by Deathsitexxi Sat Dec 01, 2012 5:58 pmI’ve been doing my analysis series for a while and they have all kind of built up into this. This is only the first half of the intro and I’m working on the other half as we speak. All information comes from hours of looking up item descriptions and word meanings etc. If you have anything to add or want to poke holes feel free. Thanks for your time and I hope you enjoy the read.
"In the Age of Ancients, The world was unformed, shrouded by fog. A land of grey crags, archtrees, and everlasting dragons. "
The original Arch Trees were called, Great Stone Arch Trees (Warrior’s Round Shield, Caduceus Round Shield, Red and White Round Shield). The original dragons had a few different names, Everlasting Dragons, Ancient Dragons, and Stone Dragons (Dragon Greatsword, Dragon Tooth, Dragon Scale)
Something else mentioned in the intro are: grey crags
Crags are: a steep, rugged rock; rough, broken, projecting part of a rock
Grey’s definition as an adjective is: of a neutral tone, intermediate between black and white, that has no hue and reflects and transmits only a little light.
The recurring theme here is Stone and neutrality. Neutrality as in never moving, never ending, everlasting.
"But then there was Fire, and with Fire came Disparity. Heat and cold, life and death, and of course.. Light and Dark"
It’s hard to believe that before the first flame there wasn’t darkness (absence of light). The first flame created light right? So there would have to be darkness? The sentence structure here is pretty strange and telling… Heat is capitalize because it’s the first word of the sentence then cold, life, and death are lower cased as in normal grammar. But wait… when it references “Light” in this section of the intro it is in caps…. Also, notice how every time they reference the “Dark” it is also capitalized. Meaning these are not the traditional light and dark meanings we are used to. To my point, later on it says “Even now, there are only embers, and man sees not light, but only endless nights” In this case, light is not capitalize…meaning the traditional meaning stands here. So, what does this mean?
The DLC gave us our first hint as to why these words are like this, on a single set of armor..
Helm of Artorias: Helm of Artorias the Abysswalker, one of Gwyn’s four knights. The death of the helm’s owner can be surmised from the corrosive Dark of the Abyss, and the musty azure-blue tassel, once a symbol of pride and glory.
The corrosive Dark of the abyss is the liquid-ooze like substance that’s all over Oolicile and we can see large masses of it just before we fight the chained prisoner… just take a look at the steps where the Dark Sorcerers were and look to the left and right of it. HUGE puddles of black liquid… So if the Dark is this black ooze, what exactly does that mean?
"Then, from the Dark, They came, and found the Souls of Lords within the flame."
“Then, from the Dark, They came”, when we hear this we see what looks like hollow-like people standing up. Gwyn, Nito, the Witch, Pygmy, etc are included into this “They”. So the Dark is a corrosive liquid, and from this liquid, primeval man was given form. Our next hint comes with the titles creatures are given.
Primordial is: Constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementray.
Primeval: Of or pertaining to the first age or ages, especially of the world.
These 2 words are similar yet the word Primordial seems to insinuate something deeper…
If Dark is where all life sprang from then, from their title, the Primordial Serpents were the first to spring from it. Meaning the Dark is a type of Primordial soup and all humans are evolutionary decedents of the serpents. This is to include Gywn and the others as they are called the Primeval Lords by Qualanna. This is due to them obtaining the Lord Souls from the flame and transcending humanity.
From observing the Primordial Serpents we can see that they are in fact a part of the darkness and seeing as how they want the Age of Dark/Man you can see how the races are in some way related. The Gold Serpent Ring says they are “imperfect dragons” and are associated with greed, and when you attack Ciran what she says is extremely interesting.. “Humans… Always taking what you please” that sounds like she is associating humans with greed as well… However, just because she calls us “humans” that doesn’t mean she isn’t a human herself. For example, from being one of the Four Knights of the Lord of Sunlight (a transcended human) she would believe herself transcended from the term human, and would use it as a cut down even.. Also, notice the human-like faces on the Serpents and how when you stack humanity, your item drop rate (greed) increases. Finally, Gywn himself is hollowed when we do battle with him, showing a relationship between humans and the lords.
With the Primordial soup theory, I believe this has something to do with the way everyone looks when they go Hollow (including the player character). As in, when in hollow form there are patches of skin missing which expose what looks GREY, stone-like/wormish insides. These insides remind me of what the Fire Keepers Soul looks like. From what we know Fire Keepers souls are just a mass of humanity. With that being said, if we compare the 2 (Hollows insides and Fire Keepers Soul) and go along thinking the Primordial Soup theory from above we can say that human beings are just masses of Dark/Humanity. I say Dark/Humanity because it is of the belief of many in the Dark Souls community that the Dark Soul was split and that is what the item humanity is.
If this were the case (humans bodies are composed of masses of Dark/humanity) this farther proves the Primordial soup theory. But then why do we have to use a consumable humanity to regain our human form? Maybe the grey bits we see while we are hollow are the STONE (recurring theme again) that the primordial soup sat on and mutated into a solid container for the Dark.
This would also explain why a Estus Flask keeps you alive. Aestus Estus means heat in latin, therefore; a estus flask contains the heat of a bonfire, which would in turn heat up the inside a person’s body to heal them… Because upon death the Dark inside of your body would harden and eventually make you unable to move..
I’ll post up the other half of the intro in a few days because I don’t want one single huge post XD
"In the Age of Ancients, The world was unformed, shrouded by fog. A land of grey crags, archtrees, and everlasting dragons. "
The original Arch Trees were called, Great Stone Arch Trees (Warrior’s Round Shield, Caduceus Round Shield, Red and White Round Shield). The original dragons had a few different names, Everlasting Dragons, Ancient Dragons, and Stone Dragons (Dragon Greatsword, Dragon Tooth, Dragon Scale)
Something else mentioned in the intro are: grey crags
Crags are: a steep, rugged rock; rough, broken, projecting part of a rock
Grey’s definition as an adjective is: of a neutral tone, intermediate between black and white, that has no hue and reflects and transmits only a little light.
The recurring theme here is Stone and neutrality. Neutrality as in never moving, never ending, everlasting.
"But then there was Fire, and with Fire came Disparity. Heat and cold, life and death, and of course.. Light and Dark"
It’s hard to believe that before the first flame there wasn’t darkness (absence of light). The first flame created light right? So there would have to be darkness? The sentence structure here is pretty strange and telling… Heat is capitalize because it’s the first word of the sentence then cold, life, and death are lower cased as in normal grammar. But wait… when it references “Light” in this section of the intro it is in caps…. Also, notice how every time they reference the “Dark” it is also capitalized. Meaning these are not the traditional light and dark meanings we are used to. To my point, later on it says “Even now, there are only embers, and man sees not light, but only endless nights” In this case, light is not capitalize…meaning the traditional meaning stands here. So, what does this mean?
The DLC gave us our first hint as to why these words are like this, on a single set of armor..
Helm of Artorias: Helm of Artorias the Abysswalker, one of Gwyn’s four knights. The death of the helm’s owner can be surmised from the corrosive Dark of the Abyss, and the musty azure-blue tassel, once a symbol of pride and glory.
The corrosive Dark of the abyss is the liquid-ooze like substance that’s all over Oolicile and we can see large masses of it just before we fight the chained prisoner… just take a look at the steps where the Dark Sorcerers were and look to the left and right of it. HUGE puddles of black liquid… So if the Dark is this black ooze, what exactly does that mean?
"Then, from the Dark, They came, and found the Souls of Lords within the flame."
“Then, from the Dark, They came”, when we hear this we see what looks like hollow-like people standing up. Gwyn, Nito, the Witch, Pygmy, etc are included into this “They”. So the Dark is a corrosive liquid, and from this liquid, primeval man was given form. Our next hint comes with the titles creatures are given.
Primordial is: Constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementray.
Primeval: Of or pertaining to the first age or ages, especially of the world.
These 2 words are similar yet the word Primordial seems to insinuate something deeper…
If Dark is where all life sprang from then, from their title, the Primordial Serpents were the first to spring from it. Meaning the Dark is a type of Primordial soup and all humans are evolutionary decedents of the serpents. This is to include Gywn and the others as they are called the Primeval Lords by Qualanna. This is due to them obtaining the Lord Souls from the flame and transcending humanity.
From observing the Primordial Serpents we can see that they are in fact a part of the darkness and seeing as how they want the Age of Dark/Man you can see how the races are in some way related. The Gold Serpent Ring says they are “imperfect dragons” and are associated with greed, and when you attack Ciran what she says is extremely interesting.. “Humans… Always taking what you please” that sounds like she is associating humans with greed as well… However, just because she calls us “humans” that doesn’t mean she isn’t a human herself. For example, from being one of the Four Knights of the Lord of Sunlight (a transcended human) she would believe herself transcended from the term human, and would use it as a cut down even.. Also, notice the human-like faces on the Serpents and how when you stack humanity, your item drop rate (greed) increases. Finally, Gywn himself is hollowed when we do battle with him, showing a relationship between humans and the lords.
With the Primordial soup theory, I believe this has something to do with the way everyone looks when they go Hollow (including the player character). As in, when in hollow form there are patches of skin missing which expose what looks GREY, stone-like/wormish insides. These insides remind me of what the Fire Keepers Soul looks like. From what we know Fire Keepers souls are just a mass of humanity. With that being said, if we compare the 2 (Hollows insides and Fire Keepers Soul) and go along thinking the Primordial Soup theory from above we can say that human beings are just masses of Dark/Humanity. I say Dark/Humanity because it is of the belief of many in the Dark Souls community that the Dark Soul was split and that is what the item humanity is.
If this were the case (humans bodies are composed of masses of Dark/humanity) this farther proves the Primordial soup theory. But then why do we have to use a consumable humanity to regain our human form? Maybe the grey bits we see while we are hollow are the STONE (recurring theme again) that the primordial soup sat on and mutated into a solid container for the Dark.
This would also explain why a Estus Flask keeps you alive. Aestus Estus means heat in latin, therefore; a estus flask contains the heat of a bonfire, which would in turn heat up the inside a person’s body to heal them… Because upon death the Dark inside of your body would harden and eventually make you unable to move..
I’ll post up the other half of the intro in a few days because I don’t want one single huge post XD
Last edited by Deathsitexxi on Sat Dec 01, 2012 7:48 pm; edited 1 time in total
