Dark Souls 1: Ranking NPCs Strength Based on Lore.

[@winnerboss331]

Elden ring when?

[@BestiaryYT]

Very soon, right after we’ve all digested the DLC

[@Walrusmir]

​@@BestiaryYTThat is good to hear, so I'm guessing you have the Elden Ring base game finished and will just do it alongside the DLC when that comes?

[@BestiaryYT]

@@Walrusmirspot on

[@Ex-memegodita]

Demon souls? I appreciate all your great work by the way.​@@BestiaryYT

[@everythingstrength1485]

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@Simply_resharkable]

Something else to note about Sieglinde is that according to Siegmeyer, she's not even undead This implies that she didnt have any healing, no support from bonfires, none of that, and she still managed to get where she is without dying a single time

[@fouadmeddah2790]

Sieglinde where S stands for sekiro

[@ace-smith]

everyone else: o, we undead, we fight and die again and again, struggling to not go hollow as we fall to greater and greater threats before finally beating them sieglinde literally just chilling in ash lake:

[@singhshredz]

⁠@@fouadmeddah2790sieglinde: onions die twice

[@troydavidson4197]

doesnt really mean much, its impressive to think she made it to duke's archives, but we find sieglinde trapped inside of a crystal golem. considering those enemiee are also in darkroot basin and we already know seathe and the channelers kidnap young women for experiments, the likelihood she was simply captured somewhere in lordran and just brought up there is pretty high.

[@Simply_resharkable]

@troydavidson4197 I mean, that's assuming she stops in the Archives. She doesn't. She finds herself going bare minimum, through Sen's Fortress, Blighttown and the Great Hollow without dying once

[@laurencevicar5798]

I thought Solaire would be N1. He was confirmed by Miyazaki in the interview to become Lord of Cinder in his world and basically became one with the sun as he wanted

[@mikehikes710]

True but sometimes it's not the strongest but the slickest that wins in the end. And Solaire was a smart cookie

[@nobunagamaximus6875]

I think everyone above Solaire could have become a Lord of Cinder too if they wanted.

[@mozkuthehermit5909]

Havel at the basement: ...I would become Lord Of Cinder too if i wasnt here

[@teo2805]

Thief stole his keys so he's stuck 😭 you try walking those steps up with 500kg of stone on you ​@@mozkuthehermit5909

[@antonioleal5416]

Don’t forget in DS3 Ludleth is a lord of cinder but we all know he’s a fake

[@errantvice7335]

If Lautrec was genuine in his plan to end the firelinking cycle before it even began by destroying the lord vessel, then he was arguably the good guy the whole time

[@Timebomb_19]

It’s more likely that Fina was behind Lautrecs actions, If we consider how in love with her that he is. Whether she was doing it altruistically or selfishly is up for interpretation.

[@tylerrowe6131]

I do have to agree, seeing as one of the endings is refusing to link the flame anyway lol

[@bruschetta7711]

"Good" "The end justifies the means" characters are what i would hardly call good characters honestly Plus his attitude is very dishonest, enough to where Patches remarks about it

[@MRHyde-sx1kn]

@@tylerrowe6131 yeah, but the kiln is still there and the lord vessel can still open it, so you refusing to link the flame doesn't stop other undead from linking the first flame

[@VaultTecCitizens]

Fuck the cycle. Lautrec owns. Love that guy.

[@c.m.9369]

Actually, it‘s not just Havel‘s armor that says it‘s worn by Havel‘s men. Most importantly, his RING also says that. And the ring is the only item we actually get from „Havel“ locked in the tower. All of the other stuff (e.g. the tooth) are actually locked away in Anor Londo, indicating that the tooth tower-Havel is using isn‘t the real one. Tower-Havel being one of Havel‘s men instead of Havel himself makes more sense to me.

[@d.k.o.9751]

Havel is the dead body in ash Lake, the one that carry the great magic barrier. What killed this great Warrior?!! The basilisks that cornered him and he had no chance to get out. Because his gear was in AL and he was on a secret mission against the gods. (complicated lore, but is well known)

[@Scowleasy]

Shitpost: Frampt doesn’t trade titanite with you, he uses his giant teeth to break chunks into smaller pieces lol

[@fancypantsmanface2445]

No shitpost disclaimer required.

[@dagencarter8285]

Shitpost? I honestly thought that's what Miyazaki was going for

[@tylerrowe6131]

This is cannon

[@dungeonpastor]

This is just true.

[@librarian4life]

I assumed the 'shitpost' remark was in regards to the video itself. Because, the original video doesn't parse out the term 'power'. Even though he claims 'depth' to his so-called analysis. Then...even in the opening moments of his commentary he completely dismissed several characters. This should be an immediate red flag. His presentation should CERTAINLY be able to accommodate a placement, if his evaluative process were actually something substantive. Spoiler alert: it isn't. He spent so much time on it, too....😢 This lacks any sort of evaluative authority, as it completely eschews at worst, or simply omits at best, explaining its own evaluative methodology.🫠

[@Aladyn377]

- I don't understand why Ricard is ranked lower than Oscar. Doesn't the fact that he's in Sen's Fortress mean he rung the bells of awakening? Ricard is familiar with special sword techniques, as indicated by the unique heavy attack on his weapon. he's no pushover. Just look at the weapon art associated with his weapon in Dark Souls 3, it is SPECIFICALLY named after him, not just the weapon, but the technique itself. This isn't just a spoon fed prince, this is a SWORDSMAN. - From Weapon Description in DS3: "Although many of the tales surrounding the prince are questionable, this thrusting weapon suggests that the stories of his graceful technique were in fact true." - There's zero evidence of anyone accompanying him and helping him progress to this point. - Just because his journey is ill-conceived doesn't mean he isn't a legitimate warrior. What other choice does he have? He's marked by the undead curse.

[@WyattOTS]

I kinda like to think his appearance in ds3 is his redemption into swordsmanship, just like with haval, and orinstein going to make amends with the dragons and gwyns first born it’s richards redemption at becoming a true swordsman and he even dropped the armor to not fake being an elite status warrior like he was faking in the past.

[@Aladyn377]

@wyattonthespectrum5853 I disagree. Ricards' rapier in DS1 has a unique heavy attack. He was already a trained swordsman using special sword techniques. I appreciate your insight, though. Maybe you're right 🤷‍♂️. I just feel that Ricard has been arbitrarily ranked low despite evidence pointing to the contrary.

[@WyattOTS]

@@Aladyn377 I was suprised at first too by the ranking, but the interesting part about souls is how you never truly know. Discussions like these are what drives this comunity. Richard is one of my fav npcs, so either way id be happy with the outcome.

[@Gabriel64468]

Good point with the DS3 flavor text. Personally I think including DS3 info is weird (Andre should be lower imo) though - there isn‘t just a lot of time between the games, but also multiple cycles of regrowth and ruin. Assuming any information about individuals is correct is a bit of a reach - there might be other people of the same name for all we know. At the same time I think it’s worth noting that even if we take it as gospel, the ranking is still off just a couple of spots. DS lore is famously sparse, so a video like this is heavy in interpretation by necessity. Arguing about any specific sequence is moot, the focus should be on the arguments for characters, not their final placement (which you do tbc, I think arguing about Ricards feats makes sense, I just don’t think it makes sense to then go an compare him directly to Oscar)

[@Aladyn377]

@Gabriel64468 I'm comparing him to Oscar because they're both Astoran knights whose origins are a bit vague. That's pretty much the only reason. I included the DS3 flavor text because it very specifically expounds on the character. Flavor text is one of the only "true" sources of information we have. I don't think it's unreasonable to use a sequels information as canonical, especially considering that we're talking about Fromsfotware here. Nothing is included on accident. Not sure what you mean about me not making an argument for the character itself. That's exactly what I'm doing. You make some fair points, though. I guess when I made the original comment I felt some type of way because I always considered Ricard to be one of the more "fearsome" NPC's (from a lore perspective).

[@octavian15202]

My personal head cannon about Oscar is not that he couldn't defeat the asylum demon, but rather he chose to live in constant danger to try and help as many undead out of the asylum as possible. He knows an undead must link the flame and is sacrificing his journey, to enable all other's journeys.

[@hossdelgado626]

While a cool theory, he words it like he's upset that he couldn't fulfill the family saying or however he worded it lol, since its so early on, maybe go see him

[@d00gz_]

It’s cool how once you stop treating Patches like an Easter egg and start treating him like an actual character, he becomes this almost eldritch manifestation of human nature and trickery that places itself in the path of destiny within every universe and timeline. Every hero of every world on their way to decide its fate crosses paths with Patches.

[@kapitanpawleusz9878]

I just wanna say i love you bro. Almost 3 hours of hight quality content given for free, without sponsorship. You're just amazing, keep up the good work king.

[@MASTEROFMUPPETS01]

Couldn’t have said it better. Keep up the amazing work. Thank you for the videos. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@vondervent]

You have no idea how unbelievably happy this video makes me! I thought you'd just stop at all bosses across all games, but to have an NPC rank is just too much fun!! I've always loved your videos based on lore, your word choice, how much in depth you are able to go with every single entry and how much dedication you hace towards my favorite games. Watched it whole already, cheers!

[@vondervent]

Can't wait for a Dark Souls II NPC video!

[@BestiaryYT]

Adore you! Thank you so much, genuinely means so much, I can’t wait to share all my future projects with you all!

[@Timebomb_19]

Kirk being a dark wraith is a mistranslation. ‘red phantom’ and ‘dark wraith’ were used synonymously by fromsoft.

[@lucamckenn5932]

Got a whole comic of kirk as his pre fair lady, darkwraith self. Fan based I'm sure.

[@Samura1313]

No. Darkwraiths and the Four Kings have a special "abyssal" tag in the game's parameters that makes them take extra damage from Artorias' Greatsword. Kirk also has this same tag. No other invaders besides Kirk have this tag.

[@Timebomb_19]

@@Samura1313 Wow, you’re right. That’s a pretty big detail…

[@greatwhitnorth]

Yes!!! Been waiting for a new video from you. I binged the "ranked based on lore" videos so quickly cause they are so compelling. Awesome

[@maximoosem0515]

I can already tell this is gonna be a banger

[@habo249]

I suggested this idea on your last video, glad you did it!

[@seanconnors1613]

I am so excited for this format to see it's course. Having binge watched all the npc tournaments that BonfireVN and Co made, I'm excited for a lore "tournament "

[@daboos6353]

My take on Oscar and the Asylum Demon is that the Asylum Demon was equally as powerful as the Stray Demon, but Oscar heavily wounded it before he was knocked off the roof, so we fought it in a far weaker state. After all, why would two very similar looking demons in the same spot be so different in power level.

[@BodenWahl-ko1rb]

This is just a headcanon lol. The asylum demon doesn’t have the magic catalyst like the Stray Demon

[@daboos6353]

@@BodenWahl-ko1rb No shit its my headcanon, do you lack reading comprehension?

[@BodenWahl-ko1rb]

@@daboos6353 You said “take,” Take sounds like you are trying to say you’ve thought this from clues or evidence in the game. The fact that the Stray demon having a Demon Catalyst completely disproves your “headcanon.” calm down.

[@daboos6353]

@@BodenWahl-ko1rb Autistic?

[@FroggoSpeedruns]

@@BodenWahl-ko1rbhe was just stating an opinion and theory. He is wrong but no need to insult him

[@abaa6749]

the subtle cuts and transitions are amazing in this one! especially with salaman, carmina, and laurentius here 49:36

[@EpischeMusik]

patches has to be the strongest, because he walks all over the playce and tries to have fun while the others are duty ridden or deperate

[@Rowanravens5220]

"Ooooh what a good video" was my immediate reaction. Here's to about 30 views as I fall asleep to this

[@thescaledstranger5644]

I don't know if this is just me going a little crazy, or if it's completely intentional. But the clarity and sharpness of your inhales as you talk about these characters is very noticeable. It does make you sound very intense in your feelings but also it's really hard for me to listen to this video with headphones or earbuds because of it. Love the video otherwise, it was an absolute joy to learn about these characters in such detail.

[@Batman_the_bad_man]

Always great to see when you put out a new Video!

[@ibrahimabdalla9769]

Insane that you are doing this for us

[@boglurker2043]

2:37:11 Pretty cool idea reversing the chest animation

[@DragonFan12345x]

Haven't quite finished the video but so far another great entry in this series!

[@BigBroKuma]

Man I usually listen to this in the background while I play. But omg I'm rewatching this vid and the work you put in the visuals is amazing. Like the transition between Havel using Gwyn's miracle and Gwyn using it in the intro is beautiful 😩

[@KyleJordanGaming]

Real talk: Though your #0 DS1 Boss gave me a good chuckle last week, I confess I did not heed its advice. But ngl, this one low key blew my mind and instantly convinced me. That was legitimately brilliant- one of the best ‘teaser’/‘sneak peek’/‘tune in next time...’ bits I’ve seen in recent memory. Definitely looking forward to it. Good stuff. Cheers, mate. 👍

[@TheDread-u2i]

I love this channel and this series so much, looking forward to your future projects!

[@totallyoriginalname1807]

Literally just beat my Ds1 SL1 run 😂 I suppose this is my reward

[@c.crokorok3223]

A lot of time, research, writing and recording went into this video. I'm no expert on lore to give any criticism, but I can recognize how much pride and hard work goes into a video. For that alone, you are an amazing person and I hope you continue on with this great career path you have chosen. Thank you for all you do to provide us hours of factual entertainment.

[@bruschetta7711]

Characters that don't show their powers evidently are so interesting such as Oswald and Dormhall

[@christaylor86]

Fucking love finding insane videos like this

[@DarkSoulsBossRanker]

Oh hell yes. Excited to see where Havel ends up

[@wassim6351]

I have a feeling You'll blow up sooner or later if you keep pumping up these killer ideas man. Mark my words 💪

[@ars1213]

Incredible video, way more in dept than I expected. This must have been a lot of work

[@Kabank1ller]

According to an art book Oswald of Carim was the commander of the Black Knights(he’s also from Carim, which means he’s far from weak) I think according to the lore he is approximately equal to Havel

[@tha_juice3262]

Imagine all the souls Andre has accrued. Dude has probably reached level cap without ever having to kill a single enemy.

[@adamyohan]

Such a phenomenonal video. This was my 2nd time watching it. Can't wait for the Patches vid.

[@MaievWarden]

27k subs and dropping such quality content is unbelievable, hope you grow faster

[@mididump]

This is a fantastic Lore Video. 20 mins in and I am hooked.

[@AdvayGadicherla]

Let’s go new series to spend my time on

[@LegendaryGoku22]

1:23:16 kind off untrue, it is theorized that iron tarkus was grabbed and thrown by the iron golem all the way from top of Sen's fortress to anor londo, that's why we see that broken glass there and tarkua's body/leftovers in the corner of the room. If he had to fall, he would've been in somewhere middle of the room. However instead if makes more sense if he was grabbed and thrown all the way to anor londo through that window, that's why it's broken.

[@AdamCBM]

Aye lets go! Always good to get some lore!!

[@NeonKC]

Whoa when he says subscribe button it lights up

[@Thegaming728]

Lets Goooooooo! Finally a new video🎉

[@AllramYT]

Here we go :D another great series of awesome lore, cant wait for ds2 ;)

[@AllramYT]

Love the ending !!! :D

[@russtsy7957]

you contact is my new souls drug and easily you are already on the level of vividia just with these kinda content.

[@jacobbruce1005]

Easily the most underrated channel in the community. Waiting for people to realize what they’re missing

[@ashen-one--x]

so helpful knowing the mechanics behind this. thanks for the info :)

[@grimm3995]

no hate but solaire is objectively no 1, he defeated gwyn in his own world and linked the fire

[@danishcookies]

Love your videos so much!

[@scottlindstroem5370]

Great video keep up the great work!

[@NYBLAZER]

Legend.

[@friedrichjansevanrensburg273]

I was wondering what you are going to do about patches, maybe in the Elden ring npc video?

[@Tp_hedgelinghog]

I love that you're talking DS1, but playing Majula during a bunch of it

[@MenacingSnail]

Fantastic video! Great writing, pacing, and editing! One bit of feedback, your voice in some of the segments is calm, relaxed, and easy to listen to. In other segments (in my opinion) it’s forced, ‘youtubery’, and harder to listen to. The transition from #7 to #6 shows that well. I think for longer videos like this it’s tiring to have too energetic of a voice (especially if somewhat forced) for too long. Great stuff all around, you’re gonna do great things!

[@GalokVonGreshnak]

I was wondering where our final character was and saw the ending. Absolute peak 🤌🍳

[@centerleft6813]

Totally killed Elizabeth on both my play throughs. On total mistake.

[@payaisola4917]

Great Video!

[@JarkkoKuismanen]

Definetly waiting demon soul boss video cool stuff👍

[@Shamoo411]

your channel iws the shit man. Seriously love everytime i see an upload.

[@person-jw7vb]

This is awesome bro

[@thetwo-facedpsycho4956]

First video and already love it keep up the good work you are amazing

[@Blood.exe01]

I forget which item it is that you trade with the crow, I think it's the xanthous crown but it gives you the ring of favor and protection, linking xanthous king Jeremiah to fia. He might be related to two god like figures but not sure if that changes things for him

[@r863sa]

I feel like lore wise the Fair Maiden can probably still cast pyromancies/flame sorceries and just chooses not to, but I could be wrong. Also, for Beatrice, there were other early sorceries. The chaos witches used flame sorceries rather than pyromancy (only became pyromancy with Salaman/Quelana), and its hinted Seath had his own long before the Dragon School was established as well.

[@grenm9]

I really enjoyed this videk

[@proggz39]

No one gives you enough credit for starting the video with the Catacombs blacksmith breaking through the wall. That was peak

[@nogoodone6714]

I feel like Iron Tarkus accomplished a lot more than falling off the rafters in Anor Londo. I feel it’s more likely he entered the painted world and might have fought Pricilla. Find it more likely cause you can see the presence of another Berenike knight in the painting, which would fit his character significantly better especially when you consider Pricilla’s strength lore wise. Iron Tarkus was definitely no slouch and lore wise we can assume the iron golem was significantly more of a challenge than knives throwing acrobats. His body is also more to the side of the rafters and unless he survived the fall and crawled to the corner and died, I see it as unlikely that’s how he died. If that was somehow the case dude definitely should be getting more points for that, and if he fought Pricilla and escaped he should be way up the list.

[@3einEye]

Perfect timing

[@ReverbCanvas]

I haven’t even played these games yet but I love medieval games lore

[@Roach1]

during the siegmeyer bit i don't think he was captured by silver knights, i always thought the implication was that he climbed in through the window, tried to progress forward, got sent packing by the 3 knights (ah, were you repelled by the silver knights?) and then just decided to wait instead of finding another way around

[@itamarfrankental5896]

I love your videos so much ❤❤❤❤❤

[@anthropomorphicmonster9113]

Im saving this video for later. I do like Elden Ring but after the DLC drops im going to need content that isn't just ER DLC as it will be for months probably.

[@Arto257]

Haven't watched yet, but I'm pretty comfortable betting that Havel is gonna be in the top ten. Guy's a beast

[@TrollfaceDarkBruhLmao]

Nice vid :))

[@justinadams2675]

11:16 bro snuck in the hardest materialist analysis of Dark Souls I have ever heard and really thought we wouldn't notice 😮 Great work, comrade ✊

[@tysonmalveaux1274]

Is Gwynevere not an NPC? Or did I miss her placement?

[@KyleJordanGaming]

“Sort of(?)” and “no you didn’t”, respectively. The Gwynevere you meet in DS1 is just an illusion that instantly ‘dies’ if hit with a wooden arrow (Disclaimer: any potential innuendo regarding the previous is probably entirely coincidental and merely a figment of your imagination). And even trying to ‘powerscale’ the real Gwynevere would pretty much boil down to “Well she a ‘goddess’ and all, which do sound pretty dope, but she doesn’t really do anything through the entire series, so... /shrug...?” Which is kind of a lame answer, so I can see not including her.

[@gitnjur]

Gwynevere is an illusion cast by Gwyndolin, Gwynevere the character does not appear in dark souls

[@JakeTheStakeNowIn3D5024]

I bet the reason Eingyi was banished from the swamp was because his poison pyromancy creation turned it into Lordran's first poison swamp! XD

[@Ifyoucanreadthisgooglebroke]

I don't know about mr rank 0 there. I accidentally one shot patches with carian sovereignty in NG+4 the other day. Thought it would just instantly make him surrender.

[@bobzanders1332]

Dialogue can be unlocked with the fair lady if wearing the old witch ring.

[@dantebrown4399]

S tier channel

[@gianna-rm9if]

Black iron turkus is a hero 🥶🥶

[@Gabriel64468]

Wow Siegmeyer is low. I didn‘t expect him to be especially high, he does need help, but we only help him at a couple of points and that‘s enough to get him through most of the game. Yes he gets stuck in Anor Londo,but he actually got into Anor Londo and then got out after we helped him with Silver Knights once.

[@shoebockx3334]

Did he forget Beatrice?!?!

[@Realdanschaal]

This video is amazing

[@Blue-EyesWhitePrivilege]

To put my Fair Lady on the bottom of any list, regardless of the context, is blasphemy. Eggy boys en route to your location, danger close.

[@Hopeless_Husker]

*spams “Well, what is it!”* Fair Lady? Is that what they call my free Fire Keeper Soul?

[@errantvice7335]

In number 28! I don’t think the ds2 greatwood giants are the same sort of giants as the ones in Lordran/Lothric. The storm ruler in DS3 speaks of another race of giants in the Far East refereed to as Oni. Also Yhorm the giant I don’t think is a giant (race), more so just a really big human, after all, to link the fire one must feed it souls, undead act as a walking bag of holding for souls, it would mean for Yhorm to be a lord of cinder he had to be an undead, and only humans can be undead because of the darksign & the dark soul

[@livetrash1138]

The undead curse spreads to other creatures, the undead dragons in Valley of Drakes and Painted World - you could argue Gwyn is afflicted with it since in his bossfight he is clearly hollow and to go hollow you have to be undead. Giant souls are also more powerful than human souls (In DS2 random Giant Souls are way stronger than random human souls) so even if Yhorm wasn’t undead he may still have a powerful enough soul to link the flame.

[@danishcookies]

As a philosopher I find many underlying philosophical conceptual traces in your work and analysis. Keep it up, they are truly enriching.

[@ObscuraDeCapra]

Something I always loved about Havel's lore is how it emphasizes how strong the player is. We casually encounter him on a stairwell and kill the shit out of him (after a few tries and holes in the wall). It's only later that we find out he's one of the most powerful entities in the whole Dark Souls canon. And we just kill him like it's nothing. No wonder almost everything aggros on the player. We're walking death.

[@the_nerd_showtv5562]

Well, it's widely speculated that the Havel we encounter is not the actual one (you know, because of DS3) but yeah, we're walking death

[@bruschetta7711]

DS2 will be interesting, not that many legendary warriors but definetly each one interesting with their own goals

[@ukownphantomGrin]

Kirk is my favorite NPC character from Dark Souls besides Solaire ofc.

[@RedHot388]

IF YOU CAN PLEASE DO DEMONS SOULS (EITHER NPCS OR BOSSES) Im genuinely very curious to see what you come up with since Demon's Souls has been my favourite game since forever. I would like to see npcs since most bosses are regular demons and its obvious who is more powerful than the others by both design and difficulty...

[@evanbrando699]

Can you do the Demon Souls Bosses soon?

[@FalseShepherd]

How did youtube not update me on new UPLOADS?!?!? DEMON SOULS WHEN?

[@ronzjackson21]

Amazing 🤩

[@talonalexander2849]

will there be a strongest npc according to lore for darks 2 & 3?

[@unknownturtle7736]

Precillia and the ancient serpents: am i a joke to you

[@senormarston]

Few things in DS provides me more satisfaction than killing Petrus. Coward and deceptive

[@skullkrusher-dx4kg]

I'd put logan above any knight of gwyn. He's constantly referenced as being adjacent to the lords.