spikes actually does sound similar to the Gothic embellishments on Anor Londo's or Drangleic's tower spires. While we do visit Anor Londo in Irithyll in the game, I suppose it is conceivable that some geography craziness has happened between the games. That or perhaps it was a later settlement by survivors from New Londo. I'm interested to see if we ever get any solid answers (probably not).
Given that yuria calls out to cath as she dies I think it is a fair bet to call londor the new name of new londo
Thats how I took it as well. We know Kaathe had created Londor and the Sable Church. So why wouldn't it be in the same place. I bet we go there in the DLC
That would explain why the Darkwraiths at Farron Keep are advancing towards the Abyss watchers, trying to kill off the flame? And if thats why they're there, then that Dark Wraith at High Wall of Lothric, the one you need the lift key for, must be trying to find the Prince. But he must have lost his way and got stuck in a trap made by the Lothric Knights.
Fantastic, though I kinda hoped you talked more about Anri and Horace, especially Horace because his arc just ends weird.
Thank you, that means a lot. Yeah Anri and Horace's story is a weird one - I'll need to have a look at it, to figure out his motivations
+slightlytwistedagain Horace was a child who escaped the clutches of Aldrich, as well as Anri. This is why they are pursuing him when you meet them on the road of Sacrifices. Both of them are hollows, however its clear that Horace is farther along in this decaying process evident through his inability to articulate words. He is however still sane at this point, showed by inviting you to the blue sentinels. Think of Horace like the the cleric from dark souls 1 who travels with Rhea of Thorolund. He can't talk because he is gripping the threshold of his humanity. Sometime between your victory with the Deacons of the Deep and the Abyss Watchers, he loses his grip, thus losing his sanity, perhaps he felt this change before hand and created distance between Anri to protect her, or perhaps he simply got lost due to his dwindling state. Unfortunately as Dark Souls goes, there are no happy endings.
+SmoughTown good video...was thinking about the third and eldest sister here since I can't find anything on her so far. Is it possible that the third sister is actually Velka? I've been reading item/wpn etc descriptions from Dark Souls 1 and found some interesting connections, for instance...
1. Velkas Rapier mentioning her being an inhuman swordswoman : (It is no mere symbol to be sure; the pardoner is an inhuman swordsman, and wields this enchanted blade with special sword technique)
2. Velkas Talisman : Medium for casting miracles of the Gods.
This black tuft of hair that serves as a talisman belongs to Velka, Goddess of Sin. It casts miracles not by drawing upon faith, but intelligence.
There's also 'The mask of Velka', 'Black Cleric Robe', 'Karmic Justice', 'Vow of Silence', 'Book of the guilty' and 'Judgment Set'. All these items support my theory.
..still, just a theory though :)
+Nelson Berrios certainly an interesting theory - we get frustratingly little on Velka throughout the series, but this makes her one of the most tantalising characters!
+teamshesh 8988 mm... I was pretty sure Horice's tongue was cut out at some point and that's the reason for him not being able to speak? It says so in one item description, just can't remember which one.. aww well. Another thing to remark about Horice's fate is that he's right below the crumbling bridge where that horde of skellys all of sudden shows up. Taking this into consideration, I believe Horace lost his life on that bridge, tipping him over to the 'hollow' side (much like Tarkus in DS1). Now.. you can ask yourself, why just Horace and not Anri too? Well...when you meet Anri for the second time in the Catacombs, she has obviously chosen NOT to cross the bridge as you find her on the ledge above.
I wonder if the usurpation of fire choice will effect any experience or interaction in the ringed city dlc as are you not their lord now? Being that it's Londor.
A separate BRANCH of humanity is right
Is it possible that Rosaria may be the eldest daughter, first founder of the Sable Church? It could make sense, as a callout to how Kaathe was the leader for the red covenant in Dark Souls 1, and the third sister's presence could be noted by her absence in the final cutscene. When you look at Rosaria, trapped in her bedchamber, she never seems to move, and never really wants to. She is wearing a black dress, and the little slug-men around her that she cares for could be assumed to be hollows. Her missing tongue may be a reference to the fact that the hollows of Londor have taken the vows of silence. This would also raise an interesting question, as it could be argued that Rosaria is a descendant of Gwynevere, and if Yuria and Liliane are her sisters, they could all possibly be descendants of the line of Gwyn.
One small question, at the end of the video as you walk among the hollows as their new lord. Who is in that elite knight's armor? It seems significant seeing as they're the only ones in armor other than the maidens.
+Gavin J (Voldersnort) That's his character's wife/husband. What lord can rule without a spouse?
Great video,
I would like to point out though that Anri is still alive, well, undead in the last cut scene, she / he is seen bowing down as you walk past to the right of your character. So she/he is sacrificed but im guessing because your dark sigils are now linked, they will die when you die.
you know whenever i fight hollows their animations,suggest not that of madness, but of serious anger. like they are so unbelievably angry at me. I could be grasping at straws though.
I think these hollows aren't fully hollow I think they are on the brink of it though that's why they fight lazily and some doesn't even try to take a swing at you
Very good channel
But what about Friede and Liliane? We know very very little about them. For example why Did Friede decide to exile herself?
very rough with many mistakes (with the script), but still thoroughly enjoyable.
I'm glad you still enjoyed it!
"What I'll be talking aboot" lol I love the accent so much 😂
When Gwyn originally harnessed the First Flame, he extinguished all Dark within himself and this created an unnatural state of unbalance. Essentially, the Flame burned off its own energy rather than the Dark that serves as its antithesis. From that point, humans have sacrificed themselves to Link the Fire while oblivious to the fact that they are perpetuating Gwyn's wrongful Link within the Flame.
Now, regarding the current state of things, Prince Lothric was supposed to be sacrificed to the First Flame to perpetuate the current Age of Fire but failed in this endeavor, leading to an Age of Dark (as seen in the Untended Graves). However, in an unprecedented event, there was a small resurgence of Fire from the ashes of the First Flame, this brought a degree of illumination to the world alongside summoning the previous Lords of Cinder and the Unkindled to truly Link the Fire. Unkindled are Undead, like in the previous Dark Souls installments, but, from what I gather, the Unkindled suffer from a more rudimentary state of Undeath. Specifically, they seem to be representative of a collective failure to Link the Fire and thus lack the human aspect of Dark, the "sustenance" of the Flame and therefore do not suffer Hollowing, which subjects them to a lesser existence. Now, the inhabitants of Londor, however, are the more familiar variety of Undead as they are afflicted with Hollowing but, unlike any prior civilization, they embrace this curse as the inherent identity of humankind. As a result, they have experimented with the curse and have discerned new means of harnessing its innate power and have even discovered the true nature of the cycles.
Essentially, they wish to restore the balance of the world, alongside elevating themselves to a position of power.
To accomplish this, however, they require a champion, a true monarch and worthy soul to Link the Fire. This is the player character. As an Unkindled, you are incapable of actually linking the Fire despite being worthy of doing so due to your lack of Humanity (Dark). You are discovered by Londor, who recognize your potential, and they use their newfound power to afflict you with the more traditional state of Undeath in the form of the Dark Sigil. They even have you perform a spiteful gesture to Gwyn by performing a ritual sacrifice upon his tomb. Regardless, when you reach the First Flame, Gwyn's soul, alongside those who followed (coalesced as the Soul of Cinder), is purged from the Flame and the Dark Sigil, representative of the endless Dark of Humanity, now serves as the natural "sustenance" of the Flame.
What happens from that point is anybody's guess. If you still want my take, judging from the clip, the Hollows seem to have re-attained at least a degree of sentience suggesting that the mindless hollowing has been banished but they now accept the inherent Dark within themselves and will, potentially, live and die with a functional state of mind as Dark and Light have now achieved a state of balance.
Even the deceased Anri of Astora can be seen, revived, in this ending.
Nice work! I love DS Lore videos, but the vast majority of them are crap. This was well researched, written, and delivered. Please keep up the good work!
I agree with alot of this but don't think the flame us gone just merged into the dark soul of man
Certainly a valid theory!
Sable is sand in french, you could stretch the meaning a little and say that it means ash.
I don't think it is an age of dark. I read somewhere "you sacrifice your soul to the dying flame but in this you sacrifice the dying flame to yourself" you absorb it saying it's still alive shared to all hollows through the dark soul and that undead will never go insane again as the age of men has truly began
Certainly valid - as I said that's just my own conjecture in regards to what happens at the end. Thanks for watching!
+SmoughTown no problem. I appreciate your videos
Mate I really hate lore videos usually because they're mostly all dragged on and unenthusiastic (VaatiVidya) But i really liked this video. Kudos
Wow that means lot - thank you I will! Cheers for taking the time to watch
vaati and smoughtowm both make gold videos I don't see why everyone hates on vaati
Omg, you can parry the UGS cathedral knights? Fuck me, I've been playing for 300 hours+ and never even though of that!
Lore is good, but damn, that just shocked me.
Yule dies regardless of Yuria being present or not. He was fated to die, as all Pilgrims, no one else is involved.
The "Fallen Knights" are in fact knights of Londor, as their armor is nearly identical to that of Vilhelm. Perhaps they are seeking the painting?
Sable Church of Londor sort of reminds me of Dune's Bene Gesserit - matriarchal, but looking for their male sort-of savior (Dark Lord, Kwisatz Haderach). I mean, yes, in DS, the Dark Lord can be female, but that is because it is a game with gender choice and not a sci fi novel.
Eh, whatever - one just reminded me of the other.
dune.wikia.com/wiki/Kwisatz_Haderach
+BINARYGOD dont forget about the gerudos.
What do you think the chances are that Kaathe is the eldest 'sister'? I know, I know, but you never hear of her, and he's even on her final words. Also, you only see two sisters in the Dark Lord ending...Seems like Kaathe has been busy either way, wonder if Kingseeker has been too. Maybe just maybe he lead a certain young sorcerer to the profaned capital?
The dlc better have us travel to londor and maybe depending on whether we become a dark lord or not can decide if we fight with or against them
Subbed for the accent 👌
Haha thanks for subbing!
wow..... I chose the wrong ending :o
I thought I did this one... but it was a different one. Shits suddenly falling into place
It's easy to miss certainly!
***** I prob actually got one of the harder to find endings :')
I basically prepped both and chose the wrong one in the end lol
+Ben Wil Summoned the firekeeper, did you? :p
Biouke That I did lol
dont hesitate to refer to ds1/2. Would like to hear your conections more.
Over time an increasing number of Undead and Hollows would find refuge with them, evolving into a society made up of those who have lived miserable lives, incredibly old people full of secrets and deceit. This place would become known with the name of London.
Is it safe to say that this ending is a good ending? Or something more grey? Its more "natural" right?
hmm, quite an interesting field
Mfw when anri's unkindled, who are like undead and can respawn, and people are confused why anri isn't dead
the age of hollows isn't an age of humanity/the dark soul,because you lose your humanity while hollowing as evidenced by DS1 mechanics. I see The abyss/the dark soul and the first flame as somewhat opposites and hollowing as going back to the age of ancients, where the pygmiesthat resemble hollows originate.
Hey man you sound nervous to sound good for the videos. If you are don't sweat it if I misjudged I'm sorry
I don't think Anri is anything close to what we understand as "hollow". Undead, sure, but not hollow. Maybe it's something with the unkindled theme, which is less then undead, but consious and all.
is that anri bowing to us in the elite knight armor? seems strange to just throw a random elite knight in there with all the naked hollows and the sisters.
Dark Souls 3: The One Souls Game Where Hollows Look Good
Connection with Velka at all?
Yuria fragment of Manus?
In the Lord of Hollows Ending, you can see Anri amongst the Hollows.
+James Incap How did I not notice this when I got that ending..... I feel ashamed to have not noticed my own spouse in the crowd.
Tyrel Cameron Apologize to your waifu/husbando right now!
I did... quite profusely. I can only hope that I have been forgiven.