Daily reminder: Mohg didn't beat any allegations he was just so incompetent that after he abducted the boy, he allowed the Uno reverse.

Awesome video man, we all really appreciate the effort you put into making these videos.

Im not intending to mean this in any other way than (mostly) a compliment. You sound like if Rick, from Rick and morty, went into history rather than science, but because knowing everything about the Magna Carta and the war of 1812 doesn’t help you hop across space and time and visit other universes you just started learning history from all fictional universes. Same level of well informed apathy and clearly enjoying the humor where you can find it like with the orcs rubbing trini-mala-turd on their skin. It’s kind of refreshing and I do enjoy it.

It is a international tragedy that the original version of dark souls 2 is gone to the ether. It should be a holiday, a day of mourning.

Earned a thumbs down for that nasty slurp...

I think you got it mixed up with Leda, her being violent is not the consequence of Miquella’s power, it is the consequence of the lack of his influence that made Leda violent again, Miquella is the best thing Lands Between Can ask for unfortunately we have no choice to align with him.

Not sure if I agree with the idea that rags the Giants in Dark Souls 1 being shared with the Giant Blacksmith is indicative that it isn't slave garb. The fact that they wear heavy chains and perform tasks in repetition heavily implies it, alongside the fact that they are referred to directly as "Giant Slaves" for their DS3 enemy name, and are still present in Irithyll/Anor Londo, and the Cathedral of the Deep, a location associated with Anor Londo as of the time of that game The Giant Blacksmith is likely also a slave, given he isn't provided the same level of treatment or extravagant garb as the regal Giant Sentinels, but is given greater treatment than the ones in Sen's Fortress due to his talents. His kinship with Gough still makes sense with this in mind too. No other characters besides Andre in DS3 speak fondly of him or even mention him. It's likely Gough treated him more fairly because of them both being Giants, and Andre held respect for him due to them both being craftsmen of the same trade. Most others probably didn't mind him much, or simply didn't care. Talent is talent however so he wasn't really mistreated like many other giants. Gough may very well be the one proper exception, since he's a renowned folk hero, but even then his relationships with some of his peers are up in the air.

I simply have to say this; the basilisks in DS1 absolutely do have lore. They’re lizard-like creatures that have the ability to turn you to crystal, and they’re in the sewers and the route to Ash Lake. The sewers house the gaping dragon, and Ash Lake houses the stone dragon. Death the Scaleless is a character associated with lizard creatures and crystals who has a vested interest in protecting dragons and a history of creating monsters, thus there are some crystal powered lizard monsters on the way to both Ancient Dragon kin in the game. The lore of DS1 is probably the tightest and most interconnected in the series, I loved the video but the descriptions of DS1 as “not really detailed” or “they’re figuring the lore out” kinda struck me

The swamp Cleanrot Knights might be Pests in mind now with the fungus replacing the nervous system but unable to transform physically due to presence of the armor.

Bro what? The ancient dragon isn’t a real dragon it’s a giant transposed with a dragons scales by aldia. He’s even referred too as an abomination

Aldia is one of the best characters in Souls and it’s a tragedy we don’t hear more of him and his philosophy on 3; especially considering that game Ultimately has us cheat the cycle for good

great video but kobolds arent the same thing as goblins

I could only listen to the mispronunciations for so long

Unre-quit-ed lolol

Ansbach makes you wonder if Mohg was actually a decent dood before the enchantment, like how can someone that chill be with an evil lord? If thats true then Godfrey's boys score 3 for 3 in the good boy list! 😂

Movie title: Elite Yankee Saburo

aldia crawled so elden ring could run

Just found your channel - I'm in. Watched the whole thing. Solid work mate.

Just watched this one again lol. Aldia and the interconnectedness of the Souls trilogy are most diligently explored by you. Also Australian stuff rocks! Check out the Mystery Road movies and series(s). Also Talk to Me is a great movie.

RDRO Gameplay? wild. I remember carrying a dead lizard across New Austin on foot with a friend by myside. Good times.

An hourlong Aldia video? Very fucking excited!

I think that taking the throne is more than just linking the fire; it represents the continuation of the light/dark cycle that Gwyn put the world into. Nashandra wanted to sit on that throne more than anything else, and something tells me she would definitely not have linked the fire, regardless of whether we do when we sit on it (which isn't even shown in that ending cutscene, it's left open to our own interpretation). Aldia's dialogue when you choose to leave the throne spells it out much more clearly, saying we are going "beyond the scope of light, beyond the reach of dark." This clearly tells us that leaving the throne is the act of abandoning the entire cycle of light/dark and trying to find a third path beyond what was offered to us in DS1; a way to break the curse, not to surrender to it or to overcome it.

And we back!!!!!!!!!!!

My theory about the forlorn is that they're all failed Shanalottes

I’m sorry, but did you say Gwyn was depicted with the head of an eagle!? That is very similar to Ra the Egyptian god of the Sun who has the head of a Hawk! I wonder if that was intentional?

You should make a nashandra video

Bless you, O honored madman... DS2 doesn't get enough credit

Oh shit, didn't know you're a BOC fan, hell yeah.

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wiverns 😂😂😂

have you thought about doing videos on king's field and shadow tower games? King's Field IV and Shadow Tower Abyss are two you might like, if you like dark souls 2. There's also Eternal Ring for ps2. For those who like king's field, there is a king's field maker called sword of moonlight king's field making tool.

I think Aldia is a stand in for the fans who got deep in the lore of ds1. Makes perfect sense to me.

I'm late to watch this, but it's as amazing as I thought it would be.

Aldia? >.> take my like then. I can't resist that enchanting voice

While Gwyn was the lord of light, nowhere in the games are the lord souls themselves given the light/death/life aspects. They’re pretty much a fan creation.

The Goat himself has spoken once more and once more I shall listen with batted breath

I hope they never fix the running animation for the falconers. I always smile when they run up.

His face got mangled as if he was in an analog horror series.

its real, like REALLY REAL, the Aldia video has seen the light lol jk good vid

does anyone know the song at 3:00 ? its so nostalgic but i cant remember

I’ve already accidentally fallen asleep to this a few times. Excited to do it again

There genuinely are no great aldia-focused, long form videos on KZbin yet, somehow. So thank you for filling this niche! I've been looking for one, since I beat ds2 but never played any DLC expansions. So I missed a lot of his story obviously

please stop the stupid bong hit . youre videos are great untill the childish bong hit reminds me im listening to a child

This is great! After hearing about it for so long, I'm glad you took your time with it, it really paid off! Thank you for your work!

The amount of things you linked together in this video really justifies how long I've been hearing you say that it's coming this is seriously impressive

Great video, absolutely worth the wait

Tremendous video mate - Aldia is such an incredible character and you've done him justice here!

You’re my favorite soulstuber bro. Keep it up🎉

Anything Dark Souls II related, I click on it and want to see the information on it. Especially since I been playing a lot of the Dark Souls games and other FromSoft games on my KZbin channel at the moment. Aldia’s legacy lives on within the Dark Souls universe.

TL;DR Smalldia, scholar of a lot of f**ked up sh*t. TTL;DR Baldia be putting in work.