Truly, Yhorm the Giant is a legend. Ancient stories tell of a father of giants, welcoming all in open arms, but as if in question. Yhorm is the descendant of an ancient conquerer, which is why the people distrust him. But who is this ancient conquerer? He is none other than Giantdad, father of giants and Legend. Yhorm has unbelievable STAMINA, HEALTH, AND ENDURANCE. Everything a warrior ever needs. Yhorm is also known to have had a shield, but eventually tosses it away in favor of the fighting style of his ancestors, zwei-handing his machete. Yhorm fully realized his status as the Heir of Giants, and becomes powerful enough to link the flame. Alas, as we know all too well, the strength of the Old Giant Royalty was never meant to link the fire, for it is too much. Yhorm burnt the entire profaned capital upon linking the fire. Yhorm was also known for having two Storm Ruler Great swords. Yhorm had created these swords as a fail-safe knowing that Royal Giants are unstoppable, and made the weapons as a weakness to the Royal Giants. This explains why the storm ruler doesn't work on the normal giants, only on the Royal Family of Giants, because normal giants have been bested by humans worthy of the strength of giants before. After Yhorm returns as a Lord of Cinder, he purposely leaves a storm ruler by his throne in case another unkindled comes instead of Siegward.

Another great video I have some thoughts here- The statues in the profaned capital really struck me, they appear to be holding telescopes looking up at the sky. Now you cant just throw telescope statues up overnight, so i think the flame from the sky had been there for some time. As some kind of interesting astrological event (also that they weren't underground at that point) Secondly Siegward talks about how the sun will shine on Yhorm. What stops the sun shining? Well we have an event at the end of DS3- the eclipse. -and right at the ends of the game a burning pillar of flame is actually spilling down to the earth. I'm wonderig if this is what the profaned flame might have been? the channeling of this eclipse fire? Did linking the fire end the eclipse and in the process send a blinding shock of flame out across the capital as the flames kicked up then went out? Secondly- those hand creatures. They look just like manus' hand with the teeth on the inside of the finger. -and they are reaching out as though they WANT like a certain daughter of Manus who wanted her throne....

Your Aldrich and Profaned Capitol Lore videos are great. Both packed with info and edited nicely. They actually helped a lot in my research for a speculative theory I am working on with the Crystal Sages and Undead Legion as the actual instigators of most of Lothric's downfall, based on the line that they would "destroy countries at even the first sign of the abyss..."

Was watching this and was about to subscribe, and then saw you did lengthy Warframe vids as well as Souls games. Instant sub!

Ive been watching your channel way more because Vaati turned into a... ahem. A money-prioritizing individual. These videos are great, keep em coming man.

Alsanna, Silent Oracle

PLEASE keep doing these. Not only are they fantastic and done beautifully, but they are the only videos that seem to lat longer than 5 minutes. I love what your doing. You just earned a subscription my friend!

Great stuff. I think like most things in DS3 the area seems boring at face value but it's link to Sulyvahn and Yhorm himself are great when you dig in. You're criminally underrated keep up the good work.

I enjoyed this video. You do well to try and make connections between various item descriptions. Your thoughts are really good too. Thank you.

Great video, your script is great! You could always break it up into smaller chunks so if you trip over a couple of words, you can just redo a small segment and then it will flow perfectly! Very good video though.

Anyone else find it weird that gargoyles are found on top of the grand archives?

Hey man, out of all the Souls lore vids I've seen, I think yours are the most interesting and concise. I especially enjoyed your Demon's Souls one on Latria, as its my favorite game in the series and ( imo ) features the most interesting NPC/boss/world lore, hope to see some more of those eventually. Keep up the good work.

Just logged in again to analyze the area, as well... Some good ol' Tomb Raidin' then...

Nice vid!

I always thought Yhorm was a descendant of the Giant Lord from Dark souls 2 - it's the only Giant who we know of who (could have) subjugated humans.

nice lore just perfect b4 bedtime

Perhaps the Profaned Capital was not always called that. Maybe because of its corruption by the flame, it gained recognition around other parts of the world as the Profaned Capital. I think the passing of time, even though it's convoluted, still plays a part in everything. Also I have my own theory. Dusk of Oolacile says that oolacile was "reduced to ashes long ago". With the Profaned Flame being a derivative of dark maybe this plays a part? It would explain the sorcery school, not to mention the architecture seems very reminiscent. Drangleic is also a possibility but just because Yhorm is a descendant of a conqueror, doesn't make him next in line ruler. Thoughts? I fuckin love this series.

Seeing Yhorm wake from the grave to what he thought would be saved when he linked the flame and hearing him shout is heart wrenching i feel bad for him

Pontiff... He is everywhere! Hope he gets his own video soon.

*watches video* That was an amazing video, I wonder who this Dark Souls youtuber is. Must have a lot of recognition, it's weird that I've never seen one of his videos before *sees subscriber count* *dies* TL:DR: You deserve WAY more recognition for the quality of content you create

Take a drink every time he says profaned.

I wish Yhorm had acknowledged Siegward's presence with a dialogue.

I assumed that the mention of Yhorm's title being "insincere" referred to the fact that a Lord of Cinder isn't exactly a lofty title. That description would then imply that Yhorm was aware that linking the fire would kill him-- and, based on Siegward's testimony, he may even have been aware that he would come back as a crazed beast.

I appreciate your work

+SmoughTown Wasn't Alsanna referred to as the Silent Oracle? And also, by extension, could the other Daughters of Dark be considered to be Oracles? Eleonora is rather similar to Elana, don't you think?

I think I understand why Yhorm was such a good choice for King. In Dark Souls, power and potential scale with actual physical size, or at least appear to do so to most people including the "Chosen Undead." As a Giant, Yhorm has a natural size that nobody else in the Profaned Capital could compare to, and any potential usurpers would have that much more to contend against as their growth perspective would become all the more noticeable given what they had to catch up to. Yhorm made the potential for threats to his rule that much more of a barrier to competition, and so for a long time there was no challenge against him. I suspect that the Linking of the Fire first fell to him when it was decided that the Linking of the Fire ought to be completed by the King. He obliged and the result of his departure meant that a power vacuum was opened up.

This makes me wonder more about what relationship the profaned capital shared with Catarina. Maybe just Yhorm and Seigward were chums, maybe the two lands were friends as well? It might add insight as to why two, seemingly very different individuals might have such a close, almost brotherly friendship.

My only issue with Giants in the souls series is that they are just so inconsistent there are three different styles of giants and massive variations in size between them it really really bugs me

I can only assume that the Profaned Flame is the Chaos Flame of Izalith. And that Irithyll, and Anor Londo lay within the ruins of Old Eleum Loyce. "He discovered the Profaned Capital and an unfading flame below a distant tundra of Irithyll." Much like the Ivory King, Yhorm built his city to harbor the old flame, and rested his throne upon the "very mouth of chaos," serving as the "first line of defense." After all, he was a one-man vanguard According to the Ivory King Greatsword, "It is said that the Ivory King was once the highest ranking knight in his home of Forossa, famed for its god of war," soon after, he took his crown. Meaning that both Irithyll and Eleum Loyce lie upon Forossa, a land known for its powerful sages and sorceries. "Forossans venerated the god of war, and sages who led warriors into battle were called Northwarders." One of whom is a particularly interesting character, Azal. Azal has many ties to Logan, which may be indicative as to why the Profaned Capital houses one of two schools who claim heirship to him. "Greatly intensifies spells, but also drastically reduces spell usage," reads the staff of Azal, being described as one unfit for the "inexperienced." Much like Logan's crystallization catalyst, Azal's staff requires huge amounts of intelligence to use, and benefits the wielder with much stronger sorceries at the cost of less casts. Soul Flash, the only sorcery to be found within Frozen Eleum Loyce, describes it as one of many ancient sorceries of the land, tying it further in with Seath and Logan. When Yhorm left, the Flame of Chaos went unsatisfied, and engulfed the city. For as we know through the dialogue of Alsanna, the Flame demands sacrifices of souls to be sated. "It was with his magnificent soul that he build Eleum Loyce… …and contained the spread of Chaos. But the Chaos would not be sated, and the King gave his own soul" It is my belief that the prisoners that were sent into the dungeons of Irithyll were to be sacrifices to satiate the flame, and when there were none left, Yhorm kindled it with his own power.

Thinking on how the Profaned Flame can consume others makes me think all the way back to Dark Souls 1 and the pyromancy Black Flame. It was a pyromancy discovered by a pyromancer in the Chasm of the Abyss. I'm not sure if it's the same as the one found in 3 because it's not pure dark, but this does confirm that the Abyss can infuse itself with flame, making it much more powerful, and this would kinda explain why this Profaned Flame only burnt the inhabitants as it is known that all Dark attacks are powered by the Dark Soul.

SmoughTown, what's the last song with the emotional piano?

The profaned flame made me think it was just a different way to refer to the chaos flame or a portion of the chaos flame that seemed to linger. It was found under tundra (dark souls 2 had it trapped under tundra), other items suggest that the chaos flame has burnt out, and pyromancers continually discuss the the power of fire overcoming people. So a powerful flame is under the tundra, a sorcerer finds it and uses it, and then it seems to engulf an entire city as well as corrupting those that tried to use it.This city ironically was inhabited with sorcerors obsessed with power (claming heirship to one of the most powerful sorcerrors in history). They over use the flame, and things cornyx warns pyro pupils about comes true for the Profaned Capital. But the Chaos Flame is out of fuel or whatever, so instead of just becoming a larger fire it just sort of has one last hoorah before completely burning out with just small remnants remaining (in things like the mace and the large cup the women tend to).

Yhorm is my favorite he so epic and the music so amazing easily the strongest out of the lords .... excpet for that terrible cheese they put in to wipe him out..

I believe that the Profaned Flame cataclysm is something to do with Yhorm being a giant and linking the fire, nothing like this ever happened (that we know of) when humans link the fire

Interesting to note; Izalith is literally right next to the profaned capital; you can see that from the giant hole in the wall next to the giant tri-crossbow; it overlooks the path that leads from the distant manor to the dungeon. When flames are involved i often consider Izalith, pretty sure there is a connection there somewhere. Basically, Izalith is situated directly below Anor Londo alongside the profaned capital. Something else interesting to note; a lot of the structures that aren't built into the rock are leaning away from the giant gaping hole in the rock with the sun shining through; almost as if the blast of flame came through there; and also possibly making the sun a culprit. It seems the statues of people looking up at the flame were directly placed in this line of sunlight as if implying that is the direction the flame came from. The only other thing i can think of that could have ruined the capital is the archdragon due to its sheer size; however i have no way of tieing it in, so it is very unlikely. One other thing i feel needs explaining is the cursed women who look just like the hands of manus... The flame appears to have only burnt humans, in which case it might be hummanity related; upon which i think of manus also. So the cursed women, who look like Manus hands, and a flame that burnt only humans..Something is up with that...

'Mhmm...Oracles..? mmm....ohoy! Pardon me, I was just absorbed in thought...' Been thinking about these 'oracles' and well..the only oracles I know about in DS1 is Frampt and Kaathe. I've seen several statues of either one of them in Lothric Castle, displayed with a smiley face and some ridiculously tiny angel wings, alongside statues of what could be the 3 pillars of Lothric. Don't know what the connection is though...

Some faction that wanted only hollows to be left in capital brough forward the profane flame, but which faction was it? Are there any clues?

The description for eleonora pretty much confirms the profaned flame is the chaos for me.

I think this is the flame of eleum loyce...the only oracle in souls series is Alsanna, the flame was founded by Sullivan under a distant tundra and the name Eleonora seems the fusion of the name Elena, Alsanna , and Nashandra....the flame in Eleum seems to corrupt people, tranforming them in a evil version, unlike the chaos flame that gave birth to monster named Demons of Chaos....also, the witch Karla, another child of manus, is near in the irythill's prison....

the Oracle could be the shard of dark in Eleum Loyce

I think Yhorm is the descendant of Vendrick. Vendrick was an ancient conquerer. Vendrick has a face and so does Yhorm. We can clearly tell that he isn't related to the giants for DS2 because they don't have faces while Yhorm does. Also he most likely isn't a giant from DS1 because those giants were far larger than Yhorm. We could speculate that Yhorm grew in size similarly to how Vendrick grew in size by either harnessing the power of the giants or finding lord souls.

Am I the only person who thinks maybe this profaned capital could be shulva, sanctum city? Considering shulva's apparent proximity to drangleic, and thus eleum loyce(irithyll) and the location and architecture of the profaned capital being very similar to shulvas, also a great flame borne of the sky, that burned naught but flesh? That literally screams dragon fire to me, now i realize there are holes in this theory, shulva was a miracle based city with heavy reverence of sinh, the slumbering dragon, but the bearer of the curse killed sinh, and i imagine the poison eventually seeped through the stone of the cave, or was maybe being pumped out by the rotten for his statues? Following this shulva gets reinhabited and regoverned, as for the profaned flame itself, well, I'm only guessing but it could be sinh's soul? Or the soul of the sunken king? As souls are very flame-like in dks, and the soul of a dragon, or a lord who worshipped a dragon would likely be very large flames, that would take a long time to fade

I love your videos, but many of your points about the Dark being considered "against the natural order" is a falsehood passed down by Gywn as he was afraid of the Age of Dark and Humanity. The actual natural order of the Dark Souls world seems have been supposed to be -> Age of Dragons -> Age of Fire -> Age of Dark, but due to Gywn fear that he would lose his power as the Dark rose, he manipulated humans into serving him and his Age of Fire instead of their Dark heritage via the Undead Curse. I understand where your line of thinking comes from since in our world there's a sense in many works that light/fire is good and that darkness is bad. However, Dark Souls blurs those lines quite significantly and the natural order actually beckons the Dark. Additionally, neither is really affiliated with life or death as both can be seen as both destructive and useful sources of power.

i have a question concerning dark souls gameplay. As an avid fan of the story and subpar player of the games, im concerned with the difficulty of dark souls 3. This game doesnt feel like it has that rage factor or the "i finally did it!" when you beat a boss. I gave up on dark souls 1 at ornstein and smough, and when i purchased dark souls 3 i was worried i would never finish it. I dont know what has changed, but it feels much easier.

now I feel really bad for Yhorm

Could the profaned flame be the Flame of Chaos??

Interesting how Irythill was built on top of not one, but two former cities that have been destroyed, Profaned Capitol and Anor Londo.

Dark souls is already depressing but I just feel for Yhorm.

I figured that the Profane Flame is the Chaos Flame created by the Witch of Izalith.

Also... what the f*ck was Gilligan doing lying dead on top of the main tower in the capital?

Man, the thumbnail looks like a deep fried meme 🤣

And the oracle I think is the dark queen of loise with the profaned flame maybe being a mixture of dark and chaos

Perhaps you can connect the old iron king from the second dark souls to the profane flame.

um guys, im at the profaned capital bonfire where is yhorm!? im really confused pls relly

So which race of gaint is yorm? Is he a northern gaint from DS2 or a Lordran gaint from DS1??

Yah definitely think the oracles are a reference to Manus's daughters and this is Eleum Loyce

Good video if only we knew who was it yhorm lost

Chaos Flame and Profaned Flame are the same thing. The item descriptions are telling only half truths. Context clues from all 3 games pretty much point to the Chaos flame being a undesirable combination of Dark and Fire. The Witch of Izalith was born from the Dark she tried to create a new Flame but was consumed by it. You are what you eat and the new Flame she created ate her and became part Dark and part Fire. The word "Chaos" pretty much implies there is something else in the fire other than fire, an opposing force... a chaos, what else is there but the Dark.

This area is too much like latria to ignore I still think demon souls and dark souls 3 especially are connected

yorm dont "survive" he get resurected. like the 3 other lords of cinder

profane flame sounds like substance N (the nazis made it)