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I spent 8 years on just Dark Souls. Got stuck at that one part in Anor Londo (you know the part... cat walk... archers... narrow ledges.. imminent death). I would pick the game up every once in a while, but ultimately I just wasn't having it. I finally decided to beat that part last month, and then went on to finish the game. It felt real good. Saw Elden Ring on sale, bought it, and boy oh boy I hate/love this game.
This is our love of Dark Souls poured into a single video, a ~12 hour Estus Flask of Lore! We have been so happy to discover a community who enjoy our content, and it has been a pleasure creating for all of you.
Ah i still remember when you announced your last vid with the plot against the gods and Havel... Thank the gods you were wrong on that one! And thanks to you for All the Hard work!
@SantiagoDunbar33 dw it doesn't tie to the story at all it's a new game coming 2025 called nightreign , set in the elden souls universe a mix of all the best it seems. Its a little scary but I have faith in fromsoftware and it's not a souls game it's a rouge like survival game which is promising
@@SantiagoDunbar33 Nightreign has things from multiple soulsborne games. I personally think that it's going to be a non-canon spin-off where it will be borrowing multiple things from past games, like sekiro, demons souls, bloodborne etc. Also miyazaki isn't directing the game so the game can be whatever the director wants, i'm really excited for it
@@ClonserHalphaliveNo actually that's just his nobody sorry and I mean I knew that but I didn't tell you because I didn't think it was relevant at the time so I just let you believe that was Ansem ok.
Hey, great work with the edit and the visuals! May I offer my constructive critique tho - I find some sound effects and part of the music too loud. I would guess atleast half of the people here fall alseep on it or watch it on background if not more. So the narrator must be more distinctive. Obviosly I have no idea about the best way to do it. Its just my honest opinion. Thank you for your work and thank you Hawkshaw!
@@foreseer4552 Thank you for the input! Yeah, many of these videos were created a very long time ago and the volume levels cant be changed anymore. Over the years Hawkshaw has gained much expierience when it comes to video editing and audio mixing, so I hope the "newer" videos are more to your liking! Also just to clarify, I only edited the intro and put the compilation together. Hakshaw nowadays has a few different editors helping them create the videos we all love!
@@PhillipSchwimmbeck The original videos actually had better dynamic range - see the Way of White original video vs the same section of this video, and you'll see the original video was more pleasant to listen to, while the version in this compilation sounds "deep-fried" by comparison. So I think the audio has been "remastered" in this version with the loudness and compression cranked way too high
I remember watching these back in the day when they got out, rewatching them again and again, hoping that you didn't stopped making content but hey, here we are, thank you so much for this!
I've watched hundreds of lore videos but the most impactful has to be the following: "... After all we may all have a +15 zweihander if we stepped up and tried like a true Knight..." It just hits so hard when life always feels unfilled/incomplete there is always a glimmer of hope to be a better version of ourselves if we only push ourselves past our perceived limits. Truly inspirational
Finished the whole video, it was honestly impressive that you compressed the whole thing into 11 hours, but not as impressive as my compression of visualisation in 2.34 seconds. Keep on keeping on, Hawkshaw!
If you mentioned it i missed it, but it's insane to me that gough has dialogue for if you kill kalameet without him shooting it down. Like, there's no way anyone at fromsoft thought that was possible without hax. It reminds me of mew in gen 1 honestly.
I figure they did it because you could get the help. Not because the unassisted method sucks. He'd have to have a different dialogue chain if Kalameet was dead, and Kalameet spawns before you meet him.
ayo I just wanted to say you are my favorite dark souls lore channel you would scrutinize every detail and tell a different story than what's already laid bare and it is so very refreshing, I'd have to watch this in chunks but I will finish it, thank you for the treat. I dare say that dark souls 2 has the least explored lore from the community but I would really look forward to any lore related to dark souls lore anyways
It's pretty clear that the lore of Dark Souls did change as the games were being written. I highly doubt that Miyazaki planned from the beginning for there to be an entire city full of Pygmies, and the whole concept of a "Lord of Hollows" seems to contradict to me what a Hollow even is according to DS1.
No dude it's all there, look at smough then soul memory from ds2 along Aldrich and slave knight Gael. They are all part of the narrative about the dark soul.
They didn’t even plan the lore of DS1 to this extent. Most of this is headcanon. The loose world building of DS1 is just what you see in the opening scene, along with some lore snippets. Any attempt to string them together in a coherent narrative is headcanon. This is a fundamental flaw with Souls games’ lore, and they really should’ve created an in-game codex or put together a coherent lore book as a support peripheral; because at the end of the day it’s all theory crafting. There’s nothing in-game that suggests Havel and the plot against the gods without taking *massive* leaps in assumption.
After years of watching and researching Dark Souls lore through every medium; print, blog threads, TH-cam videos, and in-game information. I now see this as the most reliable source of Dark Souls Lore. The corroborations and consequent construction of the Dark Souls story is unbelievable. Even deducing the lore of the sequels. You guys did an impeccable job. The portion of the demon civilization absolutely dumbfounded me. I’ve always treated the narrative of the Flame of Chaos becoming uncontrollable and corrupting the Witch, her daughters, and (Lost) Izalith as canon. But after watching that portion, I was completely convinced otherwise. Removing years of possibly misled belief requires an absurd amount of cogent persuasiveness. That being said, I’d love to see this lore being expounded upon or extended to the other two games. Perhaps even Bloodborne. I’d try to imagine how much work that is but my brain would start to hurt hah. But alas, Izalith was not built in a day 😂. What excites me most is seeing your takes on the content of those games. What you think of them and how they all connect. All in all, thank you so much for this watch, it was very informative and enjoyable of one my favorite games of all time.
Thank you, Hawkshaw! I've watched/listened to the old lore videos what feels like hundreds of times. They're still some of my favorites. So glad you're continuing to make this content! Happy Holidays!
I'm in France and have school tomorrow (it's currently near 10p.m), so gonna watch this later, but I can already tell it's one of the best video ever (I doubt that it's actually the FULL Dark Souls 1 lore, with absolutely everything completely explored, but yeah, this definitely is the most complete out there) I'm glad this video came out, you really are my fav lore TH-camr, and my fav Dark Souls TH-camr, with The Backlogs
I've never heard of you, I've never heard of this series, but I am currently four hours into this video and I don't plan to stop. Great video, earned my subscription.
I wouldn't worry too much about Nightreign, that game isn't canon in any of the universe. It's pretty much a rogue-like monster-hunter type of game where you get to fight the bosses from across the Soul series and maybe from Bloodborne as well. Probably just a testing-ground as to see how hey would shape their future games based on how Nightreign is going to be received
Please please please tell me this means that we've scoured the last of DS1 on here and this channel can at last begin really cracking open the secrets and lore of Drangleic, Shanalotte, and Aldia. A theory and lore channel as dedicated as this treating Scholar of the First Sin with the same level of care and attention would be a gift to us sequel fans
Love long hours of entire history themed videos for sure. I also enjoy your selection of music from other genres of games I enjoy. Age of Mythology music transitioning into Rome: Total War is so cool.
Found you through your "final" video about Ash Lake, and your channel is instrumental in getting me to actually pay attention to environmental details. Thank you for the work you do.
Gwyn did a great job wresting freedom and autonomy from the dragons and their tyranny. Then he did the exact same kind of sneaky deal they would do as the alliance between men and gods wained. He wanted his own Age to be just like theirs, in the end. Unchanging, static, unchallenged. And it took tens of thousands of years for that to be finally corrected.
Just to be clear. I liked this video BEFORE I watched. I absolutely respect the dedication for an 11 hour video - but I don't know if I possess the endurance to watch it completely
I wonder how much of this I missed in game and how much is your narration. In any case, superb content as always. For years now, your love of Dark Souls is awe inspiring.
I love the little easter eggs in the editing of the gameplay, like the glitches and the goofs. It's like "I know ur listening to this like a podcast rn and that's okay. But here's a lil treat if you pop over and take a look."
More than 11 hours? That's dedication. And I love it. Wondering how often I have to watch it until I get all the info. And I'm sure I'll enjoy every minute of it.
My friend recently beat dark souls 3. As a nerd, I wanted to know the lore. Upon seeing the length of the video, I regret my quest, but I shall continue it anyways.
This is a very big task that by completing shows the love that you/we as community have for theses games just by making this video. This is great accomplishment. Thank you for your work and contributions to the community. ❤
A 12 hour video that I will not regret in my life. Dark Souls really have a very complicated lore and I'm all for it. Should you do for the next 2 sequel Dark Souls 2 & 3, I'm down for it.
Something I was wondering about recently while watching one of your videos - How did the Ancient Dragons communicate with the Lords? We never hear any Ancient Dragon speak, but Seath is hatching plans with Gwyn and many other avenues of discourse. Any answer for that in the Lore?
Even if Seath can't speak (he can at least scream, he does so in the intro so it's not probable he can't speak) then it's just as likely he could communicate through writing. He owns a literal tower full of books after all.
Opening a dark souls video with outer wilds ost is diabolical; I recognized it from the first note and haven’t touched the game in months. Play it if you haven’t
I was JUST about to read the Dark Souls lore after the new Elden Ring Nightreign trailer and people saw the Firekeeper and Nameless King there. This is perfect timing
I think it's the ultimate dark souls lore video Im begging to have true english subtitles because i'm struggling to understand everything even if i get almost everything And i think it would be a good thing given that in other languages (French for example) there aren't any as good and as complete lore videos as yours Thank you for your work it's amazing
Wait …. Ok I’m so confused. First I want to say thank you so so so much for this video and your hard work in creating it! This came right in time for me as I will be on the road for many hours and I can’t think of anything better than a half the days worth of dark souls lore! But I am at the 32:00 mark, and you just said “ there was no PaniC mutation where the daughters became grotesque demons. Most of the demonic possession was a product of choice.” 😮 I have never heard this before! I have listened to all of the great content creators for from soft games and all of the retrospectives and they all say the same. That the witch and her surrounding daughters were changed upon the creation of the chaos flame. Quelanna (sp?) wasn’t affected as she was able to run and escape out of the line of sight in time. So now with you saying that the daughters had a choice to become demons, my mind is blown!!! Is it said in dialogue or item description somewhere? This changes all of the story that was in my head for this, which by the way has to be one of the most heartbreaking storylines in all of SoulsBornER!! (And that’s saying a lot, as I am pretty sure Miyazaki is a sadist lol). But I had never heard this ( Maybe I have just been misunderstanding what I have previously heard), so I’m excited to start my research over on this one!! Thank you again for your amazing content!! My apologizes for not putting a TLDR warning 😅
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I just got a shirt! So excited for it to come in.
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Hey I love your videos btw! Thanks for making them :3
You did it. You really are John Dark Souls
Sorry Ashen One, but your Lord of Cinder is in another castle!
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Area: 2-1 Deep Cathedral Ward
In another life he was known as Elden John and Miyazaki built a statue of him ❤️
funniest shit i ever saw
every dark has it's soul
just one more video before bed
And after this one just one of the elden ring 12 hour videos from Smoghtown. Yeah just those two videos..
@@gerald216working sleepdepraved thinking about all the bonfires that have been lit😊
I feel targeted rn...
Just one more video before every night for me (i fell asleep again)
Bro just casually drops a half-day long video.
Sometimes you just have to give it to ‘em!
Yep...
Whole waking day
Oneyplays has an 18 hour long kingdom hearts 2 let's play. These things happen.
Bro makes a 12 hour video on a video game, so you know it's good
The entire dark souls lore is just you becoming an alcoholic for drinking so much estus.
Lore accurate comment
Estuholic
Basically what I been doing while playing dark souls
Drinking liquid fire must make for legendary burps
Shaddap, Ineedit to was h away ma feelings 🥴
> Dark Souls lore
> 11 hours +
Wow, thank you very much xyketh!
Now he can buy Erd tree dlc
legend
Did I spend over 8 years of my life on this series? Yes.
Am I going to watch the video anyway? Also yes.
hell yeah
I spent 8 years on just Dark Souls. Got stuck at that one part in Anor Londo (you know the part... cat walk... archers... narrow ledges.. imminent death). I would pick the game up every once in a while, but ultimately I just wasn't having it. I finally decided to beat that part last month, and then went on to finish the game. It felt real good. Saw Elden Ring on sale, bought it, and boy oh boy I hate/love this game.
@@arknark we all do
This is our love of Dark Souls poured into a single video, a ~12 hour Estus Flask of Lore!
We have been so happy to discover a community who enjoy our content, and it has been a pleasure creating for all of you.
Thank you so much ! Always loved your videos from day one (well not day one but early on 😁)
Bless up hawkshaw. We all love you so much ❤🎉
Thank you for letting me give you free money while I sleep after this puts me to bed, you are a S tier lore content creator ❤
Ah i still remember when you announced your last vid with the plot against the gods and Havel... Thank the gods you were wrong on that one! And thanks to you for All the Hard work!
🎅 merry christmas
dropped this just for nameless king to appear in elden ring the next day oh my god
whats up with that ? idk how i feel about dark souls/ elden ring crossing over
@@SantiagoDunbar33 It isn't a crossover more as it is a parallel game. Elden Ring is still just eldenring, and Nightrein is a different cannon.
@@mothman8300time is a flat circle and all realities exist on the same plane of infinite reincarnation
@SantiagoDunbar33 dw it doesn't tie to the story at all it's a new game coming 2025 called nightreign , set in the elden souls universe a mix of all the best it seems. Its a little scary but I have faith in fromsoftware and it's not a souls game it's a rouge like survival game which is promising
@@SantiagoDunbar33 Nightreign has things from multiple soulsborne games. I personally think that it's going to be a non-canon spin-off where it will be borrowing multiple things from past games, like sekiro, demons souls, bloodborne etc.
Also miyazaki isn't directing the game so the game can be whatever the director wants, i'm really excited for it
He is the lore itself.
Is he Ansem, Seeker of Dark-Lore?
@@ClonserHalphalivethat concept sounds awesome
@@ClonserHalphaliveNo actually that's just his nobody sorry and I mean I knew that but I didn't tell you because I didn't think it was relevant at the time so I just let you believe that was Ansem ok.
@A_Black_Sheep94 ain't nobody talking bout _Mansex_
The king is back. I tell all my new tarnished once they’re done, find hawkshaw
Appreciate you Ryder
Damn I'll sleep to this video like 59 times before I complete it, but thats a compliment, love ya man
Bro you gotta start sleeping in increments longer than 11 minutes
Thank you for the opportunity to edit for this wonderful channel! It was a pleasure!
Hey, great work with the edit and the visuals! May I offer my constructive critique tho - I find some sound effects and part of the music too loud. I would guess atleast half of the people here fall alseep on it or watch it on background if not more. So the narrator must be more distinctive. Obviosly I have no idea about the best way to do it. Its just my honest opinion. Thank you for your work and thank you Hawkshaw!
@@foreseer4552 Thank you for the input!
Yeah, many of these videos were created a very long time ago and the volume levels cant be changed anymore. Over the years Hawkshaw has gained much expierience when it comes to video editing and audio mixing, so I hope the "newer" videos are more to your liking!
Also just to clarify, I only edited the intro and put the compilation together. Hakshaw nowadays has a few different editors helping them create the videos we all love!
@@PhillipSchwimmbeck The original videos actually had better dynamic range - see the Way of White original video vs the same section of this video, and you'll see the original video was more pleasant to listen to, while the version in this compilation sounds "deep-fried" by comparison. So I think the audio has been "remastered" in this version with the loudness and compression cranked way too high
🤝🏼🤝🏼🤝🏼
We thank you bro
We going back to the Abyss with this one🗣️🔥
Thanks but this video is too short, could we please have a long format version of this video?
Yeah, makes me sad seeing people only post shortform content these days smh. Didn't even come close to covering everything
We demand the uncut version!
oh. my. god.
My feeling excatly. The love i feel is real as anything else when i see a hawkshaw release!
I remember watching these back in the day when they got out, rewatching them again and again, hoping that you didn't stopped making content but hey, here we are, thank you so much for this!
I've watched hundreds of lore videos but the most impactful has to be the following:
"... After all we may all have a +15 zweihander if we stepped up and tried like a true Knight..."
It just hits so hard when life always feels unfilled/incomplete there is always a glimmer of hope to be a better version of ourselves if we only push ourselves past our perceived limits. Truly inspirational
Finished the whole video, it was honestly impressive that you compressed the whole thing into 11 hours, but not as impressive as my compression of visualisation in 2.34 seconds.
Keep on keeping on, Hawkshaw!
I also watched 11 hours straight zzz goodnight (it's morning)
Goddamn, you can go to work, finish a shift, come back home and still be watching this
3rd day of work I still got this playing lol
Thanks for making me part of this project, Hawkshaw! working on this universe is always fun!
Now I have something to listen to before bed for the rest of my life. Thank you.
If you mentioned it i missed it, but it's insane to me that gough has dialogue for if you kill kalameet without him shooting it down. Like, there's no way anyone at fromsoft thought that was possible without hax. It reminds me of mew in gen 1 honestly.
I figure they did it because you could get the help. Not because the unassisted method sucks. He'd have to have a different dialogue chain if Kalameet was dead, and Kalameet spawns before you meet him.
what is the dialogue??
ayo I just wanted to say you are my favorite dark souls lore channel you would scrutinize every detail and tell a different story than what's already laid bare and it is so very refreshing, I'd have to watch this in chunks but I will finish it, thank you for the treat. I dare say that dark souls 2 has the least explored lore from the community but I would really look forward to any lore related to dark souls lore anyways
It's pretty clear that the lore of Dark Souls did change as the games were being written. I highly doubt that Miyazaki planned from the beginning for there to be an entire city full of Pygmies, and the whole concept of a "Lord of Hollows" seems to contradict to me what a Hollow even is according to DS1.
No dude it's all there, look at smough then soul memory from ds2 along Aldrich and slave knight Gael. They are all part of the narrative about the dark soul.
Changed for the worst, that's for sure.
@brond.8009 yeah, Pygmy is forgotten about a bit in DS1, but Soul memory and Aldia, Scholar of the First Sin reference the Dark, even Kaathe does
@theendisnear6351 "changed for the worst" 🤓 you sound fun at parties
They didn’t even plan the lore of DS1 to this extent. Most of this is headcanon. The loose world building of DS1 is just what you see in the opening scene, along with some lore snippets. Any attempt to string them together in a coherent narrative is headcanon.
This is a fundamental flaw with Souls games’ lore, and they really should’ve created an in-game codex or put together a coherent lore book as a support peripheral; because at the end of the day it’s all theory crafting. There’s nothing in-game that suggests Havel and the plot against the gods without taking *massive* leaps in assumption.
After years of watching and researching Dark Souls lore through every medium; print, blog threads, TH-cam videos, and in-game information. I now see this as the most reliable source of Dark Souls Lore. The corroborations and consequent construction of the Dark Souls story is unbelievable. Even deducing the lore of the sequels. You guys did an impeccable job.
The portion of the demon civilization absolutely dumbfounded me. I’ve always treated the narrative of the Flame of Chaos becoming uncontrollable and corrupting the Witch, her daughters, and (Lost) Izalith as canon. But after watching that portion, I was completely convinced otherwise. Removing years of possibly misled belief requires an absurd amount of cogent persuasiveness.
That being said, I’d love to see this lore being expounded upon or extended to the other two games. Perhaps even Bloodborne. I’d try to imagine how much work that is but my brain would start to hurt hah. But alas, Izalith was not built in a day 😂. What excites me most is seeing your takes on the content of those games. What you think of them and how they all connect. All in all, thank you so much for this watch, it was very informative and enjoyable of one my favorite games of all time.
Thank you, Hawkshaw! I've watched/listened to the old lore videos what feels like hundreds of times. They're still some of my favorites. So glad you're continuing to make this content! Happy Holidays!
3 seconds in, and OOF the Outer Wilds OST HITS
My ears perked up frame 1. God it’s so good.
such a joy to hear that soundtrack in videos about other games
Glad to know I’m not the only one who noticed that gem :3
I'm in France and have school tomorrow (it's currently near 10p.m), so gonna watch this later, but I can already tell it's one of the best video ever (I doubt that it's actually the FULL Dark Souls 1 lore, with absolutely everything completely explored, but yeah, this definitely is the most complete out there)
I'm glad this video came out, you really are my fav lore TH-camr, and my fav Dark Souls TH-camr, with The Backlogs
Thank you Hawkshaw!!! Your Ash Lake video is one of the best I’ve ever seen
W O R D
I've never heard of you, I've never heard of this series, but I am currently four hours into this video and I don't plan to stop.
Great video, earned my subscription.
Go play Dark Souls right now.🔫
this is possibly the worst time this could've been posted given elden ring nightreign 😅 (KILLER WORK BRO)
why?
@@HarleyZer0 becuase the nameless lord is in elden ring now and what the fuck does this mean to the entire lore
@@Kiefer333Nah, it's that's the Unmentionable Regent.
@@Kiefer333 the new game is not canon
I wouldn't worry too much about Nightreign, that game isn't canon in any of the universe. It's pretty much a rogue-like monster-hunter type of game where you get to fight the bosses from across the Soul series and maybe from Bloodborne as well. Probably just a testing-ground as to see how hey would shape their future games based on how Nightreign is going to be received
11 HOURS HAWKSHAW DARK SOULS LORE VIDEO?
I'M TOTALLY IN.
Could this actually be the ultimate dark souls video?
Praise the sun! \[T]/
Praise the sun \[T]/
Thank you Hawktuah, you really are the Dark to our Soul
In an age where the lore had died, here you are, with 10+ hours of perfect dark souls lore. Thank you hawk. I've missed this so much.
Why waist 8 hours on sleep when i can learn the entire lore of Dark Souls
12hrs, but a third of the series covered. cant wait for the next two videos
Please please please tell me this means that we've scoured the last of DS1 on here and this channel can at last begin really cracking open the secrets and lore of Drangleic, Shanalotte, and Aldia. A theory and lore channel as dedicated as this treating Scholar of the First Sin with the same level of care and attention would be a gift to us sequel fans
I’m good
@LifeDrain001 well, I'm still going to ask.
Dark Souls 2 enjoyers unite
@@thelocdesiringentryintoyou3686❤
Ah yes, just what I needed for my entire weekend schedule. Let's go!
Love you guys hope y'all have a good new year. Thank you for the video.
Once again hawkshaw exceeds my expectations with another classic, AND ITS 11 HOURS LONG LETS FUCKING GOOOO 🗣️
Love long hours of entire history themed videos for sure. I also enjoy your selection of music from other genres of games I enjoy. Age of Mythology music transitioning into Rome: Total War is so cool.
Found you through your "final" video about Ash Lake, and your channel is instrumental in getting me to actually pay attention to environmental details.
Thank you for the work you do.
Hawkshaw, I had already written off this year as shit but here you come dropping half a day of Gold of the Old. You are a treasure
GOD BLESS YOU FOR REAL. I just went to search dark souls lore and this bad Daddy just dropped. Perfect 🙏🏼❤️🍻
TL;DR: It’s all Gwyns fault
He’s just a girl 🤷♂️
indeed it was, the first sin.
Yeah, but nah, but yeah
Gwyn did a great job wresting freedom and autonomy from the dragons and their tyranny. Then he did the exact same kind of sneaky deal they would do as the alliance between men and gods wained.
He wanted his own Age to be just like theirs, in the end. Unchanging, static, unchallenged.
And it took tens of thousands of years for that to be finally corrected.
Absolutely insane, I already know this is a work of art and I haven't even finished one-tenth of the video yet
Oh, oh yes. . Thank you so much Hawkshaw, this is it! I love your content man!
opening with Outer Wilds music, very powerful
Good choice of opening music! Love Outer wilds
I clicked this video to listen as I slept, instantly woke up when I heard curiosity.
Hypothesis: one can love outer wilds too much
Starting this rn, these are gonna be some Fire 11 hours 🔥🔥
Finally I’ve been looking for something like this for year! Dark Souls is a wonderful franchise! Let’s go!
This is like the Dark Souls of video essays
Thank you Hawkshaw it’s been a bad week ❤ i will chill with this
Why, yes, i would love to dive back into these lore videos.
Dark souls lore in the year of our lord 2024? Let’s gooooo!!!
Just to be clear. I liked this video BEFORE I watched. I absolutely respect the dedication for an 11 hour video - but I don't know if I possess the endurance to watch it completely
I wonder how much of this I missed in game and how much is your narration. In any case, superb content as always. For years now, your love of Dark Souls is awe inspiring.
I feel so bad for this guy after seeing the new Elden Ring DLC
Even at this (early?) stage, this has got to be the most impressive 3D GBA game by far right? Good job man
This deserves more views
Watching this on Christmas day couldn't be any better
Thank you for being such a dedicated and detailed lore channel
Would be cool to see you dive into ds2 and 3 with the same attention to detail that you did in “the plot against the gods”
Finally more Dark Souls lore!!!
Oh? A small, paltry, 11 1/2 hour lore video for Dark Souls?
Damnit.
I’m in. Take me on a journey, once again. ❤
2:07 this is where the fun begins.
I don’t like ________. It’s ________, ________ and ________.
I love the little easter eggs in the editing of the gameplay, like the glitches and the goofs. It's like "I know ur listening to this like a podcast rn and that's okay. But here's a lil treat if you pop over and take a look."
DUDE, ELEVEN HOURS, HALF A DAY, ARE YOU MAD?
Love you dude, will watch ❤
Loving the ATLA soundtrack you got going on here
I’ve been loving the fact that both ATLA and outer wilds music has been used, considering both are very important to me
I love you Hawkshawk ❤
Babe wake up, it's time to sleep to hawkshaw dark souls content
Why would you wake her up, haha
Brilliant
Condensed into 11 minutes, amazing work. I THOUGHT
33:34: neuron activation
Pure bliss of a video.
Thank you. This will help with work spreadsheets so much.
looking forward to listening all these videos again to and from school
any chance for dark souls 2 lore videos?
That would be nice actually.
Bloodborne lore: freaky great ones and squids
Elden ring lore: Family therapy
Dark souls lore:
Perfect thumbnail
More than 11 hours? That's dedication. And I love it. Wondering how often I have to watch it until I get all the info. And I'm sure I'll enjoy every minute of it.
My friend recently beat dark souls 3. As a nerd, I wanted to know the lore. Upon seeing the length of the video, I regret my quest, but I shall continue it anyways.
Fell asleep listening to this, woke up listening to this 🎉
Well now I have 2 11hour videos to watch the entirety of this and the entire bionical lore
This truly is the Dark Souls of long video essays.
This is a very big task that by completing shows the love that you/we as community have for theses games just by making this video. This is great accomplishment. Thank you for your work and contributions to the community. ❤
A 12 hour video that I will not regret in my life. Dark Souls really have a very complicated lore and I'm all for it. Should you do for the next 2 sequel Dark Souls 2 & 3, I'm down for it.
He did it! He did the thing!
Something I was wondering about recently while watching one of your videos - How did the Ancient Dragons communicate with the Lords? We never hear any Ancient Dragon speak, but Seath is hatching plans with Gwyn and many other avenues of discourse. Any answer for that in the Lore?
Even if Seath can't speak (he can at least scream, he does so in the intro so it's not probable he can't speak) then it's just as likely he could communicate through writing. He owns a literal tower full of books after all.
Opening a dark souls video with outer wilds ost is diabolical; I recognized it from the first note and haven’t touched the game in months.
Play it if you haven’t
Thank you Hawk Shuah I fell asleep to this
Tweaking
"yo how much time we got?"
"Time is convoluted."
I was JUST about to read the Dark Souls lore after the new Elden Ring Nightreign trailer and people saw the Firekeeper and Nameless King there. This is perfect timing
The DS3 Firekeeper, The Centipede Demon, a Parasitic Spider and Duke's Dear Freya (in the wallpapers)!
My ADHD appreciates this because now I have something to do instead of doing anything productive
Finally something to listen to during the holidays 🤣 you are the best Hawkshaw, keep up the good work 🙂
I think it's the ultimate dark souls lore video
Im begging to have true english subtitles because i'm struggling to understand everything even if i get almost everything
And i think it would be a good thing given that in other languages (French for example) there aren't any as good and as complete lore videos as yours
Thank you for your work it's amazing
Thank you hawkshaw. Praise the lore❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
You are the best Dark Souls lore channel. Thank you so much for all the great videos.
Wait …. Ok I’m so confused.
First I want to say thank you so so so much for this video and your hard work in creating it! This came right in time for me as I will be on the road for many hours and I can’t think of anything better than a half the days worth of dark souls lore!
But I am at the 32:00 mark, and you just said “ there was no PaniC mutation where the daughters became grotesque demons. Most of the demonic possession was a product of choice.”
😮
I have never heard this before! I have listened to all of the great content creators for from soft games and all of the retrospectives and they all say the same. That the witch and her surrounding daughters were changed upon the creation of the chaos flame. Quelanna (sp?) wasn’t affected as she was able to run and escape out of the line of sight in time. So now with you saying that the daughters had a choice to become demons, my mind is blown!!! Is it said in dialogue or item description somewhere? This changes all of the story that was in my head for this, which by the way has to be one of the most heartbreaking storylines in all of SoulsBornER!! (And that’s saying a lot, as I am pretty sure Miyazaki is a sadist lol).
But I had never heard this ( Maybe I have just been misunderstanding what I have previously heard), so I’m excited to start my research over on this one!!
Thank you again for your amazing content!!
My apologizes for not putting a TLDR warning 😅
Wow the Siegmeyer analysis really hits home
New thing to add to the “lore to fall asleep to” list