Impressive how much you included in 15 minutes without making it chaotic

I've always wondered what the world of Dark Souls would've looked like if Gwyn had allowed nature to run its course.

No intro/outro, straight to the point, short. You deserve more man

Gwyn did not command witch of izalith to recreate the first flame, it was the witch of izalith's own idea to make a new source of power which in turn transformed her into bed of chaos

You are a hidden gem. I wish you the best of luck against the most saturated market of British dark souls youtubers lol

Wow, I have never seen anyone explain the Dark Souls lore this good in 15 minutes. Subbed

I've been playing Dark Souls for years now and still didn't know the full story. Lol. I've never had the patience to watch a 3 hour video on it, and this was awesome, being able to get it in 15 mins. Thanks Legend.

Seath is for all practical purposes, a Dracolich. His flesh and blood has been crystallized and his immortality is directly tied to the Primordial Crystal, his Phylactery. So long as the PC was unbroken, Seath was a true immortal. (It just turns out that a lazy guard would eventually lead to a death spiral of events that would countermand Seath's efforts.)

I want a Dark Souls Prequel where we see Gwyn in his Prime and his Kingdom in full Glory.

Dude, this is epic. You deserve so much praise for how well you explained this.

Awesome video, I've played and seen longplays of these games multiple times but still never knew the story had so much breadth and depth. Thank you.

I have a shorter version: You died

Amazing how I was able to understand it in 15 minutes. You used very clear explanation. Thank you.

Thank you so much for this masterpiece. As someone who had only invested time in the third game, I always wanted to have a deeper understanding of the souls series because the themes and lore are just so fascinating and familiar. I now feel a bit more complete as a hollow myself.

It feels like such a long time ago since I finished the DS series.. the key points are there and you did a great job but, the details of what it took to get to these points and that curiosity that leads you off the main paths into the details is what sticks. I'm definitely still sitting hear trying to remember it all

This was impressively organized and informative, good job on that!

never played the souls games myself, so as someone who knows literally nothing of the world: you did a bloody good job

This is very well written, great explanation with fun quips in between

You earned a new subscriber! Excellently explained!

Bro wanted VatiVidyas videos to be shorter 😂 I honestly thought you were a bigger channel, congrats with the quality content 👏

Very good video! Keep up the good solid lore telling

Wow..just wow...I've finally get an understanding only through this vid. Super impressive..a true hidden gem

Patches is Gwynn's true son.

This is the best and most cohesive ds lore video

Genuinely really good video I hope it becomes one of those random videos that blow up for under 100k subscriber channels because it deserves more views

Just found your channel, subscribed. I will be watching your career with great interest.

that was exactly what i needed thx a lot !

keep up the good work love ur videos

Perfect summary thank you

you got some of it wrong, the first born of gwyn is exiled after gwyn goes to link the first flame, also the one we fight under that tower is probably not havel

First soulsgame I've beaten was bloodborne, than dark souls 3, 1 and 2 haven't played yet since I thought they are not connected. I started than dark souls 1 and came to firelink shrine which looks way different than in dark souls 3. Looked for video to explain the connection and story and there is no video on the internet that says so much in 15minutes. Thank you.

Amazing job man! All the other videos explaining the lore are either freaking 2 hour long or just terribly narrated. Not only did you manage to summarize the story without missing out important details but also didn't make it too fast and untidy. Bravo❤👍👍👍👏👏

This is very well done thank you! I listened to it but still have no idea what’s happening.

Great video

yeah cool, and I see the painting as a metaphor for a new game, the painter as a metaphor for a new developer

You deserve a follow

Its like the classic quest for immortality with all of the trials and tribulations retold in many different ways over and over again, But all in the same place

How does this only have 12k views

I thought Aldia was the Lothric's teacher, not Sulyvahn. Also it seems Abyss Watchers and Yhorm were willing to rekindle the flame, although Abyss Watchers probably meant to rekindle it after beating Wolnir, and Yhorm not really had much reason not to. Even those two aside, Ludleth was already there to rekindle the flame. Why Cinder woke the Unkindled when there was already Ludleth to rekindle the flame?

Didn't Gwynevere and Gwyndolin had a sister, Yorshka? Also as a speculation, that nameless son of Gwyn could be Nameless King.

Bro I’ve never played any of these games but once h started explaining dark souls 2 I got soooo bored and then 3 brought me back

It is not comfirmed that the scholar who doubted the linking of the fire was Pontiff Sulyvhahn

I always thought it was hilarious that they somehow "trapped" Havel behind a WOODEN door, even though he has his full armor and Dragon's Tooth 😆

AKCHUALLY - gwyn asked the witches of izalith the extend the flame not make a new one

Great video, think you can make one explaining the call of duty zombies storyline?

This was great! :) One idea i've been thinking about is the They that came from the Dark are actually seeds of the archtrees. This would explain the rootlike growth on hollows, most pronounced on the Four Kings, and people turning into trees in DS3. Also the term hollow is a common word used to describe hollow trees, maybe implying that humans are in fact trees infused with life and when that life is spent we are left hollow husks. Either way hollow is an unusual term for an undead fiend. I think the advent of fire and it's end is in fact part of the archtrees lifecycle. One could draw parallells to forestfires in the real world. Pine specifically, a common reference in dark souls, thrive in the aftermath of forestfires. One of pines many adaptations to fire are serotinous cones. These cones are glued shut with a strong resin and stays shut long after its seeds have matured only to be released when fire melts the resin and spreads the seeds. I would enter the item human pine resin into evidence at this point. I theorycraft alot but don't have the technical know-how to make videos (old). Im so glad someone does! The Dark souls community is awesome. And it's so great people are still making content :). Praise the sun!

I thought mulling the flame bring in the next age. Which is good because the whole series we’ve been prolonging the next age

You start with the start ,😂😂how insightful

Thank you I wholeheartedly want to Thank you

nito hes soul is just chilling underground

Guys what if the painted world that was created with the blood of the dark soul is where elden ring takes place

Where does one figure all of this out? I just feel these games are so opaque I would never work out the relationships between the different characters

A great chest.. Tought we were letting that slip?😂

Love this but if there were only dragons and trees, where did the humanoids come from…?

Nito is not the first undead but the first dead

Could the dark souls world itself have been a painting and could the painter just keeping travelling through the paintings and make new ones?

now I just need to play the games to understand the story a little better :3

Video is W

I hope one day I can understand

The best thing about spoiling Dark Souls for myself is that…I won’t remember most of this 😭💀

Dark souls 4 has a nice ring to it

"Regardless, we kill them all" is a good summary

At the beginning there were trees and dragons: just as in Elden Ring

Wow! Amazing vid. I learned a lot in only 15min

fire video but the only thing that he got wrong was that the firekeeper DOES let the flame fully go out so i was kinda confused

If the DLC is in the past, then how could Oolacile be alive in the golden golem in the present? At the end of the DLC after the Manus fight, Oolacile is lying on the ground dying. The DLC being in the past I'd an interesting concept nonetheless, I haven't heard that before.

To say ds2s story isn't canon is bizarre to me. I think story wise it's my favorite in the whole trilogy

Wait but why was linking the fire so important.. If it was just a cycle that kept repeating.... Wat did it matter if it was rekindled or not?

To start the dark souls storyline you should probably have started with demon's souls being it started it all,

Just another tip: Elden Ring, the Ringed City

Lmao 250 subs somehow damn, hope u blow up

Brilliantly summarized. Good work, well done. Thank you for your hard work explaining the convoluted lore. I still don't really believe that DS2 is canon though.

So doe the hollows become more human again after the fire gets kindled

There’s a few things incorrect with this but impressive nonetheless.

I disagree with the idea that hollowing is humanity's natural form. From ds1 we know the opposite, that humanity is what prevents hollowing. So i'd say hollowing instead signifies the lack of humanity.

I wonder the name “Dark Souls” was plan for the ending or otherwise?

A very. Nice. Chest.

No ok there is a misandertanding with the dark souls lore , Gwin knew created vuluntarily the darksign ,the the cult of the chosen undead , so the linking of the fire could continue olso after his death , the bell gargoiles , sens’fortress, where a trayal for the chowsen undead’s to come

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,,very nice chest”😂😂😂

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Mostly accurate but also wrong in places or too simplistic, still a lot for just 15 mins

no fucking clue but very interesting

Let me hear some love for DS2 not the best of the 3 but iconic nonetheless what other souls game can you dual wield and swing both greatswords?😂 clunky but still great

And then….

Important moral takeaways from the souls series: - your commitment to your unique purpose is your strength - in dark souls, the cycle goes that every attempt to rekindle the flame is an attempt to hold on to the power which people believe makes them strong. Everything fades, nothing lasts forever, which leads to nothing but sorrow. At the heart of the story, the main conflict is the pain of holding on to that which is comfortable. - all sane characters you meet are people driven with purpose. Although they seem to maintain good spirits, they all too eventually die or go hollow. - the answer to how to escape the inevitable failures onset by linking the flame is complex in execution, but simple in intention. Open a new door into the unknown to bring an age of uncertainty. The slim possibility for a better world is arguably better than being subjected to the same nightmare for eternity. - in real life terms, quit the 9-5. Start a KZfaq channel. Join a cult. Get into bitcoin. Learn how to sew fun little hats. Go against the grain. The best characters in Dark Souls are often the most whimsical and extraordinary people.

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1:13 twist words all you want, gwyndolin is a femboy

I cannot stand how there is a visible mouse pointer in the gameplay sections of this video.

Elden Ring is the new painted World?

So this has nothing to do with elden ring ?

I still don’t get it

Nts

I didnt understand a single thing too confusing

Nah man don’t make sexist jokes but great video

L gwyn

first game only good one

So basically in the end, you don't accomplish anything and the whole series was pointless.

This was very basic. I knew there wouldn't be much lore in 15 minutes

"Dark Souls 2 is cannon": Proceeds to explain the lore of a game set in a different time, different characters, with only a vague similarity to the themes of the first game, and does not advance the narrative arc of the series in any meaningful way.