I kinda realized something as I re-watch the games and stories. Each horseman's story causes them to become the exact opposite of their name. From War, by destroying...the Destroyer, he brings 'Peace' on Earth. From Death, by sacrificing the Nephilim, he brings LIFE back to Humanity. From Fury, after self-reflection and coming to see the real big picture during her quest to rid Earth of the Seven Deadly Sins (and herself as well), comes SERENITY within her soul and responsibility as a leader figure. From Strife, the one known for causing unrest, brings UNITY by bringing together all of the survivors of Humanity and some Watchers. They literally bring about their own innermost ironic counterparts as themselves.
I hope they cast Michael Wincott again if we get another game with Death in it. I was disappointed when I heard someone else (Jason Spisak) voicing him in Fury's hallucination in Darksiders III.
Death is my favorite horseman and Darksiders II is my favorite from the franchise (and I've completed all three of them... repeatedly). I especially like watching him do boss executions in his Reaper Form.
Darksiders II is my favorite game of the franchise along with death being my favorite horseman. The oldest of the Nephilim second only to Absalom. The most powerful and most feared over the other horsemen. The one who can cold, arrogant, mysterious, sarcastic, cunning, calculating and heartless. And keeps his other side of being remorseful, empathetic, kind, and caring a secret. Especially to his siblings and mankind. Oran: “Death, you are not so cold as you would have us all believe!” Death: “Well, keep that to yourself, old one.” Death is the older brother we all should want to have. The one who will have our backs no matter what. And do the hard things and shoulder that burden on himself.
Death's comics actually predicted (in that universe) the coming of corruption. And hints at the fact that corruption is the reason why Abaddon broke the rules, fell and joined the demons. It seems to have started with a female angle that wielded the same cross blade that War ends up finding beneath the Twilight Cathedral. And if I remember correctly, I think Death actually killed that angel in a Cathedral of sorts.
@jumbo I am notsure that's what they meant when they said that the council is corrupted. I think they meant corrupt in the same way a politician or police officer might be corrupt. I don't think they were referring to the black goo.
@@TheStraightestWhitest I completely understand that and was in no way excluding the benefits Fury and death have when it comes to the arcane I was just putting out there that if Magic was not a factor in this universe that war would most likely be the most powerful being only second to the creator it's self
@@toyboxstudios7517 I think War is the second strongest of the Horsemen, just second to Death. The thing is that even without magic, Death is still faster, more experienced, equal in skill, and literally immortal. It's implied that one on one the only ones capable of beating Death are the Lord of Bones and Lucifer, maybe Samael as well, though the two fought while Death wasn't even at full strength, and it was a stalemate. In general this rule only counts when he's weakened. With his full might (either taken or with the Council's blessing) Death has very few equals. I think Lucifer is quite literally the sole character above even prime Death. And that's why the fifth game will have all Horsemen band together to tear him apart, hehe. It's still speculation though. Samael was a rival of Lucifer according to Lilith, and Death equals him. Who's to say he can't rival Lucifer. It make sense I suppose; you can't beat death, the very aspect of it. You just die.
@@TheStraightestWhitest I get what you are saying, but when war let he's rage take control, and almost killed fury in the process, it took all 3 of them to calm him down, that's how war lost he's arm. Death as even said war scares him sometimes.
Death comes to all Samael was testing Death’s power, it was like a show testing more than a battle, because Samael is plotting and scheming all along the events since the battle with thr Niphelim, so Samael is playing his own game for the upcoming great war, don’t forget he’s able to see the future also, when he told Death “Sometimes the Hero dies in the end, ask your brother “ which it took way back before even War rides to Earth, in addition, Samael gave him the key because he already knows that giving the key willingly would piss Lucifer off, and that’s what happened in Darksiders 1, and I think all of this is a part of his scheme, perhaps he’s trying to overthrown Lucifer.
During the nephilim war, they were all against it except Death. He fought them all and subdued all the other 3, it was also he that both took wars arm, and made a replacement for him. He also made the healing stones they all use to heal themselves, as he wanted to keep his siblings safe and alive. Death was also known to be impossibly agile, and yet even if you did hit him, he was also known to be the most durable.
I don't think anybody can answer that. Beyond what type of body modifications they are. Scarification for anyone curious, but I would NOT recommend doing it. It's like trying to interpret the various cuss words Death says in dead languages, you'll be stuck for a long time trying to decipher that.
War's scarification is on his face, we already know that. With Strife and Fury there's no telling where their's are. Death's is the only one who has visible scarification on his shoulders. War's own isn't that prominent unless his hood is up, and somehow is capable of glowing. Perhaps this symbolizes for War that his rage is just below the cracks and waiting to be unleashed any moment. Beyond that I cannot say whatelse it may represent in their race. To War himself, it may just be a symbol he's proud of. He just may no longer attribute it to their people anymore, preferring not to acknowledge them if he can. For Death, his doesn't do anything. It's far more prominent and it looks like it was a VERY painful procedure. So chances are that it symbolizes his inner strength(maybe he always handled pain well), and who he was in Nephilim society by name and status given how deep and massive the scar is. And because Absalom's own scarification is very similar. And if Death could always heal crazy fast, then what did they use to scar him? I could even see Absalom having encouraged Death to get this procedure done. Perhaps another sign that Absalom's influence ultimately made him who he is now(yet another way in which Absalom was a toxic figure in Death's life). Death is a leader, but isn't he what Absalom would've wanted in a leader for their people? Strong, calculating, powerful, dangerous? Absalom in my belief, was grooming Death for leadership should the worst come to pass. The scars he bares now, are forever a symbol of his burden. The burden of his sins, his race's sins, and the leadership his brother passed down to him, all upon his shoulders. It's as the saying goes, when people say they carry the weight of their burdens on their shoulders. For Death, he has a literal representation of that. What if Fury and Strife don't have marks to see anymore? Having them healed over after their races fall to forget them all the faster. Strife in particular may never have had a scar period. He doesn't like conforming to the ideas of others. I get the feeling he'd never have agreed to such a procedure. Fury definitely would've at any chance she may have been given, she's got a habit of proving herself. And maybe she just concealed it because of what it now represents to her. Something she regrets, something done on her impulse, something she wishes to forget about. And she clearly did forget to an extent, given how much her impulsive nature consumes her throughout her game.
I would love to see an MMO or just a plain old RPG set during the time of the Nephilim's crusade. Players could choose between Heaven, Hell, or the Nephilim for their faction, with the story centered around Heaven and Hell both trying to keep each other and the Nephilim at bay. Talented story writers could make it a fascinating look at how things were back during Absolom's glory days.
Late as hell but that's no contest. Death casually tanks weapons that destroy planets. He's so far above Kratos when it comes to tiering. Even at his weakest, Death kills a Concept that ends other Concepts and is ending all of existence. That's so much above killing a few Gods. Death would rip through him in a nanosecond.
For the longest time, I thought that by the time Death had finished his journey, War was already fighting Abandon. I thought Darksiders 2 had just started earlier than Darksiders one. A bit unrelated, I know... but it's still something I want to mention since it relates mostly to Death since he's who I think of when I thimk of Darksiders and/or the Four Horsemen.
That's what happens. By the time Death throws himself in the Well of Souls War has slain the destroyer and eventually the 7th seal has been broken by Uriel reviving both War and Death and calling the horseman to arms.
It may explain how he does seem to have had somekind of past experience with her in some manner; she may have oversaw the immediate generation spawned from Abby. It would explain why he gets clearly agitated when she calls herself his mother, I definitely see a story how the demon may have tried to convince the first Nephs of this so they may follow her or Hell at large.
Great video as always 14:58 I think it's already hinted that it's very close to the end of darksiders 1 at the end of the game where lilith goes to talk to lucifer, he mentions that the end war is upon us, considering the fact that the destroyer kept the seventh seal to himself at all times, and lucifer was aware of it, if he knows that the apocalypse is near, he should have known that the seal is broken, Either he brought humanity back to life at the apocalypse or 5-10 years before it
It was said by the Dev, that time between Death resurrection and his sacrifice isn't specified, yet considering all clues we can find through game, it's very likely that the time you mentioned could be very probably, as i would said about 10 years before DS1. Yet as i mentioned, exact time was not specified
Yeah, I think the end of Darksiders 2 is close to the end of Darksiders 1 as well. By the end of Darksiders 1 humanity is still wiped out after Death supposedly resurrects them. And the Seventh Seal resurrects Death, so the ending of Darksiders 2 is definitely before the ending of Darksiders 1. I assume they are close together because the resurrection of 7+ billion humans likely takes A LOT of time. Then again maybe they weren't resurrected on Earth, maybe they were given another world.
I hope that, after Darksiders Genesis, there will be a fifth game that ties up the franchise, allowing you to play as any of the Horsemen, either being able to change between them on the go or giving each of them their own campaign, in which after beating all four leads into a final battle, the epic fight this has all been leading to. Choose your Horseman, and the other three will fight alongside you. Just a thought.
There is a scene u guys miss in game when u go to earth and get 1 part of the staff go back to the angel and speak to him there is a interesting mini chat
I'd love to see a fight between Death and Deadpool. Although, considering Deadpool's love for Lady Death, I can only imagine what inappropriate things DP would do....
Deadpool is an immortal superhuman though. Death is a god, stronger actually. It'd be amusing for the five seconds it would last, then Deadpool would be in pieces. Alive but in so many shards even he would take some time recovering.
DP "Oh, oh! that was HOT! OH that was SO hot! I especially loved the little dead things you pulled out of your ass. How about you take of that mask of yours and show me your real face huh?" Death: "how about I take off your mouth instead?" DP: "oh no, that would be a bad idea, it would ruin the whole movie if I couldn't talk." Death: "bringing things to ruin is what I do best." DP: "oh... okay then."
I never got the impression that Death died at the end of his game. Sure, he was willing to sacrifice himself. Sure he throws himself into the Well of Souls. But the games are confirmed to run in tandem. If you put progress bars that kept track of Death’s adventure from beginning to end and War’s adventure from beginning to end, they would both reach the end at the exact same time. Which means it’s entirely possible that Death wasn’t in the Well of Souls long enough to die, because immediately after jumping in he is summoned by War breaking the 7th seal. Heck, we don’t even know that it revives Fury’s horse because we see them as differently colored comets, not as riders on horseback.
Dev's have confirmed that there is a bit of time between the end of DS2 and the end of DS1, so all indications, especially considering the ending dialogue from DS2, are that Death died. On a brighter side, Dev's have also confirmed that the horses will be revived with their Nephilim, woot! Rampage lives!
I'm loving these videos guys, keep up the good work! Just one little thing, one of you talks quite quickly and it can be hard to hear everything said, so I have to rewind the video every so often to listen more closely. So I'd just like to suggest that you try to pace yourself more when talking? I love the way you guys describe things and the language you use
Love the video but I think you should discuss some things in little more detail. Death's relationship with his brothers and sister, how War suggested a wager during their search for mounts, etc. Just a thought for future content, keep up the great work :)
Hey just a thought but is there any connections between the pauldron shoulder armor you get from the shaman maker in Darksiders 2 and the suspiciously close looking shoulder armor of War.
I love this character, by far the coolest in the series, the big brother type, he would damn anything else only to save his little brother, I related so much to him when playing the game, best in the series by far, was kinda disappointed by Darksiders 3 but we can't have everything, also the ways they're taking to represent Strife is worrying, see Darksiders Genesis, I was like "Oh no.. facepalms" I hope it changes in the coming installations, I was really excited to see how they'll adapt him to the games specially the relationship between him and his brothers, specifically Death, as I read in the comics that it's kind of on edge, and Strife seemed, contrary to what is representated in Genesis, kind of ruthless in his own right, I hope they can pull that off in the next games.
Maybe Lilith when making absalom she used her demon magic to gift her first Nephilim with a kind of fail safe so when he is about to die corruption sprang forth to keep her child alive
Another thing (I've only just thought about) when they do the 5th game and hopefully it will be all 4 horsemen, will we see death without his mask? Since he gave to the crowfather
We have this video here on the history of the world of Sanctuary and in it we discuss the nephalem and their origins. :) th-cam.com/video/asDs2NGzwwA/w-d-xo.html
Whats the actual endgame of the horsemen? I know they keep the balance at the moment and when the seven seals are broken, theyll ride to earth for the end war...but to do what? There will be no need for balance then so what are they actually gonna do...
When the horsemen ride in the apocalyps they will be let loose to do as they please. At least that's how we understood it. In theory that seemed to be the idea. But in practice... well Obviously not going down that way. :P
@@TrueMastersandMorons that would make a sick game but i like the idea of them hunting down the council as a group and then maybe taking the fight to God and Lucifer, just for the sake of a fight. But they seemed to actually believe in balance, not just faking it for the council's power, so maybe they'll take on all sides then rule as a new council, one for true balance
We actually did one on Fury already, here's the link: th-cam.com/video/5fnD7dBrqvs/w-d-xo.html But we're gonna hold off on War (and of course Strife) until after Genesis.
Imagine death with hades claws merged with harvestor , the barbarian hammer , earth reaver , Hercules gauntlets , blade of Olympus an him having saved two souls dravens an the hunter the capture souls of sins lust an sloth using there weapons too in a merged universe god +darksiders =horsmen gods of ragnorok catch af
So eldest of his race is not canon?,cause i don't remeber seeing it inside the 2nd game, aside from absalom. To me eldest was War then came Death then Fury then Strife. I
So Death is the oldest horsemen no questions asked Heck he's so old that the fact that there is a vault full of WMD's is information that only he has (The grand abominations). Death is one of the first born Nephilim with him and Absolom being "of the first born" he also holds the title of Strongest of the Four Horsemen. Fury and Strife have not been canonically aged but we know they are in the middle. Fury being the strongest among them when it comes to magical potential and Strife being their ranged (and based on genesis stealth) master. And finally the youngest of the Four War with his sword that absorbs rage and chaos and who had to have his arm cut off by the other three of the four horsemen. Some of the details for the grand abominations canonicity are questionable, but Deaths age and Power are not. :)
Let me postulate a what if to you that you can make a video on, what Would happen if Dante And Virgil (dmc 5 versions) were suddenly transported to the darksiders universe in an attempt to escape their version of hell?, How Would the Various Factions react?, How Would the horsemen react And reconcile their existence?, (And just as a crack part of this question) Who do you think D and V Would fall for?
Had to stop halfway through the vid earlier today since we were out and about. But I've finished it now, and to know that the novel and comics aren't considered canon by the devs is horseshit to me. Disney got so much crap for fucking with Star Wars and saying the EU that George Lucas himself agreed was canon(at least as far as I know of that debacle) then Nordic can also suck it too. The novel doesn't contradict anything and neither do the comics. They're just expansions of lore. So I shall follow the same policy that I do for Star Wars. Anything that came before the properties switched hands remains canon in my eyes. The novel and comics will always be canon to me, just as the many games, novels, and comics for Star Wars remain canon to their fans.
Now that my rant is over, if anybody wants some fanmade stuff for Death in particular, check out my channel. This account I'm using right now is that very channel btw. I have a video of a poem I created based on Death's character a few months ago. It's a bit headcanony, but I thought I did well. Hopefully you guys do too, and also, do excuse my very young sounding voice. I cannot control that sadly.
We agree that there's no huge reason (so far) to decanonize the book (because it's awesome). That being said, from a business perspective it makes sense, it just makes it easier for them to make more stuff later without worrying about contradicting something from the book. (Though that little "things could have changed" note at the beginning of the book kind of covers them already in our opinion.)
Course two of them, the Normals, got sold at the last show since we felt they were fat enough to be ok with whoever bought them. The other two will need to fatten up some more before we sell them. And again I'm keeping the Banana with the small eyes. Lastly, Dad got Elvis(our Kingpin morph) a new girlfriend. She's a Butter morph and my sister in her infinite wisdom helped pick the perfect name for her. Princess Buttercup. A fitting name, not just because she's a Butter, but because she's gonna live like the Princess she is now. The guy who sold her said he got her from a bad home. She had really bad scale rot on her belly, but he managed to fix her up. She's perfectly fine now, just has some permanent scars on her belly from that time. She'll still be able to breed when the time comes at least.
K, gotta fix something about your video. Kinda nitpicky and I apologize for having to do it but I’m a huge darksiders fan. Death cannot summon a murder of crows, only dust, whom he’s mentally linked too. The only person who can command crows is the keeper of secrets, aka crowfather, who’s power outstrips deaths power to a great extent.
Great vid guys, angry Death is one of my favorite parts of the game. But I think there's at least one contradiction between the game and book. In the game he doesnt know about the well of souls but in the book he knows that azreal guards the well
I'm not saying this is official explanation, but i would say that even during Darksiders 2, Death knew about the Well of Souls, he just didn't know, that it was located inside the Tree of Life/Death. As even War know about the Well, so Death certainly would know as well
@@alctraz_s299 If I remember correctly, he thinks that the Tree of Life can resurrect humanity, cuz Crowfather said that to him. He still might have known about Well of Souls, but he didn't know, that the Well has such power, not the Tree itself. From what i recall he was surprised to hear about the Tree of Life, yet not about the Well
@@TheStraightestWhitest Thanks man, yeah I love this franchise and I'm very interested in it. I've finished every games many times and i love to theorethize about many things so I'm trying to share as much as I can
Ok so wats the point of making the novel Nd comic book, if there’re not canon. That just a waste of time. They could’ve just made a lore tab in the game Nd call it a day
Death did NOT die at the end of his game the souls of his race were used. Since it was imbeded in his flesh he couldn't trade the power to resurrect the humans without jumping in. Might have been a journey to get out but it couldn't have killed him. Hash browns death's sequel
he is basically strongest, wisest, coolest and best voiced horsemen of all.
War is a close second I voice
I feel like fury is the best voiced
Only when Michael Wincott is the one voicing him.
@@gravelrun4028 dude has had an epic voice since I learned of him in The Crow back in the 90s
@@octopunch9300 EXACTLY!!!!
I kinda realized something as I re-watch the games and stories. Each horseman's story causes them to become the exact opposite of their name. From War, by destroying...the Destroyer, he brings 'Peace' on Earth. From Death, by sacrificing the Nephilim, he brings LIFE back to Humanity. From Fury, after self-reflection and coming to see the real big picture during her quest to rid Earth of the Seven Deadly Sins (and herself as well), comes SERENITY within her soul and responsibility as a leader figure. From Strife, the one known for causing unrest, brings UNITY by bringing together all of the survivors of Humanity and some Watchers. They literally bring about their own innermost ironic counterparts as themselves.
Beautiful
Sharman prime who cares if there doing the opposite I only care about how good the story,design and voice actor
@@dobigaming2gamer89 Sorry. I just thought there was some weird symbolism in the story. I enjoy it too.
Woah I never actually realised that but you’re right! That’s really awesome and kinda beautiful in a way.
@@willmckean8424 Thank you!
Who agree he has the most badass voice out of them
Michael Wincott is irreplaceable.
Literally everyone
I hope they cast Michael Wincott again if we get another game with Death in it.
I was disappointed when I heard someone else (Jason Spisak) voicing him in Fury's hallucination in Darksiders III.
@@The_Raven_168 I cope with that by telling myself that Lust got it wrong.
good old Rusty i honestly like War’s voice better.
Death is my favorite horseman and Darksiders II is my favorite from the franchise (and I've completed all three of them... repeatedly).
I especially like watching him do boss executions in his Reaper Form.
Mine is the first darksiders (haven't played the third one yet)
Darksiders 2 is the game that I got in to Darksiders vary fun but confusing at times
Darksiders II is my favorite game of the franchise along with death being my favorite horseman. The oldest of the Nephilim second only to Absalom. The most powerful and most feared over the other horsemen. The one who can cold, arrogant, mysterious, sarcastic, cunning, calculating and heartless. And keeps his other side of being remorseful, empathetic, kind, and caring a secret. Especially to his siblings and mankind.
Oran:
“Death, you are not so cold as you would have us all believe!”
Death:
“Well, keep that to yourself, old one.”
Death is the older brother we all should want to have. The one who will have our backs no matter what. And do the hard things and shoulder that burden on himself.
How well said u almost made me cry ❤
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Death's comics actually predicted (in that universe) the coming of corruption. And hints at the fact that corruption is the reason why Abaddon broke the rules, fell and joined the demons. It seems to have started with a female angle that wielded the same cross blade that War ends up finding beneath the Twilight Cathedral. And if I remember correctly, I think Death actually killed that angel in a Cathedral of sorts.
@jumbo I am notsure that's what they meant when they said that the council is corrupted. I think they meant corrupt in the same way a politician or police officer might be corrupt. I don't think they were referring to the black goo.
Actually all the Nephilim came from Absalom who came from Lilith after she combined angel and demon dust together.
Yeah, that's what he said.
@@liam7930 lol
Ahh yes the cursed words of death before any player is about die on a high difficulty.
I NEED MORE WRATH!!!
Truth.
Fury will be thrilled when her horse returns to her after such a long time
Me looking for my keys that I misplaced: 13:04
I love watching Death go from hateful and sarcastic to more and more frustrated as he gets sassed before he finally snaps near the end.
I always thought that war was the most physically powerful and that death was the most durable and intelligent
War is the most physically powerful yes. I'm pretty sure that when Death starts compensating with his magic though that he's stronger still.
@@TheStraightestWhitest I completely understand that and was in no way excluding the benefits Fury and death have when it comes to the arcane I was just putting out there that if Magic was not a factor in this universe that war would most likely be the most powerful being only second to the creator it's self
@@toyboxstudios7517 I think War is the second strongest of the Horsemen, just second to Death. The thing is that even without magic, Death is still faster, more experienced, equal in skill, and literally immortal. It's implied that one on one the only ones capable of beating Death are the Lord of Bones and Lucifer, maybe Samael as well, though the two fought while Death wasn't even at full strength, and it was a stalemate. In general this rule only counts when he's weakened. With his full might (either taken or with the Council's blessing) Death has very few equals. I think Lucifer is quite literally the sole character above even prime Death.
And that's why the fifth game will have all Horsemen band together to tear him apart, hehe. It's still speculation though. Samael was a rival of Lucifer according to Lilith, and Death equals him. Who's to say he can't rival Lucifer. It make sense I suppose; you can't beat death, the very aspect of it. You just die.
@@TheStraightestWhitest I get what you are saying, but when war let he's rage take control, and almost killed fury in the process, it took all 3 of them to calm him down, that's how war lost he's arm. Death as even said war scares him sometimes.
Death comes to all Samael was testing Death’s power, it was like a show testing more than a battle, because Samael is plotting and scheming all along the events since the battle with thr Niphelim, so Samael is playing his own game for the upcoming great war, don’t forget he’s able to see the future also, when he told Death “Sometimes the Hero dies in the end, ask your brother “ which it took way back before even War rides to Earth, in addition, Samael gave him the key because he already knows that giving the key willingly would piss Lucifer off, and that’s what happened in Darksiders 1, and I think all of this is a part of his scheme, perhaps he’s trying to overthrown Lucifer.
During the nephilim war, they were all against it except Death.
He fought them all and subdued all the other 3, it was also he that both took wars arm, and made a replacement for him.
He also made the healing stones they all use to heal themselves, as he wanted to keep his siblings safe and alive.
Death was also known to be impossibly agile, and yet even if you did hit him, he was also known to be the most durable.
Oh boy Darksiders lore video...
Guys, can you talk about the markings Death, Strife and Absalom have on their pauldron?
I don't think anybody can answer that. Beyond what type of body modifications they are. Scarification for anyone curious, but I would NOT recommend doing it.
It's like trying to interpret the various cuss words Death says in dead languages, you'll be stuck for a long time trying to decipher that.
Same goes for the language of the Nephilim, we sadly don't know what those runes mean. And we likely never will unless the devs say otherwise.
A symbol of their "nature", perhaps?
@@ridnur8982 sounds cool, im thinking, what War and Furys markings are hidden underneath their pauldrons?
War's scarification is on his face, we already know that. With Strife and Fury there's no telling where their's are. Death's is the only one who has visible scarification on his shoulders.
War's own isn't that prominent unless his hood is up, and somehow is capable of glowing. Perhaps this symbolizes for War that his rage is just below the cracks and waiting to be unleashed any moment. Beyond that I cannot say whatelse it may represent in their race. To War himself, it may just be a symbol he's proud of. He just may no longer attribute it to their people anymore, preferring not to acknowledge them if he can.
For Death, his doesn't do anything. It's far more prominent and it looks like it was a VERY painful procedure. So chances are that it symbolizes his inner strength(maybe he always handled pain well), and who he was in Nephilim society by name and status given how deep and massive the scar is. And because Absalom's own scarification is very similar. And if Death could always heal crazy fast, then what did they use to scar him? I could even see Absalom having encouraged Death to get this procedure done. Perhaps another sign that Absalom's influence ultimately made him who he is now(yet another way in which Absalom was a toxic figure in Death's life). Death is a leader, but isn't he what Absalom would've wanted in a leader for their people? Strong, calculating, powerful, dangerous? Absalom in my belief, was grooming Death for leadership should the worst come to pass. The scars he bares now, are forever a symbol of his burden. The burden of his sins, his race's sins, and the leadership his brother passed down to him, all upon his shoulders. It's as the saying goes, when people say they carry the weight of their burdens on their shoulders. For Death, he has a literal representation of that.
What if Fury and Strife don't have marks to see anymore? Having them healed over after their races fall to forget them all the faster. Strife in particular may never have had a scar period. He doesn't like conforming to the ideas of others. I get the feeling he'd never have agreed to such a procedure. Fury definitely would've at any chance she may have been given, she's got a habit of proving herself. And maybe she just concealed it because of what it now represents to her. Something she regrets, something done on her impulse, something she wishes to forget about. And she clearly did forget to an extent, given how much her impulsive nature consumes her throughout her game.
I would love to see an MMO or just a plain old RPG set during the time of the Nephilim's crusade. Players could choose between Heaven, Hell, or the Nephilim for their faction, with the story centered around Heaven and Hell both trying to keep each other and the Nephilim at bay. Talented story writers could make it a fascinating look at how things were back during Absolom's glory days.
If they were to do a Darksiders MMO, that sounds like probably the best setting for it, for sure!
I clicked in Half a second! Darksiders 2 is the best 👍
Deaths durability and regen makes him go this but a scratch
Maby lore vid about War.
He is the only horsmen that we know something about until DS4 and DS Genesis came out.
Literally if you played the first game and read the comic (which is really short you can find it online )that's all you can get out of him.
I could just imagine Death vs Kratos using the blade of Olympus
Late as hell but that's no contest. Death casually tanks weapons that destroy planets. He's so far above Kratos when it comes to tiering. Even at his weakest, Death kills a Concept that ends other Concepts and is ending all of existence. That's so much above killing a few Gods. Death would rip through him in a nanosecond.
@@TheStraightestWhitest And I don't disagree with you on that one
I don't know if someone pointed this one out but every intro and outro of your videos different. Bravo for that.
I've been tweeting ed boon for months asking him to put Death and War in MK11 as DLC
Ok I always dream of that tell him to put the four in to mk11 please in the second kombat Pack
How do guys replied to him in tweeter
Also please.respond
If death joins mk11 idk who to support scorpion or death
@@sadsworth4605 death let the ninja rest
My favorite Horseman 13:05
For the longest time, I thought that by the time Death had finished his journey, War was already fighting Abandon. I thought Darksiders 2 had just started earlier than Darksiders one.
A bit unrelated, I know... but it's still something I want to mention since it relates mostly to Death since he's who I think of when I thimk of Darksiders and/or the Four Horsemen.
That's what happens. By the time Death throws himself in the Well of Souls War has slain the destroyer and eventually the 7th seal has been broken by Uriel reviving both War and Death and calling the horseman to arms.
love the video guys keep up the awesome work and i hope soon you guys can do a video on War someday
I love death it was my first Darksiders game and he is a badass also you video was well done
Great video; loved it! Personal headcanon is that Death was the second Nephilim, but I have zero evidence for that; I just like the idea :P
jelenneth He is one of the oldest though.
@@bryguy1502 Oh yeah, I know that. I just meant there's no evidence that Death was the very next one after Absalom. (not that I know of anyway)
It may explain how he does seem to have had somekind of past experience with her in some manner; she may have oversaw the immediate generation spawned from Abby. It would explain why he gets clearly agitated when she calls herself his mother, I definitely see a story how the demon may have tried to convince the first Nephs of this so they may follow her or Hell at large.
jelenneth Is say it’s pretty likely, given how close the two were before Death became a Rider.
@@bryguy1502 Yep! :) That's precisely what gave me the idea
I’m so excited to see Wars now!!
He is considered the strongest because he is the last to ride during the end of days because were death goes nothing remains hence the strongest
Great video as always
14:58 I think it's already hinted that it's very close to the end of darksiders 1
at the end of the game where lilith goes to talk to lucifer, he mentions that the end war is upon us, considering the fact that the destroyer kept the seventh seal to himself at all times, and lucifer was aware of it, if he knows that the apocalypse is near, he should have known that the seal is broken, Either he brought humanity back to life at the apocalypse or 5-10 years before it
It was said by the Dev, that time between Death resurrection and his sacrifice isn't specified, yet considering all clues we can find through game, it's very likely that the time you mentioned could be very probably, as i would said about 10 years before DS1. Yet as i mentioned, exact time was not specified
Yeah, I think the end of Darksiders 2 is close to the end of Darksiders 1 as well. By the end of Darksiders 1 humanity is still wiped out after Death supposedly resurrects them. And the Seventh Seal resurrects Death, so the ending of Darksiders 2 is definitely before the ending of Darksiders 1. I assume they are close together because the resurrection of 7+ billion humans likely takes A LOT of time. Then again maybe they weren't resurrected on Earth, maybe they were given another world.
I hope that, after Darksiders Genesis, there will be a fifth game that ties up the franchise, allowing you to play as any of the Horsemen, either being able to change between them on the go or giving each of them their own campaign, in which after beating all four leads into a final battle, the epic fight this has all been leading to. Choose your Horseman, and the other three will fight alongside you. Just a thought.
Or in the final battle you can fight with all 4 of them by switching between them
The Nephilims Respite is what they all use, he made one for all of them.
There is a scene u guys miss in game when u go to earth and get 1 part of the staff go back to the angel and speak to him there is a interesting mini chat
Can you guys do a video about the Heartless and Nobodies?
I'd love to see a fight between Death and Deadpool. Although, considering Deadpool's love for Lady Death, I can only imagine what inappropriate things DP would do....
Deadpool is an immortal superhuman though. Death is a god, stronger actually. It'd be amusing for the five seconds it would last, then Deadpool would be in pieces. Alive but in so many shards even he would take some time recovering.
DP "Oh, oh! that was HOT! OH that was SO hot! I especially loved the little dead things you pulled out of your ass. How about you take of that mask of yours and show me your real face huh?"
Death: "how about I take off your mouth instead?"
DP: "oh no, that would be a bad idea, it would ruin the whole movie if I couldn't talk."
Death: "bringing things to ruin is what I do best."
DP: "oh... okay then."
THERE IS NO PLACE FOR A HORSE
"WHERESH THE KEY?! WHERE ISH IT? YOU'D NEVER GIVE IT TO AN ORDINARY CHITZEN!"
Cool video! You guys should do one on the Phantom Horses.
We appreciate it, :) And we did do one on the Phantom Horses in this assorted Lore video. :)
th-cam.com/video/UuN52p7s-QM/w-d-xo.html
I guess I'll hit you another time with my request, Kain from the LoK series. Keep the good stuff coming.
I never got the impression that Death died at the end of his game. Sure, he was willing to sacrifice himself. Sure he throws himself into the Well of Souls. But the games are confirmed to run in tandem. If you put progress bars that kept track of Death’s adventure from beginning to end and War’s adventure from beginning to end, they would both reach the end at the exact same time. Which means it’s entirely possible that Death wasn’t in the Well of Souls long enough to die, because immediately after jumping in he is summoned by War breaking the 7th seal.
Heck, we don’t even know that it revives Fury’s horse because we see them as differently colored comets, not as riders on horseback.
Dev's have confirmed that there is a bit of time between the end of DS2 and the end of DS1, so all indications, especially considering the ending dialogue from DS2, are that Death died. On a brighter side, Dev's have also confirmed that the horses will be revived with their Nephilim, woot! Rampage lives!
Looking forward to a Strife video once Darksiders Genesis comes out later this year!
I'm loving these videos guys, keep up the good work! Just one little thing, one of you talks quite quickly and it can be hard to hear everything said, so I have to rewind the video every so often to listen more closely. So I'd just like to suggest that you try to pace yourself more when talking? I love the way you guys describe things and the language you use
He is the most human, because Death is a part of every human's life.
"This is no place for a horse"
Make a lore video about war of the Darksiders universe
Love your videos keep it up dudes
Love the video but I think you should discuss some things in little more detail.
Death's relationship with his brothers and sister, how War suggested a wager during their search for mounts, etc.
Just a thought for future content, keep up the great work :)
Who would win in a fight death or fury
Death... no competition, but I am interested in hearing why you think she could 🤔
i also wanna learn about fury if you think she wins. for me its always death
Thanks
please do a lore video on the dragon war from monster hunter series
Hey just a thought but is there any connections between the pauldron shoulder armor you get from the shaman maker in Darksiders 2 and the suspiciously close looking shoulder armor of War.
the item description specifically states that it is War's pauldron pulsing with the power of War and Ruin. :)
@@TrueMastersandMorons Ahh sorry, been a while since I played Darksiders 2 but thought there might be some less straight forward lore. Thanks
I love this character, by far the coolest in the series, the big brother type, he would damn anything else only to save his little brother, I related so much to him when playing the game, best in the series by far, was kinda disappointed by Darksiders 3 but we can't have everything, also the ways they're taking to represent Strife is worrying, see Darksiders Genesis, I was like "Oh no.. facepalms" I hope it changes in the coming installations, I was really excited to see how they'll adapt him to the games specially the relationship between him and his brothers, specifically Death, as I read in the comics that it's kind of on edge, and Strife seemed, contrary to what is representated in Genesis, kind of ruthless in his own right, I hope they can pull that off in the next games.
"My brother War... I would save him above all else." -Death
@@ReignSupreme2014 HE IS INNOCENT!!
This was great can’t wait to see your lore video on war it’s going to be great
We look forward to it! We will be holding off until after Darksiders Genesis though.
Do a lore video on war
Maybe Lilith when making absalom she used her demon magic to gift her first Nephilim with a kind of fail safe so when he is about to die corruption sprang forth to keep her child alive
Can you do a lore on War
Death, my second favorite character IN FICTION, after Spawn.
Favorite 🐎 man
Oh, so it's canonical for him to be a necromancer... Cool.
I mean he's death so of course he's a necromancer
Love the video thanks for the video i hope to see more from gunfire about death soon
The chuckle Death gets in his voice reminds me of sarcastic grandfather
Another thing (I've only just thought about) when they do the 5th game and hopefully it will be all 4 horsemen, will we see death without his mask? Since he gave to the crowfather
Coolest looking, love his voice and voice actor
I think they made the novel and the comic non-canon cause it made Death look too strong compared to his siblings.
Wait how do we know the horses are revived through the seals like the horsemen. Dont get me wrong i really want rampage back but still
Devs confirmed it.
@@TheWarchiefZekeJaeger that is the best darksiders news ever. A horsemen is not a horsemen without a horse
And the fact when they tamed their horse they bonded a piece of themselves to the horses.
Where... is ... the key?
*Cough* angel dusts and demon dusts *Cough*
Do darkisiders lore war
They should make the abomination vault novel into a co op game like genesis
I approve of this video
I always wondered who is more powerful
Can you talk about the nephalem from the Diablo series please.
We have this video here on the history of the world of Sanctuary and in it we discuss the nephalem and their origins. :)
th-cam.com/video/asDs2NGzwwA/w-d-xo.html
@@TrueMastersandMorons oh. Thanks
Please do a video of war and darksiders genesis please
Plus
He is the best big brother in any game
Darksiders 2 it’s my favorite game of the series❤️
And Death too🤘🏼❤️
Badass imagine holding ur entire race in your chest 💪 that's beyond incredible!! Wat a story
Whats the actual endgame of the horsemen? I know they keep the balance at the moment and when the seven seals are broken, theyll ride to earth for the end war...but to do what? There will be no need for balance then so what are they actually gonna do...
When the horsemen ride in the apocalyps they will be let loose to do as they please. At least that's how we understood it. In theory that seemed to be the idea. But in practice... well Obviously not going down that way. :P
@@TrueMastersandMorons that would make a sick game but i like the idea of them hunting down the council as a group and then maybe taking the fight to God and Lucifer, just for the sake of a fight. But they seemed to actually believe in balance, not just faking it for the council's power, so maybe they'll take on all sides then rule as a new council, one for true balance
Nice video. So i guess the next in line are War and Fury, as for Strife you probably gonna wait until Genesis release.
We actually did one on Fury already, here's the link: th-cam.com/video/5fnD7dBrqvs/w-d-xo.html
But we're gonna hold off on War (and of course Strife) until after Genesis.
I love your lore video's
Imagine death with hades claws merged with harvestor , the barbarian hammer , earth reaver , Hercules gauntlets , blade of Olympus an him having saved two souls dravens an the hunter the capture souls of sins lust an sloth using there weapons too in a merged universe god +darksiders =horsmen gods of ragnorok catch af
So eldest of his race is not canon?,cause i don't remeber seeing it inside the 2nd game, aside from absalom. To me eldest was War then came Death then Fury then Strife. I
So Death is the oldest horsemen no questions asked Heck he's so old that the fact that there is a vault full of WMD's is information that only he has (The grand abominations). Death is one of the first born Nephilim with him and Absolom being "of the first born" he also holds the title of Strongest of the Four Horsemen. Fury and Strife have not been canonically aged but we know they are in the middle. Fury being the strongest among them when it comes to magical potential and Strife being their ranged (and based on genesis stealth) master. And finally the youngest of the Four War with his sword that absorbs rage and chaos and who had to have his arm cut off by the other three of the four horsemen. Some of the details for the grand abominations canonicity are questionable, but Deaths age and Power are not. :)
what??? Absalon was the first and then the death. it was literally stated in-game that he was the eldest among the four.
@@conandoobrien8605 proof! which game?
@@bendovahkiin8405 Darksiders 2. for fun only I think you should play it again as I also played it again, it was fun
@@conandoobrien8605 I am actually i took a break next is kingdom of the dead but i can't remember any cutscene that specifically metions this
I like how you guys have 10 thousand views but only 700 likes.
Let me postulate a what if to you that you can make a video on, what Would happen if Dante And Virgil (dmc 5 versions) were suddenly transported to the darksiders universe in an attempt to escape their version of hell?, How Would the Various Factions react?, How Would the horsemen react And reconcile their existence?, (And just as a crack part of this question) Who do you think D and V Would fall for?
Make a video of war ok
His llllooooonnnnnggg life lol
God I want a game we’re you can play as all four possibly in coop
I thought that’s what genesis would be but for some reason no
If things go well that is supposedly the plan for the "final" game, after Strife gets his own standalone game.
Cool
Now I'm just mainly confused about the timeline of the games. Who's first?
1. Genesis
2. The prologue of darksiders 1
3. Darksiders 3
4. Darksiders 2 is either entirely before 1 or overlaps near the end
Can you guys do didact from halo thanks a bunch 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Darksiders 2 is the best 👍
Had to stop halfway through the vid earlier today since we were out and about. But I've finished it now, and to know that the novel and comics aren't considered canon by the devs is horseshit to me. Disney got so much crap for fucking with Star Wars and saying the EU that George Lucas himself agreed was canon(at least as far as I know of that debacle) then Nordic can also suck it too. The novel doesn't contradict anything and neither do the comics. They're just expansions of lore. So I shall follow the same policy that I do for Star Wars. Anything that came before the properties switched hands remains canon in my eyes. The novel and comics will always be canon to me, just as the many games, novels, and comics for Star Wars remain canon to their fans.
Now that my rant is over, if anybody wants some fanmade stuff for Death in particular, check out my channel. This account I'm using right now is that very channel btw. I have a video of a poem I created based on Death's character a few months ago. It's a bit headcanony, but I thought I did well. Hopefully you guys do too, and also, do excuse my very young sounding voice. I cannot control that sadly.
We agree that there's no huge reason (so far) to decanonize the book (because it's awesome). That being said, from a business perspective it makes sense, it just makes it easier for them to make more stuff later without worrying about contradicting something from the book. (Though that little "things could have changed" note at the beginning of the book kind of covers them already in our opinion.)
preach it!
Also, all of the babies have eaten! The little Enchi ate their noms!
Course two of them, the Normals, got sold at the last show since we felt they were fat enough to be ok with whoever bought them. The other two will need to fatten up some more before we sell them. And again I'm keeping the Banana with the small eyes.
Lastly, Dad got Elvis(our Kingpin morph) a new girlfriend. She's a Butter morph and my sister in her infinite wisdom helped pick the perfect name for her. Princess Buttercup. A fitting name, not just because she's a Butter, but because she's gonna live like the Princess she is now. The guy who sold her said he got her from a bad home. She had really bad scale rot on her belly, but he managed to fix her up. She's perfectly fine now, just has some permanent scars on her belly from that time. She'll still be able to breed when the time comes at least.
K, gotta fix something about your video. Kinda nitpicky and I apologize for having to do it but I’m a huge darksiders fan. Death cannot summon a murder of crows, only dust, whom he’s mentally linked too. The only person who can command crows is the keeper of secrets, aka crowfather, who’s power outstrips deaths power to a great extent.
Great vid guys, angry Death is one of my favorite parts of the game. But I think there's at least one contradiction between the game and book. In the game he doesnt know about the well of souls but in the book he knows that azreal guards the well
I'm not saying this is official explanation, but i would say that even during Darksiders 2, Death knew about the Well of Souls, he just didn't know, that it was located inside the Tree of Life/Death. As even War know about the Well, so Death certainly would know as well
@@Xuerios except in the game Death thinks that the Tree of Life does what the Well does. Why would he think that if he knew the Well of Souls exists?
@@alctraz_s299 If I remember correctly, he thinks that the Tree of Life can resurrect humanity, cuz Crowfather said that to him. He still might have known about Well of Souls, but he didn't know, that the Well has such power, not the Tree itself. From what i recall he was surprised to hear about the Tree of Life, yet not about the Well
@@Xuerios You know your lore my friend.
@@TheStraightestWhitest Thanks man, yeah I love this franchise and I'm very interested in it. I've finished every games many times and i love to theorethize about many things so I'm trying to share as much as I can
Ok so wats the point of making the novel Nd comic book, if there’re not canon. That just a waste of time. They could’ve just made a lore tab in the game Nd call it a day
Kratos an the horsmen went through the same experience that touching af omg they the only race that could understand his nightmares
I think war is still the strongest haha
What in the damn hell? I swear to god i was subbed to you. But apparently not.
lol, well hope it worked this time :p
@@TrueMastersandMorons yeah, I hope. Freakin drunk TH-cam
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Death did NOT die at the end of his game the souls of his race were used. Since it was imbeded in his flesh he couldn't trade the power to resurrect the humans without jumping in. Might have been a journey to get out but it couldn't have killed him. Hash browns death's sequel