I have a theory that after we kill Lautrec that he, as a hollow, wanders into the Ornstein and Smough room and gets killed. Then his body is put in the corner to dispose of later. It would explain why Lautrec's body is on in the second floor corner and why Ornstein is on the second floor in the first place. He just got done moving Lautrec's corpse and then you show up.
Toad Nose I just found Ornstein more likely since he was on the second floor. However, Dark Souls 3 item descriptions imply Ornstein was never present in DS1
samiamtheman 73 yes, Ornstein is another illusion conjured by Gwyndolyn, just like the royal sentinels, Gwynevere, and the sunlight itself. However, that doesn't mean that the illusion has no physical presence of that's what your suggesting.
Also, consider: are you more upset because Lautrec murdered a harmless and helpless woman, or because Lautrec inconvenienced you by extinguishing the bonfire?
***** Unless you want to use a crystal washing pole or something silly like that, the undead merchant in the burg can die as well. If you want to use crystal weapons you're going to need him to buy repair powder from.
@@Ultrakrill2411 Until *Oscar of Astora helps us escape. We literally "pass it forward" when we free Lautrec and the MF just betrays us the first time he's left alone.
i know you posted this 3 months ago, but I figured I'd answer. His lady, Lady of the Darkling (aka Darkmoon Knightess aka the firekeeper in Anor Londo) is deformed from being undead for so long and she decayes quickly. Humanity is drawn to fire keeper souls; so if he could just kill one firekeeper, one last time, the humanity acquired could sustain her. he wouldn't have to continue to kill for her, and he can ease her suffering.
i played the original japanese release 6 years ago or so, so it's been a while. search for "thepruld we are the souls" and that video will musically show you what I'm talking about =D
One time I didn't need to kick him off. I decided to engage him in a duel (using his equipment from my previous run) And I engaged combat and he immediately rolled off and died. I just stood there in shock for several minutes...
+Lord Tryhard Undead Parish always becomes my new base after Lautrec kills Anastacia, but it's still a pain in the ass. Firelink Shrine is the center of the world, after all.
CidGuerreiro1234 It's not that big of a deal, really. After you have rung the second bell, the only places left to go that are directly connected to Firelink are the Catacombs and New Londo. There's a bonfire pretty early on in the Catacombs, and it's only like an extra thirty seconds to get to New Londo from the Undead Parish.
The statue shows Fina hugging a baby, Lautrec's armor is hugging him, he's imprisoned in her temple. He's totally Fina's child not her lover. No matter what Lautrec does his mother still loves him. There's nothing to suggest he does it for her or that she is ordering him to do any of it. Her own followers want to stop him from doing bad things by imprisoning him. He does it for himself but his mother loves him anyway.
NOP I WATCHED DIS LIKE A MONTH AGO AND I COME BACK TO IT NOW AFTER PLAYING DARK SOULS AND I FIND U! THO I DIDNT WATCH DA WHOLE VID BEFORE SO I GUESS U WIN THIS ROUND TOUCHE MY GOOD FRIEND
>killing Fair Lady Ojousama >killing the creepy egg guys just 'cause they're creepy >Invading people Geez. You must be a real monster, then. I felt bad when I killed Quelaag and realized that she had probably just been trying to protect her sister. I mean, sure, she should've asked why I had shown up with a naked lady wielding an oversized meat cleaver, 'cause I just wanted to ring that fancy bell she was living under, but, still.
Neenjah Rammus "If thou seeketh me thine desire shall be requited not." As well as being told I don't belong there and to leave makes it easier to kill her. Needing to do so for a couple of achievements certainly helps too.
Well, personally I didn't take any offense to her saying any of that. I developed something of a nervous twitch as she said "this land is peaceful, its inhabitants kind" after all the bullshit I had to go through to get to her.. But she's so.. fluffy. I did kill her eventually for the achievement.. but don't plan on repeating it. lol
I must be the best person on Dark Souls, then. I can't invade others for humanity. No Xbox live account. And I try not to kill anyone who doesn't try to kill me. Saves estus flasks that way. I felt really bad when he killed the fire keeper. The only thing I thought when I invaded his zone was, "Dude! Why? We fought the gargoyles and the gaping dragons together! I thought we were bros!"
Hemmo Laurell I never thought of that. I've killed all the mini bosses I've found except the hellkite dragon, simply because I couldn't kill it. By that, I mean I've never aggroed an NPC that didn't immediately attack me. Ha, maybe I'm not as nice as I thought XD In case you haven't noticed, yeah, I'm still on my first playthrough...
Hemmo Laurell Thanks! I think I'll try it later when I get a weapon better than the Drakesword. I managed to get it by simply standing under the bridge and shooting it's tail with a bow, haha.
Naratik What? I was just saying, in regards to Lautrec's motivations, as well as the other points mentioned in his favour he helps the player with the Gaping Dragon and Bell Gargoyle bosses.
Heh, lots don't =P He really tears through those gargoyles. You have to free him, go talk to him in Firelink via the elevator and then when you come back his summon sign is up the first ladder leading to the fog gate and behind you. At the Gaping Dragon it's by the corpse with the crossbow, just before the boss gate!
Think of it in a different way -- by helping you, who at the time he saw as nothing more than just another soon-to-be-hollowed undead, kill these bosses, he is gaining humanities. After realizing that the paltry amounts of humanity he gains for killing bosses isn't enough to stave off hollowing for long, he goes for the real prize of a fire keeper's soul. Perhaps Lautrec helping you during boss fights isn't evil, but it certainly isn't selfless.
+Edsson L. Story in DS2 was written by another person :) But now in the upcoming third one Miyazaki is returning, so I hope the story will be as good as in the first Dark Souls
I remember doing a play through where I went to blightown to get +3 estus early, and expected him to be in his cell. He wasnt, and when I returned to Firelink Shrine the fire keeper was dead. Moral of the story: don't go to blightown early, unless you want the fire keeper to die.
@@JG-zj7gv a bit late but even if you say no to him while he's locked up, he already has ways to unlock the door, but it just happens that you have the key so you save him the inconvenience
I'm actually quite proud of my sainthood in this game. I save Solaire every time, never kill qualaags sister and give her humanity now and again, and i let Siegmeyer die fighting the chaos beasts, giving him the heroes death he deserves. The only people i ever have it out for in this game are the Gwens :l
+Syd Summers TBH, I'm the same, except for Siegmeyer... I wanted to keep him alive and to not let him die, and I heard that you have to not let him get damaged by said chaos Beasts for him to continue his quest... What they didn't tell me was what became of it. I'm also still feeling guilty for killing the Fair Lady and the Lady of the Darkling so that I could reinforce my flask before going into NG+ (this was purely for the reinforcement, I would have never done so otherwise)... ;-; Oh well, at least I can rest knowing that I put the Fair Lady out of her misery. I can't really think of any excuse for having killed the Lady of the Darkling to make me feel better, though.
+Дэвид first playthrough I helped the firekeeper at firelink and gave the fair lady as much humanity as possible (to save soliare, after which I give her humanity as of ng+ when I feel like it or when I don't want it to go to waste). As for darkling, she goes hostile instant you try fighting gwyndolin so after I killed sun boy I went and killed darkling to buff my flask (regards to discharge, while I can make the excuse of taking from his sister simply because I had no range to tick him off, the fact that I have to kill him to advance the game makes the other excuse of "put him out of his misery" all the more shallow as he felt like another boss that was in my way. Fact that I agroo'd him my defiling his sisters grave (excuse of not having a safe way to agroo him via melee/ having no range weapons to agroo him otherwise) does not help.
+Syd Summers I tried being nice in the beginning of the game, but then I killed Crossbreed Priscilla. And that's when I went, "fuck it, EVERYBODY DIES"
you know what i wish?i wish that you didn't have to kill lautrec,when you enter his world,he will say he knows why your here and that he doesn't want to hurt a friend,and you could negotiate with him and that way,you could give the soul back without killing lautrec,and he will be able to fight by your side another day
Lautrec whants the fire keeper soul for him or his godess you whant that same soul to bring her back so fire link will have a bondfire once more no negotiating will get you the soul from him you must kill him for it as he will not trade
Lautrec was actually a good guy, freeing a helpless woman who only wanted to die as a human. He just did it, now she is finally resting, and he is still following his goddess will by being a person with compassion for people that are suffering. Note that he never consumed the Firekeepers souls, he left the first one at the altar of the church and took the one from Firelink with him, so you may never bring her back to suffer again. In fact, the player is the big monster, hunting him down in order to bring the poor girl back.
+Vaynard Wolf well no, he killed a defenseless girl who was undead to steal all of her humanity; he basically forced her to go hollow. Killing an undead is no mercy at all, since you are simply making his problems worse.
So I just realized one of the guys with lautherc is a mage who wears the New London sealer's armour. If that means he's the 3rd sealer, then one is the guy we encounter in new Londo who gives us the key, another one may have died in the infested city, cause we find his set in a chest, and the remaining one may have been allied with lautherc. That would explain the lore of the 3 sealers.
When i watch these lore videos i realize that the character you play just fucks up everything lol. each humanity you consume could be used to feed the fire or if your a dark lord person it could be used for the abyss. We use it for pvp and quick health regen lol
Fun fact : This is somthing that is literally impossible to see without mods but the fire keepers character model is physically missing its legs below the thighs, so she was in fact actually maimed.
@@ramrodbldm9876 I have zero interest in "fitting in" with elitist scum like you. I thought it was interesting so I commented it. People like you are actual trash.
@@ramrodbldm9876 As someone who's played the soulsborne series since dark souls 1, you're the kind of person that makes the series not as good, try to be a better person please.
@@ramrodbldm9876 dude, he's just sharing what he learned from other videos and letting us know who might not learn the same thing as him and that's the point of SOCIAL MEDIA you fucking sociopath.
All I can say is wow. That was incredibly well thought out and presented. From the music to the scene cuts, you made Dark Souls come to life. I'll never look at Lautrec the same way.
Currently on a re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-replay of Dark Souls so I thought I'd watch the old Vaati lore vids again while I ate dinner and man, these are still the greatest. Obviously his new videos are just as enjoyable, but i still love coming back to these old Prepare to Cry videos since that's where I discovered this channel
So, I think I've noticed a link between the fire keepers and Lautrec. If I am right then it explains a lot.... First off, when we find Lautrec; he is inside of a cell, of course everyone knows that. But there is obviously the dead firekeeper in the church. I believe that Lautrec was the one responsible for her death. Perhaps Fina had some motive, and sent Lautrec to carry out her mission. Lautrec also kills Anastacia, yet another firekeeper, this could be a coincidence between the two murders. But could there be something more to this? In Blighttown, on the way to the surface, we encounter a group of toxic shooters and another dead firekeeper; one that is in retrospect rather close to Firelink Shrine. Could it be that Lautrec was also responsible for this dead firekeeper? Perhaps when you encounter Quelaag, she mistakes you as the one who has murdered several firekeepers. Common sense points to Quelaan being the next target, after all the trail leads directly to the base of Blighttown. The final firekeeper is of course the Darkmoon Knightess, guarding Dark Sun Gwyndolin at Anor Londo, yet we also find Lautrec here and many of us defeat him in battle. But he already had people with him and I doubt he expected you to find him... Maybe he knew that the Knightess was a capable warrior; one that would require more than himself to overcome. All this evidence leads to one single question. Does Fina want Lautrec to kill all the firekeepers in an attempt to stop us from linking the first flame? Does this mean that Fina supports an age of dark?
I know it´s been two years but I just read this and I have an idea that supports yours. Lautrec's Anor Londo is dark, that means he killed Gwynevere, so he surely hates the age of fire. And more importantly, he is on he's way out when you invade him, probably because he heard the treath of Gwyndolin after killing the illusion of his sister and is looking for him to finaly end the gods. That gets me to think, does he hate the age of fire or the gods? Maybe he wants Fina to be the only god? (That last part is more improbable than the first, but i think it makes sense).
@@jesurtio I agree, it seems that he killed Gwynevere to turn Anor Londo dark and is killing the fire keepers to usher in the Age of Dark where his goddess would be the only one remaining. People say he's evil, but to what end? Because he is making OUR game more problematic by extinguishing bonfires? In his eyes he's being a faithful follower to his goddess. I love that Dark Souls isn't black and white
@@royalhero4608 Also , To us We're the bad guy to him. Just something to think about. The man had followers they definitely believed they were in the right and had a purpose.
The first one with the sealers vest can be one who find the vest of the third unknown sealer(one is Ingward,the other is Yulva and the other is unknown)or could be the third sealer himself. The other one? No clues
Sorry if you're offended I'm replying to your old comment, I know people get annoyed by it. What if they're just random summons? Have you ever thought about how perhaps some of the players you helped kill Smough and Ornstein go on to lift the illusion of Anor Londor and kill gywndolin, assuming you might not agree with it? Perhaps Lautrec summoned help for the boss, only to be interrupted by the player.
@@kenjen9861 kinda surprised that someone responded in the first place, i didn't have any memory of this comment at all. As for the subject, it would definitely make sense they would be "other players" since the souls series has an explanation for summon in game.
Well one of them is definitely the third sealer of New Londo, the other two being Ingward and the corpse in Blighttown. The other looks to be a knight from The Way of the White, so maybe they were with Rhea? I don't remember how many knights she had with her.
There does seem to be something about his seeking out firekeeper souls, as the one near his cell and the firekeeper kill later on shows. There is still aspects around him worth looking deeper into. First is the channeller, an agent of the scaleless. While it does seem the channeler kidnaps Rhea later on, perhaps the reason he is there to begin with is related to lautrec and or the firekeeper soul. Also worth noting is he sells the player a tip about her later in the game. Perhaps he also sold her location to the channeller too? Next, what about how and when he helps you, and the gift he gives you when saved. He gives you a sunlight medal and can be summoned to help on the gargoyles and Gaping Dragon, two boss fights you can also summon Soltaire on. May be nothing, just him giving you something unwanted he picked up from the boss fight though curious none the less. Furthermore I would ask about what we know of firekeeper souls and why he would want it. Obviously they reinforce flasks and are wells of humanity, and his dialog suggests it is the humanity he is after there. As a player we know the value of a firekeeper soul beyond the humanity it can give by making flasks better and thus keeping us alive longer, but Lautrec seems to seek only humanity, with the dialog of "lambs to the slaughter" even suggesting he set a trap to get people to invade for him to jump with his buddies to get even more. Perhaps his goddess seeks humanity to fuel the bonfires. Finally, his tactics and the friends he has in the first place. A mage and standard warrior back him up, and he seems to be acquainted with patches. Where does he get is help from in a land so far from home?
the mage is one of the 3 people who flood new londo, one stayed in new londo to make sure it never opened, the other went to blighttown in hopes of curing the plague but died as you can loot his armour, and the other must have been friends with lautrec or something.
The thing you can learn from humans in Dark Souls is they are fighting hollowing at all cost. By seeking theyr own sun, accomplish a prophecy or venturing too keep they sanity. But steel, only one thing can really keep the hollowing back: Humanity. I don't think Lautrec is selfish, not more than Siegmeyer who risk everything, you, he's daughter too prevent him to hollow by going on adventures. The thing i really wonder is: Where did the orb to invade him come from ? Velka ? Maybe himself ?
But in all seriousness I love the dark souls series. People say that the second Dark Souls isn't dark souls at all, but i think it is. Think like this, dark souls 1 gives you the least amount of hope, with nothing but despair and hopelessness. In dark souls 2 they tease you, give you that little glimpse of hope and winning and finishing the game, but then in the 3rd one you realize you've done nothing but destroy everything. You're the last boss. You became hollow. You never saved anyone, you're not a hero, you're a monster. You kill those who 'get in your way' when they are trying to survive or defend someone they love dearly. You tear apart innocent lives, and drive those who you thought were a friend all the way to insanity. The game teaches that you can't always be a hero, or the main character. The sooner you accept that you're the monster, the villain, the forsaken one, the easier it gets.
i love the way youve filmed the videos for the lore. ive played this game a lot and never took the time to learn any of the lore, this is vary interesting stuff. thanks for the videos.
i believe that Lautrec is acting under orders from Fina and there is proof of this, Fina is the goddess of Love and Beauty so anything hateful or hideous she would despise like Fire Keepers who all have something hideous about them and it just so happens we see a dead Fire Keeper right in front of Fina, we know it was a Fire Keeper as a channeler is found staring down at the body signifying it had it eyes on her to kidnap and all the fire keepers we see are female, Fina then tells Lautrec ( who some believe is her son) to hunt down Fire Keepers because they have something hideous about them and like the other gods/lords they want to sustain what they govern so Lautrec listen's to Fina and kills the Fire Keeper but it captured and locked away, more evidence he is killing Fire Keepers for Fina is he does not kill you or any other NPC, only Anastasia who is a Fire Keeper and we find him in Anor Londo with 2 phantoms, possibly because he is going after the Fire Keeper there as well.
The amount of depth to the lore behind Dark Souls is why I keep coming back to it. And it's the fact that it's able to tell such a story indirectly that makes me hungry to explore more.
Why go through all this gank spank nonsense when you could free him and then kick him off firelink? Just save and quit and load and his ring and humanity are where you killed him!
Killing Lautrec in Anor Londo is the only way to claim the fire keeper soul, her armor set (And it's incredible lightning defense for it's weight, fast rolling in valley of drakes FTW) , and the black eye orb, and to regenerate the fire keeper's ability to speak.
1. What does the black eye orb do? Is it Gravelord Covenant? 2. Don't need to go to valley of the drakes FTW! 3. Does she even speak? I had a friend do the quest line, he said she barely spoke at all, and actually prefered to not speak.
***** Fun fact there actually exists a second black eye orb in the game files that if obtained through hacking allows you to invade Shiva in the painted world (cut storyline regarding Shiva and the chaos blade)
so I searched and the name "Lautrec" comes up with nothing BUT it sounds similar to "Leatrice" which is a combo of Leah and Beatrice so the meaning of Leah is "weary" or "Mistress/ruler" and the maing of Beatrice seems to Probably from Viatrix, a feminine form of the Late Latin name Viator which meant "voyager, traveller". It was a common name amongst early Christians, and the spelling was altered by association with Latin beatus "blessed". so this either comes out to "weary-voyager", "weary-blessed", "mistress-voyager", or "mistress-blessed" so it seems like all four of the possible meanings fit.
Correct me if i'm wrong, but Lautrec is a town in France and is also a last name. I do not know the meaning of Lautrec tough. Also, his name only similar to Leatrice when pronounced with an english accent, with a japanese or french accent it's really different Sorry to interfere in your theory, just tought i'd try to help
Guillaume Théorêt I am aware as Leatrice is an English name. Or so I am told but if you know anything about the town or learn anything about the name please share, and I think its ok it sounds different with a Japanese accent because they used inspiration from many cultures for many parts of the game such as the architecture.
It was just a demonstration of what he was saying. "You, who kills something simply because they are in your way, or because they have something important to you."
Different players have different alignments. You might cringe at the thought of murdering her, but another player might have no qualms; a firekeeper soul is a firekeeper soul, how it is obtained not mattering.
After watching your videos i understand i dont know something about this game. You show us how deep and amazing dark souls. Its really amazing. Thank you vaati
the publisher should totally pay or donate you for these videos, it got me into playing dark souls again and buying the expansion, YOU ARE THEIR BEST PUBLICITY!
Lordran is a horrible place. Killing one firekeeper is hardly something to lose your head over. Justice always turns a blind eye in Lordran, and all those who wish otherwise only end up going hollow.
Okay, Vaati, time to refresh the lore. Notice this: Lautrec is a knight from Carim. As we now know from DS3, maidens who shall become firekeepers are often accompanied by knights who are bound to protect them from both physical and spiritual threat - should a firekeeper become corrupted a knight shall slay her. Did Lautrec kill his firekeeper because of that? I don't think so. First, there's already a dead firekeeper in the church where you find him. While I don't want to jump to conclusions, those facts may be connected. Second, he kills Anastasia. Did she make an impression of a corrupted firekeeper? I don't think so. And third: notice that he denounced his previous faith in Fina's favor. What does the armor represent? The embrace of Fina. What happens to a ring should you remove it? It breaks, as if to punish you for even considering doubting her. It seems to me that Fina is a very jealous and possessive entity, and thus serving her demanded to eliminate possible competitors - firekeepers that knights of Carim swore to protect.
I really love this "prepare to cry" series, even if i know most of the stuff you talk about. I love the way you present it, its the same as Dark Souls: are we really the good guys?
Awesome. Great job on the ones that are already up, BTW. I always found the history of Dark Souls' world fascinating, although there wasn't much on the game itself, so these are really informative and really fun. Thanks a lot for such great content.
dayum comparing to dark souls 2 the combat seems MUCH more fluent and the lores are much more in depth, but not all things are bad in dark souls 2 as dark souls 2 has some questionable lores and saddening tales.
God dammit!! Every one in the game is nither entirely good or evil even this betraying son of a bi*ch kind of has his reasons. If someone can find a purely good/evil being in the game please let me know
Shinkuno That's because of a Chaos Bug, m8. If you notice, he's got the Sunlight Maggot equipped, and he displays a certian detatchment from the situation until he dies.
Shinkuno Also you can prevent that fate and he'll help you take out Gwyn. Also Oscar. He freed you, gave you estus, and gave you a purpose in your undeath. If it wasn't for Oscar you literally would have no goals or purpose in the game.
One small nitpick: The fire keepers are certainly mystically tied to their bonfire, but they are not corporeal manifestations of the fires themselves. Case in point: The Fair Lady was one of the witch of Izalith's daughters, she fled from Izalith and became a fire keeper later. She was born a creepy spider chick and became a fire keeper. Secondly, in Dark Souls 2 the old women who hang out in the house near the beginning are old fire keepers who no longer have bonfires to tend, meaning that the keeper can exist without the fire, even if the fire can't exist without the keeper. (Though that doesn't explain all the bonfires that DO exist without keepers.)
thanks to you , uve increased my game experience by 10 casue of all this lore, extremely interesting and mkes the game tht much more better so thank you and keep up the good work man
That fancy pants favor armor didnt help him much when i kicked him off the cliff in firelink shrine
Made my day Lmao
But at least it'll make him a fabulous golden & mangled corpse! LOL
Assault&Vinegar If he's so fancy then how come he is dead?
Countless times.
"I'll strip your corpse clean"
I gotta say, i always loved that fight against Lautrec because he is literally an NPC Ganker.
crazypercentage Fits his entire personality too, lol.
It's not ganking, it's jooly cooperation.
I mean, what a loser am I right ladies?
CidGuerreiro1234 Jolly Cooperation = Sunlight Warriors , White phantoms = Way Of The Gank
It's funny when you kill the other two from a distance, and he still acts like they are there.
I have a theory that after we kill Lautrec that he, as a hollow, wanders into the Ornstein and Smough room and gets killed. Then his body is put in the corner to dispose of later. It would explain why Lautrec's body is on in the second floor corner and why Ornstein is on the second floor in the first place. He just got done moving Lautrec's corpse and then you show up.
+samiamtheman 73 A bit late but I think Smough put him there so he can eat him later.
Toad Nose I just found Ornstein more likely since he was on the second floor. However, Dark Souls 3 item descriptions imply Ornstein was never present in DS1
samiamtheman 73 yes, Ornstein is another illusion conjured by Gwyndolyn, just like the royal sentinels, Gwynevere, and the sunlight itself. However, that doesn't mean that the illusion has no physical presence of that's what your suggesting.
+epicpeanut1 How can he be if you get his soul?
Kask Daxxe DS3 confirms we never fought Ornstein in DS1
Also, consider: are you more upset because Lautrec murdered a harmless and helpless woman, or because Lautrec inconvenienced you by extinguishing the bonfire?
***** Wow.
Just wow.
***** Quick tip:
Resist
DO.NOT.KILL.NORMAL.PEOPLE
(Lautrec is the exception...)
(Petrus can die to once you get plenty of miracles)
***** Unless you want to use a crystal washing pole or something silly like that, the undead merchant in the burg can die as well. If you want to use crystal weapons you're going to need him to buy repair powder from.
Oh, and he's the only person other than marvelous chester who sells lloyd's talismans, so think twice before you slice.
Benjaminy2k
This needs to be on a Darksouls-related Shirt: "Think twice before you slice"
3:45, parrying lautrec, ignore, roll and go for the backstab on the white phantom like a BOSS!
It was a baller move then. It’s a baller move now.
big balls vaati
Baller move fr fr
I'm a simple man, I see a note telling me to try kicking, I try kicking.
Lmao
hahahaha SAME
Same
And then your just attack him, because there is a high probability that the game decided that you did not press the buttons you pressed...
@@Tasorius This is why you've AutoHotkey script to have single button for kick.
This horrible sinner.
I locked him in that cell for reason, you damn Undead!
Feeble cursed one!
Should he not be embraced for his sin, and pardoned after all it is only human... He he he!!
Pardoner Oswald Worry not, dear pardoner. The moment I opened his cell, I hacked him down quickly for his sin.
Your troubles are over with me
Oh shit i didn't know that someone already said what I said, sorry Jacob...
Pardoner Oswald I killed you when you spooked me, Pardoner.
So it was Lautrec who taught all the scrubs to gank. He is so dead
EliKing122 lol
EliKing122 *get the bastard.*
Yes, but think about it. WE were in a cell until we broke out
Everyone gank him!
@@Ultrakrill2411 Until *Oscar of Astora helps us escape.
We literally "pass it forward" when we free Lautrec and the MF just betrays us the first time he's left alone.
Why bother consuming a fire keeper soul when you can farm humanity off rats?
i know you posted this 3 months ago, but I figured I'd answer.
His lady, Lady of the Darkling (aka Darkmoon Knightess aka the firekeeper in Anor Londo) is deformed from being undead for so long and she decayes quickly.
Humanity is drawn to fire keeper souls; so if he could just kill one firekeeper, one last time, the humanity acquired could sustain her. he wouldn't have to continue to kill for her, and he can ease her suffering.
JamJamSlam so any interesting dialogue when we kill the fire keeper in anorlondo
JamJamSlam Also just farm rats man
i played the original japanese release 6 years ago or so, so it's been a while.
search for "thepruld we are the souls" and that video will musically show you what I'm talking about =D
You can dupe glitch the fire keeper souls :3
Finishing the game feels good, but kicking Lautrec off the cliff on NG+ feels almost as good.
One time I didn't need to kick him off. I decided to engage him in a duel (using his equipment from my previous run) And I engaged combat and he immediately rolled off and died. I just stood there in shock for several minutes...
That feels awful, I'd never do that. And I never will.
@@russian_knight h u h ?
I’m thinking about doing the same thing in my 1st ng+
i did that on my first run on impulse and ng+ he fuckign killed her because i didn’t know when he spawned
I think a lot of people dislike him because of the inconvenience he causes in fading the Bonfire at the starting area
"NEWSFLASH: There's another bonfire like ten feet away!"
+Lord Tryhard Where?
+Jacob Petersson Undead Parish but it is actually a reference to a video.
+Lord Tryhard Undead Parish always becomes my new base after Lautrec kills Anastacia, but it's still a pain in the ass. Firelink Shrine is the center of the world, after all.
CidGuerreiro1234 It's not that big of a deal, really. After you have rung the second bell, the only places left to go that are directly connected to Firelink are the Catacombs and New Londo. There's a bonfire pretty early on in the Catacombs, and it's only like an extra thirty seconds to get to New Londo from the Undead Parish.
I think it is kind of weird how the most sinister NPC in the game has armor that literally hugs him. He kind of sends mixed messages just by existing.
It's also golden, making him a literal knight in shining armour in all but appearance.
+Lord Tryhard Don't you mean in appearance only?
Just like creighton and Pate
It's genius.
Not really he is single minded selfish love for his Goddess who left him hanging but he didn’t get the message
The way I see it, the whispering represents how the knowledge in the archives will send you mad. Maybe it's inside the players head?
Maybe
@@merceralex1935 yo that's a 7 year old comment lmao
@@PandaInUganda I know
@@merceralex1935 Noice
There’s whispering whenever you consume insight 👀
The statue shows Fina hugging a baby, Lautrec's armor is hugging him, he's imprisoned in her temple. He's totally Fina's child not her lover. No matter what Lautrec does his mother still loves him. There's nothing to suggest he does it for her or that she is ordering him to do any of it. Her own followers want to stop him from doing bad things by imprisoning him. He does it for himself but his mother loves him anyway.
But solaire is her son. The baby holds the sunlight straight sword that solaire has.
That was just a theory, after Dark Souls 3 we found out the firstborn was the Nameless King
I FLIPPIN FOUND U BRO U BETTER START RUNNIN OR ELSE!
HA! I FOUND A VIDEO BEFORE YOU SCRUBLORD! GIT DUNKED
NOP I WATCHED DIS LIKE A MONTH AGO AND I COME BACK TO IT NOW AFTER PLAYING DARK SOULS AND I FIND U! THO I DIDNT WATCH DA WHOLE VID BEFORE SO I GUESS U WIN THIS ROUND TOUCHE MY GOOD FRIEND
>killing Fair Lady Ojousama
>killing the creepy egg guys just 'cause they're creepy
>Invading people
Geez. You must be a real monster, then. I felt bad when I killed Quelaag and realized that she had probably just been trying to protect her sister. I mean, sure, she should've asked why I had shown up with a naked lady wielding an oversized meat cleaver, 'cause I just wanted to ring that fancy bell she was living under, but, still.
Boomeus Yes seems a lot of the deaths in Dark Souls could have just been avoided with a bit of communication. That's why Priscilla is still alive!
Neenjah Rammus "If thou seeketh me thine desire shall be requited not." As well as being told I don't belong there and to leave makes it easier to kill her. Needing to do so for a couple of achievements certainly helps too.
Well, personally I didn't take any offense to her saying any of that. I developed something of a nervous twitch as she said "this land is peaceful, its inhabitants kind" after all the bullshit I had to go through to get to her.. But she's so.. fluffy. I did kill her eventually for the achievement.. but don't plan on repeating it. lol
Neenjah Rammus A-HEM velstadt anyone?
+The One And Only Ferrety *Totally, brotha! Totally!!*
I must be the best person on Dark Souls, then. I can't invade others for humanity. No Xbox live account. And I try not to kill anyone who doesn't try to kill me. Saves estus flasks that way.
I felt really bad when he killed the fire keeper. The only thing I thought when I invaded his zone was, "Dude! Why? We fought the gargoyles and the gaping dragons together! I thought we were bros!"
Hemmo Laurell I never thought of that. I've killed all the mini bosses I've found except the hellkite dragon, simply because I couldn't kill it. By that, I mean I've never aggroed an NPC that didn't immediately attack me. Ha, maybe I'm not as nice as I thought XD
In case you haven't noticed, yeah, I'm still on my first playthrough...
Hemmo Laurell Thanks! I think I'll try it later when I get a weapon better than the Drakesword. I managed to get it by simply standing under the bridge and shooting it's tail with a bow, haha.
Hemmo Laurell
It's easier to kill him with a Demon's Spear!
Oh that guy at the first Firelink Shrine outside Undead Burg? I killed him the second I met him. I didnt trust the fool
Splendid Gaming if u don't kill him, he Will become hollow then u kill him hahaha
There's also the fact that you can summon him for the Bell Gargoyle and Gaping Dragon fights, which is obviously not an act of evil.
wat?
Naratik What? I was just saying, in regards to Lautrec's motivations, as well as the other points mentioned in his favour he helps the player with the Gaping Dragon and Bell Gargoyle bosses.
The Skull Kid ;_; I never knew you can summon lautrec... I feel so dumb now... I played this game +800hours and I've all achievements... q.q
Heh, lots don't =P He really tears through those gargoyles. You have to free him, go talk to him in Firelink via the elevator and then when you come back his summon sign is up the first ladder leading to the fog gate and behind you.
At the Gaping Dragon it's by the corpse with the crossbow, just before the boss gate!
Think of it in a different way -- by helping you, who at the time he saw as nothing more than just another soon-to-be-hollowed undead, kill these bosses, he is gaining humanities. After realizing that the paltry amounts of humanity he gains for killing bosses isn't enough to stave off hollowing for long, he goes for the real prize of a fire keeper's soul. Perhaps Lautrec helping you during boss fights isn't evil, but it certainly isn't selfless.
the more i see your videos the more i convince myself we play as the bad guy
Edsson L. depending on how you look at it, you are the bad guy
***** I thought that we would have more answers from Dark Souls 2... But it seems that the game has nothing to do with the previous one :/
Gustavo Sanches so true DS2 lacks lore compared to DS1
+Gustavo Sanches Dark Souls 2 was from software needing some money.
+Edsson L.
Story in DS2 was written by another person :) But now in the upcoming third one Miyazaki is returning, so I hope the story will be as good as in the first Dark Souls
I remember doing a play through where I went to blightown to get +3 estus early, and expected him to be in his cell.
He wasnt, and when I returned to Firelink Shrine the fire keeper was dead.
Moral of the story: don't go to blightown early, unless you want the fire keeper to die.
one you grab that fire keeper soul in blightwon, or kill qualeeg the event where the fire keeper dies starts.
@@Ethiesia but how does he get out of his cell?
@@yonatanbeer3475 Maybe he just pretended to be locked up or not to be able to escape.
@@yonatanbeer3475 some other twit runs up after you
@@JG-zj7gv a bit late but even if you say no to him while he's locked up, he already has ways to unlock the door, but it just happens that you have the key so you save him the inconvenience
Who the actual FUCK would kill the spidergirl Firekeeper?! She's like one of the nicest people in the entire WORLD.
So nice infact he actually tried to help the people in blighttown
I did :)
+SuperShyerGuy Just because she's nice I wouldn't take that Firekeeper Soul? The fuck?
Anthony Larson You are cruel and evil. >:(
Wizard 03 0_o
Even though his armor isn't the best it has to be my favorite set
Man Lautrecs got that sexy walk
Lautrec always interested me as a character. This just cements him as one of my favorite NPCs in DkS.
Fire Keeper gone?
Aliens
Cheers man. Glad you guys like it :)
Vaati, I love you
who else kicked Lautrec off a cliff before he could kill the firekeeper? :D
not me
I killed him during the 2nd playthrough, but wanted the armor in the 1st.
I just aggroed him. He rolled off the cliff. What a dumbass.
i kill him in his cell every time, he still drops the ring there, it'd be cool if people knew this years ago
@Desol Nonary same lol
Lautrec is a hero when you consider it as he extigushes the Firelink bonfire to prevent further manipulation of the undead.
I'm actually quite proud of my sainthood in this game. I save Solaire every time, never kill qualaags sister and give her humanity now and again, and i let Siegmeyer die fighting the chaos beasts, giving him the heroes death he deserves. The only people i ever have it out for in this game are the Gwens :l
+Syd Summers Cant say I blame you, really. :\
+Syd Summers TBH, I'm the same, except for Siegmeyer... I wanted to keep him alive and to not let him die, and I heard that you have to not let him get damaged by said chaos Beasts for him to continue his quest... What they didn't tell me was what became of it. I'm also still feeling guilty for killing the Fair Lady and the Lady of the Darkling so that I could reinforce my flask before going into NG+ (this was purely for the reinforcement, I would have never done so otherwise)... ;-; Oh well, at least I can rest knowing that I put the Fair Lady out of her misery. I can't really think of any excuse for having killed the Lady of the Darkling to make me feel better, though.
+Syd Summers I'm just like you. But seriously, fuck the Gwens.
+Дэвид first playthrough I helped the firekeeper at firelink and gave the fair lady as much humanity as possible (to save soliare, after which I give her humanity as of ng+ when I feel like it or when I don't want it to go to waste). As for darkling, she goes hostile instant you try fighting gwyndolin so after I killed sun boy I went and killed darkling to buff my flask (regards to discharge, while I can make the excuse of taking from his sister simply because I had no range to tick him off, the fact that I have to kill him to advance the game makes the other excuse of "put him out of his misery" all the more shallow as he felt like another boss that was in my way. Fact that I agroo'd him my defiling his sisters grave (excuse of not having a safe way to agroo him via melee/ having no range weapons to agroo him otherwise) does not help.
+Syd Summers I tried being nice in the beginning of the game, but then I killed Crossbreed Priscilla. And that's when I went, "fuck it, EVERYBODY DIES"
you know what i wish?i wish that you didn't have to kill lautrec,when you enter his world,he will say he knows why your here and that he doesn't want to hurt a friend,and you could negotiate with him and that way,you could give the soul back without killing lautrec,and he will be able to fight by your side another day
Lautrec whants the fire keeper soul for him or his godess you whant that same soul to bring her back so fire link will have a bondfire once more no negotiating will get you the soul from him you must kill him for it as he will not trade
if you have another fire keepers soul?
bloodyblueboy that may work but still you invade him and I dont think phantons cant talk
they make noises,close enough.
bloodyblueboy screems in pain dont count as comunocatsion
Lautrec was actually a good guy, freeing a helpless woman who only wanted to die as a human. He just did it, now she is finally resting, and he is still following his goddess will by being a person with compassion for people that are suffering. Note that he never consumed the Firekeepers souls, he left the first one at the altar of the church and took the one from Firelink with him, so you may never bring her back to suffer again. In fact, the player is the big monster, hunting him down in order to bring the poor girl back.
+skulll800 right, and also he probably left the soul in the undead church because he had to, he´s been improsined after all.
+knight in broken armor HEALTH
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+ShadowIrorriM EVERYTHING YOU NEED
+Vaynard Wolf Uh, she died as an undead, not a as a human.
+Vaynard Wolf well no, he killed a defenseless girl who was undead to steal all of her humanity; he basically forced her to go hollow. Killing an undead is no mercy at all, since you are simply making his problems worse.
I fought him at the Firelink shrine.
My opening move was to belt him in the face.
His response was to backflip off a ledge to his screaming doom.
Sweet lol I always kick him off the ledge
Being evil: don't knock it 'till you try it, you pitiful shield wielders...
what shield. i 2 hand a scythe and walk in a black robe...also your time is up...
I'd like to see you go kill Marvelous Chester with no shield.
demon great machete with dark magic. done.
SkullSkillsSkates I meant as Lautrec.
but i'm the grim reaper. you can't kill me...
So I just realized one of the guys with lautherc is a mage who wears the New London sealer's armour. If that means he's the 3rd sealer, then one is the guy we encounter in new Londo who gives us the key, another one may have died in the infested city, cause we find his set in a chest, and the remaining one may have been allied with lautherc. That would explain the lore of the 3 sealers.
When i watch these lore videos i realize that the character you play just fucks up everything lol. each humanity you consume could be used to feed the fire or if your a dark lord person it could be used for the abyss. We use it for pvp and quick health regen lol
He does that for the video,to fit in with the story.
The fight against Lautrec and his allies was awesome. My compliments for this and all other of your videos, man
sorry. try all you like. I'm not going to feel bad for taking this guy down. xD
Same
2:52 - BOI HE BOUT TO DO IT!!!
Fun fact : This is somthing that is literally impossible to see without mods but the fire keepers character model is physically missing its legs below the thighs, so she was in fact actually maimed.
@@ramrodbldm9876 I have zero interest in "fitting in" with elitist scum like you. I thought it was interesting so I commented it. People like you are actual trash.
@@ramrodbldm9876 As someone who's played the soulsborne series since dark souls 1, you're the kind of person that makes the series not as good, try to be a better person please.
@@ramrodbldm9876 WTF is your problem?
@@ramrodbldm9876 someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed
@@ramrodbldm9876 dude, he's just sharing what he learned from other videos and letting us know who might not learn the same thing as him and that's the point of SOCIAL MEDIA you fucking sociopath.
All I can say is wow. That was incredibly well thought out and presented. From the music to the scene cuts, you made Dark Souls come to life. I'll never look at Lautrec the same way.
Currently on a re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-replay of Dark Souls so I thought I'd watch the old Vaati lore vids again while I ate dinner and man, these are still the greatest. Obviously his new videos are just as enjoyable, but i still love coming back to these old Prepare to Cry videos since that's where I discovered this channel
I gave the soul back cause I needed the bonfire. I did enjoy killing Lautrec though.
Dude its LauchOut, I'm currently beating DarkSouls and just avenged Ana and thought I'd see why he did it and I just randomly find you! That's crazy
I reinforced my estus flusk with her soul. The Lord vessel is close by anyway for warping so she outlived her usefulness
So, I think I've noticed a link between the fire keepers and Lautrec. If I am right then it explains a lot....
First off, when we find Lautrec; he is inside of a cell, of course everyone knows that. But there is obviously the dead firekeeper in the church. I believe that Lautrec was the one responsible for her death. Perhaps Fina had some motive, and sent Lautrec to carry out her mission. Lautrec also kills Anastacia, yet another firekeeper, this could be a coincidence between the two murders. But could there be something more to this?
In Blighttown, on the way to the surface, we encounter a group of toxic shooters and another dead firekeeper; one that is in retrospect rather close to Firelink Shrine. Could it be that Lautrec was also responsible for this dead firekeeper?
Perhaps when you encounter Quelaag, she mistakes you as the one who has murdered several firekeepers. Common sense points to Quelaan being the next target, after all the trail leads directly to the base of Blighttown.
The final firekeeper is of course the Darkmoon Knightess, guarding Dark Sun Gwyndolin at Anor Londo, yet we also find Lautrec here and many of us defeat him in battle. But he already had people with him and I doubt he expected you to find him... Maybe he knew that the Knightess was a capable warrior; one that would require more than himself to overcome.
All this evidence leads to one single question. Does Fina want Lautrec to kill all the firekeepers in an attempt to stop us from linking the first flame? Does this mean that Fina supports an age of dark?
I know it´s been two years but I just read this and I have an idea that supports yours. Lautrec's Anor Londo is dark, that means he killed Gwynevere, so he surely hates the age of fire. And more importantly, he is on he's way out when you invade him, probably because he heard the treath of Gwyndolin after killing the illusion of his sister and is looking for him to finaly end the gods. That gets me to think, does he hate the age of fire or the gods? Maybe he wants Fina to be the only god? (That last part is more improbable than the first, but i think it makes sense).
@@jesurtio I agree, it seems that he killed Gwynevere to turn Anor Londo dark and is killing the fire keepers to usher in the Age of Dark where his goddess would be the only one remaining. People say he's evil, but to what end? Because he is making OUR game more problematic by extinguishing bonfires? In his eyes he's being a faithful follower to his goddess. I love that Dark Souls isn't black and white
@@royalhero4608 Also , To us We're the bad guy to him. Just something to think about. The man had followers they definitely believed they were in the right and had a purpose.
That would explain his "business up above"
My mind is blown!!
Dude, you make this videos so well, i can't believe it
Holy shit this is a good video for how old it is. Can't believe you've done videos for that long Vaati, keep it up man
Keep doing these! I find myself more and more fascinated by this game with each one!
Lautrec is together with Black Iron Tarkus, Solaire, Oscar and Havel my favorite character from Dark Souls.
Hahaha ok!
_cries in kirk_
0:26 "...which i have never taken off"
And never may you
Sorry but you touch my waifu I'm tracking you down.
***** Why not Rhea? She's a princess ^_^
Hugh Jass Or dusk! Or Quelanna!
*****All good candidates, but sadly none can compare to Anastacia. And that's the way it is.
Doktor Skeletor Dusk and Quelanna are nice too but Quelanna is a spider lady.
***** How can you say that?! Rhea and Dusk are princesses! :D That means they have very cute royal accents and nice outfits ^_^
Great job on your lore videos (all of them actually) - They are a lot of fun! Thanks for doing them!
dude you're badass at this keep up the good work the way you look at every little inch to squeeze every drop of lore out is great.
I've alway been wondering this ever since I fought Lautrec in Dark Souls: who are the other two phantoms that Lautrec summons when you fight him?
The first one with the sealers vest can be one who find the vest of the third unknown sealer(one is Ingward,the other is Yulva and the other is unknown)or could be the third sealer himself. The other one? No clues
Sorry if you're offended I'm replying to your old comment, I know people get annoyed by it.
What if they're just random summons? Have you ever thought about how perhaps some of the players you helped kill Smough and Ornstein go on to lift the illusion of Anor Londor and kill gywndolin, assuming you might not agree with it?
Perhaps Lautrec summoned help for the boss, only to be interrupted by the player.
@@kenjen9861 kinda surprised that someone responded in the first place, i didn't have any memory of this comment at all.
As for the subject, it would definitely make sense they would be "other players" since the souls series has an explanation for summon in game.
let me remind you once more about this comment.
Well one of them is definitely the third sealer of New Londo, the other two being Ingward and the corpse in Blighttown. The other looks to be a knight from The Way of the White, so maybe they were with Rhea? I don't remember how many knights she had with her.
At least Lautrec is still a pric*. No feels whatsoever about killing him, plus Anastacia is my favorite character.
Lmao xD
The guilty pay the price
Those who slaughter the innocent shall find themselves cast into the burning flames of chaos.
I didn't even think about the lore until my 2nd playthrough, and it makes the gameplay so much more in-depth when you think about your decisions.
dude your a genius. you have helped me look at the lore a whole other way. Thanks man
"This is the end of Knight Lautrec, getting parried like a filthy casual"
There does seem to be something about his seeking out firekeeper souls, as the one near his cell and the firekeeper kill later on shows. There is still aspects around him worth looking deeper into.
First is the channeller, an agent of the scaleless. While it does seem the channeler kidnaps Rhea later on, perhaps the reason he is there to begin with is related to lautrec and or the firekeeper soul. Also worth noting is he sells the player a tip about her later in the game. Perhaps he also sold her location to the channeller too?
Next, what about how and when he helps you, and the gift he gives you when saved. He gives you a sunlight medal and can be summoned to help on the gargoyles and Gaping Dragon, two boss fights you can also summon Soltaire on. May be nothing, just him giving you something unwanted he picked up from the boss fight though curious none the less.
Furthermore I would ask about what we know of firekeeper souls and why he would want it. Obviously they reinforce flasks and are wells of humanity, and his dialog suggests it is the humanity he is after there. As a player we know the value of a firekeeper soul beyond the humanity it can give by making flasks better and thus keeping us alive longer, but Lautrec seems to seek only humanity, with the dialog of "lambs to the slaughter" even suggesting he set a trap to get people to invade for him to jump with his buddies to get even more. Perhaps his goddess seeks humanity to fuel the bonfires.
Finally, his tactics and the friends he has in the first place. A mage and standard warrior back him up, and he seems to be acquainted with patches. Where does he get is help from in a land so far from home?
the mage is one of the 3 people who flood new londo, one stayed in new londo to make sure it never opened, the other went to blighttown in hopes of curing the plague but died as you can loot his armour, and the other must have been friends with lautrec or something.
I like this armor.I equipped at DS 3 ıt's so beautifull
Depends on The body mass you choose with a bigger upper body you look silly.
I honestly think I'm more excited for your dark souls 2 lore videos than the actually game itself! I love you man
Loved it. I like how you add depth and feeling to each character's lore
That was the most badass ending ever
Surprise twist: Lautrec saw into the the future and killed Anastacia in order to prevent a shitty Don Bluth film from existing.
One of my favourite characters along with the Sunbro Solaire and the Onionbro Siegmeyer! #praisethesun
Hawkshaw got me rethinking this whole video.
I think I love you man. This is so perfect. The stories are so badass. You tell them well.
The thing you can learn from humans in Dark Souls is they are fighting hollowing at all cost. By seeking theyr own sun, accomplish a prophecy or venturing too keep they sanity.
But steel, only one thing can really keep the hollowing back: Humanity. I don't think Lautrec is selfish, not more than Siegmeyer who risk everything, you, he's daughter too prevent him to hollow by going on adventures.
The thing i really wonder is: Where did the orb to invade him come from ? Velka ? Maybe himself ?
But in all seriousness I love the dark souls series. People say that the second Dark Souls isn't dark souls at all, but i think it is. Think like this, dark souls 1 gives you the least amount of hope, with nothing but despair and hopelessness. In dark souls 2 they tease you, give you that little glimpse of hope and winning and finishing the game, but then in the 3rd one you realize you've done nothing but destroy everything. You're the last boss. You became hollow. You never saved anyone, you're not a hero, you're a monster. You kill those who 'get in your way' when they are trying to survive or defend someone they love dearly. You tear apart innocent lives, and drive those who you thought were a friend all the way to insanity. The game teaches that you can't always be a hero, or the main character. The sooner you accept that you're the monster, the villain, the forsaken one, the easier it gets.
What I want to know is who the two phantoms he had with him were.
These videos are amazingly made....THANK YOU VAATIVIDYA!
i love the way youve filmed the videos for the lore. ive played this game a lot and never took the time to learn any of the lore, this is vary interesting stuff. thanks for the videos.
This was my thought when he betrayed me “I freed him from that cell and he wants to stiff me?” *ng+* *kicks off ledge*
Killed him the first time because his armor looked cool and it saved me a lot of Hassle.
you dont get his armor if you kill him first time though
@@aidanwarren3586 I didnt know that when first playing the game you just get the FAP ring which is just as good
i believe that Lautrec is acting under orders from Fina and there is proof of this, Fina is the goddess of Love and Beauty so anything hateful or hideous she would despise like Fire Keepers who all have something hideous about them and it just so happens we see a dead Fire Keeper right in front of Fina, we know it was a Fire Keeper as a channeler is found staring down at the body signifying it had it eyes on her to kidnap and all the fire keepers we see are female, Fina then tells Lautrec ( who some believe is her son) to hunt down Fire Keepers because they have something hideous about them and like the other gods/lords they want to sustain what they govern so Lautrec listen's to Fina and kills the Fire Keeper but it captured and locked away, more evidence he is killing Fire Keepers for Fina is he does not kill you or any other NPC, only Anastasia who is a Fire Keeper and we find him in Anor Londo with 2 phantoms, possibly because he is going after the Fire Keeper there as well.
+StrikeZero _ Wow that's actually possible. Nice.
The amount of depth to the lore behind Dark Souls is why I keep coming back to it. And it's the fact that it's able to tell such a story indirectly that makes me hungry to explore more.
Man your videos are awesome good job. And it's incredible how much Dark Souls has to tell without telling anything.
Lautrec is a ganker
Why go through all this gank spank nonsense when you could free him and then kick him off firelink? Just save and quit and load and his ring and humanity are where you killed him!
Killing Lautrec in Anor Londo is the only way to claim the fire keeper soul, her armor set (And it's incredible lightning defense for it's weight, fast rolling in valley of drakes FTW) , and the black eye orb, and to regenerate the fire keeper's ability to speak.
1. What does the black eye orb do? Is it Gravelord Covenant?
2. Don't need to go to valley of the drakes FTW!
3. Does she even speak? I had a friend do the quest line, he said she barely spoke at all, and actually prefered to not speak.
1. Black Eye Orb is only for invading Lautrec
2. -
3. Yes, she speaks once you revive her.
Ilja Unbekannt Thanks.
***** Fun fact there actually exists a second black eye orb in the game files that if obtained through hacking allows you to invade Shiva in the painted world (cut storyline regarding Shiva and the chaos blade)
so I searched and the name "Lautrec" comes up with nothing BUT it sounds similar to "Leatrice" which is a combo of Leah and Beatrice so the meaning of Leah is "weary" or "Mistress/ruler" and the maing of Beatrice seems to Probably from Viatrix, a feminine form of the Late Latin name Viator which meant "voyager, traveller". It was a common name amongst early Christians, and the spelling was altered by association with Latin beatus "blessed". so this either comes out to "weary-voyager", "weary-blessed", "mistress-voyager", or "mistress-blessed" so it seems like all four of the possible meanings fit.
Correct me if i'm wrong, but Lautrec is a town in France and is also a last name. I do not know the meaning of Lautrec tough. Also, his name only similar to Leatrice when pronounced with an english accent, with a japanese or french accent it's really different
Sorry to interfere in your theory, just tought i'd try to help
Guillaume Théorêt I am aware as Leatrice is an English name. Or so I am told but if you know anything about the town or learn anything about the name please share, and I think its ok it sounds different with a Japanese accent because they used inspiration from many cultures for many parts of the game such as the architecture.
"... who wants to go hollow, after all?" Awesome phrase, great Lore video!
Wow. Never thought a DS video could give me chills. the end of this one did. well done sir.
I cringed quite visibly (and apparently audibly) when Quelaag's Sister was murdered at the start of this video..
Why..? :c
It was just a demonstration of what he was saying. "You, who kills something simply because they are in your way, or because they have something important to you."
Different players have different alignments. You might cringe at the thought of murdering her, but another player might have no qualms; a firekeeper soul is a firekeeper soul, how it is obtained not mattering.
Cuz of the disgusting Part of her Body
Damian Dattenberger Wow you killed her just because she looks different?
Say what you want, I'm glad I got that fucker. The only one I truly felt horrible for killing was Priscilla. Shit was in my dreams for two nights.
+Rayshaun Preston (MrTehNoms) Artorias and Shif dude
Yeah, I'm still actually playing through. Seeing all that Sif learned from him really broke me up. His cry at the end didn't help either.
Rayshaun Preston I know right, I cry almost every time I play that part
Um I thought we clearly knew Lautrec was imprisoned by Patches.
CONFUSED SCREAMING
After watching your videos i understand i dont know something about this game. You show us how deep and amazing dark souls. Its really amazing. Thank you vaati
the publisher should totally pay or donate you for these videos, it got me into playing dark souls again and buying the expansion, YOU ARE THEIR BEST PUBLICITY!
I just got the firekeeper soul and accidentally used it to upgrade my flask. I feel like a horrible person
Lordran is a horrible place. Killing one firekeeper is hardly something to lose your head over. Justice always turns a blind eye in Lordran, and all those who wish otherwise only end up going hollow.
Yeah that was the point where I decided to go full blooded anarchist and spent the last hour of my run depopulating Lordran of deities and firekeepers
LOL! Well I didn't say you should be a mass murderer but hey it's Lordran so to each his own I guess.
Okay, Vaati, time to refresh the lore. Notice this: Lautrec is a knight from Carim. As we now know from DS3, maidens who shall become firekeepers are often accompanied by knights who are bound to protect them from both physical and spiritual threat - should a firekeeper become corrupted a knight shall slay her.
Did Lautrec kill his firekeeper because of that? I don't think so. First, there's already a dead firekeeper in the church where you find him. While I don't want to jump to conclusions, those facts may be connected. Second, he kills Anastasia. Did she make an impression of a corrupted firekeeper? I don't think so. And third: notice that he denounced his previous faith in Fina's favor. What does the armor represent? The embrace of Fina. What happens to a ring should you remove it? It breaks, as if to punish you for even considering doubting her. It seems to me that Fina is a very jealous and possessive entity, and thus serving her demanded to eliminate possible competitors - firekeepers that knights of Carim swore to protect.
i like that feminine walk of lautrec. *wink* *wink*. always cringe alittle everytime i see it
yeah seriously the female characters in this game really sell it with the hips when they walk its weird to me
I really love this "prepare to cry" series, even if i know most of the stuff you talk about. I love the way you present it, its the same as Dark Souls: are we really the good guys?
Awesome. Great job on the ones that are already up, BTW.
I always found the history of Dark Souls' world fascinating, although there wasn't much on the game itself, so these are really informative and really fun.
Thanks a lot for such great content.
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dayum comparing to dark souls 2 the combat seems MUCH more fluent and the lores are much more in depth, but not all things are bad in dark souls 2 as dark souls 2 has some questionable lores and saddening tales.
God dammit!! Every one in the game is nither entirely good or evil even this betraying son of a bi*ch kind of has his reasons. If someone can find a purely good/evil being in the game please let me know
Quelaan, Quelaag's sister known as the Fair Lady, legit is living in suffering brought on by helping her servants selflessly.
Soliare, 420praiseit
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still he drives insane and tries to kill you...
Shinkuno That's because of a Chaos Bug, m8. If you notice, he's got the Sunlight Maggot equipped, and he displays a certian detatchment from the situation until he dies.
Shinkuno Also you can prevent that fate and he'll help you take out Gwyn.
Also Oscar. He freed you, gave you estus, and gave you a purpose in your undeath. If it wasn't for Oscar you literally would have no goals or purpose in the game.
I don't cry for Lautrec. When you put out Firelink Shrine's bonfire and kill the Firekeeper, you've signed your death warrant.
These videos are extremely well done. I enjoy them all.
One small nitpick: The fire keepers are certainly mystically tied to their bonfire, but they are not corporeal manifestations of the fires themselves. Case in point: The Fair Lady was one of the witch of Izalith's daughters, she fled from Izalith and became a fire keeper later. She was born a creepy spider chick and became a fire keeper. Secondly, in Dark Souls 2 the old women who hang out in the house near the beginning are old fire keepers who no longer have bonfires to tend, meaning that the keeper can exist without the fire, even if the fire can't exist without the keeper. (Though that doesn't explain all the bonfires that DO exist without keepers.)
These are so well put together.... the end really had me haha
You're fucking great Vaati. You archieved alot.
thanks to you , uve increased my game experience by 10 casue of all this lore, extremely interesting and mkes the game tht much more better so thank you and keep up the good work man
That black Elite Knight and redone Claymore looks badass, Vaati!