Diablo 2: The Bloody Countess RETURNS in the Forgotten Tower - Diablo Lore

[@jsullivan649]

She’s Diablo’s version of Elizabeth Bathory from our own history and stories, they made a movie about her in the late 90’s.

[@michaelammay9505]

That's the same historical figure in real-life That I relate to in diablo 2 when it comes to this quest and storyline

[@jsullivan649]

@@michaelammay9505 yeah exactly, was really cool to see a nod to her in game!

[@thatfilipinobarber1947]

P😊pn😊mc

[@burakucak]

"How much sorrow one can endure is tested there." Cain is speaking of the runs we do for the runes we want

[@superdahoho]

this comment needs more love

[@Heinous_Anus_Georg]

Fuck I feel this. 3700+ runs in my career not counting bots

[@MultiGG2]

Man, Ben 10's grandpa really knew how to tell a story. XD

[@DarkLOREDash]

Great pick up! Back in the 90s he was in everything... i think including Asian ninja master in Tenchu 2. Which means same voice with slight Japanese accent 🤣

[@roymcdre9180]

Wait what lol what npc??

[@MultiGG2]

@@roymcdre9180 The moldy tome. XD

[@ucbuianh9046]

That why it feel so familiar 😅

[@niconja986]

Executor Aldaris in Starcraft. And Protoss voice during gameplay

[@rogrampage9540]

Even the Judicator Aldaris knows the story about the Countess in Diablo II lol

[@illithidlore]

Once you've finished this series, I'd love to see you do some "Top 10" lists. Favorite quests, favorite spells/skills, favorite/most hated baddies, etc.

[@DarkLOREDash]

Will do!

[@caveman3744]

How to adapt this mission into a movie or TV series; inspiration materials: • Elizabeth Bathory • Stephen King's Overlook Hotel • Hereditary Movie's Rituals • Heretic Game • Cradle of Filth

[@DarkLOREDash]

Havent thought of or heard the name cradle of filth in an age

[@mattdaye]

Bathory Aria - Cradle Of Filth

[@dathore]

Pretty sure she is a direct reference to Countess Elizabeth Bathory, who was also believed to bathe in the blood of virgin women to keep her beauty, and who was also a vampire in popular media, old school blizz used to do that a lot, referencing classic characters of various sources.

[@mattycans6994]

I'm loving how quick you're pumping these videos out, And how you've kept up the quality.

[@TheGoldenKing20]

I was so disappointed by this quest - such a cool backstory, yet it just felt like a throwaway. They couldn't even be arsked to give the Countess her own unique model.

[@nobodyinterestingyou]

True but It think the lack of details are what made so many of the quests of D1 and 2 so alluring.Your mind was always wondering,filling the blanks with your own self inserted stories.

[@jamesjanse3731]

It is actually based on a (allegedly) true story of a Hungarian countess

[@dingodyno9016]

@@kurzackd Elizabeth not Erzsebet

[@dingodyno9016]

My thoughts exactly on the unique model, even D2 Res didn't give her a unique model, which would have been the perfect time to have done that

[@dingodyno9016]

@@kurzackd look it up. I did and thats what it said

[@DainnGreywall]

Diablo 1: Sees book on a pedestal "Ooh a book, time to read" *opens book* Diablo 3: Sees a book on a pedestal "PEDESTAL SHOW ME YOUR SECRETS!" *slaps book off pedestal, hits ground and opens* "Ooh a book!"

[@Milk_with_chunks]

Well, you did it. You made me install both Diablo 1 & 2, still trying to kill the butcher when I can find the time

[@christopherlane467]

All you need is, 1. A shitload of potions and omega clicking skills, or 2. Find a fenced wall with a door, lead him to it, and turn the poor demon into a pincushion. Or, ya know, magic him to death if you're into that.

[@DarkLOREDash]

Ahh fresh meat! (Dash low key the Diablo 1 install butcher)

[@roymcdre9180]

Open door, cast fire wall just inside of door, close door lol

[@Milk_with_chunks]

All good strategies I wish I knew when I was a kid

[@Snakie747]

I remember the first time I played this I totally thought the Countess dropped a ton of gold. The game was so new to me that I didn't have a sense of the value of anything. Disappointing when you realize that the only thing of particular value you get from it is the rune.

[@ch1nux1430]

There is a story IRL for The Bloody Countess. If you are interested, Dash. Her name was Erzebet Bathory from Hungary. The clergy claimed that she was a dark magic apprentice and obsessed with eternal beauty. There are official documents that support and describe the 650 dead young women that she (as clergy said) brutally murdered, impaled and bled out. In fact, she was related to Vlad Tepes... An interesting story, nevertheless. You read it from an avocado 🥑

[@416wc]

Elizabeth Bathory with her right hand Gilles de Rais? :D

[@DarkLOREDash]

Yesss I was going to add real life history but didnt, which I now regret!

[@roetheboat1]

Interestingly enough, there's a very real possibility that Erzsébet Báthory was framed due to religious and political tensions in the country of Hungary. The 650 victim count came from a servant by the name of Susannah who served Jakab Szilvássy, one of Báthory's court attendants. The servant girl claimed that Szilvássy had seen the 650 victim count in a private book that Báthory kept. This private book was never brought up at the trial, nor did Szilvássy mention it in his testimony. In fact, the only "concrete" number (concrete in that the witnesses had tortured before 'admitting' to having also been involved) was 36 women. A lot of the "evidence" that we see today was either contradicted by György Thurzó (the lead investigator) or can be traced to having been invented years after Erzsébet Báthory's death. The man who was tasked with leading the investigation, György Thurzó, stood to benefit financially and politically if Erzsébet Báthory was out of the way. Thurzó's only son, Imre, was married to a woman by the name of Krisztina. Krisztina was related to the Báthory family on her mother's side, which meant that if Erzsébet Báthory and her heir were to be disposed of a good chunk of their wealth would fall to Krisztina and Imre. The biggest rival of Imre's generation was Erzsébet's son, named Pál Nádasdy. When you also consider the fact that the Báthory family ruled the separate region of Transylvania (today the eastern part of Hungary, but at the time a separate country) and held enough military and political power to potentially invade the western part of Hungary using the lands owned by Erzsébet Báthory, it makes sense that the king in Hungary would be willing to put up with György Thurzó's fake accusations. Furthermore, a lot of the accusations of torture and abuse at the hands of Erzsébet Báthory sounded very similar to medical practices that had been recorded as being used in the area Erzsébet grew up in. These included practices such as bloodletting, use of female midwives, and other surgical techniques that could have been potentially beneficial. However, in an age before anesthetics, they would have also been very painful. Medical texts from that time period would have prescribed the use of hot metal tongs to remove infected tissues and cauterize the open wounds at the same time. There were also various disease outbreaks all across the area and surrounding countries of smallpox, typhus, and bubonic plague (IE the Black Death). Treatments for those would have involved lancing the boils. One of the symptoms for bubonic plague is drowsiness, so patients couldn't be allowed to sleep as much as they would have wanted to. Diarrhea is also a symptom, and since hot/warm water is difficult to come by it meant that the patients who desperately wanted to sleep and were also constantly going to the bathroom would have been doused in cold water. As for the accusations from members of the clergy, it would be important to know that Erzsébet Báthory was a Calvinist in charge of an area dominated by the Lutheran faith. Even so, there doesn't appear to be any evidence of her restricting the freedom of Lutheran ministers. János Ponikénusz was the pastor of the town in which she lived in, and was also one of the main sources of accusations against her. In one letter to György Thurzó, the pastor accused Báthory of being able to turn into a black cat and then stalking him. Overall, I'd say that Erzsébet Báthory was likely no worse than any other noble of that time period in that area. She was married to her husband for 28 years (also refused to take his last name and retained her own, which may have irked some) and when he was away fighting against invading military forces from the Ottoman Empire she was tasked with managing his lands. From what survives of the records, it would appear that she was a competent manager who made fair decisions. Had she not fallen due to political and religious infighting in Hungary, chances are she'd only be remembered by historians who study that particular time period and area.

[@ch1nux1430]

@@roetheboat1 The fact that the numbers went so inaccurate, make this possibility real. You read it from an avocado 🥑

[@ssj3theoutsider228]

One of my favorite quests, idk why, to me it's like we have this adventerous vibe instead of only being careless saviors, some adventurers (among the group of 5) came for gold, for duty or simply by curiosity, there's no urgent motive and no one who asked us to do it, just a random book found and some curiosity

[@DarkLOREDash]

That's a really cool way to look at it!

[@ssj3theoutsider228]

@@DarkLOREDash Thanks

[@GameTimeWhy]

The ambiance in D1 and D2 are completely missed in D3 and it makes me sad. d3 should have been amazing.

[@nobodyinterestingyou]

Ament to that...A big part of what made Diablo so magical was the foreboding atmosphere!

[@justnoob8141]

Here's a tip: Lowing your brightness to 0 in Diablo 3

[@ageofambienceasmr]

@@justnoob8141 it doesn't help, it's not only about the brightness.

[@GameTimeWhy]

@@nihil.admirari I'd rather not

[@thegoblonoid]

These videos are fantastic, I'm reliving my childhood horrors and amazements!

[@DarkLOREDash]

Thank you, mate!

[@greegeree]

I always loved this one. Mini boss side quests with good lore are nice

[@baeldorx7428]

This is why Diablo 1 and 2 are the best Diablo games for all the years compare to the newer ones today....

[@SvenS2]

Christ, you're such god damn good story teller!

[@paulohenriquearaujofaria7306]

I agree

[@peterdes6792]

who else likes those 2d graphics? it has archaic feel to it. i always thought 3d was boring and soulless, no matter how detailed and flashy it was

[@CallMeNeutraL]

The future is now old man

[@colemanscorner5955]

Love the voice during the reading of the book.

[@csguak]

Bill Nighy

[@ormcgazm]

Just got to the book not 10 mins ago! Going my old school strat when i was 8. Necromancer, all skills points into summoning an insane army. All stats into str, dex, vit for mele, getting a scythe asap.

[@DarkLOREDash]

No poison dagger? A man after my own heart

[@roymcdre9180]

Im glad im not the only 1 who did this hahaha

[@crybirb]

"The book known as the moldy tome can be found in a stone pedestal in the stony fields, which reads: *BADUNK*"

[@dustypaint]

Holy shit these voice actors and Dash's voice. This video is a pure solid 12 minutes of eargasm. This is art.

[@alexjointsoon592]

" ...the inhumanity of the human creature"

[@DarkLOREDash]

God damn that's poetry

[@roymcdre9180]

This is the equivalent of the Halls Of The Blind Q from d1 IMO. Sure Bloodraven and Cain are more important to the story, but THIS is where you realize its a Diablo game and goes from gloom to sinister

[@DarkLOREDash]

Maan halls of the blind is gnarly

[@orlandobautista2848]

This is My Favorite Quest in ACT I The Countess Is Quite of A Vampire The Tower Looks Creepy And It Smells Stinks But Luckily There's A Treasure At The Unfortunate Side The Rogues Died in that Place I didn't know About Elizabeth Bathory that Based in this Quest

[@daneflynn4979]

Less interested in treasure? Diablo’s biggest trope was “Loot EVERYTHING!”. Saving the world seemed incidental.

[@michaelleader633]

My fav D2 quest. Elizabeth Bathroy was one of the first spooky things I researched as a kid, lead to the understanding of human fragility and that the influential are generally the worst monsters we'll ever deal with in life. ;)

[@colemanscorner5955]

This game is so MUCH FUN!!! 2020 D2 still killin it!

[@Envy-bw4kt]

I live your narrative videos on the Diablo series please keep these coming!!! 😍😍😍

[@DarkLOREDash]

Thank you Mellin!

[@noahbuster4333]

Wow, I had no idea the townspeople had so much to say! I feel like I am reliving the story once again.

[@andreidelacruz3381]

Elizabeth Bathory the blood countess...wow now i know it really exist.

[@redrogue2715]

"The tome reads" *Thwak!*

[@mikfhan]

"And so it-" "And so-" "And so it came to pass."

[@guitarmaniacgino]

This is probably one of the darkest quests in D2. This mission scared me.

[@omened888]

I like cain a lot he may be a coward but he is a old man with a heart of gold and he does everyone a favor keeping history..not everyone can be a fighter so at least help in the way you can

[@DarkLOREDash]

I feel like id be the Cain of the game... but wish I was a Pally 🤣

[@marinachico4567]

0:45 best part

[@cormacbevins9679]

hang onto that rune. part of a very easy to acquire early runeword called the Ancient's Pledge. boasts decently high stats for resists, and +1 to all skills.

[@95bsv]

loving this series, actually downloaded the game and currently playing with some friends

[@DarkLOREDash]

Nice dude! We actually have crews running on discord too. All are welcome

[@WallNutBreaker524]

"All that Twitters is not bold" Indeed warriv..indeed.

[@jamesroberts5163]

I just love the connection that they game brings between each other can't wait tell you get to diablo 3 I wonder what all I missed.

[@DarkLOREDash]

I actually am so unfamiliar with d3 it'll be interesting

[@shirshakbt]

@@DarkLOREDash you're not missing out at all.

[@deathangel7335]

I always wanted to know the original story of the Countess, where some heroic person or group came and defeated her the first time, leaving things seemingly dealt with. Only for the Dark Wanderer to come by so much later and revive her with his evil presence for the player to finally put to permanent rest.

[@jeffhallam2004]

Really like your channel! Love Diablo 2 and am looking forward to Resurrected!

[@talhariz1007]

3:42 Uther? Is that you?

[@philplett7272]

Lol "Death" & "Delirum" both runewords :)

[@416wc]

Hell yeah, more D2 content!

[@DarkLOREDash]

Alp the way

[@GreeL8]

The optional quest (D2). Are more interesting than lore of D3.

[@archyzazael5873]

Oh yeah! The treasure chest The Countess was guarding was awesome. I remembered feeling like a lottery winning. Especially when i found 2 shiny treasure chest inside rooms at either sides of the main hallway. There were even lots of gold on the floor

[@ryanagnos8969]

This is a great series but dam is this going to be a very long series. I'm in for it either way

[@DarkLOREDash]

Yesss

[@CJ00014]

Is that Colonel Roy fucking Campbell? Amazing...61!

[@LagunaShirogane]

Hey Dash, your Discord link is long expired :(

[@IKingRonin]

Like'd and sub's can you do a video like this for every qeust? explaining maybe more of the back lore from website's. This was awesome thank you.

[@feywinterfox9630]

LOVE THESE VIDEOS!

[@frzsks]

Just a question dash, are you the same person as dash/lore star

[@jmcbride1512]

Love this creativity

[@oj43085]

man the old graphics still have great charm

[@caveman3744]

Inspired maybe by Elizabeth Bathory and/or Vampirella?? like the inspiration of Barbarian Class from Conan of Cimmeria

[@DarkLOREDash]

Correct yeah. Crazy

[@spritekidz8549]

wonderful commentary

[@veng3r663]

I used her Tower ALL the time to successfully exchange items between toons... :P

[@glennlennartsson4887]

He is talking about countess Bathory becouse she tought it would keep her forever young and immortal.

[@paulohenriquearaujofaria7306]

The inhumanity of human creature... good words about human skulls

[@wilsonofcanada]

You get to see her again in Diablo Immortal

[@christiangrey5249]

I remember the move entitled THE COUNTESS

[@Naaga88]

1:17 - *buried alive

[@Kristalya]

The people of Rogue Encampment forgot to equip their magic finding gear before going to the tower 😃 that is why they did not find any treasure 😊

[@STOTTIII]

Love this content

[@orlandobautista2848]

At Early Return to the Camp Only Cain and Warriv Have Positive Advices

[@DarkLOREDash]

Very true

[@kaneosaurusrex3171]

hope they remaster and expand on Diablo 2

[@MrLocurito]

now you can use that gold and get a scepter or even a targe... i recomend a targe...

[@DarkLOREDash]

Targey time?

[@MrLocurito]

@@DarkLOREDash i get the joke but i ment that round shield that is exclusive for paladins

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

Elizabeth Báthory 7 August 1560 - 21 August 1614, the Bloody Countess of Hungary, who owned land in the Kingdom of Hungary, her former domain was split to what is now modern Hungary, Slovakia and Romania, regarded with much fear and superstition, the total death total reaped by her was never fully counted as most records were very sporty, but it's estimated by some that either 300 or 650 young women, virgins, had died by her hands, most of them poor peasant girls, a handful of ladies in waiting, some daughters of former nobles or bastards, rare nuns and sisters who were disowned by their families on the account of them being born their respective genders, their deaths were not pleasant ones they were tortured,

[@rosaria6363]

So Elizabeth Bathory was in Diablo. Good to know

[@MichaelSnowball101]

0.44 which reads (smack!)

[@Tim_the_Astronurd]

Funny Ive been playing this game since launch and am currently back into it again. I have never actually listened to what anybody in town says because I cant stand it, but I sure like watching videos of them talking, lol.

[@DarkLOREDash]

I know what you mean. In game it feels like they are slowing you down

[@Tim_the_Astronurd]

@@DarkLOREDash exactly. I pronounced the Travincal wrong for q8 years before I finally heard Cain say it. I was like "huh"

[@DarkLOREDash]

@@Tim_the_Astronurd Supposedly I did it with Izual & lut Golhein. I guess I read them & didn't listen well. C'est la vie

[@kaveh300]

Look up Elizabeth Bathory, that's what The Blood Countess is based off of

[@billlam7756]

you sound like a younger version of the warrior from the original diablo 1 lol HARGGGGGGGGG FRESH MEAT!

[@joshuazeiler5263]

She wasn't slain... it said in the tome she was buried alive. You misspoke 10 seconds later and then reference it incorrectly. Just thought you'd like to know incase you wanted to add edits. btw love the content, just a little helpful criticism. :D

[@PandoraKin564]

I practice my early acting skills on this quest and many like it. I recited it with a Kiwi accent but same cadence and tone. Yet Diablo must run.

[@DarkLOREDash]

Oh very nice. Go kiwi brothers

[@northernsupernova1]

Bathed in the blood of 100 virgins? wow that would reduce the Diablo 2 playerbase by about 50%

[@Ognjen19]

i realy dont understand how this guy has 14k sub

[@XxMeatShakexX]

Can't forget that deep relevant lore of "Gloom Bite the Impaler" on floor 2. Was expecting some unknown lore from the devs not just reading what's on the screen regardless of relevance.

[@zagrebvolgograd2288]

Strangely, the voice acting and text from the moldy tome is far better in french version! Very strange because we french eople are used to get horrible traduction in movies and video games. Blizzard was a very great studio in this times!

[@JBlade187]

not playing on Path of Diablo?

[@marct138]

Sounds like they were inspired by the Countes Elisabeth Bathory

[@krado76]

Not burned alive, buried alive. Which is worst... that I don't know...

[@quarkleptons1036]

D E M O N I C T A I N T

[@DarkLOREDash]

Uh oh

[@ReMeDy_TV]

So after bathing in a 100 virgins, did she have to take a second bath to wash it off? Too much work if you ask me.

[@tdbnasc3]

Elizabeth bathory, look it up

[@Zues120]

Hnnng colonel a countess is bathing in blood in a tower

[@bubdigli6756]

bruh.... you missed all the gold in the side rooms

[@DarkLOREDash]

I don't go for gold (only in the play through) cuz irs boring watching me pilfer loot. That said, it's hard to break the habit

[@rikosaikawa9024]

When in doubt go to Gheed

[@DarkLOREDash]

Comedy plus.

[@rikosaikawa9024]

Game LORE Dash now that is a big mushroom 🍄

[@thrawn323]

Based on Elizabeth Batholry as I recall.

[@rikosaikawa9024]

Why yes I would love a blood bathory

[@DarkLOREDash]

I see what you did there

[@chinangel]

"which reads..." *WACK!*

[@davidhujik6078]

We want d1 and d1 for ps5 please.

[@odinsayson]

And so it came to pass...

[@DarkLOREDash]

Iconic

[@CristinaJeanDonato]

Elizabeth Bathory

[@Necroionutwiz]

no need to doddle about it she was resurrected as an undead ... in blood fo a 100 virgins we as players go in deep inside her tower kill her steal her treasure and go back to town you're welcome :) (i just said long story short :D)

[@lkcdarzadix6216]

Love slay demon get loot

[@DarkLOREDash]

Is a cheeky nod

[@peterdes6792]

she was based on a real person Elizabeth Bathory from hungary. country seems to be abundant with such women. go to badoo or other dating app, set location to hungary and swap through the them. women there has something bloodthirsty in their eyes

[@DarkLOREDash]

I won't dare. *Slowly opens tinder*