Okay so, before reality, there was only endless fog, Archtrees, grey crags, and Dragons. Then, deep within the earth, there was Fire. With Fire came the seperationnof concepts, life and death, heat and cold, light and dark. Four souls were claimed by the beings that found the fire; The Light that Gwynn used to strike dragons from the sky, Death that Gravelord Nito spread like a miasma, Life that was personifoed by the Pyromancies of the Witch of Izaleth, a life that would one day consume her, and finally, The Dark Soul was claimed by The Furtive Pigmy, progenitor of and ancestor to every single human. The Dark Soul was spread among his children by The Furtive Pigmy, and so while humans would still die, they would always return, immortal. When Gwynn struck out against the tyrannical rule of The Dragons, aided by the betrayal of Seath the Scaleless, the vast armies of Humanity, fighting as long as they had weapons to fire or rocks to throw, no matter how many times they were slain, aided Gwynn and the other Lords, and in fact killed the majority of The Dragons. However, Gwynn's age of fire did not last forever, and the light of his lordsoul began to fade. He feared this, and knew that Humanity would one day give birth to The Dark Lord, which would bring about The Age Of Dark, and the fading light was portent of this. First, The Witch Of Izaleth tried to use Pyromancy and the Lord Soul of Life to make a new Flame of Light, only to fail and warp and change into The Bed Of Chaos, and somehow created the carnival of horrors that was The Demons of Izaleth. these demons, while grotesque, were monstrously strong, and some even gifted with pyromancy. Unfortunately, one of those demons was The Witch Of Izaleth's own newborn Son, who became the Ceaseless Discharge, eternally spewing magma from his gigantic form. He was given The Charred Orange Ring by his sisters as a way to not feel the pain of the lava he made, but the fool he was, dropped it, and it grew into The Centipede Demon. While grotesque, the life made by the uncontrolled pyromancy of The Witch Of Izaleth was in fact successful, and the kingdom of Izaleth grew and prospered. Unfortunately, Gwynn feared the demons, and set upon them The Black Knights, weapons designed to kill the demons. He slaughtered the majority of them, untill they surrendered, and some demons were employed(or enslaved) in gwynn's empire, like the Asylum Demon who guards the undead asylum. However, there was still the problem of the Fading Fire, gwynn's age of light ending. And so, he set upon humanity a Curse. He linked Humanity to the fire, and Burned their immortality away to fuel The Fire. This worked, for a time, humanity lived and died and forgot their immortality as Gwynn shephearded them to believe he and the other lords were Gods. However, this did not work forever, the fire faded again, and with it, Gwynn's Power. The curse weakened, and people were born with The Darksign, who would rise once killed as they used to. However, they would also Go Mad due to the curse, due to gwynn's power burning away within them. This could be staved off at Bonfires by sacrificing Humanities to Gwynn's fire, and thus sustaining The Age Of Fire, but with each death those born with The Darksign would still go gradually insane. Gwynn, desparate to keep the flame alive, burned Himself in it, and while this worked, again the fire soon faded, and Humans were shepherded to believe they could stave off the undead by Linking The Fire again, sacrificing an undead to The Flame, and that is what you do in the first ending of Dark Souls 1. However, you can turn away, let the fire die, and bring about The Age Of Dark. In Dark Souls 3, countless undead have Linked The Fire over the ages, and humans have been born Ashen Ones, who are so burned by Gwynn's fire that they cannot be sacrificed to link the fire. You can let the fire finally die and bring about the age of dark, you can link it by bringing back the lords to their thrones, undead that link the fire once more, or, finally, you can take the last remaining of Gwynn's power into yourself, and become The Lord of Hollows.
@@SalemArc It's just my summary of Vaatividya's deep dive. It's all in Item descriptions, dialogue, architecture and other sources. Like how gwynn's son befriended a dragon and was stricken from history.
@@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606 "before reality, there was only endless fog, Archtrees, grey crags, and Dragons. Then, deep within the earth, there was Fire. With Fire came the seperationnof concepts" - so...err, what separated the fog, Archtrees, grey crags and Dragons from each other before Fire then?...
I did not expect TFS quotes in this section but given the aloof nature of darksouls settings.. Enthusiastic walk is rather accurate for the chosen undead.
I like the twist on the "We're not so different, you and I" speech to "The two of us couldn't be any more different and I'm glad for that." I kind of wish more stories did that, just for a change of pace
the thing is that the "we're not so different" is used mostly has a poor excuse to justify a villain while in here patches says: "by all logic and reason the two of us should be mortal enemies at each other's troath... istead we are friends".
In one of my stories, the main villain and the hero are two characters cut from the same cloth; two members of a futuristic dimensional cyber-soldier regiment that received brain damage during their mission and went AWOL, but the way they changed from that moment is completely different. While the main character took her newfound freedom as a chance to explore the world and protect its people from the evil scum that prey on the weak, the antagonist went insane and became a sadistic monster. After she kills him, he refuses to die and becomes an AI in her head, which he tells her that despite his hatred for her, he’s happy that she was so different from him and he would still help her fight the new threat. He essentially pulled a Johnny Silverhand “I’m happy you’re so much not like me” moment.
What would really subvert the trope would be the main character trying a "We're not so different, you and I" to convince it's opponent that they don't have to shoot each other or something. Of course, in most cases, if the villain is sure about what he has to do, it'll mostly result in a "I don't care + fuck you"
When the cruel and indifferent universe strives to break you. When it crushes you beneath it's cosmic boot. Telling you, informing you, enlightening you...that you can never win. That you will be broken like all that came before. The strongest. The swiftest. The smartest. The stubbornest. All of them broke before the universe and all were forgotten. When you are told that you will be no different. It is your duty. To say *"Bet"*
each of them were broken just a little further then the previous one. i may not be the one to break the universe but maybe my son, or my grand son, or random human thousands of years from now. as sure as universe is in knowing it can brake a human,l we are just as surr that, Humanity Will brake the universe one day
I love this comment but can't help but point out that a cruel and indifferent universe doesn't "strive" to anything. It just is. How we come to terms with it, however, that's where it really matters. 😅
The fact that Patches of all people manged to outlive the gods themselves will never stop being hilarious. By all accounts he ought to be a legendary figure, revered as some sort of trickster demigod whose pranks are tests that only a true hero can overcome and who possesses knowledge of kingdoms whose names have been forgotten and will be forgotten... But instead he still just Patches, when he said that all he wants is simple things he means it. He will never get the reverence he deserves but that's not a loss in his eyes because it was never something he cared about in the first place. In the end of the day he is the real winner and he's just going to keep on winning.
I wish some characters could talk and say something but who am I kidding although I get the feeling and I know why he's shrug say I don't know but that is just my opinion.
@@Tarik360 Manus was never THE furtive pigmy Just a very close descendant if I recall correctly. One of the first humans created by the dark soul (*insert title card here*), which I'm pretty sure were also referred to as pigmies. Their closer connection to the dark is why Manus became so powerful when in contact with the abyss.
@@BranBal all those panels starting from 0:43 along with the narration by Patches describe the NPCs you meet throughout Dark Souls 1, 2 & 3. Hint: they're all very depressing, most of them you can't save.
I 100% believe the head-cannon that Patches somehow Untethered himself from the Dark Souls world, and found his way to The Lands Between. Inter-dimensional travellers and realms exist in both worlds, after all, and The Lands Between are established as a place of interest for MANY cosmic deities, implying it's something of a focal point as far as multidimensional gods are concerned.
Above all else, Undead are stubborn and curious things. They strive forward where others cower away, just to see what lies beyond. They search for discovery; knowledge, secrets, treasures and lore they can't fully grasp the meaning of to broaden their horizons. And no matter how hard or how many times they are knocked down they will get back up despite all odds or reason. In short Undead paradoxically cling on to life when there is next to none to be found.
Patches: "I'll help you out wirh whatever's behind that door." *Door opens and Radahn fires an arrow the size of a tree* Patches: "Hell nah. To the nah nah naah. Hell to the nah. To the nah. To the nah nah naah."
I love how even if the specifics (or pretty much everything) are hidden behind a PHD in item description studies Dark Souls lore still manages to hit through sheer vibes
I wonder if Patches knows the truth all along? The real truth behind his existence and the madness that he finds himself in? When he asked “why”, was he asking the man standing in front of him, or the player sitting comfortably indoors that would never know the pain and horror that he or she puts the character through?
Wow, that was perfect. All the references we're so good and the unbreakable Patches sums it up well enough. All the bloodshed and frustration we go through in hope to better the world, to do something right only to gain short lived happiness that'll eventually be followed by ever hurting sadness. Always grasping to the slightest glimpse of hope and even when all hope is lost, just fulfilling your duty as chosen unfead or choosing an own path, not rekindling the flame but maybe even letting die, choosing to set an end to this bleak crumbling world and not support the fear of the unknown and of death, because everything has to end. And why do we do it? To prove to ourselves and maybe othersthat we can beat all of Dark Souls, to show we are the best and most skilled player, to see our fair maidens/waifus, to kill everybody, to live through an amazing but dark almost hopeless story, immersing oneself into this rotten world or to just enjoy a world where we are the hero, to feel powerful when we slay one mighty foe after another, even those who claimed godhood and while doing so, learning that you, the one who no one thought could beat the odds stagged against him, can indeed overcome them by learning, adepting, getting stronger and stronger (or by bonking everything with a big stick from the start) til' you can be sure that there's nothing that you can't truly do (which could show you that it is the with real life as long as you're determined enough). I really love Dark Souls, From Software Games in general and I really like this video which perfectly sums up what it all comes down to, a simple *shrug*. We don't really know why we're doing what we're doing or maybe we do, but isn't that part of the charm? Like I said, great video and I'd be happy to hear why some of you played dark souls, why they lived through this cruel yet fascinating world. Thank you for reading my comment and like I said I'd wanna why ya played Dark Souls and maybe even what it means to you, have a great morning/day/afternoon/evening/night and long may the sun shine for you all.
Patches has been i every dark souls game so far and every time you meet him you get betrayed but have to give it to him he has been one of the most relatable character overtime
No matter what happens, or how many games they make, or how much they change, there will be one thing that will forever stay the same. Patches, first betraying us, then becoming our friend, and ripping us off with his overpriced bullshit. He is like Gaunter O'Dimm now, only a coward, and weak, and with rat's personality.
It's nice to see a dark souls comic dub from you but wow I wasn't expecting it to be like this or even get a hit of nostalgia but it's a nice story to see how patches was before he became Lapp and explain the world but the visuals and the story telling in this is wonderful and I've never even heard of this artist before but they did an amazing job with this I loved this. Y'know I've played all three of them, put so much time into them exploring everything, I can recognize everything in this and even though it was painful at times it's a nice feeling just having knowledge of something you put so much time into. Thank you for this comic dub Solus I enjoyed it and the VA for patches did great I liked them.
The Rememberance, Dark Souls made one of my favorite games i truly believe on, all the boss that have thouth you lessons, the thinks you have discovered, the ppl you tried to save. All it was made to be a masterpiece for years on.
That day, Patches got to see Atlas shrug before proceeding to shoulder the world. For the... 4th world in a row. Eventually running into Atlas a 5th time in Elden Ring. I swear that man never learns.
I still love that even after all that analysis, understanding, thought process, and lives spent... It defaults back to the simple two questions. Why? Why not?
patches i embarked the journey that is elden ring for two reasons, one i love the thrill of a nice ol high octane dark souls battle and two I`m a masochist
Even if I lose from helping, at least I had the chance to help. To help Siegward and his friend Yhorm, to help bring fire to desolate painted worlds long forgotten, bringing those corrupted by the abyss back to their senses.
Why ? Because someone have to remember. Someone have to be there, and survive to tell others of the tales of these folks that lived their undead live to the fullest.
"I'd continue to die for eternity to avoid the boredom brought about by an apathetic approach to life. If you don't care, if you don't struggle, if you don't fight or feel or even want or cry as you experience this wondrous world then what the hell is the point? Its not a noble reason to be sure, I'm just bored."
""We do these things not because they are easy but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one we intend to win"
In my head canon Patches is secretly the avatar of a trickster minor outer god who enjoys interacting with the chosen undead through out the cycles of the world.
" ...You know, l've realized, we really couldn't be more different, you and l... and yet here we stand, the both of us; undead, yet unbroken. Me? l'm simple, truly unbound; nothing to gain, nothing to lose. But *_you...?_* l've seen your ilk, time and time again... You grasp for the faintest glimmer of hope; kind-hearted fool that you are, you are blinded by the very light that guides you. So you stumble, searching for answers, driven into madness by the things you uncover... and still you remember what any sane person would rather forget... You want to save everyone... heheheheheh, pitiful, really; you can't even save yourself, and the more you try to help, the more you will lose. Whether you risk everything for glory or offer all that you have left -- with *_boundless_* compassion -- no one can foretell the consequences of your 'good intentions'... heheh. ...l'll never understand what drives you. Is it your thirst for knowledge? Faithful duty? Petty revenge? No matter; you shoulder a task far beyond yourself... and through all your trials, you realize that you measure up to it after all. And when even the gods despair and shy from their duty, when the last fire fades and the abyss grabs at your heart, you hold tight the embers that burn your fingers and you face the end -- unknowing, deceived, yet always sure of yourself... ...And the one thing l just can't understand... *_Why?_* " " *_[shrugs]_* "
My answer: *_"Because no matter how many times any monster dares burn me, nothing will stop me from returning to fight another day. For that alone, they should fear me."_*
Patches for may he forever live our hearts be of malice or the love is charismatic character may he forever go down in history as the most loved dark souls character 🫡
I love how all the npcs in souls games always talk about us like we have this grand and righteous motivation, when in reality our character is more akin to an impulsive cat, fueled by nothing but curiosity and an instinct that says that boredom is worse than any death the world throws at us.
The only reason I learned dark souls lore which could honestly be an entire learning subject in and of itself was when my friends wanted to play dark souls I could explain the hopeless of it all
I feel like there should be a second part to this where that dude is just in shock to what they were about to fight and the dude in Knight armor is just like this is what I deal with everyday not much different.
Unfailing human determination. That's Dark Souls. Everything's gone to shit, but someone will take up the standard eventually, and through sheer bullheadedness and learning from our mistakes, we will carry on forever. Indomitable.
And yet, why do the undead turn into Hollows? Before meeting Patches in Dark Souls 3, I think that Hollows are undead without a goal, they achieve it or give up on the way to it. But Patches is different, he has no purpose, he may forget his name, who he was, but he will never become hollow. He never had a “life goal” like the rest of the undead, he simply lived for his own pleasure without any purpose. Maybe this makes sense? An ordinary undead gives itself a goal (vessel), it fills this vessel and either gives up halfway or reaches the goal. In any case, the undead lose their target (vessel) and in its place... there is nothing. The undead lose a piece of themselves and there is nothing left in this place, it is hollow. You know that feeling when you finish reading a good book, beat a story-driven game, or quit something you've been doing for a long time? You feel empty inside, you have finally reached the finish line, but there is nothing further. On the other hand, Patches did not set a goal for himself, he did not become attached to people, he did not save people. He did not lose anything because he possessed nothing. Therefore, it is always whole, because it has no space for hollow.
The second one asks "why" in Dark Souls is the second one falls in their journey. We don't need a reason to fight, to live, to carry one. All we need is our weapons, our armor, our goal, and a friend to share all the adventures with. And we are happy for it.
Because what is there anything better to do at the presumably the end of the world, why not keep moving forward until you see the end? You've come this far
“Why?” *shrug* Ah yes, if there’s one thing I’ve learned from both Luffy from one piece and the pc from dark souls, if the world is filled with plans that you’re too stupid to understand, HECKIN ROLL WITH IT
That comic is basically on the same level to me as "We are the souls" by The pruld. Honestly Dark Souls and it's lore and the meaning that it conveys is a big part of my life and this comic hits so hard and sums up perfectly what Dark souls truly wants to show. Bravo. That is just majestic
![Patches [Dark Souls Dub]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/pl7pKPQCL6E/mqdefault.jpg)
![Patches [Dark Souls Dub]](/img/tr.png)
The shrug basically sums up 90% of my understanding of dark souls despite having played through them all multiple times
Okay so, before reality, there was only endless fog, Archtrees, grey crags, and Dragons. Then, deep within the earth, there was Fire. With Fire came the seperationnof concepts, life and death, heat and cold, light and dark. Four souls were claimed by the beings that found the fire; The Light that Gwynn used to strike dragons from the sky, Death that Gravelord Nito spread like a miasma, Life that was personifoed by the Pyromancies of the Witch of Izaleth, a life that would one day consume her, and finally, The Dark Soul was claimed by The Furtive Pigmy, progenitor of and ancestor to every single human. The Dark Soul was spread among his children by The Furtive Pigmy, and so while humans would still die, they would always return, immortal.
When Gwynn struck out against the tyrannical rule of The Dragons, aided by the betrayal of Seath the Scaleless, the vast armies of Humanity, fighting as long as they had weapons to fire or rocks to throw, no matter how many times they were slain, aided Gwynn and the other Lords, and in fact killed the majority of The Dragons. However, Gwynn's age of fire did not last forever, and the light of his lordsoul began to fade. He feared this, and knew that Humanity would one day give birth to The Dark Lord, which would bring about The Age Of Dark, and the fading light was portent of this.
First, The Witch Of Izaleth tried to use Pyromancy and the Lord Soul of Life to make a new Flame of Light, only to fail and warp and change into The Bed Of Chaos, and somehow created the carnival of horrors that was The Demons of Izaleth. these demons, while grotesque, were monstrously strong, and some even gifted with pyromancy. Unfortunately, one of those demons was The Witch Of Izaleth's own newborn Son, who became the Ceaseless Discharge, eternally spewing magma from his gigantic form. He was given The Charred Orange Ring by his sisters as a way to not feel the pain of the lava he made, but the fool he was, dropped it, and it grew into The Centipede Demon.
While grotesque, the life made by the uncontrolled pyromancy of The Witch Of Izaleth was in fact successful, and the kingdom of Izaleth grew and prospered.
Unfortunately, Gwynn feared the demons, and set upon them The Black Knights, weapons designed to kill the demons. He slaughtered the majority of them, untill they surrendered, and some demons were employed(or enslaved) in gwynn's empire, like the Asylum Demon who guards the undead asylum.
However, there was still the problem of the Fading Fire, gwynn's age of light ending. And so, he set upon humanity a Curse. He linked Humanity to the fire, and Burned their immortality away to fuel The Fire. This worked, for a time, humanity lived and died and forgot their immortality as Gwynn shephearded them to believe he and the other lords were Gods.
However, this did not work forever, the fire faded again, and with it, Gwynn's Power. The curse weakened, and people were born with The Darksign, who would rise once killed as they used to. However, they would also Go Mad due to the curse, due to gwynn's power burning away within them. This could be staved off at Bonfires by sacrificing Humanities to Gwynn's fire, and thus sustaining The Age Of Fire, but with each death those born with The Darksign would still go gradually insane.
Gwynn, desparate to keep the flame alive, burned Himself in it, and while this worked, again the fire soon faded, and Humans were shepherded to believe they could stave off the undead by Linking The Fire again, sacrificing an undead to The Flame, and that is what you do in the first ending of Dark Souls 1. However, you can turn away, let the fire die, and bring about The Age Of Dark.
In Dark Souls 3, countless undead have Linked The Fire over the ages, and humans have been born Ashen Ones, who are so burned by Gwynn's fire that they cannot be sacrificed to link the fire. You can let the fire finally die and bring about the age of dark, you can link it by bringing back the lords to their thrones, undead that link the fire once more, or, finally, you can take the last remaining of Gwynn's power into yourself, and become The Lord of Hollows.
@@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606didn't realize how much I needed that explanation
@@SalemArc It's just my summary of Vaatividya's deep dive. It's all in Item descriptions, dialogue, architecture and other sources. Like how gwynn's son befriended a dragon and was stricken from history.
@@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606 "before reality, there was only endless fog, Archtrees, grey crags, and Dragons. Then, deep within the earth, there was Fire. With Fire came the seperationnof concepts" - so...err, what separated the fog, Archtrees, grey crags and Dragons from each other before Fire then?...
@@ArawnOfAnnwn That's never said. Waitch the intro cutscene of dark souls 1.
Chosen Undead was just going for a walk.
A very enthusiastic walk.
I did not expect TFS quotes in this section but given the aloof nature of darksouls settings.. Enthusiastic walk is rather accurate for the chosen undead.
... while the Unkindle was going for a very painful walk...
they should've just given him the plasma tv.
@@umngyr With Netflix, Very important you don't forget the Netflix
@@Pretty_Girl6-02did it have 3d on it ?
I like the twist on the "We're not so different, you and I" speech to "The two of us couldn't be any more different and I'm glad for that." I kind of wish more stories did that, just for a change of pace
the thing is that the "we're not so different" is used mostly has a poor excuse to justify a villain while in here patches says: "by all logic and reason the two of us should be mortal enemies at each other's troath... istead we are friends".
In one of my stories, the main villain and the hero are two characters cut from the same cloth; two members of a futuristic dimensional cyber-soldier regiment that received brain damage during their mission and went AWOL, but the way they changed from that moment is completely different. While the main character took her newfound freedom as a chance to explore the world and protect its people from the evil scum that prey on the weak, the antagonist went insane and became a sadistic monster. After she kills him, he refuses to die and becomes an AI in her head, which he tells her that despite his hatred for her, he’s happy that she was so different from him and he would still help her fight the new threat. He essentially pulled a Johnny Silverhand “I’m happy you’re so much not like me” moment.
What would really subvert the trope would be the main character trying a "We're not so different, you and I" to convince it's opponent that they don't have to shoot each other or something.
Of course, in most cases, if the villain is sure about what he has to do, it'll mostly result in a "I don't care + fuck you"
@@cpp3221 I’ve actually seen that one pop up a couple of times, usually in tandem to the protag giving the “I know you’re better than this!” speech
@@hfar_in_the_sky Ok, so it's about to also become a trope.
And me who thought I had an original idea.
Trusty ol' Patches, you can always rest easy with his blades at your back.
* in your back.
@@DavidCruickshank typically he’ll put his boot into your back.
@@cpaul562ass*
@@TheGamingMexican69 you mean “arse”, at least if you’re trying to write in English.
@@cpaul562 damn, you're right.
Patches may be out of line but he's right about everything in the Dark Souls and Elden Ring.
And bloodborn
"Your not wrong. But you didn't have to be such a D*ck about it: Integra Abridged.
Well, he was a spider that one time, so he has no right to judge.
@@Uzarran Then why does shelob judge us so in shadow of war T.T
@@blooddoctor2721 And Armored Core
When the cruel and indifferent universe strives to break you. When it crushes you beneath it's cosmic boot. Telling you, informing you, enlightening you...that you can never win.
That you will be broken like all that came before.
The strongest.
The swiftest.
The smartest.
The stubbornest.
All of them broke before the universe and all were forgotten.
When you are told that you will be no different.
It is your duty.
To say *"Bet"*
Wow 😮
Is this a poem or something?
each of them were broken just a little further then the previous one.
i may not be the one to break the universe but maybe my son, or my grand son, or random human thousands of years from now.
as sure as universe is in knowing it can brake a human,l
we are just as surr that, Humanity Will brake the universe one day
Spite is one of the driving factors in humankind.
aight bet xD
I love this comment but can't help but point out that a cruel and indifferent universe doesn't "strive" to anything. It just is. How we come to terms with it, however, that's where it really matters. 😅
"...Why?"
*shrugs*
"...Fair enough."
My main boss to the party I DM for when they finally face off.
The fact that Patches of all people manged to outlive the gods themselves will never stop being hilarious. By all accounts he ought to be a legendary figure, revered as some sort of trickster demigod whose pranks are tests that only a true hero can overcome and who possesses knowledge of kingdoms whose names have been forgotten and will be forgotten... But instead he still just Patches, when he said that all he wants is simple things he means it. He will never get the reverence he deserves but that's not a loss in his eyes because it was never something he cared about in the first place.
In the end of the day he is the real winner and he's just going to keep on winning.
My head cannon is that he's the true furtive pygmy, not Manus.
I wish some characters could talk and say something but who am I kidding although I get the feeling and I know why he's shrug say I don't know but that is just my opinion.
@@Tarik360
Manus was never THE furtive pigmy
Just a very close descendant if I recall correctly.
One of the first humans created by the dark soul (*insert title card here*), which I'm pretty sure were also referred to as pigmies.
Their closer connection to the dark is why Manus became so powerful when in contact with the abyss.
@@An_Entire_Lime Darn, It HAS been long since I last checked up on the lore. Still, I believe Patches is that Furtive Pygmy lmao.
Perhaps he is legendary. And perhaps he doesn't want to be.
And then in Elden Ring you summon his help, for him to say "Bloody hell fuck this shit", turn back and leave in the span of five seconds.
I don't think he owes us anything in that occasion because we forgive him. In ds3 we save him from going hollow.
He doesn't leave if you finish his quest first
Fuck this shit I'm out
Thats epic@@zipzapper0
@@DonPetexX yeah "we"
(totally dont kill him anytime I see him for tricking me)
Trusty Reliable Patches, he never changes. And this is why he made it to the end.
This is a massive jab to the feels for those who read up on Dark Souls lore. Patches narrating it is the cherry on top.
Please, SPOILER me
@@BranBal all those panels starting from 0:43 along with the narration by Patches describe the NPCs you meet throughout Dark Souls 1, 2 & 3. Hint: they're all very depressing, most of them you can't save.
@@deepfriedpotato9668the one at 0:55 stings the most.
@@blakestallsmithofthematrix34381:11 is my favourite questline of the games, beautiful, yet I wish it could end differently
@@blakestallsmithofthematrix3438 LUCATIEL MY BELOVED
Patches is hilarious and you will quote everything he says.
Patches is hilarious and I will quote everything he says.
Patches is hilarious and I will quote everything he says
Patches is a veteran of the great coochie wars
Patches is hilarious and I will quote everything he says.
Patches is hilarious and I will quite everything he says.
What drives me? The drip.
Death itself won't stop the Fashion Souls.
Drip transcends genre, life, death, immortality (see Lord Gwyn that robe is something else), time, franchise
What drives me? Pointing down on kids while in The Drip®️
Invading
The comic that defines Patches
An Immortal that has never changed and an Immortal who never bothered changing. Such is the duality of thise who remain.
Oh Patches, you said it yourself: "i don't know, maybe it's just the way we are"
I 100% believe the head-cannon that Patches somehow Untethered himself from the Dark Souls world, and found his way to The Lands Between. Inter-dimensional travellers and realms exist in both worlds, after all, and The Lands Between are established as a place of interest for MANY cosmic deities, implying it's something of a focal point as far as multidimensional gods are concerned.
Not the first time he shows Up at another place, Dark souls isn't even his original place
If I recall he showed up first in one of the Kings Fields, and I also believe he's a decent AC pilot.
@@LeuvahkTrigger nah, never oficially appeared in king's field, first time was ACFA as Patch the Good luck
He first appeared, for me at least, in the original Demons Souls in 2009
He's also in bloodborne
God Damn it. You made me smile, tear up, and want to charge head-long into another boss fight! Even if it's with Patches.
Ngl tho, Patches can actually hold himself well in boss fights.
Chosen Undead/Bearer of the Curse/Ashen One: "I punched my way into this mess and I'm damn sure going to punch my way out of it."
Tarnished.
Above all else, Undead are stubborn and curious things. They strive forward where others cower away, just to see what lies beyond. They search for discovery; knowledge, secrets, treasures and lore they can't fully grasp the meaning of to broaden their horizons. And no matter how hard or how many times they are knocked down they will get back up despite all odds or reason. In short Undead paradoxically cling on to life when there is next to none to be found.
Ah hell yeah, a classic. Pretty nice to see this comic pop back up after a few years.
Maybe the real dark soul was the friends we made along the way.
When things come to full circle, that sentence couldn't be any more true. The final boss of the entire series basically sums it up the best
does that mean Gael made friends for thousands of years just to eat them in the end
That's an increidbly spot on voice actor for Patches. Not in the sense that it's the exact same voice, but the feels behind it is truely here.
I'd love to hear a more regional, popular British accent like the cockney or scouse ones.
Patches: "I'll help you out wirh whatever's behind that door."
*Door opens and Radahn fires an arrow the size of a tree*
Patches: "Hell nah. To the nah nah naah. Hell to the nah. To the nah. To the nah nah naah."
Gotta say, even as someone whose knowledge of Soulsbourne lore only comes from memes, this hit me in a way I wasn’t expecting.
I like it.
Same
I love how even if the specifics (or pretty much everything) are hidden behind a PHD in item description studies Dark Souls lore still manages to hit through sheer vibes
Okay, but can we give a round of applause for comeechue as Patches? Because that performance was 10/10.
I wonder if Patches knows the truth all along? The real truth behind his existence and the madness that he finds himself in? When he asked “why”, was he asking the man standing in front of him, or the player sitting comfortably indoors that would never know the pain and horror that he or she puts the character through?
Wow, that was perfect. All the references we're so good and the unbreakable Patches sums it up well enough. All the bloodshed and frustration we go through in hope to better the world, to do something right only to gain short lived happiness that'll eventually be followed by ever hurting sadness. Always grasping to the slightest glimpse of hope and even when all hope is lost, just fulfilling your duty as chosen unfead or choosing an own path, not rekindling the flame but maybe even letting die, choosing to set an end to this bleak crumbling world and not support the fear of the unknown and of death, because everything has to end. And why do we do it? To prove to ourselves and maybe othersthat we can beat all of Dark Souls, to show we are the best and most skilled player, to see our fair maidens/waifus, to kill everybody, to live through an amazing but dark almost hopeless story, immersing oneself into this rotten world or to just enjoy a world where we are the hero, to feel powerful when we slay one mighty foe after another, even those who claimed godhood and while doing so, learning that you, the one who no one thought could beat the odds stagged against him, can indeed overcome them by learning, adepting, getting stronger and stronger (or by bonking everything with a big stick from the start) til' you can be sure that there's nothing that you can't truly do (which could show you that it is the with real life as long as you're determined enough). I really love Dark Souls, From Software Games in general and I really like this video which perfectly sums up what it all comes down to, a simple *shrug*. We don't really know why we're doing what we're doing or maybe we do, but isn't that part of the charm? Like I said, great video and I'd be happy to hear why some of you played dark souls, why they lived through this cruel yet fascinating world.
Thank you for reading my comment and like I said I'd wanna why ya played Dark Souls and maybe even what it means to you, have a great morning/day/afternoon/evening/night and long may the sun shine for you all.
This is motivating thank you
God, this was fucking awesome. All these years and experiences encapsulated i less than 3 minutes. I just can't stop smiling this was great.
That's always been my motivation, "Why Not?", it's simple and I don't need to explain myself if everyone already knows me well enough lol.
Another good one is "Got nothing better to do"
@@tristankadow3756 Those words have also left my mouth more than a few occasions lol
Patches is the nakama we made on our way
Patches has been i every dark souls game so far and every time you meet him you get betrayed but have to give it to him he has been one of the most relatable character overtime
No matter what happens, or how many games they make, or how much they change, there will be one thing that will forever stay the same. Patches, first betraying us, then becoming our friend, and ripping us off with his overpriced bullshit. He is like Gaunter O'Dimm now, only a coward, and weak, and with rat's personality.
It's nice to see a dark souls comic dub from you but wow I wasn't expecting it to be like this or even get a hit of nostalgia but it's a nice story to see how patches was before he became Lapp and explain the world but the visuals and the story telling in this is wonderful and I've never even heard of this artist before but they did an amazing job with this I loved this. Y'know I've played all three of them, put so much time into them exploring everything, I can recognize everything in this and even though it was painful at times it's a nice feeling just having knowledge of something you put so much time into. Thank you for this comic dub Solus I enjoyed it and the VA for patches did great I liked them.
In a way this was pretty wholesome. Sometimes it’s easy, sometimes it becomes harder; yet you keep going, embracing the absurdity of it all
Do not go gentle into that good night
And then this God transcended to Eldon ring, even though they’re unrelated to dark souls
The Rememberance, Dark Souls made one of my favorite games i truly believe on, all the boss that have thouth you lessons, the thinks you have discovered, the ppl you tried to save. All it was made to be a masterpiece for years on.
That day, Patches got to see Atlas shrug before proceeding to shoulder the world. For the... 4th world in a row. Eventually running into Atlas a 5th time in Elden Ring. I swear that man never learns.
I still love that even after all that analysis, understanding, thought process, and lives spent...
It defaults back to the simple two questions.
Why?
Why not?
I forgot what a send off this was for the game series. Thank you very much for putting in the work to dub and post this again.
Im remember seeing this dark souls 3 comic 5 years ago good old memory
patches i embarked the journey that is elden ring for two reasons, one i love the thrill of a nice ol high octane dark souls battle and two I`m a masochist
Dark soul player logic: i was walking and they tried to kill me. Not my fault it somehow turn into something grand and complex
aye, why is a very good question. and "why not" is the best possible answer that i could ever think of
Even when all hope is lost, a paladin's job is never done.
2:15 "ya know I thought id never be able kill someone it felt wrong which is good right but now it feels like winning"
Strange but somewhat wholesome that hes with us all the way to the end😉
Why does a mountain climber climb a mountain?
"its there"
0:53. Better to stumble in the light than to stumble and fall in the dark.
This is an old comic. Nice to see it brought to life with voices.
Even if I lose from helping, at least I had the chance to help. To help Siegward and his friend Yhorm, to help bring fire to desolate painted worlds long forgotten, bringing those corrupted by the abyss back to their senses.
This was cool, patches really is such in interesting guy, being there since the very start and even the very end
To give up and unbound yourself leads to the same end as if you tried but in the end I can say that I tried.
See there is no way I let Patches carry on for that long, MY VENGANCE WILL BE ETERNAL!
"why not"
Prob the best line to say to the one who want you to stop or make you to stop.
I have always loved that comic, all these years and still hits the weak points
Why ? Because someone have to remember. Someone have to be there, and survive to tell others of the tales of these folks that lived their undead live to the fullest.
Not only is the comic great, but that Patches impression is pretty dang good!
The Chosen Undead, The Bearer Of The Curse And The Ashen One
All Of Them Walked Down A Similar Path But Due To Different Circumstances
"I'd continue to die for eternity to avoid the boredom brought about by an apathetic approach to life.
If you don't care, if you don't struggle, if you don't fight or feel or even want or cry as you experience this wondrous world then what the hell is the point?
Its not a noble reason to be sure, I'm just bored."
""We do these things not because they are easy but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one we intend to win"
He ask: why
Me: because………to make sure they won’t cry ever again
me: i like to see all the endings of those i met
patches: what?
me: what?
Patches: what drives you
Me:...petty revenge , yeah i rember when you kicked me in every. Single. Universe
Even at the end of the world there always Trusty Patches.
Patches looks like he was getting ready to tell out "bankai: ryumon hozukimaru"
When?
bald man, huge spear, you're a smart guy. think about it.@@FAYGO_FIEND
In my head canon Patches is secretly the avatar of a trickster minor outer god who enjoys interacting with the chosen undead through out the cycles of the world.
The comic is beautiful, and the reading is a beautiful addition to that beauty, with a golden maraschino cherry on top in that music. bravo.
" ...You know, l've realized, we really couldn't be more different, you and l... and yet here we stand, the both of us; undead, yet unbroken.
Me? l'm simple, truly unbound; nothing to gain, nothing to lose. But *_you...?_* l've seen your ilk, time and time again...
You grasp for the faintest glimmer of hope; kind-hearted fool that you are, you are blinded by the very light that guides you. So you stumble, searching for answers, driven into madness by the things you uncover... and still you remember what any sane person would rather forget...
You want to save everyone... heheheheheh, pitiful, really; you can't even save yourself, and the more you try to help, the more you will lose. Whether you risk everything for glory or offer all that you have left -- with *_boundless_* compassion -- no one can foretell the consequences of your 'good intentions'... heheh.
...l'll never understand what drives you. Is it your thirst for knowledge? Faithful duty? Petty revenge?
No matter; you shoulder a task far beyond yourself... and through all your trials, you realize that you measure up to it after all. And when even the gods despair and shy from their duty, when the last fire fades and the abyss grabs at your heart, you hold tight the embers that burn your fingers and you face the end -- unknowing, deceived, yet always sure of yourself...
...And the one thing l just can't understand... *_Why?_* "
" *_[shrugs]_* "
My answer: *_"Because no matter how many times any monster dares burn me, nothing will stop me from returning to fight another day. For that alone, they should fear me."_*
Patches for may he forever live our hearts be of malice or the love is charismatic character may he forever go down in history as the most loved dark souls character 🫡
I love how all the npcs in souls games always talk about us like we have this grand and righteous motivation, when in reality our character is more akin to an impulsive cat, fueled by nothing but curiosity and an instinct that says that boredom is worse than any death the world throws at us.
To me just how i want to know more about the world?
I also want the world to know more about me...so why not.
The only reason I learned dark souls lore which could honestly be an entire learning subject in and of itself was when my friends wanted to play dark souls I could explain the hopeless of it all
Dark Souls Trilogy is like Philosophy: The Game..
I feel like there should be a second part to this where that dude is just in shock to what they were about to fight and the dude in Knight armor is just like this is what I deal with everyday not much different.
thank king, needed this one
"Because giving up isnt an option, mate. Thats why."
Man this was a good dark souls comic. Happy to see it adapted
One of my favorite Souls comics
The point of ending the strife that grips your land isn’t the legacy you leave, it’s making sure that there will still be people to forget you.
I just realised that the last dark souls came out 6 years ago
Deep, Dark, and so filled with Soul in this one☝️
I always loved this comic. A fantastic summary with all the fan favourite characters
Unfailing human determination. That's Dark Souls. Everything's gone to shit, but someone will take up the standard eventually, and through sheer bullheadedness and learning from our mistakes, we will carry on forever. Indomitable.
Patches is the type of guy no matter how many times he throws me off a cliff ill always love
I remember when this comic was drawn, made me want to go bench 315 and cry
Beautiful
And yet, why do the undead turn into Hollows? Before meeting Patches in Dark Souls 3, I think that Hollows are undead without a goal, they achieve it or give up on the way to it. But Patches is different, he has no purpose, he may forget his name, who he was, but he will never become hollow. He never had a “life goal” like the rest of the undead, he simply lived for his own pleasure without any purpose.
Maybe this makes sense? An ordinary undead gives itself a goal (vessel), it fills this vessel and either gives up halfway or reaches the goal. In any case, the undead lose their target (vessel) and in its place... there is nothing. The undead lose a piece of themselves and there is nothing left in this place, it is hollow. You know that feeling when you finish reading a good book, beat a story-driven game, or quit something you've been doing for a long time? You feel empty inside, you have finally reached the finish line, but there is nothing further.
On the other hand, Patches did not set a goal for himself, he did not become attached to people, he did not save people. He did not lose anything because he possessed nothing. Therefore, it is always whole, because it has no space for hollow.
Yeah, but having no goal is so boring and bland that is is void of sense.
Thank you I needed to relive my losses today 😢. Honestly though, this is a magnificent sequence. Thank you. Truly.
Wait what happened? Well I'm glad to hear that I hope you'll be okay.
Its depressing to see so many characters whose fates end the same: death and misery
The second one asks "why" in Dark Souls is the second one falls in their journey. We don't need a reason to fight, to live, to carry one. All we need is our weapons, our armor, our goal, and a friend to share all the adventures with. And we are happy for it.
Because what is there anything better to do at the presumably the end of the world, why not keep moving forward until you see the end? You've come this far
“Why?”
*shrug*
Ah yes, if there’s one thing I’ve learned from both Luffy from one piece and the pc from dark souls, if the world is filled with plans that you’re too stupid to understand, HECKIN ROLL WITH IT
That comic is basically on the same level to me as "We are the souls" by The pruld.
Honestly Dark Souls and it's lore and the meaning that it conveys is a big part of my life and this comic hits so hard and sums up perfectly what Dark souls truly wants to show.
Bravo. That is just majestic
Seeing Gwyndolin like that alwasy makes me sad, he's a really sad character and ends up eaten by a bastard
Dark Souls ended 6 years ago? God, I feel old.
Thank you that was beautiful.
Why was this so beautiful, It is excellent in so many ways
"I do not know who I am, I don't know why I'm here, All I know is that I must kill"
Every dark soul player.
Here we are again old friend