Seath, the Misunderstood Genius | Dark Souls Lore

Given his tools and the location of research by the state.. An egotistical genius.. and Creator of Priscilla, Lordran's weapon of mass destruction. This is Seath's story..

This video is about the lore of the Lonely Dragon. Who integrated into the Lords' hierarchy, and then seemingly went mad. But what were his motivations in Dark Souls? Is it really madness that we see? And who was caught up in his path along the way?

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Hawkshaw.

[Hawkshaw]

Given his tools and the location of research by the state.. An egotistical genius.. and Creator of Priscilla, Lordran's weapon of mass destruction. This is Seath's story..



May grace guide us all.. ✨
Hawkshaw

[level]

Everybody talks about the lore, but I just like Seath because “dragon mad scientist ” is a character archetype that goes harder than diamonds.

[SuperFroschi]

I never actively noticed the detail in the intro, that the scale of the ancient dragon in Seath's hand crumbles into sand. That adds some creepiness to the beautiful sand in Ash Lake.

[MidnightatMidian]

I always assumed that Seath was crushing the scale in the opening scene like an assert of dominance onto his fallen brothers, now I finally understand that he was screaming of deception when he realised the precious scales he wanted so desperately were crumbling in his hands. Thanks dude!!!

[PeanutGalleryKid]

I just realised something. Seath cannot be older than fire like the Everlasting Dragons; to have an albino dragon, a crippled and mortal dragon, would require disparity. Depending on the time lag between the advent of disparity and the war against the dragons, Seath might actually be very young for a dragon.

[hypertensiontwist]

Seath: Guys I'm worried I might die one day without scales.
Other Dragons: Wait... you might what?

[AdamArchangel]

So in a way, Aldia succeeded (sort of) where Seath failed, creating an ancient dragon that whilst technically an imposter, might very well have served his research purposes

[ImpracticalShield]

id honestly love to see a primordial serpent video in the future, such integral characters who we know so little about

[darkmystic]

Its a golden age of knowledge and lore. Praise the lore.

[Yelrahnotremah]

Now I am become Seathe, the scaleless

[SonicHaXD]

I wonder if Seath was ever a professor at the Vinheim Dragon School. I'd like to imagine a giant dragon teaching sorcery XD

[appleseed]

Ah man can't wait to learn how Seath did nothing wrong; and that not only were his actions justified, but they lead to a better world.

[OG_McLovin]

Absolutely bends my brain when you mentioned the Ash Lake ancient dragon as possibly being the firekeeper for its bonfire. It's like Seath's not only trying to make stone dragons, but create a being that can survive an age of Dark, Light, or whatever comes... Fantastic lore series.

[Hawkshaw]

Who was more cruel to humans - Seath or the Gods? Let us know what you think!

[IBongoKarl]

That's insane! I also came to the conclusion that Priscilla is the Daughter of Seath in that way, that he accidentaly modified a pregnant woman instead of a virgin maiden.
However, I believe the 'other' father of Priscilla to be Havel the Rock directly. In just the same way it's brought up here, the archbishop of law and caste had an affair with a - presumed - maiden. That maiden got abducted and somehow modified by Seath. I believe, that Seath knew or guessed from the very beginning of his experiments with human women that a pregnant women could lead to complications and therefore requested maidens from the getgo. Noone could have foreseen, that one presumed maiden actually had an affair and was pregnant, right?

Therefore I believe Priscilla to be the Daughter of Havel, that Maiden and Seath. It would explain that deep-seated hatred of Havel for all things sorcery and Seath a smudge better that just him killing his lover - which also is a pretty good reason to hate someone in the first place ofc.

I don't really know what evidence brought you to conclude the birth of Priscilla and the abduction of Havels lover to be seperate events - but I guess I also don't have that much clear evidence for my idea either... except a nice little parabola with Berserk which just rhymes so well to me that I chose to accept this as the more elegant and simpler story: In Berserk there is also a Child with three Parents, just like Priscilla. It's the child Guts and Kjaskar made, which was somehow aborted and livingly modified by Femto-Griffiths Demon-Seed. This happened willingly by Femto-Griffith, instead of presumably unknowingly by Seath, but the parallels just ring something for me. And I stumbled over quite a lot lore references pairing exactly these characters - Guts and Havel, Seath and Griffith... perhaps Myazaki chose to take that connection and this Hommage to Berserk just a little bit further?
Anyway, the abduction, perhaps rape of his loved one plus the corruption and ousting of his to-be-daughter would be enough to drive an archbishop of law and caste to a rebellion against the very gods, the stashing of occult weapons in hidden places of Anor Londo and mobilising an army of magic-resistantly armored knights against the very gods he once prayed for. It's even enough to turn him against an old friend - or be locked away by him through betrayal, for his own good, of course.

Anway, felt like sharing this. I love your work. It's the most compelling and interesting insights we get in the lore of these wonderful games, I think. And it's so delishious food to fuel the little story ideas and theories of so many others by their own - it's awesome in any meaning of this word.

Praise the Lore

[EndlessResentment]

“The child who grows up without the love of the village, will burn it down to feel it’s warmth”

[OtepRalloma]

The Golems being there to guard / watch dragon-like creatures because he wants to become like his old brethren makes so much sense!

[MS-Borjarnon]

I assume Seath made the Moonlight Butterfly to show how refined his taste in mecha anime is.

[bluemilkmeify]

I like the part where Seath said, 'Let's get scaleless', then kidnapped a bunch of maidens and stuck octopi on their heads

[FreeRunful]

Love that you played Yarghul’s theme when you started talking about a surrogate. Well done.