What's the deal with CRUMBLING FARUM AZULA?

[@compatriot852]

Crumbling Farum Azula is a pretty accurate representation of Kansas. Filled to the brim with tornadoes and stray dogs

[@placeholdername3818]

And also crumbling infrastructure

[@vogunBurgundy]

We're not in Kansas, anymore...

[@silvergotrekt]

And also dragons

[@Picmanreborn]

😮‍💨 and birds....

[@xryeau_1760]

Dorothy is that you?

[@ASmartNameForMe]

The secret is that Maliketh has a crippling addiction to death-weed. As a public figure at the time, Maliketh needed to keep this highly illegal activity a secret, until one day the tarnished and crucible knights under Godfrey discovered Farum Azula, named after Malikeths favourite avatar character. Maliketh panicked, and to cover up his connection, shattered the place across the continent, summoned a tornado and a horde of dragons to finish the job. Unfortunately for him his DNA was found on a stray death dealer and he was exiled anyway. And that’s the deal with crumbling farum azula

[@l.e.b.3541]

Truly a prepare to cry :(

[@joaquinmuniz3055]

That's canon, it's in the lore.

[@RowletRissoto]

Vaatividya got to make a video on this

[@giovanniprovost]

Placidusaax uses lightning, Azula uses lightning. CONNECTION?!!

[@LAK_770]

Dude *finally* it makes sense, thanks for laying it all out like that I was totally lost

[@filiptrybua636]

The ancient Polish dragon asking for 4 PLN got me good xDDD

[@TheElderSigils]

Me too, holy shit😂

[@AWESOMO5]

Panie, daj panie złotówkę proszę

[@Thisisaweirdthing2makeusdo]

Jin dobre 😂

[@ScrawnyTreeDemon]

It's too good

[@jakubj8923]

POLSKA!!! NUMERO UNO!

[@hammertime732]

This "What's the deal with" series is truly one of the Elden Ring walkthroughs on youtube.

[@unclecheezboiga9001]

Thank God, I really needed this. My cat is being put down later today and it's been really tough. Thanks for giving me a good laugh in a dark time, Dark Tark

[@thefrostbite]

stay strong brother

[@higaiwokeru]

Dont be sad its over, be happy it happened Cherish the memories brother

[@genokugel]

So sorry to hear that brother, I'm sure you've been a very loving friend to your cat. Stay strong ❤

[@valentinsalvermoser6671]

f bro

[@foxache8275]

Hope you're okay brother

[@christianhavasi645]

Maliketh still has not returned his neighbour's lawn mower -.-"

[@RushStudios101]

The scariest goddamn moment in any souls game for me was realizing that there are Godwyn eyes EVERYWHERE in Farum Azula. Every goddamn root in the zone has those awful half-lidded fish eyes, always watching you...

[@enzo8356]

Never noticed that

[@hugostefaniu]

I wonder if Godwyn's tumours being present in Farum can be explained by the timey-wimey shit... Or if there's any chance Farum Azula was still grounded at the time of Godwyn's Erdtree Burial?

[@alyseleem2692]

​​@@hugostefaniu No. Just...no. This place is from" The time before the Erdtree" ,and it fell either before or because of Marika and Godfrey. Godwyn's death likely has something to do with death in general changing ( the Death Ritual Spear describing a " distant ressurection " the death priests were waiting for and such) ,but he came after the place fell. It's likely his effect goes beyond the Erdtree, in the same way the Sun and the Eclipse is somehow connected to his salvation and that of his fellow Soulless siblings. After all, the Beast skeletons bear the Sun Realm Shield.

[@idonomaeatomoku9322]

Never forget, that Vyke got with one of those dragons in this crumbling cookie. That's canon, it's in the lore.

[@paracame8162]

and the dragon gave him her brother's lightning attack instead of her own. kinda weird if you ask me

[@shaun2566]

He was a fucking bard

[@samf.s.7731]

Lansseax was a fight I enjoyed though. The fact that her fight abruptly stops and she leaves essentially only for me to find her elsewhere to actually get to fight her without her bailing on the fight was a neat idea..

[@nickytheanimal2413]

And possible divorced, so this should be added to the divorce tier list

[@benevolentduck9598]

Also Farum Azula does funny things to time that no one can explain. Truly one of the places beyond all time

[@samf.s.7731]

Yeah, I like it tbh.... It's a crumbling city in the sky beyond time where you get to fight the creature who holds the power to restore death to the lands between... Nice 👌😏 Just very fitting to have that fight be there..

[@talkingmudcrab718]

The Morrowind Restoration sound effect was unexpected but appreciated.

[@dose_of_vodka5895]

the cookie crumbles and farum azula rumbles by the sheer power of dark tark

[@uwureze07]

We need more teardown videos since now you can play as Gordon Woo's daughter

[@DarkTark]

I recorded a bunch of footage from that update awhile ago but I haven't gotten around to making it a video yet. Maybe one day.

[@uwureze07]

@@DarkTark I shall wait for as long as it takes

[@drubb3d]

Dark Tark is truly one of the content creators of all time

[@Victor.-.E]

Hallelujah! Out of all the content creators who have ever existed, Dark Tark is, without a doubt, among them!

[@drubb3d]

@@Victor.-.E he speaks the truth

[@luigivercotti6410]

I'd even go as far as to say he's one of the _most_ content creators of all time!

[@drubb3d]

@@luigivercotti6410 controversial opinion

[@ogosanya]

Kurwa, the polish dragon had me dead, but the dragons actually are from Poland, it's canon, it's in the lore

[@budynmistygnie]

Yeah, we had one uder a castle in some city, but turns out that some guy killed it few hundread years ago

[@jackfurth3414]

Crumbling Farum Azula is truly one of the places of all time. Also, gotta love the One Piece references

[@benevolentduck9598]

one of the places of literal all time, even beyond time

[@LaloSillymanca]

Crumbling Farum Azula is definetly a place it has a name it crumbles it's a place

[@EleonoraH-p4o]

It's crumbling just like my marriage. That's canon, it's in the lore

[@isaacbruner65]

Crumbling Farum Azula may once have been located on the ground in Dragonbarrow. There's a bridge there called Farum Greatbridge. Also there's the Bestial Sanctum which is clearly connected to the beastmen and contains Maliketh, who is later found in Farum Azula. Also it's called Dragonbarrow and it's where the most dragons are outside of Farum Azula.

[@Zxd_Luis]

Crumbling farum azula is basically the cookie crumbling

[@ObsessiveMuffin]

The sudden polish dragon TOOK ME OUT SO HARD. It do be like that tho...

[@jar_knight]

I find it pretty interesting how you took this video a lot more seriously than your previous Elden Ring videos. I am not against it in any way, in fact, I'd be very interested to see more videos like this.

[@andrewguerra2532]

Honestly to me this is one of the more unhinged videos but in the best way possible

[@andrewguerra2532]

Actually nvm upon rewatch u are correct but the jokes in this one are more unhinged there’s just a lot less of them like that joke about eating humans caught me insanely off guard and had me dying

[@Jasar25]

I never expected to be asked for 4 złoty by an ancient dragon.

[@Monika-gw3nz]

I nearly got heart attack when I heared polish on bus. Thanks

[@YaciThe1]

Getting slapped dozens of times by a comedic duo is indeed, my biggest prepare to cry moment

[@bisiart]

i miss "that's cannon, it's in the lore" quote this time around :(

[@__8120]

I think another strong connection between CFA and Stormveil castle is the reappearance of both the knights and the birds in both places. Admittedly, the knights and the birds also show up in castle sol, so maybe they just like castles

[@vilevillain1059]

or maybe they rushed the game a little at the end and kinda just copy and pasted mobs in places where they would most fit to flesh it out

[@xeonespydonum4995]

Farum Azula, Sun Realm, Castle Sol, makes sense.

[@__8120]

@@xeonespydonum4995 Sun Realm?

[@xeonespydonum4995]

@@__8120 From the Sun Realm Shield description: Shield of honor depicting a city crowned by the sun. It has seen better days. Much like the wear upon the shield, the Seat of the Sun is long faded away.

[@sirnutaku7716]

Literally started playing elden ring cuz of ur channel and just arrived at this area, the timing us incredible

[@badideagenerator2315]

In my opinion, the creepiest thing about wormfaces is that their legs aren't positioned below their centre of mass, making all their animations look jarring and unnatural.

[@PETHRIS]

Either these videos are becoming gradually more hinged, or I've gotten immersion-therapy style used to it

[@michajerchel7350]

For those who are curious about that dragon guy in a suit. He says "Good day, can I ask for 4 PLN? Thank you" in polish I don't understand that joke either, by the way

[@nobleman9393]

You won't buy any good cheap alcohol for that in Poland anyway.

[@speaklowww5747]

thank you for your contribution to my cv

[@PWizz91]

Finally another video! Love your sarcastic dry humour

[@just_cade]

0:35 “Fortunately, you’ve had some weird horse girl stalking you throughout your journey, so you can just use her.”

[@paladin-ksai7667]

the polish at 1:50 took me off guard and by surprise

[@kkkeithhh]

This shows how much the cookie crumbled in farum azula, thank you so much for the enlightenment dark tark

[@zorinzorinzorin5243]

Watching this for the thumbnail alone.

[@Dingatronus]

Your theory with the Wormface is probably correct, considering that part of Altus is above Deeproot depths, and Goldwyn’s rotting body

[@SenatorMorbstrong]

Dragon asking for 4 PLN caught me off guard.

[@ScrawnyTreeDemon]

The Polish Dragon bit killed me instantly. Blessed be the Darkest of Tarks 🙏

[@ryangabriel9633]

Just wanted to say I just found your channel and I’m obsessed with your Elden Ring videos. The mix of comedy and actual serious lore is great and I genuinely think your channel will be big one day. Keep it up!

[@tombadil64]

I literally had your humor pop into my head randomly yesterday. I was craving so I was rewatching all of your elden ring videos. What perfect timing!

[@oneoranota]

For me, Goldfrey has officially and forever been renamed "Morgott's piss ghost"

[@jamesj7368]

WHO UP RUBBING THEIR BONE SHARD RN?

[@Z.O.M.G]

GODDAMN I did not notice that pieces of the farum we're in limgrave. That is a crazy cool detail with some nice lore implications

[@ethanhogaboom5877]

Holy shit, I never made the connection between the rubble in Kim grave being from Farum Azula

[@ethanhogaboom5877]

Limgrave *

[@godsangryhands4499]

I LOVED THIS!! YOUR SENSE OF HUMOUR IS GREAT!!!!!!!! HILARIOUS MAN!!!! subbed!!!

[@bluevern904]

"And one of Placidusax's heads was cut off in the process" Bayle: There's two, actually

[@thedarethnator2216]

Fun fact In the dlc Bayle ( the dragon ) has one of plasidisaxx’s heads on its back , so somehow the dragons could travel between the two worlds(?)

[@emilybroderick2421]

That ball pit... Dark Tark, surely you weren't there at... oh I shan't say it

[@oblivion6983]

what’s crazy is actually how much i learn about elden ring from these videos

[@lottji]

blorpse after blorpse left in my wake, as i awaited dark's return

[@lemisus6963]

Z tą inflacja za 4 zł to se nawet najtańszego wina nie kupi

[@LaloSillymanca]

W DLC zmierzymy sie z PodatkoLordem Kaczynskim tylko ze zamiast psow w Farum Azula beda koty.

[@Uruluk_]

NANOPODATKI, SYNU!

[@lemisus6963]

@@LaloSillymanca ta a zamiast typa na koniu będzie Macierewicz

[@LaloSillymanca]

@@lemisus6963 Na brzozie

[@reksio3262]

Ale dużo Polaków ogląda ten kanał

[@Makowh]

I subscribed to this channel, and it did look great on my resume, because I was hired by a law firm who tracks down people who commit tax evasion

[@ymfos]

LETSSSS GOOO Ive been waiting for this one

[@giovanniprovost]

A dark tark upload day is a good day

[@baphomette3234]

i didnt realize that the godskin duo had managed to eat the gum-gum devil fruit. this insight is why i come to the dark tark channel

[@xryeau_1760]

6:18 Absolutely - yes. Miyazaki has a sense of humor

[@pimpdelf]

The Polish dragon had me confused

[@NickolasMitchell-ww3hn]

I’m from the future. Yea it was bale the dreaded who tore off two of plasidusaxes heads. I know that’s kinda obvious for the one who played the DLC but I’m gonna point it out anyways

[@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem]

The draconic tree sentinel used his triple-hit lighting attack through the fog wall and it knocked me off the edge of the arena in my first playthrough.

[@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem]

My first attempt.

[@Cherokeechuck9]

The drake goon joke aged very well

[@creytive7350]

I love you so much Dark Tark !!!! Excellent video loved it continue pleeeeeaaase

[@geraldyeager7652]

Maliketh still hasn't returned your lawnmower. This is canon, it's in the video's description.

[@jimminycrickets]

Faram Azula is just an Amazon warehouse

[@midouban628]

Love your video. A good mix between personal experience/gameplay, lore, and humor. Please keep 'em coming

[@nickytheanimal2413]

I can’t wait for the dlc to come out so we can be blessed with more Lord Tark funny bits. Truly a video of all time

[@burn1none]

yo this is a good one man, I think you got some great lore theories

[@RushStudios101]

I died more times to the tree sentinel than I did to maliketh lmao

[@ingonamy4749]

Dark Tark is the only man who I would wake up at 6 AM for

[@danielmckenley1862]

I don’t think I’ve been this happy since I see a KZbin video I wasn’t expecting in years

[@JustZeke99]

The cookie IS WHAT!?

[@limecrimes]

Wake up babe, new Dark Tark video just dropped

[@F4aXxZ]

dzień dobry If you've done the Frenzied Flame ending, you would know who the Gloam Eyed Queen is.

[@arcane2631]

Deadbolt music is very appreciated, Chris Christodoulou is a legend

[@Kaasi20]

New Dark stark video, can’t wait to watch this video only for 2 weeks

[@Dapryor]

Your videos bring some much needed levity to the stress that is Elden Ring.

[@NikosMemeJunkyard]

This dudes editing is amazing please keep up quality content like this. I don’t think I’ve laughed at just editing alone. Jokes are spot on to. Much love bro 🙏

[@ArthurMonke]

honey, wake up. A new Dark Tark video

[@DuckWithLongLegs]

I had no idea i even walked into a boss room with the godskin duo, i had 4 flasks, no prep, and caught off guard, but i still first tried them, THOSE FUCKING KNIGHTS THO they killed me so. Fucking. Much

[@AHWilliams614]

3:08-3:10 is what made me subscribe with the MGS bit there

[@briggy4359]

Yo Tark you should totally give Silent Hill 2 a story recap in your "kind of right but completely wrong" style, I think it would be excellent.

[@DarkTark]

good news, i already did

[@briggy4359]

@@DarkTark really? I didn't see that. Is it early on your channel??? Never mind, I just found it. Thanks! I love your stuff!

[@oxmega2262]

1:50 as a Polish native I lol when I watched this

[@OvenBaked515]

Faram azula is like the third world country of elden ring

[@horus3846]

this is going to be a masterpiece

[@scooterdoof]

16:21 What if the “Storm Lord” discussed here is the Stormhawk King? You give Nepheli Loux the ashes of it after going back to the Chapel of Anticipation; “Ashes of a hawk revered by all others as sovereign back in the days when Stormveil's winds still raged like no other. This ancient monarch is proud however, refusing to answer anyone's summons.” This would also explain the appearance of the hawks in Farum Azula, as they also appear in Stormveil.

[@higaiwokeru]

Regarding the wormfaces, someone had a theory thay they were probably bodies buried and got affected by Godwyn’s deathblight

[@col.arthurvalhaim2788]

The deal with the crumbling floating cookie is astonishing, it's hitting the lore harder than Marika's hammer shen shattering the elden ring, maliketh first form called beast clergyman, and where we heard that name? Yes in bloodborne and that's indicating a connection, and where did maliketh came from? The two fingers, as they themselves are from the greater will, and we cracked the code, the Greater will is a giant space squid which once was a hunter and turned into a squid and now he is the greater will....man myazaki cooked And ranni's body is lady Maria's doll

[@killermoviemakers]

using voodoo vince music for that 1 clip is insane

[@andrewguerra2532]

Me rewatching all of Mr. Tark’s videos over and over again

[@cmoney163]

Bro your videos are top tier I hope your channel grows bigger

[@NievesTheWitch]

Cant Wait for the next video "What's the deal with Ancient Dragons"

[@EdTheDragonSlayer]

Me walking into the arena with a giant fridge-size hammer and Bernahl with a taxidermized snake on a stick, fighting two One Piece characters in a temple floating in the sky. Truly a unique experience.

[@billyhendry8369]

I freaked when the dragon started speaking Polish wtf

[@crypt1k755]

What if the Wormfaces are reanimated Beastmen, and the forest in Altus is an ancient unmarked Beastman burial site

[@ImNotAMageImAWizard]

You know I never noticed that those stone pieces in Limgrave are of the same structure from the Crumbling Cookie. Thanks for pointing that out🙏

[@isaacbruner65]

Many of the Limgrave ruins have a crafting material on them called ruin fragments. The description says that these are believed to be fragments of a temple in the sky. So it's kind of obvious on a second playthrough.

[@kawaiipotato5450]

that ratm song while you said "in the self immolation way " was pretty clever

[@biped8500]

I was not expecting voodoo Vince music 8 minutes in to the video

[@Tatertotsareamazing]

The dog named narcotics vs the dog named princess, vs the slapstick duo

[@badbitchhamburgers]

last time i was this early placidusax was still elden lord

[@trog69]

Don't mind me. Just an old geezer who will probably never play any of the DS games, but I still watch the vids from Mr. Tark 'cause they're great!

[@ohnotmeagain4721]

"Dragon these nuts across your face" -Maliketh, probably.

[@MEATFACEFILMS]

Rage against the machine in the first 40 seconds this is gonna be a good video