Name: ダークソウル2の伝承 - ストーリー (Dark Souls 2 Lore - The Story)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T05:13:07.000Z
Duration: 22 min 22 s
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What’s Up Guys, I’m Dave Klein. I wanted to make a video talking about the general

story of Dark Souls 2, and clearing up some questions that I get. I think it goes without

saying that there will be massive spoilers in this video, and I don’t recommend watching

until you’ve completed the game. I’ll also be referencing Dark Souls 1. You’ve

“You, who link the fire, you, who bear the curse…

Once the fire is linked, souls will flourish anew,

And all of this will play out again. It is your choice…To embrace, or renounce

In the end of Dark Souls 1, player s are given a choice to link the fire or not. Regardless

of which choice the character makes, at the time of Dark Souls 2, it’s safe to say that

someone, be it the chosen undead from Dark Souls 1, or another hero, at some point has

linked the fire. “They say these are the remains of a saint

who cast himself into the bonfire. But we will never know for sure, for soot and ashes

Once this happens, everything that happened before plays out again. A cursed cycle. History

doomed to repeat itself over and over again. Straid of Olaphis informs us:

“Many kingdoms rose and fell on this tract of earth; mine was by no means the first.

Anything that has a beginning also has an end.

No flame, however brilliant, does not one day splutter and fade.

But then, from the ashes, the flames reignites, And a new kingdom is born, sporting a new

And it is your cursed flesh that will inherit the flame.

One such kingdom that resided where Drangleic once did was Olaphis. But, like all kingdoms

before, it has fallen by the time of Dark Souls 2, likely during another cycle.

“Once the fire is linked, souls will flourish anew.”

When a powerful Undead links the flame, it causes this rebirth, and the cycle continues.

Great and powerful souls fly reborn, and inhabit new bodies.

We see this through the major bosses of Dark Souls 2.

During the Lost Sinner fight, you’ll see a familiar creature…

(Lost Sinner scene) One that looks just like The Witch of Izalith

from Dark Souls 1. For defeating The Lost Sinner in New Game

+, you’ll receive The Old Witch Soul, which you can trade to Ornifex for The Chaos Blade.

For defeating the Old Iron King, you’ll receive the Old King Soul,

For the Duke’s Dear Freja, The Old Paledrake Soul,

And for The Rotten, the Old Dead One Soul.

The implication being that many of the great souls from Dark Souls 1 have been reborn,

and spread into new beings. Those beings then pick up similar properties as their former

In Dark Souls 1, The Witch of Izalith created the Chaos Flame, and thus all demons in its

wake. Quelana, her daughter, views this as a sin, and something to attone for. We see

The Lost Sinner “eternally punishes herself for the sins of her past.” Her sword tells

us: “Its blade saps the life of its wielder. The true nature of this sword is unknown,

even to the Lost Sinner herself. Those who choose this sword will share the Lost Sinner’s

misdeeds.” While it’s possible she’s attoning for

her sins of The Witch of Izalith, as her Penal Set tells us “The tattered skirt is worn

in shame by the guilty. By now, no one knows who this was used to punish, or for what reason.”

I actually don’t think this is the case. I think this character, like The Witch of

Izalith, has sinned in some great way, but is atoning for some new great sin.

“ The Lost Sinner lives deep within the Bastille.

The fool, trying to light the first flame. “

While The Witch of Izalith attempted to duplicate the First Flame, it seems the Lost Sinner

The actions of the other old ones speak onto the same theme of being related to the great

lords of the past, but not exactly the same.

The soul of “The Old Dead One”, or Nito, from Dark Souls 1, has been reborn into The

Rotten, who takes on similar properties. Like Nito, who is comprised of what he watched

over – The Dead, The Rotten is comprised of what he watches – The undead and forgotten.

He is has turned The Black Gulch into his domain, and “embraces all, in his sanctuary

for all things unwanted or tossed away.”

The Iron King, who held “Undead hunts during his reign” and “in the heyday of his land,

fancied entertaining dubious and eccentric guests from faraway lands,” also carries

a great soul. His being the “Old King soul”

“It reminds me of someone who lived long ago.

A vainglorious liar who ended up hurling himself into the flames.

Now he’s Icarous earth if I’m not mistaken.”

By trading the Old King’s soul to Ornifex, you’ll receive the Dragonslayer Greatbow,

and for trading the Old King Soul to Straid, you can receive the miracle Blinding Bolt,

“Crafted in ancient times by the God of Sun, but later forbidden by the same deity.

Was it to protect the world from hatred, or sorrow?” – The implication being the Old

King is supposed to represent Gwyn, Lord of Sunlight and Cinder.

And finally, we have the Duke’s Dear Freja, whose soul is associated with the “Old Paledrake

Soul”. Trading this soul to Ornifex will net you the Moonlight Greatsword, “The blade

of this greatsword shines like the brilliant rays of the moon. In the oldest legends, rarely

spoken today, it is said the sword was born of a great white being.”

“Oh, it’s like that awful traitor long ago,

He coveted what he did not have, and it drove him mad.”

The clear implication being this is Seath.

All of these great souls are de scribed as: “Soul of the ineffable. The once-magnificent

soul continues to exert influence over the land, even after the eons have reduced it

Gwyn, Seath, Nito, and The Witch of Izalith can all be accounted for, as well as Ornstein.

His souls seems to be reborn in the “Old Dragonslayer”, who inherits his Old Leo

Now, the most important of these souls is the Soul of Nashandra. “Nashandra was born

of the Dark with an insatiable lust for strength. Use the special soul of this prisoner of desire

to acquire numerous souls.” She is “The old one of the Abyss, [who] was reborn in

death, split into miniscule fragments, and spread across the land.” “The tiniest

of these pieces, precisely due to its size, was the first to restore its form,” “The

pieces began to coalesce once again, becoming human in shape.”

This soul, reborn, is the soul of Manus, and has a vital role in shaping the land of Drangleic.

Nashandra was “the smallest of pieces, [which], sensing its own fragility, yearned for what

it lacked.” This yearning seemed to be for power and strength. The soul manifested itself

into Nashandra, and the woman who would become the Queen of Drangleic.

“What makes a king? Some say that it is birthright, while others call it destiny.

Perhaps it is not important, as long as the king’s name serves to unite his people.”