At the beginning when he was like "In time, you will know the tragic extent of my failings" I was like awh man don't be so hard on yourself; then I learned of all this.
LoveAngel Flonne shouldnt it be "local man tries to fix everything: the game"? cuz the MC(aka you) is trying to fix the ancestors mistakes(aka all of this shitshow thats been caused by him being a massive asshole)
When I first heard the ancestor say that I would learn the tragic extent of his failings I did not think those failings would include being a Lovecraft super-villain. A character creating even one of these bosses is enough for a mad character in a Lovecraft story but this guy decides he wants to be the Michael Phelps of eldritch horror and just keeps getting gold medals in being a dick.
@@garrusvakarian678 Yeah, racial genocide is pretty bad and all, but thanks to the Ancestor, the whole world is going to end eventually, and there’s nothing we can do to permanently stop it!
Pedro Henrique Porto Yhea, i remember that. Darkest Dungeon wouldnt be the same thing whitout Wayne June. Im pretty sure DD wouldnt have so many copies selled.
He had a perfect life, got bored, discovered ancient Lovecraftian shit in his backyard and killed pretty much everyone in order to gain the power of summoning horrific creatures and undead as slaves. -The Prophet knew about it, so the Ancestor drove him mad. -The Necromancer was helping him out. -The Swine Prince was a creature he summoned. -The Flesh is a big mixture of failed experiments. -The Brigand 8 Pounder is just a band of mercenaries he used to slaughter his townsfolk to keep his dictatorship flowing. -The Hag is a thot who he used for magic, but ditched when she got ugly from self experimentation. -The Siren is a little girl he sacrificed to C'thulhu for money and power. -The Crew is a group of pirates he drowned because they wanted to actually be paid for their job. Then he makes a random band of people clean up this whole mess, and the end of the world. This man is a professional in dodging responsibility.
He killed the little girl not just for jewels, but to keep his secrets about the girl hidden. And apparently the girl is homeless, so that's pretty fucked
Rains: The heavens deign to bring down water upon the land. Heat waves: Temperatures are rising. May tempers not rise along with it. Tornados: The winds come together, spinning to unleash their terrible fury. Hurricanes: Storms are coming, brought upon by the conflicting forces of the air. Droughts: Dry spells strike the land, taking away abundance and plenty.
I have a feeling that the player would've preferred getting inheritance money instead of the deed to an estate filled with bandits, undead, cannibals, madmen, deformed pigs, murderous fish, cultists, and cursed sailors.
What better gift from your Grandfather but an almost unstopable and the most evil curse of the entire world that will drive you to the center of madness and horror to fight to your own god... Yhea, fuck you too grandpa
Cosmico Andromeda Eldrich horrors beyond human comprehension causing untold damage to my mental state and an endless fate of suffering, loss and pain? I would've rather had money for Christmas but thanks anyway
The Ancestor was a really, really, REALLY fucked up, messed up, twisted, sick individual, who aspired in summoning, necromancy, eldritch power, alchemy and whatnot. To him, it mattered not how many people died and what the consequences would be, as long as he got more powerful. When he finally reached and released the power he so much craved, it drove him mad but also made him realize what he had done. So he cowardly killed himself to escape the consequences, but not before sending you the letter. At some point, all of this makes you wonder how the events would affect you and how you would turn out in the end... If someone you are related to and you are their heir is so twisted, then what about yourself?
Makes you wonder just how many people/heroes are YOU the player willing to sacrifice for your goal of stopping the eldritch horrors that await beneath the manor on the hillside? We force unsuspecting people to horrors beyond their imagining, all so that we may increase our power while gingerly bribing them with trinkets and alcohol. Should they die are we not bitter at the lost of our investment, and not at the loss of their life? Maybe we are not so different from those who came before us after all.
Forgiveness hardly everyone shows up aware how fucked everything is although probably not the full extent they come hoping to make a name for themselves and the ultimate goal is a noble one the eldritch horrors can't be allowed to escape I think the heirs cause is noble and the men and women who sign on know they could die but confidence outweighs fear
@@nathanpusceddu7828 just have accuracy buffs and trinkets on him he's actually not that bad especially if you team with vestal who can bless him during campfires that accuracy buff it gives fits leper AMAZINGLY
"I have everything i could ever want, i have a castle and an entire village, i have every woman i could ask for and enough money to live for thousands of years without having to work a single day, how could my life be possibly more perfect?" "Hey, i heard there's some mysterious stuff under your manor, maybe-" "I MUST THROW AWAY ALL MY MONEY, LUXURY AND PEOPLE TO GET TO IT!"
Well, he was going bored with literally all those things so he wanted the "fabulous and unnameable power" because "hey that could actually be fun". But of course, in doing so; Local man ruins everything...
I totaly agree... That happens when the game designers are bad and don't know where to focus and what is more important in a game. It's not all about the graphics....
Lmaooo keep dreaming. Here, have your goofy saturday morning cartoon villains. ARGH, YOU DEFEATED ME FOR THE LAST TIME, OH SUPER-AWESOME NEPHILLIM. I WILL RETURN!
Me in the first fight: Aww, why do I have to kill him too? Wilbur did nothing wrong Then I fought Swine God, killed him with 3 people on Death's Door, and promptly lost all 3 to one squeal. Wilbur brutally reminded me that overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer
As an unholy enemy, doesn't it seem peculiar that the Prophet doesn't classify as human or anything like that? I mean he's just as human as the madmen. Is he basically undead at this point? It's kinda weird to think about, he seems more holy than not, like, an actual good guy in the storyline, like a good-good guy, I guess all madmen are like that, though.
I don't think he was human in the first place I mean how do you think he survived the stockades the icy waters and the knives I delivered so enthusiasticly to his back
Cptbravo2211 its possible... just look at the friggin flagellant class... those guys get their shit kicked in on the daily half to death most of the time and they seem to be surviving fine...
The ancestors a really good villain you start out and it’s heavily implied he didn’t fully understand what he got himself into out of Bordem but as you go deeper you realize he new the full weight of what he was doing and the facade he’s put on becomes doubtable the things you were killing were all his creation the brigands who “are no longer welcome” were hired by him the waif he seemed worried about then horrified at what she became was a gift from him to the fish people the the Miller he “helped” became what it is now due to his occult rituals he even acts like the crimson court used to be just a party he had no control over
"In time, you will learn the tragic extent of my failings" I went into this game knowing the Ancestor was a VERY bad guy but even then I wasn't prepared to find out what this line really meant.
Enjoy your inheritance. Grandpappy let one out on the floor, ripped up all the flooring, and stole all the copper in the walls. Now get to work hiring contactors out of pocket, and liquidating all assets you find when they all demand worker's comp. Darkest Dungeon in a nutshell.
He unleashes doom upon everything and everyone, got too stress out and kills himself, not before sending a letter to some random guy who might be a relative (or actually not who knows) where's he's like "yeah this land is yours by heritage, clean up the mess, please 😔"
Fan Theory (Spoilers): - - - - The Prophet is caught in the same time loop as the players which is A) how he knows the Ancestors plans and inevitable future and B) How he returns after death each time the ancestor kills him. Bonus Theory 1.The Prophet is the Heir Bonus Theory 2. The Prophet is the Ancestor from an alternate timeloop
In theory, this would be an award winning franchise. Following a band of misfit "heroes" slowly unraveling the Ancestor's intentions and his eldritch horrors. We all know Netflix/HBO/etc would mess it up though. Probably make it something like a Buffy The Vampire Slayer ripoff, mossing the entire point of the madness/insanity of everything.
@@SkyNinja759 insanity isn't good projected on a medium like film. since insanity is... doing the exact same shit over and over again... and expecting shit to chnage.
@@martinhorvath4117 With that logic, book as well, wouldn't be good to dipict insanity, nor video games. Insanity doesn't have to be needlessly repedative on screen. There's a tonne of horror movies that give it justice. Also, insanity isn't "doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result". It's much deeper/wider than that.
@@SkyNinja759 i made a far cry joke and you bitch about it. books are great to depict insanity, fear of the unknown only your imagination can describe it. video games can build tension through gameplay. movies... slow camera roll, and or non-connecting images shown in a cycle. that's insanity in film. oh, but American Psycho is a good insanity movie.
This is the closest to an Eldar's hedonism I've seen. Btw, how many words have you had to look up to fully understand the narrative of this game? Jesus
Not many but much, as it was uncountable. I envy the person who wrote all these. The atmosphere is being perfectly set as you reveal through the shady words. The voice helps a lot though.
Look up words ? I don't think you need to look up anything, although they use some words that are not generally used you can still get what they are saying by listening to the whole thing or just guessing.
The best part of the DD lore is basically no one "alive" is the good guys. The bosses are twisted but a lot of them didn't deserve their fate or were carried away. Meanwhile the "heroes" are majority morally grey at best. The Jester murdered a king, the Bounter Hunter hunts people for cash, the Highwayman is a thug, etc. If anything, the player is a sudo bad guy for a majority of the game, hiring strongarms to clean house. At best they're mercy killing the abominations, but even then it's for personal benefit. The player is just a janitor for the Ancestor, pulled into this because they wanted inheritance. Only a few exceptions like our boy Reynauld are "good guys", but I don't know a lot about why he arrived at the hamlet yet.
Interestingly, this means even the ancestor doesn't know what the prophet is. How he came to be what he was, how he knew the future, you don't know, he doesn't know and the prophet himself is likely to far gone to remember.
Prophets are supposed to by "God's messenger" by definition. A prophecy is their word. So we can pretty much assume that God sent it, or it's literally God.
Well the Shambler is a dimension hopping alien monster that hides in the darkness of the Estate for assumed centuries while the Collector is just there, he doesn't really have any lore apart from that he harvests heads to sustain himself. The Shambler is also from DD mythos, so you can research that if you want more in depth lore about it.
Ok but the biggest dick move was not even mentioning the collector fucking THANKS ALOT GRANDAD A LOT OF RUNS AND HIGH LEVEL ADVENTURERES DIED TO HIM COULDVE AT LEAST GIVEN ME A WARNING
Accidentally summoning Cthulhu is one thing, but ALL of this, is something else! This guy fucked up big time and all of that because he was bored one day...
The profit knew about what his real goal so HE showed him and became a madman... The witch loved fungaii and potions but HIS ambitions and curiosity turned her into a monster... The swing prince was a HIS failed summon that was fed with human meat but forsaken it because of its stupidity... The flesh was his failed summoning and instead of killing them HE made them live in the warrens and they fused together... The townsfolk revolted but HE hired a group of mercenaries along with helping them make a giant war machine and prolong his dictatorship... A kind woman wanted companionship but HE used her for jewels to fuel his ambition and turned her into a slave of the ocean... The men who were hired to reclaimed more tomes and old art, were sent to the bottom of the ocean only because HE didn't want to pay them anything... The ancestor is one of the most demonic monster of all these monsters,because he created them...
So darkest dungeon is about a monster that brings forth even greater monsters, discovers his heroic side too late, and then proceeds to foist the cleanup on a descendant because he's still a monster?
@@gronndar Well I mean, he did send someone to fix the mess, which seems surprising given what he did with no form of regret I like to imagine that when he realised the truth, that all was one, he suddenly felt the pain of what he had done to others, and killed himself
@@fatalos6855 if you played the game have you noticed all the times your characters talk about the ground thirsting for their blood? Or sometimes when a character dies the ancestor talking about it feeding a dark power? Your "heros" are ritual sacrifices.
Here is my theory, a game theory: The heir will actually turns into the Prophet in the subsequent cycle. The Prophet knows everything that will happens, because it has happened and remember that the heir starts *ahem ahem* spoilers *ahem ahem* later on which most likely drove him mad just like the prophet. The ancestors may actually be the descendants of the previous heir. If you remember, the heir gather people from all over to estate dive for gold and riches in his ruined estate. After the DD, suddenly the population of the hamlet is restored. Maybe all the heroes left, but the support structure stayed, from trinket and food sellers to blacksmith and the adventure guild, the hamlet returned to a bustling place with a maddened ruler who deposed himself, for fear of repeating the crimes of his ancestors, only to find his descendants fall to the same sin, the prophecy came true and he returned with warnings and prophecies.
I don't think you got the order exactly right. I think the pirates happened way earlier back when he had dealings with the mercenaries, and the pigs happened after he learned about blood magic (the siren being his first "project").
Looking at the texts, I would go with this order from first to last events. Some of these are guesses, but crew has to be fairly late since he was out of money at that point, flesh needs to be before swine prince since he discovered the warrens at that point, siren, necromancer, and hag had to be fairly early since all of those indicate him still having fairly respectable reputation. Cannon was probably consequence of the Prophet rousing the townsfolk to rebellion, he fed the townsfolk to the Swine Prince so that had to be after Cannon. Siren Necromancer Hag Flesh Prophet Cannon Crew Swine Prince
i think it’s cool that the necromancers second stage lets the player realize something is off. It’s there first boss many get to level 2 against and it drops a hint that gramps is kind of murdery
Two make me more pissed at the ancestor then anything else the Prophet lore and the Siren lore makes me wonder what the sequel is going to do since it outside of the hamlet
Arguably, the most callous, mallicious, evil ambitioned hubris packed into a man in a game, and he narrates all his sins throughout in a mix of pride and shame. I wish more games handled their story telling like this.
We came there because we thought our Ancestor had a problem, only to find out HE IS THE PROBLEM. Every enemy we fought before meeting the Ancestor was like: Bruh we tried to tell you
At first I was like “oh man, the ancestor is kinda outta luck with his discovery,” but now I’m thinking more along the lines of “wow, the ancestors a dick who deserves repercussions.”
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At the beginning when he was like "In time, you will know the tragic extent of my failings" I was like awh man don't be so hard on yourself; then I learned of all this.
That moment when you realize your ancestor was a legitimate asshole
Asshole is quite an understatement. He’s at least an entire ass
@@macrosis1674 Only an ass? He's the full rectum!
@@cyrion2438 Full rectum? He's the entire digestive system!
We've come full circle
Ancestor: *"fucks up everything big time"*
Also Ancestor when your character gets hit with a crit: Lol, Lmao even
I read this in Wayne's voice. XD
"This will fuck things up even more." "Good"
Rofl, if you feel so inclined
Local Man ruins everything: The Game.
LoveAngel Flonne shouldnt it be "local man tries to fix everything: the game"? cuz the MC(aka you) is trying to fix the ancestors mistakes(aka all of this shitshow thats been caused by him being a massive asshole)
More like, "Ruin has come to our family: The Game".
The extent of my Failures - The Game
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When I first heard the ancestor say that I would learn the tragic extent of his failings I did not think those failings would include being a Lovecraft super-villain. A character creating even one of these bosses is enough for a mad character in a Lovecraft story but this guy decides he wants to be the Michael Phelps of eldritch horror and just keeps getting gold medals in being a dick.
Dude... he's so much human garbage than Hitler and Stalin HUAHUAHUAHUA
@@garrusvakarian678 Yeah, racial genocide is pretty bad and all, but thanks to the Ancestor, the whole world is going to end eventually, and there’s nothing we can do to permanently stop it!
Eventually he succeeded in being Lovecraftian.
this narrator has a god-tier voice.
I'm pretty sure the narrator has done audio book readings for a lot of Lovecraftian stories and novels.
Like?
Wayne June is the voice actor, i dont know an exact book but you can look it up now that you have the name.
He pretty much makes the game, there was an analisys that showed the game without the narration. It's a whole different beast.
Pedro Henrique Porto Yhea, i remember that.
Darkest Dungeon wouldnt be the same thing whitout Wayne June.
Im pretty sure DD wouldnt have so many copies selled.
He had a perfect life, got bored, discovered ancient Lovecraftian shit in his backyard and killed pretty much everyone in order to gain the power of summoning horrific creatures and undead as slaves.
-The Prophet knew about it, so the Ancestor drove him mad.
-The Necromancer was helping him out.
-The Swine Prince was a creature he summoned.
-The Flesh is a big mixture of failed experiments.
-The Brigand 8 Pounder is just a band of mercenaries he used to slaughter his townsfolk to keep his dictatorship flowing.
-The Hag is a thot who he used for magic, but ditched when she got ugly from self experimentation.
-The Siren is a little girl he sacrificed to C'thulhu for money and power.
-The Crew is a group of pirates he drowned because they wanted to actually be paid for their job.
Then he makes a random band of people clean up this whole mess, and the end of the world.
This man is a professional in dodging responsibility.
....... Jeeeeeeeeessssus
He killed the little girl not just for jewels, but to keep his secrets about the girl hidden.
And apparently the girl is homeless, so that's pretty fucked
@@afilthypeasant9646 There are some hints that he had something sexual going on with her. He even mentions that it started to get him into trouble
Just sounds like your average Democrat
@@Chud_Bud_Supreme nobody wants your politics in here. I love politics but you're just trying to start fights so please fuck off
and now, the weather.
Lia Ginaries *it turns out the weather is a song*
Rains: The heavens deign to bring down water upon the land.
Heat waves: Temperatures are rising. May tempers not rise along with it.
Tornados: The winds come together, spinning to unleash their terrible fury.
Hurricanes: Storms are coming, brought upon by the conflicting forces of the air.
Droughts: Dry spells strike the land, taking away abundance and plenty.
And here we see the estate of which it hold but it seems a dark and gloomy night while the sun signs for a while to come
what kind of news channel did i switch to?!!?
Some Bill Hicks shit right here. Perfect.
Funny thing is that the Prophet wasn't wrong. The Ancestor did unleash doom upon the world.
So why did we have to kill him?
afmghost not only the dungeons are dark, the world is as well
Because he went insane and didn't see the point of it anymore.
If you see the game's ending... He's sort of right.
@@afmghost1759 Because it turns out the player is
@@afmghost1759 you cant have a hobo running around with skeletons
I have a feeling that the player would've preferred getting inheritance money instead of the deed to an estate filled with bandits, undead, cannibals, madmen, deformed pigs, murderous fish, cultists, and cursed sailors.
Beggars can't be choosers as they say.
But what would be the fun then?
You forgot the rejected flesh possessed by eldritch horrors congealed into...something? idk it wants you dead, so kill it first
@No Name...Which then used for his search for Arcane and Eldritch Knowledge
Don't forget the vamps and the color from space.
"Thanks Grandad"
What better gift from your Grandfather but an almost unstopable and the most evil curse of the entire world that will drive you to the center of madness and horror to fight to your own god...
Yhea, fuck you too grandpa
Cosmico Andromeda Eldrich horrors beyond human comprehension causing untold damage to my mental state and an endless fate of suffering, loss and pain? I would've rather had money for Christmas but thanks anyway
@DINDRAGON Pretty fitting
So ... the Ancestor is the true monster.
Understatement. XD
The Ancestor was a really, really, REALLY fucked up, messed up, twisted, sick individual, who aspired in summoning, necromancy, eldritch power, alchemy and whatnot. To him, it mattered not how many people died and what the consequences would be, as long as he got more powerful. When he finally reached and released the power he so much craved, it drove him mad but also made him realize what he had done. So he cowardly killed himself to escape the consequences, but not before sending you the letter.
At some point, all of this makes you wonder how the events would affect you and how you would turn out in the end... If someone you are related to and you are their heir is so twisted, then what about yourself?
Makes you wonder just how many people/heroes are YOU the player willing to sacrifice for your goal of stopping the eldritch horrors that await beneath the manor on the hillside? We force unsuspecting people to horrors beyond their imagining, all so that we may increase our power while gingerly bribing them with trinkets and alcohol. Should they die are we not bitter at the lost of our investment, and not at the loss of their life? Maybe we are not so different from those who came before us after all.
Forgiveness LIKE HELL IM NOT BITTER MY BOUNTY HUNTER GOT KILLED BY LITERAL BULLSHIT AND IMPOSSIBLY Also they can leave whenever they want
Forgiveness hardly everyone shows up aware how fucked everything is although probably not the full extent they come hoping to make a name for themselves and the ultimate goal is a noble one the eldritch horrors can't be allowed to escape I think the heirs cause is noble and the men and women who sign on know they could die but confidence outweighs fear
Without the voice of Wayne June, the crits from my Leper would be so empty.
Oh SPY! Your leper actually hits anything?
@@nathanpusceddu7828 just have accuracy buffs and trinkets on him he's actually not that bad especially if you team with vestal who can bless him during campfires that accuracy buff it gives fits leper AMAZINGLY
The_Protector Of_Smols what I said was kind of a joke, because my leper is usually the only one in my party who consistently misses attacks
@@nathanpusceddu7828 oh sorry it's kinda hard to pick stuff like that up over text
Mud in the rain.
"I have everything i could ever want, i have a castle and an entire village, i have every woman i could ask for and enough money to live for thousands of years without having to work a single day, how could my life be possibly more perfect?"
"Hey, i heard there's some mysterious stuff under your manor, maybe-"
"I MUST THROW AWAY ALL MY MONEY, LUXURY AND PEOPLE TO GET TO IT!"
DJ Newax tru
Power corrupts and absolute power is way more fun.
Well, he was going bored with literally all those things so he wanted the "fabulous and unnameable power" because "hey that could actually be fun".
But of course, in doing so; Local man ruins everything...
Gnarl? Is that you?
Well, at least he finally found out what the reward for all of his work was. Depression, a bullet and losing everything.
Ancestor screwed up really badly.
in time, you will know the tragic extent of his failings
Nice.
If you really think so....
Blefar i mean... he DID become the avatar of the heart of darkness... soooo i guess being an incomprehensibly large asshole pays off, sometimes...
You think?
This was the worse inheritence I've ever received...
I'm going back to Stardew Valley. GRAMPS THERE ISN'T A UTTER MONSTER!
Pam is the real antediluvian evil
@No Name *Opens up stardew* Gramps: Ruin has come to our farm. Me: FUUUUUUUUUUUCKKK
Yes, but can Gramps narrate your every action with his sexy voice?
I would buy a Stardew Valley/darkest dungeon game.
Water plants milk cows sacrifice village waif raise the dead....
This is the kind of writing and atmosphere Diablo 3 should've had. This is top tier.
I totaly agree... That happens when the game designers are bad and don't know where to focus and what is more important in a game. It's not all about the graphics....
@@Ghostface4k And now we have Diablo mobile *Cri in gamer*
@@LiamLefort Do you not have phones?
Blizzard...
Lmaooo keep dreaming. Here, have your goofy saturday morning cartoon villains. ARGH, YOU DEFEATED ME FOR THE LAST TIME, OH SUPER-AWESOME NEPHILLIM. I WILL RETURN!
I know that this is a serious lore, but that 5:14 editing made me giggle.
Wilbur "Wait for me!"
Wilbur!
I remember when that little shit killed off my beefed-up bounty hunter. The rage I felt that run...
out of every horrible monstrosity in this game, that little sh*t has killed more of my seekers than all the other bosses and enemies combined
Me in the first fight: Aww, why do I have to kill him too? Wilbur did nothing wrong
Then I fought Swine God, killed him with 3 people on Death's Door, and promptly lost all 3 to one squeal. Wilbur brutally reminded me that overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer
7:08 I love the voice actor, you can just HEAR the annoyance in the Ancestor's voice.
The Siren's tale is the saddest of all of them
An innocent young girl, a child by our standards, a poor soul indeed
The poor girl. The fiends have remade her in their image. She is their queen...and their slave.
we have 2 victims the siren and the prophet... fucking crazy granpa....
What does waif mean?
@@sirbruno95 term for a homeless person. Specifically a child that's neglected
The drowned crew and the siren are by far the best backstory. Just look How they are written
Giorgio Gabrieli Most phrases and style used is based on hp Lovecraft. Those two were heavily based on the shadow over innsmouth book.
henry wallace Ikr, been reading Lovecraft since my teens
Maybe im a tard, but i didnt understand the siren's backstory.
Cosmico Andromeda she was basically a young woman who fancied him and he ended up sacrificing her
Hanni C Yhea, the ancestor is an asshole
5:15 the tiny Wilbur hopping along the text is adorable af 😂😂😂
He was a little late.
As an unholy enemy, doesn't it seem peculiar that the Prophet doesn't classify as human or anything like that? I mean he's just as human as the madmen. Is he basically undead at this point? It's kinda weird to think about, he seems more holy than not, like, an actual good guy in the storyline, like a good-good guy, I guess all madmen are like that, though.
He saw the horrors beneath the manor directly, not just affected by their surrounding influence
I don't think he was human in the first place I mean how do you think he survived the stockades the icy waters and the knives I delivered so enthusiasticly to his back
Cptbravo2211 its possible... just look at the friggin flagellant class... those guys get their shit kicked in on the daily half to death most of the time and they seem to be surviving fine...
Probably forgot to make him human lol
Actually he just made all of his death door rolls. Poor bastard failed his stress check though.
The ancestors a really good villain you start out and it’s heavily implied he didn’t fully understand what he got himself into out of Bordem but as you go deeper you realize he new the full weight of what he was doing and the facade he’s put on becomes doubtable the things you were killing were all his creation the brigands who “are no longer welcome” were hired by him the waif he seemed worried about then horrified at what she became was a gift from him to the fish people the the Miller he “helped” became what it is now due to his occult rituals he even acts like the crimson court used to be just a party he had no control over
I want to use the term "morbid genius" at least once in my life.
Did you do it?
More to the point, did you really fuck all those bees?
@@trevorsharp460 its hip to fuck bees
How bout now?
HELLO?
"In time, you will learn the tragic extent of my failings"
I went into this game knowing the Ancestor was a VERY bad guy but even then I wasn't prepared to find out what this line really meant.
Dude sends you on a quest to clean up his experiments hahaha
Enjoy your inheritance. Grandpappy let one out on the floor, ripped up all the flooring, and stole all the copper in the walls. Now get to work hiring contactors out of pocket, and liquidating all assets you find when they all demand worker's comp.
Darkest Dungeon in a nutshell.
In time, you will know the tragic extents of my failings
maaaan that picture you used for the video cover had me thinking you had information on the shambler. shame on you sir.
brad potts the Shambler is from the lovecraft Mythos, may be you should read about it
There's only one Boss in the entire game that's not fucked up by the Ancestor, and that's the Hag, since she did all of it to herself
Well the brigand bosses because they were just always like that
@@sebastiangibson9671he hired the brigand, housed them, feed them, armed them and let them grow.
I love the fact that this game is the Literal meaning of "Local man ruins everything and unleashes hell making it the end of times."
This is why you never trust a god tier voice.
Unless its a supergiant game
Damn, feel bad for killing the prophet now realizing he was trying to warn people
All this for the ancestor to attempt getting to resolve level 7, tragic
What is Resolve level 7?
@@ryanhernandez8324 it's a joke man
@@mastersiqoh8701 tragic
@@ryanhernandez8324 basicly the max resolve level is level 6 and this man said the ancestor tries to reach resolve level 7.
This game is so freaking amazing. It intimidated me at first but after getting the platinum I can say it’s one of my top games of all time
thats a hard plat lol
The Ancestor has refined dodging responsibility into a life style apparently.
He unleashes doom upon everything and everyone, got too stress out and kills himself, not before sending a letter to some random guy who might be a relative (or actually not who knows) where's he's like "yeah this land is yours by heritage, clean up the mess, please 😔"
Fan Theory (Spoilers):
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The Prophet is caught in the same time loop as the players which is A) how he knows the Ancestors plans and inevitable future and B) How he returns after death each time the ancestor kills him.
Bonus Theory 1.The Prophet is the Heir
Bonus Theory 2. The Prophet is the Ancestor from an alternate timeloop
Hmm, so this is the truth, the misinformation, the lies...it all came to this dear ancestor. And for what? Some meaningless experience in power?
Kalan so much worse....he was literally just bored XD
I mean is cosmic power. Even he learn the truth of our world
THis could be a masterful Netflix/HBO series.
Right? Every boss is a three episode arc. God
In theory, this would be an award winning franchise. Following a band of misfit "heroes" slowly unraveling the Ancestor's intentions and his eldritch horrors.
We all know Netflix/HBO/etc would mess it up though. Probably make it something like a Buffy The Vampire Slayer ripoff, mossing the entire point of the madness/insanity of everything.
@@SkyNinja759 insanity isn't good projected on a medium like film.
since insanity is... doing the exact same shit over and over again... and expecting shit to chnage.
@@martinhorvath4117 With that logic, book as well, wouldn't be good to dipict insanity, nor video games.
Insanity doesn't have to be needlessly repedative on screen. There's a tonne of horror movies that give it justice.
Also, insanity isn't "doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result". It's much deeper/wider than that.
@@SkyNinja759 i made a far cry joke and you bitch about it.
books are great to depict insanity, fear of the unknown only your imagination can describe it.
video games can build tension through gameplay.
movies... slow camera roll, and or non-connecting images shown in a cycle.
that's insanity in film.
oh, but American Psycho is a good insanity movie.
thank you for making this video, by the time you get the next lore part you often forget about the previous ones
You can replay them from the memorial right in the centre of the town.
@@t3chn0dr0n3 Nobody got time fo' that!
This is the closest to an Eldar's hedonism I've seen. Btw, how many words have you had to look up to fully understand the narrative of this game? Jesus
Not many but much, as it was uncountable. I envy the person who wrote all these. The atmosphere is being perfectly set as you reveal through the shady words. The voice helps a lot though.
Look up words ? I don't think you need to look up anything, although they use some words that are not generally used you can still get what they are saying by listening to the whole thing or just guessing.
@@andrejoss475 "Guessing" can often prevent from understanding the deeper meaning of words... and thus make the text less impactful, imo.
This is what the Eldar did before Slaneesh Murderfucked them!?
None, English being my third language. It really depends on how much you read.
Love the small things like Wilbur running over to Swine King and The Flesh changing form
Or the matchmans stick coming out of brigand pounder
I aspire to be this good at dodging responsibilities in the future.
Mmm, I don't really think the Ancestor is a good role model tbh
3:30 I see what you did there with matchman stick XD.
It's almost haunting how this video game is the absolute perfect horror story
Thanks for posting this!
i am so late. but i JUST finally finished the game after first buying it in like, 2017? and the ancestor.. is a real piece of work. to put it mildly
Try bloodmoon now
Like most people buying art, he decided to pay the crew in exposure,
TO THE DARK ARTS
The best part of the DD lore is basically no one "alive" is the good guys. The bosses are twisted but a lot of them didn't deserve their fate or were carried away.
Meanwhile the "heroes" are majority morally grey at best. The Jester murdered a king, the Bounter Hunter hunts people for cash, the Highwayman is a thug, etc.
If anything, the player is a sudo bad guy for a majority of the game, hiring strongarms to clean house. At best they're mercy killing the abominations, but even then it's for personal benefit. The player is just a janitor for the Ancestor, pulled into this because they wanted inheritance.
Only a few exceptions like our boy Reynauld are "good guys", but I don't know a lot about why he arrived at the hamlet yet.
well damn.. i had no idea i had been slaying mostly innocents
My man got a nice girl then went "im kinda broke so I'm selling you to cthulhu for cash lmao byyyyyyyee" *shoves into ocean*
Interestingly, this means even the ancestor doesn't know what the prophet is. How he came to be what he was, how he knew the future, you don't know, he doesn't know and the prophet himself is likely to far gone to remember.
Prophets are supposed to by "God's messenger" by definition. A prophecy is their word.
So we can pretty much assume that God sent it, or it's literally God.
People's lives were destroyed by Ancestor:
Responsibility:
Ancestor: *_YEET_*
is the prophet a reference to rasputin? a mad prophet who seemingly can't be killed? cool.
what?
i mean what?
A lot of biblical prophets were hard to kill too
Came for Shambler/Collector, got none
Rip
Well the Shambler is a dimension hopping alien monster that hides in the darkness of the Estate for assumed centuries while the Collector is just there, he doesn't really have any lore apart from that he harvests heads to sustain himself.
The Shambler is also from DD mythos, so you can research that if you want more in depth lore about it.
to summaries the plot of this game
the ancestor: I dug a hole
Ok but the biggest dick move was not even mentioning the collector fucking THANKS ALOT GRANDAD A LOT OF RUNS AND HIGH LEVEL ADVENTURERES DIED TO HIM COULDVE AT LEAST GIVEN ME A WARNING
"Slowly and gently, a life is taken." Literal life experience.
Damn, I was really looking for Eldritch Shambler lore
Good edit, it's helpful for non-native English speaker like me to understand the story. Thank you.
Ancestor: do what he do in the game
Satan: I want to said I'm a huge fan
English teachers should give students extra credit for playing this game.
Local man ruins reality.
Accidentally summoning Cthulhu is one thing, but ALL of this, is something else! This guy fucked up big time and all of that because he was bored one day...
+35 Stress received.
My resolve is tested
The profit knew about what his real goal so HE showed him and became a madman...
The witch loved fungaii and potions but HIS ambitions and curiosity turned her into a monster...
The swing prince was a HIS failed summon that was fed with human meat but forsaken it because of its stupidity...
The flesh was his failed summoning and instead of killing them HE made them live in the warrens and they fused together...
The townsfolk revolted but HE hired a group of mercenaries along with helping them make a giant war machine and prolong his dictatorship...
A kind woman wanted companionship but HE used her for jewels to fuel his ambition and turned her into a slave of the ocean...
The men who were hired to reclaimed more tomes and old art, were sent to the bottom of the ocean only because HE didn't want to pay them anything...
The ancestor is one of the most demonic monster of all these monsters,because he created them...
Floridaman ruins everything again
The way the Ancestor just does as he pleases reminds me of Odin, who just kinda did whatever and had Thor kill whoever opposed.
finally, the tragic extent of his failings
The scp foundation is gonna have a field time in this village
The Prophet awfully reminds me of Grigori Rasputin
So darkest dungeon is about a monster that brings forth even greater monsters, discovers his heroic side too late, and then proceeds to foist the cleanup on a descendant because he's still a monster?
What heroic side?
@@gronndar
Well I mean, he did send someone to fix the mess, which seems surprising given what he did with no form of regret
I like to imagine that when he realised the truth, that all was one, he suddenly felt the pain of what he had done to others, and killed himself
@@fatalos6855 if you played the game have you noticed all the times your characters talk about the ground thirsting for their blood? Or sometimes when a character dies the ancestor talking about it feeding a dark power?
Your "heros" are ritual sacrifices.
necromancer 3 always gives me the chills
Here is my theory, a game theory:
The heir will actually turns into the Prophet in the subsequent cycle. The Prophet knows everything that will happens, because it has happened and remember that the heir starts *ahem ahem* spoilers *ahem ahem* later on which most likely drove him mad just like the prophet.
The ancestors may actually be the descendants of the previous heir. If you remember, the heir gather people from all over to estate dive for gold and riches in his ruined estate. After the DD, suddenly the population of the hamlet is restored. Maybe all the heroes left, but the support structure stayed, from trinket and food sellers to blacksmith and the adventure guild, the hamlet returned to a bustling place with a maddened ruler who deposed himself, for fear of repeating the crimes of his ancestors, only to find his descendants fall to the same sin, the prophecy came true and he returned with warnings and prophecies.
Fucking hell the ancestor is terrifying
So business as usual in Florida eh?
They should do a saga series just like Castlevania, of this game. the story is good, worth watching it.
"So then I fucked up everything, that's right, everything" -The Narrator
I don't think you got the order exactly right. I think the pirates happened way earlier back when he had dealings with the mercenaries, and the pigs happened after he learned about blood magic (the siren being his first "project").
At the start of the siren boss fight he says "THEY remade the poor girl." I don't think she was a project, she was more of a payment or sacrifice.
Looking at the texts, I would go with this order from first to last events. Some of these are guesses, but crew has to be fairly late since he was out of money at that point, flesh needs to be before swine prince since he discovered the warrens at that point, siren, necromancer, and hag had to be fairly early since all of those indicate him still having fairly respectable reputation. Cannon was probably consequence of the Prophet rousing the townsfolk to rebellion, he fed the townsfolk to the Swine Prince so that had to be after Cannon.
Siren
Necromancer
Hag
Flesh
Prophet
Cannon
Crew
Swine Prince
poor prophet he deserve better....
i think it’s cool that the necromancers second stage lets the player realize something is off. It’s there first boss many get to level 2 against and it drops a hint that gramps is kind of murdery
Two make me more pissed at the ancestor then anything else the Prophet lore and the Siren lore makes me wonder what the sequel is going to do since it outside of the hamlet
I used to have a custodial job at a Procter and Gamble research laboratory.
It was exactly like this.
Wilbur flying across the screen really caught me off guard
Local man too lazy to fix problems, sends grandson or some shit to fix it for him, is mad when he does so
Shambler jumpscare. Jokes aside, I tend to forget that the Ancestor was already insane before his end, despite him being the cause of all the chaos.
my fucking god thats a villain
After completing the game, I can't help but notice the Ghostly voice that comes with the narration.
Spoilers
I Heard the Ghostly whispers early on and after Seeing the boss i Then understood Why, He was literatlly Haunting you, or something like that
the prophet knew he was going to be kill by the heroes?
Well he also knew when rubble would fall upon each hero
Arguably, the most callous, mallicious, evil ambitioned hubris packed into a man in a game, and he narrates all his sins throughout in a mix of pride and shame.
I wish more games handled their story telling like this.
We came there because we thought our Ancestor had a problem, only to find out HE IS THE PROBLEM.
Every enemy we fought before meeting the Ancestor was like: Bruh we tried to tell you
At first I was like “oh man, the ancestor is kinda outta luck with his discovery,” but now I’m thinking more along the lines of “wow, the ancestors a dick who deserves repercussions.”
Sooo... should we learn from all that, that overconfidence is a slow but insidious killer?
damn so the prophet is actually the good guy...
Poor prophet.
At first i was like he accidentally fuck up
But then he realise yeah he just fuck up intentionally for every one, forever
I love these bedtime stories
Shout out to the first boss for not actually being a piece of shit and trying to help
Noah Kirsch true true
Honestly, I think, the monsters r fighting back for revenge bc of the awful, and the horrific things that the ancestor has done to them...
The ancestral is corrupted after finding the heart of darkness
It's almost like king leoric lore