Dark Souls 2 Story ► The Raven & The Royal Aegis

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"Once upon a time, an old man was afraid of the dark. So, he set himself on fire. The end."

[Widi]

Raime had the biggest "I fucking told you so" in the history of dark souls

[bolaknirom]

I'm sorry but "It was raime's favorite bird" being the reason for the raven on his shield is maybe the most pure thing i''ve heard.

[Irregular]

So, Raime caught on to Nashandra's true nature well before the giants returned, but we also know that Vendrick caught on as well after the second war with the giants, meaning he and Velstadt must have realized Raime was right. The group of soldiers that died at the entrance to Brume tower was small, and didn't have any equipment to carry iron or anything. What if they were actually there to try and find Raime? Vendrick would have realized the truth and probably tried to find as many allies as he could once he understood Nashandra's true intent.

[akarte]

"And then you come, seeking answers in empty kingdoms."

[johnaron]

Always remmember lads: Brethren before wenches

[jasv]

In my restless dreams, I see that boss. The Fume Knight.

[daviddalton]

Damn, I never thought about how there are actually 4 kings in dark souls 2. Wonder if they did that on purpose.

[TerraMantis]

Raime and Velstadt are two of the most compelling characters in Dark Souls 2. Velstadt's been my favorite since the first time I saw his awesome cutscene (How'd you get it without the red eye thing at the beginning... I'm jealous). 

Merry Soulsmas mafkas, good vidya Vaati. 

[SunlightBlade]

Had chills through most of this one Vaati! Amazing work as usual man :)

[theundeadnarwhal]

is it just me, or does each kingdom lose a legendary warrior right before their kingdom falls? with Anor Londo it was Artorias, with Drangleic it was Raime, and the Iron Kingdom had Alonne. Its just something i wanted to throw out their.

[VaatiVidya]

All these "i love your videos" posts <3

[rangosteel]

Who else would have loved to have been able to summon raime for the velstadt and vendrick fight if we defeated him

[billymaidment]

I don't think that Raime's instant second stage if you wear Velstadts armour is representing his hatred, or need for revenge.

I think that Raime will see that it isn't Velstadt. Of course, you are considerably smaller than the real Velstadt, and Raime will recognise this, considering that they were brothers in arms for a long time. Furthermore, I think that instead, it is rather an acknowledgement of your power.
Velstadt defeated Raime, and exhiled him. Raime knows of Velstadts power. Raime sees you in his armour, and realises that you must have defeated him. As a result, he uses all his power to try and kill you.

I think Raime does have a certain amount of hate felt towards Velstadt for what he did, but then again, it is never really evidenced that it still lingers.

[JXZX]

Not to be nitpicky, but technically only three kings had their kingdoms succumb to the abyss. The Ivory King, it can be argued, actually managed to make Dark an ally by being lucky enough to show love to an embodiment of it that wanted nothing more than alleviation, Aslannna. His main threat was light that had gone chaotic.

Other then that, great video as always! I do hope we get a video on The Ivory King's downfall: I find that lore's focus on the consequences of the light going awry to be fascinating, considering the rest of the series only really paints the Dark as bad.

[DroptheBass]

"And then you come. Seeking answers, in empty kingdoms..."
That line both gave me chills and put some stuff into perspective for me. In the first game, it felt like you had an actual purpose as the chosen undead. In this game, you happen to just be a victim of circumstance, just another cursed undead, who was given a purpose not their own.

[FlameG]

Im surprised you didn't notice the fact that Raime was Left handed.

On the Fume straight sword, we see that IT is in fact the one haunted by nadalia. this could be a simple translation thing, but it's worth noting until we know otherwise.

It is the Fume Sword, not the Fume Ultra greatsword, which is possessed by nadalia.

When Raime reaches half health and switches to phase 2, he ditches the longsword immediately, and switches exclusively to the Ultra Greatsword, which he wields left handed.

this would just be an interesting side note if not for the one strange and out of place item we find in Brume Tower -  the Majestic Greatsword.

Out of all things to be there, isn't is very strange, for this ancient relic to be found there? it's description mentions that after the defeat of it's previous owner, it was considered "lost". Yet there it is, locked away in an iron chest at the bottom of a guarded tower, far from any corpse. But there's another interesting fact mentioned by the sword's description- uncannily, all of it's previous wielders, were left handed.

See where Im going with this? Raime is Left handed, and shares Brume tower with an ancient weapon that has been weilded exclusively by left handed warriors, which is locked away, as if being guarded.

There's also merit to the fact that Velstadt was the RIGHT arm of the king, while Raime, was the King's LEFT Arm, respectively.

It also fits very well with Raime's Artorias parallel. Artorias was a left handed warrior who  fought the abyss, but was too "lighted" to be able to defeat it, and therefore, became broken and consumed by the abyss, leaving a mad, tattered shell behind, who has to use his sword sloppily in his non-dominant hand

Raime Meanwhile, was never a figure of the Light. Vendrick may very well be a Gwyn expy, and Velstadt is totally a character of light, but Raime is very deliverately a "dark" character. His symbol after all, is the raven. And he was expelled from his kingdom as a traitor. He was a dark figure, who came across the abyss, but despite having the power to defeat it, instead, embraced it, seduced by it's promise of power, which he craved after his defeat. And so instead, he was powered up, having full advantage of his consumption by the abyss. AKA he can still kick your ass effectively.

[Khornecussion]

" Being right is meaningless without the power to back it up. " Every argument with your parents ever.

[EliteVeyron]

The level of quality of these videos...god, I'm starting to wonder if there's anyone else on YouTube who can match the level of effort you put into your beautiful videos.  Love ya Vaati.  <3

[enol]

Raime goes up there with Artorias for amazing and tragic dark souls characters