Dark Souls 3 DLC ► 15 Secrets of Ariandel
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"The place we fought Priscilla in dark souls 1"
Don't you mean, the place we *met* Priscilla?
Vaati? Vaati.
Vaati what did you do.....
Sometimes the tail is too fluffy to resist.
@@Phurzt... And sometimes, it's not. *Looks over to company captain Yorshka, shudders*
Vaati is a murderer of fluffy people
@@unpopularopinion6321 He may have fought her otherwise ...
4:07 "Its almost as if Gael is still out there, looking for the dark soul of man." - Vaati, predicting the future
Hand it over! That thing
TheDorkKnight 25 is this the blood ?
TheDorkKnight 25 your dark soul
The blood of the Dark Soul?
He even made the connection to pigment> pygmy. Vaati is one madlad.
"I wonder if "pigment" is a play on pygmy, as the furtive pygmy was the one to find the dark soul".. That was a pretty spot on assumption now in retrospect.
Is the play on words also present in Japanese?
@@RestlessTheRED The dialogue is written and recorded in English
no it's just pigment bro
@@blazaybla22 yeah but the Japanese dialogue is written first and then translated
Pygmy comes from Greek meaning dwarf.
Pigment comes from Latin meaning to paint.
Seems like a coincidence to me.
I was about to drop down but found some bloodstains
ty guys
Elmo a sacrifice that was worth it
Bloodstains can troll
well I wasn't that lucky
I mean, he was embered before he jumped and the next time we see him, he was not hahaah
"Don't worry, it's totally safe" You're gunna piss off a lot of people with that....
shhhhhhhhh
Lol, i tried that the first time and died, so when i heard him say that i thought about trying it again. Thx for the warning :D
I figured that it was a joke since they gave a free homeward bone there with the pyromancy flame.
TheMorbidHobo I didn't jump myself but I remember seeing a "try jumping" message and next to it was a bloodstain so, I said nope and used a homeward bone. I almost fell for it Vatti. I was going to check if there is a second ledge.
why does no one just use coiled sword fragment seems just as easy instead of dying?
I love that attacking the painter just makes her go "I can't die I'm busy" real nonchalant
Mood
“I can’t go to hell. I’m all out of vacation days.”
Ah yes, capitalism
Why would attack such a pure creature!?!
This dlc was dogshit
1:31 "don't worry, it's totally safe"
VaatiVidya 2016.
I really jumped huahaha
yea, too much time with Edwad.
Herman Toothrot fuck I totally fell for that and lost 75,000 souls should have known lol
Herman Toothrot I'm so pissed, I believed him
If he hadn't said that o,e sentence I would have believed him, but this was too suspicious... Nice try though. :p
1:30 "Take the plunge, you won't die..." Vaati AKA Slave Knight Gale
Gael*
"try jumping"
I died.... Twice. It's not safe, but who is down there?
Its the great wolf n the contender !
The grate woof and champagne's grovel contender.
you can hear ariandel flailing himself in the chapel when you first arrive there
THIS
i wondered what that noise was. i assumed it was coming thru that locked door until i opened that shortcut.
Zwarlie shit was freaky the first time I heard it
you can also see it in the trailer, it was never shown ingame
but he somehow lost it when you opened the door lol
"thru"
ARE YOU SUGGESTING SOMEONE PUT THEIR CRYSTAL HALBERD IN PRISCILLA'S GAPING DRAGON??
LEWD
Also, everything about that sounds painful.
ChronicNOTAG I would
The girl is human sized this time, so whoever it was probably using a regular Large Club
ChronicNOTAG someone snu snued every souls players waifu
Damn Vaati was pretty on point with the Gael predictions, even down to picking up on the Pigment/ Pygmy reference
He beat the ringed city dlc before it came out
MLG Vaati
"Don't worry, it's totally safe."
"PLUNGE FROM THE PLANK, AND HURRY HOME!" - Oroboro's last words. I hope you piss a lot of people off with that, Vaati.
Zappy Caboose hey, he said you'd go back home, didn't say HOW...
xD also it won't kill you if you have the silvercat ring on, i nabbed the parting flame and left the pyromancer to his madness by falling off the platform with the ring on...
it does hurt though, A LOT
Zappy Caboose so how do you get out tho?
The corpse on the "plank" gives you two homeward bones - you can see them at 1:11 in video. Lazy but safe.
You used silvercat but took a lot of damage?
I'll call bs now.
If you survive a fall w/ cat ring you NEVER take any damage
you understand that the ring doesn't let you fall from *any* height, right? if it would kill you, it still kills you.
Finding Vilhelm's corpse among all those rotting bodies is one of Dark Souls' greatest moments. I love when From do stuff like that. It's like finding Kirk's body in the first Dark Souls.
Wait Where's his body at?
Fly room dude, underneath the chapel bonfire
Killing Gael at the altar actually unlocks a second set of dialogue. He's pretty broken the first time you talk to him. After you kill him and reload he's excited. He knows he's found his ash. It's a fun detail.
4:20 “ you think pigment is play on words for pigmy? The furtive pigmy is the one who founded the dark soul of humanity. Maybe I’m just looking too much into it”
no you couldn’t have been more right lmfao
Yikes, imagine being this stupid 🥴
Sam Ward who you calling stupid, stupid? Lol this video came out before the ringed city dlc and he managed to predict it before it even came out.
@@samward31 you're a fucking moron
Is the play on words also present in Japanese?
@@samward31 oooofffff...I shall christen you King Derpy🥴
1:29 I can't believe I fell for that. Literally
SAME
Big Moist Doesn't help that asshat edits to make it look like it works!
I jumped as well...
mwahaha you fools
ViolentDetour Lol not really, after jumping it shows him at the bonfire he would've most likely traveled to before attempting it. I was about to try it then I remembered as he said it totally works and takes you home the video loaded up to his last bonfire
when the crowlike creature says that they burn the world in order to build a new one and afirms that thats the "thing they do better than those on the outside" i think it's a reference to how all the lords try to keep the first flame burning with the soul of men instead of letting it fade in to the age of darkness... they don't "let go" theyre world
i like this
Exactly what I was thinking. Two very similar situations. Both worlds rotting away, and both being faced with individuals who want keep that rotting, decrepit world, rather than lettjng nature take its source.
Laddersmith Gilligan's Wet Dream. Ahahahaha!
I like how when the corvian setller first mentions the "fools on the outside" youd probably think he means all of the weird crow creatures that are like him but feral. The second time he refers to "fools on the outside", however, it becomes clear he means those not in the painting, outsiders to ariandel
the two "cords" the women are towering over look more like serpents to me
I thought the same. Especially since, right after talking about them, he discusses the two snakes interwoven with each other.
Totally agree with you both maybe the snakes are the serpents in the first game maybe
agreed - and I would also say that it looks like the woman on the left has killed that snake (impaled on the staff/sword she's leaning on), and the one on the right has or is killing it as well (strangled/crushed). The implications are very interesting for the trio if those two snakes are meant to represent the two serpents from the earlier games.
SNAKE EATERRRRRR
yung maestro *doot doot doot doo do*
[Simpsons reference]
Zambam bo are you sure it isn't metal gear solid 3?
yung maestro I NEED MORE OF YOUR VIDS, SENPAI
We're still in a dream.
This probably is known but in Italian, the female version of the word "cold" is "Fredda", pronounced the same way as Friede with an "A" sound at the end. It was new to me that Elfriede had its own meaning
Also "El" in hebrew is used in names in referring god (for example angels'), so cutting the El can also refer to betray to Londor's Church and belief (seeing Primordial serpents like gods or something similar).
It’s not pronounced the same way at all, though.
@@drommellocolcappello7426 pretty sure Miyazaki and the rest of the creative team didn’t dig that deep into languages.
@@RestlessTheRED the pronunciation is pretty close, if not the same
"Yuria surely awaits thee"
Friede will say something like this if your doing Yuria's quest and if she kill you.
Yes she will and vinland will say "what is yuria doing with her subjects" or something like that after you attack him outside friede house
I'm not nuts for thinking the mural has two snakes instead of the white cords, one be killed by a woman, the other being embraced by the other women, am I?
Naw dude, I saw that too.
Oooh, deep. I like it!
Joseph Chen Makes sense really since Kathe is supposedly commanding Yuria and Frampt was leading people down the path to link the fire
This is exactly where my mind went. Glad someone else caught it!
i thought it was 1 snake being killed and the other fleeing, but thats me
you do not have to choose the "Lord of Hollow" ending to make Friede refer to you as Lord of Londor. Doing the wedding ceremony is enough.
For some reason I killed Yoel and never talked to Yuria and I still go that line of dialogue about being the Lord of Hollow from Friede
For me Yuria killed Yoel and I was called that but I left the painted world to get my "true power" released and then when I went back in they started using their lord of hollows dialogue.
Yea if you're on the Hollow questline and haven't managed to screw it up in the 100 ways that you can, you get the special dialog. I don't think it matters where you are in the quest as long as it's not marked as failed already.
You dont even have to do ceremony. You need only to speak with Yuria.
i got the ending and got regular dialouge, soul of cinder needs to be still alive for that.
"...rightful mantle of Usurper."
Only in Dark Souls can a direct oxymoron make perfect sense.
"strength was a part of her life" pfft it's obviously dex duh
Laverda Akbar actually the scythe she uses scales better with intelligence, lmao.
Lucas Burnett-Hornburg but it don’t tho. It’s got a B in dex and a C in int
@@ginjadingo2941 which is completely pointless since pure dex builds have fare better weapons, realistically you play that schyte with int dex so you can actually try to frostbite someone.
@@turatimauro98 yeah I was wrong earlier at +10 it has a A in Dex and Int.
@@turatimauro98 and Dex has far better weapons than what?
About an another Secret: Sulyvahn was born in the Painted World and he left the Painted World as a young man. Maybe that's why Irithyll looks like a part of the Painted World, he made Irithyll to his own Painted World. That's why the creatures in Irithyll looking familiar to the creatures in the Painted World, and that's why the Dancer and Vordt looking like Monsters. Maybe Sulyvahn can't live with humans, he can only live with Creatures from the Painted World and that's why he turned everyone to monsters.
Edit: I think i knew what happen with Sulyvahn and why he is Aldrich's right hand. I read the Lore pieces and about the moon that is a part of his motivation.
Remember the Picture with the two women's and the snake? I remember that Dark Sun Gwyndolin had these snakes as legs and Gwyndolin is female and male at the same time and that's why there are two girls on the picture, but one girl is a guy. I think Aria is Yorshkas daughter she looks more like Yorshka to be honest. The statue behind Ariandel is Gwyndolin, because it looks like Gwyndolin.
Gwyndolin left Anor Londo to live in the Painted World of Ariandel, because of Yorshka, she told him she had a daughter... Aria. Gwyndolin tried to find her daughter and he met Elfriede and Ariandel, Gwyndolin and Elfriede became a child Sulyvahn. Gwyndolin told Sulyvahn stories about the moon and he gave him her/his moon blessing. But Gwyndolin left the Painted World because he heard about the Lords of Cinder and Aldrich's Church. Sulyvahn was raised by Elfriede, Elfriede teaches him the Ice Magic and she told him that the fire is no solution and the gods are no longer needed. After couple years Sulyvahn heard from the new outsider, the Corvians about Aldrich's church and Lothric. He left the Painted World of Ariandel to visit Aldrich, Aldrich told him about his visions and Sulyvahn remembered Elfriede's words, he joined Aldrich. Sulyvahn was on the way to Iirithyll he knew Irithyll is only an illusion created by his father/mother. He corrupted Irithyll and made it to his illusion and he turned it into a new Painted World, the only world he knew. He imprisoned Gwyndolin for Aldrich and Yorshka because he knew her daughter and couldn't kill her. Sulyvahn sacrificed his own father/mother for a higher purpose, he didn't hate all the gods. To take care of Irithyll, Sulyvahn created a puppet based on the puppet to enter the Painted World of Ariames, he heard about it from Ariandel, his wife painted the world. Sulyvahn gave the puppet to the church, so Aldrich and his Priest can enter the new Painted World of Irithyll.
I know there is a time where Sulyvahn was one of Lothrics knights and i think that's why the dancer is his slave because he heard about her. But i only want to talk about his connection to Aldrich and Irithyll.
Maybe both Yorshka and Gwyndolin left Anor Londo to live in the Painted World and after their return, they created Irithyll, because of the rumors about Aldrich or Lothric.
Hultiore
Sounds plausible, after all if Sullyvahn came from the painted world, a land not meant for the eyes of outsiders, perhaps that's why the outrider knights were turned mad by the gaze of his eyes.
Bread-Sama Yes maybe and that'd why Irithyll has invisible Creatures.
Hultiore Possible, i think that seeing how sulyvahn was a sorcerer specializing with ice (i.e the frost sorceries) he was naturally drawn to the boreal valley and his influence and sorcery eventually froze anor londo. its very possible that his eye rings haunted the knights with visions of the painted world and the forlorn that lurk there, turning them to be more like the wolves and corvians that inhabit ariandel
Somebody on reddit even came up with a theory about Sulyvahn taking over Anor Londo not for power but for revenge, since the painted world was the home of outcasts in the eyes of old gods. So what way is more fitting to say "fuck you" than take over their home and let the son of the first OG be devoured?
Damn, liking the sound of this theory more by the comment :)
Aria is soo adorable. She is by far one of the most animated character in the souls games.
Cypher3m3 I like how she wiggles her feet when sitting in front of her canvas
That Guy and how she raises her arms so proudly when she tells you about her painting.
+15 cute points
I've left both of my characters that have completed the dlc sitting next to her.
Quite literally, as it turns out, because she probably has the most single use animations for any character in the game.
Those white cords look like snakes to me.
And if we call them primordial serpents, we see one being pushed down or rejected while the other is raised up or accepted. The Sable church choosing Kaathe's teachings over Frampts?
@@kynlafortune20 Thats a sword and they stabbin
The statue behind Ariandel heavily reminds me of the Snake Eyes bosses from Sekiro... Or just the descended okami Gunners in general. They have the exact cloth on their face and fur on their shoulders/torso. Plus they are associated with snakes, worshipping the serpent gods and all that...
If Priscilla had a child, that means somebody got to touch fluffy tail. Sorry boys, it appears this waifu is taken.
Snow Drake so does that mean the chosen undead thrust his crystal halberd into her gaping dragon?
That Guy i think a lance is much appreciated XD
Snow Drake What if the Father is the mad pyromancer we fight in the DLC? Pyromancy flame clearly states that he gave up his flame to save his monstrous wife (fuck you Fromsoft), and he invades you in the same location where Priscilla once stood... perhaps he guards his wife's resting place in his madness?
Well Dark Souls 1 did refer to Priscilla as an abomination, so maybe
Killroy Was Here Hmmm... Now all that's left is to figure out a specific time frame for his life. If we could find some evidence that puts his life at around the same time as the existence of Slave Knight Uncle, we could have a very strong case for the potential father of Aria (White Haired Girl)
What if the world outside the painting... its another painting?
ZeroHxC07 No.
It's paintings all the way down.
This is Morpheus meme material.
What if the world outside the painting... is a work of fiction created by Miyazaki? Only Miyazaki's blood can douse the flame and prevent the series from ending and starting from scratch!
What if the whole world...was on top of a tree?
The way yuria says “who would abandon Londor” made elfriede sound like a tragic tale
If Priscilla is the white head girl(or aria)'a mother, I wonder if Priscilla told her that the world is peaceful and its inhabitants are kind?
I see what you did there, mixing Solaire's and Nameless King's gear.
What do u mean
Its a reference to the theory that Solaire is the firstborn of Gwyn, but ds3 disproved it with Nameless King making his debut.
Oh thanks
@@naivebox2863 i'm hoping solaire and the sun are referenced in elden ring
It looks great.
As to the panel you mentioned, it's not a cord that the figure on the right is reaching towards- they're actually two snakes. You can see the face of the one on the left.
My speculation- they aren't snakes at all, but rather Serpents. Primordial Serpents. The same serpents displayed on the door.
I concur, those two "cords" are definitely snakes/serpents.
im surprised he did think of them as snakes since the way they coil in the painting is very reminiscent of a snake when its is held
didn't*
What's the difference between a serpent and a snake exactly again?
sundowave In reality? Not much. Semantics, mostly. Serpent is more of a body shape, where snake is the particular real animal. But for the most part, they're used interchangeably.
In this case, the use of serpent is to bring the perceived connection with Primordial Serpents to the fore.
Remember the clip from the trailer with Ariandel whipping himself? Odd how that doesn't ever happen, isn't it?
You can hear him whipping himself when entering chapel for the first time.
Ooo i member
Vanja Arsic yes, but you never actually see the scene that plays in the trailer.
That scene exist mostly for trailer sake.
from what i remember the animation is still in the game files, so it must have been removed pretty close to the DLCs release. I wonder why.
Vaasti: *looking at murals on the wall*
Friede: ?
It looks like those two women are killing two snakes not cutting rope. Killing Kaathe and Frampt to end the cycle?
Tristan Milner But if the two women represent the two younger sisters of the Sable Church, that doesn't add up, since Yuria claims to be doing Kaathe's bidding by finding you.
What if they're not two women? but instead represent the two ashen ones to enter the painted world? would be usurpers of the flame that might insight that profaned black flame.
Tristan Milner the serpents are immortal from what ik
Hector Quintana gael says that u are the second ash to enter the painting after elfriede
One snake is being stabbed by a sword while the other is picked up. Could represent how the sable church worships Kaathe while they hate Frampt (presumably)
Don't you hate that the Free Camera table isn't updated? IT'S DRIVING ME CRAZY!!!! Either way, awesome secrets buddy! ;)
I'm not ashamed to admit that i've gone on that forum and paid people to update it - we rely on it so much and they deserve a lot of props! I just don't like talking about it publicly because..more people with CE isn't exactly a good thing :P Thanks mate.
Lads
VaatiVidya
Haha, true enough. That's very noble of you, so thanks on behalf of all us Free Cam using creators! Now to go see if I can go grease any palms for an update! =D
I never even thought about lore creators actually creating their videos... i thought you were just ingrained with knowledge and put it on youtube
Dawson Laramie
Well, we do that as well. But we're only allotted one every other month. ;)
Loving the 'firstborn solaire" cosplay lol
"Laddersmith Gilligan's wet dream"
I died.
I'm actually pretty proud of myself, I struggled through the DLC without guides and I found all of this except the titanite slab from the corvian guy. Thanks!
Here in Germany, Elfriede is a very outdated name and only older woman still have it :). My neighbours grandmas name is actually Elfriede and everytime I see her now I have to think of this boss xD. Its kind of weird. But yeah I can confirm that Friede means peace in german.
+RedEyed XaXa interesting! I did read that it's a very old fashioned name.
Frieden=peace but the german name usually is 'Frieda' I don't think there is any relation
TheLumpy107 Yeah but Friedes full name is Elfriede so my point still stands :). Btw. Friede or Frieden doesnt matter, both translate to peace in english. I dont think it means anything significant ingame too but its still interesting.
what is the difference between Friede and Elfriede? why is she called both
Not to be pedantic, but Friede or Frieden does make a difference And the name for a person is Frieda not Friede, which is just the short version of Elfriede ^^ again, not to be pedantic but the german language is.. btw greetings from Germany :P
"It's the one thing we do right, unlike those fools on the outside."
This sounds to me like he's talking about 'our world'. Gives me goosepumps... this games series is just magnificent.
i love how fluent you speak in this video and the music complements that, kept me watching
When the crow man says "the fools outside " don't you think he's referring to the people outside the painting and not the other crows who betrayed them ??
Carlos Peralta Most definitely, I got a very "They should burn the world/let the world end to make way for a new one" vibe from him, which is definitely not what we've been doing by linking the fire
Brian Brian couldn't said it better myself. Maybe he hates how the world outside was slowly dying or "rotting" away and somehow ended up in the painting. As he saw his new home seeking the same fate he begs the player to link the fire or in this case "burn the world" to begin a new world for the it's residence.
He says "the fools outside" twice. First inside the house and another one outside. But yeah, he means the people outside the painting the second time he says that. And he basically wants a "Ragnarok" to happen.
Ariandel constantly uses his blood to keep his painting... not destroyed. I think we can say he "links the fire" for the painting as we do for the real world. Exept real world is made of fire, and souls help fire to burn, and painting is made of pigment - blood of Ariandel (he uses his flail for this in trailer). So the Ending crow man wishes for real world is to give Eyes to firekeeper, let the fire fade, and wait a brand new world to be created from dark. Well, at least I see it this way....
StorytellerSpb age of dark next !
Yo Vaati, I haven't seen it mentioned but there's a cool little detail during phase 2 of the Friede fight. You can hit Ariandel's arms to eventually get the stagger and riposte. After he recovers though, he only holds the bowl in one hand. You can still hit the remaining arm to stagger it seems too, though I've never been able to do it. Love your vids man!
+West McCann that's interesting, I might check it out. Thanks!
DIS IT WORK?!
He's usually dead by then but yes this works.
@@VaatiVidya In the painted world there is what is probably the mummified body of the painter's mother, and her mother I can assure you that it is not Priscilla or some dragon
your predictions with certain things on the lore are outstandingly accurate. great example when you spoke of the pigment for the picture, you were absolutely right. Awesome man!
what if Ariandel and Ariamas are like, different stages/time limes of the same painting? Maybe priscilla has died off long ago and friede follows her image (bare feet, disappearing move, scythe)?
Priscilla wouldn't die, she's an "abomination" that is immortal like dragons but still living
Charlie Chuckles shoot. you're right
We killed her like 2 games ago, duh
Lincolt777 but we also killed Gwyndoline, but we find it again getting raped by Aldrich
I prefer time lemons.
Vaati, I commented about the "glass murals" you mentioned in Ariandel's boss room on your "The Story of Ariandel" video. So yeah, people did notice it. :)
I personally think those are two snakes, not two cords. If they represent Frampt and Kaathe, and the looming figures represent the other sisters of the Sable Church, I wonder...what do we know about the third sister, again? That she's often mentioned alongside dark sorcery and miracles? If she'll feature in the next DLC, I wonder if we'll learn more about Frampt and Kaathe too?
If one of the serpents is dead...just brainstorming here, but what if they meant to kill Frampt and accidentally killed Kaathe? Or did one of the sisters want to kill Kaathe for some reason? I say this based on the Japanese version of Yuria's dying words, indicating that Kaathe is dead.
There's no way to know until we get more information, but I believe that image is giving us some insight to the three sisters, and what we can expect with the new content. Watch, when the new DLC drops, everyone will be pointing back to this image, I'm sure of it.
7Zealot tis true.
Glad to see someone else speculating about the third sister. Yeah, she seems a lot more adept with magic, although they do describe the sisters as swordswomen. There's mention of an Abyss Dragon in the Milwood Greatbow's description, which sounds a lot like some ultimate weapon the Sable Church is hiding...
I think the snakes could represent the Undead.
Dark Souls 1 Covetous Serpent rings:
"The serpent is an imperfect dragon and symbol of the Undead. Its habit of devouring prey even larger than itself has led to an association with gluttony."
In all Dark Souls games the player character defeats enemies that are presumed to be more powerfull than him/her in order to progress through the game and reach the First Flame.
The snakes in the images could represent the Undead kind as a whole because all Undead have the potential to link the fire, though this doesn't mean they will or want to link it.
Pablo Oria Sánchez So maybe the figure of the one who has seized the serpent is Elfriede who controlled the fate of the painted world?
Not many people know but the two chords are actually meant to represent Mom's Spagetthi
Definitely thanks for this amazing well-referenced work on DS lore ! It's pleasant to learn so much about the universe
Love your videos man. I waited til i beat the DLC myself before watching these. Now im just watching for anything I missed.
Great job!!!
@VaatiVidya Gael is actually immortal, if you kill him and then go to firelink and return. He will be alive again and have a new dialogue and he will almost mock you for trying to kill him.
He didn’t respawn for me
welp he died in The ringed city sooooo
@@markalvarado4450 Undead can fully die, pretty sure that's stated somewhere.
@@markalvarado4450 That's more than likely because he has nothing left to live for, besides fighting us so that we can take the pigment back to the painter since he trusts that we can
One of the few undead characters who actually come back.
All the enemies in Ariandel makes sense to be there....... but crabs?
Alpha Xion well, they are abominations.
Looks to be a frozen lake.
THE DARK CRAB'S INFLUENCE REACHES FAR
fucking snow crabs that live in mother fucking ice
There seems to be more to the crabs then what meets the eye. They're in water, poison swamps, fire, ice areas and skeleton balls.
"Death echos."
Heh?
1:30 I never thought Vatti would lie to me... your edit is super convincing btw.
Going past the crabs into the ice biome where u kill the tree is also a sorcery tome called snap freeze. snap freeze in its item description states how Sulyvan was born and raised in the painting. It describes him as a young sorcerer which he left the spell behind. idk seems like an interesting topic but im sure lots of people already know about this
Astrohol
well...
the spell is behind the tree
not a drop :p
ty, i must of picked it up as soon as i killed the tree which made it look as if it dropped it :)
Do you think Dunnel was Aria's father? And by extension Priscilla his "hideous spouse". Since you find him in her old arena, and priscilla was described rather unfavorably in DS1.
And Aria does have a certain resemblance to Priscilla
That is my theory as well. Possibly Yorshka is also Priscilla's daughter as well, but one who somehow ended up outside the painting.
Some of Aria's dialogue, mostly: "Of a cold, dark, and very gentle place. One day, it will make someone a goodly home," reminds me a bit of Priscilla's insistence that, "this land is peaceful, its inhabitents kind." But that is perhaps more of a stretch.
if that's true then I'm extremely jealous of Dunnel.
Spiny Slasher You and me both, pal.
Chesh of Shire #sadlyfe
It is also worth noting that the tree from #1 also has her own unique moveset (I haven't found another tree use it, at least) and that she can be heard crying when walking up to her and fighting her, and killing her
You know...
The snake statue with the segments resembled monsters from Sekiro. Vaguely- particularly the palace nobels.
Kind of also reminds me of the mechanical gadgets. Like the shinobi arm...
VaatiVidya, I think the dlc might have revealed a boss for the second dlc, this is in the Millwood Greatbow's description:
"It is said that the Millwood Knights used these to face their sworn enemy, THE ABYSS DRAGON"
Since Aria mentioned the Dark Soul, it is likely the next DLC has something to do with the abyss, therefore, I think the Abyss Dragon may be a potential boss in the next dlc
I kinda assumed it was Kalameet, but it does make more sense for it to be something else. I'd be down for another dragon fight. We didn't really get any in 3.
Me too, the nameless king was awesome but I want a straight up dragon fight. I don't think it is kalameet because kalameet never was described as an abyss dragon but rather as a "ancient dragon", plus the location of the dragon, indicates it is in Millwood or at least where the Millwood warriors come from, which we know is not oolacile.
Baldwin IV that would be cool
it's just a reference to kalameet. i really doubt we'll be fighting another abyss dragon
Baldwin IV I think the Abyss Dragon is Ocelotte. The follower torch describes Pus of Man as a manifestation of the abyss and they can be found in Lothric/The King's Garden.
9:20 imho these "cords" are stylized snakes. the figure on the right seems to be choking out the snake, while the figure on the left stabs it thru with a sword.
perhaps connected to the two entwined snakes on the door??
Paweł Sobolewski I hope those Londor wenches didn't kill Franpt
Aria: "Uncle Gael, I said pigment, not pygmy"
Gael: "well, shout louder next time. My ears weren't that good"
Damn, I only recently discovered this channel and it is everything I hoped for when looking for Dark Souls plot. Thanks!
Here's something interesting: Vilhelm was originally intended to be a female knight. Removing his helm reveals a (hollowed) female face. You can apply the untrue dark ring to him to see what his face looks like unhollowed. Additionally, the notes in his subtitles refer to Vilhelm as a she. "(Various attack sounds... she wields a large straight sword and a flaming flamberge)"
Kinda makes sense since I did find his set to be a bit on the effeminate side. Especially those pants. Those are some lady pants.
I agree with everything but the pants, that's just how some plate armor is.
@@sirpepeofhousekek6741 Those are some skinny ass legs
I don't get why they changed it though
Hey Vaati, do you think that, perhaps, Pontiff Sulyvahn is a corvian? He is from the painted world, and he sprouts wings in the bossfight just a corvian does.
Yxkly not crow wings though
Thats interesting.
He does have weird branch wings
Perhaps he based his wings off the wings of his fellow painting dwellers?
Also, I think that Sulyvahn left the painted world before it began to rot, given that it should take quite some time for him to go from random sorcerer who knows weird ice magic to Darth Pope of the mightiest church in the lands.
I doubt it. He isn't hunched over like the other Corvians, and his wings look more like the Deep corruption you see in the Cathedral than crow wings. Plus he doesn't howl and scream like they do.
Wonderful review!
Just finished the dlc ^-^ I loved it and I am so excited to watch your videos about it :D
If you listen carefully before you agro the ladder tree, when your close, you can hear it sobbing in what sounds like a female voice. Thumbs this up so vaati can see it
Sounds very similar to the sobbing of the Silver ladies from Bloodborne, as well as the tree's screams.
Anyone else notice that when the Big Wolf dies, it kinda perks back up before it fades, like it's waking up to the call of it's master? Might just be me, though.
Makes sense considering it doesn't actually die. It just moves. 2 encounters later and you find it as the second boss WITH it's master.
Eric Waters no.?? in the boss fight it's the champion that calls the wolf and not the other way around
Nah he means when you "kill" the dog OUTSIDE the boss fight, just as it disappears. It just moves on to the next encounter. It definitely perks up like he said, like the Gravetender is slowly calling it back to the boss arena.
Regarding the snake "statue" in Friede's boss room, It's possibly the result of crude taxidermy. A wire is typically used to pose snakes for taxidermy, and in the history of the craft, wooden mannequins would be used instead of stuffing or clay products. Additionally, snake skins are often sewn back together, which could explain some of the tearing between the "statue's" scales that looks like cloth. While the head is made of stone, you noted that the head was meant to be hidden away, and it's possible the missing head on the statue sealing the room was repurposed. The statue's head might thus just be there to prop up the intended shape of whatever that piece of craftsmanship is meant to be.
Another thing of note is that Priscilla neither drops any Dragon Scales nor is immune to the bleed status effect in Dark Souls 1, making her the only dragon or dragon descendant in the game to be vulnerable to that effect other than the basic blue drakes (and even they have Dragon Scales as a rare drop). As such, it's possible Priscilla might only have snake-like scales akin to the serpent men, themselves failed dragons. Ultimately, Priscilla may be more akin to a snake than a dragon (horns aside), and as such, the nature of the "statue" behind Ariandel might actually be her remains assembled in an effigy of sorts.
As to why so little remains would be present, there is the theory that Aldrich ate her to obtain the Lifehunt Scythe. Not only can he still use the scythe when Vow of Silence is disabling all of his sorceries and miracles, but his right-hand man, Pontiff Sulyvahn, comes from the Painted World and knows enough about it that he created his own barrier system that uses dolls as keys. This means that, upon having his dream while devouring Gwyndolin, Aldrich could have been directed toward the prey he envisioned by Sulyvahn, digested her quicker than Gwyndolin (who is stronger than Priscilla, judging by the value of his boss soul and the souls he drops upon defeat), and someone made an effigy out of whatever (snake) skin and fur was left. This could also explain why Aldrich presumably has the genuine scythe as opposed to using a miracle like the player.
Slave Knight Gael definitely didn't expect you to kill him at the Shrine. Sounds like a another twisted alternative ending!
I was really hoping to be invaded by a Forlorn in this DLC, wasted opportunity.
+Kryce agreed. Wouldn't mind a few nods to Dark Souls 2..
VaatiVidya Perhaps we will get more than just a few item descriptions in the next DLC.
Kryce people just don't like ds2 , it feels like a different franchise altogether. It's clear from feel the same way as thy avoid it entirely apart from a few items
Daniel Gallagher It's all down to one's own preference - I for one enjoyed every second of Dark Souls 2, it was a refreshing and enjoyable entry to the series.
Agreed, I love Dark Souls 2, and I wish it didn't get all the "lel it's bad becauz lul" stuff. I'm fine with people having valid reasons to not like it, like they didn't enjoy the atmosphere or areas, etc. But not things like "Dks2 is bad becaus dks1 is better"
Watching your videos always makes me want to go back on Dark Souls 3 or Bloodborne.
i loooove watching these videos when i happened to have already found some of the secrets on my own. makes me feel all special lol
Just got through fighting Elfriede, now I'm going to have a field day with these vids.
"Friede" is also modern german, still meaning Peace
its a form of it but you usually say "Frieden". Btw "Friede" is a usual german name :)
Those crabs, the scenery were very reminiscent of the frost crabs from the dark souls :1 Seath the scaleless boss fight.
Not being able to kill the little haired girl, still gives me the same vibes that she is our firekeeper or at least related.
Don't you mean giant clams?
ˣ💣ˣ she can't be our firekeeper...that makes no sense
***** the events of the outside firelink shrine were proven to take place in the past.
ex: has hinted by the hidden dialog from the shrine handmaiden.
Mordalon Reminiscent, meaning that it reminds me of.
time is convoluted. this weird shit is totally possible.
Awesome video, as always.
Man, I absolutely LOVE Ashes of Ariandel. It is by far my favorite DLC in the Souls trilogy thus far. Not the best in all From Souls games because it's hard to beat The Old Hunters.
"...a place, where we fought Priscilla", more like a place, where we were praising the tail.
your waifu -> trash
Vaati, the Japanese text for when the white-haired painter woman refers to Gael, is "Gael-jiji," which translates more accurately into a very familiar (in certain contexts offensive, if used derisively about age), "Grampa Gael" (albeit the translated use of "Uncle Gael" still technically works, if a bit of a sidelong view).
I don't think they're blood related per se; Gael is dressed as a Slave Knight. It would be hard for her (ostensibly someone with status?) to be related to a slave destined to be fought to death until they Hollow, so it's more likely it's that he's a caretaker/bodyguard who became a family figure in absence of her mother.
The snake statue for some reason reminds me a little of that thing from a while ago? Where they did a scan of a golden buddha statue and found that it had been cast containing the mummified remains of a now thousand-year-old monk. I'm also struck by the contrast of where the outer portion has worn away - the human underneath the surface at the head of the statue, but underneath the tail, just a crude maquette. I'm afraid I'm not well enough versed on the game's lore to speculate on any sort of meaning, but I appreciate knowing about these details all the same. I'm so pleased with the levels of craftsmanship which continue to make themselves known in games these days!
Watching these so far after, it's fun to watch what few theories did come to fruition and the many that didn't. Like the pygmy theory which is a nice catch.
Broken white cord looks way more like white snakes to me.
Yea considering there's a snake statue and snakes on the door I don't know how he didn't see the resemblance on the painted wall.
Because his Fans are searching for the secrets at Reddit etc and not him :) ive seen this many times, he's not very smart.
Yeah, one being stabbed and one being grabbed.
Here's a thought.
What if Aria's name is actually Ariamis, and SHE was originally meant to paint the painted world we see in Dark Souls 1, but hasn't been able to because a bunch of shit is different in this timeline.
14megasxlr well, this "Ariandel" world is pretty much before Ariamis. So it could be true
That would mean that she's not Priscilla's daughter and it seems very likely that she is.
Keiji Sawamatsu True, but it's not set in stone that she's priscilla's daughter.
My idea probably isn't true, but it would be interesting, I think. It's just weird that she doesn't have an actual name.
So.... how do we know her name is Aria? and why does everyone say that Ariandel was BEFORE Ariamis?
Haven't you read the Rose of Ariandel description?
"Ariandel, being the restorer of the Painted World, knew that it was painted with blood, and only blood could protect the secret."
Sounds an awful lot like Ariandel found a scrap or the faded painting of Ariamis and RESTORED it using his own blood which means every Painted World was painted with blood, which is further confirmed if you look at the 'Painting Tools' next to the girl.
Most of them are covered in Blood.
How does this make sense? It doesn't, why am I asking.
Congrats on 2 mil!!!
13:45 I appreciate he took chance for us to sacrifice his current run to now needing to run new game +.
SIgh, this DLC brought more questions then answers. Even Vaati is having trouble! You've gotta give us more Myazaki!
Mitchell Dueck Yeah, it kinda sucks because most souls dlc leaves you with new questions but answers most old ones. This one just makes me confused.
It's giving us a few answers while preparing us for the big send off early next year.
Mitchell Dueck the fact that they don't give you the answers is the best part. They give you just enough that you can start to piece together what might be going on. That's why all of these lore channels have such different and interesting theories.
I love when things are left un-closed. Gives you something to wonder about.
Such a great game unlike The Witcher 3.
What's wrong this the Witcher 3?
Never played it.
+Alvaro Barquin More content doesn't mean better game. Witcher 3 is soulless, empty,
Álvaro Barquín Okay well, like I said, I never played Witcher, so I don't know of it's quality.
However, I also really don't know what the FUCK you people going on about this being a "2 hour DLC" are on about. I was SL 194 when I started this DLC and I beat every boss Solo and explored everything. It took me easily 6-7 hours, and I've spent maybe another 3 or 4 hours having fun with the new PvP arena and game modes, so please, stop taking shit out of your ass and throwing it at dark souls.
I payed the extra $30 up front to buy the delux edition of Dark Souls 3 and have never once regretted it. I won't shit on the Witcher until i've played it, but I'd be surprised if it's content is anywhere near the same quality and depth of any game in the Soulsborne franchise. I'll bite my tongue if I play it and it is.
14megasxlr The combat for starters is incredibly terrible. Especially when you switch from Dark Souls.
@14megasxlr i think that when you compare this dlc with dark souls 2 dlcs you see the difference. this dlc makes me feel empty. i didn't feel satisfy when i finish this, idunno something is missing. you played every inch of this Dlc to make gameplay more longer. however this shouldn't happen. the dlc should longer than now. pvp mode is good though.
Vati I know you might not see this but you have been a huge part of all the things I love and hold dear. Thank you for your dedication to the souls borne franchise
I've only just started playing the DLC, ng+3 loved that Frieda and thingy referred to the lord of hollows ending (the last one I'd done) From nail the changes to previous journey so beautifully
You get special dialogue for being the lord of londor.
Almost as if that's in the video.
lmfao
i didn't know that!!!
I hadn't finished the video when I posted that but he didn't mention the death messages for lord of hollows. We should try this with all endings.
Hi Man well then actually watch an entire video before commenting next time so you don't look like a jack ass
So,now we know about Yuria,the middle sister.Friede,the eldest,but not Lillianne.If they left her out like that then she must be making an appearance in the 2nd DLC.
There are more important characters that have to make an appearance in DLC 2. I am ok with what we knew about the 3 sisters now. I want to knew what happened to Gwynevere, Gertrude, Velka, Kaathe and Frampt and what the deal is with the Abyss Dragon mentioned in this DLC. Than ofc what the painter girl means with "the dark soul of man". So this second DLC has to be huge if they really want to finish the series.
RedEyed XaXa Lillianne is part of the dark souls 3 Storyline.She's part of the sable church which plays a big role in ds3.Also,Lilliane the youngest is a story teller,just like Irina of Carim,but Lillianne tells dark tales.THAT IS LITERALLY ALL WE HAVE ABOUT HER.She could atleast be a dark sorcery vendor in DLC 2.Also,they can't just leave Lilliane like that.There has to be atleast 4 more items of some sort that shed some light into her story.
I dont think they ARE gonna finish it, honestly. There's gonna be a ton of unanswered questions
RedEyed XaXa TMW they make the DLC about the same length as AoA and leave out half of the loose ends XD
Exoskeletal Eccentric We'll just wait until Miyazaki comes and tells us the real story of the dark souls games.
6:07
Hey how you doin, lemme whisper in your ear...