Dark Souls Lore - Marvellous Chester

Dark Souls Lore: Marvelous Chester
Carim Part 1
First in a three-part mini-series about the land of Carim and its occupants! In the first episode, we look at Marvelous Chester and the Earl of Carim. I also try and explain the English peerage system and do some cospvp as Chester, which sucks. And because it wasn't very clear, the hacker in Smough's armour was the same one who wore the Giantdad get-up, he was wearing something different each time he invaded.
Look forwards to the next episode! And how on earth do you pronounce Shotel!?
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[@Garl_Vinland]

"Carim knights are known for fighting without a shield" ...Yharnam.... ...Bloodborne

[@SilverMont]

Garl Vinland Carim and Yharnam do seem to share this and that, don't they!

[@Garl_Vinland]

To be serious though, as cool as it would be to have a chester cameo in Bloodborne or even references to Dark Souls I, I feel like bloodborne will more likely have references to Demon's Souls. Have you noticed that the devs almost never mention Dark Souls when talking about Bloodborne, but they do reference Demon's Souls all the time? Perhaps this is simply because Sony is telling them to do this (Taking credit for a game they originally didn't want to release stateside, lol) but maybe...

[@CptBomBom00]

Also the hunters in bloodborne have long cloaks and black outfits.

[@blobsas692]

*Cough* *cough* Eygon of Carim *cough*

[@Garl_Vinland]

@@blobsas692 DS3 fucked up the canon

[@_unholydrip]

After manus was defeated he returned to bloodborne lol

[@SilverMont]

InanimateDK Haha yeah man, that Cleric Beast sure looks familiar.

[@Some_guy_and_his_games]

XD THA BEST

[@jaymthegenius]

InanimateDK Hard for him to do that when he's dead though lol! :D Yeah I offed him.

[@dbi6355]

InanimateDK j

[@plankwastaken]

Who's Manus I heard of bullshit

[@hobosorcerer]

Chester's coat description even matches the description to the capeless Hunter's garb.

[@bobjenkins942]

only partially

[@wonderthigh]

WAIT A MINUTE. Knights of Carim never use a shield. In Bloodborne, no one in Yharnam uses a shield. Chester looks like a hunter. Everyone from Carim has an odd twisted sense of humor. Yharnam folk also have a twisted sense of humor. Could it be that Carim is an older name for Yharnam?

[@TheGrimPoe]

wonder thigh you can get a shield in bloodborne bro

[@wonderthigh]

TheGrimPoe yeah but no one uses it

[@leechongdingdong2000]

wonder thigh bloodborne is NOT a part of the Dark Souls series. These games are, story-wise, not in one bit related. :)

[@BlazeBluetm35]

John Smith the similarities are annoyingly apparent though...would be a mind fuck if the author links these games together in a new final chapter sort of game...

[@firefoxmccrash3696]

John Smith Its pretty much just an easter egg more than likely. Dark Souls has quite a lot of them and they're terrific.

[@OuterRimPride]

Here's a little theory. Chester was a man of Yarnem, wealthy but untrusting of others, having seen the very worst crimes humans had been capable of committing. His accent and choice of vocabulary are certainly reminiscent of the Yarnemites of Bloodborne. Imagine he explored the dark chalice dungeons, deep below the land, in search of the old ones and their famed blood, but instead found remnants of some primeval darkness far older still, the abyss. The last scraps of the darkness of manus, deep below the concerns of modern men. As he gazed at this anomaly, a 'shadowy limb' snatched him and brought him to the past. Relieved of having escaped the troubles of the great hunt, but unconcerned with the troubles of the bloody mushroom and the abyss, he does his best to relax, always keeping humanity he finds and never trusting those he meets. Having run out of bullets long ago, he crafted two elegant crossbows using the advanced weaponry concepts invented in Yarnem. He avoids close combat...

[@OuterRimPride]

So as to not remind himself of the bloodlust seen in the hunters of his time, to keep himself calm and collected. In sharp contrast to the beasts and hollows he has met, he wears still his black, civilized coat, his elegant top hat, his classy ball mask, and his leather suitcase filled with souvenirs of his journey through time. His cloths are of a style popular far, far in the future, his weaponry and secret darts unique to himself, and his mask snickering at the problems of lordran, childsplay compared to the greusome atrocities he might have experienced in the future. Adventuring aristocrat, untrusting wanderer, crestfallen timetraveler, medieval hipster, and part-time asshole, Chester is the most interesting man in Lordran. (After Smough, of course.)

[@OuterRimPride]

And so the lesson here, kids, is that there's no such thing as a "little" fan theory.

[@SilverMont]

+Scott Glennon Considering the sorts of weird things we find in the Chalice Dungeon, I suppose it's always possible he found part of a pendant.

[@ThornUponARose]

@@OuterRimPride maybe you should make a video about this it seems to be a very solid theory and doesn't deserve to be lost in the KZbin comments section

[@BearSpiritXIII]

1:43-2:01 It's creepy how you describe Carim back then & how perfectly it matches with Yharnam in Bloodborne now haha. "Oil Lamps"- que X-Files music :O

[@SilverMont]

The Berserk I know, right!

[@MaelstromFilm]

Right down to the fact that Yharnamites find shields to be useless and would rather parry much like the Knights of Carim.

[@parkermaisterra8532]

The Berserk Dude chesters voice is so sexy that it could make babies!

[@theinsomniacartist]

parker maisterra it does, don't listen to it too mutch

[@parkermaisterra8532]

theinsomniacartist When I think of James bonds voice I usually think of this. Since it is the british badass voice, smooth, swav and just rocks!

[@ToastMr]

I think carim looks like bloodborne

[@SilverMont]

+Mr. Toast That it does!

[@tomassvarvare3261]

+Silver Mont You answered on a 3 y old video :O

[@ToastMr]

+Silver Mont Oh, that's really cool

[@LK-cp8re]

+Mr. Toast in Chester's era, which is distant future comparing to your age in DS1.

[@ToastMr]

Lll Kk Yep

[@Nineball459]

Heres how I envision the mentioned nations/countries/whatever in dark souls: Astora: Land of the noble and brave knights Berenike: Land of the strong and hulking warriors Balder: Land of the swift and cunning fighters Catarina: Land of the jolly and friendly Carim: Land of those who express, true humanity (tricksters, confessers, robbers) Thorolund: Land of the faithful clerics The East: Land of mystery and masterfully forged weapons Fivefinger Delta: Land of the modest farmers Vinheim: Land of the smart and admirable mages Zena: Land of the strange and mysterious

[@supermaksas]

You forgot the Great Swamp(the Great Swamp is not the Poison Swamp in Blighttown, by the way). But if you would've remembered/known/sumthin' else/realized , then you probably would've envisioned it as the survivalist type area.

[@Nineball459]

Maksimas Irician yeah, I sort of realized I forgot the great swamp, a little too late so I didn't really care :/

[@Usagi33353]

I noticed a lot of people theorizing Carim to be the city Bloodborne is taken place in and I thought to myself, what if the devs built the fighting styles for the game first off from Chester, and then built around it?

[@thatoneguyfromhs4944]

the idea for bloodborne came from chesters design

[@AceAviations2]

That one guy from Hs actually Bloodbourne was in the works as 'project beast' while AotA was in the works as well, Chester was a sort of teaser for Bloodbourne.

[@Zenslayer666]

Im honestly won't be surprised if Chester shows up in Bloodborne as an npc you can talk or even summon to help you fight bosses that would be epic!

[@MaelstromFilm]

Here's to hoping for chester in the dlc!

[@Zenslayer666]

MaelstromFilm Hear hear! I doubt it but hey I could be wrong in the end, lets wait and see what the new expansion brings us. Hopefull it will be outside of Yharnam.

[@MaelstromFilm]

Dr. Plague maybe in the "modern" version of Chester's city, Carim.

[@felixalcatraz7489]

Dr. Plague mostly not, the bloodborne world and the dark souls world are two diffrent worlds, so theres not connection at all. and Miyazaki-san doesn't like to mix stuff up

[@BlazeBluetm35]

Felix Alcatraz explain Patches.

[@Timestopper117]

I have personal theories suggesting he's from whatever universe Bloodborne takes place in. His apparel fits the style of what we've seen in the trailer quite perfectly.

[@SilverMont]

It does, yeah. They've had Chester's design for a while, and I suppose they found a good spot to put it in, with the DLC. And after they finished the DLC, they started work on Bloodborne, I believe.

[@MaliciousMallard]

That is my theory. He's from Yharnem :P

[@molkwi9077]

So Manus snatched him from Yharnem? To take him to Lordran? Considering the fact that the chosen undead only travels in time with Manus' help, how did Chester travel from another part of the Universe. Because Yharnem isn't part of the same world as Lordran.

[@TrxPsyche]

Chester kinda sounds a bit like Wesker at times.

[@SilverMont]

Hah... now that would be a weird twist.

[@pankeka355]

Oh Wesker you’re pitiful AND YOURE GAY

[@totallynotjosh945]

Don't name your character Chris and you'll be alright

[@Tekna95]

Although he might not be a part of the Bloodborne-universe, his visuals are a bit too similar for this to be a coincidence. I believe that this character might have been the start of Miyazaki's eventual creation of Yharnam, which would be very cool.

[@MisterPikol]

Chester isn't from Carim, Chester is from Bloodborne universe :)

[@SilverMont]

MisterPikol It wouldn't surprise me, if he were.

[@HDZ274]

What if Bloodborne takes place in future Carim?

[@HDZ274]

It would be strikingly in character for From Software to pull a move like that.

[@AlphaWolf428]

Paranoctix Hidetaka Miyazaki has stated that Sony approached From Software around the time they were working on Artorias of the Abyss. So it's not entirely improbable...

[@MaelstromFilm]

HDZ274 I know this comment is old, but obviously bloodborne takes place in Yharnam. On that note, most of the hunters in Yharnam were foreigners, so it's probably likely that he was a hunter that has visited Yharnam from the future version of Carim.

[@kidkyryte]

When I hear carim, and look at its characters, I picture something more southern European; France, Italy, Spain. Lots of swashbuckling romantic types.

[@SilverMont]

Viceroy Makes sense, given their parrying daggers!

[@elchapo4368]

Seath joke nito joke 4Kings hard as a noob,easy once you understand you have to wear full havel and tank them Bed of chaos lets not talk about that

[@carter1605]

Easy if you got a team

[@elchapo4368]

a team? what is this destiny?

[@carter1605]

+ElyasGaming no just two fun games but anyways two summons and some Gud armor Get Gud you casual because THE LEGEND NEVER DIES!!!

[@DeathWard187]

You don't need full havels. You just need to learn how to roll and avoid their attacks. Bring a +5 quelaags or pyromancy and you'll be fine.

[@fernandomorales4691]

I just used elite knight armor and a +15 bastard sword the 4 kings got wrecked bitch.

[@themoonsevilsister1561]

I remember this... it was the first dark souls video with commentary I ever saw! In fact, it was your voice was the reason I now even watch videos with commentary! Thanks for ushering me in :)

[@keg7991]

Bloodborne is set in karime confirmed.

[@cowmilker2973]

idashhh_mirage oh my god

[@buffsuki_8648]

No it is set in yharnam

[@Koplod]

Yet another example of just how bloody amazing DS voice acting is!

[@thundergamer64]

predicted merchant chester for DS2. sells half pendant item. tells us that he wants to get rid of it by any means possible.

[@sasquatchkidPS3Xx]

It's funny how Chester prefers RANGED combat, he's more AGILE, uses alot of weapons to make you BLEED, and is like the only guy in the game who looks like he's from 17-18th century London......YARHNAM!!!

[@SilverMont]

Soogawchoo 360 He really does look like he'd belong in Bloodborne, huh?

[@adyy78]

Silver Mont i agree, maybe he was a prototype of bloodborne hero, and devs were interested how much players like him, and i think most of the players like his look, even the whole dark souls DLC resembles bloodborne, there are no hollows (as far as i know expect the chosen undead) but there are corrupted and twisted creatures, just lik in bloodborne, even in looks they are similar to bloodborne, i mean the creatures also, it looks to me that the developres are selling the same game, but it looks to me as if they are trying to perfect both the gameplay AND the story, first demon souls then dark souls I & II then bloodborne, all three games look as if they were sort of a series, but officals say they are different game, but the story always similar to others, so its kind of cheap way to make money, but i think most of the team wants to perfect the game and the story wich is forgivable, mostly becuase they are making great game that entertain us,still,kind of wierd

[@edwardfrench9368]

Here's the thing. I don't think Chester is from Yharnam, but I do think Yharnam is in Carim(or at least the Carim in the future), and is one of it's major cities (such as Izalith, New Londo or Oolacile are technically part of Lordran)

[@rugbyfan0025]

from my point of view, i imagined carim to look kind of gloomy and foggy but filled with the most illustrious and intricately designed churches in the world. lautrec and oswald are clearly very religious so i imagine there might be some politics going on between the various religious sects and that some churches might look different depending on which gods/goddesses they were designed to worship for.

[@SilverMont]

London is pretty gloomy and foggy most of the time - but it does have some nice buildings, haha.

[@ThatOldWarthog]

Silver Mont I always imagined Carim to be somewhat similar to Finland, or some other cold and densely forested place with long, dark winters. Although, an interesting thing to note is that the shotel is actually an East African weapon, specifically from Ethiopia, and like its in-game counterpart was designed to arc around shields to stab the wielder's opponent in the lungs or kidneys. However, given how the in-game skin tone for Carim is by far the palest, I cannot imagine Carim being the Dark Souls equivalent of East Africa.

[@SilverMont]

Vlakvark Yeah, it's interesting when you compare it to real world places and items etc. We know that Dark Souls 2 has a coastal-town, so it's possible we'll see some Scandinavian influences there. Also, in a semi-related note, I've generally imagined Catarina to be something like a Central-American country. Although I'm not sure how that would really work with their heavy armour... then again, the armour does look like it'd have lots of room for air to flow!

[@CriticalFeline]

Silver Mont also, im pretty sure these parrying dagger is an asian weapon (a sai i believe) so it seems that carim's weaponry is influenced by other nations

[@ThatOldWarthog]

Silver Mont I had a similar thought to Catarina (based more off the default character appearance than anything), but instead of Central America thought more along the lines of Moorish Spain, since I always thought of the Dark Souls world as very Euro-Centric. However, the only characters from Catarina we encounter both have obviously Germanic names and wield a german sword. Perhaps Catarina is simply a massive land, with lot of ethnic diversity?

[@HalfBloodBrony]

the way you described carim in this video makes me think of what ive seen of bloodborne :3

[@Jazzhands1337]

Everyone likes to listen to UK commentary. It's not fair, your voices are superior for commentary. It sounds especially authentic since all narration in dark souls is done with such an accent. lol.

[@Sadeness99]

So true

[@livale8337]

THEORY! (or at least Fan-Canon) Time is convoluted in Lordran, and so is Space. As such, you can come and go between dimensions and timelines. This also holds true for Yharnam most likely, but wait, there's more. Mannus pulls Chester from wherever he was, and the same with us. His clothing style matches that of Yharnamites, as does his voice for the most part, and also his fighting style. Yharnam was built over the ruins of an old and powerful civilization, who fell due to their abuse of the Old Blood. Lordran fell due to it's own hubris. Most people would be utterly distraught and confused if they were just pulled through time by an angry hand with eyes, but Chester doesn't seem all that phased by it. He also must have been in Lordran or at least the surrounding area to be aware of Knight Artorias. So he can't have just been snatched up during Bloodborne. Conclusion: Something happened in Yharnam that sent Chester to the world of DS, most likely the same thing that brought Patches into Yharnam in the form of a spider with a human head. Chester spends some time in Carim, the closest equivalent of his homeland, before becoming undead. He then travels to Lordran to avoid his fellow aristocrats from sending him to an asylum. And once there, gets forced through time and space again, possibly because his scent bares traces of the Old Ones (he seems like someone who'd worship them) which Mannus may well identify with. This is less of a theory and more just random fancanon I just made up, but still

[@SilverMont]

Liam Powell Well, if you stuck him in Yharnam, he'd certainly look at home!

[@BlazeBluetm35]

Liam Powell if Yharnam truly is a future city in the DS world, that means the undead curse has been cured, because there is no mention of it in Yharnam, i wonder how DS:3 will end things

[@ChrisGenius]

+Blaze Blue the old blood could cure any disease :^)

[@truckstedblank4546]

+Liam Powell it's probably just one of the concepts for Project Beast that Miyazaki played with during development of dks 1 dlc. Since hoonters didn't used crossbows nor in bloodborne nor in expansion trailer that is unlikely that he is actually a hunter, u might speculate that he lost his firearm but that's just silly.

[@livale8337]

Сергей Федотов Why would it be silly? It's fairly common for people to stick to something similar to something their familiar with. Especially in fiction. In SAO2, for example, Kirito stuck with swordplay in a game where there is only 1 or 2 bladed weapons. It's especially prominent in gamers, when transferring different games most gamers look for the weapon they are most familiar with, even if it's a completely different time or setting. I always go for a bow in medieval based games because I like playing a sniper in modern based games. Chester having a crossbow makes sense, he likely had a flintlock rifle and upon it either breaking or being lost he got the next best thing.

[@danielwheels9529]

You describe carim the same way as yarnham looks ... Silvermont = Bloodborne illuminati confirm

[@SilverMont]

+Daniel Whelan That was pretty funny, huh? I guess Chester was a good indication of what was to come.

[@Kurtonator]

I picture it looking like Yharnam.

[@Slender_Man_186]

I bet that Yharnam is a later version of where Chester is from.

[@christiancristof491]

+Douglas Mitchell No. Ds universe and Bloodborne universe are not the same.

[@Slender_Man_186]

+Christian Cristof I'm aware of this now, but it's still stupid how they're different universes seeing as how they (dark souls and blood born) share weapons.

[@Dynomafia139]

Slender Man like?

[@anthonys6417]

Dinojengi ja Kumi-Kalle_139 moonlight greatsw, off the top of my head i think there is 1 or 2 more

[@Actes1Gaming]

I've pieced it together. This is literally a teaser from blood born. He's just a dude from blood born lost in the past, add up everything and that's what you get.

[@PyrotechNick77]

It has been 10 years. This is the video that first lore video if yours i saw when it came up on my recommended feed. I cannot believe how far you've grown

[@SilverMont]

Haha, it's wild how long it has been but I remember it like it was yesterday.

[@Chaotic4Neutral]

Fun fact: Earl and Arstor can both be spelled with the letters you find in "Marvelous Chester." Not that it necessarily means anything

[@GodlessDarkness]

I really hope we'll see Chester again in Dark Souls 2, considering his ways. Plus, who knows, maybe time will be a massive part of gameplay.

[@CrestfallenChannel]

The Darkmoon Knightess is probably from Carim too

[@dahliasdarkside1695]

def think Carim looks like Yharnim minus all the dead piling up in the streets

[@SimplyGamingStuff]

Inb4 chester is actually jester thomas before learning how to XxX_BL4Z3_XxX Vaati pls confirm

[@SilverMont]

SimplyGaming Chester is the left hand of Artorias.

[@SimplyGamingStuff]

oh I STILL WANT A JESTER THOMAS LORE VIDEO THOUGH ç___________ç

[@SimplyGamingStuff]

Silver Mont Anyway thanks for replying, really love your content! ALSO HOLY FUCK YOU REPLIED MY COMMENT I FUCKING LOVE YOU NOW FUCK VAATIVIDYA HE'S FULL OF BULLSHIT

[@SilverMont]

SimplyGaming I have a vid on Thomas coming this month, actually. Just a short one though, as there's not really much about him, after all.

[@SimplyGamingStuff]

Daaaaaaamn dude, thanks! Yeah i expected that since all we have on him is his clothes, but nonetheless, thanks! Keep the videos up dude, you're my fav lore dude 8)

[@blakechandler167]

I like to think that the world Yharnam is on is sorta like ariendel and it's in a painting and he was brought through the painting and it's somewhere in the world waiting for some poor soul to enter.

[@lupint.w7444]

I've always liked to think that he's the only NPC in the game that is from a time ahead of the chosen undead, simply because of his attire. Once the player links the flame, Lordran recovers. After a long time, the world advances. Somewhere between this time and the next fading of the flame is when I believe Chester to be from.

[@ANONYMOUS43Y3R]

Yeah Chester is definitely from bloodbourne as you can clearly tell from the Victorian gear he is wearing along with a very unique combat style that is very different from all of the other characters in dark souls.

[@celestiallass6526]

+ANONYMOUS43Y3R Coincidence? I Have no idea! X_x

[@1SWINZ1]

Wow, was this video intended to be a prequel to Bloodborne? lol

[@SilverMont]

SwinnyUK Yharnam does look a lot like how I thought Carim might, funny coincidence!

[@nexuz5507]

"Dah Blodeh Mushrum !" I laughed so Hard xD

[@celestiallass6526]

+Forgotten Duck M.C. sounded like the Chester Cat from American McGee's Alice had a little weed when he replied that. :P

[@dylankoch357]

i really feel that chester was from bloodborne since as soon as AOTA was released they started bloodborne and chester uses a advanced futuristic sniper crossbow his fighting style was much fast passed he hates shield users as in bloodborne shields dont exist i think... all of chesters moves make you bleed and he wants your blood like bloodborne he jumps and spins and dashes and doesn't drop a humanity he wears all black victorian clothing and wears a V for Vendetta mask which bloodborne and the movie are based in london. I personally believe either chester was from bloodborne or chester inspired the new game bloodborne what do you think Silver Mont?

[@SilverMont]

Dylan Koch Yeah, I could see that. I would not be surprised if Chester made a cameo in Bloodborne.

[@finnthehu200]

HEY i figured it out! Marvelous Chester is from Bloodborne.

[@cupcakewilleatu]

MARVELOUS CHESTER IS BALLIN'

[@reivonillyk7457]

"show-tell", is how I pronounce it personally.

[@RzrsRtKNO]

So, the only reason anyone assumes this man, who seems out of place for the typical Dark Souls world you've seen, is from Carim because... He wields the Sniper Crossbow? I don't think he is from Carim, personally.. I think he's got a much more mysterious place of origin.

[@RzrsRtKNO]

I know the lore pretty well. People speculate he is from Carim, but the only proof anyone has that he is from Carim is the Sniper Crossbow, which, honestly, with how items from Carim seem to be pretty well spread out, it seems just as likely he is from anywhere or any-when else.

[@tidus94]

RzrsRtKNO Don't forget that his armor is supposed to be for nobles, though im not sure if specifically from carim

[@RzrsRtKNO]

It only mentions his coat is an "exquisitely sewn aristocratic suit", but every part of his outfit mentions he is "a man of mystery lost in the past", and never mentions Carim or anywhere else for that matter. His Crossbow is from Carim, and he seems to have a thing for vicious and devious actions... But neither actually firmly set him as from Carim.

[@tidus94]

Ok fair enough, but nothing on him directly points him away from being from carim, right? its not the best of reasons but good enough for me!

[@RzrsRtKNO]

Nothing on him points to anything solid.. I guess I just prefer the idea that he's more mysterious then simply being from Carim.

[@billyanderson19]

It's pretty cool how similar Chester and his attire is to Bloodborne. also worth noting that the guy that does his voice also does the voice of Djura the Hunter in Bloodborne that's on the gatling gun!

[@SilverMont]

+Billy Anderson And Vendrick!

[@BSGamr87Numah2]

Carim and Marvelous Chester just remind me of everything about Bloodbourne, anyone else?

[@SilverMont]

BSGamr Yup!

[@thefreeviper4511]

i always thought in my mind that carim would be more of a snowy, cold place because of peoples colour, but now that i think about it a london-ish victorian place sounds more sensible

[@jorgeloredo100]

He's a hunter from BloodBorne? :O

[@SilverMont]

jorgeloredo100 He certainly looks like one, huh?

[@Usagi33353]

jorgeloredo100 Vegeta: *BLOOOOOOOODBOOOOOOOORRRRRNNNNNE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

[@thatchannel195]

Oderol O:

[@partymantis3421]

All these years later I like to believe that Yarnham is the modern name of Carim, Chester having studied history simply uses the classical name after being pulled to the past

[@SilverMont]

Maybe Chester thought Oolacile was preferable to Yharnam. I think it would be, at that

[@shotgunsteve9948]

You are right that the bite rings mention him as Sir Arstor. But the purging stones mention him as "Arstor, the Earl of Carim". I believe that there wasn't one assasination attempt, but two. I think that the first would have been made by a superior, maybe a Viscount. However, it was discovered before it was carried out. Sir Arstor, as one of the conspiritors, became parinoid and created the bite rings because he knew that however he would be punished it wouldn't be direct. After all, it rarely is with Carim. But he wasn't punished because he wasn't known to be a part of it. So he decided to give it another go. He succeded by using curses to overpower the current Earl and became Earl Arstor. It was then he created the purging stone so that if anyone were to ever try the same thing on him he would have a way out. Sadly, this is all speculation and I have nothing to back it up, but it's what I believe.

[@Garl_Vinland_FFXIV]

Did you take a look at his stuff laying on the ground next to him? It reveals certain things about where and "when" he might come from...

[@XEM_Ajax]

I learned this in History class: An Earl is below the king in the hierarchy of a country. Earls are mini kings that own and are responsible for a part of land such as villages, towns, cities. Also when the King loses his royalty, one of the Earls may be chosen seeing as the King can suffer loss from family etc. If an Earl fails to protect their land from invasions and rebellions, they will be exiled to a faraway land and are banned to return. Also, there have been cases of Earls rebelling against a King and lose, publicly executed along with their men. My fingers ache.

[@XEM_Ajax]

BTW they are pronounced _yarls_ not jarls.

[@jaymthegenius]

ToxicxHaterZz An earl is an English count basically. Earls/counts are below Marquises who in turn are below dukes. Dukes are the top of the nobility but just below the royal family though there's still plenty of overlap.

[@SilverMont]

I find that kinda fun though. I'd rather try and piece together a puzzle that ultimately has a piece missing than have someone hand me a completed puzzle.

[@drbeeant]

Bloodborne (kappa)

[@extrasp00ky54]

"snatched by a shadowy limb and dragged off to the past? exactly what happened to me...we are both strangers in this strange land" (and then i forgot the rest of his line)

[@bimorizkiprayogo7364]

I think Chester is really from the future because I think in the future, gods will be known by a different name and also in Dark Souls 2 the sun princess which may be Gywnevere is a still a relevant god till that time but may be known with a different name hence the name Juniper.

[@SilverMont]

We do know that there are NEW gods in Dark Souls 2 - ones whose names we've never heard of. For example, there's a war god (the name escapes mat the moment) who seems to rule over the new Darkwraith covenant, which is very interesting. Could that perhaps be the Dark Lord, transcended to godhood?

[@abelninjaboy]

***** some think Solaire of Astora is the lost son of gwyn as he wields the sunlight straight sword and in the chapel past the drake in the bridge there is an statue of a woman with a baby carrying the the sunlight straight sword it is believed that it represents the god of war the third son of gwyn.

[@superfreegoat]

Silver Mont also apparently some sorcerer who wore the robes of the dual swordsman killed the everlasting dragon. if i remember what i read in the item description correctly

[@TheReddaredevil223]

Abel Serracin First son not third son. He didn't even have 3 sons, but if you meant 3rd child that would be gwyndolin.

[@DejectedCat]

Not to mention the fact he sells all his wares at an inflected price. Which can account for the currency inflection over time.

[@fws88]

regarding chester showing up in the art book; it has been confirmed the dlc was a part of the vanilla game in the planin/concept stage but got scrapt before development really started.

[@oliviachierichella1419]

The knights not using shields could be symbolic of their sense of self, or lack there of. Knights used their shields to identify themselves, no shed could symbolize no or little sense of self. This could work for people like Lautrec who have given themselves to their goddess

[@triviuoli]

For juniper's sake the people here really need to put dome spring in their steps

[@nividicus]

What sort of masochist uses a sniper crossbow in pvp? Outrageous my dear boy.

[@SilverMont]

+nividicus Yeah it was garbage. Don't do it.

[@pslush1]

it feels like they were watching sailor moon and saw tuxedo mask when they thaught up marvelous chester. he he even throws roses

[@MrFivefivefivesix]

Firstly, the Shotel is pronounced "Shö-Tell", the Main Gauche is pronounced "Man-Gösh" and the Rapier is "Rayp-ee-er".

[@acdcfunk]

Thanks Captain.

[@scarfacestuart]

I think from been trolling us I believe in a Chester got pulled through a portal for manus when he was hunting the infected in blood born he's from that Victorian era he has a British accent and he invades just for the hell of it

[@RecardoRecardo]

arse-tore?

[@Charnel_Heart]

I always figured Chester was from Carim but set so many years after Dark Souls. This was because while his crossbow is a Carim Sniper Crossbow, he fires it so much more quickly which would suggest it's more mechanically advanced. Of course you could also think that he simply managed to afford a more advanced one by being the Earl.

[@tehseensajjad1003]

Viscount is pronounced Vi-count...the s is silent....love your videos cheers.

[@SilverMont]

Yeah I completely forgot how to pronounce it when reading off the script. I do that quite a lot - see my DaS2 vid on Raime, where I pronounce it like Jaime from Game of Thrones 'cos I was recording a GoT script right before that haha

[@andrewroncallo1336]

Does anyone else think that Miyazaki pulled off a Bioshock infinite? You know where there are universes similar to one another, but each has something that make them different. I think Chester pulled an "Elizabeth" and went to the Dark souls universe.

[@SilverMont]

andrew roncallo Possibly? The parallel worlds theory has been around a while due to the summoning and stuff.

[@thevengefulexecutioner6416]

You forgot the most OP character to roleplay, she is also from Carim. Knightess

[@jaymthegenius]

"Why does he fall so easily?" Gameplay mechanics + player's skill.

[@SilverMont]

Hugh Jass Probably the same reason Straid and Navlaan are kinda pushovers, despite being really powerful from a lore perspective, haha

[@jaymthegenius]

Silver Mont Whenever I take out an allegedly tough character in an RPG I always take it to mean I'm that much more badass than he is. But sometimes it feels more like a Warf effect. especially in an old-school RPG they hype up a character and he sucks. Or Ornstein and Smough being described as great legendary warriors but fight like they're throwing a tantrum and are dumb enough to get goaded into attacking in a way that leaves themselves open.

[@PsychadelicSandwhich]

Does it bug anyone else that Chester acts so smug and in control of everything but then once you kill him, he desperately begs you to stop and loses his cool?

[@SilverMont]

Pretty typical internet troll behavior.

[@MarilynMalkovich]

Seeker of jesters, coveter of the Chester.

[@meltybrain404]

Coincidentally in Bloodborne there is a place in cathedral ward zone where you get a top hat, hunter's garb, trousers and gloves, if you stand in that place too much, a weird portal grabs you. Maybe the top hat and set is a reference to Chester, and the portal a reference to Manus?

[@SilverMont]

brain bleach If you go back to that point later on in the game, you'll see what the cause of that portal thing was. But yeah I def noticed that, and I was wondering what the hell was going on.

[@thevisi0naryy]

chester stay gettin his ass kicked

[@SHDW-nf2ki]

I spent almost all of this video yelling "shotel" at the screen someone help me

[@henri2140]

"near victorian london" you are ready for bloodborne^^

[@blackdarkness9870]

I personally love all of the little extra bits. It reminds me you think of other things too and pretty much are another person.

[@hiob8566]

I like it very much how you pointed into the right direction, even back then, when you talked about the victorian london at the beginning of this video. Now that we know about Bloodborne and the similarities of the Hunters attire and the clothes of the Marvelous Chester :)

[@SilverMont]

Maybe he was a hint at the direction BB was going in!

[@hiob8566]

You could be so right about this. In fact I watch your lore videos and think many times that Miyazaki wanted to do with Dark Souls exactly what he then did in Bloodborne. Well, we'll probably never know all the truth... because that is the genius of the Souls series. And because of this it is this important to have great people like you which share their thoughts about the lore and all the fascinating things in the game.

[@4lumc]

he's obviously a timelord

[@SilverMont]

I'd say he is from a time before Dark Souls 2, but who can say. We know of a number of lands in Dark Souls 2, but we don't know if those 'replaced' the lands we all know, or if they are simply very far away. It seems that Dark Souls 2 takes place on another continent, on the other side of the world.

[@SilverMont]

I was using the Sniper Crossbow and the Avelyn was the one I pulled out on the left hand now and then - you can find it in Duke's Archives, it fires three bolts at once, so it's very good for surprising people. Chester doesn't actually use it, but a Chester build is so useless in PvP I thought I might as well. I thought it was appropriate for him anyway, to have something powerful hidden up his sleeve.

[@DerpfaceTachi]

I remember when I was going through Sen's fortess someone put a summon sign with the name Malevolent Chester. Even though they were a white phantom I was too scared to summon them.

[@celestiallass6526]

Almost want to believe that _he is a dimensional time traveling Hunter_ ! It would be nice to see a bit more easter eggs in relation between to the two gaming franchises. In way it would make some sense since a handful of fans are in some agreement to Carim being described to be much like one of the places in Bloodborne. Another interesting fact is that I too feel that M.C. is dressed like an early prototype for a hunter since Dark Souls came out long before Bloodborne being first featured in D.S's DLC as I see here and from other fans pointing this out. In a way there's little hints of from software's previous games being referenced in both Bb and DS but then again everything we assume M.C. to be are just theories. It could almost be possible for him to actually have been in Yarhnam before the scourge beast outbreak occurred. So yeah even if they are indeed not set in the same universe it's still an interesting fan theory over all.

[@christianwoolsey1683]

+Ron Kim The chosen undead time traveled (about 300 years in the past), so...

[@Crazd22]

Cut dialogue by Lord's Blade Ciaran says that a ring belonging to Knight Artorias was stolen from him. This means that the hollowed corpse with the Wolf Ring found in Darkroot Garden...... must be the remains of Chester.

[@cd8789]

What if in Chesters time line, he was the last and final monarch? We know that the person who allows darkness to come becomes hollow to be bested by another monarch. What if he ended the curse? Broke the curse? It could be a reason as to why he knows about the hollows, or maybe because all of this was written history by then or just tales that people thought were fake. What if Mannis brought him back because Chester was that last monarch? If Mannis could kill him, there wouldn't be no last Monarch, darkness would keep coming. Mannis brought him back for a reason. So the cycle of darkness could continue.

[@jonaheckmann9419]

what a fucking sad attempt at a theory lmao

[@thatchannel195]

Jonah Eckmann so disrespectful

[@elieve5545]

Chester was cut from the game because a couple of files can be found in the files of the computer version and you can spawn him in but he won't move Or attack

[@ziDMx]

It'd be neat if you met a certain someone in like a tavern and he had a guy Fawkes type mask on with his top hat (it's set in a London type that has just gone industrial right?) and he says he has found this broken pendant in a cave and wants to return to find more treasure (In Bloodborne I mean)

[@SilverMont]

ziDMx That would be pretty fun!

[@megatronbee]

I imagine Carim like a dark and spooky village. Badlands basically

[@workingman9019]

who would've guessed carim was in bloodborne. it probably isnt but it matches up. no shields, trench coats, and top hats!

[@SilverMont]

+Hopeless Lover I know, right? Chester's like some Hunter prototype.

[@workingman9019]

Silver Mont ur probably right, i bet miazaki was thinking about bloodborne around that time.

[@TheLastWanderingBard]

You're right it is generally accepted that there were bits of the DLC that were meant to be in the main game. It's widely accepted that the sanctuary guardian was supposed to be in the main game, and that's why it was not only at the very start of the DLC, but also with little lore alongside it.

[@bigfoy1497]

Now the real lore question is how Chester doesn't hollow from using the Sniper crossbow and nothing else.

[@minespatch]

The Gwynivere and Juniper thing makes me think of how Roman and Greek gods have different names.

[@juandom6432]

"Main gauche" or "Fausse patte" is french for Left Hand, and was a title for left handed swordsmen. For the english pronunciation of "Main", the closest sound to French in my opinion is to say "Muh" as for "Duh". Somebody might help with the appropriat phonetic sign, since I'm not an expert in the matter.

[@OblitusAquila]

Even despite the games not sharing lore, what makes Carim not necessarily Yharnam is that the Yharnamites in the lore developed techniques to hunt beasts, and shields were found inefficient. Carim is more of a land of Dex builds, with the exception of Eygon, but even he uses a shield which is not the standard.

[@jehstr9804]

finally! I've been waiting for some good lore on Chester as he's my favorite npc in the game and it's difficult to find good info on Carim on youtube. awesome video dude!

[@tread0265]

Though this video is more than 3 or 4 years old, I would like to point out a little fun fact: Chester has two different models in the game's files, but only one gets used in the DLC. His other model, the unused one, looks far less tattered and drab.

[@SilverMont]

Didn't the unused one have a zweihander of sorts, too?

[@tread0265]

@@SilverMont I believe perhaps he might have, however I may not be entirely sure. From what I had seen, he did indeed use a crossbow as well though.

[@A-G-F-]

@@SilverMont He indeed has a Zweihander, has no top hat and no coat. images.app.goo.gl/eABjLzLKuhGuxB197

[@SilverMont]

A very good point! Of course, he is better than the ones we can use - faster reload speed, amongst other things. But that's probably just a gameplay mechanic, but you could always look at it from the viewpoint that he has a more advanced sniper crossbow than what is found in Sen's. I'm not really convinced of it myself, I just think it's an interesting thing to consider. Seeing as how Chester is like a variation of the Fat Ministers, maybe we'll see something similar in Dark Souls 2?

[@jaymthegenius]

I wish FromSoft didn't go out of their way to make separate movesets for the left and right hands :( Nearly all mobs have their shield in their right hand so equipping a left hand weapon means I can circumvent the shield and a right handed weapon means bleeding out extra damage. That, and Rocky tactics where I go toe to toe righty then take up a lefty stance at a tactically opportune moment. 13:55 I love the sniper perch by the way, great for headshots against the tall weird headed sorceress.

[@BlazeBluetm35]

Hugh Jass i wish i could have absorbed humanity with the dark in my left hand :c (not with the bow glitch)

[@jaymthegenius]

***** Since the character is a righty it would make more sense since his weapon would be righty and could logically attack when needed if unexpectedly attacked.

[@Cetrie]

I am trying so hard to watch this video, i wanted to find out more about Chester and finding out more about this guys playing habits.

[@josepholiveira946]

Chester screams Bloodborn to the bones. I think his design or charactes model inspired the cloths in that game or the game style.

[@2007HondaFitSport]

They were already working on Bloodborne when they made the Artorias DLC/when they designed Chester

[@eldritchenigma5492]

Joseph Oliveira even his posture is like a hunter