Dark Souls 2 ► The First Sin, Explained!

If you take nothing else from this video - know that Aldia is a head & shoulder, not a blob.

KINDLE THE CHANNEL [become a patron]

PLAYLISTS

SOCIAL

CHANNEL ART

►The only song used is Gwyn's OST played around 6x slower. At the end it's included at its normal pace.

PATRONS
►I'd like to give sincere thanks to all my patrons - your contributions have changed the course of my life, allowing me to put more emphasis on video production in the future. Special thanks to Flame-God tier patrons - Kachun, Matthew, Jesper, Colin, Jace, Brad, Morte, Tyler, Jon, Cooper, Charlie, Noah, Ryan, Daniel, Jordan, Thae, Mikkel, Huwiaden, Steven, Ricky & Fox.

[kenny]

It's pretty annoying how Aldia is not at all mentioned in Dark Souls 3, he was such a detrimental character, he essentially broke the curse for himself and became an eternal being. Wasted opportunity.

[zephyrus]

I will admit that when Aldia came out from under the ground when I first met him, he scared the shit out of me.

[carlsmith]

"No matter how tender, how exquisite.... A LIE will REMAIN a LIE!"

what a wonderful line. Both in its truth and delivery.

[Wagoogus_st]

I just realized that no matter how badass I make my character they are destined to be overthrown by an even more badass character

[nin]

"A lie will remain a lie" 
I personally love this line, the voice actor just delivers it so well.

[mranderson]

Dark Souls 1: the struggle between light and dark

Dark Souls 2: the fight between order and chaos

Bloodborne: aliens impregnating humans and making squid babies

[vin]

'You were the only one who resisted the hollowing'





My boy patches got something to say about that

[Macaulyn_]

Makes sense for Vendrick to be afraid of humans who wouldn't die. I mean, when you think about it, the Dark Souls protagonists' canon ability to respawn, while looking like nothing more than a game mechanic explained by lore, is an incredibly scary ability for a character to have. It doesn't matter how many groups of monsters, or of soldiers, or gods or dragons kills the Chosen Undead/Bearer of the Curse/Ashen One, they always return, but now armed with more knowledge of their enemies' strengths, not to mention how they can slowly become stronger by gathering souls. Our protagonists are never-ending beings, and if they decide to face someone, the latter is likely doomed (save for a few exceptions).

[sawdysalamander]

Mad respect to Vendrick for embracing the dark. Sitting pondering the dark just like the hex teachers. Unlike Gwyn he had some balls. Just to go hollow in the end after fighting it so long. Sad but tuff

[gcaroppo]

So there is nothing, beyond light and dark. Just you and all eternity, watching the world destroying itself and then re-born, over and over again. 

That's fucking sad

[Kaoss]

Some of these lines from Aldia sound like great Metal lyrics.

[jtotheroc]

Even after all these years, I still believe dark souls 2 SOTFS has one of the best storylines in the entire series. I absolutely love Aldias musings at the end of the game if you choose to abandon the first flame and not link it.

[atomicwinter]

So basically Gwyn fucked up the world by having a childish tantrum over his sand castle bring swept away by the tide so now everyone's fucking dead because of him and you're just helping him?

[Highs]

Those giant candles at the end look like the petrified bodies of the big snakes in Dark souls, but of course with their heads chopped off.

[giatsu]

Am i the only one that doesnt understand aldia when he speaks? Thank god for subtitles(btw. I love vendricks Voice Actor, it sounds so calm, yet wise)

[jonathandevers]

Aldia is easily my favorite character in soulsborne, it’s a real shame From pretends DS2 never happened.

[killerkuerbis]

Just played DS2 for the first time, this game's story seemed to be the most interesting next to Bloodborne

[themindset]

Conversations in dark souls are just one big ASMR experience

[danirodriguez]

So Dark Souls is really just the consequences of Gwyn reaaalllly needing a nightlight because the dark was too scary

[brakistroier]

And some people say Dark Souls 2 lore is weak...