Laurentius Deep Dive | Dark Souls Lore
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ค. 2023
- Welcome to another Dark Souls Lore episode, this time focusing on the Pyromancer Laurentius of the Great Swamp! We will look at his life before coming to Lordran, his hopes and dreams, his wonderful voice, and his ultimate fate..
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You've planned the perfect day with Laurentius, what do you do?
frolic about in the swamp and do some mud wrasslin
heehee
just bois' things :]
We burn it. All of it. What is it we're burning? Doesn't matter. Laurentius Deserves Justice.
We wouldn't dare go hollow would we
Just hang with the old frog
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Fun fact: Laurentius has the highest damage threshold before aggroing onto the player.
I think this says a lot about him
Makes me even more sad when i found him like that in the swamp :(
I mean I love the sentiment and it very well could be just how good of a person he is but there is also a good chance that it was to prevent a new player from agroing him immediately if the freed him from the barrel by attacking it
@@pizzaroll-7580 was just gonna say this, if so it's a happy coincidence tho
It was actually said in an interview by Miyazaki that different NPCs have different levels of damage/agro they can take before becoming hostile, and he stated that it's to shed some light onto their nature
@@skdefeatboy Oh cool, so this is actually confirmed. Thanks for the info!
If Dark Souls had sunsets like Elden Ring, I'd be sitting by Laurentius to watch them every evening
"Corr.... believe me, you don't get sunsets like this in the Great Swamp - hahahah"
I would invite solaire too
Laurentius, Solarie, and Oedon from Bloodborne would be good friends to have.
@@shoresy6943they are already our friends.
his voice actor must have been a fan of demon souls or was really interested in this character, he just seems to have so much more passion behind his lines than a lot of other characters
Don't you dare go hollow
I really felt that line the way he delivers it. I suppose I shattered the fourth wall myself, but it felt as though he was really speaking to me. It was... Motivating?
I legit cried when I had to kill him the first time.
felt it toi
After he said that to me I learned of what would happen and I refuse to send him and I say it to anyone who helps me or I help
Crack and go hollow get the quote right
Hearing him say “this is wrong! You were my friend!” is heartbreaking. I could never attack him and it breaks my heart again to tell him no when he asks where I found my pyromancies but I’m not letting my dear friend go hollow either
Homies gotta take care of each other on the land of the mad and the wicked the most valued price is the loyalty among the peeps that would give their life for yours
Laurentius was such a favourite character of mine that during my platinum playthroughs I picked him up every time and never gave him the location of the demon pyromancies even as everyone else died around him
Same here! I always get out of my way to free him, because I genuinely find it comforting to have him around ❤
Same
My first playthrough, I went through totally blind, so I had no idea that characters could go hollow. For me, Laurentius was the first one I saw go hollow and it hit the hardest too.
Same. I always keep him safe at Firelink. ❤️
I don't know why, but pyromancers across all the souls games are awesome. Some characters are using you selfishly, others just have personal goals while still being friendly, some are... sorcerers, but the pyromancers across the board are at worst total bros.
A pyromancer's flame is a part of his own body. The flame develops right along with his skill. … When I gave you that flame, I gave you a part of myself.
I start as pyromancer a lot, so I savor whenever I get to take his flame, specifically.
This video/the dialog at 9:11 made me realise that i never attacked Laurentius even once and I never will. Laurentius you are my eternal buddy!
i realized the same thing! i also never got the dialogue for walking away midsentence.
You can really hear the heartbreak in his voice. Its amazing, not attacking him that is. The character, I mean 😂
Too bad that after all he has done for you, if you return the favor, you end up leading him to his demise. Hate saying "No" to him, but I do hate seeing him go hollow even more.
Would be cool IF and i mean IF they remade DS1 with the same crew of demons souls R they should flesh out the NPCs quests and let laurentius have a happy ending based on how far you upgrade the pyromancer flame. If its fully uograded you can share your new flame with him like he shared his and hell be strong enough to not go hollow and see queelana.
Seems like the more good u do for most of the NPCs the worse their situations get. Just like in real life
Personally I tell him every time. I'd rather get hurt than be manipulated for my own good and I think he feels the same way, after all, he has dreams too and I know chasing dreams and getting hurt is better than not chasing. Plus, the game is about coming to terms with the end of things, right? Let the man die, I'd rather remember him as my friend that died trying to improve himself than as a pet I tried to protect.
@@ZeroOmega-vg8nq I wouldn't let bluepoint touch this masterpeace to be quite honest.
It's a great thing that Laurentius isnt angry about it, either. In fact, he trusts our judgement and remains a dear friend.
Laurentius is part of the reason Dark Souls stuck with me for all these years, because of my decision to give him the location of the pyromancy I experienced the true, hollow feeling of an empty firelink shrine, where everyone went mad or got killed.
The place that once served as my haven, now became an object of somber regret.
I didn't even finish that playthrough, but it was still a darn impressive storytelling experience to make you experience the decay of the world firsthand.
"t was still a darn impressive storytelling experience to make you experience the decay of the world firsthand."
This is something where I think DS 1 stands out as the superior title in comparison to the sequels.
It really adds to the dark and dystopian atmosphere of the game seeing how most of the friendly characters you meet eventually turn hollow or get killed if you don't make the right decisions (and it is very easy to blow it in your first playthrough).
It should be noted that near laurentius’s hollowing spot, a pyromancer’s body is found with the full set and poison mist, likely showing us that many more have tried
That body may have just been Laurentius, time is convoluted after all.
@@ToweringToskaHighly unlikely since Laurentius himself doesn't wield poison mist and it makes sense since Poison mist is considered heretical even by the people of the great swamp
I wonder if having to kill someone from the Great Swamp that he loves so much is what made or at least contributed to him going hollow
@@christopherackerman5785 i always thought he was too weak to learn the lost izaleth pyromancy so he just gave up
@@rustyshackleford6533 A particularly heartbreaking angle to interpret his hollowing would be that if his flame wasn't strong enough to allow him to see Quelana, not only does it mean he's wandering the poison swamp looking for someone he isn't capable of finding, that in turn calls into question us and our honesty. Being lost in blighttown's swamp would be bad enough, having a potential crisis of faith in one's friend on top of that could be what caused the hollowing.
Thops always kinda reminded me of Laurentius. Both share their knowledge with the player, only for the student to surpass the teacher, then they both die in their zeal to reach their goal of higher learning. Such kind characters dragged down by the dangerous worlds they couldn't face alone
But Thops did create a spell that was more powerful than he believed. So, he definitely became more than a bluntstone. 👍
Truth. Thops actually developed his own useful spell. Making it clear that while it cost him everything he achieved his dearest wish. A bittersweet moment.
First time I played Dark Souls, I damn near fell in love with The Lad. He was this kind, bright spot in a world that is equal parts hostile and dismissive of your very existence. Seeing him go hollow in the Swamp hurt, I backed and rolled away for what was probably 60seconds or so, but felt like an hour. This was my guy, my buddy. I didn't want to hurt him, I didn't even want to end him out of pity. He deserved so much better than that.
I saw him trapped in the barrel when i was first playing the game, but thought he was a well camouflaged enemy in the back of the room, so I shot him with an arrow and he yelled out "ouch!" 😢
I felt so badly 😭
the way he sounds so heartbroken because he thinks you hate him because of his pyromancy is so gut wrenching at 9:17
I always found it painfully ironic that Laurentius only really wants to be remembered and loved by someone, but his most iconic phrase "Don't you dare to go hollow" is somehow always attributed to Andre instead of him.
Andre as well as most friendly npcs have a "dont go hollow" line
I have never seen anyone attribute his phrase to Andre
Andre says something akin to "Neither of us wants to see you go hollow." Similar but different.
I have never seen anyone saying it's Andre who says this specific line. Andre has a similar one, maybe it's you who are confused.
This was touching, thank you. I always thought it was endearing, and perhaps needy, of him that he's one of the few characters that remark if you break contact with him while he's talking. While it's hard in-game to stumble across all these details, especially the first playthrough, seeing how these details interlace is still rewarding after all these years
thank you for being so brave, admitting to your Laurentius voice kink.
So, is now liking something a kink?
@@vagabundorkchaosmagick-use2898relax dude it was a joke for sure
@@sebastiansteven9588 I know it was a joke. A joke that which "fun part" is saying liking someone is a kink.
do you not have that
@@kiba_the_luckywe all have it.
i think laurentius goes hollow simply because he was unable to see quelaana, he may not have had a max pyromancy flame and gotten discouraged by that and lost hid way ended up hollow in the process
i commented this before finishing this video my b, i now know he already covered this
I was worried this video was going to delve into the "dark side" of Laurentius and expose some evil ulterior motives or actions, but the only darkness of Laurentius was the insecurity he carried from years of mistreatment, and that makes him such a tragically human character despite being Undead. It is quite sad he never fulfils his dream of learning ancient pyromancies, but at least he taught the Chosen Undead the art of pyromancy, and at least in that way his legacy as a great person and Pyromancer lives on
Everyone's always saying Vaati's the "Dark Souls Lore Master", but you deserve some recognition as well! Your Dark Souls lore videos are all great! I love your work and content, really cool stuff
@@magnolia549 Who is he stealing from? I would like proof of this as it is a pretty big accusation. Proof and a good, trust worthy source for these claims.
Vaati is more like souls lore for newbies who enjoy basics and veeeerrrry slowwwwwwww moooovvvving conversations
@@molkwi9077best not talk of it here, of all places about that. Besides, he apologized afterwards and made sure never to make that same mistake again.
Vaati is always early, and has a nice cinematic touch to the storytelling, but after the bloodborne plagiarism it left a sour taste in my mouth and at this point i cant imagine him actually making original observations. Hawkshaw is the best ds1 lore channel that i know of, with no one else coming even close to the depth and nuance and original takes. The only one that has matched the great ENB in my eyes.
@@molkwi9077He did a while ago during bloodborne lore not crediting theorists it was a whole debacle but now he gives sources very heavily now and credits people when using their theories
I'm so stoked that you guys are returning to your roots. Praise the Lore!
I don't know why, but hearing the "Now you're a fully fledged pyromancer" brings me such joy I cannot express, it's as if my efforts had been rewarded with such care and kindness
The voice acting in this game is absolutely fantastic. Laurentius, Patches, Logan, Sigmeyer... So iconic
Also Lautrec's voice acting is pretty good and memorable IMO.
Despite I actually played DS 3 and 2 first, I find DS 1 as the best of the trilogy when it comes to world-building and characters. Maybe I just forgot after all these years, but I feel it is also way harder than 2 and 3 in a good way.
@@Sextus70 ds1 has the easiest bosses in the series imo and ds2 is 50/50 whether you die to jank or its your own fault so its hard to say its difficulty but overall i still find ds3 the most easy
In another world, you'd be able to split _your_ flame with Laurentius before he ventures down below. You'd find him slumped down in despair in front of the burial place of that unnamed daughter of chaos inside Ceaseless Discharge's boss arena. Later, provided he survives that fight and you kill the Centipede Demon (which he would not be there for), you'd find him dead in front of the living daughter of chaos guarding the Bed of Chaos fog wall.
Laurentius is such a good guy that he exited the game and became a true friend to thousands in the real world. What a fucking legend.
And to whomever is reading this:
Stay safe, friend. Don't you dare go Hollow.
This could be because of ds1 being my 1st from soft game but the friendliness of the friendly characters and deviousness of the devious ones hits just a bit harder than some characters from later games.
It probably doesn't help that certain character archetypes repeat themselves.
Such as the crestfallen warrior
So happy to see new Dark Souls 1 content!!
Thanks for making me feel not as bad about lying to him. My headcanon is now that he stayed in fire king meditating and practicing until he accumulated the strength to make it through the swamp and see Quelana
Wish there was an alternate way to go with him to Quelana- To ensure his safety rather than just let him go hollow
_Don't you dare go hollow, all of you, for Laurentius' sake._
Laurentius did my taxes when I was sick, he helped me move in on account of my bum leg, he gave me the human art of pyromancy to unlock the very power within my dark spirit, he calmed down little newborn timmy just like that, he built my house with me, he cured my blindness, and saved my marriage, I mean what more could I possibly say.
You forgot he helped your mom deliver you, you're so ungrateful 😢😂
The ultimate homey, it doesn’t matter that you’re from the swamp of ugly people when your soul is this beautiful
Another fromsoft character I just refuse to let die. My headcannon is we keep eachother from going hollow by studying pyromancy together into the age of man.
i got so depressed after i found him hollow in blight town😭 he helped me hella and i wanted to share my skills nd i had to put him out his misery
Oh boy a new Hawkshaw video, and it's about Dark Souls, AND it's about Laurentius .. Today was a good day
My cat is named after this absolute beauty of a npc
How you speak, the tone to your voice coupled with the heartwarming subject and the wonderful background music is a superbly beautiful combination that makes this feel like I'm listening to a thoughtfully written bedtime story
It was a very nice video my fren
Honestly one of my favorite and most treasured husbondos from any game I've ever played.
Thank you for still uploading amazing videos even though this game was launched 12 years ago. I admire you so much Hawkshaw team, be safe and don't you dare go hollow.
I loved this guy, best fireboy
Man... Laurentius really needs a hug!
Always wonderful to see people still covering a game so old after all these years.
Feels like there are some dropped ideas for Laurentius that were either cut for time or that only made sense as part of an older version of the game.
There are other characters across the Soulslikes who fit his 'amiable yet tragically doomed' archetype who feel a lot more complete.
Maybe he would have been more involved with Izalith but as that got pared down, so did his role in it, to the point that he ends up losing relevance very early.
But he was just too likeable to cut out entirely XD
Hawkshaw being gai for Laurentius for 17 minutes and 29 seconds
Dark Souls really taught us that not everything done with the best intention begets a good result. We must think several steps ahead first before doing it especially for something important
“The road to hell” and all that jazz
Babe wake up, new Hawkshaw video just dropped
Laurentius cured my depression, and then gave it right back
The warmest man in from soft history
YES THE DARK SOULS 1 LORE IS BACK
Really appreciated the dark souls content! Laurentius is one of my favorites from the series like most, he was particularly helpful in my SL1 run! Obviously the perfect day with Laurentius would include a mud bath in the great swamp along with some some stories over some estus soup.
Great video, and remember, don’t you dare go hollow.
These new videos are great to see ❤
A long time ago, somebody put makeshift nametags on the deli slicers at my work. Whoever ut was, they chose to name one of them "Ostrava of Boletaria" and another "Laurentius of the Great Swamp". I keep meaning to make a name tag for another slicer and call it "Malenia, Blade of Miquella".
Wow dude this was so great. Wild that hes never been talked about much, this really gave me so much more appreciation for him.
I've seen a lot of these stories already with other loretubers but its nice to watch someone come up in this community. You're putting in work and tbh that sub count should be higher, but keep going Hawkshaw, you clearly got the passion for these tales
I really enjoyed the contrast between him and Cornyx of Dark Souls 3, which is also friendly in his own way, but also could not be more different than Laurentius, while also having a very nice charisma of his own.
It puts me in mind of that song, 'The Flame', by Cheap Trick. That's a song that suits this character.
i remember back then him and Griggs where the only two i felt save talking to.
Laurentius sharing the flame with the player always reminded me of that one part in the Little Prince where the Prince befriends or "tames" the Fox. Using Pyromancy in DS1 will always remind me of my dear friend.
Thank you, Laurentius!! We love you
this is one of those stories i never really experienced, never being a magic user i tend not to talk to a guy teaching magic very much.... i regret that now
I still remember telling him about my new pyromancy because he was so curious 😢 never again my beautiful friend, I'll still try to save you from yourself every time. I'm sorry.
You still make DS1 lore? Amazing, day saved
That head scratch... You were trying to get Eingy's special dialogue weren't you?🤣
thank you for not giving up on my fav dark souls game in the series!
Pyro bro was so cool, I really hate to say no to him but I can't let him go to blighttown just to die.
thank you so much for those videos. I love to just watch and binge them. great job as always!
The outrage and pain in Laurentius' line when you attack him make my heart bleed. Extremely well written.
Mad respect to the VA for this dude. Really sold the "broski" vibe.
YEEEESSS!!!! Ahh man I Love you’re Dark Souls Lore Theories! They’re my Favorite
oh shit! another amazing video about DS1
DONT tell him where you got it, ok!
Always excited to watch the next Hawkshaw upload. Thanks so much for the content!
I've been waiting for this video for over 10 years. Long live my pyro bro
Your content is top tier, thank you!
Wow another dark souls one!!! ✨
your ds1 content is on another level, keep it up
A lot of my playthroughs of DS1 I would never fully upgrade my pyromancy flame so he doesn't go hollow.
Whilst he is not my favourite character in Dark Souls (Onionbros 4lyfe) I have a special reverence for him for many of the reasons in which you have stated in the video. But also due to the events of my first play through of the game, wherein if it wasn't through his rescue and subsequent sharing of his flame, i simply would not have been able to progress any further than i had already. I had yet to "git gud" and as such was proffering my backside to anything more troublesome than your average hollow (for real, defeating the butchers was a minor miracle in of itself) and thanks to my new found ability to impersonate the USAF in the skies above Vietnam, I had the crutch i sorely needed to give me the time and souls (because I had previously just been randomly statting and the concept of a build was wholly alien to me) in order to overcome what otherwise would have been an all you can eat buffet on my ass.
However thanks to my ignorance of things, I never discovered the greater teachings of pyromancy and his life was never in danger on that run.
16:50 i love that lil pondering on the meaning of flame; as something to bring safety and warmth to those you care for
I had enjoyed your content when I stumbled upon it in the past but, admittedly, only seriously started watching your stuff recently.
I clearly subscribed at the right time because I've now devoured all of your DS1 content and, by the First Flame, you've released a video on the best boy! \`[I]/ Thank you!
Thank you for dedicating a video to the biggest homie of the whole series, dont you dare go hollow!
Original Ds1 himbo and perfect boy.
someone needs to make a tier list for the soulsborne NPC quest lines
Love this type of video with this guy!
So at 1:47 you posit the idea of Quelana's pyromancy being passed down from Salaman. In Dark Souls 3 when shown the Quelana pyromancy tome Corynx(Pyromancer Teacher) says this "But I regret to say, I cannot accept this. Quelana's pyromancies are for witches, and must be learned from a mistress. But thank you, for allowing me to peer upon such a thing. If only I were a woman" while its doesn't mean this was the case for Salaman i just thought it notable that a master-student chain for Quelana is explicitly mentioned with a male student and this "tradition?"was also specifically brought up. In addition its mentioned Salaman brought pyromancy in a new direction, perhaps due to not passing Quelana's older spells down. Anyway liked the video thanks if you read this.
Laurentius is my favorite DS1 character, he's the reason why I tried pyromancy. I have his flame +15 and always have it equipped.
Sad to see how his quest ended because his dialogue "When I gave you that flame, I gave you a part of myself. Please take good care of it."
I love Laurentius so much 🥺 I'm so happy to see him get the appreciation he deserves ❤️
just got back into dark souls again recently and specificly came to this channel for some lore glad to see videos.
Great video!
Finding him hollow on a first play through hit like "why dude, we cool" and now i understand he jealous of my fireballs...thats what his....
That's legit some of the best voice acting I've ever heard. Ever. Props to the VA & Hawkshaw making this charming biography of someone we'd be proud to call "friend".
I see you installed the Bright Souls mod so we can see each pixel in all it's glorious incandescence. Laurentius is great. Always enjoy your videos.
"be kind freeing laurentius, roll"
the full thorn armor set i'm equipped with: 🗿
Great video, never played through DS but love the lore and video presentations like this.
Another good Dark souls video, thanks :)
Let's go, Hawkshaw Dark Souls video!
I never thought about it but quelana might be the only teacher of a school of magic they also created.
Laurentius my beloved