Dark Souls 3 ► Lore of the Main Bosses

[@kylemaben8363]

Can we take a moment to appreciate the fact anor londo is in ruins but someone fixed the window

[@riotcourier6]

Yup that's what I thought oh well everyone's dead but AT LEAST THEY FIXED THE DAMN WINDOW

[@LordConstipation]

It was really bugging the Silver Knights, who were pissed that people kept breaking in.

[@PaladinfffLeeroy]

I wanted to like this comment but then I saw the like number...

[@mustekkala]

I stopped at the window too, dumbfounded by the priorities of the maintenance staff in Anor Londo. There has to be a reason why it is not broken, it wouldn't really change anything if it were still busted. Oh and you can't jump down from Gwyneveres bonfire either, someone build a safety railing there. :D

[@takezokimura2571]

Gwyndolin is an illusion master. He fixed the window to fool people into thinking that the Cathedral is still intact.

[@pizza9936]

Nobody mentions how there are no ads throughout this whole video? Vaati does this for us only. That's commendable. Edit: please stop replying about seeing ads I was young and dumb when I made this comment and didn't understand how youtube worked please stop argh

[@shidfard]

he has a patreon

[@freshlymemed5680]

@@shidfard so do alot of youtubers with ads

[@CAMSLAYER13]

@@shidfard yeah which fans pay into

[@Chance57]

I will join patreon and become a patron of all my favorite channels as soon as patreon becomes more transparent and shows how much they make. Some creators still beg for patrons after getting 5k per video.

[@TrollownsGoblin]

Gamer Despacito he should put some ads up

[@AshenDruid]

In a way, we were Gundyr's boss fight, and he lost. He is our first, we are his last

[@aurelius8734]

that’s what she said tehee

[@curtism8707]

That’s honestly .... pretty fucking solid and interesting I like that props wish I thought of that before reading !

[@corbo2765]

Wow this is interesting

[@zezumi1120]

We were his first and last.

[@nicholasdavidson9035]

it's as deep as the abyss

[@MattDoesLife539]

Here's why d3 lore is so crazy. Dark souls 3 was my first souls game, I fought this boss called Aldrich and thought hey it looks way different than what the game intro showed. After completing the game I went on to buy DS1 and DS2. While playing DS1, I fought a boss called Gwyndolin, and instantly realized that hey that guy looks familiar, he looks exactly like Aldrich. After doing some research and watching this video..... I realize Aldrich is actually the black goo.....he was in the process of devouring Gwyndolin. Now that is DARK souls.

[@CottonCandySharks]

Thank you, I didn't notice that!

[@PiccoloNamexio]

it would be a lot crazier if people actually played the series from the first one and then saw how these game develops. i don't understand why most of people who know this series plays the last one first.

[@ignaultorance1059]

@@PiccoloNamexio Probably because Ds1 and 2 are ancient

[@DekuNut353]

Aldrich in the cutscene: 🐌

[@rudywilliams6538]

@@PiccoloNamexio because ds3 is a better game

[@troyross5243]

*Killing the abyss watchers* "Hey where can I find the next boss?" Abyss watchers: "Right down the road!"

[@simonmercuri3073]

Can't miss it!

[@WolfHreda]

"Right down- Buh-Bye!"

[@OreoRanger2210]

@@DragonKnight90001 I read that as one continuous sentence. Also Happy Souls

[@DragonKnight90001]

Nelo XD good times funny though i only recently started playing d2 i’ve just been to dragon aerie (think thats right)

[@vertexed5540]

Right down the... Buh bye!

[@kre8or465]

yorm basically went "you have a porblem with me? ok then" *puts gun in hand of subjects and holds his face right in front of it*"prove it"

[@alexenc2742]

You see those warriors from Carthus? They've got curved swords. Curved. Swords.

[@user-tw1pm6nr5e]

yorm

[@heilmodrhinnheimski]

@@user-tw1pm6nr5e yor m(om)

[@tahaelhour690]

The lyrics to his theme (translation not official but by a fan) also imply that for him both outcomes are a win. Either he kills the profaned flame and proves himself to everyone, or he kills their asses in the process and gets his revenge.

[@blizzardgaming7070]

We all face porblems. For some it is DS3, for others it is spelling.

[@VaatiVidya]

Reading through all the comments now, i've yet to come across any negativity. I'm really glad you guys like it. When you work on a project like this for weeks, you kind of get dulled to whether it's any good. Appreciate the support, wish I could respond to it all. After the move this week i'll do my best to become a video production machine! Lots of new routines to get into. I hope my internet is faster at this new place..I watched this video upload for like 2 days lol Also i've added a few amendments in the description in relation to Yorshka and Gwynevere

[@mindriguniverse2429]

awesome videos as always, really sorry to bother you but i have a question that i am to lazy to look up. which ending supposedly ends the cycle. is it the one where you bring darkness to your world but fire comes back (i thought this ment a more calm fire comes back, not so bad as the one currently around) or the one where you steal the fire so it never comes back and humanity has to overcome the darkness themselves like we did in the dark ages. also why does the soul of cinder attack you. is it not apart of gywen. is it suppose to test you. anyways thanks for rhe awesome vids. keep it up

[@Looch1717]

Its amazing dude. You sure dont upload all that often, but when you do its just the best content out there. Well worth the wait. Very, very well done sir.

[@akshat3516]

Do you think ds3 will be goty 2016.

[@arcanehaze4799]

I've more speculation about the "Pilgrim Butterfly": if you look around the High Wall of Lothric at the beginning of game, you can easily see a very lot of trees where the hollows peoples are praying. All the trees have arms, heads and and are ALL pointed up in direction of the Castle of Lothric. The form of the trees resemble an hollow in the act of fly into the sky and looks really similar the Pilgrim Butterfly's wings as well. May be the trees are the incomplete form of the butterly?

[@Xelakunn]

Honestly, you're the best channel of Dark Souls in the entire KZbin. You are extraordinary.

[@gibusspy8955]

I wonder what Aldrich's train of thought was? "I just have a vision of a world of deep sea further down the line, imma eat the gods, to grow fins or something"

[@simonhogg1143]

The deep miracles are characterised in some cases by the "gnawing/biting insects". Aldritch might have seen this as the path to getting closer to understanding the deep. So he eats and eats, and becomes an almost liquid in form. Perhaps he believes that is he can consume everything, his liquid form will cover the world and bring about his world of deep sea?

[@danny5357]

Or perhaps like Kefka he wanted to demonstrate the lack of permanence in the so-called gods by striking them down and defiling them. After all, even he became a lord of cinder, not for virtue but for might. A demonstration of the meaninglessness of power by virtue of its vulnerability. "The gods are meaninglessness, anyone can be powerful. Watch." And by devouring the gods and their power, cutting ties with the age of fire and making himself the champion of the deep.

[@TymaDem]

@@danny5357 So, basically, Aldritch wanted to get a fourth DS3 ending before the player does 🤔

[@anagoth9]

I always just assumed "The Deep" was another term for the Abyss, ie. darkness, ie. humanity. The vision of a "deep sea" would be the darkness the envelops the world when the fire fades, which is why Aldrich abandoned his duty to relink the First Flame after his vision. Like the Locusts and the Sable Church of Londor he rejects the old gods who embodied the First Flame and did everything in their power to stop the age of darkness, so it makes sense he would devour them to stop them from interferring.

[@watwrongwichu2578]

He wanted to be a megalodon

[@Nixiôn.1]

The soul of cinder is just some guy who drank his milk and played NG+9

[@ballthatbounces626]

What?

[@lugoorstar]

@@ballthatbounces626 u big dum dum

[@ballthatbounces626]

@@lugoorstar thanks that doesnt help at all.

[@lugoorstar]

@@ballthatbounces626 i know, that's why I said it

[@ballthatbounces626]

@@lugoorstar thanks that doesnt change anything

[@aghitsaplane4262]

Deacons:"Happy birthday Gwyndolin!" Gwyndolin:"Thanks for coming everyone,say uh...where's the cake?" Aldrich:"We're not having cake" Gwyndolin: *"oh no"*

[@garochompo5454]

Aldrich: You'r the cake

[@Alex-mp5xe]

L oi

[@kauaproco9853]

Underrated comment right here

[@amberpatterson461]

@@garochompo5454 oh no

[@alfax4505]

I mean I’m sure Aldrich could’ve dreamt of gwyndolins cake

[@viktorlindeberg7363]

man the time and effort it takes to do all this; play the game, read all the info on items, make it sound fluently and the making this video with all the editing, god damb. new sub roight here

[@dylman7945]

Viktor Lindeberg *damn

[@viktorlindeberg7363]

nononono, god damb, sounds funny, watch mini ladd

[@Greendalewitch]

Ever since I saw his video I always feel extremely guilty when fighting Wolnir. No one deserved to be devoured by The Abyss, not even worst human beings. But that is just me.

[@imitationcrabmeat9901]

you got that roight

[@cyaegha293]

yeah its like dark souls is shit with its storytelling and there are many other ways better than this immersion breaking and tedious medthod of storytelling

[@chilicheesedog2766]

"Vordt is the first outrider knight you meet in the game" Me who accidentally summoned the Dancer first: *Laughs in agony*

[@silverwatchdog]

Well at least you don’t have to fight the dancer at the time. She is basically impossible for a new player at the correct level but is actually impossible in reality because you only have a +1 weapon when she is balanced around having a +8 or even a +10 weapon. Your vigor is also really low still and she will one shot you. You definitely need more experience and levels before I think it’s reasonable to defeat her. Even then she is still pretty challenging. At least you can just pick up the banner and leave if you killed Emma and deal with the dancer later.

[@VDA19]

Any by "Accidentally" you mean you killed the friendly old lady huh?

[@saucetelevision7915]

The Abyss watchers are like that meme with Spiderman pointing out himself

[@jamieeowynn1771]

A new way to meme

[@freshlymemed5680]

Its was a nice party until only a single slice of pizza is left.

[@felicityfullard6069]

I am drawing this

[@thomasoneill4386]

Felicity Fullard How’s it going?

[@felipecosta-kv2fx]

Abyss watcher 1: "How dary you point at me!" Abyss watcher 2: "You pointed at me first!"

[@gatitagiz2]

“The first outrider knight you meet is Vordt...” Me: *Has* *Dancer* *Flashbacks* Also Me: Oh y-yeah suuuure

[@jacksonbuchberg9664]

RipplyCookie 060 vietnam flashbacks: *intensifies*

[@DragonKnight90001]

.......you killed the old lady didn’t you

[@jacksonbuchberg9664]

@@DragonKnight90001 Yes. Yes. I. Did.

[@DragonKnight90001]

Ancient Gaming ........bet you had fun facing the dancer then

[@jacksonbuchberg9664]

@@DragonKnight90001 she got those cheeks.. CLAPPED

[@shortbuskid]

Imagine being slain by a dude then later that same man but newer somehow comes and kills you again for his trial... damn

[@wingofwar2352]

The biggest flex ever. Just coming in extremely weak and winning again after having beaten him already.

[@deadprank947]

thi toadstool of astora \[T]/ champion and iudex? Tbf he didn’t expect us to not parry the shit out of him the second time

[@faranhjar]

J D nobody’s trying to make it “deep” lol it just sounds cool

[@iforgot383]

@J D imagine getting offended by a random comment that wasn't really trying to say anything

[@violetstitch]

J D literally nothing about his comment is more pretentious than what you said.

[@SSDDBB15]

Nietzsche wrote, "beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster . . . for when you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." I think the abyss watchers are derived from this quote.

[@HybridSpektar]

Suits Bloodborne

[@praisethesunstudios7931]

Artorias

[@nunesviniboy]

@@HybridSpektar i immediately thought about Gasgoigne

[@mgz0305]

@@nunesviniboy Papa Guac

[@veila0924]

Well yeah they're mini Artorias

[@grubbz5379]

You see those warriors from Carthus? They've got curved swords. Curved. Swords.

[@user-ie6ti2wx5c]

Redguards are the best

[@re2fan123]

HA!

[@largefuckingguy]

they got some big bones too

[@dedfuk419]

I was looking through the comments for THIS specific comment.

[@iceyfrost2241]

A fellow man of culture

[@thekingofcardboard]

The moral of the story is: -Iudex Gundyr: Always try to be on time, otherwise you get the job that no one wants. -Vordt of the Boreal Valley: Your boss has absolutely no respect for you! -Curse-Rotted Greatwood: Nature is damn scary sometimes... and gross. -Crystal Sage: If you do your homework and study really hard you get superpowers -Deacons of the Deep: Priests are scary! -Abyss Watchers: You and your friends might be powerful enough to change the world, but at that point the only people left to fight is each other. -High Lord Wolnir: Even the strongest, most powerful people in the world are afraid of the dark. -Old Demon King: Respect your elders because some of them can still kick ass. -Pontiff Sullyvhan: People don't become assholes just because they're rich, riches attract assholes. -Aldrich Devourer of Gods: Even if you only eat one god, if you call yourself the devourer of GOD'S most people won't question it. -Yhorm the Giant: even when you are good at your job, responsible, royalty, a gold-plated badass, and you have a giant sword, someone will still laugh at you. -Dancer of the Boreal Valley: When you are famous people will fuck with you just so they can say they did. -Oceiros the Consumed King: I got nothing, this guy's just fucking weird. -Dragonslayer Armour: Inanimate objects have just as many stories to tell as people do. -Champion Gundyr: see above (Edit: sorry @Yohannan, i wrote that wrong. i meant see the entry on Iudex Gundyr) -Lorian and Lothric: Crippled people can still be fucking awesome. -Ancient Wyvern: Fuck this boss it sucked -Nameless King: Some people never give up on their friends, and those people are usually badasses. -Soul of Cinder: Your legacy can last long after the world has forgotten your name. -Champion Gravetender and Greatwolf: if you are boring people will pay more attention to your pets than they do to you. -Sister Fiede: Nuns are scary too, also: Some people will die for their family. -The Demon Prince: There's no lore on this guy, i got nothing. -Halflight Spear of the Church: no mater how good you are at something, someone in the world is better than you. -Darkeater Midir: No matter how good you are at something, some challenges are too big for you to beat on your own. -Slave Knight Gael: Starting from the bottom of society and working your way up can make you strong enough to survive the end of the world. I've thought of a few more: - Curse-Rotted Greatwood: (Thanks, @Endurabledude for reminding me this boss isn't a natural spirit tree) If you pile all your problems away in one place instead of dealing with them as they show up, one day it will come back, all at once, to bite you in the ass. - Deacons of the deep: Organizations that are around for too long eventually forget their purpose and devolve into nothing but keeping their group alive. - Lorian and Lothric: Family can be more important to some people than the rest of the world, and sometimes it's hard to tell if feeling that way is a good thing. - Ancient Wyvern: @CER SIVA is right, there is always another way. But if you can't find it, ask a lazy person to do it for you. Not only will they show you how to do it, but they will do it in a way that requires much less work. - Demon Prince: Even if you have nothing special about yourself, you can be famous too if you let someone rich insert something inside you. Bonus points if they're royalty. - Oceirus the Consumed King: Some parents love their children, but others raise their kids to do what they didn't, or couldn't do when they were young. When these children try to live their own life, their parents can't take it and snap. - Dragonslayer Orenstein: A consistent story isn't always the same as a good story. Pointing out plotholes might only be distracting you from the point someone is trying to make with their art. filling in plotholes however, can be a fun and thought provoking excersize. - Patches the Unbreakable: A small business run by one person can be just as corrupt as an international mega-corporation. Pay attention to where the things you buy come from. - Emma the High Priestess: Young people often assume that their elders are full of old and archaic ideas that don't mesh with the modern world. That kind of prejudice only blinds them to how, even if flawed, those ideas are born from how much their elders care about them. - Segmeyer of Caterina: Fan service can be a bad thing, but if done right it can be an opportunity to tell a beautiful and interesting story. - Orbeck on Vinheim: If you do your homework and study really hard you get superpowers... or you could die. Especially if you hang out with cultists. - Hawkwood the Deserter: when you see your friends going down a path that turns them into something less than what they were, and you can't help them, it can be the hardest thing you'll ever do to just walk away. Be a good person, if not for your own sake, then for the sake of those who care about you. - Horace the Hushed: if all you do is sit in the corner of the room with your arms cross, and never say anything, everyone is going to pay attention to your hot friend instead. - Eygon of Carim: When you have a character who dresses in all black, has a deep gravely voice, speaks in jaded insulting quips, wields and over-sized impractical weapon, and is literally a knight who decided to protect a maiden without her asking him to, it will take a special kind of writer to make them truly cool. Usually it's just cringe inducing. - Ludleth of Courland: If you were a powerful person in your youth, but now you're just a withered, crippled old person, there is still a way for you to be helpful. Maybe even a way for you to save the world. - Giant of the Undead settlement: Sometimes making a friend is as easy as walking up them and saying hello. You would normally expect Sesame Street to tell you this, but sometimes adults need to be reminded of that, too. - Lapp: sometimes people who go on long soul searching quest, that take them to the end of the world, come away from the experience thinking being a dick is just as good an idea as it's always been. - Pickle-pee: Even the best written and most depressing stories have a place for a character whose name is a reference to a penis. - Locust Preachers: Some people will always be stupid or desperate enough to fall for someone in a dark alley promising them the world. Thank's for reading all the way to the end. I know it's just a youtube comment, but i really appreciate all the positivity. This took a long fucking time to come up with. I'm dyslexic, so it took even longer to write, since i had to keep fixing so many mistakes.

[@AssHunter_69]

This was actually pretty good!

[@Morfe02]

oceiros: Knowledge brings madness and despair also if you believe in an imaginary child, you can make it come true ¡

[@carlosvalois8966]

I love how some of those are very legitimate life lessons and some are just perfectly hilarious.

[@squawk4391]

Ancient Wyvern- There's ALWAYS another way.

[@Moon_Presence]

It was good, but this is way too clumped together. Makes it hard to read, otherwise well said

[@jynxed66six54]

>abyss watchers link fire >the pain is causes leads them to reject linking it again >doubt sets in >abyss takes over

[@mismis3153]

Yet the sense of duty still remain in them : you see them trying to eliminate the abyss, even if it means killing themselves, just like you see artoras fighting the abyss, even if he is still corrupted

[@koppunch]

Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to sadness. This leads to the dark side

[@Paulito-ym4qc]

@@koppunch this is some star wars shit is swear

[@takikarin2330]

>be me

[@Momentomorrii_]

>we kill the abyss >abyss kills us >WE FIGHT EACHOTHER >pain and doubt sets in >regret

[@maxducks2001]

I like to think that the Soul of Cinder is literally an amalgamation of all the chosen undead who linked the fires, and that the Soul of Cinder doesn’t just adopt Gwyn’s fighting style, rather it’s Gwyn’s very soul surfacing, the god king himself trying one last time to preserve the age of fire, HIS age of fire.

[@fridge9163]

That's pretty much what it is, I believe it plays Gwyn's theme too when he uses his moveset hinting that it's Gwyn's soul.

[@gustavohmalvares6964]

that's a fantastic insight!

[@hasimansari843]

One thing that I do not understand is how is it preserving the flame when it is trying to kill us and not let us link it? 🤔

[@jotarokujo3603]

​@hasimansari843 it's likely a test, if you can't beat it then you won't be able to link the flame. Although this doesn't explain how unkindled ash tried and failed to link the flame before. But it's possible that the soul of cinder had not manifested when they tried. It's also not clear when the unkindled ash attempted to link the flame, for all we know they could be from all over time, as far back as the events of ds1. Perhaps the soul of cinder manifested in response to many failed attempts to link the flame. Dark Souls gets murky pretty quickly when you try to clarify anything.

[@Chopper153]

No, the soul of cinder is fighting you to test your strength, not to preserve the age of fire. It's a test to let only the mighty become a lord of cinder and link the flame. The soul wants you to win, but it'll test you first.

[@LexLoofah]

Vativiidya: most people haven't made it this far through the video. Me: on their 15th viewing or 16th?

[@jayeshmange2424]

Me: after all these years, i have finally found a relatable comment!!

[@LexLoofah]

@@jayeshmange2424 hey thanks brutha

[@danielbowen4550]

Over here watching this video in NG+12

[@jacobturner1490]

Perhaps the "drastic means" Lothrics family took was to abandon the Sun cult, which would explain why EVERY sun covenant statue has been smashed throughout the souls games

[@robertharris6092]

Wonder if that would somehow explain why invading as a sunbro gets you medals now.

[@egghound_flopper]

But the Lothric line is what kicks off DS3, not the previous two. That would mean they would have to go back in time and smash literally EVERY statue. Not exactly out of the realm of possibility, but it does seem excessively petty.

[@ASlopedRoof]

Lothrics curse was to become a lord, drastic means was most likely abandoning the faith in lothric, and using dark sorceries of the kingdom to transfer the ressurection ability of a lord, to his brother by magic[who could actually fight], ressurecting a lorian who would go out and kill a demon prince, and die while doing so, to acquire enough souls and flame to potentially link the fire, but upon ressurection the curse blinded and left lorian crippled, but nevertheless he succeeded and defeated the demon prince, only to have upon returning, and seeing the consequences of fire, to abandon their faith

[@ilhamadigunawan5264]

The one thing i still don't understand is lothric and lodran the same place or just because the stagnant of linking of fire, the place got fucked and twisted? I just can't wrap my head around why irithyll and anor londo is connected, or why the old firelink is the boss stage of demon prince

[@jacobturner1490]

@@ilhamadigunawan5264 actually I just read about it the other day. Irithyll is Anor Londo. When all the gods left and Gwyndolin was the last god in Anor Londo, he became more confident (I guess) in his deific status, assumed the name The Nameless Moon, replaced the golden sun with a bright moon, renamed Anor Londo Irithyll (which means moon in the elf language of LOTR, apparently) and filled the city below with his Darkmoon Knights. Pontiff Sulavyn, who worshiped Aldrich and wanted to feed him a god, joined the Darkmoon Knights and usurped power. Now instead of following Gwyndolin, the Knights followed Sulavyn, not knowing they were being corrupted by the deep and serving Aldrich. Pontiff gave his Knights eye rings, which slowly turned them into Pontiff Beasts (which is why The Dancer and Bort look so wonky). The pontiff and his Knights stormed what was Anor Londo during the fading flame and imprisoned Gwyndolin in the chamber for Aldrich, and Yorksha in the church tower for later. One of my favorite bits of lore!

[@VaatiVidya]

Please don't crucify me for being late with this one, I was busy escorting Edwad through Lothric Also i'm in the process of moving and man is that time consuming ᵃᶫˢᵒ ᵒᵛᵉʳʷᵃᵗᶜʰ ᶜᵃᵐᵉ ᵒᵘᵗ

[@97BEHEMOTH]

Edwad is all that matters

[@Haplano]

As long as your videos keep being this good it doesn't matter :D

[@shpat7726]

It was worth the w8.

[@darrenweston2527]

edwad emberpants our saviour!

[@thezeitos469]

Dont worry^^ take your time I personally wouldnt have watched the video anyway before I didnt finish my first playthrough, because I always want to have my own solid lore theories before I watch other peoples ideas.

[@EeleyeDD]

Can we talk about how Aldrich learning things from his dreams and being able to use the power of what he learned in the waking world, as well as all of the talks of the deep DIRECTLY resemble how the world of Bloodborne works?

[@J4cKn1ght]

Thiiiiiis.

[@nigerundayo1996]

Can you please explain I don’t understand Edit: im a fucking retard it’s so damn obvious hunters dream and all that shit

[@ghastlybespoke7259]

+ Aldritch talking about "dreaming of an ocean" reminds me of what those meatball-things in the DLC kept saying.

[@oldbittercraig3513]

I just wish my hoonter could learn instakill rain of bladed death...

[@lightman9935]

@@ghastlybespoke7259 maybe it was a foreshadowing of Kos?

[@jplichta]

"...the royal family resorted to unspeakable memes."

[@leobold565]

The legend never dies?

[@daSchoof]

Dank Souls

[@VaatiVidya]

I should have put the skeleton toot toot noise there, instead of hiding it elsewhere in the video. My biggest regret

[@lavis4448]

+VaatiVidya yo vaati when are you going to start making lore videos ?

[@lavis4448]

+VaatiVidya I mean the prepare to cry series :)

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

The fact that he thanked US, he *THANKED US* for sticking it out and watching this masterpiece until the end. Vaati, you're a good soul.

[@nubnub3119]

Goddamn you actually are everywhere

[@chickenosaurus1324]

A lot of people do that

[@Levi-fy9tp]

Ah i See, you are also undead of culture as well

[@SCP--ws2uw]

YOU AGAIN

[@prachetasnayse9709]

Oh hi! Wasn’t expecting you here xD

[@reyeldoggo]

*Imagine saying* "I'm Pontiff now bois" *and ordering a DIRECT DESCENDED from the goddess to be your private dancer and she actually does it* Spare some for the rest of us Sulyvahn.

[@jono9041]

@thehum grow up it's a joke jesus

[@TheWildPizza]

@thehum For the love of Gwynevere it's just a joke you slightly tilted bookshelf.

[@fast.food.ninjalarry954]

@thehum He is right though !!!

[@unculturedswine5583]

​@@fast.food.ninjalarry954 lol, but just to be clear outside of a joke not even his mother would love pontiff the guy became ruler and just made her his slave, another guy who tried to do that was jafar ........hmm, well i guess they are pretty big chads damn chads man, holy shits

[@arfanchowdhury3639]

@thehum you must have a itchy coochie

[@slicedolives9902]

Can we appreciate that the twin princes are some of the small percentage of actual humans we fight who talk to us?

[@18Krieger]

They are most likely not human. Bosses that are/were human are really rare.

[@Alcachofre2402]

They aren't human but yeah, besides the Npcs, they are some of the only enemies that talks to us in the battle.

[@slicedolives9902]

@@Alcachofre2402 Ye

[@the_wra1th665]

I mean oceiros talks to us but he’s not remotely human so

[@DaBoss-lj8pn]

@@Alcachofre2402 How do we know they’re not human? They’re leaders of a human kingdom and it’s far from confirmed they are of the royal family

[@hmyes2019]

The Abyss Watchers were I supposed consumed by the very thing they wish to destroy. Or one watcher said to the other watcher "Yo mom gae" and started this whole endless fight nonsense.

[@alonelyperson6031]

I take that the other watched replied back "No u" and caused a chain reaction.

[@vsevolodzhurukov3547]

"Never talk trash about moms"

[@callmejason3520]

Lmao you guys made me laugh

[@ThePepejuancho]

Why are you gae? You are gae.

[@kennethwilliams6916]

It was a food fight that spiraled out of control.

[@ColdIronKing]

a "Scholar" who advised a Lord, and told them to escape or break the cycle? I wonder if there are any other "Scholars" that advise potential lords to abandon the cycle? I have no Aldia...

[@ChumbaWonka]

My god, the jokes

[@fachawassi]

just in case you didnt noticed....

[@sk84lafs]

+Leandro F "just-in casey" you didn't notice

[@ColdIronKing]

I hate you. I love you.

[@Dantick09]

No, actually it was Kathe, Yuria mentions him so we know he is still around, pulling the strings of the Londor folk and the pilgrims going to Lothirc castle.

[@funkylay6227]

just started the dark souls series and why is everyone so damn tall.

[@spooglet3279]

If you’re referring to people who seem like they could be shorter, such as Sulyvahn, Gundyr, or Lorian, I’ve always believed that they have been physically affected by either the amount of souls they claim, or the power of their own souls. Gameplay-wise? Probably an intimidation thing.

[@Gamespud94]

Sorry to reply to an old comment but I always took it as an example of how twisted the world and the characters are becoming. Like Vaati pointed out in the end of the video the landscape around the Kiln is... not right. Basically, fire is dying, reality is going wack.

[@TheFizio]

Tiny curiosity: In sen's fortress in DS1, there's a mercha that looks taller than you... only because he uses a player model, he's just levitating a little above the ground to look imposing lol

[@ceral1871]

soopa most aren’t human :)

[@evenaarek1042]

Cause you're a pygmy. No joke. Humans were know as pygmies when the dark souls world was created.

[@aJazzyFeel]

Out of all the stories, the Siegward and Yhorm storyline shows me I'm prepared to cry. Siegward is such a special, fantastic character. Thanks for showing us a little bit of insight with each video.

[@unpopularopinion6321]

The abyss watchers were going to go to irythil, but one of them drank all the sieghbrous, they've fought ever since

[@annowulf4417]

It was the red eyed one

[@lordofshades9852]

@@annowulf4417 it's alcoholic gamer rage vs. The slightly buzzed gamer rage

[@carlom3565]

"When you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares into you." hence "Abyss Watchers"

[@Krosth]

"He who fight with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." -Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

[@zombiedemon1762]

@Krosth. I thought it was a Lovecraft quote.

[@destructive-_-d7122]

@@zombiedemon1762 nah Nietzsche

[@ducksruleflorida4882]

Gotta love how all the enemies are so camera shy, they try to attack it when it buzzes past them.

[@Kar90great]

Then a person jumps out and says "you were punked"

[@felobatirmoheb4884]

@@Kar90great Are they punkin me?

[@norishimogawa6125]

Oh god I can’t unsee it now

[@konstantinospetropoulos635]

We all know that the Aldrich - Sulyvahn collaboration is one of the most sick and twisted in video game history.

[@eduardofonseca3305]

Yeah they almost destroyed the royal family

[@eren5148]

@@eduardofonseca3305 good for them i guess

[@yoshironokubono6thdimensio38]

I wanted Vaati to be my history teacher.

Sameee lol

[@pailhorsegaming6762]

As s soon to be history teacher, he is amazing. The passion he has makes his videos so engaging.

[@optiorespb]

EA - "A right and proper publisher, only, it developed a habit of devouring wallets.. They made it a Lord of Publishing. Not for virtue, but for profit. Such is capitalism, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance [they will ever change]?"

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

Awesome, if not entirely irrelevent, but mostly awesome! Got any other versions of other gaming studios?

[@FireKeepersDaddy]

optiorespb *slow claps* ubisoft fits it too.

[@vivaene]

GitGudTV not really. not anymore at least. they're doing better right now.

[@FireKeepersDaddy]

yeet how so.

[@vivaene]

GitGudTV ac origins, reviving rainbow six siege, the division, and for honor. also their new games as a service mentality.

[@hedgehatchet3578]

Yhorm is the only Lord of Cinder you fight that you can’t serve. The Abyss Watchers/Undead Legion of Farron have the Watchdogs of Farron, Aldrich has the Aldrich Faithful. Yhorm has... Siegward?

[@Mr.Elsewhere]

Correct.

[@griffinhillner3501]

Guess that really hammers home that no one liked him :(

[@huts-it3bq]

How about the princes?

[@hedgehatchet3578]

BOB! Do something! It’s heavily implied that Lorian wasn’t supposed to but was worthy to and Lothric was supposed to but he didn’t want to. So they never did. Which is why the Lords of Cinder were resurrected in the first place.

[@huts-it3bq]

Giorno Giovanna ooh okay thanks :)

[@-opus]

24:00 The Abyss Watchers and Artorias the Abysswalker "Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you." ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

[@roberttrela5336]

Woah, 32 minutes? Did we forget to feed him?

[@roberttrela5336]

*34

[@tannerwheeler2066]

I gave him some figgy pudding

[@anti-freez6290]

You fool he is allergic to pudding

[@tannerwheeler2066]

+NOPE Denile What type of pudding. I gave him pudding made by figs

[@letvolir6490]

Wasn't it your job to? I haven't fed him in months.

[@420PraiseIt]

The path to linking the fire is ridden with unspeakable memes...

[@armashuvitz]

No wonder Lothric called it quits.

[@Yeshalot]

he just needs to get gud

[@Effect-Without-Cause]

+yeshAlot git*

[@Chaosrain112]

Lothric probably levelled Dex and didn't have the balls to continue after the shame.

[@bl_ue_-_1616]

idk you but i love ur username. praise the sun. XD

[@AWingedOne]

"He saw into the age of deep waters", Thats where the soul of The Orphan of Kos goes when you kill its shade. back into the deep endless sea.

[@masterinsatiable6656]

Jack Noble I’m pretty sure that BB and DS are in different universes.

[@silentunclear6706]

@@masterinsatiable6656 miyazaki said so, BUT we can dream on, and even then different universes can still be connected with easter eggs!

[@violetstitch]

Was hinted at that Alderich can cause hallucinations on the Gods/people he consumes before they die, and those Hallucinations sound a fair bit like BB. Could be nothing more than just a nod, but interesting

[@wolvie90]

For some reason I've fallen back into watching random Dark Souls lore, tricks and meme videos and now I want to play through all again. What a magnificent series.

[@arbynflowiter]

Hell, I'll never play a Souls game and I love watching the lore

[@polarehare9864]

I guess arch deacon McDonell should've eaten less big macs

[@dylanlarsen221]

and not the ones you get at McDonald'sCannibalism jokes

[@littlekitsune1]

"If you understand who you're killing, you understand the story." Well I failed step one, so it's a good thing videos like this exist, LOL.

[@DJ-rf9yq]

Yeah same, like why the fuck am I killing robin hood (abyss watchers)

[@madtak7425]

Me: whos this old man, and whys he got moving back hair? (Gundyr) Me: WILL THIS FREEZY PUP LEAVE ME ALONE?!? (VORDT) Me: huh... Cool... I fight a tree **later** ITS GOT A HAND HOLY- wait can i shake it? (Treenuts) Me: the boy in the floofy dress :/ (crystal sage) Me: I uh..... I feel like.... I just commited a hate crime (deacons of the deep) Me: LORD THICC SWORD OF STABBICUS WILL YOU GO STAB YOUR FRIEND AND LET ME HEAL?!? (abyss watchers) Me: heh heh big sword go brrr (wolnir) Me: cunt (pontiff) Me: oh hohoHOO BOY HES FUCKIN HUGE! ...huh... Whats this thing? (Yhorm) Me: oh, hey, youre a pretty gu-HOLY FUCK ITS A SLUG, MA GET THE SALT!!! (aldrich) Me: *Madame Thiccass the last* it is time to get clapped (dancer/DAMNcer) (sorry not sorry) Me: my god youre ugly. You sir, are very, very ugly. No wonder ur kids invisible. (Oceiros) Me: heh its the same old gu- WAS THAT A FUCKIN FOOT YOU JUST FIRMLY PLANTED ON BOTH MY FACE, AND EGO? OH BOY TIME TO PARRY!(i cant parry, he whooped my ass several times after before i actually beat him) (champ gundyr) Me: ha ha, im in danger (dragonslayer armor) (kicked my ass) Me: I SMELL WINCEST MOTHERFUCKER!!! (twin princes) Me: fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you fuckfuckfuckfuck (nameless king) Me: ha *YOINK* (friede) Me: oh theres the thicc bo- OH SHIT THERES TWO! (demon prince) Me: hah hah big sword go brrr (halflight/spear of the church) Me: fuck it (midir) (i still havent beaten him, i just went and played other games) Me: stop pokin m- I SAID STOP FUCKIN POKIN M- BITC- I SAID FUCKIN STOP- AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! (Gael- the one who pokes) Me: i actually feel bad for him, we just came up and started whoopin his ass and he was just mindin his business (second stage nuke) OH THAT DOES IT! (SOUL OF CINDER) Sorry if i missed some, and sorry it was long. Thx for reading!

[@hiimadog2594]

@@madtak7425 pretty much my experience.

[@crontonio]

@@madtak7425 Incest among brothers?!

[@null7493]

The understanding or the killing?

[@dnsfuntech1937]

Maybe the main bosses were really the friends we made along the way!

[@captaindonut5240]

Oscar...*sniffs*

[@nurikkulanbaev3628]

Narutojutsu?

[@justsomeguywithnaturallywa3466]

Tf?😂😂

[@Bongbongo]

Friendship ahead

[@kroh7742]

Yeah.. Maybe except bed of chaos.. Or Aldrich

[@leonrolle281]

Vaati: This isn't concrete and you shouldn't take it as such. Dark Souls community: We'll act like we didn't hear that.

[@a.s.raiyan2003-4]

The current Dark Souls wiki is just morons taking Vaati's theories as canon and rewriting the articles. It's gotten to the point Vaati's videos have become kinda annoying for me. Despite him stating it's just a speculation, Dark Souls lore has holes so people can theory craft, but not label them as canon.

[@xBINARYGODx]

"Devourer of Gods" does not mean you have eaten more than one, just like you only need to a kill a King or a member or royalty once to gain the title "Assassin of Kings"

[@xBINARYGODx]

BTW - the weapon at the end of Aldrich's staff is not a real weapon - it seems to be there only via spell - like Soul Great Sword, only more permanent. The Nito great sword dissolves once you kill him, but his staff (Qwynndolyn's staff) remains. Since we what kind of affect eating someone like Qwynndolin does to him, if he HAD eaten Nito (who cannot be eaten since he was cannon-killed in the first game) he would probably look different than what we see. I mean, the fact that Nito is gone and even in the second game only a highly-faded soul of his is remaining, makes it hard for him to be eaten.

[@VaatiVidya]

Yeah I guess so huh. Good point

[@xBINARYGODx]

I kind of wondered why the Soul of Cinder would fight you if your going to link the flame - but then I remember that all but of the endings is not about linking, and after seeing it again, the link-ended does not look like it works (comparing linking at the end of DS1 with DS3) - so perhaps even if you try, linking the fire is either no possible for you even now, or perhaps it simply not possible at all anymore. Or perhaps it just means that you DID link it, but each linking leads to a less impressive linking and less impressive first-flame (so, at this point, might as well be a failed linking).

[@jean-philippehaufroid6425]

I like your idea. When you think about it, Dark Souls 3 is the game that let you many way to end the game where the two firsts only give you the possibility to link or abandon the flamme. Here you can litteraly TAKE the flamme for yourself ! It's like if the fire had became more malleable, weak enough to be put in someone's hands and to be use for whatever we want... And sorry for my english...

[@samsed6855]

Well, the linking ending is normal linking, but the flame is already way too faded, not strong enough to burst into flames. Soul of cinder not allowing you to link the fire may be the same reason as why all the lords don't want to sit at their thrones. They don't want to link the flame. They want it to end.Or, more believable, is soul of cinder guarding the flame. You may just want to start a new age of dark, why would the soul risk it?

[@TanMrMan]

this guy got the best voice for storytelling

[@alexupton6732]

Andrew Mayne I agree, he has a nice storytelling voice! He could go easy on his S's though. Had headphones in and they really did a number on my ears lol

[@crab7252]

Andrew Mayne he would be good for creepy pastas

[@StefanSochinsky]

27:40 I thought it was pretty clearly explained in the game that Prince Lothric never linked the flame. previously. This game takes place in is his age of fire which is why the old lords were awoken (Lothric: plan A, Old lords: Plan B. Ashen one: Plan C)

[@napolien1310]

Yeah when the old lords whome have linked the flames failed in their mission and just stayed in, plan C was to resurrect the ones who tried previously and failed in the process thus us and some if the NPCs we got along the way.

[@StefanSochinsky]

@@napolien1310 Thank you for agreeing?

[@clockworkcrew8012]

Yes, that's why the beginning cutscene doesn't lisk lothric as well

[@scarfs242]

@@StefanSochinsky dont gotta be an asshole bud. hes just providing more context to ur answer

[@GilbertGarfield911]

I agree with you on everything but the "Clearly explained" part

[@ElionMars]

I have a theory about the four Lords, and maybe this is just me. I think they are a meta reference to the four main play styles of Souls games. Lothric and Lorian are the people who always co-op, Yhorm plays offline (hence the loneliness), Aldritch is the person who spends all night invading other people (and teabagging you after backstabbing you for the 10th time thanks to a laggy connection), and the Abysswatchers are the people who play in fighting pits. I feel like that might make the Lord of Cinder the person who's played this game so long under so many files that they can handle (almost) any challenger with ease.

[@mr.cravate5723]

Cool theory

[@iamMildlyUpsetWithMostOfYouTub]

*Me reading this hoping you’d say yhorm is the chad tank melee builds* “Yhorm plays offline hence the loneliness”

[@abewright2201]

Great theory

[@steamable]

@@iamMildlyUpsetWithMostOfYouTub For me Yhorm is the chad tank melee builds that plays offline hence the loneliness

[@theta8529]

I mean.. Cannonically The Soul of Cinder Is meant to be Gwyn and The Player Character Characters from 1 and 2's Movesets Combined. Each of its Phases Taking into account The 3 Main Playstyles. Melee, Ranged and Magic.

[@LegacyDrummer]

DAMN VAATI!!! Ima get on your Patreon. You do such good work.

[@VaatiVidya]

+LegacyDrummer thanks mate!

[@GraveBrandon]

The spanish traduction is incomplete

[@Life4bombs]

True, Spanish isn't complete.

[@takikarin2330]

Me: parries gwyn to death Every boss in ng+: I’m going to pretend I didn’t see that

[@nathangomez4409]

I think the fact that it's not as drastic as that makes it even cooler. He didn't just give people the means of killing him. He just gave them a weapon that put them on equal footing, so he could then fight back and prove that he was worthy. I like to imagine the stormruler we take has been used hundreds of times by people who have tried to kill him, and they all failed

[@jasenunn]

Nathan Gomez why tf are you talking about yhorm no where in the original post mentions yhorm he’s talking about gwyn learn to read

[@jimmyhowell9890]

jase.nunn maybe he meant to respond to a different post, why be a dick about it?

[@jasenunn]

Jimmy Howell this comment is 2 weeks old so fuck off

[@AC-uy6kz]

@@jasenunn git gud

[@VaatiVidya]

If you can find the hidden skeleton toot in this video you win 50 vaati points

[@OneBigLlama]

is that it at 21:42 as wolnir hurls up some bad gravy

[@ericdesu2776]

ill just wait for the subtitles to appear, it will be much easier then Kappa

[@Ok-se2xw]

Its 21:43

[@trezdenthompson7375]

what's that?

[@mrmensje1]

hey Vaati it would be cool if you'd know why those dogs near archdeacon mcdonnell have gaping dragon things as vagina/penis :p

[@elfboiezu2192]

Vaati: Some things will remain distant dreams forever. Me, Rewatching this in 2020: Yeah, like Elden Ring

[@Sid-vz8rm]

OooOoOOOOoooooohhhHH ELDEN RING

[@diegomeringer3953]

ezuri ring

[@elfboiezu2192]

@@diegomeringer3953 I'd play it

[@archbishopfrank5144]

2021, still nothing don’t you worry

[@Darksouls2enjoyer]

Well....

[@pdragon619]

He ate my waifu, so I ended his laifu....

[@golduck4579]

I can reply twaiçu

[@datboioshitwaddup8650]

Naiçu

[@TheDude5679]

+Dat boi O shit waddup

[@datboioshitwaddup8650]

+TheDude5679 o shit waddup

[@nickomerryweather]

+Dat boi o shit a dead meme

[@alexliu101]

It doesn't matter how long it takes for you to make one of these videos, the quality of your lore videos are so polished and well researched that I don't mind at all :D Keep up the good work!

[@decayinggamer436]

How about we just stay away from the abyss because it doesn't seem like it's helping anyone

[@nerdinvader6740]

it made aldritch and the dancer hot ;)

[@nonotthehi-c]

Nerd Invader 67 um aldrich? It just ate that botch and it's not him

[@falsemimicry]

IT seems comfy

[@ShaunzJenkins]

@Limitless Trash It's a dude ^^'

[@ShaunzJenkins]

@Limitless Trash He's still hot tho

[@estebanfumero3728]

Hello Vaati. Just wanted to say I've watched your channel for almost a decade now. I'm going through a lot of anxiety right now and your DS3 videos are helping me keep myself grounded throughout the day. Thank you for your craft.

[@colenichols9714]

Just got into Dark Souls starting with 3, trying to learn some of the lore and these are the best videos I have found, thanks for the great content!

[@someguyyouseearound9019]

Same here, I actually am on my first run of the game, I have 3 bosses left, and I’m very excited to finally beat this game, I used to not be able to even beat vordt, now here I am, just beat dragonslayer armour last night, Im hype

[@shiaeliminator6484]

I think the best ds game to start is the 2 one, barely any lore relates and it's the easiest one, to learn the basics

[@PROPHET-60091]

same, started with bloodborne, then 3, now on 1 :D

[@elsangdorj1406]

@@shiaeliminator6484 bruh I heard 2 is the worst in the series

[@shiaeliminator6484]

@@elsangdorj1406 well yes, but don't confuse it with being a bad game, all fromsoftware dark fantasy games are really good. Ds2 is the easiest and as I said, lore doesn't relate that much so it's a good place to start.

[@phoenixoftheworld]

Thank you for your awesome content. It's really good and beautiful and helping me a lot in understanding the game.

[@VaatiVidya]

You're very welcome my friend

[@XxoBADRxX]

hey this vid is old why are you replying here

[@XxoBADRxX]

actually why did Phoenix comment in the first place

[@phoenixoftheworld]

Whad do you mean?

[@maxducks2001]

I’d say that Gundyr did get his wish in at least helping link the fires. The coiled sword imbedded in his chest is a testament to that. He serves as the guardian and gatekeeper of Firelink Shrine. A brutal way to determine who was worthy, to be sure, but it proved it nonetheless. Slaying Gundyr proved that our Ashen One was the one who would link the fires, and the the sword in his chest is the one that ignites Firelink Shrine’s bonfire. He helped find one worthy enough to link the fires, and even if it wasn’t him, his hope was to find one who would, wasn’t it? I feel that, in the end, he did fulfill his service.

[@harryguidotti3815]

Today I learned that Iudex is Latin for Judge. I always thought it was just a strange first name.

[@hiimadog2594]

Because he is the ashen judge.

[@sorzin2289]

That means I have been pronouncing it wrong. It's not Iudex Gundyr is been Judex Gundyr the whole time.

[@polygonizedspeaker4485]

@@sorzin2289 Judex (Jew-Dex) is another form of Iudex (Yew-Dex). They mean the same thing

[@jedediahcoulbourne1791]

Doubt it's his name but rather his title

[@invincibleunderthesun8545]

I can see him having a trashy tv show like judge Judy.

[@kingmarsh4657]

"Age of the Deep Sea" *_Dark Souls: The Wind Waker confirmed_*

[@timcronin5107]

Thats what I was thinking!!!!

[@reembeem1725]

I’d play that

[@ducksruleflorida4882]

Teacher: So what happened in 100 BCE? Me: *explains the entire lore of Dark Souls* Teacher: He's a little confused but he's got the spirit.

[@m0ejo324]

I always love hearing his voice for the lore of The Dark Souls series/Bloodborne. It is soothing.

[@mastermarkus5307]

I really like Lothric and Lorian. It's sad what happened to them, but stuff like Lorian taking on the curse willingly is really wholesome and supportive. I kind of wish that if we weren't going to link the fire in the end, we could leave them alive.

[@cloudconnected1014]

So I need to tell you, wholeheartedly and as sincere as I can be...I am MORE than offended that you say "this video is way too long as it is"! They are not long enough!

[@adrienlehman9243]

Cloud Connected lol if they were longer it would probs take him years to make it

[@ctcrosby01]

What kind of person actually dislikes Vaati’s videos? Honestly.

[@d3vastat0r89]

I really enjoy them but I keep hearing a lot of whistling/ sibilants and it makes my teeth edge. Every time there's an "s" sound I hear *swoOoOooo* I tried ear buds and headphones. Will have to try speakers. That said, I don't thumbs down any of his videos; they're way too intriguing.

[@SamyTee]

its probably otz who choked on the last minute of his dark souls 2 all bossed no hit run who is now roaming around with 1200 accounts and disliking all dark souls content cause he mad xd

[@aeroanosupremo]

Its only the australians who liked the video

[@martinmelanopaz6925]

Thiago dos santos slow clap buddy, slow clap

[@thestongestoftheweak]

Curved exile great sword buff users who also hack because they can't git gud.

[@H1storyGuyVODS]

Dude I'm so happy I finished so I can watch these. I missed so much and need to hit as much as i can the second time through!

[@zatzuji8468]

Revisiting these videos for the first time in some years. They are so well made. Thank you Vaati.

[@user-Zath]

Your Lore videos always fill me with sadness, tears, joy and wonder. Your videos mean a lot to me. You are revealing to us all the Dark Souls lore. And one thing is certain. The lore of Dark Souls is deeper than any game I've ever played. Thank you so much for your amazing videos Vaati!

[@medhros]

Vaati, you're a the greatest of the loremasters. Thank you so much for this video and all the others as well... You can just see the things beyond the veil of confusiness that makes these games so good. I just love your videos.

[@philjones3981]

20:50 - You see those warriors from Carthus? They've got curved swords. Curved. Swords.

[@tutumcorda5972]

xD skyrim

[@knightlunaaire1087]

+Tutumcorda ok

[@dylanwoodward3801]

Let me guess? Someone stole you Seigbreu...

[@LordConstipation]

Psst, I know who you are. Hail Manus!

[@Elitex62]

My cousin is out hunting the Lords of Cinder and what do I get? Guard Duty.

[@TheSket]

I think the “unspeakable means” mentioned are some form of illicit sorcery used to fuse the souls of Lorian and Lothric. They both have something the other lacks. Lorian is powerful in physical strength. Being able to single handedly take down a demon prince. While Lothric is weak and frail but powerful in the ways of magic. By fusing the souls of the two brothers together they could make a dual being powerful enough to link the flame

[@FelixTheSnake]

Oh gawd.. he.. he HE ATE MY GWYNDOLIN! Oh just you wait you son of a bitch I'm very close to your boss room!

[@kzorid530]

I think you need to go and comfort oceiros right now

[@davidmitchell9966]

+Liam Schinski savage?

[@Fortissax]

Where have you gone!

[@runningman1935]

+Oceiros Are you the child of seath the scaleless?

[@runningman1935]

+Tyler PM Is he crazy? during my fight with him he keeps talking about a ocelot and is holding something in his hands but I dont see nothing which is the confusing part. I keep hearing a crying baby but whos crying? idk but the fight with oceiros was creepy and It had a sad vibe to it which made it such a deep/dark but really cool fight.

[@TheCherryTrader]

theres no way aldrich could 1v1 nito, nito was the OG lord

[@SohanSmol]

yet he was pretty weak and i also don't get how possibly Aldrich can eat him cause Thıs game happens after dark souls 1 and takes the timeline that the chosen undead from DS1 fallowed words of Frampt perfectly , never met kathee , didnt even accidently hit illusion of gwynvere and fought gwyndolin (so he rests alive that way Aldrich can eat him) then just normally linked the fire

[@dawsonanderson9230]

Memeaboo well nito was the lord of death so he could have come back too life... but it's more likely Aldrich dreamt up his weapons

[@tinhulucas]

+Memeaboo maybe the chosen undead give to nito 73951 eyes of death and nito give his soul

[@coolduck5262]

he didnt have to. he didnt kill nito, just ate him. his corpse, that is. or nito lived again after being killed in ds1, in that case he didnt have his great soul, while aldrich was a lord of cinder himself.

[@sambog9t]

It seems clear to me that Aldrich and the Pontiff's story is very tied to that of the royal family of Anor Londo. Keep in mind that even though in DS3 its implied that many, many cycles have passed since the first, the story is that old lords of cinder are being re-awoken. So, perhaps Aldrich was the lord of the second cycle. Perhaps this is why Gwyndolin was still alive, and Anor Londo exists once more. As for Nito, we know from Dark Souls 2 that lord's souls manifest themselves in newer beings - and Nito's soul actually appears in one of the bosses (I believe its The Rotten right?). So the other theory for how Aldrich could have gotten Nito's power is that he devoured a different lord who had inherited Nito's soul.

[@rogerfvb]

...so the Abyss Watchers' pointed hat was viewed like a plague doctor's pointed mask.

[@Rodclutcher]

I have watched these lore videos over, and over, and over again for a few years, and I can never get enough. Dark Souls is life. Thank you Vaati

[@joshuabruce9599]

After revisiting this video i just realised something. What if Aldrich's age of the deep sea is actually in reference to the rise of the old ones in Bloodborne (FYI this is in support of the shared Soulsborne theory). The elder gods in Bloodborne are largely based off of Lovecraftian horror which has a big focus on the deep sea and is where many of the elder gods reside. That, and the fact that the gods in Bloodborne are largely fish-based. a pretty flimsy idea but i do think its worthy of thought.

[@MKsukkiiMiso]

I always think that Aldrich has many connections to BB since he talked about vision of deep sea. His name in Japanese is “Erudoricchi” or in EN is Eldritch which represents Lovecraftian horror. Also his covenant’s icon is similar to Oedon, the formless great one, rune too.

[@Blackhawk211]

And don't forget there's an actual Caryl rune called "Deep sea"

[@enveritas4948]

Could be a reference to Moonside Lake where you fight Rom in Bloodborne. Aldrich dreams of the deep sea that is in fact the barrier/pocket dimension Rom is in. Also Rom teleports around and uses a mass homing attack. Maybe Aldrich learned that from Rom?

[@ilhamadigunawan5264]

Nice theory, but i wonder, if the word "deep" in the "deep sea" refer as actual depth of the sea or the "curse" that aldrich brought to the deacons or the church itself

[@a.s.raiyan2003-4]

The Japanese texts suggest it's similar to the Abyss not the sea.

[@sauce9401]

Me who sees Emma at the other end of the room: she probably gonna kill me I’ll just slay her Dancer: hello there

[@botlecup8235]

Same

[@davidkam4398]

Why did you two think that an old lady would kill you. Sekiro wasn't even out yet

[@sauce9401]

@@davidkam4398 my instincts told me to murder her

[@marinchapuis6203]

Can't wait for the Prepare to Cry series to make me cry even more than I have already :)

[@pionerostyria1379]

noo my waifus TwT

[@sutterkane3264]

I'm still waiting for the prepare to cry from the Ludwig boss from bloodborne dlc vaati promised us

[@ExpelParadise]

4 years later and I still wholeheartedly enjoy your content.

[@c0ntra605]

Ngl I could listen vaatis godly voice for hours This feels like someone reading a bedtime story to me and I am 100% here for it

[@royalewithcheese7]

Is it just me or does it seem like, in the world of Dark Souls, they are becoming more and more desperate to find people to link the fire? If you assume Yhorm came first then Aldrich and lastly the Abyss Watchers, it reveals something interesting. First is Yhorm, a giant that apparently no one liked but everyone admitted that he was immensely strong. Then there is Aldrich, who was a lord "not for virtue but for might alone." Lastly there is the Abyss Watchers, who like fit the title lord in the absolute loosest sense. In fact the prince Lothric wasn't even naturally strong enough to earn the title of lord.

[@peeweeherman9411]

Martin hill the funny part is if we don't link the fire the embers will relight it eventually repeating everything

[@Em3.14re]

Interesting. Yet another example of decay, though this one is of standards. How desperate must the denizens of this land be to make a crazed, cannibalistic once-human beast that practiced sorcery the epitome of godhood now that the gods themselves have fallen?

[@donnellebarfield3964]

How many people will willing burn themselves and go hollow afterwards

[@purpledigimon]

Steve Jobs There is still the Usurpation of fire ending.

[@liamwaterman2065]

Lothric is really interesting because he was born for the sole purpose of linking the fire, which is really unusual. But he was too frail so Lorian basically had to carry him the whole way. Then they didn't even link it in the end but whatever

[@franzluggin398]

Hey, wait a moment! Why didn't MY SWORD get permanently flame-buffed when I killed a demon prince single-handedly? Calling out the GM on this!

[@onespecialddnerd5933]

lol no scrub fuk off balancing is more important lol get a hold of this Tarrasque with your fucking longsword it's ez just git gud

[@-mp]

@@onespecialddnerd5933 yikes

[@NeiasaurusCreations]

@@onespecialddnerd5933 You don't know what Tarasque is if you don't gotta kill 200 people to be able to fight it with 100 people helping you >_> git gud.

[@onespecialddnerd5933]

@@NeiasaurusCreations I did not understand your question could you repeat that?

[@NeiasaurusCreations]

@@onespecialddnerd5933 Lol. It's a reference to one of the more difficult MMO's bosses named "Tarasque" it's a giant skeletal dragon, the game was born during EQ times I should also mention. Basically, you have to pvp the enemy faction's players, fighting your way to the basement, the winning side gets to fight the dragon. Sometimes beyond 100 players show up on each side to do this, it drops some rare loot, but only a few pieces so like 90% of those people get 0 besides killing people. So when I saw the name similarities, I decided to make a git gud joke.

[@truel3214]

I appreciate so many things in this video! So much effort and detailed information. Even the little things like the music change at 20:50 when talking about the Carthus sand warriors adds to the cinematic effect. S-Tier content!

[@KingdomCome257]

Lol, if the Profaned Flame never goes out, just take that bowl and slap that on the First Flame, BOOM, infinite time XD

[@thejam0451]

but then humanity will lose its heart because gywn was a dick and liked humanity to the flame

[@azlie88]

Dude. genius

[@KingdomCome257]

Izanagi Okami Lol, thanks :D

[@canlong9603]

You got "youtube comment" ending.

[@Oops-All-Ghosts]

But then the fire will be profane. It'll never stop swearing. Why.

[@johnmilam507]

At the High Walls of Lothric, you have the undead that are worshiping, the Dragons/Drakes, but some of them seem to be worshiping the other undead that seem to have been turned into trees. Are the Pilgrim Butterflies a third stage? Undead Pilgrims, Pilgrim Trees, and then into the Pilgrim Butterflies. Since so much of Dark Souls revolves around the repeat of cycles. Could the Pilgrim Butterflies be the early stages of the rebirth of the dragons of the first dark?

[@CommanderKK1999]

Plus the Pilgrim Butterflies actually look like trees

[@chuy9711]

OMG I LOVE YOUR IDEA SOOOO MUCH!!

[@rowanhodges2651]

John Milam ANGELS FROM THE RINGED CITY COULD BE THE FINAL FORM!!!

[@VaskoHElenov]

Rowan Hodges well , when u kill the hag in the beginning of the ringed city dlc , she does say that she is going to see an angel and then turns into one. Theory Confirmed xD

[@notoriousbig3k]

they all went mad they worshipp nothing they are mindless husks all of em

[@Fanofjambi]

"When you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Thought that was intentionally obvious

[@dragonsunite2169]

That is from mobile legends

[@anemptyspace]

@@dragonsunite2169 I believe Nitsche said it first

[@schia696]

@@dragonsunite2169 mobile legends is not original at all. Everything they make are inspired by something else, some are just blatant rip off

[@jjgpvp1258]

Your pfp suits that comment so well

[@Ender111]

after hearing the lore of sulyvahn, parrying him has never been so satisfying.

[@Redz922]

I'm only 6 minutes in but let's appreciate the work to create this video - one of the best ds lore videos ever imo

[@VaatiVidya]

Thanks. Hope you enjoyed the rest mate.

[@jypizzl3]

Couldn't agree more mate

[@AngelGomez-fj2ur]

Yeah this is a amazing video

[@johnsonvillesmith8516]

I agree. it's such a great video as well as a great introduction to main themes. I don't know why some people complained that he didn't dig deep enough in this video and only quoted the item descriptions and blah blah blah. I can't wait for future videos that really get into it.

[@steveo20007]

I made it to 7 minutes before I was like 'Damn this guy makes good videos, dat research'

[@Inchalla]

Four years later I am just a viewer but I understand more of the lore through this video than reading the items lore. This is very well done. Thank you so much. From a great fan of the Dark Souls series. And I love it with no ads :D

[@tacticaltoast7850]

Abyss Watchers be like: You have become the very thing you swore to destroy 2nd abyss watcher: No u *proceed to fight while u watch*

[@TriangleTrinity]

How do I always come back to this video. It’s not even recommended to me, I just go out of my way to look it up and watch it often. Whatever the reason may be, you got me Vaati. You got me by the blood echoes and I love it.

[@nathan_787]

Just wanted to say that I watched this all the way through and I'm glad I did. Awesome work.

[@goldenpants1239]

I love how his sources are item descriptions and he actually cites them for every piece of info he gets from them deep dark souls lore

[@alexrivas1754]

Who cares about u.s. history we should be learning about this instead

[@androski5247]

Honestly fromsoft games are gonna be studied like Shakespeare is studied today.

[@ronank.6608]

Much more interesting

[@Monyato]

Alex Rivas I’ve never learned U.S. history cuz I’m not American. Glad.

[@BongSwansong]

@@Monyato we're glad you're not American also. 🤭

[@lucasphilip4822]

@@BongSwansong Oh did he hurt your feelings? Come on man, grow up.

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

"You know I said you'd make a great dancer but actually I think you'd be a better knight" conversation that must have happened.

[@R1R1R2]

‘Yo what if we gave her swords?’