"It's this vile creature that insatiably absorbed souls to feed its own power." I don't know about you, but that sure sounds a lot like the player throughout the series :D
something about Zena, Domnall speaks in a welsh accent, and uses welsh greeting "shmaye", this might tell us that the lands are similar to wales. Mountainous valleys and isolated communities, principalities over kingdoms.
well Domhall sports the classes of RPG starters and uses crystal swords and shield. In Fantasy settings, most celtic names are from earthy people such as from Tolkien's world. So you get dwarves, elves, and hobbits. I'm guessing kingdoms that are blended in with nature. Such as a kingdom within or on the cliff-face of mountains. (such as depicted in the hobbit movies) Considering his handheld were made out of crystals, we can say that these crystals are all over the place or there is an abundance of them in the mountain. But since Domhall is a roaming merchant, he could've picked it up somewhere else. IDK if Zena is a trading city but his garb says that it is where you can find different classes. Back then in RPGs, depending on your class, it would dictate where you are from. I believe that DS follows that system as well. Majority of cities have their own speciality classes that the majority follow. This means that Domhall is an end-game character and Zena could be like a place where there is a PvP arena or Boss dungeon that people go to to get expensive drops. Should this place exists, it would make sense why it would attract merchants or why someone would wish to be a merchant. This would also explain how Domhall can traverse the lands, selling high-tier or boss gears and why he has such unique shield and swords.
Doomnall isn't a traditional Welsh name as far as i know however he does speak with a Welsh accent (Southern, Valley's accent) and the greeting 'Shwmae' is Welsh. I suppose that would make Zena some sort of celtic hybrid nation (Brythonic and Gaelic)
Many years ago, I planned to create a fan-made World-Map for the *entire continent* of Dark Souls, including _every single place ever mentioned_ in all three games, even the huge amount of new lands mentioned in Dark Souls 2. My imagination ran wild: Where are the Sunless Realms? Are they near Forossa? Just how big is Astora when compared to Carim, Thorolund or Mirrah? I kept running into problems and paradoxes. For example, a conundrum was: do I interpret Drangleic as seen in-game? Or as seen in the cloth map and CGI trailer? Especially by Dark Souls 3, when Lothric is a dimensional convergence point for dozens of lands merging together. The prospect got so complex that I ultimately gave up.
@@toyguismailov4199 So sorry, I never actually created it. I only started planning. And because the world of Dark Souls is so ... confusing...I abandoned it at the planning stage. Maybe in the future though, it might be created.
Having played Witch and the Hundred Knight, which is essentially turning the whole country/world into a giant poisonous swamp for your NEET Witch Mistress, I can honestly say “at me” to that. Life is a crazy ride.
Ruined kingdoms like Astora always interest me in this series, because, if the circumstances of Undeath weren't so tragic, one could almost believe in the idea that Undead from long-gone nations could return to the place of their homeland, and reconstruct it once again
That's how I see it. Even if astora gets destroyed somewhat to the curse, after the fire gets linked, the people would always rebuild. Same with some other places
It's a cool idea but contrary to the themes of the game. Much like those who one days would've loved to return Rome once something truly breaks you can't remake it you could only cobble together a cheap replica
how many years have you been commenting on the dark souls games videos, and how many years will you continue? I wonder, if someone is going to kick you off that cliff one day... Heh.
We joke, but now I'm imagining Caterina as a very sunny place, with vineyards as far as the eye can see. With wine as cheap as water, how could its folk not smile? Something like Spain, Italy, Greece, or the American midwest (in geography, at least).
There's probably a lot that can be drawn from the fact that the Catarina armour resembles an obese body. It suggests that body weight is respected. Maybe an indication of prosperity - Look how big my belly is - I must be able to afford to eat a lot while not doing much manual labour. That seems to fit with the suggestion of it being a generally happy place, with a taste for drink and a tendency to do things their own way.
Bro imagine a Astora DLC where we see the homes of Solaire or Anri (probably poor or humble housing to make them the underdogs) and like dragons wreaking havoc on a Castle and towns nearby the house of either solaire or anri (they live away from the capital, more likely solaire)
I participated in the previous Elden Ring competition, I loved it, so when I saw the email inviting me to this I literally squealed, I'M SO IN FOR THIS
Vaati.. you really not mention The land of Berenike!? Who’s knights were praised for being near Giant and of incredible strength. Famous for Black Iron. Tarkus being the most famous of all who conquered Sen’s Fortress and Smashed an iron golem to bits. He also reaches Anor Londo and fell to his death but it was he who made that little hole in the glass for you!
Blake Bailey I’m actually kind of upset about it. Mentions about 10 bogus lands that were hardly mentioned but leaves out Berenike! Home to god damn TARKUS! Berenike > Balder.
Vaati doesn’t get enough credit and recognition for organizing these amazing contests ! They somehow feed the lore, our lure for more lore while bringing some artists to light and give them a really honest amount of money for their work. Thank you Vaati for being such a pillar of this community
My tutor in architecture school mentioned this when studying former civilisations architecture "who are these people, where did they sleep, and who are their gods" good bit of advice for understanding how diff cultures manipulate space
I plan on running a D&D campaign in one of Dark Souls’s talked about countries and was looking for some information on them. Thank you for this list, super helpful!!
This has to be the cleanest looking video yet! I've never seen such detail in any souls video! This really got me excited. It feels even more immersive then before
In Vordt's bridge view, did you all saw a city in the back right near the cathedral of the deep. I don't know if it's accessible or not since the whole view there is the whole adventure we're going to take.
Yup. I did. That's irithyll/anor londo by the way, also holy shit this amazing view looks sooo much different once youve been to all of the places in it.
@@rares.274 aint that the truth. I heard some gossip that some gameplay was going to be realesed in the now cancer game show. Hope from realese it independently. Edit: cancer = cancelled
Jugo is the most anticipated for me........always wondered about that civilization and what it had to offer......... By the way, phenomenal video Vaati....... This is gold and I can't wait to see the results......also lost izalith in its prime time,yes please.........
I'm surprised you didn't mention Berenike from DS1 with its huge warriors in heavy steel armour with massive greatshields and large maces. However they're not all just mindless warriors represented by the very philosophical knight in Sen's Fortress who is a nihilistic pessimist about your quest
Berenike is not a country - in JP version the big boys knights are said to be from Balder. If I remember right (it was years ago), "Berenike" is actually name of an organisation or a regiment of Balder army.
Sauron was probably inspired by Balor, The Evil eye. Yes, there is such mythical figure in celtic mythology of Ireland. Balor of The Evil eye waged war to the Tuatha De Dannan. But the interesting part is this one: In the Elder Ring trailer we see a spearman destroying what appears to be a giant with one red eye that destroyed the battlefield! Rings a bell? Miyazaki has read about Celtic Mythology. The Evil Eye was likely inspired by Balor, besides Sauron.
Oh, and the Spearman is Lugh. If anyone sees this comment once the game has been released and I am wrong, please DON'T tell me! Just in case I have not played the game, I don't want spoilers for myself
Very very cool to see how your content evolves without main line souls content. I think these art competitions are a perfect mix of what your about and what the community loves you for. Keep up the great work!
Vaati, I love these, amazing idea. I think it can greatly benefit though if you would also announce a prize pool or something, I'm sure many of us here would love to throw in a couple of bucks for the artists
Izalith and Eleum Loyce in their full glory days would be a sight to behold. DS2 has a huge selection of cool unseen lands- even places you wouldn't think of at first like the giant's continent so I hope there are plenty of submissions for those. Seeing Aldritch's 'age of deep sea' would be cool also. All of the games have excellent lore about the unseen lands, and I can't wait to see what people come up with.
@@jacobhoover1654 No, Londor is completely different place. The ringed city was a city gifted by Gwyn to the Pygmies and humans for helping him in the war against the dragons. Londor is a place for undead and hollows. The people in Londor probably "stole" the towers from The ringed city. Or the devs really are not creative.
@@pommeslord1824 Londor worshipped Kathe & there are statues of him all over the Ringed City. The ritual sword of Londor has the same symbol that's on top of the towers in Ringed City. The Clerics in Ringed City have those shells on thier backs just like the Londor Pilgrims. You provided no proof they are not the same place.
@@jacobhoover1654 Yes there are statues of Kaathe (or any other serpent) in the ringed city but there are no signs of his actions. He taught the art of lifedrain to the four Kings, that's why the darkwraiths use it. And yes the darkwraiths were at some point the knights in the ringed city but they were corrupted by the Kaathe and also learned the art of lifedrain. The ringed knights don't have the art of lifedrain because they weren't corrupted by Kaathe and the abyss. The art of lifedrain is a pretty big deal in Londor but no one uses it in the ringed city. The Sable church is also a big thing in Londor but it is nowhere to be seen in the ringed city. The only thing that comes close to a church in the ringed city is the church where Fillianore sleeps. But why should humans who want the end of the age of fire protect or even pray to Gwyns daughter? They even have a dragon who fights the abyss. Only these insect people have some relation to the abyss but they are not even really in the ringed city but in a swamp outside of it. The ritual sword and the shells are maybe a thing that humans did back in the day and that's why it is everywhere . Our world too has many similarities in architecture or clothes too. I actually think that Londor is a rebuilt new Londo but it's just my theory, the ritual sword also looks close to the key of the seal from Ds 1. Or these shell guys were banished out of the city and founded their own one. That would explain the architecture and stuff. But I stay with what I said, The Ringed City is not Londor. Is this enough proof?
@@pommeslord1824 There are no signs of Kathe bc he's dead by the time of DS3 (according to Yuria's death dialogue). Also, I agree the Ringed City Knights & Darkwraiths are related but the RCK's still have the seal of fire on them that contains the Abyss forged into thier armor, so maybe that seal has to break for them to be able to use Life drain.
The unseen lands have always been some of the most interesting and alluring aspects of the ds lore imo. Really glad they’re abt to get some more attention!
@Judge Death part one is picking a location, i had an idea for astora, but i feel with such popular NPCS it is going to be one of thr more popular options, perhaps the great swamp?
@Judge Death see i saw an astora in its early days being attacked by fanatical servants of the evil eye, a proud knight defending a little boy who had stumbled. The boy holding a very familiar sunlight Talisman and looking up at the knight in awe. From the middle of the cobblestone streets. TM dont steal.
@Judge Death i swear if i see this idea in the submissions ima be pissed. XD i wanted to make the child solaire the facial expression would be the most important thing
I have always thought much about this and it's one of the reasons to why i admire dark souls the say i do. There is so much unseen that is yet so clearly detailed to those who can see their hidden descriptions. I'm really looking forward to see the results of the contest! Best of luck to all who take part~
Well this sounds absolutely fantastic. Can't say that I'm the most adept at architectural design, but I'd genuinely like to try making a portrayal of an area like Astora or Carim. Thanks so much for a great shot at such an awesome contest, Vaati!
I really hope mirrah wins this A great capital in the middle of the land with proud knights, surrounded by lots of small scattered villages all holding their ground with viking like living styles. Mirrahs fashion game too stronk
So glad you touched on Astora. Ever since I’ve read the description on the Evil eye ring, and donned the same set that Oscar, Anri, and Ricard did, and had jolly co-op with Solaire, I wondered if we would ever see Astora at all. It’s so interesting to imagine the place. I wanna give my thoughts, but don’t want to sway the competition.
Man I want Londor so bad, I admire them. Turns a curse into a strength and pride, and have ambitions that seem beyond other people's, to stop the cycle and usher in a new age, instead of the stagnation, Gwyn helped create.
What about the knights of *Berenike* in DS1? I'm super excited to see the results though, where will they be posted? Maybe we could get a follow up results video with commentary and opinion from Vaatividya + crew?
If you just play through the Souls game without reading any description then you'll never know there's such an incredible world behind it, this is top-notch storytelling through environment.
The whole video I hoped to see something about Forossa, a land that brought some to the series but seems to be always forgotten. I'm glad you did. Also love Mirrah and Catarina, though those I didn't fear to see 'em here, they're obvious
I just find this vids so nostalgic. Like i can see through a window the lands of so many tales, tales of mine, tales of others. I wish we could have more Dark souls, new lands, new heroes, new betrayals. But now more than ever the bittersweet stories of Dark souls make a lot of sense. Because there is tragedy in no longer having something new to find out in the land you love.
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Just gonna leave this here
1:28 Astora
2:55 Thorolund
4:13 Vinheim
5:15 Melfia
6:32 Zena
7:27 Lanafir
8:35 Mirrah
9:38 Forossa
11:05 Volgen
12:16 Catarina
13:05 Carim
14:23 The Great Swamp
14:59 Carthus
16:06 Jugo
17:06 The Far East
17:53 Londor
18:56 Balder
19:44 Courland
You're doing Gwyn's work.
Thank you for your time
I'd say thanks. But it's irrelevant cuz it's a vaatividya video
TFx Nitrogen screw Gwyn let the age of darkness prevail!
Forossa for the win
Can you source us with the background music please, my good sir!!
Someone draw the Age of Deep Seas Aldrich dreamt about.
All in favour say aye.
.... So Bloodborne?
@HaveAGoose literally
it's just aldrich after he devoured the whole world.
@@Molimo95 Eww just a giant pile of goo
Forgot to mention:
Millwood
Lindelt
Olaphis
Harald
The home/ nests of the everlasting dragons
Anything else?
VaatiVidya land of the giants?
Lindelt and Olaphis
Sudoku
The home/ nests of the everlasting dragons?
@@nathanhamilton2914 Definitely. Lindelt is hell disguised as heaven, and Licia is such an interesting character.
"It's this vile creature that insatiably absorbed souls to feed its own power."
I don't know about you, but that sure sounds a lot like the player throughout the series :D
LOL That's so true XD
Or just the boss from Demon Souls
something about Zena, Domnall speaks in a welsh accent, and uses welsh greeting "shmaye", this might tell us that the lands are similar to wales. Mountainous valleys and isolated communities, principalities over kingdoms.
domnhall is an irish name, although it might be used in wales too (idk)
I feel like all valleys are mountainous
well Domhall sports the classes of RPG starters and uses crystal swords and shield.
In Fantasy settings, most celtic names are from earthy people such as from Tolkien's world. So you get dwarves, elves, and hobbits.
I'm guessing kingdoms that are blended in with nature.
Such as a kingdom within or on the cliff-face of mountains. (such as depicted in the hobbit movies)
Considering his handheld were made out of crystals, we can say that these crystals are all over the place or there is an abundance of them in the mountain.
But since Domhall is a roaming merchant, he could've picked it up somewhere else.
IDK if Zena is a trading city but his garb says that it is where you can find different classes. Back then in RPGs, depending on your class, it would dictate where you are from. I believe that DS follows that system as well. Majority of cities have their own speciality classes that the majority follow.
This means that Domhall is an end-game character and Zena could be like a place where there is a PvP arena or Boss dungeon that people go to to get expensive drops. Should this place exists, it would make sense why it would attract merchants or why someone would wish to be a merchant.
This would also explain how Domhall can traverse the lands, selling high-tier or boss gears and why he has such unique shield and swords.
Doomnall isn't a traditional Welsh name as far as i know however he does speak with a Welsh accent (Southern, Valley's accent) and the greeting 'Shwmae' is Welsh. I suppose that would make Zena some sort of celtic hybrid nation (Brythonic and Gaelic)
Ieuan Dixon it’s weird but ye domhall is an Irish name (Irish for Daniel) but he has a welsh accent
Many years ago, I planned to create a fan-made World-Map for the *entire continent* of Dark Souls, including _every single place ever mentioned_ in all three games, even the huge amount of new lands mentioned in Dark Souls 2. My imagination ran wild: Where are the Sunless Realms? Are they near Forossa? Just how big is Astora when compared to Carim, Thorolund or Mirrah?
I kept running into problems and paradoxes. For example, a conundrum was: do I interpret Drangleic as seen in-game? Or as seen in the cloth map and CGI trailer? Especially by Dark Souls 3, when Lothric is a dimensional convergence point for dozens of lands merging together. The prospect got so complex that I ultimately gave up.
Can you please give a link to it ?
@@toyguismailov4199 So sorry, I never actually created it. I only started planning. And because the world of Dark Souls is so ... confusing...I abandoned it at the planning stage. Maybe in the future though, it might be created.
You can still do it, my friend! Don't loose your faith and praise the sun \[T]/
Nineteen1900Hundred
Sorry to hear that friend, I imagine it would have been great, but I can see why it would have been hard.
DO IT!! YOU CAN DO IT BRUH!!!
I swear to god if someone makes a poisonous swamp, how cool it may be, I will find you.
Belle Delphine lives in a society?!
Having played Witch and the Hundred Knight, which is essentially turning the whole country/world into a giant poisonous swamp for your NEET Witch Mistress, I can honestly say “at me” to that.
Life is a crazy ride.
Do you have a very particular set of skills?
If someone does there should at least be a Shrek reference...
Looking at YOU Miyazaki...
Ruined kingdoms like Astora always interest me in this series, because, if the circumstances of Undeath weren't so tragic, one could almost believe in the idea that Undead from long-gone nations could return to the place of their homeland, and reconstruct it once again
That's how I see it. Even if astora gets destroyed somewhat to the curse, after the fire gets linked, the people would always rebuild. Same with some other places
Cool asf
It's a cool idea but contrary to the themes of the game. Much like those who one days would've loved to return Rome once something truly breaks you can't remake it you could only cobble together a cheap replica
I'd love to see the land of the giants, mentioned in DS2
Across the sea..
THIS
Such a pivotal location for the game too. I truly kept wondering what those lands were like, and what stories took place there.
the land beyond the ocean from ds 2 is the land u walk in demon souls.
There is also a broken archstone in demon souls which should send you to land of giants, idk why from always avoids the giant lands.
Ahh, Carim, where the only certainty in life was a dagger in your back.
I miss the good old days...
Heh.
How dare you kill the firekeeper in dark souls 1
Man,I love seeing you in the comments!
Good job with that firekeeper, once i'll grow up a little more, I will become just like you...
For the glory of Carim!
Hey, asshole, well look who decided to come down from his jail cell and murder my firekeeper
how many years have you been commenting on the dark souls games videos, and how many years will you continue?
I wonder, if someone is going to kick you off that cliff one day...
Heh.
...or in Catarina, where the people are DRUNK
We joke, but now I'm imagining Caterina as a very sunny place, with vineyards as far as the eye can see. With wine as cheap as water, how could its folk not smile? Something like Spain, Italy, Greece, or the American midwest (in geography, at least).
I’d like to think it has a lot of German influence
@@mathm1410 Would make sense with the naming conventions.
There's probably a lot that can be drawn from the fact that the Catarina armour resembles an obese body. It suggests that body weight is respected. Maybe an indication of prosperity - Look how big my belly is - I must be able to afford to eat a lot while not doing much manual labour. That seems to fit with the suggestion of it being a generally happy place, with a taste for drink and a tendency to do things their own way.
Yeah and also Syegmeyer uses Zweihander which is german sword
Vaatividya: so once there was this paranoid king
Darksouls veterans: hay I've seen this one before
I am literally OFFENDED that Vaati didn't mention Andre when going over characters from Astora.
I hope to see lots and lots of great pictures of you talented guys/girls. Good luck. :)
I wish we could see Catarina in a DLC or something. Imagine towns just filled with Onion Knights
New PVP spell: Tears of the past
Plays audio of saddest scenes in gaming until you can't see the screen through the tears
Unless we went back in time, fromsoft would fill the floor with dead onions
Yeah and that dlc would be dark souls 4 made by mr. Not Miyazaki himself
Bro imagine a Astora DLC where we see the homes of Solaire or Anri (probably poor or humble housing to make them the underdogs) and like dragons wreaking havoc on a Castle and towns nearby the house of either solaire or anri (they live away from the capital, more likely solaire)
@@Jmamjs Anri isnt from Astora, she took the name inspired by the heroical actions of their inhabitants
I'm no artist, but I love these art challenges. The Souls community has a lot of talented people.
When its Valentine's Day
but you instead watch VaatiVidya and Chill while eating popcorn
@BMO real bro will play bloodborne
@BMO, says the one watching a VaatiVidya video in Valentine's Day
It's not valentines u mug
Hells yeah! X3
BMO and you are different how ?
Im really hyped since the sekiro one really had some amazing art.
Really looking forward to this one.
If you didn't see vaati's other competition, watch it asap. Its about imagining the Elden Ring bosses
Yes watch the Elden Ring Boss art competition
I cried
I participated in the previous Elden Ring competition, I loved it, so when I saw the email inviting me to this I literally squealed, I'M SO IN FOR THIS
Vaati.. you really not mention The land of Berenike!? Who’s knights were praised for being near Giant and of incredible strength. Famous for Black Iron. Tarkus being the most famous of all who conquered Sen’s Fortress and Smashed an iron golem to bits. He also reaches Anor Londo and fell to his death but it was he who made that little hole in the glass for you!
Best comment on the lore!
I can't believe he forgot Berenike
Blake Bailey I’m actually kind of upset about it. Mentions about 10 bogus lands that were hardly mentioned but leaves out Berenike! Home to god damn TARKUS! Berenike > Balder.
I'll actually try to depict Berenike because it's such an awesome land!
Nils Nydegger Awesome! So you are going to put forth art work?
we all hollow out here waiting for that elden ring
*OOOOOOHHH ELDEN RING*
@@ASmartNameForMe shattered
@@MEHDIGAMINGJustGaming by someone...or something
*Glaive master hodir*
@@TheMrBlanky xD
No other art contest has made me feel so giddy with anticipation
Vaati doesn’t get enough credit and recognition for organizing these amazing contests !
They somehow feed the lore, our lure for more lore while bringing some artists to light and give them a really honest amount of money for their work.
Thank you Vaati for being such a pillar of this community
Heide is still one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen in a videogame
Divine realm standing in front of the Divine Dragon or Dragon Aerie
Somehow, someway, and somewhere, we all know that someone is already linking the Elden Ring to Demon Souls.
@Juice WRLD This will not stop fan theorists.
@Juice WRLD Mario is obviously connected to ff, both Final Fantasy and Mario have an i in them, obvious cknnection there
@@Wuuff good point
You mean Miazaki?
My tutor in architecture school mentioned this when studying former civilisations architecture "who are these people, where did they sleep, and who are their gods" good bit of advice for understanding how diff cultures manipulate space
...if I could save a comment.
@@abdoul5176 Same.
Great advice! Artists take note.
I love your art competitions especially the elden rings boss one hopefully this one will have as many beautiful and creative concepts
I plan on running a D&D campaign in one of Dark Souls’s talked about countries and was looking for some information on them. Thank you for this list, super helpful!!
These Art Competitions are always sooo good
I'm digging them so much!
This has to be the cleanest looking video yet! I've never seen such detail in any souls video! This really got me excited. It feels even more immersive then before
In Vordt's bridge view, did you all saw a city in the back right near the cathedral of the deep. I don't know if it's accessible or not since the whole view there is the whole adventure we're going to take.
Yup. I did. That's irithyll/anor londo by the way, also holy shit this amazing view looks sooo much different once youve been to all of the places in it.
Vaati you truly are doing the lord's work, god bless ya and thank you for helping us get to know all of these amazing artists!
I NEED elden ring!
We all need it
Miyazaki and Martins world building in one game, oh my god...
@Juice WRLD Fuck off calling yourself Juice WRLD disrespectful prick
I need Dark Ring.
@@rares.274 aint that the truth. I heard some gossip that some gameplay was going to be realesed in the now cancer game show. Hope from realese it independently.
Edit: cancer = cancelled
Im really really hyped for this. Thank you vaati, i cant wait to see all the amazing art work people make.
pls someone draw the Home of " Shiva of the East"
MORE LIKE SHIVA THE DECEASED
This would be the Far East and would probably be the least inventive place as from all we have about it it could just be feudal Japan.
@@jutton11 WHAT RINGS U GOT BITHC
Play Sekiro.
It's just the lands of Sekiro, or maybe near Ashina.
Check the armour similarity
Jugo is the most anticipated for me........always wondered about that civilization and what it had to offer......... By the way, phenomenal video Vaati....... This is gold and I can't wait to see the results......also lost izalith in its prime time,yes please.........
I'm surprised you didn't mention Berenike from DS1 with its huge warriors in heavy steel armour with massive greatshields and large maces. However they're not all just mindless warriors represented by the very philosophical knight in Sen's Fortress who is a nihilistic pessimist about your quest
Berenike is not a country - in JP version the big boys knights are said to be from Balder. If I remember right (it was years ago), "Berenike" is actually name of an organisation or a regiment of Balder army.
I was literally just watching your Prepare to Cry videos for DS3. 😂 the only thing that can stop me from watching your videos is more of your videos.
So Sauron destroyed Astora? Huh, neat.
Ikr
Sauron was probably inspired by Balor, The Evil eye. Yes, there is such mythical figure in celtic mythology of Ireland. Balor of The Evil eye waged war to the Tuatha De Dannan.
But the interesting part is this one: In the Elder Ring trailer we see a spearman destroying what appears to be a giant with one red eye that destroyed the battlefield!
Rings a bell? Miyazaki has read about Celtic Mythology. The Evil Eye was likely inspired by Balor, besides Sauron.
Oh, and the Spearman is Lugh. If anyone sees this comment once the game has been released and I am wrong, please DON'T tell me! Just in case I have not played the game, I don't want spoilers for myself
By the way, do you guys know if Kalameet may have been related to the Evil Eye that destroyed Astora? Is there any theory on that?
20:00 sounds like Demon's souls, Boletaria's lore, soul feeder may be reminiscent of The Old One.
We need Vinheim, Astora, and Londor
Astora especially.
Praise the Sun!
@@FreedomAndPeaceOnly Astora has the best NPCs
What about Catarina? Cheers!
Londor is Ringed City btw, Sword of Avowel & statues of kaathe everywhere
I absolutely love your transition sentences between each land you talk about. You make it sound so smooth, there’s like no pause in each transition
I'm really excited to see the winners. The elden ring competition was amazing
Very very cool to see how your content evolves without main line souls content. I think these art competitions are a perfect mix of what your about and what the community loves you for. Keep up the great work!
Vaati, I love these, amazing idea. I think it can greatly benefit though if you would also announce a prize pool or something, I'm sure many of us here would love to throw in a couple of bucks for the artists
These videos are easily some of the best modern YT coneny i've seen, amazing work.
Is this Vaati telling us that FromSoft secretly contacted him to build up hype for Darksouls IV?
I doubt it . Good ass theory i actually want to be real
I'm glad I stayed subscribed to this channel, this competition sounds amazing
I'd love to see the Millwood Forest with the ethereal oak
YES
I don't plan being apart of the competition but I still watched through everything, that really says something about Vaatis' ability to draw you in
can ds4 EXCLUSIVELY take place in the great swamp just cut out the filler gimmie the GOOD shit
You monster.
Someone call the police on this guy
dual shock 4?
@@nazaG_89 dark souls :/
Andres Guerrero Dummy
Izalith and Eleum Loyce in their full glory days would be a sight to behold. DS2 has a huge selection of cool unseen lands- even places you wouldn't think of at first like the giant's continent so I hope there are plenty of submissions for those. Seeing Aldritch's 'age of deep sea' would be cool also. All of the games have excellent lore about the unseen lands, and I can't wait to see what people come up with.
Always wondered about these unseen lands... would love to have had a Londor or even a carthus dlc love your vids vaati keep up the good work
The Ringed City is Londor btw, the Sword of Avowel from Yurias questline is all over the place.
@@jacobhoover1654 No, Londor is completely different place. The ringed city was a city gifted by Gwyn to the Pygmies and humans for helping him in the war against the dragons. Londor is a place for undead and hollows. The people in Londor probably "stole" the towers from The ringed city. Or the devs really are not creative.
@@pommeslord1824 Londor worshipped Kathe & there are statues of him all over the Ringed City. The ritual sword of Londor has the same symbol that's on top of the towers in Ringed City. The Clerics in Ringed City have those shells on thier backs just like the Londor Pilgrims. You provided no proof they are not the same place.
@@jacobhoover1654 Yes there are statues of Kaathe (or any other serpent) in the ringed city but there are no signs of his actions. He taught the art of lifedrain to the four Kings, that's why the darkwraiths use it. And yes the darkwraiths were at some point the knights in the ringed city but they were corrupted by the Kaathe and also learned the art of lifedrain. The ringed knights don't have the art of lifedrain because they weren't corrupted by Kaathe and the abyss. The art of lifedrain is a pretty big deal in Londor but no one uses it in the ringed city. The Sable church is also a big thing in Londor but it is nowhere to be seen in the ringed city. The only thing that comes close to a church in the ringed city is the church where Fillianore sleeps. But why should humans who want the end of the age of fire protect or even pray to Gwyns daughter? They even have a dragon who fights the abyss. Only these insect people have some relation to the abyss but they are not even really in the ringed city but in a swamp outside of it. The ritual sword and the shells are maybe a thing that humans did back in the day and that's why it is everywhere . Our world too has many similarities in architecture or clothes too. I actually think that Londor is a rebuilt new Londo but it's just my theory, the ritual sword also looks close to the key of the seal from Ds 1. Or these shell guys were banished out of the city and founded their own one. That would explain the architecture and stuff. But I stay with what I said, The Ringed City is not Londor. Is this enough proof?
@@pommeslord1824 There are no signs of Kathe bc he's dead by the time of DS3 (according to Yuria's death dialogue). Also, I agree the Ringed City Knights & Darkwraiths are related but the RCK's still have the seal of fire on them that contains the Abyss forged into thier armor, so maybe that seal has to break for them to be able to use Life drain.
I can't describe the feeling I have to watch this video. I've been so curious about these places. I think I'm jolly.
Artist: ah shit here we go again
Adam Safai fr lmao
The unseen lands have always been some of the most interesting and alluring aspects of the ds lore imo. Really glad they’re abt to get some more attention!
The Bottom Lands where we go after gid gut from a cliff.
This is one of the coolest Dark Souls competitions I have seen in a long time!
How dare you get me excited to make another art project, my backlog of work is already 2 miles long! 😂
@Judge Death part one is picking a location, i had an idea for astora, but i feel with such popular NPCS it is going to be one of thr more popular options, perhaps the great swamp?
@Judge Death see i saw an astora in its early days being attacked by fanatical servants of the evil eye, a proud knight defending a little boy who had stumbled. The boy holding a very familiar sunlight Talisman and looking up at the knight in awe. From the middle of the cobblestone streets. TM dont steal.
@Judge Death i swear if i see this idea in the submissions ima be pissed. XD i wanted to make the child solaire the facial expression would be the most important thing
Hoping to see a Bloodborne centric art contest after this one, I'd love to see what types of new weapons or Great Ones these artists would conjure up.
Mirrah: I am attacked by all my neighbords!
Poland: First time?
Man, do I wish I had artistic talents. I can only imagine the amazing works that people will submit. You are awesome and appreciated.
I'd love to see a representation of the Fivefinger Delta, there's almost no info about it so it's completely open to interpretation
I have always thought much about this and it's one of the reasons to why i admire dark souls the say i do. There is so much unseen that is yet so clearly detailed to those who can see their hidden descriptions. I'm really looking forward to see the results of the contest! Best of luck to all who take part~
Vaati, The only one keeping us from despair while we wait for Elden Ring
Keeping us from going hollow
Well this sounds absolutely fantastic. Can't say that I'm the most adept at architectural design, but I'd genuinely like to try making a portrayal of an area like Astora or Carim. Thanks so much for a great shot at such an awesome contest, Vaati!
You see those warriors in Carthus? They’ve got curved... swords. Curved swords!
It never get old I like it
Heh heh heh heh that's for damn sure.
*OWW OWW OWWWWW*
Oh man, can't wait for this. Loved the Elden Ring art contest and I'm excited to see what all these talented artists can come up with.
I really appreciate the ds2 representation 👌 it's still my favorite souls game
Hold this dislike
@@Hollow_McHollow ah, you're one of those huh? Really makes me love the souls community...
DS2 really added so many interesting lands and peoples only for them to never be mentioned again lmao
I really hope mirrah wins this
A great capital in the middle of the land with proud knights, surrounded by lots of small scattered villages all holding their ground with viking like living styles.
Mirrahs fashion game too stronk
I love this. Making a picture of things we always have known but never have seen.
personally i feel they're more captivating the less we know
So glad you touched on Astora.
Ever since I’ve read the description on the Evil eye ring, and donned the same set that Oscar, Anri, and Ricard did, and had jolly co-op with Solaire, I wondered if we would ever see Astora at all. It’s so interesting to imagine the place.
I wanna give my thoughts, but don’t want to sway the competition.
Im gonna try
Heavy emphasis on *try*
Good luck to you!
Thank you so much for using your platform to encourage art Vaati, through it we can find our humanity
Man I want Londor so bad, I admire them. Turns a curse into a strength and pride, and have ambitions that seem beyond other people's, to stop the cycle and usher in a new age, instead of the stagnation, Gwyn helped create.
Dude, I cant wait to see the submissions. This Is going to be so amazing! Thanks Vaatividya!
What about the knights of *Berenike* in DS1?
I'm super excited to see the results though, where will they be posted?
Maybe we could get a follow up results video with commentary and opinion from Vaatividya + crew?
Hopefully!
That would be dope!
I'm genuinely really excited to see what this amazingly talented community will come up with!! Best of luck!
what about the homeland of the varangians? it sounds like it could be hinted at in elden ring
God, I love these art contests, so many talented people with a deep love for Soulsbornekiro games
Oh god, in a year or two we will have to start saying SekSoulsBornekiro Ring... and after that it'll just get unmanageable.
You forgot Berenike.
I haven’t done enough environment art to even consider entering this comp haha
It’ll be awesome to see everyone else’s submissions though!!
What about the mysterious cat helmet that was found by oro and peeve , certainly that points to the cat land o.o
If you just play through the Souls game without reading any description then you'll never know there's such an incredible world behind it, this is top-notch storytelling through environment.
"...a man with legendary armor said to be invisible to a coward's eye. Heh, you can't see it, can you?"
Me: Haha....hey, wait a minute
The whole video I hoped to see something about Forossa, a land that brought some to the series but seems to be always forgotten.
I'm glad you did.
Also love Mirrah and Catarina, though those I didn't fear to see 'em here, they're obvious
Right in time for lunch. Perfect meal. Cheers.
You're voice is so relaxing. I could listen to you all day.
so Londor is basicly just detroit
I just find this vids so nostalgic. Like i can see through a window the lands of so many tales, tales of mine, tales of others.
I wish we could have more Dark souls, new lands, new heroes, new betrayals.
But now more than ever the bittersweet stories of Dark souls make a lot of sense. Because there is tragedy in no longer having something new to find out in the land you love.
I am playing DARK SOULS 2 💪🏻
I just wanna say i respect the shit out of u for driving artists the way u have been with these competitions it warms my heart
1750$? That's oddly specific. :,D
1750 was the year when Hidetaka Miyazaki was born.
@@severalcakes3267 and thus the Age Of Great Games started.
finally a new vid :>
Should do an art contest for unseesn gods perhaps
Bruh what about Berenike?
I'm so excited about this. Whoever is participating, good luck. Even if you wouldn't get a prize, I'm sure you'll have fun in participating.
16:47 Im licking my screen right now.
Bruh
You ok there??