Dark Souls 3 DLC: The Lore of the Ringed City

[@MadLuigi]

Yo I have like double digit twitter followers and 5-digits subs on here. I'd appreciate help changing that: twitter.com/Mad_Luigi

[@davidcirovic8620]

I discoverd yesterday that when you travel back to earthan peak, patches leaves behind a cup of siegbräu right next to the bonfire.

[@NeumaghAnon]

Pasha much piceps I never have seen Patches as that bad of a guy. "But Adam he kills people and loots them" "like we do?" "...no it's different..."

[@obviouslykaleb7998]

@@NeumaghAnon For the most part, everyone attacks _YOU_ first. What makes patches suck is that he tries to kill you regardless of what you’re doing. Sure, he may say he punishes greed but it’s contradicted by him saying he’ll strip your corpse for valuables.

[@kaspersaldell]

@@obviouslykaleb7998 Yeah he's kind of a hypocrite

[@zynboy4118]

Me and my friends have been discussing it, one of our theories about Gael and Aria [painter] is that they sought the Dark Soul so that they could recreate the Abyss- before it became an evil, corrupted force. A cold, dark, and gentle place for humans.

[@MadLuigi]

That actually would be a fair description of an older darkness.

[@Deoix9877]

so, I find it weird that no one mentions how the wasteland where you fight Gael is the same one as the one in the openning cinematic. I thought that was kinda important XD

[@NeumaghAnon]

Deoix9877 eh it just shows that they had this planned from the beginning

[@kaspersaldell]

He said that in the outro of the video

[@TheTaron88]

Maybe the last area where you fight Gael is "the deep sea" Aldrich dreamt about. When you get a birds eye view it kinda looks like an ocean, even Lothric looks like a ship sailing.

[@Nightksa1995]

TheTaron88 you know a sea is made out of water right ??

[@TheTaron88]

Not necessarily, haven't you ever heard of expressions like sea of trees, sea of people or sea of sand? Not everything has to be taken literally, especially not Dark souls content.

[@brummy1994]

I always thought that the see aldritch dreamt about was just the abyss, he just didn't realise it

[@TheTaron88]

You are probably right. I thought maybe the age of the deep sea came after the age of fire and the age of dark, it could be the end of the world where all the kingdoms sank into "the deep sea" when the cycle of light and dark couldn't continue. It looks like at least the ringed city was sinking in the sand, but Lothric and Anor Lando was floating. Aldrich was preparing for a age of the deep sea

[@beardyboy8107]

I also think the same, the deep sea of ashes or sand

[@HardCoreTea]

Aldia and Bearer of the Curse are chilling in some peaceful beach outside of these maddening cycles of death and despair. all i wanted is a scrap of lore to confirm that. :C

[@NeumaghAnon]

Alex DemiHuman bearer: "hey Aldia can you pass me the suntan lotion? Shanalotte wants some" Aldia: (says something overcomplicated and philosophical about rubbing the herald's back) Bearer: "just give me the damn lotion."

[@Lynch2507]

Alex DemiHuman Just like "Hey Aldia, there's a lot of death happening should we go in and sort it out?" "Shaosodidh wnwododuhsbdidj the cycle wkababaususbsbd" ".......okay.

[@lordxepa8190]

They really should have added Aldia, or even the Bearer in this DLC... It would have answered a lot.

[@lordxepa8190]

Just imagine, the final boss is Bearer of the Curse and Lord Aldia.... And the Bearer became some huge puffed up dude, and Aldia is just raining fire on you

[@SimplyGaming]

Drinking a Maragrita

[@fireflyggamber7637]

The place where you fight the Demon prince is firelink shrine from DS1.

[@saulmunoz4987]

If she paints another world, a world of ash, like the begining of all, what if the FLAME was born suddenly because someone was setting a fire the world of Ariandel (or the world of the painter in turn) and this makes the painting world light with fire(and dark) and no more gray or ashes for a long time. A circle bigger thant the circle of the linking of the fire.

[@Nightksa1995]

a circle inside a circle....circleception

[@FranzbroetchenGaming]

But she already said how the world she paints will be :/ Nothing about ash and a first flame was told

[@themonolith253]

Are you sure its Gwyn is the king who ordered Filianore not to be disturbed? I did think that at the start, but then I noticed that Gwyndolins image is carved into the chapel doors. Why would Gwyndolin be on those doors if Gwyn was the one who built it? We know that the Lord of Sunlight wasn't especially proud of his second son and there were no statues or images of him in DS1. Furthermore that image of Gwyndolin is the same one found in Irithyll, which was the darkmoon city. Also in the Japanese version of the game, Gwyndolin is referred to as the current King of the Gods, seeing as how he is the last male heir to Gwyns throne. Could it just be possible that Gwyndolin was in fact the one who placed Filianore in eternal slumber? We don't see anything saying specifically it was Gwyn who did that. His motivation would be the same as Gwyn, to keep men from the Dark Soul. I also believe another reason Gwyndolin put Filianore to sleep was so that he could take what was inside that curious egg she holds. I believe that egg is where Yorshka came from. Given how Yorshka says she does not know much of anything, this could possibly explain why she feels that way. This is pure speculation on my part. It's just that the Gwyndolin imagery on the front of the chapel and the mystery surrounding that egg gives me pause for thought.

[@jonathansparks882]

It would be awesome if they used the new painting, painted with the dark soul blood, as future content for the DLC. Like an update that would open up that area with one, maybe two boss fights.

[@aganaom1712]

jonathan sparks we are calling that world bloodborne.

[@jonathansparks882]

Jonathan Maki lolol true that!!

[@CrimsonReaper189]

i feel that the idea of using the blood of the dark soul to paint a new world is in a way symbolic of from saying they are using the blood of the souls games the core to paint new worlds and new games and if it is true that that is what they intended it is truly a fitting end

[@LSB44446]

I want to know what happened when we touched Fillianore's egg, and what that egg was. And what exactly is the Dreg Heap? And the angels? They should've had more item descriptions to tell us about Judicators, angels, what the Dreg Heap actually is, who the Pygmies are and how they got the Dark Soul, and how Gael took it from them. I think it's safe to assume the last area is in the normal world just outside of Lothric. But seriously so much is unanswered.

[@matthewlizst7939]

The egg seemed a bit like a callback to the broken pendant from the first game, where Manus pulls you back through time because you have it. The Artorias-style boss fight with Gael (also a tragic, corrupted hero) and the scenic, desolate landscape both seem to indicate something to this effect as well. I can't say what significance the egg has to Filanore, just as I can't say what significance the pendant has to Manus. Alternatively, both of these could have been Berserk references. I wouldn't be surprised.

[@altus2447]

I read that the shell is the shell of a Vagrant from Dark Souls 1. It makes sense honestly, the Vagrants appear where large amounts of humanity were lost, and one can assume a large amount of humanity is in the Ringed City and the Ashen Waste could by in a different universe. Unless the Vagrants actually come from the future.

[@WhiskeyTango76s]

I think it was a time jump that only affected us, inadvertently taking a short cut to the literal end. What makes me believe this is Shira's dialogue and Gael's current state. Shira has been looking for us ever since we opened the seal and woke the Princess and you can tell she's been looking longer than what it has been for us and it makes Gael even more tragic than what you originally learn after beating him because he had to get to where he is the hard way taking an unknown amount, there's no telling how long it's been since we last saw him physically. For us it may have been weeks or months, for him it's probably been centuries which I think is why he was surprised to see we were still there. I could be wrong but that's the way it seems to me. Edit: I also believe Ludleth may be a Pygmy, he has the exact same features even if he had legs, he's the only Lord that is smaller than the PC, not just smaller but significantly smaller. Again this could be wrong as well, I haven't had a chance to play DS1(hopefully they remaster it or fuck, a simple port would be good enough for me)

[@TheZettabytetv]

I think it has to be before Untended Graves. IN UG there was no sun what so ever, but in Ringed City the sun looks like it's about to set.

[@WhiskeyTango76s]

TheZettabyte I'm doing another playthrough and I'm going to try and get a good amount of detail involving that now that we have a somewhat complete picture of the World. I've already noticed a few new things but so far I haven't got anything about the UT other than the general idea a lot of people accept because that area still doesn't make much sense when thinking about it the way we did since first finding it so that makes it seem like there has to be something more to it because it really is something significantly off compared to the rest of the world's current/future state

[@null1449]

There are two things that catch my attention 1.- The sun, after we wake Filianore, there is no more eclipse 2.- The lands, we see Lothric but the other city is Irityll? or Anor Londo? Is very confusing

[@skipperg4436]

Isn't Irithyll the same city as Anor Londo? (or built on the same place as Anor Londo with a couple of old building left)

[@lonlonm1lk]

Yeah, Anor Londo became Irithyll after Sully made himself Pontiff, I believe.

[@propaganda_machine]

Gael is actually the last of the Slave Knights, warriors used as cannon fodder along with the Ringed Knights during the War Against the Dragons. The only thing that separated them from the Ringed Knights was that their armor is not of the Abyss. If Gael truly is a Slave Knight, he has lived long past the time of Gwyn, the First Lord, and much longer than us. The Miracles he uses date back to the time where the pact between Man and the Gods was still in tact, which solidifies his position as a Slave Knight. Since the Nameless Painter calls Gael "Uncle", Gael must have had a brother. If this is true, then the care of the Nameless Painter would have come with his brother's death. When he heard the Nameless Painter's idea of a world without the curse of Fire or Dark, Gael renounced his duty as a Slave Knight and went to find the pigment of the Dark Soul of Man. I believe that in the Ringed City, our pursuit of Gael was manipulated by Gael himself, knowing full well that he was not a man of strong will. He knew he would be consumed by the Dark Soul when he found it, and put trust in you to give the pigment to the Nameless Painter. Gael had witnessed the cruelty of the Gods, and the impurity of both Light and Dark, and being a creature of the Darkness knew he had no place in the painting. He sacrificed himself in order for an eternal painting to be built from the power of the Blood of the Dark Soul. When we find Gael at Filianore's Rest, I am not quite sure whether Filianore's Slumber held an illusion, or put us forward in time. If we were put forward in time, then Gael has most likely been corrupted for ages, waiting for you to come and kill him. If we are removing an illusion, then Gael's corruption was not too long after we lifted the illusion. When we kill Gael, we are carrying out his final duty for the Nameless Painter, and are breaking the curse of Light and Dark.

[@ncrranger3299]

The painting is probably elden ring loo

[@Lynch2507]

All I really have to say is, as a HUGE fan and defender of Dark Souls 2, coming across Earthen Peak made me literally go HOLY FUCK and I was smiling for the next five minutes until the angel barrage begun.

[@hottaco4974]

2 is the best to me

[@oplu45]

Stop that.

[@grimkitty7663]

Oisin Lynch i tryed DS2 last week...honest answer: might be good if i can find where the fuck i need to go from that grandma hut! first ennemy i came across-->deal 1damage...

[@hottaco4974]

Skip all the fog Gates you don't need to go in those

[@hottaco4974]

I'd say make a new account if you deal 1 damage you might not be ready for the deprived

[@SonicPrototype]

Gael and his sacrifice for a new world he believes in brings the series to a great end. Because throughout Dark Souls 1, 2 and 3, the only thing to keep the world going was the determination of a hopeful spirit that could never die. *drops mic*

[@SonicPrototype]

Did anyone put together that the locust men preachers were almost all referencing a character's story in the Dark Souls universe. One even talks about Artorias and Sif.

[@hofniel63]

Awesome video man! Looking forward to your future in-depth analysis videos!

[@MadLuigi]

Thanks and glad to hear!

[@Migsycruz]

great video can't wait for the follow up

[@MadLuigi]

Thank you!

[@aaroniouus]

The first thing I thought of when we see the fate of the world in the gael fight was how similar the world was to before the first flame etc. The world is finally returning to its unchanging state of grey, all the energy of the world has once again spread evenly as opposed to disparity. Could it be eluding to a cycle on an even greater scale than the one of linking the fire?

[@saulmunoz4987]

Binning Swollocks Yeah I thought the same when I saw it, a bigger circle, but without the dragons.

[@SaltyBoy25]

Here I am thinking Vaati Would have uploaded this first.

[@NeumaghAnon]

DarkBlade 25 yeah but he makes like 2 videos a month and we want lore now

[@SaltyBoy25]

Fyrewound yeah

[@Kabodanki]

Dude most of those things already comes from Reddit users. They just repackage them as a video, I'm glad for that, I don't want to read page and page of reddit

[@filialuvssquigly7447]

TheOldOne he may steal them but he does them better

[@alensavic8357]

Filia Luvs Squigly no he doesn't. His voice makes me cringe and he doesn't speculate anything. He's lore hunting for beginners that find someone with an accent somewhat more credible.

[@ab-hx8qe]

That was one sexy match cut on the firelink shrine.

[@AliTheNerdKing]

Everyone i saw play up to the point of the Ashen Plains asked if everything was an illusion or if it was the future. Me on the other hand i chuckled, sobbed, and threw a tantrum before going into denial all within 5 seconds when i saw everything buried in sand. I had a gut feeling that this was an illusion like Ando Londo from DS1 so i wasnt to surprised. I was more upset and angry seeing that everything was gone, nothing was left. It left me with such heavy emotions of having my time wasted, in a way like "This is what i have been fighting for?" or "Is this what awaits the world after everything is said and done?" It was an awesome DLC, one that brung me to tears and heavy regret.

[@XYZsolution]

So the angels in this dlc are the ones who are being worshipped by Gertrude, right?

[@MadLuigi]

I actually didn't think of that. Maybe!

[@DrnMontemayor]

MadLuigi Considering the statues of a Winged Kaathe are in Lothric, and the desire for death the Piligrims, that come from the wastes of the end game, and become angels and butterflies. And also the angels' magic is the same as all the Divine spells.

[@chaing-kai-shek2862]

I just wish there was more to the part with giving the blood of the dark soul.

[@johnnnyspade9604]

The waking of fillioanore has to be braking some type of illusion, it doesnt make any sense for it to be anything else. As the first NPC we meet in the ringed city looks like a pygmy lord and alludes to the fact of the city being a fleeing pile of dung or something, like he is aware of the true nature of the city, so either he knows its an illusion or he is Miyazakies take on nostradamus or something. Also we already know how that in the future lothric and the rest of the world turns into the dreg heap, a rubble of kingdoms. But in gaels fight we see lothric and anor londo in the distance almost fully intact, except anor londo which is mostly buried in a sea of ash. Taking these things into account either the city is in some type of illusion that breaks it off the rest of the worlds effects and time or its a major oversight on FROM's part, as even if we assume its just an illusion what we see in gaels arena can't be explained by taking into account the hard facts about the lore of the game.

[@FlareBattle]

He didn't kill us, but man my heart just sunk when I saw Lapp doing the patches squat. I was like "NO, ANYONE BUT THAT!"

[@aleksandarmilic4986]

I'm convinced that Gael is an homage to Oscar, the other chosen undead that never was. He is what was cut from the first game, he is your mirror image in a way, and a fitting end to the series.

[@leonfx8750]

Woah, your voice has improved A LOT! I just watched the Aldrich Lore Video of you... And... Wow!

[@MadLuigi]

I'm really happy to hear it's gotten better!

[@malbhet]

Why did the sisters need the Dark Lord if they already had kings in the ringed city? given the portrait in the first dlc's final boss room, was Frampt killed by the sisters, the portrait did show two dark cloaked figures killing one of the serpents after all, and the hole he popped out of is within the ringed city? There are too many damn plot holes and no real answers.

[@DrnMontemayor]

malbhet The Pygmy Lords have nothing to do with the Lord of Hollows, and the Ringed City is destroyed in reality. Kaathe has always been dead. The Japanese dialogue of Yuria says that she failed his dying wish, while the English version just said that she failed him. So no. You are wrong.

[@IchHassePasswoerter]

Pygmy simply means human. The Pygmy Lords might as well be the 4 Kings.

[@anlata9999]

You are confusing the terms : Plot holes and Unanswered questions , plot holes are mistakes , what always DS franchise has , are unanswered questions , totally different , thats why is special , you need to think and make ur own conclusion about the lore

[@SimplyGaming]

I don't think the part with the angels is Earthen Peak as we know it. I think its just maybe a little something for fans. But man this DLC is amazing. To think this the end of a series that brought us all together is nuts!

[@SimplyGaming]

I seeeee😀

[@Sunwakka]

I think gail has been looking for the dark souls for very long. Maybe since the dragon wars. So if if we are transported to the future then he must have been around for even longer before we find him in the ashen wastelands

[@jamesschieber3757]

The ashen waste reminds me of the age of ancients of how bleak and dull the place is like a full circle but do to Gwyn's messing with the linking of fire the age of dark didn't seem to come .

[@TheDigitalAxe]

gonna have to force myself to wait and watch this after i get the dlc, damn

[@chosenundead4610]

The Gael part almost makes me wanna cry xD that's so sad man... Gael is the best! and I'm sorry for killing him over and over :(

[@ncrranger3299]

I've done it 8 times over

[@HonakoGreen]

VERY GOOD.

[@robertogurrola7465]

Wow, thanks for the video. Was kinda lost In the lore if this dlc

[@giganmerchz5801]

I feel like there might actually be a final dlc after this were we go into the new world the painter creates

[@waylandcoffman9083]

Gael really seems awesome.

[@CantTreadOnMe]

Anybody else felt very alone and empty after Gael? Went from an extreme high to a quiet gloomy peer out into grey sands of nothing. Also the fact that Souls was over for good really intensified those emotions ten fold. I just miss Souls man and I really hope they do come back to it on next gen at least. I feel like there is so much more to explore in the world and Ringed City was great but didnt feel like a proper ending to me. This game being over makes me feel sad man and I was kind of depressed when it was over. It was just the best book, best movie, best comic and best game rolled into one. It was a part of me for a long time and it really feels awful that its gone and not coming back unless a miracle happens. Hope we get more from Souls and Bloodborne.

[@austinmccartney1922]

The painted world is born from the blood of the dark soul. Seems like a tie into bloodborne. She offers to name it after you, the player... your name... yer nam... yharnam!

[@KnightFromSpace]

yassssssssssssssssssss

[@lonlonm1lk]

d e e p e s t l o r e

[@juliettemoss5048]

Throughout the game, we the players collect ashes of those who have fallen in their journeys. Perhaps this is just that? A world that has died, and all that remains is ash? We are the ashen one. (The dead one) Perhaps this is that ash, and from it cometh embers? Perhaps the painted world sums up our duty of lighting the way for a new world? The embers of a new world that comes from the destitute ashen wastes of the world?

[@VisionoftheChief]

The Blood of the Dark Soul...I didn't know Souls could bleed...Also, wasn't there mention of visions of a "Deep Sea" in Bloodborne? Idk if this is a hint at Bloodborne 2, just references for the hell of it, or if the world's are connected...I do know that this end boss could've been someone of more importance to the series.

[@Kabodanki]

We got the blood from Gael Gael was searching for the blood for that girl We give the blood to the girl yeah ringed story

[@VisionoftheChief]

Sapher​ But it isn't just Blood, it's the Blood of the Dark Soul...which is weird cause Souls don't bleed...Bloodborne and Dark Souls are connected, or it's just a reference or hint at Bloodborne 2.

[@simonheinssen5164]

The one who consumes the dark soul becomes it. Gael's blood after consuming the dark soul IS the blood of the dark soul. It just means that whoever consumes it becomes a vessel and is sentient no longer

[@Des-rh9zn]

When we woke fillianora I feel we jumped forward in time

[@MrMaradok]

It sounds like Filionors dream was effectively what held that part of the world together. After waking up, the worlds timelines end up merging to one (time in dreams being subjective, and explaining why phantoms are possible lore wise), and the true world is revealed. THAT is what the world actually looks like, nothing but a wasteland, filled with ash and ruin.

[@nawfalmisconi1287]

First, I'd like to say that I watched some of your lore videos before, but this one just made me hit the sub button right after I finished it This is an amazing summery of this awesome DLC, thank you very much In future videos, can you cover what the Locuts dialogue mean? From what I understand it's about past 'great' DS characters (Artorias for one) but I'd like to know the others Again, thank you very much

[@MadLuigi]

I;m really happy you liked it. And I do think I will! The dialogue is really interesting and worth looking more into.

[@nawfalmisconi1287]

MadLuigi also, while we're on the topic Can you talk about how 'humanities' in this DLC? We see them as an enemy in the first area (those things running over you XD) and (warning: SPOILERS ahead) If you use a white branch of yore near the 'ringed city streets' bonfire (to the wall the says "show your humanity") you'll transform into a humanity

[@MadLuigi]

Yea I'm currently not sure of the significance, but I do wana explore that further.

[@mitchl6896]

Wonderful video!

[@seb-pj1563]

Something I still don't understand is why is there a ringed knight at Filianore's Rest ? He is wandering around behind Filianore's room with his twin blades and he is the only enemy we can encounter before or after Gael. I'm pretty sure From Software did not wonder "hey, we have a spare ringed knight, where should we put it ?". He is basically the only survivor of the end of the world, but since we encounter and very probably killed him before entering the church of the spears, how could he still be there ?

[@BarBar_Binks]

A doody he would never forget

[@cloacalag8486]

Sorry guys but I cant understand a few things: 1) so the undead curse was just a curse forged by Gwin who was afraid of humanity? And if it is, why pigmies didn’t fight back to this sentence? I think that if Gwin was scared about them maybe they could reject that... 2) the new painting refers a “gentle dark world of ash” maybe this can suggest us what is the really Dark Souls ciycle ending? In this case I talk about the ending when we put out the first flame with the help of shrine handmaid. 3) we see the abyss in dark souls under the ruin of New Londo; but with the dlc we can assume that the Abyss ins confined in the ringed city to limit the spread of the dark? And if it is and the Abyss is so powerful and majestic, why we cant see in DLC? I mean if we consider all the consequences in the area it must be present... Thanks for all the help.

[@Yushimer]

So, quick question. What exactly is, the dark soul?

[@IchHassePasswoerter]

Humanity items are fragments of the Dark Soul. The First Flame can only be linked by humans. Humanity wants back to the flame. That's why embers look like humanity items. n fact, everything wants back to the flame. That's why all lands converge. The Flame wants the Lord Souls back.

[@k--music]

Is Midir's arena the cavern where the pygmies found the first flame in the intro cinematic to Dark Souls 1?

[@baileymorris3377]

the painter is painting the world of blood borne as it is a word born from blood (the blood of the dark soul) she also describes the world of blood borne when she says what she is painting

[@TheZettabytetv]

The world of BloodBorne is hardly a cold gentle place, or a goodly home.

[@baileymorris3377]

it is a bit

[@luccalobato2092]

New theory: Slave Knight Gael is ZeroLenny! Think about it. He has a broken sword and he was nothing special. Just determined and crazy enough to fight his battles with said broken sword which he made spicy.

[@maximeangely7499]

I shall Partake

[@杨笑一]

It seems to me that the last area where you fight Gael is very similar to what it would seem in the base game's opening cutscene. The part of Lothric and Anor Londo looks very similar at least, so is it possible that the base game's world is just an illusion to force us to link the flame? Like the ashen waste and untended grave is really what the world looks like now, or maybe the ashen waste is several years more advanced than the base game's real world like the Dragonslayer armour had hinted?

[@stevenholt5034]

What if the Butterflies are angels corrupted by the abyss... where as angels are pure transformations?

[@RaLLenheimer]

great new vid - i love it :)

[@MadLuigi]

Thanks!

[@Zakrovik]

Ashes we were and Ashes we become.

[@MshadowsenseoC]

I think you go into the future, there are two reasons why I think this. Firstly, in the first Dark Souls, when you hit Gwynevere she vanishes because she is a illusion. Filianore, after the flash of light, has become a corpse so therefore it seems she was a living being. Also, there is this description of her (official art description)"Under the soft light of sun set, a woman sleeps everlastingly. Covered by overly grown bacillus, she is holding a half cracked shell. Her name is Filianore - her sleep is meant for the sake of others." Secondly, after Gwynevere vanishes, it effects the area permanently. The entire are of Anor Londo has no sunlight and certain enemies are gone. In the DLC, you can still travel to The Ringed City after the event that you touch her. I think that the Ashen Wastes as I call it, is the vision of the "Age of the Deep Sea". The sand symbolizes the water and it has swallowed everything up. That is my reasoning why it is not a illusion, but the future because the fire has faded entirely.

[@TheJRobinhood]

I'm interested in what the painter's last painting is... considering it's painted with blood infused with the Dark Soul, make the realm inside is the world of Bloodborne? So that after the Dark Souls realm turned to ask, humanity lived on inside the world of the painting in a different way.

[@miguelinop]

8:02 anyone has the dialogue for this npc? I missed him in my first run and finished the DLC, now nowhere too be found.

[@wezzy9437]

Is darkeater Midir the Abyss Dragon mentioned as the enemy of the Milwood Knights?

[@lendial]

How can a soul have blood? I'm so confused. Was the soul not fragmented into all of humanity?

[@NeumaghAnon]

lendial what about the soul of the blood of the wolf? (I love saying that, rest in pepperoni artorias)

[@Groulphy]

you don't feel the possibility of Gael being the furtive pigmy?

[@voraito]

It's entirely possible as literally any human could be the one Pygmy who found the dark soul. It could even be Patches. In Gael's case it might make sense if you think he denied complying with the Ringed City plan and was therefore made a slave. My money is on either 1. The Pygmy Lord we meet outside the city who was suspicious of the gods and wasn't trapped in the egg with the rest. 2. The one Lord sitting on the very middle throne that is still intact. 3. We never meet him/her.

[@taurvanath]

Do you think the Dark Soul's lore ends with the world becoming grey again? like how it began?

[@manab787]

if her slumber is what maintains this illusion, then how did Gael get past it and reached the pygmies before us without waking her up?

[@israelpadilla8126]

mohammed nabhan maybe Gael is from another world and when he did it we didn't know but then the worlds combined cuz I mean if he was going through the same way we were that means he must've fought the bosses right? But they are still alive for us to fight

[@manab787]

Hmmm... I just feel that's a very convenient explanation. Not saying it's not valid, just that it's too convenient having separate worlds and then combining them only when it serves the narrative. That being said, it has merit to it, since his notes are all over the place like other player characters and he does put this white sign to help you out in one of the boss fights.

[@zifer123]

why would Gael need Fillionoire awake for ?

[@manab787]

Zifer upon reaching the ring City, all that remains between you and reaching the pygmies and the dark soul is her slumber. That's why gwyn decreed that no one should disrupt her.

[@zifer123]

Yes us but couldnt he have reached it another way or the illusion is broken for one person only but either way i dont think theres any mention that Fillionore protects or guards the pygmys and more to my theory that gael got there another way is that the Pygmy that was crawling was asking for Fillionoire so he didnt know she was dead yet or maybe he didnt know she was dead because nobody knew she was.

[@seppedemuynck7326]

Jump forward in time... Where's Gold Experience Reqium when you need him.

[@xgfreedom]

So what is the difference between furtive pygmy and pygmy lords(I believe all who were consumed by darkness after the birth of the first flame were called furtive pygmy). Furthermore I believe Filianore was someone who was born from pygmy mother or at least some dark souls within her. And most importantly the shell resembles the world where it seems the light is everywhere protecting the world but in reality the dark already consumed the inside and slightest touch of dark being shatters it; therefore taking us to ashed world where forcefully kept flame burnt whole world leaving only ashes behind.

[@elevate07]

Kory Kwon The same difference between Gwyn and the gods. The Furtive Pygmy is a Primeval Lord. The Pygmy Lords are his closest followers.

[@wencaz1080]

Did anyone noticed Demon Souls/Bloodborne reference? One of the new items mentions beginning of the world or worlds.

[@arisniro3167]

I still don't get Filianore and that shell. Was it the shell's destruction that broke the illusion, or Filianore waking up? Which?

[@MadLuigi]

Yeah there's a lot of mystery behind her and that shell. Sounds like another video topic!

[@zeke20132013]

Aris Niro I think that Filianore is the goddess of time, and as long as she sleeps time does too. And the egg is probably the egg of midir, and you wake her up by destroying it.

[@themk4982]

What's the story with Magnus? So he completely split into multiple people or is part of him left because I always thought that seeing as he is father of the abyss (most badass title ever I must add) and the whole world gets enveloped by the abyss every age of dark that he must still be there somewhere.

[@NeumaghAnon]

The Lich King MK ask a certain dark witch

[@tamadnapagong7860]

the ash wasteland ithink is the one featured in the opening cutscene

[@church6882]

So anybody else pretty sad that the franchise ended?

[@ricardossng]

Dew Church I'm with you. Played demons souls and bloodborne plus all dark souls and every DLC. Kinda sad I won't get it again

[@barbariumTV]

There is a NPC at the of ring city part of the game. What's up with him ?

[@Nonov685]

A painting borne from blood.....a bloodborne world - i assume is what shes painting

[@Furionic696]

Does the Demon Princes presence in the Ringed City imply that Loroan has been there?

[@Furionic696]

lorian*

[@Manfromthenorth0551]

Furionic696 Possibly, there are lothric knights and slaves so they could be forces left over from Lorian's fight.

[@ricardofierro629]

If we're in the future when u touch the egg then how do u go back and give her the pigment

[@konewhatsthenamespolicy6308]

So what happened to the main world? Same as the main game?

[@BrainstormHaZe_]

wait WTF happened when you gave her the dark soul like did she finish the painting or what

[@ambrozia7896]

So does the painting start blood borne?

[@RC-vy7gu]

Im trying to be happy about this ending but I need more answers!

[@kurolop2100]

could you Make a lore about the Player character because nothing happens randomly in Dark souls and i Think we belonged to One of the pillars on the Previous life. it could be that we we're the 3rd blackhand because gotthard help us on the abyss Watchers (should be hawkwood job but he refused to fight his fellows) and pontiff. the blackhand serves lothric but gotthard decided to change sides and kill the prince thats Why the Leon Warrior can be summoned but he returns to his World once you kill the Maiden, he Sees that you no longer serve lothric. After he, the Second blackhand kumai (i Think its his name and After he Kills gotthard in the library) and the Crystal Daughter will try to Stop you before you reach lorian. if my theory is right then the lore will be Deep as the abyss

[@mrjooxmanallah]

Could you imagine if those “Angels” respawned???

[@stevenholt5034]

"A fine dark soul to you" Did... Did Patches actually and sincerely wish us luck?

[@TheZettabytetv]

i think that was supposed to be a farewell moment to the players. he's been in all the souls games, and now he's even here with you till the end.

[@jtm226]

I think the blood of the dark soul connects to bloodborne. even Gael cape attack at the end look similar to the arcane attack on bloodborne. plus corruption is a recurring theme souls borne games. but it either from blood or the abyss this time it's both.

[@israelpadilla8126]

tyrice m let me ask you this if they are connected then how did the old ones come to be?

[@jtm226]

Israel Padilla Gods. remember the infant in the mad king fight? invisible. he was the offspring of God and a king driven crazy who resemble seth. he was a mutation if conceived after the mad king altered himself. what if this practice became common in search of a worthy heir to link the flame. and maybe somewhere along the line it was decided that just like in the ringed city that God's and men should be kept separate.both of fight , the wet nurse and mad king, are similar. also remember that Gael went crazy after consuming blood of the dark soul. he became corrupted like people in blood borne go crazy after taking in blood of pygmy lords. pygmy lords are God's in the sense that they are those who possess one of the 4 original souls. blood so old it dried. key word old blood. Gael costumes old blood. forbidden blood. morphing him into a beast. sure there are hole and what it's but that just souls game lore and I'm by no means a theorist I just wanted to share my opinion.

[@israelpadilla8126]

tyrice m but the king is lothrics dad he became a dragon because he searched through his work and became insane almost like big hat Logan and ocelot, the baby, most likely looks like the emerald herald or yorshka and Pricilla and I'm pretty sure he gets killed by oceiros in the fight. And Gael went mad because of the dark soul. Like it's said in the video the reason he consumed it was to produce bloood for it so the painter could paint with it. The reason he consumed it was because the Pygmys didn't have any more blood since they are so old not that their blood is old and whatnot. Since everything related to the abyss corrupts whatever it touches I'm sure that's why Gael went insane, I mean look at artorias the dude was known for having a strong will but even he got corrupted by the darkened even the dragon got corrupted. While I would like for the games to be connected I don't think using the blood would be an explanation because I mean Gael dies in the ruins of the ringed city at the worlds end and no one is there anymore after you fight him and the player pretty much goes on and brings the end of the age of fire and all that.

[@IchigoKurosaki3119]

how does the ending(s) relate to the dlc? was it all for nothing?

[@MadLuigi]

I have a video coming out on that pretty soon!

[@IchigoKurosaki3119]

MadLuigi hot damn that was fast!

[@T-Madra]

Could the new painted world be yarnem

[@missnkingmc154]

Gael is human right? So he HAS a dark soul since humanity is a fragment of it, why can't he use his own blood for the painting?

[@crimsoncriminal5047]

Am i the only 1 that went solo for all 3 bosses, jesus hows tht fun

[@spookydascary6980]

Crimson Criminal There's 4 lol

[@adrianpulungescu88]

Spear of the Church is not a boss fight it's just bad pvp.

[@crimsoncriminal5047]

N yea i rekt the guy too solo 1st try didnt even know it was a real person he was garbage

[@beardyboy8107]

I wonder how many kids does gwyn have? Faraam, gwynevere, gwyndolin, yoshka, and filianore? And who is their mother? Velka?

[@sirernest546]

Brewzer NM well, who says that they all had the same Mother? If you think about Zeus in Greek mythology, he has many children with a multitude of women. As to the identity of the mother(s) your guess is as good as mine

[@beardyboy8107]

Sir Ernest i wonder what kind of creature gwyn fucked lol, so many abomination among his children. Or what kind of creature does his wife cheated on, well who knows, but it makes me much more curious about the history of gwyn's family with filianore revealed.

[@sirernest546]

Brewzer NM lol maybe Yorshka is the result of an alcohol-induced one-night-stand between Gwyn and Seathe (After all we know next to nothing about Dragons and their genders - they could be hermaphroditic)

[@zifer123]

maybe Velka was the mother but he cheated on Gwyn with Seath giving birth to Gwyndolin considering he half dragon.

[@beardyboy8107]

Zifer she* and i wonder how the fucked lol

[@nomercy8989]

But what about the snake figure at the end of AOA?

[@MadLuigi]

At the back of the Friede fight?

[@nomercy8989]

Yup

[@XYZsolution]

Maybe a statue of Priscilla.

[@jona.o8098]

nomercy8989 worthless object

[@hottaco4974]

Any thoughts on the furtive pygmy

[@MadLuigi]

There could've been multiple!

[@hottaco4974]

I know that???

[@hottaco4974]

but only one found the dark soul

[@nawfalmisconi1287]

Joe Mahaffey the first Pygmy (the furtive Pygmy) imo shared his great soul (the dark soul) to other pygmies, to almost all the humans and hollows...etc we see, we all have a part of the dark soul And breaking up a great soul is possible since Gwynn did it and gave parts of his soul to the 4 kings and seath (and his 4 knights? I don't remember exactly but you get the idea) The statue of Gwynn and a Pygmy? That could've been the furtive Pygmy, and these Pygmy kings are a direct line of his or just people who made themselves kings

[@XYZsolution]

He is either Manus or just one of the other Pygmy Lords.

[@camilletheunforgiven5802]

They wont make Dark Souls 4?

[@mikek9910]

What if you killed patchis?

[@sirweenielick8534]

I wonder what the golden Winged Knights are, are they the same thing as the Angels seen outside of the Ringed City?

[@mediumbob4735]

It's simple man, dark souls one tells us the world began as a world of grey(grey, not gray, grey is lighter of the two), crags, trees, and dragons. But it started with a world of grey. That ash wasteland at the end of the game is grey. You kill him, give the blood to her and now she has the colors to paint a world. Her first two colors, Dark blood and Red Flame. The world starts from there, does that mean it starts over with Dark Souls 1? or is it a new Souls game and thus we shall get Demon Souls 2? Gwyn was the last person to just go through the journey you just did, and at the end when the painter asked him if she should name the world after him or not. He chose yes. He went in and lived in that new world, Grabbed the flame and handed out some chunks. Patches snatched the dark (wouldnt that be funny)Maybe you go in this new painted world and it becomes _______ souls. Thats my 2 cents. Prolly way off on some things, but I think some of it fits just too good.

[@TwiggehTV]

Heh, its all so obvious now.. "Lapp" is Swedish for "Patch".

[@samsschool3639]

Patches really reminds me of some other charrachter

[@alessandromolino3242]

So the ending of the original game are not important? This is the real ending?