Gwyn: The Movie | Dark Souls Lore

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Gwyn, perhaps the most important character in the Lore of Dark Souls. From the Age of Ancients, to the final DLC of Dark Souls 3, the Ringed City, Gwyn's choices, family, and morals set the course for the entire world, and indeed its fight between ages.
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@errantvice7335 27 күн бұрын

But no matter how exquisite or how tender, a lie will remain a lie

@hethpot1038 27 күн бұрын

Chad

@Syrus-Damos 27 күн бұрын

Good man

@SassyTheSasquatch96 27 күн бұрын

I remember a very long time ago now the Hawkshaw team wishing a warm farewell and they were done making content, Years later my favorite Soulsborne content creator is creating stuff on the regular again and my sorrows are lifted. From a fan who has been stalking you since the earliest days of your content, thank you ever so much for making videos that quell the brain worms that chatter on when unoccupied

@Mr.TamOShanter-em6jm 27 күн бұрын

Dark Souls is a great example of how history is written by the survivors. Who is right in any conflict? Whomever wins, and history will honor them for their victory no matter how it was won because the winners write the history.

@327thepeanut 27 күн бұрын

Oy vey

@TheSuperRatt 27 күн бұрын

This is a common belief, but it's a misconception. There are always dissenters, particularly in life, who look back in contempt and disdain upon 'great' leaders; normally mythologized by the majority into heroes. And in time, the tide of public opinion may even be brought around to these dissenters' opinion, as they work tirelessly to transform the principles of their society.

@Mr.TamOShanter-em6jm 27 күн бұрын

@@TheSuperRatt Dissenters do not a consensus make, nor do fringe or nuance elements change the fact that the bulk of humanity will take history at its word without considering that the winners of major conflicts are generally the ones controlling the narrative. You can't hinge your argument on a tiny minority of hypothetical Dissenters and call it a better conceived notion than the one I presented.

@josephbulkin9222 27 күн бұрын

Not just the winners, but also the losers who managed to survive. There are always those who escape.

@solidjb 27 күн бұрын

I have this mental picture of Gwyn frustratingly trying to beat the dragons, failing, then going on the wiki and there reading Seath's comment "Just use lightning damage bro, it's ez"

@kurenian 27 күн бұрын

Seath wanted the Gwynevussy

@Invader_Hex 25 күн бұрын

Now this is lore accurate

@Hope-mc4ps 27 күн бұрын

That thumbnail is propaganda

@NoirKirbi 27 күн бұрын

"Souls, please"

@ClonserHalphalive 27 күн бұрын

Humanity, please. Thank you, hollow again.

@red16091 27 күн бұрын

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@ao1778 27 күн бұрын

Cause he's black 🤔?

@MrCdog85 27 күн бұрын

@@ao1778 log off dude. Lmao

@Top_Hat_Walrus 27 күн бұрын

Love that you’re still covering Dark Souls 1! It’s lore has so much to offer and your videos are great at highlighting that!

@avidhorizon6423 27 күн бұрын

Gwyn is a pretty interesting character in mine opinion. Kinda feel like most people view him a some sort of pure villian character, but honestly, looking through what lore there is - most of his actions seem pretty justified. He feels like a pretty wise and reasonable ruler that build a grand empire and did all in his power to protect it including sacrificing his own life. Most critics I hear of him is that he broke the natural order of things and that he screwed up humanity's upcoming dark age. But if you look at the situation from his perspective - his actions make perfect sense, and most of the time he was doing exactly what a good leader was supposed to in a given situation. I generally feel that the whole "breaking the natural order of things" argument is contradicting itself - it is absolutely in the nature of any living thing be that man, animal or god to do all in its power to preserve itself and its kind in the face of upcoming cataclysm. That's kinda one of the main defining characteristic of any life form - to try adapting to the changing environment to survive, it's just that men and gods have more resources at their disposal so unlike animals we actually can try changing the environment itself. So of course he was doing all he could to preserve, or at least prolong his age of fire, what kind of god and ruler would he be if he'd just sit on his ass and watch it all crumble, cause it's "the natural order"? And he did manage to win quite some time, even if in a long run some of the measures he took might have done more harm then good. I don't feel like one can blame him for not being able to look centuries inti the future. As for the whole dark sigh and screwing humanity with it's dark age - yeah, that probably sucks for humans. But then again this dark age of men doesn't feel all that awesome, wherever we encounter dark in the game, with a very few exceptions - it doesn't really look like a prosperous time. It looks like most humans affected by darkness strongly enough end up pretty twisted both physically (Oolosile) and mentally (Prophaned flame) and the main residents of the dark seem to be hordes of locust men that are pretty eager for the dark to come so that they can begin their "feast". Besides at the very beginning of DS 1 it is mentioned that lords themselves, including Gwyn, crawled towards the lord souls out of the darkness. And I feel like that is also something many overlook cause with that in mind - Gwyn look much less like a scared old man who is just afraid of changes and more like a person who might actually be very well aware of what the return to the dark might bring and thus sees even his most drastic measures, including sacrificing himself, as pretty reasonable compared to what awaits the world once the flame fully dies out.

@mateusfolletto6142 27 күн бұрын

Symbolically the dark may turn you into a beast, but going through the abyss is a necessary and unavoidable journey, as it's transformative. The ones that embark on it, some turn into fiends, some turn in strong roots that will bear the fruits of a future that may be good. Gwyn tried to hold back because he feared the bad things, and as anyone, and any living thing, he wants to preserve his existence. The consequences are that by holding back change he creates stagnation, which leads to resentment and anger and all the bad stuff that leads to the exact things he feared. And so it is in life. Things change, new generations come, dark comes, but it's only seeing through it that humanity can find purpose, a light. Gwyn wasn't a bad god. He actually did what anyone would do. It's just that the right thing to do is to accept entropy. Dark Souls 2 expands on these themes with the question of "what do you want?". You got the throne in the end, so what would you do differently than Vendrick or Gwyn?

@IndieGinge 26 күн бұрын

Miyazaki is very interesting, because he seems to have somehow synthesized either Hegel or Marx with Shinto for his themes. I'm going to kinda big picture, but the main issue in all of his works is that a ruling order has tried to go against a natural cycle to preserve power. They do this perfectly understandable, self-interested and internally logical reasons, but this leads to an end of progress. A forceful stopping of history in order to ensure an eternal stillness of their power. This stagnation leads to a slow withering of the world they made, because the contradictions of their order are unable to resolve. They don't make perfect worlds after all, and these contradictions continue to grow in severity because history and the very natural world cannot move into something new, birthing their own horrors as these problems curdle. Gwyn is compelling because we can absolutely understand him, he's like every ruler who has done relatively well, and thinks these things justify himself and his power completely. But the cruelties of his rule mean less to him than his rule, and anything that upsets that rule is an unacceptable threat, even if it's inevitable.

@jjs5072 25 күн бұрын

There is another very interesting analysis about the relationship between the Abyss, The Darkness, and Humans made by "The Gemsbock", and it tackles precisely that apparent contradiction between the Dark Age being the Age of Humanity and yet having humans be corrupted by the Abyss. I greatly recommend it (is called: Philosophical Analysis of Dark Souls), but the gist of it is, that the Age of Dark is basically the Age of Absurdity. The age of a creature that is smart enough to understand purpose, but too insignificant to have one. It basically says that humans were perfectly fine with Darkness and the Abyss at the beginning, because they were aware of their own insignificance, but they also understood that being insignificant meant that they were free to craft their own destiny; unlike Gods who were "slaves" of their purpose. Humans that were "blinded" by the Age of Fire and tried to pursue Godly, extraordinary purposes, would eventually lose themselves to that impossible goal and lose their humanity; leaving but a husk that goes through the motions. Or they would fall into despair at their own insignificance and lose all sense of purpose. They would be lost to nihilism; the destructive side of the Abyss. Gwyn, by giving humanity promises of godly greatness, infected them with his fear of dark. With his fear of mundanity. With his fear of insignificance, and thus made humans susceptible to the Abyss.

@frozi1541 27 күн бұрын

This is just like Gorbinos Quest. This is the Gorbino's Quest of Gwyn, Lord of sunlight.

@shithappens816 16 күн бұрын

Is there something cruelty squad have to do with gwyn lore ?

@Twinkiey 27 күн бұрын

Not to be that lorebeard but the soul the WoI found wasnt chaos until she perverted it afaik. Based on the light and dark disparity, and the remaining one being death, it makes the most sense that WoI's was the Life Soul

@Eviad2219 27 күн бұрын

Light and darkness, life and death. It matches out

@marin9412 27 күн бұрын

I was thinking about the fact that the witch’s lord soul being the soul of life would make sense so it’s interesting, especially with how it’s tied to fire

@FishyNiden 27 күн бұрын

Life is represented in chaos often though. Life, femininity, chaos.

@Sara3346 27 күн бұрын

..who was the soul of cold though? Shouldn't there be such with heat and cold being identified disparities in the intro?

@Hoogalindo 27 күн бұрын

Heat is present in Light and Life. As far as I know, only the Dark holds the trait of cold.. but I imagine Death does as well.@@Sara3346

@TheSaylesMan 27 күн бұрын

There's a part of Gwyn's story that I'm surprised you didn't touch. How he came to defend the flame from being lit. When we find Gwyn, his health bar labels him as Lord of Cinder. A title that we wouldn't understand until several games later. We made a lot of assumptions about him. That he was hollow. That he was mindless. The music tells us that this is sad and we all seemed to assume that it was in a "look upon my works ye mighty and despair" way. Gaze upon the finale of the Lord of Sunlight. A mindless thing that lashes out with violence. But things start to take a turn in Dark Souls 2 where we meet the mightiest king of another age. This time it was different. Vendrick was a leader who refused to link the fire. He paces in circles. His sword drags limply behind him. He doesn't even notice the Accursed Undead to has slain his personal guard. Not until that Undead would return with a clutch of Giants' Souls held in their fist. Their combined hatred for Vendrick was enough to for the Undead's blows to finally faze him. Even still, Vendrick only defended himself with the crudest of technique. He wielded his sword with no more finesse than a club. Do you see what I'm getting at here? There was no doubt that Vendrick was hollowed, but Gwyn? Let's not fool ourselves that Gwyn was not fighting with intelligence purely based on how easily enemies were to parry in that game. Gwyn rushed down his enemy. Vendrick barely noticed it. Gwyn swings his blade with purpose and would change his grip on his weapon. Vendrick can barely hold on to his. Gwyn adapts, kicks, grapples and uses the flame as a weapon. Vendrick has what, two-three moves? Gwyn isn't hollow. Gwyn isn't mindless. Gwyn is acting with his faculties intact. We learn in Dark Souls 3 that Lords of Cinder have their minds. So why does he try to stop you and why is this so sad as the music tells us? Perhaps Gwyn has been trapped here this whole age or perhaps ringing the Bells of Awakening has returned him to burn again. He defies us for the same reason the other Lords of Cinder abandon their thrones. He does not want to burn again. He has lost his faith in the Age of Fire. Gwyn, at the very end of Dark Souls 1, has turned his back on everything that he believes in. Gwyn would let the fire fade instead of snuffing it himself and ultimately Gwyn and Vendrick in their very last of days have the same motivation. To prolong this twilight age until its natural conclusion.

@acalotl 27 күн бұрын

You're cooking, I watched dozens of theories and lore analysis videos, but somehow never saw this perspective!

@TheWither129 27 күн бұрын

Except not all hollows are slow and limp. Some laggardly pace about aimlessly. Others are chaotic and frantic. Its not about whether or not they are hollow that determines their behavior. Its what caused them to go hollow. A hollow has no thoughts, no aims, only muscle memory. Flesh remembering flesh, their final task. Vendrick’s final task was to await his own end so he could not link the fire. He paces without purpose as he awaits his end. So in his final death, he paces without purpose, uncaring of his surroundings. The nail in the coffin of your idea is Gael. Gael is factually hollow, but not when we meet him as a slumped beast crawling around and flailing. That was a broken undead trying to complete his task. When he sees the Blood, his task is complete, THEN he goes hollow. He stands upright, unburdened by feeling, or mental fatigue. All that is left is the memory of the last eons. The fight, the hunt for the Dark Souls. Hollow Gael is even more nimble and lethal than anything you will ever encounter in these games. Hollow Gael is death himself. Gwyn’s final purpose was to protect the flame, to not let it die. When his body is given to flame, his soul’s life is devoured, rendering him hollow. His only instinct is protect the flame, and his muscle memory is fresh enough to know how to kill, but its been long enough that he flails, he loses footing. Most of his technique is lost, but he has enough power and memory left to keep moving. So yes, Gwyn is hollow.

@TheSaylesMan 27 күн бұрын

@@TheWither129 Gael was capable of speech. There is absolutely no doubt that Gael is not Hollow. His humanity simply overflows. He's in the thrall of his addiction like any other humanity junkie and is desperately trying to keep in mind he is trying to consume all the Dark Soul for a higher purpose than his own gratification.

@chosenundead5009 26 күн бұрын

Maybe Gwyn wasn't hollow, but Rather very weak because of splitting his power and Linking the first flame according to your theory Which is a good one.

@wilonealtaylorjr826 24 күн бұрын

This comment is on point, and years later makes even more the sense than our original theories. Good job my guy

@ozsun9736 27 күн бұрын

Hawkshaw upload? Everything else can wait whilst I enjoy myself not unlike smoking a zigar

@Takaho31 27 күн бұрын

I'm always delighted to see a new lore video about Dark Souls, especially the original. Thanks, Hawkshaw .

@orbitthederg 27 күн бұрын

I wouldn’t describe Izalith’s lord soul as the soul of chaos imo. Dark Souls is all about disparity, dark (furtive pygmy) and light (Gwyn), death (Nito) and *life* (Izalith). That’s how I interpret it anyway. At the end of the day Miyazaki put holes in the story on purpose so we could theorize and fill in the gaps, so much of the game is left to interpretation. Just my thoughts on it. Edit: Just remembered you were the one that made the video about Izalith being a full civilization way back when, so I’m preaching to a choir lol. Oops. Still think it’s an important distinction.

@thechosenbeastdoesgames956 27 күн бұрын

I was just thinking this as well. It may have been called the chaos flame but it Izalith created quite a bit of life using her flame.

@Hawkshaw 27 күн бұрын

Thank you to everyone who applied!

@chieckenman4432 27 күн бұрын

swaws

@klof4276 26 күн бұрын

A lot of ppl don't kno but since gwyn is the lord of sunlight he has sun symbolism a lot.... u shud hav mentioned taht btw....

@Invader_Hex 25 күн бұрын

@@klof4276 Please learn how to spell.

@klof4276 25 күн бұрын

@@Invader_Hex?

@chieckenman4432 27 күн бұрын

And then the lord of the age of fire said: "Nah, i'd Gwyn."

@danfish88 27 күн бұрын

Hawkshaw DS1 lore is so deep that Miyazaki watches it to lore-dive

@mr_inconspicuous 22 күн бұрын

Gwyn just tried to run his kingdom the best way he knew how, and I respect him greatly for that

@justaguy9681 27 күн бұрын

I am so glad you've not retired you're literally the best Souls lore channel even with all the accounts that popped up after Elden Ring released Yet another banger by Hawkshaw

@nickjanecke6688 22 күн бұрын

Gwyn’s just charging up to go Super Saiyan in that thumbnail

@user-bv2px1hh1m 27 күн бұрын

something i love about Gwyn, is that he is written in a way that only one thing is all it takes to change him from a good to a bad person. yes he made the course of the undead and yes he sounds like a guy you want to kill, but his children loved him and his people trusted him one of them was havel, he didn't lie to seath and did his part of the deal and nito, pigmy (didn't easily forget him) , and izalith didn't have any problems with him and people can't blame him after seeing what darkness did in New londo or Oolacile his fear is kinda understandable and he also burnt himself to keep an age he won't live which makes him selfless. he could have been a really good person, and something i wish we would have gotten in ds3 is Gwyn walking to us from the first flame telling us he won't let us lit it again because he understood the mistake he had made, then we just fight him because we don't know who the hell this guy is so we just fight him to get him out of or way.

@calebgriffin4214 27 күн бұрын

I definitely feel like Gwyn is a much better person than people give him credit for. The darksign is what allows humans to live through light souls, an illusion all men trust fully in. We see what happens when they try to live through dark souls in New Londo and Londor. People also point to the ringed city when the say how evil Gwyn is, but the ringed city is way better than any other place in Lordran, much bigger and just as beautiful as Anor Londo. I really don’t see why people hate him so much

@TheSuperRatt 27 күн бұрын

@@calebgriffin4214 Lucatiel. Among all the other innumerable Undead who lost themselves. Gwyn made humanity into a race of cattle, who were deceived into embracing their slavery. He also destroyed the world. The fire-linking curse will devour the very land until all that's left are ashes and ruins.

@alyseleem2692 27 күн бұрын

@@TheSuperRatt " With Dark unshackled, a curse will be upon us, and men will take their true shape." " Men will be free from death,left to wander eternally." Dark is the cause of the Undead curse. Dark is the cause of Lucatiel's condition. The Darksign's purpose is simple; to curb the Dark. When the Fire is lit and everything is going well, the Darksign simply does it's job the way it does when you use it as an item. It kills you. Except, in this case, you die once. You don't get back up. That's what happens when it's working properly. Also, do you know what the Stone-Humped Hag calls the Dreg Heap? " At the end of the Age Of Fire". More importantly, it's in the name. " Dreg Heap". Thanks to Lothric not linking the Fire, Aldrich's prophecy has occurred, and the dregs of the world have risen to the surface. This is why you have to link the Fire when everything is still standing; not because it itself is much closer to dying, but the fact that it going past a certain " time limit" without being linked leads to things like... This.

@Fickled_65 27 күн бұрын

Love the vids hawkshaw ❤

@deangrout404 27 күн бұрын

Fantastic as always mate

@danfish88 27 күн бұрын

Hawkshaw DS1 content hits different

@kurenian 27 күн бұрын

My headcanon is that at the end, Gwyn gave up on the age of fire. In the final boss fight, he appears and fights like any of the other Hollows faced through the series. A hollow is someone who has given up all hope. Gwyn believed in the age of fire, so him losing all hope means that he lost belief in the age of fire. He fights us to stop us from linking the first flame, perhaps he knows that neither dark nor light will win in the end, but only Ash.

@DS-dr1zf 22 күн бұрын

Hey Hawkshaw, I wanted to ask if you are familiar with H.P. Lovecraft. Its influence on Soulsborne is well known and often discussed, but one thing I never heard was the striking resemblence of anor londo and the novel "the dream-quest of unknown Kadath". In this story, the protagonist sees a city in his dreams, which is described as follows: "... He paused on the high terrace above it. All golden and lovely it blazed in the sunset, with walls, temples, colonnades, and arched bridges of veined marble (...) It was a fever of the gods(...)." There is even a lot more in this story that matches exactly things that are shown in the games. There are the so-called "Nightgaunts", bearing a striking similatiry with the beeings lifting you up from Sen's Fortress. For other examples, there is a high-priest with a yellow mask sitting in a abandoned church (old monk, demon Souls), etc. Maybe you could make a video comparing the story to the games, it could be very interesting. Greetings from Germany

@Randomthew 27 күн бұрын

my comment probably wont be seen by many but I do so to show my support and gratitude for your hard work, Hawkshaw. Loved this lore about Gwyn, the mirror you had of him feeling weak at the end in a way he did not feel since he crawled around in the dark was beautiful.

@Professor-Love 27 күн бұрын

11:12 someones fighting gwyn

@sirtyto8790 26 күн бұрын

we love ds 1 videos! good shit

@Torbarian 27 күн бұрын

MOM WAKE UP HAWKSHAW VIDEO DROPPED!

@mackdontpayforstrange3207 27 күн бұрын

New Hawkshaw!!!!!! 🍿

@IndoorSunset 26 күн бұрын

It looks like, in the end he didn't......Gwyn. get it?

@StaticDean 13 күн бұрын

You should be ashamed of yourself

@ryandavid1277 22 күн бұрын

Without a doubt the best Souls content maker.

@core-nix1885 27 күн бұрын

Lightning is pure disparity. A potential *difference* between a *positive and negative* charge, *relatively* speaking.

@Braindouchedotnet 19 күн бұрын

"a lie will remain a lie" so if gwyn divided his Lord's Soul before using it to kindle the first flame, perhaps that was in fact the first sin, and that is the lie: he did not burn his Lord's Soul, he only burned what remained.

@_KRYMZN_ 26 күн бұрын

I HAVENT PLAYED A SINGLE DS GAME IM REALLY JUST HERE FOR THE LOREEEEEEEE (Dw I’m an Elden ring vet. Bloodbourne & Selkiro beat my ass)

@thekingbelow 27 күн бұрын

IS THAT TITAN SOULS MUSIC!?

@beyond560 26 күн бұрын

Who was the original "duke" of the dukes archives? before it was given to seath

@RaksorToviks 27 күн бұрын

1:06 Just wanted to say that Izalith's Lord Soul was Life, not Chaos. The Chaos Flame was an attempt to use the Life Soul to recreate the First Flame. As you are someone who made a proper timeline, I'm sure you already know this.

@user-lz3yz6gd5x 27 күн бұрын

Great video narrator is very articulate

@joshuapotter3326 27 күн бұрын

Great video man, your content always makes my day

@Uriel3327-zy9yx 27 күн бұрын

He burnt for himself

@younesakdah1803 27 күн бұрын

Gwyn Gwyn plon..

@CrescentCrusader99 27 күн бұрын

Gwyn had a lightning Chakra nature

@PboiStrider 27 күн бұрын

I love Hawkshaw

@Irithyllian 27 күн бұрын

Gym now, added to watch later

@minerman60101 27 күн бұрын

White Palace is such a fitting song to be in this video.

@ultrajoe274 23 күн бұрын

God i im glad o found tour channel

@lixthewitch6718 27 күн бұрын

The furtive pgymy and their people actually did fight in the dragon wars. They weren't written about though and their reward was to have their dark shackled at the end of the world of the Ringed City. Good video though! :D

@afterbyrner 27 күн бұрын

DS1 the gift that keeps on giving

@matijerzykom 26 күн бұрын

SUNLIGHT FOR LIFE 🤟

@SMarie-zk9oj 27 күн бұрын

I always wondered if Gwyn’s cruelty was a result of the flame fading, since he has the soul of light ,it would make sense if his soul & mind was deteriorating due to the flame fading.

@Dolphin192 27 күн бұрын

good video

@thebombdiggity3941 27 күн бұрын

Bang on time!

@rafaelguerrero3651 27 күн бұрын

Yes more lore I want more give me more

@noneedforaname640 25 күн бұрын

Thank you. Could you do Oceiros, The Consumed King?

@bobby_bretwalda 27 күн бұрын

Gwyn burned for Gwyn. Specifically Gwyn's legacy. Gwyn, much like Tywin Lanmister, valued his legacy above all else. Even his own life.

@vginsprdsobepr9698 27 күн бұрын

I don’t think anyone who links the fire dies. The continue to live, burning for what seems to be an eternity. The Age of Dark might have released them.

@SpookeyGael 27 күн бұрын

I think Gwyn seriously gets a bad rap from the community. Ignoring the additions from DS3 about him cursing the pygmies and creating some eternal cycle of light and dark (which was not a thing in DS1), it's really hard to argue that Gwyn perpetuating the Age of Fire is actually a *bad* thing. Most of the big problems in DS1 like undead and hollows are directly caused by the fire *fading* , and presumably subside whenever the First Flame is rekindled. The Age of Fire brought about civilization and progress, and yes this also included war and conflict because those are simply inevitable when things like time and individuality exist (presumably the unchanging, non-living ancient dragons didn't really fight over anything, because there was nothing in existence to fight over). By contrast, take a look at what embracing the Abyss and allowing dark to overtake light gets you: Oolacile and New Londo. Does anyone *actually* think either of those places are better than Anor Londo even in its current state? Does it seem like the people who live in places touched by the Abyss (such as the Darkwraiths or Bloatheads) are having a great time? You can absolutely argue that Gwyn was ruthless and went too far in pursuing his goal of maintaining the Age of Fire, or even that he did so for partially egotistical or selfish reasons, however it's extremely hard to argue that he didn't genuinely believe it was the best possible option when he literally sacrificed himself by burning his soul just to keep it going. He never makes the Chosen Undead make any sacrifice he himself hadn't already made.

@sina7149 27 күн бұрын

my man dark sign is literally the cause of hollowing and who is at fault for that? bro fucked over humans he's no hero just an scared old man fearing the natural order or as aldia put it best: But no matter how exquisite or how tender, a lie will remain a lie

@otdreamer193IRONFIST-yx6gn 27 күн бұрын

@@sina7149I actually enjoyed reading this jolly fellows post (for the perspective) but thank you, Gwyn really screwed us over and was just trying to keep himself from losing power. I’ll gladly slay him over and over again every play through 😂.

@SpookeyGael 27 күн бұрын

@@otdreamer193IRONFIST-yx6gn Gwyn has no power in DS1. His soul was burned away in the First Flame, what you fight is essentially just what's left of his corpse. He's dead and simply needs someone to take his place to keep the fire going. It's not like Gwyn is ordering people around from the Kiln.

@rigorm136 27 күн бұрын

‘But if we just ignore one entire third of the lore!’ 💀

@otdreamer193IRONFIST-yx6gn 27 күн бұрын

@@rigorm136 1/3rd 😂😂😂😂

@joelweber9900 25 күн бұрын

The pygmy and the humans fought with gwyn against the dragons, no? that's why they received the ringed city

@NoGrapes 2 күн бұрын

This might just be Vati vidias son

@skarmory4 27 күн бұрын

Tl;dr daddy Gwyn did a bad thing and burned for it

@wilfredwayne7139 27 күн бұрын

No he didn't he burned to continue his pointless cycle and denied us ours. I link the flame as my last trophy cause it's just stupid when you think about it.

@pancakewafflez 27 күн бұрын

Average pygpilled darknesscel SEETHING at sunpilled godchads…

@rigorm136 27 күн бұрын

@@pancakewafflez suncels when I hit them with the point blank dark bead

@KurdeQd 27 күн бұрын

@@rigorm136darknesscels when I use Great Magic Barrier to completely negate their whole build

@rigorm136 27 күн бұрын

@@KurdeQd The chaos infused claymore in my pocket

@KurdeQd 27 күн бұрын

@@rigorm136 WoG plus Sunlight Bladed Ricard's Rapier that takes enitre health bars with one R2

@mecanwinmac2796 27 күн бұрын

Shit I was like #667…had to change it from 666 lol

@45proteinconsumer 27 күн бұрын

Gwyn burned for our sins

@MapMonkey96 27 күн бұрын

We rise

@controlflix 27 күн бұрын

Then we get to Elden Ring where dragons rain lightning on you. 😆

@katonbot 27 күн бұрын

what? didn't Sith give his daughter to Gwyn? which is why yorshka exists? Also in the japanese text sith is not a duke but a consort kin instead

@thatll-do7606 27 күн бұрын

Wild idea here: Gwyndolin is Priscilla's child (I will explain if anyone i interested)

@MrHathaway1337 27 күн бұрын

Gwynevere has two big reasons why men pay attention when she speaks. 🤣🤣🤣

@diorando7532 27 күн бұрын

Is Gwyn the Hulk Hogan Of the Souls series. Lemme tell you something brother! With these 2 24inch sunlight spears we'll cast them dragons out brother. Age of Firemaniacs running wild brothurrrrrrrr

@orbitthederg 27 күн бұрын

Babe wake up, new dark souls bible study just dropped

@theshortstack02 27 күн бұрын

Seeth "Lighting"

@darkmystic7764 27 күн бұрын

Prolong the age of fire!

@kasper7267 27 күн бұрын

WOMP WOMP, ALL HAIL HUMANITY!!!🗣️🗣️🗣️

@DonutSwordsman 27 күн бұрын

I believe the truth was he was a human. Theres a reason the hollow statue in 3 is as tall as him but crouched, and how when yoh meet him hes hollow and not gigantic. The truth was that they forsook their humanity to enevitably hollow even through reincarnation like in ds2. I dont think miyazaki could imply it harder than he did

@chosenundead5009 27 күн бұрын

MAKE ANOR LONDO GREAT AGAIN Gwyn probably

@valentinotuzbirov7833 24 күн бұрын

For some reason youtube didn't show your previous video on Kirk in my Subscription feed. This has happened multiple times now. No idea what's the cause. It's a shame, considering I look forward to all your videos. It doesn't sit right to put so much effort into making these wonderful analyses and them to not appear in some fans' feeds.

@MiluraLP 27 күн бұрын

So the fire could be fueled by humanity and souls? Or just lord souls? Or are the lords considered humans by the fire?

@CallN0w 27 күн бұрын

didn't burn enough

@michaelwalsh4340 27 күн бұрын

Pretty sure this all wildly misses the mark and that he's intended as a straightforwardly "heroic" character - but the point of Dark Souls is that heroism is basically futile and nothing lasts forever. The whole thing about burning humanity is, I think, also completely off - and the bit about fighting Izalith for humanity, too. The city was overrun by demons because of essentially a nuclear accident, and the demons are indeed straight-forwardly bad (or chaotic). The fire started to fade, and the fading light resulted in undeath and ultimately hollowing: the visual metaphor is that a bright, powerful light casts sharp shadow (alive or dead), whereas a dim one creates soft, blurred shadows (undeath, gradual hollowing). The state of affairs with the Age of Fire is simply meant to be a good and positive thing, but fundamentally at odds with the nature of the world, and doomed to failure. A beautiful lie, as Aldia put it. Narratively I think the bits about humanity being sealed with fire (note: sealed not burnt) were mainly just to imply that maybe something at least somewhat not awful could be possible in the age of Dark - which is also what Aldia is on about at the end of DS2 ("what could possibly await us?"). Tldr: Gywn is a narrative device standing in for the inevitability of failing grandeur and nobility who made the ultimate sacrifice. You fight him as a hollow to highlight precisely that even making the ultimate sacrifice doesn't actually fix everything, and that everything everything everything ends. TLDR 2: it's a fairytale and not a political thriller: the evil queen in sleeping beauty was just an evil queen; you can write a version where she's a nuanced character with political dimensions, but that's not the original story's intent, and in reality it makes for a dumb movie (and a dumb sequel).

@DinggisKhaaniMagtaal 27 күн бұрын

Plin plin plon

@funtimegod6052 27 күн бұрын

I want the first comment so great job with the video

@boyblue5320 27 күн бұрын

Yaaa it’s you

@Pygmy_Warrior 27 күн бұрын

I kinda had the feeling Gwyn and Gwyndolin didnt have a good relastionship as Gwyndolin doesnt have a statue and did not receive the blessings of Gwyn. Also "side not" i suspect Gwyndolin has influence over item description.

@alyseleem2692 27 күн бұрын

Alot of people miss this,but: If you shoot an arrow at the empty space next to Gwyn, you will find that the arrow stops midway, as if it found an object. A statue. An invisible statue. Now, who would have an invisible statue? Or rather, who would hide their statue like that? Hint: It's the god hiding in his daddy's grave who doesn't want anyone to see him and would prefer if you never knew about him existing at all, all so he could manipulate you from afar more efficiently.

@Pygmy_Warrior 27 күн бұрын

@@alyseleem2692 I've always wanted to shoot that arrow at the empty spot but I always forgot. HAHAHA now I know, thanks buddy.

@alyseleem2692 27 күн бұрын

@@Pygmy_Warrior You're welcome! 👍

@reibruka6536 27 күн бұрын

is the thumbnail a Bible reference? haha, great video as always

@user-di3ts5tn6g 27 күн бұрын

Biblically accurate Gwyn

@slightlytwistedagain 26 күн бұрын

While Gwyn gets painted as a villain who wouldn't late his age end, it is easy to forget that all four lords are competing for supremacy. Humanity is inherently greedy, and while its lord soul started off as the smallest, it will be the one that consumes all of them at the end. Let the feast begin.

@whatsnewbois9814 27 күн бұрын

All these years of lore and there is still no Aldia Video, you disapoint me

@paulorito2548 27 күн бұрын

Andor Londo propaganda, he burned for himself

@stingerjohnny9951 27 күн бұрын

First comment for the First Lord!!!

@torgo_ 27 күн бұрын

my mommy says i can use the ipad today

@Sifforlife 27 күн бұрын

Studying for English test, chinese test, and math test? Fuck that, new Hawkshaw video dropped 🔥

@chosenundead5009 27 күн бұрын

About Gwyn too Good luck with your exams

@jrodhemi67 26 күн бұрын

What daughter was given to Seath?

@rigorm136 26 күн бұрын

Shira says in DS3 when you encounter her in Gael’s arena after touching Filianore’s egg that she is “the Daughter of the Duke.”

@KarzGuitar 26 күн бұрын

What rigorm said + I think in Elvish (or some other commonly referenced language that From loves to use), Filia = daughter, Anor = Sun. Daughter of Sunlight. Also Anor, as in Anor Londo.

@WASDLeftClick 27 күн бұрын

Under 1 hour is not a movie

@codybates5659 27 күн бұрын

Gwyn is a remarkably complex character when you take all the games as a whole. He committed some obviously evil acts, but the way he inspired true loyalty in people, how he was respected by almost everyone tells me that he was no mere tyrant. Even the other lords followed him when called. The man must have bled Charisma. I also really respect Gwyndolin, who remained long after all others had given up hope. Even as the flames of his fathers sacrifice faded, he remained true.

@liamwithaspace 27 күн бұрын

New Hawkshaw video dropped I will be there

@ElectronicPulseBeat 27 күн бұрын

Gywn is unironically the bad guy in every sense. Extremely selfish and extremely cruel

@AmanRaj-lx3jf 27 күн бұрын

This is propaganda.

@ITBEurgava 24 күн бұрын

I noticed that, lately, you rarely show the source of the knowledge you are currently explaining, be it item descriptions, artworks, interviews, etc. Why?

@sebastiancollins01 27 күн бұрын

I think that if Gwen came from an origin where causality was novel change was literally unknowable. What could be more natural than to fight and fear what you can not know?