Blasphemous Lore | Our Lady of the Charred Visage

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  • @connorbarclay6525
    @connorbarclay6525 5 років тому +332

    Another interesting fact: when the nuns are killed, they cover their faces after their masks break. This is because they refuse to let anyone gaze upon their burned visages. Even when seconds from death, they still uphold their beliefs.

    • @yay842
      @yay842 Рік тому +3

      Incredible catch and analysis. Wow.

  • @MagicalManFromMars
    @MagicalManFromMars 5 років тому +146

    I found it quite interesting that her lore description mentions God, since very few, if any other things or people in the game make reference to such a concept, with most of them focusing on the High Wills or The Miracle.

    • @kelnhide
      @kelnhide 4 роки тому +33

      Her lore probably was the very first few that was written for the game before the devs came up with the High Wills and the Miracle

    • @Trikipum
      @Trikipum Рік тому +2

      Because the developers though everyone is smart enough to understand that there is a god that is a diferent thing than the miracle. That is why the penitent exists in first place. He does what he does because he is a follower of the "real thing". The rest are corruped and have created a new "branch", very twisted one, of the religion.

    • @moniker2804
      @moniker2804 Рік тому +2

      ​@Trikipum ok but she offered her beauty to God and then started guarding stuff for the miracle? Seems simpler to assume 'God' is referring to the miracle here. Especially if it was written early in development.

  • @NotsoseriousNick
    @NotsoseriousNick 5 років тому +444

    There's something deeply ironic about the lady disfiguring herself so that people wouldn't mistake her for some deity and yet people still venerate her as a saint right after.
    Also, may there be a chance that Àurea is supposed to be a reference to the latin word for Gold, therefore explaining the golden masks?

    • @andrey22
      @andrey22 5 років тому +12

      Aureo means golden in spanish.

    • @valeforedark
      @valeforedark 5 років тому +27

      You missed the point she burnt herself to gift her beauty to the gods. She got made a saint due to her sacrifice and suffering .

    • @andrey22
      @andrey22 5 років тому +19

      @@valeforedark I was answering the second part of the comment. It's not a "maybe", it's as subtle as a brick to the face although it's a very old fashioned name.
      A girl is born and is called "golden", she has a beauty that rivals the high heavens; she offers her beauty to the divinity out of her own free will and dons on a golden mask to hide her burn scars than never heal, even after her death.
      The grievous miracle plays the long con.

    • @aphidamas1
      @aphidamas1 5 років тому +1

      Why does she bleed gold in the death animation?

    • @silentd9078
      @silentd9078 5 років тому +4

      @@aphidamas1 That's just the gold melting from the heat.

  • @andrewdavis9738
    @andrewdavis9738 5 років тому +206

    The Miracle’s “betrayal” of the Lady is pretty jarring. If we assume a Dante-esque ironic punishment, the suggestion of the melting gold may be that when she burned herself, she may have simply given up her pride in her beauty for pride in her piety.

    • @Battleschnodder
      @Battleschnodder 5 років тому +47

      I don't think we should be assuming any connection of 'punishment' to what we think may be the 'sin'. I don't think the Miracle looks at what you've done and concocts a punishment, it's not that personal. Rather, what we perceive as 'punishment' is penitance connected to the guilt of the sufferer, an implicitely deliberate choice of self-flagilation as first shown by the twisted one, the first father.
      To assume that this is a punishment for piety is to assume her sin, and that is to assume that the miracle works in predictable and rule-dependent ways. But it doesn't. It's fully omnipotent, it is not bound by rules or rulings, which is why we never are told what someone is penitent for. We hear why people punish people, but never why the Miracle bestows someone with suffering - except for: "They wanted it.". For a truly omnipotent, and truly unbound being, every choice is one of radical sponteneity, radical liberty of will. The miracle can find anything sinful as it wishes, for it defines good and evil, and it defines sin, and there is nothing to suggest that it cannot do so at a whim.

    • @IxodesPersulcatus
      @IxodesPersulcatus 5 років тому +71

      So the Miracle be like: "Yo dawg, I heard you like misery, so I put misery in your misery so that you can be even more miserable while you're busy being miserable."

    • @verager2493
      @verager2493 5 років тому +49

      This is a game based heavily on the flagellants. Basically, people who thought the plague was God's punishment, and responded by whipping themselves, punishing themselves, to show that they were sorry and hopefully to convince God to let off. So in this game, assumption of guilt (whether or not it is justified) and seeking out or performing the punishments yourself for whatever "flaws" you have is holy. It's a kind of "original sin" sort of idea where everyone is assumed to be irrevocably flawed, and only those who both realize this and hate themselves for it enough to undergo brutal torment at their own hands can please this deity, which is holy and "loves" us as much as it hates our flaws.
      So the Lady was not betrayed, but fulfilled. This is unironically viewed as a reward (and punishment. A reward of punishment) in the game's lore. I assume you already got this impression, but the world they live in is not a pleasant one.

    • @dannguyen7800
      @dannguyen7800 5 років тому +9

      This whole comment section is amazing

    • @andrewdavis9738
      @andrewdavis9738 5 років тому +1

      Battleschnodder I agree with all of this; I should rephrase my statement: The symbolic language of molten gold that burns but never cools conveys that someone’s soul has been corrupted by wealth or finery (see Crassus, Viserys, etc.). That’s the conclusion that would naturally be drawn, even within Custodia. The truth of the Lady’s motives are unknown, the Miracle’s (as you point out) even more so.

  • @BeyondDaX
    @BeyondDaX 5 років тому +155

    Blasphemous lore is quite fascinating indeed

    • @CBRN-115
      @CBRN-115 5 років тому +19

      A twisted version of Christianity + Dark Souls-esqe theme = Wonderful

    • @justanenglishcommentpassin644
      @justanenglishcommentpassin644 5 років тому +2

      @@CBRN-115 ㄹㅇ 후속작 나왔으면 하네요 갠적으로 드물게 진짜 흥미롭게 한 게임

    • @pubbahubbabba
      @pubbahubbabba 5 років тому +3

      Its based on our holy week in spain

    • @pubbahubbabba
      @pubbahubbabba 4 роки тому +3

      @Fernandez Martinez No idea what that has to do with my comment, but ok.

  • @seanmcdonald1111
    @seanmcdonald1111 5 років тому +32

    This church has probably my second favorite music, right behind the desecrated cistern music.

  • @DotyFuzz
    @DotyFuzz 5 років тому +201

    I really liked blasphemous and I appreciate deeply this content

    • @SmoughTown
      @SmoughTown  5 років тому +18

      I appreciate your support :)

    • @christianjohnson2275
      @christianjohnson2275 4 роки тому +1

      Why don’t you upload anymore doty :(

    • @christianjohnson2275
      @christianjohnson2275 4 роки тому +1

      I used to watch you all the time

    • @DotyFuzz
      @DotyFuzz 4 роки тому +4

      @@christianjohnson2275 just been busy lately..but it's not over yet, I'm coming back soon

  • @exxon101
    @exxon101 3 роки тому +11

    Others have mentioned part of this, but Aurea means "gold" in Spanish. I have a theory that, as Aurea's fame grew, she was canonized not in her original humanity, but given a new name to reflect the Miracle's work, "Golden one." Her original name was lost to time. Just a hunch.

  • @aphidamas1
    @aphidamas1 5 років тому +65

    Our James Woods of the Charred Visage
    Just try to un-see it.

  • @Epyx78
    @Epyx78 5 років тому +52

    Hitting it out of the park w/ these Blasphemous breakdowns. I found the windy cliffs to be particularly treacherous, so very appropriate they would serve as a proving ground.

    • @SmoughTown
      @SmoughTown  5 років тому +6

      Thanks friend! Me too, felt very treacherous on my first playthrough.

  • @95keat
    @95keat 5 років тому +28

    You know, I wonder what the miracle was doing before he turned that dude into to a tree.
    Was he all happy and nice but then that happen and everyone started praying for punishment to get noticed and he thought "well I guess they want pain from now on"

    • @NothingYouHaventReadBefore
      @NothingYouHaventReadBefore 5 років тому +17

      As funny as this comment is, I honestly think the Miracle didn't exist before the prayer. There's a theory that states that spirits, gods et cetera only exist because our belief manifests them.
      So in this case, there was never a Miracle, until the Father prayed for it. This causes the Miracle to exist.

    • @XenonPrimeSBSV
      @XenonPrimeSBSV 4 роки тому +6

      IIRC the people of Custodia were already messed up when it comes to punishment and suffering, the Twisted One was just the first miracle of suffering.
      This is all what they've been asking for, generation on generation.

  • @thevagrantone
    @thevagrantone 4 роки тому +7

    Recently bought this gsme for the art style and Metroidvania playstyle. I had no idea how deep the story goes and how narrating that story in game would be. Numerous religious archetypes here which I absolutely love to dive in to. Superb game and you do a fine job covering the depths of this games lore.

  • @Soundwave04
    @Soundwave04 5 років тому +35

    Is that gold seeping from the wounds when you kill the lady?
    I think I saw some concept art of her where her full body was present, but shrouded in shadow. Guess they decided to go with the floating head at some point. (Could be wrong, mind you, or I'm looking at it wrongly!)

  • @OBZeta
    @OBZeta 5 років тому +14

    I never bother commenting on UA-cam usually but I have to say I really really enjoy this series. A fantastic game, brilliant discussion and information for you and I hope for more as I want all of the info I can get on this one

    • @SmoughTown
      @SmoughTown  5 років тому +1

      Thank you so much, friend! Means a lot to me. I've already begun the script for the next one :)

    • @pubbahubbabba
      @pubbahubbabba 5 років тому

      Did you know its based on our holy week in spain? Now you know

  • @SilentSpeak
    @SilentSpeak 2 роки тому +1

    So I start playing this game and get curious about the lore. I go to look for it on UA-cam and who do I find covering this wonderful game?!?! One of my favourite souls lore experts! Couldn't be more excited to watch all of your videos on this bus! Your Miracle video was just the chefs kiss!

  • @halguy5745
    @halguy5745 4 роки тому +48

    the story from the game is scary, by the fact that a real life nun had to disfigure herself for life, just to stop constant sexual assaults is horrifying

    • @thestic6349
      @thestic6349 Рік тому +4

      For the sake of accuracy, the harassment wasn't sexual assault (at least, it hadn't reached that point before Maria disfigured herself), it was aggressive stalking and an attempted kidnapping from the king (known as Pedro the Cruel or Pedro the Despicable) who had just beheaded both her father and her husband for their supporting the king's half-brother's claim to the crown.

  • @Tenchinu
    @Tenchinu 5 років тому +11

    amazing indebted into the lore, as usual. Wanna see what you dig about the the other bosses, cause they’re all freakishly interesting

  • @Alberich_Prince_of_Dwarves
    @Alberich_Prince_of_Dwarves 5 років тому +21

    Blasphemous is super interesting to me because it makes me think of "oldschool" religious people (which it obviously is inspired by) and a mindset that I could never understand as a non-religious person.
    Great video, keep it up.

    • @pubbahubbabba
      @pubbahubbabba 5 років тому

      Its inspired on our holy week in spain

  • @therougestalker
    @therougestalker 5 років тому +11

    You can tell the love put in this game. And these videos :D

  • @pubbahubbabba
    @pubbahubbabba 5 років тому +8

    For anyone wanting to know about the inspiration for this game google semana santa of spain.

  • @Randonsummers
    @Randonsummers 5 років тому +7

    Good stuff, please delve more into this!~

  • @dannguyen7800
    @dannguyen7800 5 років тому +2

    This game has such great lore and your works is a godsend man. Please keep this up

  • @akokkinakes
    @akokkinakes 3 роки тому +3

    A small interesting piece of trivia. Aurea is pronounced like "ωραία" which is greek for "beautiful woman".

  • @mightilyoats2729
    @mightilyoats2729 4 роки тому +20

    I had a deep aversion to the lore of this game, and I think it has to do with all the heavy, Spanish Catholicism.
    I'm not a religious person, and I find all of this horrific, but there was a point in our genuine, human history where things like this, without actually having a supernatural bent, were part and parcel of daily life, and true fealty to their chosen religion.

    • @eschaton8758
      @eschaton8758 2 роки тому

      so all points of history

    • @Steve-yn3cs
      @Steve-yn3cs 2 роки тому +1

      Yeah. Unlike the Blasphemous Universe where there's actually a Divine presence, similar events happened in our human history, but without any Divine presence whatsoever.
      It's such a shame we took a lot of things pretty seriously back then.

  • @submissivehunter1234
    @submissivehunter1234 5 років тому +8

    Anyone know the details behind the nuns in red robes who spew fire? Those are the most bizzare enemies aside from the gaurdianinfante

  • @rivander8769
    @rivander8769 Місяць тому

    every boss has such interesting lore, cool vid thanks

  • @matteoezrasmith
    @matteoezrasmith 5 років тому

    Awesome work! I really enjoy your look into the Lore of Blasphemous. It's really captivated my imagination as well and I'm glad to see someone equally as enamored create content like this. Keep up the awesome effort. It's really appreciated.

  • @isaiahhails3684
    @isaiahhails3684 5 років тому +2

    Thanks again for making these videos

  • @ImusakHctividar
    @ImusakHctividar 4 роки тому

    Yoooo just finished watching all of your lore videos on Blasphemous (Including the newest ones). Great stuff! There were lots of things I didn't even think of. I had a lot of dots but I could never connect them.

  • @duckhuntdynasty6562
    @duckhuntdynasty6562 4 роки тому +2

    I would love a sequel. I adored this game.

  • @NothingYouHaventReadBefore
    @NothingYouHaventReadBefore 5 років тому +4

    Less important, but the fact that the saint is weeping near an olive tree als carries heavy Christian symbolical value. Jesus was in an oliveyard when he was betrayed by Judas. I think this might not be relevant to the lore, but it does seem like an interesting point.

  • @runswithbears3517
    @runswithbears3517 5 років тому +6

    What is the link between Engracia's story about the olive trees (it directly references olive trees whithering) and the place in-game called "Where Olive Trees Whither"? Perhaps there is a link between that place and the cause of Engracia's sorrow?

    • @NotsoseriousNick
      @NotsoseriousNick 5 років тому +1

      I'm fairly sure that used to be the place were Engracia lived. Hence the dead olive trees. Also, I'm fairly sure her dead body is accessible after finishing a subquest.

  • @SeggyL
    @SeggyL 5 років тому +3

    ❤️ keep it up please. Loving these

    • @SmoughTown
      @SmoughTown  5 років тому

      Gonna keep it going :) Already working on the next script

  • @TheVojvoda
    @TheVojvoda 4 роки тому

    I think the boss is like tres anguistas, who are the miracle powered incarnate of the pain of the one npc thats 3 women merged together

  • @Ammothief41
    @Ammothief41 5 років тому

    Gameplay was okay but damn the story and lore! Amazing

  • @swordguy1243
    @swordguy1243 5 років тому +2

    Very interesting
    Nuns have strange lives

  • @AlexanderJoneshttps
    @AlexanderJoneshttps 5 років тому +5

    This video is amazingly done good job bro ! :^D

  • @fatbatman1030
    @fatbatman1030 5 років тому +3

    I cant get enought of these!

  • @cidfacetious3722
    @cidfacetious3722 5 років тому +3

    Got to love Dark Souls

  • @chuckieariola7406
    @chuckieariola7406 5 років тому +1

    We would like to hear some lore within this game it is fascinating

  • @Battleschnodder
    @Battleschnodder 5 років тому

    I'm fucking HERE for it

  • @acgearsandarms1343
    @acgearsandarms1343 5 років тому +2

    So does the Miracle only extend its power on those in Custodia or all the lands beyond it? I read from lore that other places are not as barbaric(I’m assuming punishing) as Custodia. So do they not practice the beliefs of the Miracle if it does not reach to their lands?

    • @mirandatello3945
      @mirandatello3945 5 років тому

      It’s not clear if the miracle extends beyond Custodia, but the other lands certainly do not follow the same beliefs present in the game, or at least do not practice them in the extreme.

  • @Cros.crypt25
    @Cros.crypt25 Рік тому

    Love the lore of this game but also how they i put real actual saints and nuns and ppl from Spain

  • @umukzusgelos4834
    @umukzusgelos4834 5 років тому +6

    Blashphemous, the game of the masochists

  • @bernardkoey4087
    @bernardkoey4087 5 років тому +1

    Can u pla make a video on exposito the crying baby

  • @DanielRamirez-ml6fs
    @DanielRamirez-ml6fs 9 місяців тому

    The worst part of this video for me was finding out about the Art of Blasphemous book which I will probably never find available. Hot damn. Bucket List item added, if anyone knows where I can get my hands on one HMU!

  • @МарияК-с4е
    @МарияК-с4е 4 роки тому

    The only video on UA-cam that shows you how to deal with that fcking orange balls. Thank you so much!!!

  • @Dusteus
    @Dusteus 5 років тому

    Strangely that when I confront her, she only had head and both hand. It looks like she've been decapitated or something. How it end up like that?

  • @AmrAlchalati
    @AmrAlchalati 5 років тому

    I like this game stories!

  • @Atary77
    @Atary77 4 роки тому +3

    My biggest takeaway from this games lore and it's world is that the God of this world, the Miracle, only created life so that said life could suffer eternal penance by its will.
    But this to me isn't a god that should br worshipped or appeased. This sounds like a god that should be overthrown or dystroyed. For the world does not need a god that only wants all life to suffer in agony even after death.
    Maybe in a sequel we could play a scenario where we could commit the blasphemy of taking down this god. The will of the miracle is something we no longer accept or adhere to. I thi k that would be great.

    • @navilluscire2567
      @navilluscire2567 4 роки тому

      Except that would be missing the whole point of the idea of Penance and why Miracle acts. Every single person touched by the Grievous Miracle's painful afflictions ASKED for it, they wanted to be punished for their preserved guilt. Even those that asked for the Miracle to act on their behalf KNEW the pontential means for its intervention but they still asked for it anyway. The Miracle blesses and punishes as it sees fit, and it sees to it that all or atleast many that ask for its intervention will receive it in a manner it deems so which none may rightly claim to fully understand the Sorrowful Miracle's intentions. It's not evil in that it goes out of its way to make people suffer but gives those that WANT to feel horrible physical pain as a means of taming the guilt that pierces their very souls a means to do so. It grants the wishes of those that desire something in its own way and at its own chosen hour, none can fathom the Miracle's designs because Penance never ends, only changes form.
      Bur seriously the whole point of Blasphemous is a delve into a twisted version of Catholic or Christian history and theology (theologies? different spiritual concepts with common roots), which is interesting as a concept.

    • @dumbasskong6561
      @dumbasskong6561 2 роки тому

      I have a feeling you might enjoy the latest DLC Wounds of Eventide then 😉

  • @thatasianguy1768
    @thatasianguy1768 5 років тому

    Resubscribed didn't know there is a new video.

  • @SpokesK
    @SpokesK 3 роки тому

    When Our Lady of the Charred Visage dies, do you notice how her face begins bleeding gold?

  • @fellipeexe
    @fellipeexe 5 років тому

    Please, make a video about exposito

  • @blobbything2986
    @blobbything2986 5 років тому

    Blobby Thing has entered the chat

    • @jahmair862
      @jahmair862 5 років тому

      Blobby Thing My dryness has left the chat

  • @omiorahman6283
    @omiorahman6283 5 років тому

    cool game

  • @josephblattert6311
    @josephblattert6311 5 років тому

    So how did she turn into a huge fucking floating monster?

  • @ositogotico
    @ositogotico 5 років тому +1

    "Orrea" XD los hispanohablantes entenderán

  • @valeforedark
    @valeforedark 5 років тому +1

    Link to the real world. Mary the mother of a fictitious god baby. ..

  • @aappaapp6627
    @aappaapp6627 2 роки тому

    To be honest I thought all the common enemies in the convention were dudes with red beards... 😅🙃

  • @aWinterBlood
    @aWinterBlood 4 роки тому

    Cheild

  • @Mord12gp
    @Mord12gp 5 років тому +1

    It feels like you could call the marical "god' and that the god of this world is a cruel one who likes to watch people surffer

    • @XenonPrimeSBSV
      @XenonPrimeSBSV 4 роки тому

      Weirdly the Miracle doesn't ever seem to do something that is not asked of it, it's manifestations are cruel but then the people of Custodia are always begging to be punished for their guilt.
      The monsters of the ash are all those who sought to claim the throne atop it, without seeking what the Miracle truly wanted, someone to seek punishment for the sins of others, not just their own selfish guilt.
      A cruel manifestation once again, but desired someone selfless, perhaps someone who could bring the people of Custodia to a place where they could stop their obsession with being punished to ease their guilt.

  • @Gabronthe
    @Gabronthe 2 роки тому

    By know we all know the miracle is all BS, but it seems like ointment that soothes their pain is one of the few blessings we seem from the miracle. Perhaps caused by punishing herself of her own free will.

  • @ZaKRo-bx7lp
    @ZaKRo-bx7lp 4 роки тому

    Gosh, if models were the same these days...

  • @UnholyWrath3277
    @UnholyWrath3277 4 роки тому

    Should do some more demon souls lore when you get a chance. You'd do the story the justice it deserves

  • @Animericashow1
    @Animericashow1 5 років тому +2

    It is absolutely unacceptable for the game designers to steal away the explanation of what this boss is *in the art book* and nowhere in the game itself. It's not reasonable to expect a player to go seek out that resource to understand one of the three most important bosses in the game. I also shouldn't have to watch a UA-cam video about it. The game itself should suffice. They're clearly taking those cues from Dark Souls, where none of the central figures are given a single direct word of reference... oh wait.

  • @brosephnoonan223
    @brosephnoonan223 5 років тому

    dab dab time for sad

  • @fluffybbpeachhun6768
    @fluffybbpeachhun6768 Рік тому

    I would like to burn too my face I bit I can't. I am the by the black I like the real story

  • @aWinterBlood
    @aWinterBlood 5 років тому

    What accent is that? I can't recognize it..

  • @tomthestone1470
    @tomthestone1470 5 років тому

    No offence, but please could you try to be further away from the mic, I can hear your breaths.

  • @SinclairLore
    @SinclairLore 5 років тому +7

    First!

  • @The_Revolutionist
    @The_Revolutionist 5 років тому +1

    666 likes... lol!

  • @blumiu2426
    @blumiu2426 5 років тому +52

    Whatever this Miracle is, it needs to be destroyed. My goodness, is it twisted and Satanic. Blessing answered, but in the worst way possible and suffering/penance never ends. Cynobites must go there on vacation.

    • @StinkyPoopyMcFartFace
      @StinkyPoopyMcFartFace 4 роки тому +26

      I think the Miracle is actually a really cool take on real world religions. It captures the whole "old religion" vibes really well, like most religions way back were based on fear and people would do a lot of weird things to please their god.

    • @blumiu2426
      @blumiu2426 4 роки тому +5

      @@StinkyPoopyMcFartFace You're talking about religions steeped in paganism and when people were superstitious because weren't able to learn (Medieval Europe, mired in paganism, which this is based on) and read themselves. Fairly certain Buddhism and non-Catholicism during dark ages were far from fear-mongering or sacrificial in nature. That's an awfully broad brush until studying each actually.

    • @StinkyPoopyMcFartFace
      @StinkyPoopyMcFartFace 4 роки тому +5

      BluMiu I'm not too knowledgeable on a lot of religions like Buddhism or other eastern religions, so yeah I was mainly talking about old Catholicism.

    • @_Cloun
      @_Cloun 4 роки тому +17

      BluMiu you do realize this is actually based on medieval Spanish Christianity and Catholicism right? Like that’s actually stated by the developers. Not anything pagan based, in fact there doesn’t really seem to be much pagan influence in here. This is all Christian iconography and concepts

    • @blumiu2426
      @blumiu2426 4 роки тому +7

      @@_Cloun That's the thing. Catholicism is comprised of pagan rites and practices. Just ask pagans. When Constantine converted, he never gave up Mithraism, sun worship. All those practices ended up part of the Roman Church and why the Sabbath ended up being on the holy day of the sun, Sunday.
      It only makes sense as the Jews nor Hebrew nation ever had the rites, attire and idol worship Catholicism does. How did a homeless Messiah and disciples he told to leave everything to follow him translate to the pomp and wealth Rome established? It doesn't. History is important to understand.