Project: Dark Souls ▶ The Complete Story of the Dark Souls Trilogy

A coming together of the creators within the Dark Souls community to create a lasting tale of the canonical story throughout the Dark Souls trilogy. I dreamed this project up a couple of months ago, and never realized how fun it would be, making and forging new connections within the community. This is easily the hardest and longest I've ever worked on a video, and I think it's well worth it! So please enjoy, and feel free to check me out on other social media platforms!
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Find below the links to everyone who contributed to this project, in alphabetical order. Go some them some love!
Alex Roe:
▶ / roetaka
▶ / @alex-roe
Azreal, The Unkindled:
▶ / azreal_angel
▶ streamlabs.com...
BlogSouls:
▶ / _wisecrackjack
Captain_D1234:
▶ / demosthenis_gerogiannis
CosmoTrance:
▶ / cosmotrance
▶ / @cosmotrance3965
DaveControl:
▶ / thedaveklein
▶ / davecontrollive
Devil Lady:
▶ / devil__lady
Halcyon:
▶ • Video
Horaud:
▶ / horaud
▶ / horaud3
IsaTheEngie:
▶ / isatheengie
Jenn Designs:
▶ / nahamut
▶ / jenn.designs
Jenyce Garay:
▶ / jenyceg
JTWarfreak:
▶ / @casualheroics6665
▶ / anonymous_150
LobosJr:
▶ / lobosjrgaming
▶ / lobosjrgaming
Lost My Sanity:
▶ / lost_my_sanity
▶ / @perfectlylostmysanity
Marc Straight:
▶ / marcstraight
▶ / @marcstraight
Misty:
▶ anorlondo.band...
MrIWont4get:
▶ / mriwont4get
▶ / mriwont4get
Otzdarva:
▶ / otzdarvayt
▶ / @otzdarva
Nick:
▶ / macid37496976
▶ / @macin6931
Richard Pilbeam:
▶ / richard_pilbeam
▶ / channel
Silver Mont:
▶ / thesilvermont
▶ / @silvermont
Sinclair Lore:
▶ / sinclairlore
▶ / @sinclairlore
Skar Productions:
▶ / skarproductions
▶ / @skarproductions
SmoughTown:
▶ / smoughtown
▶ / @smoughtown
TheHalfinStream:
▶ / thehalfinstream
VaatiVidya:
▶ / vaatividya
▶ / vaatividya

[@NuclearToxinify]

After watching this, I feel like the series can honestly be summed up in one sentence. "This is all Gwyn's fault."

[@paztypastn5785]

Jacob Hoover his fear of the dark soul makes the worst outta Gwyn

[@obviouslykaleb7998]

Also kaathe. If he hadn’t led the people to manus, ds2 wouldn’t have really happened

[@thechampion2430]

Pretty much

[@АндрейЛопухов-ь5и]

Fear the flame!

[@nomomozarella2042]

If you look at the description of the miracle lightning arrow. It is said to have been wielded by female knights, and that it was used at longer ranges to blind dragons. If you look during the cinematic when Gwyn and his knights release their lightning. A bolt hits a dragon in the eye. BOOM mind blown.

[@matenmeplox544]

he stretching to get to the 10 min smh

[@kidd_kudu847]

Lol

[@herpydepth1204]

Lol

[@J4yc0n]

Lol

[@moose7145]

Lol

[@thewarriorforce]

Kek

[@Vladek16]

"Infinity War is the most ambitious crossover event in history" The Ashen Hollow : "hold my Siegbräu"

[@fullgreys0n738]

SIegbräu realy a thing in DS?

[@Vladek16]

@@fullgreys0n738 yes, it's the beer that Siegward of Catarina gives you :D

[@ComradeOgilvy369]

MCU is communist garbage

[@brandonallen2369]

@@ComradeOgilvy369 what? 😦

[@nightgoblinspearman]

@@ComradeOgilvy369 based

[@mezolite]

when the firekeeper said "ashen one... hearest thou my voice still?" I felt that.......

[@ZeroOmega-vg8nq]

TTS voice- OMG i feel that. That is such a mood. Relatable af.

[@thechampion2430]

Same

[@Sariondil]

Fave ending, I don't do any others just to hear that..

[@StarlightDragon]

Yeah, after I beat it for the first time and heard that I started shouting "OHHHH!!! SHIIIIT!" It was hugely exciting to me. Because it felt like evidence that the "age of dark" is not an age of nothingness, but rather something different.

[@evenaarek1042]

Still prefer the Emerald Herald.

[@mathm1410]

It’s crazy to think that Dark Souls lore is so good that people are still trying to piece it together almost a decade later

[@ariannawills854]

It's convoluted and so intriguing I can't wait to to really watch the video! (Just started it!)

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

That's because you get to fill in all the details yourself, that's the draw. No one can tell anyone else they are right or wrong.

[@kolz4ever1980]

@@A_Black_Sheep94 that's always a cheap cop out for luster stories. 😂 If I wanted to fill stuff in myself I would write a book.

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

@@kolz4ever1980 Go for it

[@SnailHatan]

Lmao yeah, it’s so good that nobody knows what the fuck it is. Makes perfect sense.

[@EpsilonBiatch]

Every video over 10 minutes: Me: Oh man does it have to be so long A 1h 30min Dark Souls video: Me: Oh man, why does it have to be so short

[@strawhatshinigami9190]

Facts lol

[@ThatDudeCalled]

Try a Elder scrolls or Metal gear solid Story vid. MGS4 is about 8 hours long aha

[@lol-ld4ni]

Doiteain oh well, there’s a person that made severak videos abaout the backstory, it’s ca. 16 hourse long togheter

[@lol-ld4ni]

Doiteain *hours

[@trickster1959]

*oh man oh God oh man oh God oh man... oh God oh man oh God oh mann oh gawd!*

[@prometheus2101]

Popular opinion: Sif wasn't just protecting the grave of artorias but was also trying to stop us from getting the covenant of artorias, because he didn't want us to suffer the same fate as artorias. DEEP LORE!!!

[@manupolla2927]

You made me cry

[@Estaii]

How dare you 🥺

[@SlickDangler10]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@deadinside9565]

I think Sif is a girl wolf.

[@Dante-xf1mu]

lol

[@cakespotishere5804]

Smh they didn’t put the first flame on netherack, rookie mistake

[@DaBonkinator]

You don't know how much I love your comment

[@fashionsuckman4652]

This is beautiful

[@obviouslykaleb7998]

cakespot is here While that would’ve preserved it in its own environment, the opposition to the flame would have had it a million times easier to extinguish it. Good comment tho

[@SubTactHiphop]

BRO

[@SubTactHiphop]

BRO

[@mirko7767]

"IT'S MY SLEEPOVER AND I GET TO CHOOSE THE MOVIE"

[@masterxl97]

A masterclass on the wide spectrum of microphone qualities.

[@-Kepka]

This mf Horand sounds like he's both asleep, and have never read a script out loud before lmao.

[@Yceb0x]

​@@-Kepka"Too much energy. Do it like the teacher just told you to read in front of the class"

[@shawtshot]

You make a channel and get millions of views, then tell him how to talk.

[@rachelyoung8401]

@@shawtshotthat’s such a dumb argument bro

[@shawtshot]

@@rachelyoung8401 Try it yourself, if you can do it a different way and create a channel as successful as this then by all means, go ahead.

[@gmailgmail9284]

This is the Dark Souls of Dark Souls lore videos

[@amirnazir4200]

MercuriallyStatic cough cough, Vati

[@mikescout3798]

Vati*

[@barbarianzg8826]

Many hollows have come and gone. And made awesome lore videos. There's a still another one in the realm of ice. Not one of them stud here,as YOU do NOW! KingK,ParagonDS,SilverMont,or Alex..Prod,Lance McDonald,Vahellis,Phobia,Magicat..and ofc Messi,Modric,Vaati.. Let us know is there anyone else...

[@bjornolfactory9363]

DarkSoulsCeption!

[@connerlayne7998]

Yeeeah I gotta go with Hawkshaw. He may not have covered all 3 games, but none have been as thorough and as incredible as him. Hawkshaw also gave credit to everyone that helped him from the get go, unlike some lore "enthusiasts" that had a nice voice and stole content from others... *cough* Vati

[@Ridif00lous]

Constructive critism: - 27:35 The introduction of the story of dark souls 2 break the epic/serious pace of the video. Blogsouls using internet slang is funny but it contrasts way too much with the other narrators - 37:27 The background on the left is too bright, it's impossible to read whats written. Maybe using a darker background? - Maybe inserting text when reading in-game descriptions? BUT -Narrators: Overall great performance! Calm tone, fluid speech, good pronunciation! -Editing: Various clips from the three different games were very relevant to what the narrators were saying. Music was great, well-implemented and gave an overall great vibe! -Story: You managed to gather the enormous amount of lore and sum in up in less than a hour and half! A very faithful reconstruction, and you even managed to leave theory out of the equation! And the ending... The ending goddamnit! It gave me shivers! Every second of work you all put into this video was worth it. You created a masterpiece ;) Edit: not Alex Roe but Blogsouls

[@argetect2847]

Leave it up to a DS fan to leave a masters thesis in criticism on a DS video.

[@brettpid6416]

I agree

[@b34113411]

that wasnt alex roe part you fucking moron alex roe is the musician guy whatever that was blogsouls his part was the one i liked the most the mics are horrible in some of the narrators are we not going to mention how cringy lost my sanity was

[@varunchaturvedi2581]

Small correction: the narrator at that point is BlogSouls, not Alex Roe; Alex did the music for that part.

[@dogico]

@@b34113411 it makes sense that the only person who enjoyed the comedy bit is also incredibly rude

[@SilverMont]

That's a lotta Dark Souls

[@solar9256]

Not enough for my taste

[@parallellines3603]

Not enough to level up

[@silentsmokeNIN]

THATS A LOTTA NUTS

[@braydencook4708]

@@parallellines3603 lmao tryna get 2 mil for a level 400 on ds3 the grind is real

[@ugrfirefox92]

Not enough:3

[@tyeklund7221]

As much as I love the story, I beg of you to make sure that all the narrators share the same energy. Some of these people nearly put me to sleep and some I struggled to understand what they were saying

[@SoulxDD]

27:34 took me right out of the atmosphere of this whole thing. I'm legit just going to go watch another video at this point because if i have to hear more of this guy im going to kill myself. Good effort for the video but seriously, get everyone on the same page when narrating next time. This guy thinks hes being funny but just basically ruined the video for me lmfaoo

[@DenDhur]

@@SoulxDD yeah the people that tired to add their own sense of humor def took me out of it. Felt very forced

[@mannequin1832]

@@SoulxDD this segment was very off putting. It took me out of the story and the "humor" just felt out of place.

[@chayse1225]

@@SoulxDD lmfaoooooo this took me TF OUT 😂😂😂😂😂 because he really was cuttin up

[@sitter2207]

First guy was pretty good. I would gladly watch this for hours if it continued with him, the moment it changed to someone with a low-quality mic it took me out.

[@jomag9430]

The last line "Ashen one, hearest thou my voice still?" Sounds so melancholic. Idk man, it just makes me quiet and pondering what is to come

[@crowstray]

This is the best Christmas gift ever. May the Dark Soul live in all of us, Umbasa.

[@josetomascamposrobledano4618]

aaronsok47 you have a heart of gold, don’t let them take it away from you.

[@roon568]

Umbasa. Hunter.

[@Night_Owl_Noah]

No, the best gift would be the Elden Ring release....but, great video

[@astorasray1720]

Ohhhh Umbasa

[@scottarcher2804]

@@foopa777 Nice

[@JenyceGArt]

It was an honor working with you all and doing artwork for this project! Thanks Jake! 🙏

[@dusso4231]

Jenyce I. Garay yall did a great job. Artwork was amazing.

[@JenyceGArt]

dusso4231 thank you! 😁

[@KingPettyV01]

I really love the artwork! Gave me some new tattoo ideas!

[@JenyceGArt]

WildRideBrand I love that! Cool to hear 😎

[@toddhoward841]

i cannot imagine how hard it was getting all of those people together, its amazing seeing what a united community can achieve, amazing job

[@hueyfreeman9727]

Hi todd when the Elder Scrolls 6 coming out, my friend

[@anticorrupcao5631]

Yeah, it just works

[@philliphelmut1077]

This video had 16 times the details of a normal lore video

[@Nerex27]

After watching this, how the hell am I supposed to kill anything without feeling bad.

[@765craven4]

Sullyvahn is almost objectively awful, so you've got him.

[@matthewphillips1890]

@@765craven4 Fuck that guy, he tortures everyone I love in dark souls, along with destroying the old royal family (not that it wasn’t already in shambles). He imprisons Yorshka, let’s Gwyndolin get eaten, fucks over Karla, Vordt, and the dancer. Then finally to top it all off (possibly) led to the Giant blacksmiths demise (love the Giant blacksmith, and the rest of the friendly giants, Gough etc). This is not even scratching the surface of the horrors, of Irrithyll dungeon.

[@765craven4]

@@matthewphillips1890 That was my point. You can kill him without feeling bad. Also, most of the DS2 bosses are/were pretty bad people, with a few exceptions here and there.

[@765craven4]

@@matthewphillips1890 Also, he didn't just let Gwyndolin get eaten, I'm pretty sure he's the one who put the idea in Aldrich's head in the first place.

[@matthewphillips1890]

@@765craven4 yeah I phrased that part a little weirdly, but that is essentially what I meant, as in the Gwyndolin getting eaten thing.

[@strawhatshinigami9190]

God ,seeing Sif hesitate to attack you just breaks my heart smh . Her howl seemed sad as well imo . U were best girl ,Sif. U were best RIP

[@hodgknob3545]

"This is all Gwyns fault"

[@SinclairLore]

This is awesome Jake! Ty for doing this amazing project with all the incredible lore hunters! And ty for having Richie and I on this project!

[@TheAshenHollow]

Thank you for being a part of it! I couldn't have done it without your help!

[@Yhorm333]

Sin! I was so surprised and excited when I heard yours and JSFs voices!

[@Dillpickle1997]

Sin omg your voice and your podcasts are just 👌 thank you for your efforts.

[@dusso4231]

Sinclair Lore great job guys. Ive watched it twice and sent it to all my friends, especially the ones who say Darksouls has no story lol.

[@michaelgillespie6649]

Kinda miss Vati tho

[@gadbenezer9329]

DarkSouls 1: The journey of gywn lie Darksouls 2: Manus daughters revenge Darksouls 3: The destruction of gywn lie

[@okto4201]

Gywn

[@Ashh9]

English?

[@QeRSeuR]

@@Ashh9 No (sorry for good english)

[@nymphoflove]

@@Ashh9 gwyns fuckaround, Haven't played 2,(I think trying to fix things) Fixing gwyns fuckaround.

[@martialme84]

*gwyn

[@POW3RSAUC3]

The Avengers of Dark Souls lore come together this Christmas to present: Dark Souls needs more Velka. On a serious note, this was a very nice surprise and I have no regrets about watching it. Well done.

[@hunterjohnson7200]

Papa Sauce I think there should be more on Velka for gods to be afraid of them. There’s some stuff during the game but I’d like to see more

[@6666Imperator]

the last line reminded me so much of Meruem and Komuri sitting together in a dark room, slowly dying together....damn the tears coming again

[@masonmunn5828]

Huge props to all the work people put into this. Taking such a huge franchise, simpling it down, and presenting it efficiently takes so much work.

[@DelTaco_adventures]

Yes the deepest of lore with the lore spoken by those who have spoke of lore of lore within lore .lore

[@drgvgfg391]

Lore

[@drgvgfg391]

@Hans Willwiedermett how dare you be fancyer than me "borced to slap you with my nonexiestent glove"

[@vladviral6163]

this is not lore, this is a story. Lore of DS3 is missed by 90% in this video/

[@drgvgfg391]

Me: "returning with Havel" MISS ME BITCHES

[@vladviral6163]

@Hans Willwiedermett My english is bad; I didn't understand your message well. And you may have misunderstood me too/

[@bestbrostar]

Who knew that an hour and a half of dark souls lore was I wanted for christmas?

[@downsjmmyjones101]

LobosJr needs to narrate more stuff. A+ job by him.

[@downsjmmyjones101]

@MajesticBiscuit He either listens to a lot of audiobooks or he has some real talent.

[@malakite10]

Timestamp?

[@professorpinhead6994]

@@malakite10 20:13

[@SmoughTown]

Echo this - he was absolute class

[@smokes3974]

i love lobos so much

[@jbwilk511]

I played the trilogy as they released years ago and my 15 year old son recently downloaded the og remaster. I wanted to brush up on lore b4 jumping in again. Vatti was the only name I was aware of but couldnt exactly remember his name/how to spell it...part of being an old man I suppose...so I just searched DS lore figuring hed b the first thing I found...instead I found this..Forcing me to break my rule of never commenting on YT videos I had to come here and say..to all concerned and involved...this is an incredibly well done piece of work and u should all b proud....a 90 min lore video that doesn't drag or become repetitive with its content...that in itself is an accomplishment..but a 90 min video about the most vague story in history is amazing...and ignore the hate that likely sits above and below this comment...it is underserved....I'm sure that Miyazaki(spelling?) himself would feel the same...well done

[@TheAshenHollow]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for the kind words, friend! =]

[@muddymoisturizer4691]

the best quote in dark souls: "Bear, Seek, Seek. Lest" -The Emerald Herald bring me tears

[@namelessking4146]

Umm excuse me... you’re forgetting someone.

[@TheAshenHollow]

Hmm, I'm looking through the annals of history, and it looks like we got it all covered. ;)

[@fbi3233]

*Yeah but I feel like I’m forgetting like another king or something, hmmm.*

[@araa5184]

You couldn't be refering to the son of someone would you?

[@ivanf3973]

well i want to mention someone but, i don't know his name

[@kingdomcome3914]

.....Who are you?

[@SkarProductions]

Thanks for letting me join in on this project! Been a big fan of your other lore videos, and it is so cool to actually be a part of one!

[@Halcyon1997]

1:07:22 is my part! had allot of fun helping out with the video!! thanks to TheAshenHollow for making it happen!

[@ballthatbounces626]

@Commissary bro

[@Xenotypic]

@commissary4196 bruh

[@InjectedAudio]

The "comedian" who narrates the beginning of ds 2... theres a time and a place man.

[@Joralion]

I recently was playing the Dark Souls games again and stumbled upon this video. I used to watch many lore videos on Dark Souls and was always quite interested in the lore. The themes and characters being portrayed through the medium of the game was something I quite enjoyed. This video was quite a nice tale of the games. I was thoroughly invested in it, even the different narrators, though sometimes with worse recording equipment, added to the experience. Like different people telling their own renditions of the same legend. But then Blog Souls comes in at the 27 minute mark, thinking he's some kind of stand-up comedian busts in and starts cracking stupid jokes that completely break me out of the story. It was so distracting that it tainted the rest of the video, I was barely able to watch it. There's a time and a place for silly internet humor but I think it's placement here was a mistake. If it had been a somewhat silly look at Dark Soul's story from the get-go, then I think those jokes would have been perfectly fine. As it is currently, it is a good video that I personally cannot enjoy as much as I would like to. Though as a community project it is amazing, nice work.

[@washbrook45]

I feel the exact same way. Lost My Sanity also tries to put a comedic spin on his section later at the beginning of the DS3 story and it sucks there too.

[@etherealMcCoy1]

Listen carefully, skeleton. this is a bad take.

[@ridindrty]

Agreed. He's not funny.

[@macibax]

yeah, stopped watching when the jokes started

[@magicosagan7922]

Miyazaki loves swamps.

[@pancakeman22987]

That’s it. That’s all the lore.

[@ASmartNameForMe]

@Shaggy Daddy Shrek is in DS1 and everything

[@darthtom100]

You say that like it is a bad thing. Having never been to a swamp in real life, they are definitely my favorite setting for any video game or book. If anything, Dark Souls doesn't have enough swamps.

[@ASmartNameForMe]

@@darthtom100 not miyazakis swamps...

[@mafiamentality8751]

And they love him too

[@SmoughTown]

My man 💪 honour to work with you guys on this

[@Gaararason]

I just finished it and that was beautiful. Thank you all for being such an amazing community, hunting out every detail possible to put this together. And i completely agree that nothing can beat the story of dark souls.

[@Wruce_Bayne]

Apart from the old webcam mic audio quality some of the narrators had this was really great. The writing, camera work, and music were all on point.

[@darkwzrd]

What a great video, although, BlogSouls talking about ds2 like that really broke the immersion, still, amazing work! Thanks for the amazing content.

[@VoidNeon]

I couldn’t agree more!

[@luizvitor2669]

Loved the different narrators. It feels like a tale being told across generations

[@viktor_v-ughnda_vaudville_476]

Luiz Vitor aside from blogspoybat the opening to ds2

[@nsz7977]

So blogsouls should've commented ds3.

[@MrAnonymous150]

Thanks for having made such an amazing collaborative effort to cover all the games in one video! Was fun working on it with all involved!

[@DustDemonTwilight]

to everyone complaining about some of the quality bits like for real ? this was made for the fans by fans,who love the franchise as much as you do, this is the best you'll get. EDIT, after full view of the video, i must say the dark souls 2 narrating in the beggining, was full of jokes wich kind of breaks the flow of the video, still good tho

[@blatchie4608]

I mean, if something isn't working well, we shouldn't just accept what it is. Constructive criticism is important

[@Insamiti]

Amazing, just, absolutely amazing. The time and effort that went into making this is astounding, along with linking everything up in one cohesive and well formed movie. I loved many of the voice narrators, and especially the graphics and b roll that went along with it. I could have done without the comedy sections from certain narrators, it definitely broke the immersion and tone of the video. I do have to say, I was surprised to see Lobos narrating, I would love to hear him speak more. That, and quite a handful of other narrators were fantastic reading their dialogue. Now, onto the second half... DS2. As someone who started out playing the Souls series with DS2, I have to say, I do not understand all of the hate that surrounded this game. Although it does take a wildly different direction than the first game, it still has deep and extremely interesting lore that can be traced back to DS1, as this video has done a wonderful job explaining. All Souls games have greatly beautiful aspects and lore, however, all of them also have their weaker points, and DS2 is not an exception.

[@babytime1]

dude holy shit hahahaha i couldnt stop thinkin about it, like i could predict when this dude would try n make a funny, fuckin kill me

[@rondobrondo]

Ds2 gets hate because it is offensive to other souls games just by sharing a name with them. They are not in the same league

[@retinoblastomaz3615]

It feels like I replayed all the games again, honestly incredible work.

[@imtoogoodatpvp1252]

That is true grimdark, to start dark and full of despair then end full of despair. There is no hope in this world, destroyed by "Gods", the entire Dark Souls series I searched for hope, a way to relieve Humanity of the Dark Sign, in the end I felt despair and it was beautiful. It was a true and good story, one that didn't compromise or make promises, one that left mystery and made every moment heavy, one that gave hope only to destroy you, to leave you truly hollow. And now amongst the living are seen bearers of the accursed darksign...

[@macin6931]

Thats a sad yet appropriate take. Parts of the lore also gives hope, of characters fighting for good causes like Havels plot against the gods or Lucatiels quest to heal her brother. Sure these did not come to fruition but it shows people doing good even in the most grim of times. Even the living branded with the cursed sign don't give up hope and fight until they cannot continue. It shows the determination and humanity of the living.

[@imtoogoodatpvp1252]

@@macin6931 Life continues on, even as undead, it will continue until the world is naught but ash. Even in grimdark worlds there is still the chaos that is life and in that you can take some joy.

[@codyrisling1718]

This without a doubt because of all the work into it and people’s effort and passion..the deepest most heart touching make me love the games all over again dark souls video I have watched. Thank you everyone who participated...great way to wind down Christmas and mosey into 2020, love you all.. happy holidays. Don’t you dare you dare go hallow. :)

[@OmarManta]

"There is an old saying in my family... Thou who art Undead, art chosen... In thine exodus from the Undead Asylum, maketh pilgrimage to the land of Ancient Lords... When thou ringeth the Bell of Awakening, the fate of the Undead thou shalt know..." - Oscar, Knight of Astora Not that I needed to say who said this, I'm sure we all know by now😆

[@hungryhyena783]

Gamma Manta my favorite quote from any of the three games.

[@barbarianzg8826]

And without famous 'ha ha ha' at the end...

[@frostchaotic3691]

I actually didn't know who exactly said that

[@gadellomagnollo1810]

fetch me my tomatoes Oscar the Grouch, Knight of Sesame Street

[@polux5136]

A myth perpetuated by the Pale Drake to mislead my undead brothers and continue the age of fire! Wake up my friends the ringed city is an inside job! Hawkshaw knows the truth! Watch his lore videos!

[@pontiusthebrave8639]

I love the way Lost My Sanity tells his part~ it fits in so well

[@a.b.7271]

Holy fuck. I cried. Thank you all so much. That line at the end hit me so god damn hard. Honestly, this was a better present than anything I got this Christmas.

[@TheAshenHollow]

Thank you for the kind words! I'm glad it meant that much to you! =D

[@anthonylopez9444]

No Archdragon Peak or Nameless King.... That hurts my heart a little. Stupendous video, that's my only gripe.

[@AnvilJeff]

To be fair.... Gwyn erased him from history for a reason. 🤔

[@HanzoHatt]

Yeah I was hoping more lore on them since they were a big part of the series they didn't even mention on how when you get the twilight dragon stone's it talks about some sort of twilight dragons

[@nicolaspowell1360]

Yeah i was kind of disappointed, but you do have to admit, maybe they went with their lore as a joke, and didn't mention him as he was expunged from history

[@HanzoHatt]

@@nicolaspowell1360 but the dragons themselfs and the people that try to become dragons or just items you get from the different dark souls games from dragons or whatever. I think their could be alot more lore on them or the nameless king if time was put into it

[@moistslippers9726]

Hanzo Hattori, Gwyns firstborn (potentially named Faraam) doesn’t affect the main story, which is what this is based on. Faraam and the arch dragon peak are more of a side story. It’s sucks I know, but it’s unnecessary to include him in the story.

[@oldazgaming]

I loved doing this, first time actually recording and doing edits to my own voice. I hate the sound of it, but this was a blast. Gave me so revitalizing for the entire series, Will be doing more DS oriented stream series. I might even do some Bloodborn and give it an actual try to understand that story. All in all, Love this type of thing. Had a blast and can't wait to see you guys again on the next video!

[@infamousmercer2965]

Amazing work, especially uniting the whole dark souls lore community together for this project! Still gives me the chills/ tears knowing this is how it ends especially the fire keeper calling out to you one last time 😥😭

[@ThatSillyTankGal]

Pretty good video! I really like the content and getting this entire story into one video. However, I would like it better if there were one consistent presenter instead of a dozen people with *wildly* different audio quality, acting quality, and styles. Going from a professional-sounding narrator with a serious tone to someone who sounds like they're falling asleep while talking into a cellphone halfway across the room, then to somebody who keeps making really lame jokes that clash with the tone of the other presenters... It's a neat idea to get a bunch of different community members involved, but maybe hold auditions and write one cohesive script next time

[@junkoe3808]

yeah, the presenters got worse and worse too.

[@adamlassiter1296]

I had to pause at 27:48 ......who thought it was ok for that guy to start talking about waifus.... Somebody edited this, alot of time and passion went into this. .......I'm at 28:52 now....he just made pvp and taco tuesday jokes. 30:07 I can't finish this I'm sorry. I know you guys worked hard on this but I just fucking can't. "edit 2 years later, make what you want people deserve less criticism. I'm sorry for being a douche. Art is art.

[@cloutmaster5035]

It was soulcrushing seeing such an otherwise cool video ruined by tumblr humor

[@vertillan]

Love and dedication for a story such as this makes these possible and I LOVE seeing these. Very well done. Keep up the amazing work.

[@Nibleyy]

Absolutely incredible collaborative effort, i cant even imagine how long this took to make. I really hope this blows up because you and everyone else in this deserve it. Thank you for such an amazing video

[@christmasham4312]

RIP dark souls 😢 this was so beautiful ended by everybody in the community thank you for all the lore and love over the years 😢 ♥️ praise the sun ☀️

[@Neodrux]

Good thing is they’re working on more games. Dark souls 3 wasn’t the last one in the series

[@ZenoDovahkiin]

>serious, dark fantasy lore "Here the chosen undead meets a talking mushroom named Elizabeth." >serious, dark fantasy lore continues God Dark Souls is wonderful.

[@Deathstar-Cheeseburger]

This is going to make me go back and play the series. ....... For the billionth time.

[@daith_izumi]

Gwyn had one of the dragons on his side and the dragons had one of Gwyn’s on their side

[@victuz]

A just exchange

[@patrykpiotrpawewaaszek6599]

Awesome video guys. You menaged to make me feel happy, because I love Dark Souls, and sad, because it's over. I really hope that the world of Elden Ring will turn out to be a dark and gentle place the painter promised us.

[@DarkBloodSouls]

The wait is over, amazing collab and effort. Cheers jake!

[@taylordingeldein7070]

Besides the fact that half of the narrators sounded like they were recording on a potato chip and blogsouls conpletely disrespecting the vibe of the video this was awesome!

[@GrimmerPl]

Great job, o Ashen Hollow! Other than "haHA so funny jokes" during DS2 DLC lore, various levels of voice-overs volume (mics are not that bad, but volume is jumping wildly) and white text on bright background (DS2 way of blue apostole) there is nothing jarring in this movie. Well played and remember - don't you dare go hollow! P.S. Sincere thank you to everyone that contributed to this project.

[@joshparnow9044]

Bravo guys! This is amazing! Great work! Merry Christmas and happy holidays!

[@macin6931]

Really glad to be part of this project. Thanks a lot to Jake and everyone who contributed. Nick

[@victarionwinter1998]

This is the best and most underrated crossover in YT history

[@Halcyon1997]

😁

[@ziegfeld4131]

Theres a big collab doing the story of the Halo series its amazing they made their own cutscenes to show stuff that didnt happen in game it is 100% the greatest collab ever done on youtube its movie level quality

[@bradleyrichmond726]

So much to praise in this video but to keep it short, main thing is how many creators and artists came together to create this, I think it really shows the best parts of this community and is a beautiful thing to witness. Fantastic job, was already familiar with quite a few of the creators and glad to meet the rest involved in this project. Thanks everyone involved to create this masterpiece given to the community

[@pogothepurple3826]

Richie and Sin! So happy to hear you guys in this. To everyone involved in making this video; this is spectacular! I've looked for lore discussions and details about other games on here and nothing comes remotely close to even a fraction of the quality that all of you provide for the soulsborne series. FROM should seriously give you guys each your own shout out in their next game or something, you have elevated already amazing material to something that is practically unprecedented in depth and richness. Thanks for giving us so much great content!

[@pogothepurple3826]

I'm going to be embarrassed if I'm mistaken about identifying those two voices.

[@leonardoreyes1697]

This is a true labor of love, thank you and everyone else involved.

[@throne1452]

Absolutely amazing, glad I stayed up late to watch this.

[@einarblood-axe9328]

Wow, I'm really surprised that even Skar Productions made it in here. I'm not sure if he does lore videos, all I know him for is his music, but if the way he contributed is through his music, well that's just as awesome. I love his metal Gwyn theme, something I always listen to while playing Dark Souls. Note, Im not all the way through the video yet, I just checked the credits in the description and saw Skar. Also nice to see Vati, I've been watching his lore videos for almost a year now. I really like him. As for everyone else in the credits? I apologise but I don't really recognize you, I'm not all that ingrained in the Dark Souls community yet. Though so far everyone's doing a great job, and I'm thankful that this great video gets to be my introduction to so many people in this community.

[@wheres_your_drip773]

No game or game series before or after dark souls has had such a PROFOUND impact on me. This community and the people in this community are all glorious rays of sunshine in my eyes and the fact that so many of us can come together to create something so beautiful and touching only reinforces that thought. Let all of us continue to praise the sun for many more years to come and remember...be safe friend....don’t you dare go hollow ❤️

[@nebohtes]

I've been saving this video for days. The time has come. Thank you!

[@theomegapotato370]

One of the best Dark Souls videos ever!

[@anthonylopez9444]

Dude I never get stuff like this within the first few hours of its release!!! I'm stoked!!!!!!

[@alexdavies6948]

That was amazing. Thank you and well done by everyone involved.

[@cfh23666]

This pretty much made my day, and I can’t help but hope that there is a project lands between someday.

[@MAX-fs1ul]

The lore is so in depth yet so hard to figure out and that’s the beauty of dark souls lore. It means different things to everyone

[@imitchell1]

Everyone is saying they don't like having the other narrators on the video but that's what makes it special having their on flair and personality since that's what it's been like all these years watching lore videos thanks to everyone who collaborated with jake this video is to celebrate the lore, lore seekers, and lore hunters.

[@TheAshenHollow]

Exactly this. This was created by the community for the community. Not everyone has the same quality of equipment as others, but I in no way wanted that to determine whether or not that meant they could be a part of this special video.

[@kidren50]

Amazing work guys! I think the only thing I disagree is what you chose to be canon ending for DS2. IMO, the world state in DS3 is a result of Aldia's Ending. The chosen undead, the one who possesses all the powerful souls, simply walks away from his duty of linking or letting the fire fade. This simply tears, even more, the logic of the world and for me, that's when previous lords of cinder may start to be brought back to life because the current one found a way to avoid the cycle and now they need someone to fix this.

[@kreed7063]

Great work to all of you for your contribution to the video, everyone. I feel like Dark Souls has one of the greatest stories ever told. It was nice to hear from familiar people like Lobos, Otzdarva, Silver Mont, and of course, the best narrator in my honest opinion, VaatiVidya. Thanks for giving us such a nice and cohesive story out of the entire Dark Souls trilogy.

[@ramidp]

I KNEW IT! I knew that Vaati would be almost at the end of the video cause He's like the God of the Dark Souls Lore .. By the way, thank you all! Every single one who participate in this videos were marvelous!! Hope we get our 4th game and new content ..

[@frohawk8465]

I know everyone talking about who covers lore in dark souls the best, but honestly, screw all of that. I honestly just enjoyed this video because of how it was just a nice straightforward summary of Dark Souls, but long and intricate enough to cover just about everything. Say what you want, but even though other you tubers tell certain parts of the lore better, this video was still a great thing to watch.

[@AlexGordonMusic]

This is such a gem. I’ve already watched the whole thing three times, and I found it last night. Great line-up too, Jake. It’s like a compilation of all my late night lore-binges, all in one place.

[@TheAshenHollow]

Thanks for the kind words! I'm glad you've enjoyed it! =D

[@Sazan_Jackal]

This was so perfect, the construction of the video was much like how the series has come to a close, hopeful, sorrow and quiet, like true darkness. A fine dark soul to you!

[@jjsb1783]

The documentative effort that went into this single video is insane. Excellent work.

[@50bladesofgrey43]

Haven’t played the game in years but still come back for the lore, crazy to think it’s taken this much time and effort from multiple people for a more compete picture to be put together Great work 👍🏻

[@seanturner9174]

Very pleasing to listen to whilst making dinner which took about this long to prep and cook. Glad KZbin recommendations got one right.

[@eddwould9521]

Absolutely bloody brilliant work done here, love how you brought I all together, I never knew how deep of a rabbit hole this series of game possessed, now I have hit the bottom of that hole, and all I see is darkness... Only thing I have to pick at, is the immersive breaking commentary, that is the only downside to this, otherwise great bloody job guys and girls.

[@VeysTheGreat]

I thought 2019 already gave us everything it could

[@magua9563]

Oh wow the humor is cringy.... I think I would have preferred the immersion and skip the jokes. Thanks for including the lore from Dark Souls 2 though, most people skip it in the grand scheme but I always felt like there was at least a few things of import.

[@blatchie4608]

Glad I'm not the only one who feels that way

[@todditjustworkshoward472]

Dark souls 2 lore is equally important if not more so to 1 and 3. 3 just kinda said fuck it and fanserviced mainly ds1 with some items from 2 and Alva. Ringed city is more important than most of ds2 except for the dlc’s

[@aaronyayger]

@@todditjustworkshoward472 Did you just legitimately say Ds2 is more important to the lore of 1 than 3 is? Really? It barely even fits into the timeline without a fuckton of shoving. I'm so tired of ds2 fanboys shitting on 1 and 3 because they can't handle that their favorite of the series is objectively the weakest by most measurable standards. Its fine for it to be your favorite, but its ok to admit its heavily flawed.

[@solidspooks1290]

The fact that most of the comments are paragraphs of pure rage about how the audio didn't match or one narrator made jokes really does show that hollows may not actually be fiction. Keep up the good work, even of some people don't appreciate it.

[@jensenmartz]

I bought my first Dark Souls game yesterday and wow. I’ve been missing out FOR YEARS. I let so many videos and people intimidate me into avoiding this game. Why is this game SO DAMN GOOD?!

[@moYouTubeB]

I acknowledge and appreciate the huge amount of labor you all put behind creating this video, but some of the voiceover people are just not good at narrating. That seriously stops me from enjoying the video, but I'm happy for anyone who's enjoying it.

[@stripedsweater1804]

I think this is the first time ive ever willingly clicked on an hour and a half video

[@renielleghemgarcela9894]

Who would dare dislike such a masterpiece?

[@flygawnebardoflight]

Probably the Voice Acting

[@DeathLord6545]

I would because of the guy who made nothing but cringy jokes throughout the Ds2 section of the lore

[@alfymendez3714]

@@DeathLord6545 and so I shall dislike you for thinking so

[@alfymendez3714]

If ya did :)

[@Pintchme]

Meeee hehe

[@darthkolvin3210]

I’ve been playing Dark Souls for some times. By no means a “die hard fan,” but I do enjoy playing it. I’ve never really understood the lore or story as it’s not told to you straight forward like in other video games (i.e. Halo, Dante’s Inferno, or Force Unleashed to name a few). This really helped me to understand these games better and give me more appreciation for all the work that has gone into them. Thank you for the informative and beautiful story telling💜

[@CABAL782]

Great job guys, all my favourite lore masters together in jolly cooperation 🙏☀️