The Irithyllian

[@arditlika9388]

All the living residents of Irythill are tortured beyond reason and humanity, while its soldiers are long dead, their garments and weapons infested with insects as proof of their lost battle against Aldrich. The most ethereal location, also the most disturbing.

[@alchemicalalek7535]

Absolutely

[@simonediblasi8950]

those are slaves, not all the residents

[@noamias4897]

@@simonediblasi8950They could also be resident who were turned into slaves

[@Sinhsseax]

@@simonediblasi8950 Well, wouldn't you imagine someone as evil as Pontiff wouldn't just make all residents his de-facto slaves?

[@blizzardgaming7070]

The fact that crawling version is actually missing it's legs is real creepy

[@KamilMalach]

1:18 No more jawbreakers for you, buddy

[@Umbra_Ursus]

Looking at the gut, I thought that was it's ribs poking out... But, considering the beasts have a torso-mouth, maybe those are teeth? Maybe this is the earliest stage of becoming one of those nightmarish hounds.

[@Roterstaub]

I'm with you on team teeth. On humans, ribs 6-10 are connected to each other in the front with a funny bit that curves up towards and connecting to the sternum. We can see both where the sternum is, and even shadows/lines that hint at proper rib anatomy. Those pointies are facing the wrong way, and even look like they're erupting from between some ribs. Given the number of skeletons From artists are responsible for, I'm thinking it's very much on purpose.

[@Thatoneguy-hn1jb]

Aren't the beasts those who wear Sulyvan's rings? I'd be down to believe it's teeth as the beasts being some kind of curse or plauge would be cool. I just thought the point was the rings were the cause since Vordt and the beast on the bridge both drop one of Sulyvan's rings.

[@themaniae4803]

Sullyvahn had his fun with the people of Irythill

[@nbmoleminer5051]

Aldritch did too

[@mia3033]

also alluded to have some sort of questionable rship with the dancer

[@PierceArner]

All the variants and little details like the over-extended or dislocated jaws are really interesting in giving really subtle individual details to them.

[@kenzieuchiha1191]

Just seeing their little beady white "eyes" glowing in the distance wss enough to spook me.

[@lepyrolink182]

So these dogs never were dogs, but people slowly morphing into beasts just like the one that attacks you on the bridge. Sullyvahn, you naughty rascal

[@lexlazaruz]

Such a beautiful character design. They are scary and yet, you can feel so much sympathy for them.

[@lewszybki4630]

They will feel cold from my vordt hammer or heat od chaos dagger

[@retryhikaru184]

Im not sure if sympathy is the right word here... its more like absolutely horrifying, its a chilling detail that has so much in it once you learn a few facts about who or what did this to them... its incredibly deterring and alarming to glance into how carefully detailed their intentional suffering was made by the lore designers and the game devs who have had that patience to put it all into such a disturbingly hurtful detail for the detail-centric player/observer

[@blueneonbladei3523]

It's amazing how well the modelers and animators translate concept art into characters.

[@OtherMomo]

I think the undead and nearly dead of Dark Souls 3 were the best designs in fromsoft's whole catalog. Elden rings various zombie-types were cool in their variety but didn't hit the same in appearance.

[@Yama-qg3il]

yeah, hollows in DS3 really nail an undead design better than the zombie looking people in the lands between, to my taste, but it's true that it's not like they could have rehashed the hollow design either, still, could have been better.

[@Umbra_Ursus]

Elden Ring did downgrade a few of the returning ideas. Their darkwraith is worse, their sneeple are worse, their Aldritch is worse, the undead in general are worse... Though the dragons are actually far better.

[@COHOFSohamSengupta]

​@@Umbra_Ursus Bell bearing hunters are leagues above dark wraiths. They never lost their in intimidation factor & far more complex boss Whats Elden ring's aldrich?

[@Umbra_Ursus]

@@COHOFSohamSengupta The Elden Ring darkwraith is Ensha: Both are running the whole "skeleton knight" schtick. With the kicker being the DLC's death knights are miles above Ensha. The Bell Bearing Hunter is cool, yes, but he's not a darkwraith, visually at least. That said, Elden Ring does have two separate invader factions, for whatever reason, and neither rock the skeleton look. And Rykard. Both have the whole "Consume everyone" schtick, but Rykard is just kinda silly looking, being a giant snake with a face, well Aldritch is a mass of gore and sludge puppeteering a half-dead carcass. Rykard, as a character, is much better, for what it's worth; Aldritch really didn't have one, to memory.

[@kingobama4305]

@@Umbra_Ursus you are 100% right. elden ring was a massive downgrade with many enemies, particularly in the design department. one of the biggest irritants for me is the fact that so many of them wear masks, while others have borderline vacant expressions. (which is why the misbegotten are some of my favorite Elden Ring creatures) in ds3, some of the enemies felt much more expressive. their faces told much greater stories, as to how they felt, and their faces even brought into question as to why they got the damage they had. You could tell that they were in pain, or sad, or hungry, etc. in my personal opinion, the enemies who are more expressive make for better enemies altogether, which is why most knight enemies and bosses are less special to me, with a few exceptions.

[@colorays]

I love seeing how detailed these are up close. You don't really have the time to appreciate the design while playing due to the combat. Thanks for the video.

[@mr.toothy]

Pontiff is such a great character because in a series of moral grays and villains with purpose and reason he’s just so cartoonishly evil that really stands out. Like on my second DS3 play through when I noticed the Dogs in Irythill had human heads I was just like “Dammit Sulyvahn, not Again!”

[@OptifexMusic]

4:06 Literally me

[@roundninja]

Disturbing to think that one day these might have been citizens of Anor Londo, or maybe the descendants of them.

[@StephanuSneed]

The Irithyllian preset confirms they are descendants of the gods.

[@specialnewb9821]

​@StephanuSneed how does that square with the city being empty in 1? Did people come back during a cycle?

[@StephanuSneed]

@@specialnewb9821 At some point before the events of 1 the gods left for the human world, some had children with humans during this period, and generations later once Gwyndolin becomes allfather (at some point between 1 and 3) and rebuilds Anor Londo as Irythill, he tries to repopulate it with the closest thing he can find to its original inhabitants, that being their human descendants.

[@roundninja]

@@specialnewb9821 Yeah I think people must have come back at some point, otherwise where did Irithyll come from? Either that, or some of them might have never left. I was never sure exactly how empty Anor Londo was in DS1, since Gwyondolin, the fire keeper, Smough, and the giant blacksmith all live there. I was never sure if the silver knights were part of the illusion or not, but overall it's a pretty bustling area by DS1 standards, especially if they were real. I think it's possible that there are still people living in some of the out of bounds houses, since they're still in good repair and look inhabitable, even after you break the illusion. It definitely seems different from a place like New Londo, Undead Burg, or Oolacile Township, it doesn't look nearly as ruined and abandoned. But yeah it's a little confusing either way, I can't say I'm 100% sure where the Irithyll citizens came from.

[@777BIGschott]

The dog variant looks like he's mad he cant see his forehead.

[@darthvaderbutwayshittier7054]

What is it with FromSoft and an inability to actually make the hands hold the weapons.

[@korye6324]

Too busy animating feet

[@genghiskhan6809]

All the budget goes towards certain characters feet.

[@ratking413]

Its easier plus when you never really get this close of a look in game

[@couwiekmaupa8967]

FromSoft loves their undead corpses

[@Irithyllian]

Hey I DO NOT look like them.

[@immagical7036]

Fromsoft really likes their hunchback dogs don’t they??

[@jashloseher578]

Those battered, dislocated jaws. Brutal.

[@Billyboy597]

Love all the content! One of the best Soulsborne channels

[@ryoumakoushiro7447]

One thing that still made me felt unease, is that some of them have the ability to cloak themselves and then the last thing you'll hear is their ragged breath

[@childofcascadia]

Irythill and Sully and Aldrich is my absolute favorite part of any Fromsoft game. I played blind the first run and spent a lot of time just wandering around the city looking around. Then when I went to fight Aldrich I died because I was so busy WTFing over Gwyndolin. And then I went to the dungeon and about hit the ceiling getting jumpscared. Stupid screaming corpses. Really, that whole area is the best.

[@yarou3124]

It's so sad that these were once normal people like us, eventually turned into this

[@notsimon1334]

4:10 looks like he's thinking really hard

[@specialnewb9821]

A DS3 where Sullyvahn was an actual villainous final boss woukd be very interesting

[@umukzusgelos4834]

"Who needs eyeballs? Our characters have magic sensory membranes in their eye-sockets to justify their advanced perception of the player" someone at Fromsoftware probably. On a side note I realize their ribs are coming through their torso in a similar fashion to the Hounds and the Beasts of Sulyvahn, does that mean those were all created from the Irithyllian people?

[@themaniae4803]

Probably human hounds were experiments and the giant beasts are the final result

[@kingobama4305]

i just made up lore that all the creatures and ppl of the dark souls universe have sensory auras that allow them to see in third and first person view.

[@umukzusgelos4834]

@@kingobama4305 heh, and thus Greg the Cameraman has been canonized

[@sigmamaverick9215]

the gigant sullyvahn beasts are former outrider knights, the pontiff's eye rings point that out. Also those are not ribs, but teeth. You can see where their normal ribcage go. Also, they probably are only eyeless from decay and can still 'see' given the white glow that fills their sockets in game. And even then, blindness is rarely treated as a terrible thing in universe, you have several 'blind' or visually impaired characters in the games that have it be no big deal or not affect them at all. Which is to say, probably one of the most common types of magic is to see without eyes.

[@YourCoolUncleMccroy]

He may've been a mid-game boss, but there's no doubt Pontiff Sulyvahn was the main antagonist of Dark Souls III

[@anthonyjayro5323]

Honestly, i think it would've been better if he was a late game boss. Almost every shit on Ds3 it is this guy fault

[@sigmamaverick9215]

@@anthonyjayro5323 He WAS originally the final boss so that checks out

[@BljesakiOluja]

What a cursed fucking existence they had...

[@Cephlapodninja]

The coolest location in Dark souls 3 paintings don't count

[@kerevizk9564]

What? What doesn't count?

[@Xeeno87]

One of the most nightmarish locations in the whole franchise

[@AA-hx8rl]

There is something about DS 3 sound FX that makes me always became on guard when hear it.

[@shadowimagery]

0:23 Is it just me or do the hands in the concept art look like they're holding the opposite side of their face compared to what the in-game model holds with theirs? The arms look crossed to me.....left hand holding right face & right hand holding left face......still creepy af regardless........

[@Sinhsseax]

I think what you're seeing is the thumbs crossing over each other. And that detail at least is not present in game.

[@dorianserrano8888]

This is why we hate Pontiff Sulyvahn

[@Blazloch4506]

I love channels like this!

[@vagblaster7000]

there are women in my family that look like that

[@gorgeousgentleman5390]

Wait until you discovered the baby-face in the dungeon

[@andrewler13theundeadwarrior]

This caught my attention.

[@andrewler13theundeadwarrior]

The nameless king hair is no exception, it's cooler. In my opinion!

[@dgalloway107]

These are the children we see statues of bearing swords all around Irithyll. They are holding oversized swords in some cases and are wearing the same clothes as the statues, just ragged and disintegrating.

[@crazyobormot4161]

С них свисают остатки платьев. Наверное, были знатью, а теперь рабы

[@marcoasierrabernal4893]

Now I really think the slaves that feel into desperation became murkman

[@minespatch]

I feel like I've seen they had those crawling enemies in dark souls 2 and Elden Ring.

[@Writh811]

Not gonna lie I was and still remain confused about what the man-faced dogs of Irithyll were trying to convey. Were they former eye ring users who didn't fully change, are they some horrid necromantic amalgamation, or did that part of the world just have dogs with human heads.

[@Dr_Evil_Mc-Bad]

Sulyvahn was all up in that profane magic. It seems that he was quite advanced in corrupting once noble entities into beasts, or beast-like creatures. Devolving them into 'hounds' that serve him like a lord's loyal dogs. Vordt and the outrider knights being the most impressive examples. The fact that it is sulyvahn's rings that seem to have the most relevance to advanced states of devolved beasthood - and that these rings involve an eye, suggest that Sulyvahn was able to get his servants to gaze into the eyes upon such rings - or his eyes in general, and lose themselves, devolving into beasts (you gaze into the abyss, and the abyss gazes back into you - sorta thing). It could very well be interpreted that Sulyvahn honed this art of devolution into loyal beasthood upon the people of irythyll, tightening his iron grip as more and more of the people succumbed to Sulyvahn's tyranny and experimentation. The man-dogs are likely an instance of Sulyvahn's 'honing' of his cultish powers going too far, and devolving man too far into savage beasthood, resulting in a profane monstrosity. The man-dogs, thus likely convey the brutal disregard of sulyvahn towards his own subjects in his pursuit for power and mastery over whatever it took for him to achieve his ambitions. these man-dogs were likely once common people of Irythll, but when Sulyvahn descended and asserted himself as pontiff, his tyranny swept up these people, who were likely dragged before him, and become tortured, and deranged. Sulyvahn would not care that they would devolve into dogs, instead, likely only noting that he best not overdo it, lest he not strike that optimal balance that he would want (and achieve) in what was to become Vordt and his outrider knights. However, such an art would perhaps serve well as a punishment or torture. Once rebellious or disloyal subjects, who could not be trusted to live, were likely forced before Sulyvahn, and any thoughts of resistance against his tyranny lost as such people were corrupted and devolved into mere dogs, who now roam Irythyll as tortured beasts now loyal to their new master - any thoughts of resistance or scheme lost in devolution into beasthood. A useful tool to Sulyvahn, and a warning to others who would resist him.

[@nikolaosboukouvalas449]

I thought the Irythill hounds had human heads, but the on closer inspection their skulls look a bit pug-like.

[@Shinn_NB]

I like the ones carrying Claymores

[@GravelordRavelordNito]

Great video as always

[@jorgeluisnunez7050]

Hermoso videos

[@sanctionedangel]

At first I thought the dogs with human skulls were scary but they look pretty goofy up close. kinda makes me think of pugs.

[@NarffetWerlz]

Ah yes, the Grandma Pewpews. Tell them I hate them.

[@CrowAzathoth]

they look like pthumerian sages/madmen

[@overandoveragain666]

could you do close-ups of the twin princes' models and arena? they interest me so much!! love your videos!!

[@MitridatedCarbon]

little off-topic, but you know how in elden ring the numen are supposed to be this alien race on the same level of Marika that created a glorious civilization of which only ruins remain but the only Numen we find, besides queen marika and her children, are just tortured slaves in gaols, cutthroat assassins, ant food and one random noble? i like to think their story follows a similar path to the irithylians, as they were all once the divine inhabitants of anor londo.

[@Altus_Akdevan]

One noble ? Which one ?

[@MitridatedCarbon]

@@Altus_Akdevan Diallos Hoslow, the one who then becomes a potentate for the jar village. in his quest he dies defending the village and on his corpse you find a numen rune.

[@Altus_Akdevan]

@ ohhhh didn’t found that thanks ! And since numen is a race, doesn’t it means that teh entire ho slow family is numen?

[@ChuckPalomo]

We find lots of them don't we? the eternal cities are crawling with them. They're just not very friendly.

[@MitridatedCarbon]

@@ChuckPalomo they always puzzle me cause the Nox are either numen or a weird numen offshoot.

[@iboofer]

Funny thing is they look a lot like the Pygmies we see at the end of The Ringed City.

[@leonlindkvist]

such a cute dog

[@GoldenChildBH]

Uuuuhhhhhhh…. This is actually terrifying

[@nieksuaven3408]

Oh, to see an Irithyll untouched by Aldrich. I wonder what it was like before him and sulyvahn came, what it was like when Gwyndolin ruled. RIP Gwyndolin I know your the one that reshaped Anor Londo and created Irithyll.

[@jesusvera7941]

many say that the dogs are men turned into beast, but i thought they were simply purebred, like a pug, their skull is shaped like a ball and their tail is very short.

[@Pie_Smacker]

And so we see what happens to the last descendants of the gods

[@beyond560]

Sorry to put you out of business but fromsoft need to add a model viewer to their games as an unlockable after beating the game

[@thousandyoung]

The Outrider Knights though.

[@MrNuclearz]

Time to replay dark souls 3

[@meganwynn372]

I love this!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@sorteinfame]

It's interesting that none of them has the dark sign on the left shoulder/pecs

[@dearcastiel4667]

And most people in their first playthrough still think linking the flame and prolong the age of fire is the good ending, when this is the fate that awaits most for another eternity...

[@Baphomet1305]

They look just like me

[@iainkilcar7463]

Are they wearing the singer's dress from ds2?

[@dustydesertdisciple6290]

Amybody else feel like elden ring just didnt have the feels that Dark souls did?

[@CrowSkeleton]

Poor wretched creatures, all.

[@TheCohesiveGarage]

DS3>ER

[@alchemicalalek7535]

About time someone looked at the Irithyllians!!!

[@alchemicalalek7535]

One thing you should look at, as a Part 2 of looking at the Irithyllians, is covering the Pontiff Knights, Fire Witches and the Sewer Centipedes Pontiff Sulyvahn is such a horrifying character once you realise that he completely seized control of Anor Londo and Irithyll, twisted and corrupted almost all life under his control, and nearly altered the fate of the entire cosmos on a metaphysical level, drowning the whole world in deep, dark waters.

[@nopehere3467]

1:56 I can still hear the screaming ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoLEdp6Fn7GNjq8&pp=iAQB )

[@mitsuri3096]

Ppve that we are going back to ds3 the best souls games handa down

[@childofcascadia]

Damnstraight.

[@weilandloveland]

Do they wear different clothes too? Because from what I'm seeing, it looks like they're all wearing dresses. In other words, it seems like most, if not all of the slaves were once women. If that's true, then that adds a whole other layer of depravity on the Pontiff's part.

[@KosMachine2955]

DS3 is the only souls game where the in-game model is actually better than the concept art

[@Bern_il_Cinq]

Well isnt that just dreadful

[@Passageofsky]

I think they're the singing Milfinito of Dark Souls 2.

[@lewszybki4630]

No. They are normal undeads tortured to this stage by pontiff sully(something) a.k.a sillyvahn

[@StephanuSneed]

That's nonsense.

[@Auloss]

Every content creator is coming back to dark souls, zoomer ring is shit and should be forgotten

[@dev4159]

i though these were women..

[@kingobama4305]

elden ring should've had this much variety for all their grunt enemies, basically. got so tired of seeing the same looking enemies over and over again.

[@rafsandomierz5313]

The thing is Elden ring is already big and has bigger variety you just overlook them easily. DLC of Elden ring has even bigger variety.

[@kingobama4305]

@@rafsandomierz5313 when you see a horde of putrid corpses, there should be like 4-5 different appearances in 1 group. maybe one has short hair. maybe one has big eyes, while another has none. one is tall, one is littler - that's what i mean by variety in this instance.

[@rafsandomierz5313]

@@kingobama4305 And it already has that kind of variety in base game it's pretty easy to overlook them because there is bigger number of characters to put. So less variants will have bigger details There are enemies that have this variety in DLC.

[@Coypop]

As much as I pine for the cut desert version of Anor Londo, Irithyll as a city of chill night is a stronger image, the whole zone is artfully haunting.

[@VapidFart]

Such a cool location and thematically and lore wise. Fromsoft really knows exactly how to do dark in an artistically convincing way. Not overselling or coming off as a caraciture of what dark themes would be.

[@zokisan9554]

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