History WMG / DarkSouls

''Videogame/DarkSouls'', being a game in which the lore is built mostly on StoryBreadCrumbs, is very prone to having {{WMG}}s.

Well not [[IThoughtItMeant litereally hollow]]. But it's a theory I came up with: Everytime the character makes a kill, we see that cloud of souls traveling from the 'source' to our character. We then see the 'count' of souls go up. So what if all undead are actually 'empty', and souls and Humanity fill that void? That would mean a 'standard' human has a set 'amount' of souls and one humanity, while the Undead lack those. This is why Hollows are mostly mindless husks that attack you on sight - they are looking for souls and humanity like animals prey for food. This would also explain why the souls are 'currency' in Lordran - if every merchant is Undead, they are seeking to fill themselves with souls - therefore trading their goods for souls from the character. That would mean sentient Undead can control the 'flow' of souls within their bodies. Now, this leads me to the assumption that 'leveling' means transferring the souls into the bonfire and permanently 'burning' them into the character's body, the same way we see the player using humanity to 'revive'. I know this is a shaky theory right now, and it might be 'obvious' to some.

[[WMG: Dark Souls takes place in the same world as LostKingdoms, only on the world's other continent.]]

[[WMG: [[LostKingdoms God of Harmony]] will be a new boss in the PC version]]

* That actually sounds like it would apply more to DemonsSouls, where a colorless fog is explicitly mentioned, just like in Lost Kingdoms.

Prepare To Why.

[[spoiler: The PC becomes King Allant after the Dark Lord ending. Boletaria is Anor Londo. Without the bonfires, the Undead deteriorate until becoming Hollow becomes turning into Ghosts. Blighttown is converted into the Valley of Defilement, after the Undead Burg is razed and abandoned. The Tower of Latria is where the PC from Dark souls locks the Hollows he things he can still revert back to sanity. Shrine of Storms is where he seals the Dragon weapons, knowing that their power could be too much; the Drake sword grows weak and becomes the Stormruler. Drakes, fearful of the new Lord, run to the underground where they are worshipped; eventually, they die out save for one who becomes the 'Dragon' God after infusing itself with the power of Chaos, possibly stolen from Quelaag's sister or the remnants of the Bed of Chaos. Knowing that said Dragon God will flee if he shows up, the Dark Souls PC sets up the ballista there to ensure that the Dragon God can be put down. The Dragon God could also be the Everlasting Dragon, who was infused with the massive burst of energy the death of Quelaag, Ceaseless Discharge, and Bed of Chaos released; the process was slow, but the Everlasting Dragon eventually distorted. Maiden Astraea is one of the last priestesses of the Sun, though their true worship has long since been lost. The Giants die out, until only a few remain; the Tower Knight, who made a deal with the PC/Allant in order to survive, and the Last Hero who probably saved the [=PCs=] life sometime after Dark Souls during the whole 'establishing power' phase. The Penetrator is possible a relative of Ornstein, or a descendant of a relative. The Painted World is lost or preserved, depending on what the PC decides. Darkroot Garden is lost after the Valley of Defilement expands or Boletaria/Anor Londo expands to fit the population increase. Or, the wilderness in the Garden itself expands violently and becomes the Land of Giants. ]]

From the Bad Ending of Demon's Souls[[spoiler: The Maiden in Black is slain, and the player character becomes the new Demon. The Legion of Demons, under the leadership of The Player Character, spread colorless fog across the world sucking out the souls of every living being reducing it to the grey crags and nothingness of the beginning of Dark Souls. After this, the Old One, his purpose fulfilled departs from the world becomes the engine of its rebirth by using the combined power of all of the world's souls to become the Fires(it DID look like a big old tree). If departed, then the fire is what the opening said, something that came into the world to divide things from the grey. The lands may or may not be different but given the effects of the Colorless Fog has(makes the places vanish when the Old One sleeps) and the time frame all of this would need it would not be out of the question that everything is different. The Dark Soul would be the Lord Soul of The Player Character from Demon's Souls(if all other life was extinguished I would imagine the Old One would eat him/her too). ]] I think it fits.

** Holding humanity do change one, however: increased drop rate and curse resistance, among other things. On the other hand, burning one only turns you back to human appearance and allow your timeline to be in contact with other undeads ones. Moreover, when you die as a human, you lose that status, requiring you to use humanity again. By killing another human, they lose their human status and you gain the humanity, implying that the consumed humanity is still in the character, not in the fire. If that was the case, the darkwraiths would be pointless.

** [[spoiler: Except Knight Kirk isn't even a true Darkwraith, and he's not invading ForTheEvulz after all. He's really a Chaos Servant [[AntiVillain farming humanity for Quelagg's sister]]. But the Chaos covenant doesn't grant PvP benefits, so Kirk joined the Darkwraiths in order to steal humanity from other undead. He keeps invading player characters (as opposed to other [=NPCs=]) [[BatmanGambit because they're the most effective at gathering humanity]]. NotSoDifferent from a Chaos Servant player character, is he?]]

** Something to keep in mind: Velka is always linked with crows. Which are descended from therepod dinosaurs aka they've miniature (or pygmy) flying terrible lizards aka... tiny dragons. Velka, if not a dragon, bird or serpent herself, is likely directly linked to them. And, always has been -- right in front of our faces.

The first major hint is in the Painted World, where a statue of a mother and daughter overlooks the main courtyard. It depicts a mother and daughter embracing, with the mother in a hooded cloak and the child in a loose cloak. The child appears to be a young Priscilla on closer inspection. The mother, on the other hand, looks similar to another statue seen later in the series: [[the Statue of Velka in ''Dark Souls III'']]. The attire of the two statues is very similar, and both are carved in a pose that seems to offer comfort in some way. Priscilla's affinity for Occult powers, such as Lifehunt and her weapons' anti-divine powers, also suggest a connection. [[spoiler:Velka is the only deity associated with using Occult weapons in the series, with her Rapier inflicting bonus damage to Divine creatures.]]

The fight against Gravelord Nito is very similar to the situation in the WebVideo/LeeroyJenkinsVideo; you have to move carefully, or else you'll stir up all sorts of powerful mooks (in this case, [[DemBones skeletal ones]] rather than dragon whelps) who will overwhelm you with numbers. Paladin Leeroy, [[LeeroyJenkins being what he is]], would make a habit of doing this each and every single time he faced Nito. He would do it alone, sometimes he would try and summon phantoms for help, and sometimes he would become a phantom himself, just so he could somehow defeat the Gravelord, and failed every single time for his reckless behavior. And after trying and failing so much while in the company of others, other Undead adventurers eventually learned that he's bad news and thus refuse to summon or assist him. Which leaves Leeroy, who never learned his lesson, in a bad situation; he lost so much humanity that he was in danger of going hollow. Thus his invasion of you is one last-ditch effort to try and get some humanity and keep his mind from cracking, since he could no longer get it by being summoned.

* Someone on GameFAQs theorized that Gwynevere is Priscilla's mother. This would establish a relationship between her and Gwyn's court.

** I thought this was confirmed anyway by putting together all the various bits and pieces of information in the game?

Posted on THE {{Imageboard}}, but has been paraphrased for obvious reasons. If this theory is correct, soapstones aren't just a handwave.

The rest is history: against Quelaag's wishes, Quelaan attempted to consume the blight in a noble, but ultimately SenselessSacrifice, as the disease eventually overtook Blighttown, anyway, and she lost her sight, mobility, and most of her health. Quelaag, as her responsible sister, secreted her away in a cave and made her a Fire Keeper to at least save her life. She then set up a hunting ground around the Bell of Awakening to prey on wannabe Chosen Undead for their humanities, which she then fed to Quelaan to ease her pain. The few uninfected (by the blight) residents, like Engyi, followed with the sisters with an almost religious fervor, while the Blightdown became the nightmarish place it is in the game.

When Gwyn found the First Flame in the Kiln, the four Lord Souls were with it. He and his comrades split up the souls (except the Dark Soul, snatched by the Furtive Pygmy) and used the Flame to defeat the Ancient Dragons and put an end to the age of Ancients. But in doing so, he directly caused the Fire to begin to die out. Why were the Lord Souls with the First Flame to begin with? Think about how he tried to stave off the Flame's eventual burning out - by using his ''own soul'' as fuel. The one thing that could have revived the Flame and permanently prevent an end to his Age of Fire is the one thing he didn't think of, or otherwise rejected because it would mean giving up the power he fought so hard for. The Lord Souls were the original fuel used to keep the First Flame lit, and by taking the souls, the Flame no longer had a sufficient fuel source. Additionally, using his own soul was insufficient because it needed the Lord Souls - even Gwyn's soul isn't truly immortal, and he would eventually pass on from the world even without the Flame. The three Lord Souls that can be collected return in ''Dark Souls II'', despite them being burned in the Lordvessel. All of this points to the Lord Souls being able to repair themselves or be reborn while most souls either linger as shades or pass on to the next world.