Dark Souls Lore - Xanthous King Jeremiah

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Dark Souls Lore: Xanthous King Jeremiah
By request, we're covering one of the many kings of Dark Souls - and no, it's not the Sunlight King, nor is it the Undead King, nor even one of the Four Kings. That's right, you guessed it: the Xanthous King! We'll be trying to figure out just where he comes from, and why he was exiled to the Painted World.
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[@neodracula3645]

I think I know why Jeremiah is in the painted world- Lord Gwyn went out to see a movie, and Jeremiah sat right in front of him. Gwyn got so angry he sealed him away.

[@GM-oq5hq]

NeoDracula Do you mind if I steal that joke? That's fucking brilliant.

[@presidentofthegalaxy784]

AtomicPickle1 jesus dude

[@johnnyjoestar8048]

@AtomicPickle1 what the actual fuck?

[@sketchingtophat9661]

@AtomicPickle1 Who hurt you

[@Hoarahchadtheallgrabbing]

🤣🤣🤣

[@OrderedChaos010]

I know who he is, he's the king of mustard and the reason he uses pyromancy is because he is spicy mustard.

[@Boots43096]

OrderedChaos010 Lel

[@briancooley8777]

👍

[@KhrisWithK]

He uses pyromancy in PVP he's a gay mustard

[@JacobByus]

Perhaps the reason his crown was so big is because it was covering an egg head (Somebody else mentioned this, and it is supported by the blood on the top being from puss or something). This may mean that he was trying to learn Chaos Pyromancy, and went so far as to get himself infected in the process in order to take lessons from Eingyi (He will not teach you unless you have an egg head). Eingyi was deemed a heretic and was exiled from the Great Swamp. So maybe Jeremiah was exiled once people learned that he was taking lessons from Eingyi (Which would be hard to hide given that Jeremiah has an egg head), and they did not want someone who respected a heretic to be their king, not to mention that he was probably persecuted due to having an egg head as well.

[@chromatosechannel]

+Jacob Byus No one would respect anyone who has an egg head. Those freaks.

[@percevaldragmire]

+Jacob Byus This would explain why there's an egg vermifuge in the painted world, perhaps he was working on gathering humanity for the fair lady like kirk did.

[@MrRemorseless]

Such a cool theory!

[@oddsoup6407]

Orbeck in ds3 said that the xanthous scholars all wore the headpiece

[@Primalintent]

@@oddsoup6407 That may have been after Jeremiah. Especially since the Xanthous Scholar headpieces aren't identical. They have a flat top and more of a cone shape. Jeremiah's crown is bulbous and spherical at the top, and tapers way more dramatically than a Xanthous Scholar crown. As Silver Mont mentioned, Xanthous may not be a place but instead a label referencing his yellow garb. So the Xanthous Scholars might wear yellow and take the name for that reason.

[@StinkyBread96]

He was exiled because his swag-level was too high.

[@rexorcallskyline1039]

There is a high chance that Xanthos King is the king of Lost Izalith, Husband to the Witch of Izalith and father to the sisters of chaos. The dude know chaos pyromancy & even has the same whip as the oldest daughter of chaos. His hat is probably not a decoration but in fact to hide the parasite that infect him, the shape which is oddly similar to Parasitic Wall Hugger in blight town which also near to where you can found a whip & pyromancy spell which Jeremiah equip. There are even theories that link Jeremiah to goddess Fina & maybe his betrayal that drive the witch of Izalith insane (lose control of the chaos flame). And as i mention earlier he is a king so the whip is probably to show status of control over the demons in Lost Izalith (the servant of chaos). its is stated that the chaos flame gave birth to demons and that the Witch consumed by it, but could it be that there was a time when the witch actually able to control the chaos flame, harnessing its power and producing demonic servant. The flame consume her and some of her daughter when she mentally weak (due to betrayal) and lose control of the flame. Jeremiah is also probably exiled to, hiding, trapped or even under a mission in the painted world (who knows). Most ppl would probably just think of him as a reference to demon souls but if you dig well enough there is really a lot of connection to be made.

[@SilverMont]

When I get around to re-making this video (I plan on re-making all my older, kinda crappy videos) I'll probably include all the new information that came out surrounding this character (or rather, the Xanthous scholars in DaS3) namely, that they have a strong association with Oolacile.

[@rexorcallskyline1039]

Silver Mont look forward to it.

[@KomodoMagic]

Nice theory :)

[@Apollo3698]

That is similar to the relationship between queen latria and the old monk, which king Jeremiah is referencing

[@superfreegoat]

i was playing a game called balderdash, where you pick a weird word from the dictionary and guess the definition out of a bunch of fake definitions that the other players make up, and the word was xanthic and one of the answers was yellow, and i totally fucking got it right. thank you dark souls.

[@kittymcjesus149]

Maybe he is a Chaos Servant who gained all of the Chaos Pyromancies, and has an egghead which he hides under his crown.

[@rosarodriguez397]

wow this is she answer wow and was banned due to the level of pyromancie he gained thus being a problem from the gods .. sheesh that was good bro

[@KarlStampede]

The name is possibly a reference to the King in Yellow from a Lovecraftian story by Robert Chambers.

[@Primalintent]

Hastur, King of Carcossa

[@KossolaxtheForesworn]

oh yeah I remember that guy. 'watta fuck was that' was the first thing that come to mind after defeating him

[@ARMRStudios]

I imagine he is based on Hastur, of the Cthulhu mythos, also known as the Yellow King, The King in Yellow, and the King in tatters. Hence the name Xanthous King and his armor description talking about how the armor is in tatters.

[@theblocksays]

Guess id be a little too "on the nose" for one of these guys to show up in Bloodborne then huh?

[@He-who-wakes]

theblocksays yeah

[@Paradisio84]

Yes! Hastur

[@chesterstevens8870]

'Have you seen the Yellow Sign?'

[@heyllo1337]

Devin Mcclanahan I literally watched a video on that the other day, and it is striking me quite dumb

[@chesterstevens8870]

Lunar Divider The book itself is actually pretty mediocre: the second half is literally just about bohemians living in post-war France. But that the former half inspired Lovecraft to create an entire Mythos is quite breathtaking.

[@heyllo1337]

Devin Mcclanahan the video I watched was on the Lovecraft side, the yellow kind is/related to hastur right?

[@chesterstevens8870]

Lunar Divider Right: Robert Chambers' book makes a vague reference to Hastur, which at the time was only related to the Egyptian cosmology. It was't until about twenty years later that Lovecraft, inspired by ' The King in Yellow,' used the character of Hastur in a much more sinister light. It wasn't until even later that the King in Yellow started to be associated with Hastur.

[@heyllo1337]

Devin Mcclanahan that's what the guy had said, like its more of an alluded connection; whether the same persona or one being a familiar or other such lacky

[@sirkaeru]

I do believe this character is definitely a reference to The King in Yellow, Hastur A lovecraftian character, an eldritch monstrosity disguised in yellow robes

[@sweranero9976]

Xanthous King = Yellow King = The King in Yellow. Lorewise, I know next to nothing about him, but he is most definitely a shoutout to Lovecraft.

[@TheJudomaster123]

One theory is that Jeremiah is the student Quelana, Salaman. Acording to Quelana, salaman went mad (if i remember correctly) Maybe Salaman changed his name to Jeremiah and was sent to the Painted World for comiting some sort of crime. If he was her student, it would explain the chaos pyromancies. Maybe he even started to call himself king after being exiled, witch could be why his crown is so... special.

[@StairFacts]

I personally don't think that there is a connection between those two npcs.

[@jasonsouthern2823]

I believe that Jeremiah may be the Master Pyromancer Salaman that Quelaana of Izalith talks about. Salaman was a pupil of Quelaana, and she says that he made something of himself. Could it be possible that she trained Salaman, and after he left, he became a great king. Maybe he became so powerful in pyromancy that the gods were afraid of another duplication of the first flame incident? Just my thoughts.

[@SilverMont]

I have always wondered about Salaman and Jeremiah, yeah. Even their names aren't all that different (if you compare them to real world names, I believe Salaman is close to Solomon, and both are Hebrew names I think) Maybe they are one and the same? Or perhaps they were brothers?

[@jasonsouthern2823]

Looks like he is already a master of those pyromancies. The only person that teaches those types of spells is quelaana and quelaags sister. But maybe he did come from somewhere else and met up with them. And also i think possible on the brother thing, but again it seems like to master those pyros, you would have to learn from the witches. And quelaana didn't say she had two pupils (besides the chosen undead of course.)

[@KaNoMikoProductions]

Jeremiah is obviously Jeremiah Gottwald from Code Geass. Obviously!

[@SilverMont]

Orenji?

[@ShinjiTheBaka]

This is only further proven when you realize that Jeremiah is called "Orange Boy". The same colour that closely resembles yellow.

[@jonbaird8835]

half life 3 confirmed!!!!!

[@ibn_adham]

Orange boy!?

[@neodracula3645]

I think that Jeremiah was the one who developed the pyromancies you find in the painted world.

[@Strezenequam]

Like fire surge and that acid thingy

[@jddj5064]

why is there an egg-remover in the painted world? And then there is a dude with a giant... "Hat". Where does the player learn 2 out of 3 chaos-pyros? At the chaos servants, who are related to those egg-things.

[@vaultt309]

just got to the end of this lore playlist. i really enjoyed it. i was impressed by the variety of topics and how clearly facts and speculations are stated. sub hype

[@NachozMan]

Thanks for starting off my day in a great way! (: Not who I expected next honestly, really glad you'll be doing this more. You do by far my favorite lore and I cant wait for the next video!

[@nckinder7]

Keep up the good work. I like the effort and time you put into each video. Great stuff man.

[@SilverMont]

Thank you!

[@TheFurySage]

Always enjoy watching your Lores.

[@AyamineMISC]

Can't believe I'm discovering this channels this late, you have a nice voice and diction for this kind of content. And the fact that this was out before DS2 released is wild! Gave me the strangest feeling

[@SilverMont]

Haha I was doing stuff even before I made videos, but I figured this way I don't bore my friends with endless souls waffling

[@concept431]

I know crazy

[@m0-m0597]

Elden Ring Expansion soon xD

[@m0-m0597]

@@SilverMont What a cute drawing, did you do this?

[@yayantar]

@@m0-m0597 I also liked the drawing 😅

[@BaccyScran]

I think Jeremiah contracted the egg parasite which got him exiled from his homeland and that perhaps he wears that giant head piece to cover it up, upon being exiled maybe he sought out Blight Town where there were others with his condition and then came to serve Quelanna in the chaos covenant which would explain how he got his chaos pyromancies. There's also an egg vermifuge (A cure to the egg parasite) on a corpse in the painted world which I think hints towards this idea a little.

[@dovahchikn6597]

i like your lore vids cause you do some more speculation than most of the others

[@1128nesecret]

AWWW YEAH !!! JEREMIAH FINALLY GETTING A VIDEO CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH

[@johnsoldmicrowave1247]

I rewatched "True Detective" and because the series incorporates Rober. W. Chambers work "the King in Yellow" (and the lost city of "Carcosa") I instantly thought of this character. The entity in the short stories is called the "Yellow King". "Xantheous" is ancieny greek for yellow so the character is technically called the "Yellow King" in the game, and the painted world is kind of a lost city. H.P. Lovecraft (someones work we know Miyazaki is influenced by) drew influence from chambers and even incorporated the "Yellow King" in some of his work, togheter with the lost city of "Carcosa", a concept that Chambers also took from Pierce Ambrose and wrote about. It smells to me like this is a nod to that work, it correlates somewhat anyway. But who knows?

[@sassysasquatch1886]

He is a reference to Hastur. A character from Lovecraftian Mythos. He was known as the King In Yellow or He Who Should Not Be Named because if anyone spoke his name he would appear before them in a pretty bad mood. Sounds sort of like an "invasion" to me.

[@ARMRStudios]

+SassySasquatch Well, Hastur only appear if you say Hastur three times, but who would be foolish enough to say Hastur three times.

[@cessatiolux6250]

+ARMR Studios seeing as hastur is a pharaoh from old times I think he would not give a shite

[@ARMRStudios]

No, you are absolutely right, he would not

[@apolloniuspergus9295]

@@ARMRStudios I see what you did there

[@snail2755]

If the gods put stuff offensive to them in to the Painted World(The dark ember,Velka"s crows,The guys with the eggs on their heads,Percila etc.)That wall hugging parsite in Blightown in the game files he is named Prince Izalith.The shape of that parasite is very simular to the Xanthous crown.I think that he is hiding one of those parasites under the crown,it may be the a simular infection like the eggs. When Gwyn and his knights we're in Izalith they found him and later put him into the painted world.Vaati Vidya talked about this in one of his secret videos.

[@Claidheambmor]

This is the first comment I've posted on your channel but I have watched all the Dark Souls Lore videos so far. I love them, and I'm soon going to delve into something non-Lore related. Thank you for the fantastic content! Glad to see Britain represented in Souls videos too, greetings from Cambridgeshire and a Happy New Year to you! :D

[@SilverMont]

Thanks! I'm glad ya like the videos.

[@jorgenhafstad]

I totally loved your videos, keep up the good work! :)

[@SilverMont]

Sizzling Humza Thanks man!

[@Raggle101]

Nice reference to Revengeance with "We're done here!"

[@SilverMont]

Nice catch!

[@L0st_Sensei]

I feel like fog walls could have an episode all to themselves. that's one that would be interesting and new

[@cross-eyedhollow]

Old comment I know...but it looks like Silver Mont was the only KZbinr I've found to have covered the existence of the fog walls. And it was a very short video haha. P.S. Your profile pic is cool! Do you have a source for it?

[@L0st_Sensei]

@@cross-eyedhollow long, long ago, there was a flash on deviantart that let you make your own wolf oc. Dunno if it's still there or where to find it anymore though, sorry

[@cross-eyedhollow]

@@L0st_Sensei Aaaah I see. No worries haha. It makes your little wolf picture a rarity of sorts! ;P

[@TheRainSnake]

I don't think Jeremiah has been cast involuntarily into the painted world. I think he is a chaos servant searching for the art of lifedrain. The chaos pyromancies are from the covenant, he invades for humanity, he has the giant turban to theoretically cover up an enormous egghead (which, by design, may evolve into those giant creatures like the one in upper blighttown, given time), and you find his body next to Priscilla, who he was most likely trying to kill. But his weapons weren't equipped to fight dragons. I'm guessing, personality-wise this makes him passionate, aggressive, but not all that smart. Don't know what any of this says about his monarchy of origin, but I feel like he isn't a native to Blighttown or Lost Izaleth. His name is too foreign to the area, at least from the characters we've seen. I think he was just one king of many who hollowed and came to Lordran in exile. Probably from a Mountainous (Greek) or Desert (Hebrew) region. He then found purpose with the chaos covenant and saving the Fair Lady. Maybe to reclaim a sense of power, climbing the ranks? Maybe because he genuinely cares about her.

[@SilverMont]

TheRainSnake He really is alien, isn't he? His garb, his name, everything about him! It would've been cool if he had some unique and really crazy pyromancy.

[@TheRainSnake]

Silver Mont I agree. For such a unique character, it's almost a shame that a lot of his movesets/strategies are so bland. Still, I think that just says he's got a lot of passion, just not a lot of wit.

[@theblocksays]

He could possibly hail form the same place the Desert Pyromancer women in 2 did?

[@blackoutgenez]

awww. priscilla is so cute, letting the guy sit on one of those chair like things after she slayed him instead of just letting him lay on the ground

[@jeremykscott]

Yellow King Jeremiah. Wow. Well. First off: A while ago a man named Ambrose Bierce came up with a series of poems referring to the "Yellow King of Carcosa", who was an exile, and ultimately determined to come from a different dimension or solar system based on the landscape descriptions like "two moons" and the fact that Carcosa was in discription a mythical city not quite to be perceived as on top of a lake or behind it. These poems became so popular that they expanded into other author's work like Robert Chambers, which would eventually become the influence for the works of one H.P. Lovecraft. Essentially: Jeremiah is a reference to Cthulhu, his head wrap, of course, containing the tentacles. An exile from another universe that came to Lordran, which became Drangleic (thus an explanation for his name change to Dark King Jeremiah, because the obvious end of the Yellow King was to be inside the Abyss, as consumption of power only to have it taken from you in the end was a major theme of the character), in order to obtain the souls he needed to one day go home and reclaim his throne. However, once in Lordran and sucumbing to the cycle and becoming hollow, he forgot his original purpose, and held only onto the consumption of power, never remembering his application of it getting him back to his home.

[@SilverMont]

Reminds me of the egg-head unique kick where that gross blob comes out. Only in this case... tentacles.

[@CharlieRaspin]

He's not "Golden King". He's "Yellow King". As in, the "King in Yellow". He - and his chaos-fire-magic, and his strange yellow garb - is all one big Hastur reference.

[@joshg250]

Very nice! Was starting to wonder about this dude. Another great video yet again keep em up! #Full Support.

[@yuvalhuck1]

xanthous king- the king in yellow. mythos reference?

[@SilverMont]

+starkman yuval Yes, I think that's a fair bet!

[@larrywolf2509]

+starkman yuval Yes, I just figured it was a callback to those stories since so much monster design was obviously... "borrowed" from Lovecraft in the series. They needed to slap a name together with it and chose one at random. I don't think there's anything to suggest more than that, really. The gods would find an avatar for an Old One from the "outside" a threat and toss him in the painted world, sure, why not. He probably came into the world wondering who stole his monster designs...

[@KnightofLightfire]

+Larry Wolf Agreed. I'm trying to remember any other references to Lovecraft in From's games any ideas?

[@32bitosserc84]

Pretty much all of Bloodbourne (Or so I've heard, Haven't played it myself yet)

[@draketinjum428]

Remind me a lootttt of the frenzied flame, with the yellow color and the madness plus the way both headdresses look

[@Jordi_214]

That armor looks fucking beautiful

[@SilverMont]

***** It does! It's a texture swapped Brass Set.

[@odstarmor557]

i love the pictures at the beginning of your videos they are either really funny or really cute.

[@SilverMont]

odstarmor557 Hopefully both, most of the time! But they are full of character, I agree. The artist is very talented.

[@ZapRedfield]

Nice video :D, good work

[@Guitaristguy]

A smirk on my face, while you tried to parry the whip. Good video tho!

[@SilverMont]

Pekka Kaukalo IIRC that was from my LP where I was demonstrating that you can't parry 'em. Although without the commentary it does kinda look like that!

[@marymcallister7963]

The King In Yellow !

[@tomokokimoto4468]

The pictures you use are so cute >.

[@Flow95]

7:00 Foot fetish

[@pepe12699]

lel

[@pollydissoiative3680]

I wonder he looked at her feet.... HMMMM

[@riogan941]

great vid mont x3

[@assassinofsorrow71]

Little Pricilla is so Cute in the pic~ X3

[@13fadeawayspinmove]

Just a little note on the salaman is Jeremiah theory. Salaman also means king, you know how dark souls seems to replace names with similar ones over time. Some kingdoms refer to the same gods by different names than the ones we are used to, this is hinted at with lautrec and some others. Maybe Jeremiah used to be referred to as salaman when quelana taught him the chaos arts. She seems to be the only one to have developed chaos pyro other than her sister at the bed of chaos door. It seems likely that only you and salaman are her direct pupils.

[@clockworkcypher]

Alex, what armor set is that you're wearing?? Also your lore videos are amazing :3 I've seen nearly every one of them (:

[@SilverMont]

Brass Set, modded on PC with DSfix. And thanks!

[@clockworkcypher]

Thanks :D Me and a friend are doing a playthrough with him using leeroys stuff and me dressed with brass stuff haha looks awesome but we're thinking about taking on PvP as him being leeroy and me as havel :P also thanks for the reply man and keep the lore coming :D

[@OSRSTU]

Surprised this wasn't connected to the chaos witch at all! When she does train you she says she had trained another before you...

[@walterc.dornez7672]

that leg flailing when you get sucked into the painting though XD

[@serPomiz]

I alwas saw jeremiah as a sort of babysitter for priscilla (as pretty much most of the enemies inside the painting) and the one who take care of the bodies of invaders (the only other that seems able to take a body and impale it on a pike are the regular hollowed, and why should they do it?); due to the time shifting of lordrand, your fight against him is his last, after that he crawl to his dying place near\is bought there from priscilla.

[@devilbhrothesavage2807]

You can trade his crown with snuggly to receive the protection ring thingy gained by killing lautrec who also wears a golden armor or should i say xanthous armor. It seems both are connected with the goddess who made this ring.

[@matthewhenderson2733]

Sorry if this question has already been answered, but where do you get the artwork for the intros to these videos? I really love the style and I haven't seen them anywhere else online so I wondered if you did them yourself or commissioned them or something :P

[@SilverMont]

Matthew Henderson Most all of the art on my channel is done by www.redbubble.com/people/natuprunk/ - she does the pictures for me, because I cannot draw, haha.

[@AdamStaticC]

+Silver Mont Thanks! :)

[@samirlauar6890]

we know that Jeremiah also was in olacile, for the descripcion on the "black flame" pyromancy scroll found in chasm of the abyss

[@Lucifronz]

It's generally accepted that Jeremiah is a reference to the Old Monk from Demon's Souls. It's obvious because of the headwrapping. I wish they had given more information about him, though, as we aren't able to find out much with the items given. It's interesting that he uses pyromancy, but Soloman (or however it's spelled) did come to Quelana to learn pyromancy, so it doesn't necessarily mean he came from Izalith or anything. Nice video, I hadn't really thought about the Xanthous King in a while.

[@SilverMont]

Yeah, I wasn't ever planning to make a video about Jeremiah, but I got quite a few requests so I tried my best!

[@graemepickles8392]

I had a real problem making sense of this guy when I first saw him, having not played Demon Souls. I assumed he was just a crazy pyromancer that took the magic too far and that pissed off the Gods. I thought he had a huge mutated mass under the head robe thing similar to the malformed poison hollows in that level. In fact I thought since they spat poison and fire that they were his followers and were exiled with him. Just a little lore for myself.

[@SilverMont]

Graeme Pickles I quite like the idea that he has a giant mutated head, too.

[@Tigermanprevatt4498]

the yellow finger dude from 3 reminds me of him

[@syopliger7038]

Tigerman Prevatt yellowfingers crown is called the xanthous crown so there is definitely a connection between the two

[@MikeMoose94]

This might sound kinda crazy, but what are the odds that the painted world is some sort of deformed version of the Demon Souls world? I haven't ever played the game, but I have seen bits and pieces of it from lore videos like this one. The architecture of the Nexus (?) and Priscilla's tower look semi similar. If the old monk you mentioned was a leader in that world, then it could be a possible explanation as to how he may have ended up here

[@WFoong98]

Dude, you made me think painted world will be Nexus in the farrrrrrrrrrrrrr future :L

[@RabbidSkates]

WFoong98 & What that the single God in Demon's Souls is The Dark Lord from Dark Souls? That would most likely mean that Trusty Patches is immortal or something.

[@MikeMoose94]

It's all possible. You just never really know

[@yourpalfriendpatine1186]

Demon's Souls and Dark Souls have no lore connection. The developers have stated it. You can interpret that however you want. It may look similar, but there's no connection except for maybe similar design.

[@billygoatguy3960]

+MikeMoose94 the painted world was a love letter to demon souls, along with the connections you mentioned, there is a hoard of blobs of red hollowed that carry large shields and spears seemingly protecting a statue. The first major boss in demon souls was a group of green slimes armed similarly, all protecting a large slime that could not protect itself. The developers loved demon souls and dedicated the painted world to it

[@ChAkEnEx]

I saw an interesting picture days ago, have you seen the weird demon in Blightown protecting a corpse in Blightown that helds Power Within? The picture compares Xanthous Crown with the head of the demon and it matches, that demon is the king consumed by the chaos flames so maybe he came from other place, Great Swamp king maybe? The power within is a pyromancy of Carmina, another really unknown charachter of Dark Souls, maybe Xanthous came with Carmina and other pyromancers, like the ones in the painted world, the engorged. But its all speculation, what you said in your vid, that he could be the king of Izalith, its pretty good to, because as you compare in Demons Souls, Latria was matriarchal, and the Old Monk was exiled and returned with demons in tow and the yellow robe, but as description says, the robe is the demons and it controls the owner, so maybe Jeremiah could have been exiled from Izalith?

[@xbeasty-3645]

maybe jeremiah is a reference to the king in yellow? or he is the king in yellow look up jeremiah in the wiki i believe they say he is a referenced to him or he is him and u could search up the king in yellow in google

[@Atkatsuki85]

Orochi san pretty much thats right...seriously hastur rules alternate dimension wear people become trapped... he is just a hommage to hp lovecraft...just like pretty much all of demon souls tower of latria levels

[@moelestre739]

Agreed. This is what I thought as soon as I heard the meaning of xanthous. It'd be cool if he wore a pallid mask instead. Also "Flap the tatters of the king". it mentions the robes of Jeremiah are tattered.

[@LinusAlmroth]

Looking forward to having videos to satiate my hunger for Dark Souls 2 :D

[@SilverMont]

And there'll be lots of 'em! I've got almost a video per day until the release.

[@LinusAlmroth]

Silver Mont Wow, awesome! Eagerly awaiting more! :D

[@junker154]

I really like your videos, you are amazing. Although I suggest that you actually go more indepth into the characters and provide more background information. You always seem to scratch the surface and end your videos with open questions, some closure would be neat. Nevertheless you are doing great. Although in this case it's normal that you can't talk much about the Jeremiah, the information is far to scarce, looking forward for the next episodes.

[@TheBloodWeapon]

I imagine it wouldn't be easy to give anyone "closure" regarding most things in Dark Souls lore seeing as so much of it is left open to speculation. Unless the game devs come right out and explain everything the only thing another person who is not a game dev could offer on those aspects of the lore is his own interpretation.

[@SilverMont]

Ah... well, I try to get as much information as I can! I'm only human though, and only one person, so I'm always going to miss something or other. But, the point of these videos is to cover what information I do find, to give my own opinion on it, and then to generate some discussion - that's why I end most of them in the way I do, so I can get you guys to comment with your own theories!

[@GreyDevil]

not sure if it's been mentioned before but the Xanthous set and/or the demon that takes the form of the set is possibly based on the book/fictional play The King In Yellow. I was watching this video in the hopes that you'd mention the connection, maybe you can look into it for a follow up for Dark Souls 2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_in_Yellow The story is a precursor to Lovecraft, and Lovecraft himself was deeply inspired by the writing style. He even went as far as to incorporate The King In Yellow into his mythos. I find this really interesting and how this relates to the demon that resides in the Xanthous set, it's very unusual when compared to the general lore of the Souls series.

[@fws88]

Xanthous King jeremiah is a reference to the king in yellow from the 1895 book titled "the king in yellow"

[@pooopile]

I always thought maneater Mildred was one of those butchers in the depths, considering her name, the sack and the weapon she has.

[@teh4g10one]

Please look up "The King in Yellow" its a book/play I think he is a reference to that some more food for thought.

[@drizzt7dourden7]

hmmm... so he is from a place where heavy armor is unusual and pyromancy/magik is knowen... how about the swamp (no not the one in BT the pyromancer one ^^) and maybe he was searching for power to get his revenge so he came across the DoC and learned the chaos spells there ... btw are there any non red NPC phantoms? (i know the 2 who are with lautrec)

[@SilverMont]

drizzt7dourden7 All NPC invaders are red, as far as I'm aware.

[@lordzeraph9417]

Well now we know he was just a scholar of magic and the weird crown is to show his intelligence.

[@libernihilus]

Perhaps he's one of the lost fire sorcerers, there are a few sources that mention fire sorcery existing long before pyromancy. It seems to be more plausible than the connection with Izalith.

[@MagusAriera]

8:13 OMG that's genius. The mention of "one of Havels troops" made me think of this. Maybe Jeremiah was part of the occult rebellion? He wears equipment with high Curse and Magic defense, seaths two methods of attacking. He has a whip that causes bleeding and is effective against flesh. Who is the only scaleless dragon? Seath. And what is Seath weak too? Bleed and fire. So, Jeremiah is an assassin, whose task it is to kill Seath. And maybe the King part refers to him being the leader of the rebellion. If the gods killed him, he would end up as a martyr, so they banished him instead.

[@SilverMont]

That's certainly another possible background for Jeremiah! It would make sense, given the curse/magic resistance and so forth. It might also explain his presence in the Painted World (perhaps as a guardian to Priscilla, herself having a possible connection with Seath) it's all speculation of course, but it makes some degree of sense!

[@Menotiom]

2:18 what weapon and armor are you wearing, i've beaten the game now more times that i can count on both hands and feet, and i've gotten every item in the game but i don't recall that? is it too long since i've played?

[@JaeshaunDT]

i only knew about the painted world thanks to a guide that actually showed someone entering the painting at the end, i mean it was peculiar already but i wouldnt have figured that i would have to return to the asylum let alone that it was an entire area.

[@BagooskaTheTerriblyTiredTapir]

In my Dark Souls lore subreddit, one subscriber posted a theory quite like this

[@wm6789]

My theory, is that he is sent to the painted world to protect priscilla, which is why he never appears in the actual game just as a phantom. He's probably somewhere else and when he senses an invader, he appears as a phantom

[@hiphead4337]

that moment when you fuck up jeremiah with a plus 15 zwei............

[@afterpasthours7504]

The Xanthous people are some of the best throughout the games

[@delobrenden]

I think that archdemon with the toilet bowl hat was the king of chairs

[@johngilbert7983]

King in Yellow Part the First - FULL Audio Book - by Robert W. Chambers This is who he is referenced to The Yellow King was also in Demon's Souls. The Yellow King is an avatar of Hastur in Lovecraft's interpretation of who the Yellow King is.

[@MrRemorseless]

Every castle needs a King. Perhaps Jeremiah pronounced himself King of the Painted World's castle after being exiled there.

[@hawkeyemihawk7756]

Well, we meet him again while doing the Pilgrims of Dark covenant side-quests in Dark Souls 2! Dark King Jeremiah his name.Well, Im intrested on how he became that!Awesome lore videos btw!A big Souls fan over there! Anw, I thing Jeremiah is really related with The Old Monk of Demon's Souls!

[@johnnyjoestar3449]

I doubt thats the real king Jeremiah

[@hawkeyemihawk7756]

Μe too but...who's that then?

[@johnnyjoestar3449]

Hawkeye Mihawk just a phantom with his stuff, just like the guy dressed as havel and Oscar.

[@ZotTheWise]

Another character I have theories about! It's worth noting that Jeremiah is not the only pyromancer in the Painted World. There are several bloated, mutated hollows capable of it. Demon Souls reference aside, it's possible that the mutants represent what Jeremiah looks like beneath his crown. Here's the question: WHY are they bloated, mutated, and filled with poison? My theory is because they are afflicted with Blightpus. The Blighttown ailment which The Fair Lady supposedly cured at the cost of her health and eyesight. The fact that Jeremiah uses Chaos pyromancy cements this connection further. This brings us to the next question: Why was he exiled? I think your theory about him being the former king of Izalith holds some merit. We know from the Effigy Shield flavor text that there was once a plot to overthrow the gods. We also know that New Londo was a city of Undead, if the Crestfallen Warrior is to be believed. The four kings there allied themselves with Kaathe, also putting themselves in direct opposition with the gods. Four kings in a single city? Why not a fifth, I guess? In any case, clearly there were many groups unhappy with the rule of Anor Londo at one time or another. Did Jeremiah lead his pyromancers in one of these rebellions? It's also possible he went to Gwyn seeking help and was imprisoned for his troubles. EDIT: It just occurred to me. The three Sealers of New Londo. One of them perished in Blighttown. Yulva, who is named in the Remedy sorcery flavor text. She presumably abandoned her duties to try and cure the afflicted there. Why? Simple compassion? Or did this Sealer of New Londo have strong ties to Blighttown? The two locations are in fairly close proximity. If Jeremiah is indeed afflicted with Blightpus then it links him to Blighttown and possibly even New Londo.

[@SilverMont]

ZotTheWise Yeah, it'd make sense - if you had a nasty bloat head, you'd probably want to cover it with a nice ass wrap! Which is covered with a few blood stains here and there, suggesting something could be going on underneath. Oozing juices.

[@SunGhostify]

He actually might be a king of Izalith, yes. But he could object the Witch's decision to link the Fire with the Chaos Flame, for that he was exiled. His objection could've been provoked by the consequences of linking the Chaos Flame. Cause he could be the Chaos servant and thus wanting to avenge a Fair Lady's mutation.

[@wikkedblight]

Someone on the Dark Souls reddit mentioned the possibility that the headwrap is possibly hiding a "lvl 3" parasitic egg. If you look at the top of the headwrap there is some blood seeping through. Even if it's not a parasitic egg and instead it's a chaos mutation it would seem as though there's something being hidden by the cloth.

[@SilverMont]

Oh ew... now I can't but imagine Jeremiah as having a really weird long face/head thing.

[@Xenothor]

I'd always thought Xanthous was a reference to "The King in Yellow," a story in the Cthulhu Mythos. It was the name of a cursed play, but it was also the name of an evil, otherworldly being, an Old One who cloaked itself in gold... or who was, in some interpretations, the golden cloak. Judging by the warped creatures in the Painted World, and Xanthous' "legendary" exile, I'd always believed he was a chaos practitioner/Abyss walker who'd been found out and forced into the Painted World. The fact that the Painted World doesn't look nearly as desolate from the outside, leads me to believe that Xanthous's corruption, and not Priscilla's presence, is the reason the World began to crumble from the inside out.

[@SilverMont]

That is a very popular opinion on him yeah - the King in Yellow reference.

[@infiniteblack99]

My own theory about Jeremiah is that he's a reference to the King In Yellow; a character of H.P. Lovecraft. With the already fairly Lovecraftian messed up corruption style that Dark Souls takes, it wouldn't surprise me if he falls under that category. Even the next games features stuff like that with the whole bit where Dranglaeic appearing to people in dreams; very similarly to Lovecraft's nightmare inducing worlds.

[@SilverMont]

King in Yellow is mentioned a lot when people are talking about Jeremiah and the Old Monk - so you might be onto something, there!

[@SmoughBro]

In Demon Souls, as many know, there is a boss called the old monk. He is the archdemon, so he is the lead demon. If you speak to the noble woman she tells you all about him as you said and everything. Since we can assume that the two games are connected because of the land of giants, and also the broken arch stone was, you guessed it, the land if the giants. So perhaps Jeremiah literally is the old monk being banished, and that his return broke the arch stone to the land if the giants. In the Tomb, there is one very arch stone-esque block that could suggest this. Just a theory.

[@Zeonis]

5:22 I think you mean King Xanthous. Also great video, King Xanthous is one of, if not my favorite NPC invader.

[@skidmark2704]

favorite Lovecraftian character from a game I've never played.

[@kaiki4432]

someone please tell me whta armor hes wearing it looks sick, also is that velkas rapier?

[@helvetiancooper]

Mind if I ask what your build is? It looks fun.

[@SilverMont]

It's something along the lines of this: mmdks.com/55yk

[@smoke600k]

i think that jeremiah was exiled because of the chaos pyromancie AND the mysterious crown that empowered him, perhaps the gods feared this combination?

[@SilverMont]

smoke600 I know I fear that weird ass hat! But then I'm not a god.

[@SaltedMallows]

Why didnt the gods banish havel to the painted world I mean Havel Monsters can be pretty shitty too

[@poopl00p3r]

I saw the lifehunt scythe in the dark souls 2 cursed trailer.

[@nayman1763]

What if the painted world isn't actually a different world, merely, a portal to a distant land, maybe that land is where most things, not just what the gods don't like, but where most lands exile

[@creedthemage]

(In terms of the Pyromancy) The way I see it, He was the old king of Izalith, and Izalith is a land that was famous for its mastery over the chaos pyromancy art, because of how close it was to the demons, but... then the witch OF IZALITH, learned them, devoted herself to them, to recreate the first flame... He was the king.. he HAS to know something to keep himself in power.. right?

[@SilverMont]

Yeah, it's certainly something to consider, as we know at one point there WAS a King of Izalith in the game. IIRC, Bed of Chaos was originally called "Izalith King" (which might suggest that the Witch and the King fused together to become the Bed of Chaos?)

[@drowninginthoughts]

I am running around in my mother jeremiah set. I love the jeremiah set, but when I wear the crown I have trouble navigating my character :D I got the jeremiah set before ornstein and smough and I still wear it. just defeated nito and currently trying the four kings and the DLC...

[@DaintyCanadian]

that was my main problem while doing my jerimiah cosplay build. the crown gets in the way

[@brianson6936]

Alex Albert That was a big issue with maximizing magic builds in Demons Souls. Had to wear that dumb crown.

[@GyroCoder]

Hah. That zooming in on Priscilla. We need a fluffy tail covenant.

[@SilverMont]

I think I was trying to explain how Miyazaki likes feet and the connection to Maiden in Black's... feet. Yeaah.

[@DraigoDragon]

I know what you mean by time passing by quickly... feels like it's still January XD