I think the line that most gave me chills, and perhaps most reflects the theme of Bloodborne and cosmic horror as a whole: "Like ants, we dug deep... Like ants, we built high... And like ants, we'll be squashed... By the sea, and the sky..."
I just realized this is a poem...a really excellent one, at that. Yes, indeed. They call it: the Oneironaut. The wondrous device That grants one eyes. There, at the graveyard of our achievements, Where now prayers are heard nevermore, Will the line between the dreams blur. And when the Red Tide comes, The waters will rise... And all will be taken by The Endmost Night. Those who walk the Lucid Lane, Trying to wake themselves by raising Cain: The Bourgeoisie Immaculate. And upon the Crown of Creation, Lonely stands a Galvanist... Trying to reanimate a wilting flower’s myth: *Kyrious, God from the Machine.* And the pilgrims, who finally found the way, For in their call beyond... The Fifth Wall will break: *The Panopticon of the Deep Sea.* ... Like ants, we dug deep... Like ants, we built high... And like ants, we’ll be squashed...by the sea and the sky... *Ah, what have we created...* But, worry not... For it shall always end how it had begun... Behold...the Rising... Sun... Dude, I would kill for this game.
Ah, the sky reflects the sea. You can only go so deep before the tunnels collapse, and you can only go so high before the tower falls. A man of science calls upon the Arcane and brings forth a God from the Machine. So many wondrous things to see in this video, it is enough to make my eyes squirm deep inside my skull.
FromSoft truly loves verticality and it is a stronger theme than ever in Bloodborne, where mankind strives for the great unknown both above and below equally in the hope to find the answer to that which they don't know, see or comprehend. Thank you for sharing your insight, you got them concepts down!
Couple of things that picked my interest: - The nightmare version of Cain looks up to the light and seems mesmerized by it, meanwhile the "normal" version is being used as a tool - The "pillar" and the "deep" sea represent the opposites that are mentioned in the end. The galvanists built high, the pilgrims dug deep.
This is a really cool video and I can already see possible lore. - Humanity rejects the insight and blood of the old ones, looking to ascend through its own ingenuity and creations. - The industrial revolution kicks off as we turn to technology to bring us higher, using it to do wondrous things. - But as we thought machines were our creation, we learn that even they house gods, new ones we've never experienced that turn what we know on its head - The acceleration of machinery leads to humanity becoming pulled into it, creating these half machine and half organic monstrosities, all because we tampered with life (the flower that was resurrected) - This all comes to a head with the deep sea and celestial space crash together, washing away everything for a new beginning
My interpretation: - the beast scourge ends, but Yharnam is left destroyed and underpopulated. blood healing is banned, The Chruch dismantled and the hunters purposeless. - Kyrios is secretly created in a restored and newly active Bryngenwerth to fuction as a dream host. In that dream realm, New Yharnam is created. - the city rejects both the veneration of great ones and blood healing, and instead focuses on science and engineering. - Kyrios sees this as an insult, and starts to corrupt the new tecnologies into horrifying things. Some of the citizens start praising great ones and ascend into fish-like beings. Their goal is to sink New Yharnam into the sea and turn everyone into one of them. - a new order of hunters, the Oneironauts, is formed to do damage control on the situation at New Yharnam.
@@a.p.6580 Love it! Especially like the idea of the Oneironauts being a new collective that emerged from the now obsolete hunters. Yehes. Spot on there!
I cant help but think of the Phaenonites from warhammer, who, seeing their companions fall to madness while trying to controll demonic forces through the use of the occult, attempted to do the same thing through technology instead, only to end up in exactly the same place.
Duude, not that i am taking Elden Ring lightly, but yeah... I feel this trailer here had more to chew on, then the Elden Ring one, making me crave for more Oneironaut!
This legit feels like the opening of a fromsoft game. Of course the poem itself is fabulous but sounds like it foreshadows the main bosses we meet: The Bourgeoisie Immaculate, Kyrious: God from the Machine, The Panopticon of the Deep Sea and finally The Rising Sun lol.
The Oneironaut device could tie into online mechanics well. The lenses let you look into parallel worlds of other players. Imagine if you could watch other players and decide who to invade or summon or perhaps send messages directly or influence enemies and traps in their game. You would always feel watched while playing.
Tbh oneirinaut to me felt like madman knowledge. You randomly get lens from either defeating boss or searching. Every new lens let you perceive new reality of the same plane. And the past lens let you see god's themselve.
Huh? You forgot an aspect of fairness in there. To influence aspects* or to watch a player, *and* be able to invade them , ect. thats just greifing. And everyone would just play it offline mode.
Theres a reason Vaati put this at the end of the video. Because if it was a part of the competition, first place would have no chance whatsoever. I also love the clever usage of Nevermore after you showed the raven. That was clever as fuck.
I can only assume the device from the beginning grew into that mess of stars swimming in the ocean above the Oneironaut’s head. He obviously wasn’t as prepared as he thought for the things it would show him, or perhaps that’s exactly what he was looking for...
I feel less like he is the one being crushed and more that the device is showing him what is to come and what has already been done. He doesn't sound afraid he sounds pleased.
See, I interpreted the little orbs in front of him at the end as eyes on stalks, the device granted him eyes, and despite the “New Yharnam” and the industrial revolution, the people still fall back to their old ways. He got greedy and tried to learn more with the device, but ultimately was “granted eyes” much more literally, and in a familiar way to the city as well.
At 0:54 the word "Tehom" is written all over the New Yharnam sign. If i'm not mistaken, the term is a transliteration of a hebrew word that refers to the primordial ocean created by God prior to the advent of land in the Book of Genesis. This makes sense in the context of Bloodborne as the sea is portrayed as a place where ancient primordial beings reside and the presence of the Panopticon later in the video. This just shows how good Ricardo Emig is at understanding the themes of Bloodborne and pulling real world mythology into his work
You really dropped the mic on that synopsis, good sir. First time I read about that detail as well :) Also noteworthy: In the Hebrew conception the waters continue to encompass the world after its emergence - below as well as in the sky.
Did anyone notice that the lens no of Oneironaut in first part and last part difference signifying that every new lens let you see more what should be unseen before such a small detail but such a great detail.
Even if this can't be Bloodborne 2, I want to play The Oneironaut more than anything. This piece is bleeding(yeah, I said it) with careful craft and attention. FromSoft and Miyazaki should at least be aware of this.
You're right, it doesn't need to be a Bloodborne game. But i think it's original enough to be it's own thing. It can just be a spiritual successor inspired by Miyazaki's works. All it needs now is approval from the concept artist, some talented programmers and then we can kickstarter this thing to have it made.
The many concepts behind this, the artstyle, the music, the hinted politics, the usage of the greek word kyrios κυριος for god. THIS IS A MASTERPIECE. Brother its the first time i see your work and you are incredible.
Also the Panopticon, which roughly translates to "All-seeing" (the gender's neutral) is a befitting name to a Lovecraftian eye-looking creature. And even the Oneironaut, "dream sailor". Cool use of Greek and, said words really dont sound as cool in greek and this guy used them in great context.
The soundtrack is now on Spotify, titled 'The Oneironaut'! Subtitles are now available in English, German, Portuguese (thanks Pedro!) and French (thanks Zowi!). High res images are available on my Artstation (Link's in the description) - those might be especially insightful in the case of the very dark scenes, in which the video rendering took its toll! - Should'ave mentioned this earlier I guess, wops 😅
I just realised that the hunter at the end is becoming a beast in his right arm, is subjected to frenzy on his left arm, and finally gaining too much insight that eyes are streaming from his skull.
The best way to put to words how well made this video is, is by how often I find myself returning to re-watching it. I think I probably have watched the video 30+ times and have probably returned to watch it specifically over 8 times
I love that there is this sort of hopeful undertone in the last few lines. “It will always end what hath began… behold, the rising Sun.” With the inflections and music rising, which normally indicates something good or amazing. I take this to mean that even if we are as to ants, and even if we find ourselves squeezed between the sea and sky by our own creations and curiosity… That the Sun will rise. That this cycle of gods and infinity and eyes and blood has its Sun. It’s beacon of light. And even if the Sun itself is one of these uncaring, unfeeling gods… If we are truly as ants to them, how could we ever stop the good from happening anymore then we can stop the bad? That the system transends anything you can imagine. And as such, unless some force above us were to interfere and give us special power(Old Blood, Moon Presence, ect), nothing can REALLY change. So hold tight to the fact that although the world is falling apart, crushed under the weight of the infinite sky and infinite deep… The sun will always rise.
Well what a game, huh? The long wait was well worth it for this masterpiece. Personally my favourite boss was Kyrious. An amazing moveset, soundtrack, and atmosphere made him one of the best bosses I've ever fought against. I've died to the flower attack he does on low health more than a couple of times, and never get mad, just happy I get to fight him even more. I know this might be a controversial take, but I think the Panopticon of the Deep Sea is one of the best levels Fromsoft has ever made. It's on the smaller side, but the layout is so dense and complex I'm still finding new portions of the map three replays later. I know some people hate the Pilgrims, but I don't mind them. FUCK the Lucid Lane, though. I agree with everyone else on that. I still wonder what exactly was going through Fromsoft's minds when they added those frenzy snipers, and the Bourgeoise Immaculate's zero-windup grab attack.
I love the detail of the man getting Frenzy as he's getting crushed but at the same time sounding so pleased, truly astounding animation, this is the best animation I have ever seen and I'm sad this world isn't something I can explore, not even as a game, but even as a book or a comic. It's so interesting and so sad to know we won't get more :(
I often get the same feeling playing Souls games.. Most of the events in those game have already happened once you step on stage and then you lust to explore what might have occured before you came along. Most of the time you are denied the sensation and are left with your imagination. But is filling in the gaps not the best kind of exploration? After all... it sparks inspiration which in turn results in art :) (Not the answer you wanted to hear I know haha)
@@RicardoEmigYT Oh no don't worry I wasn expecting a "Yeah I'll write a book why not" lol but you are right, imagination is a big part of these games, but these concepts are so cool and it hurts to not see them being used. You created a masterpiece and I can't stop watching this
@@RicardoEmigYT "But is filling the gaps not the best kind of exploration? After all... it sparks inspiration which in turn sparks art" -Ricardo Emig Someone had to quote that ya know? Amazing animation and amazing art. Somewhere in another universe this became a game or novel/comic... Somewhere among the stars and time.
IS THAT A RUSSIAN LULLABY MOTIFF I HEAR HER HUMMING WHEN THE HANDS PUT THE DEVICE ON THE GUY?! GAHT DAYM. RICARDO!!!!!!!! THIS STUFF IS LEGENDARY the fact that that the man smiles as the word "...eyes" gets said gives me chills.
There are no words I know in the English language nor in my mother tongue German to describe the sheer amount of astonishment and chills I got from this masterpiece, and I strive to be an author. To put it simply: This is art at its purest form.
That ending image makes me feel something that not many horror or violent images can make me feel: disturbed. I don't know what it is about it, but when I first saw that figure seemingly with eyes sprouting out of his head and into the greatest unknown... Seriously gives me chills. The vocabulary in the monologue is just superb. Oneironaut is perfect. Panopticon of the Deep Sea is unnerving to hear... who is watching who?! Combining Blood and Machine is terrific. There are so many awesome stories you could create with it. Using the blood and machine together sacrifices your soul so much more than just the blood alone... And dieselpunk will always be superior to steampunk in my eyes. One last side note, is that first shot of the protagonist wearing the Oneironaut with only the two lenses a Matrix reference? It has to be in my eyes!
Loved reading your thoughts! Glad you liked the vocabulary as well. Fun fact regarding the Panopticon: There is this interesting double meaning in my native language (German) where a "Panoptikum" is also a wax figure museum, which I thought fits oddly well with what I had in mind for that scene. Regarding the first scene: Honestly? My primary inspiration there was Django Unchained, hah! The scene in the end of the movie when he blows up the house while lightin' one up? So badass! Only later did I realise: Wait, this unintentionally turned out to look like Morpheus, which thematically is like a 100 times more fitting cross reference hahahha but good catch!
Late 1800s to early 1900s hard Dieselpunk is such a great genre. Honestly its slept on far too much, I like how diesel punk typically manages to be more gritty and realistic to the realities of industrial life than steampunk fiction ever does.
I love how the signs change in the bridge scene, is it just me or does the one sign change from industrial Revolution to Evolution? All the same, it's a stunning masterpiece. Already watched it 7 times.
We have been having some bad cold over here. Barely any sun. But, as I’m sitting on my warming up car, I look out my window to see the sky has turned a shining silver, and a circle of warm orange is rising. So I thought of this video.
Tragedies weigh as mountains on us each day yet there is somehow still space in my heart for the sorrow you've aroused, to mourn that I will never twice experience the world you've shown me. I thank you kindly and I curse you kinder.
If in this reality this doesn't become the concept and base for an incredibly famous game I firmly believe that in some alternative dimension it will because this video is a work of art, Have a Beautiful Good Hunters.
It's a shame you didn't place in the contest, this is one of the most striking pieces I've seen in a long time. Now I want to use the Oneironaut for a book or something!
The way the ‘sunflowers’ are all in full bloom as it shows the eclipse and god from machine is so goddamn cool. I have never seen the concept of black sunflowers in an eclipse. Eclipseflowers, I suppose. Also, those 7 notes at the abrupt end? One could write a whole music theory breakdown on those. I know it doesn’t mean anything coming from an internet shitter like me, but wonderfully done.
This is phenomenal... I love all the subtle references to the first game, along with all the new concepts. The idea of the sea and sky meeting in an endless reflection of one upon the other is extremely fascinating.
Look man, I just want to explore every area, die hopelessly to every enemy, learn every boss pattern, speak to every NPC, get jumpscared by every ambush, buy, craft, or find every weapon, get frustrated and lost, and become so confused by the immense amount of lore that I would have to watch a VaatiVidya on why this is the greatest soulslike ever conceived. Is that so much to ask?
The first scene always gives me the goosebumps. The line, the voice and delivery and the weird as fuck glasses inserted into your skull... just beautiful
I think this is the only video that makes me feel actively out of breath after just sitting here watching it for 4 minutes, the work here is absolutley beond compare
@@RicardoEmigYT Well, it´s one of the greatest things that I ever saw and because of all the effort you have put into the small details, I think it would be a shame not to talk about them (which still isn´t enough justification for my obsession with this work of art)
4:09 OKAY HOLY SHIT. So earlier on that one sign with the Edgar Allan Poe nevermore raven, there was a term scrawled there “tehom”, which is the primordial ocean that was once the world. It is both the sea and the sky which makes that reflection of the water have extra meaning. I’m still noticing cool stuff about this years later. Seriously how is everything you make so cool
I can't stop rewatching this. It's so fuckin cooooool. Literally everything about it, from the amazing music, to the creepy emotive voice acting, to the incredible visuals and flavorful concepts, is just absolutely breathtaking. You really captured the beauty of Bloodborne and then some. Even the obscure yet somehow coherent dialogue matches up perfectly with Fromsoftware writing.
Hm... so my main inspirations that come to mind right now are Metropolis and Frankenstein... definitely also Angel's Egg and Junji Ito from which fromSoft themselves draw from. And the deep sea in general :) Hope this helps!
Makes all the fucking sense in the world as a continuation of Bloodborne 2 if you want to. In Bloodborne the gods are discovered and when we cannot contact them we look for the ways.
It is magnificent! My eyes have been opened..! Thank you for lifting up my hopes for the eventual, yet most likely still far away return to hunter's dream and nightmare. The hunt is not yet over!
“The Bourgeoisie Immaculate” god the way you said that gave me goosebumps. I would honestly love a bloodborne sequel set in a pseudo-Victorian horror fantasy version of France
Coming back to this years later, and it still sends chills down my spine, if you ever get the chance, make this into a game yourself, you have the vison fore it.
this is utterly fantastic and IMO an artistic masterpiece. the atmosphere was so thick you could chew it! I also love how, in true FromSoft fashion, there is so much lore that is hinted at being there, but we never get to see all of it... just... the smallest piece. an appendage, extending from the leviathan below... and above. beckoning, perhaps... promising... E̷̝͖̊̈́ ̷͈̗̈́̓̿ ̷͔̻͊ ̸̼̄́Y̷̪̮̾͌͆ ̸͍̎̈ ̴̢̛̲̟͂ ̷̖͌̎E̴̛̬̩̩̾ ̸͔̹̕ ̵̗̤͕̇͘ ̶͈̿S̶͉̹̾̃
Have you not seen where all the insight leads! Have you not laid eyes on the nihility that lies behind the 5th wall of existence! Don't draw curtains that unveil the stage's apparatus, rather enjoy the play for as long as it lasts. :)
If you look carefully in a few scenes, you'll see scratches and cracks in the Image, that's not your screen lol, it's the Lenses of the Oneironaut, the Wondrous Device... I think I gained some insight from realising that.
@@RicardoEmigYT The amount of detail in this just blows off my Yharnam Top Hat, fantastic work, I'm actually gonna try to memorise the Monologue, I love it so much
@@agooddaytorespawn57 HAH now this made my day. I love quoting the DSIII opening under the shower! WHEN THE LINK OF FIRE IS THREATEND, THE BELL TOLLS...
@@RicardoEmigYT I haven't memorised that one yet, I've got the first one down, Second, even though it's the first souls I played, haven't memorised the intro for that yet, but I'll always remember "One day, you'll stand before it's decrepit gate...without really knowing why"
@@agooddaytorespawn57 Ahhh they're all so good. Not gonna lie: When I was doing the vid I wished I'd know an old hag to get the voice over from. Now THAT would have killed it!
Massive freaking respect for the name you gave this - it fits so freaking well on so many levels. An "explorer of dreams" is so freaking Bloodborne; not to mention the name itself being inspired by the Oneiroi (ancient, deific personifications of dreams). Also, I got a hell of a kick out of the rendition of Moonlight Sonata playing at 1:53.
Very observant! Imagine a whole society coming to realise they're trapped in a dream... or betwixt many dreams. Having a device that allows you to navigate the bulwark of sleep at free will would make you a lucid dreamwalker!
Honestly this could be a standalone game and it would be amazing. The music the art style everything seems so close to the blood borne style but at the same time it’s very unique and amazing.
I love at 3:20, it’s a drowned bride, insinuating a cruel sin, but as soon as the Oneironaut looks closer...We see that the bride is in fact Kos! Who was still killed and caused nothing but horror. A beautiful reintroduction to the Great Old One! Perhaps hinting that the Orphan isn’t the only child of Kos???
o___O Kos! Fair child of Kos! Time is not and the sea rumbles afar. And yet, the mother's pungent devotion can still be felt. Thank you, messenger. I exude gratitude for one such as you. Kos, bless this messenger, this visitor from beyond.
This is doing Elden Ring levels of expansion to Bloodborne. I can still faintly recognize it, and that's incredible. The fact I'll never see more of this hypothetical pains me.
Honestly i would really like to see a document about some of the concepts and ideas of the base game itself A bit more expansion without giving away too much plot
Tbh I didn't do any concept arts due to lack to time. Literally sat down the first two hours and envisioned every frame from a to z lol... Ofc I could do new concepts for it now 🤔
I watched this without knowing you were the one who created Erda's Ring... You are an incredible artist and I hope to see you thrive in your life. Erda's Ring was my favourite submission from the Elden Ring competition and now you've created another masterpiece. Thank you for what you do
Stellar story telling in the last shot of the Oneironaut sandwiched between the endless Abyss of the sea and the crushing weight of the sky. At this point, he had collected so many lenses that they sprout out from his device like horns or antlers on his head. The staggering amount of insight allows him to peer past the final veil and see everything, past, present, future; lucid, dreaming and in between. The final realization of the machinations of the universe and his insignificance (or significance) in the grand scheme of things forced him to his knees, acknowledging humanities efforts are for naught for we are just like ants, to be squashed between the gears of the cosmos but from the destruction, a new beginning will take place, heralded by the rising sun. Truly Lovecraftian horror at its finest
Ive come from vaatividias video an just wants to say this thing is the trailer for the best horror movie ever. I feel like i just red an amazing book and im filled with its uniqe world. Just a fantastic art work great job.
Quite frankly, it would be disrespectful not to marvel at all the things hidden in this majestic piece and adoration, and an even greater travesty to keep it from those unfortunate to not notice them. That is why I will start listing off as many as I can find, with the hope that others will add all that I will inevitably overlook. We might each only have two eyes, but as a legion we are greater than any God. 0:00 - The iconic start of the original Dark Souls that, while not the first in the series, was undoubtedly the one to kick-start it's success is being referenced here. 0:03 - This man, who unfortunately has no official name as far as I know so I will call him "The Host" both for brevity and for reasons that will be apparent soon, has many things of interest encompassed in his design. 1. The high collar and leather texture of his coat is quite reminiscent of the style worn throughout Yharnam, alluding to that he was from there. 2. The scarf he wears over his chin is not dissimilar to the one in the standard Hunter's Attire, making it a possibility that The Host was a hunter once. 3. Given the lean behind his back visible after 0:07 it is quite possible The Host is sitting in a chair. added to that, his eyes are covered. This combined is reminiscent of the Blood Administrator who was also at a beginning, the start of Bloodborne. 4. The "socket" embedded into his scalp resembles a screaming face. This has no major significance, it just looks neat. 5. At 0:22 he is given a hat by a figure I will elaborate on later. This hat looks quite similar to the one of the classic Hunter's Garb. 0:07-=:15 - Here we can see porcelain hands with segmented fingers coming into frame. These are clearly aiding the Host as they put the Oneironaut on him. While doing this we can hear a female voice humming. Both of this is remarkably similar to the Doll in the Hunter's Dream whose role was to tend to Gehrman, the host of the Hunter's Dream and all the Hunters that pass through it Combining all the so-far mentioned facts, a possible conclusion is that this man was once a Hunter and is the current Host to the Hunter's Dream and as such sitting in the same spot the old host Gehrman and the Player Character in the second possible ending of Bloodborne were, a wheelchair which would also explain the lean behind him. Naturally, the host of Hunter's Dream is being tended to by the Doll, though is intriguing that she now has seemingly four hands meaning a non-human physique. 0:13 - The Oneironaut's "plug" is shaped like the familiar Hunter Rune by Runesmith Caryll who designed it after Old One's word for "hunter" which they got from the image of a hanged, headless man they saw during Byrgenworth's raid on the fishing hamlet. 0:22 - "... that grants one eyes." This line is quite complicated to explain shortly. The most important part is that Master Willem's teaching survived through time but that people are still searching for ways to gain insight. 0:30 - Electricity-lines seen here and at many other points in the video means the Industrial Age we saw in Yharnem has progressed and that electricity is now a wide-spread, possibly even gouvernment, mandated resources. One can also spot antenna, therefore radio-waves must be used for communication of some sort. 0:32 - Sea-levels have risen and flooded parts if not all of the world. The source of this water is unknown but a potential expiation is being shown later. 0:37 - The similar style of clothing (mostly the coat and hat) as well the illumination at the moment the narrating Host is inhaling through his pipe and sudden appearance of smoke when he is exhaling could mean that the man on this ferry-boat is the Host. 0:47 - "... the graveyard of our achievements." This line has many possible indications and I unfortunately cannot discern which one is more likely. 0:51 - Out of the water a street-sign is reaching, displaying "New Yharnam" though it has been vandalized with numerous writings of "Tehom" 0:54 - "... where our prayers are heard nevermore..." The mention of prayers could allude to the Helaing Church's presence. Also, after the host says "nevermore" a crow is cawing. This might be just a simple reference to Edgar Allen Poe's famous poem. 1:00 - "... will the lines between the dreams blur." In Bloodborne we explored many dream and nightmare realms, all gouverned by at least one Great Old One. It is possible this line means their realms are converging which would mean conflict between them. 1:04 - We do not know what this "Red Tide" is, though the water around the remainders of the flooded cities shines red when illuminated by the sun. Therefore it is possible this "Red Tide" which is a consequence of the God'S Dream Realms covering was the event that flooded the world. 1:16 - "The Endmost Night", another term we have never heard of before. Interesting is though that at its mention the colour faded to black and white. 1:18-1:35 -This shot of what is presumably New Yhanarm reveals a great deal about its culture. 1. Either this scene is set at a harbor, a bridge crossing an often flooded river or the city is already somewhat flooded, possibly even with worries the flooding will increase. All this is indicated by a measure sticking out of the ground with increasing numbers going up. This appears to be a water-level-measure, used either in harbors so ships will know if the water is too shallow for them to safely traverse or during floods to check how the water-level has developed. Given that chimney's can been seen underneath the bridge, the third possibility seems most likely. 2. The city is currently undergoing a prohibition, most likely not on alcohol but on blood as it was used in Yharnem more frequently than alcoholic beverages as blood was more intoxicating. It seems this has caused illegal production of blood as new measures are being enforced. 3. "Join the Industrial Revolution" is a propaganda-banner that supports my hypothesis of electricity's broader usage as a result of further development. 4. A new machine has been invented and is being marketed, the "Mercury Torch", a crude version of an electric lantern or oversized glow-stick. On the poster there is a word I was unfortunately unable to read, the best I could manage was "F?UORESCE". 5. Another poster reads "Awake! Awake! Ball of the Beasts; Fend of the Night". This could mean that either the beastly scourge of Yharnam has now become a legendary event and as such is being used in many cultural events as inspiration or the beastly scourge is still present and has by now been integrated into society to the point that they theme their social events after it. 6. There is an advertisement for nightshift phrased in the exploitative style iconic of the Industrialization. 7. A large mob of people, plenty carrying the aforementioned Mercury Lanterns and several armed with firearms of some sort are marching across the bridge. They are all dressed in clothes either reminiscent of the style in Yharnem or resembling the beast that roamed there but despite this and them carrying weapons the people seem to be in good spirits..This could quite possibly be the "Ball of Beasts". 8. An automobile of some sort is carefully driving through the mass. A placard on its left side reads "?vrious' Motors" (I unfortunately couldn't make out the first letter. 9.There is a distinct contrast between the red lights coming from inside the houses, the automobile and from the street lamps to the white light of the masses Mercury Lanterns and the one being carried by the statue atop the automobil. 10. Several nearly broken, crudely made signs on a sort of spire below the bridge read "Down with the Church", meaning the Healing Church has both spread, is still in a powerful position and there is tension between it and the people. 1:36- - Upon the Host switching lenses on the Oneironaut he sees a different version of the previous scene. Here the architecture is twisted, the poster for the "Ball of the Beasts" has a claw-print on it that resembles the Caryll Rune for beasts, the poster that previosuly said "Join our Industrial Revolution" now says "Join our Industrail Evolution" ,with evolution being what the scholars at Byrgenworth and the Healing Church saught the entire time, and the masses and automobile have formed a humongous monstrosity baring a face similar to the one of the statue atop of the automobile, though now porcelain and also with segmented, porcelain (i.e. doll-like) hands. This monstrosity also still has the white lantern the statue held while all other sources of white light are gone. Added to that the Host says "The Bourgeoisie Immaculate" so this change might illustrate that the contrast of white and red light might be the working people versus the exploiting upper-class. It also reaches upwards with its right hand upon which it hits the surface of a waterbody. This could be a reference of how in Bloodborne great bodies of water could serve as somewhat of a pathway from the real world to the dream realms of the Old Ones, to the point that underneath the water of Fishing Hamlet in Kos' Nightmare Realm one could see Yharnem as if watching from the clouds which also explained why one of the creatures from that realm fell from the sky in Yharnem. Considering how high the floods had risen and how this scene must be based on the amount of roof-tops and chimneys in the background it could very well be that this monstrosity is touching the portal in the sky to the realms of the Great Old Ones.
1:52-2:31 - This garden is remarkably similar to multiple sites in the Research Hall and Lumeflower Garden, with the wilted sunflowers being and glass dome being near identical to those found in those places. The person operating the machine was for me impossible to make out, however I did spot numerous interesting details in their design: 1. Their hair colour appears to be very white, meaning this is either a very old person or one with naturally platin-blonde hair, both of which having been quite rare in the Bloodborne so far. 2. The length of their hair suggests either a female character due to how frequently female characters have longer hair in video-games or a remarkably old person or an inhuman being. 3. The way their head is tilted forward and their hair is slightly blowing forward resembles Mergo's Wet Nurse. This is supported by the fact they are linked to a new-born Great Old One, here being the source of its creation. 4.The individual is being described as a "galvanist" which was a movement in chemistry and biology that supported the claim that what causes our muscles to move was bio-electricity", based on the research done by Luigi Galvani. While their theory was disproven, give the existence of Darkbeast Parl and how widespread the usage of electricity is here, maybe the world of Bloodborne abides other laws. 5. The thing atop their head resembles the very wirery apparenace of Oneronaut. 6. The content of vials in the machine this person is operating have a strong red hue when in front of the moon's light. It could be blood. After the Host changes lenses again, see the same spot, but now with blooming flowers instead of wilting ones, alluding to the fact that the Galvanist's attempts at "reanimating a wilting flower's myth" were a success, the glass dome torn asunder, an eclipse happening in the background though strangely with a white light-circle instead of the sun's yellow to red one and a creature where the galvanist and his machine stood. This creature is being referred as "Kyrious" by the Host, its name potentially supposed to sound similar to "curious" as it is a "God from the Machine" meaning artificially created out of the efforts of us researching and experimenting humans. Furthermore, it is unclear whether this title means this creature was born from the Galvanist's machine or humanity's increased usage of machinery in the Industrial Revolution, though notably the creature does have the same flower on it's "head" as the Galvanist was using his machine on. 1:57 - "The Crown of Creation" is most likely referring to the Great Old Ones and something being "upon it" could be it being in their dream realms. 2:33-2:46 - I am uncertain how to interpret these semi-translucent, bio-luminescent fish-people akin to the fauna of the deepest parts of the ocean, however the decrepit and archaic buildings in the background could mean these are the people that survived when New Yharnem was flooded and have adapted to the underwater life. Interesting is that "...in their Call Beyond The Fifth Wall will break." Now "Call Beyond" was a mystical attack from the game which harnessed the powers of the Great Old Ones and the subtitles capitalize "The Fifth Wall" meaning it is a sort of title. While I am unsure of what it means, the cracks that form behind them in seemingly reality itself sem to be leaking forth more water, so my initial theory about the convergence of the dream realms of the Great Old Ones having brought the waters that flooded New Yharnem might have some basis. 2:47-3:02 - Someone else has to interpret this part. I am unfortunately unable to do so. 3:03-3:33 - What the Host says is quite clearly understandable, the visuals however I don't know what to make of. 3:34-4:18 - Here we can see the Host again, the Oneironaut having extended its lenses to such a degree that they are reaching into the waterbody above him. Speaking of, the flood seems to have risen to such a degree that the normal water-level (of our oceans) is nearly touching the strange water in the sky that leads to the dream realms of Great Old Ones (though do remember that those in the normal world can still accomplish that meaning the one below the Host could also serve as a gateway). What it would mean if the two bodies of water were to converge I could not imagine. Noteworthy is that the Host's right side is now sprouting great amounts of fur with his right hand resembling a claw while three blood-red spectral bolts are sticking out of his left upper arm. This could represent the dichotomy of evolving through blood and evolving through insight, as the first would turn you into a beast in your attempt while the latter exposes you to new dangers, such as the bolts the light-house in the Nightmare of Mensis shot at you which look very similar to the ones sticking out of the Host's left arm.
@@voidjockey82 I have found out fluorescent lamps are made from quicksilver... or some say mercury! Btw. don't smell at fluorescent lamps.. worst idea of my life (stirs in unsettling motions)
@@voidjockey82 2:47 - 3:02 is weird but iknow that Panopticon is a point from which everything else can be seen, so the breaking of the Fifth Wall ,might be leading into this place of ultimate insight, perhaps the world the Host finds themself in at the end with the water above and below him.
@@WonderPil A place of ultimate insight. A highpoint from which all can be seen. Where nothing will remain unknown. My gosh, one needs a really big frenzy symbol to describe this amount of insight!
My guess is from what I’ve managed to gather from the video and the comments of others (as well as seeing that I should also fill the gap with exploration) is that in this world there’s two realities : - one of matter - one of dream The material realm is composed of two parts, which is the deep sea and the celestial sky, and between them lies the earth. In here are humans that after a great age of industrialisation they fell to their own progress, and now only the ashes of their previous successes remain. This all happened because they attempted to use the realm of dreams for their machines, attempting i supposed to harness that power into their technology. This caused the dream realm to begin to seep and corrupt the material world, bringing forth monstrosities from it, born from human minds no less. This brought on three events : - humans attempting to sever the connection with the dream (they are trying to wake) by rising an entity known as Cain, an immaculate bourgeoisie, which seems like it won’t go well since in the dream it’s creating an even worse monster, which might just be this reanimated version of cain. - a galvanist attempting to reanimate some god humans made from their machines (a man made god) probably for power or for salvation. Kyrios, god from the machine, that is to say, born from machines, hence born from humans. - some scholars and travellers going into the depths of the sea to commune with some ancient entities of the dream known as the panopticon of the deep sea. They are apparently trying to destroy the fifth wall, which might be the only thing keeping the dream from completely flooding material reality. Basically, it’s people trying to save their dying world, severing it from the dream, by awakening some entities that for them could bring salvation in one way or another, with two attempting to reanimate some dead entity, while the others are trying to release the dream fully. Within this chaos lies the oneironaut users, warriors that can see into the material realm and the dream, and could perhaps fight against these entities and finally out an end to the last wheezes of this dying world, seeing its sky and sea collapse against one another, promising the rise of a new sun. A path of earth, with humans and their attempts to wake by raising cain, the bourgeoisie immaculate. A path of sky, with a galvanist in the heavens trying to reanimate kyrios, god from the machine. A path of sea, with pilgrims trying to break the fifth wall, and release the panopticon of the deep sea.
I re-read your summary today. Love it! What I realised is that when keeping things up for interpretation, I get the chance to rediscover my own world by reading the perspective of someone else. A lot of the things you mentioned were things I thought of while working on it, yet others are completely new angles to me, shedding a whole new light on the world for myself. That's so cool haha. As an example - solely by wording it "sever the connection to the dream" (which you got right) I immediately realised a common theme between Bloodborne's Burial Blade and Sekiro's Mortal Blade, both serving to sever the ties to the delusion of an infinite reality.
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The amount of deep lore that I cannot explore is killing me
Eye agree
True
oh damn, 0:45 you got the little messengers leaning over his boat looking like they are playin with water or trying to catch stuff is so damn adorable
@@rohncarver3585 Good catch! I've watched this like 5 times now and never saw that detail.
@@Drewcifer1212 when I'm off I can give you every single detail
The one guy who disliked this video was promptly squashed by the sea and the sky
The dislike is gone lol
Got Frenzied and died from all the insight
@@theeshyguy And it better never return!
@@senorkaktusz5940 It returned :C
Could be a miss click
I desperately hope that Miyazaki somehow sees this because this really is worthy of being a Fromsoft trailer
He definetly has seen this, but From Software and Sony share the IP
sony missing out on free money rn
I think the line that most gave me chills, and perhaps most reflects the theme of Bloodborne and cosmic horror as a whole:
"Like ants, we dug deep...
Like ants, we built high...
And like ants, we'll be squashed...
By the sea, and the sky..."
Glad you noticed that these are the very themes of Bloodborne.. just led ad absurdum!
The trembling of his voice when he says "sky" hit hard.
I would very much like to borrow this quote
If you slapped a Bloodborne 2 title at the end I’d be convinced this is a real announcement trailer. Then I would be anguished learning it’s not real
Your now 69 bruh your welcome 😁
The prospect of the future births a new god
The echoes of the past stirs an ancient horror
The sun only rises as the sea and sky collide
\[T]/
@@RicardoEmigYT
PRAISE THE SUN
I just realized this is a poem...a really excellent one, at that.
Yes, indeed.
They call it: the Oneironaut.
The wondrous device
That grants one eyes.
There, at the graveyard of our achievements,
Where now prayers are heard nevermore,
Will the line between the dreams blur.
And when the Red Tide comes,
The waters will rise...
And all will be taken by The Endmost Night.
Those who walk the Lucid Lane,
Trying to wake themselves by raising Cain:
The Bourgeoisie Immaculate.
And upon the Crown of Creation,
Lonely stands a Galvanist...
Trying to reanimate a wilting flower’s myth:
*Kyrious, God from the Machine.*
And the pilgrims, who finally found the way,
For in their call beyond...
The Fifth Wall will break:
*The Panopticon of the Deep Sea.*
...
Like ants, we dug deep...
Like ants, we built high...
And like ants, we’ll be squashed...by the sea and the sky...
*Ah, what have we created...*
But, worry not...
For it shall always end how it had begun...
Behold...the Rising... Sun...
Dude, I would kill for this game.
Don't ask how many I'll kill for this game, ask how many would I let to live
@@vanil_iScream none
Ah, the sky reflects the sea. You can only go so deep before the tunnels collapse, and you can only go so high before the tower falls. A man of science calls upon the Arcane and brings forth a God from the Machine. So many wondrous things to see in this video, it is enough to make my eyes squirm deep inside my skull.
FromSoft truly loves verticality and it is a stronger theme than ever in Bloodborne, where mankind strives for the great unknown both above and below equally in the hope to find the answer to that which they don't know, see or comprehend. Thank you for sharing your insight, you got them concepts down!
Couple of things that picked my interest:
- The nightmare version of Cain looks up to the light and seems mesmerized by it, meanwhile the "normal" version is being used as a tool
- The "pillar" and the "deep" sea represent the opposites that are mentioned in the end. The galvanists built high, the pilgrims dug deep.
This is a really cool video and I can already see possible lore.
- Humanity rejects the insight and blood of the old ones, looking to ascend through its own ingenuity and creations.
- The industrial revolution kicks off as we turn to technology to bring us higher, using it to do wondrous things.
- But as we thought machines were our creation, we learn that even they house gods, new ones we've never experienced that turn what we know on its head
- The acceleration of machinery leads to humanity becoming pulled into it, creating these half machine and half organic monstrosities, all because we tampered with life (the flower that was resurrected)
- This all comes to a head with the deep sea and celestial space crash together, washing away everything for a new beginning
this makes most sense
Perfect summary NGL
My interpretation:
- the beast scourge ends, but Yharnam is left destroyed and underpopulated. blood healing is banned, The Chruch dismantled and the hunters purposeless.
- Kyrios is secretly created in a restored and newly active Bryngenwerth to fuction as a dream host. In that dream realm, New Yharnam is created.
- the city rejects both the veneration of great ones and blood healing, and instead focuses on science and engineering.
- Kyrios sees this as an insult, and starts to corrupt the new tecnologies into horrifying things. Some of the citizens start praising great ones and ascend into fish-like beings. Their goal is to sink New Yharnam into the sea and turn everyone into one of them.
- a new order of hunters, the Oneironauts, is formed to do damage control on the situation at New Yharnam.
@@a.p.6580 Love it! Especially like the idea of the Oneironauts being a new collective that emerged from the now obsolete hunters. Yehes. Spot on there!
I cant help but think of the Phaenonites from warhammer, who, seeing their companions fall to madness while trying to controll demonic forces through the use of the occult, attempted to do the same thing through technology instead, only to end up in exactly the same place.
To those who keep coming back here just to suffer...
I am with you. We share the pain of an unanswered prayer 😢
this made me more excited for a non-existent bloodborne 2 than I am for Elden Ring
Duude, not that i am taking Elden Ring lightly, but yeah... I feel this trailer here had more to chew on, then the Elden Ring one, making me crave for more Oneironaut!
This legit feels like the opening of a fromsoft game. Of course the poem itself is fabulous but sounds like it foreshadows the main bosses we meet: The Bourgeoisie Immaculate, Kyrious: God from the Machine, The Panopticon of the Deep Sea and finally The Rising Sun lol.
The Oneironaut device could tie into online mechanics well. The lenses let you look into parallel worlds of other players. Imagine if you could watch other players and decide who to invade or summon or perhaps send messages directly or influence enemies and traps in their game. You would always feel watched while playing.
Even better: all of the above in vr
and if you are spectated, eyes appear instead of stars in the sky
Tbh oneirinaut to me felt like madman knowledge.
You randomly get lens from either defeating boss or searching.
Every new lens let you perceive new reality of the same plane.
And the past lens let you see god's themselve.
Huh? You forgot an aspect of fairness in there. To influence aspects* or to watch a player, *and* be able to invade them , ect. thats just greifing. And everyone would just play it offline mode.
You know it's an intro to a souls game when it starts with "yes,indeed..."
yes indeed
The fact that the Galvanist seems to be wearing an Oneironaut as well
Theres a reason Vaati put this at the end of the video. Because if it was a part of the competition, first place would have no chance whatsoever. I also love the clever usage of Nevermore after you showed the raven. That was clever as fuck.
Caaaw~
why when we translate that it means “Tonight”?! Do you somehow speak the crow language?
@@raph4106 “Nevermore” was the last word of Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “Raven”
@@gerald4606 nah I meant the “Caaaw~”
@@raph4106 I get that too, weird
I can only assume the device from the beginning grew into that mess of stars swimming in the ocean above the Oneironaut’s head. He obviously wasn’t as prepared as he thought for the things it would show him, or perhaps that’s exactly what he was looking for...
I feel less like he is the one being crushed and more that the device is showing him what is to come and what has already been done. He doesn't sound afraid he sounds pleased.
See, I interpreted the little orbs in front of him at the end as eyes on stalks, the device granted him eyes, and despite the “New Yharnam” and the industrial revolution, the people still fall back to their old ways. He got greedy and tried to learn more with the device, but ultimately was “granted eyes” much more literally, and in a familiar way to the city as well.
At 0:54 the word "Tehom" is written all over the New Yharnam sign. If i'm not mistaken, the term is a transliteration of a hebrew word that refers to the primordial ocean created by God prior to the advent of land in the Book of Genesis. This makes sense in the context of Bloodborne as the sea is portrayed as a place where ancient primordial beings reside and the presence of the Panopticon later in the video. This just shows how good Ricardo Emig is at understanding the themes of Bloodborne and pulling real world mythology into his work
You really dropped the mic on that synopsis, good sir. First time I read about that detail as well :) Also noteworthy: In the Hebrew conception the waters continue to encompass the world after its emergence - below as well as in the sky.
@@RicardoEmigYT oh fuck, Ricardo senpai noticed me!
Did anyone notice that the lens no of Oneironaut in first part and last part difference signifying that every new lens let you see more what should be unseen before such a small detail but such a great detail.
:>
Even if this can't be Bloodborne 2, I want to play The Oneironaut more than anything. This piece is bleeding(yeah, I said it) with careful craft and attention. FromSoft and Miyazaki should at least be aware of this.
You're right, it doesn't need to be a Bloodborne game. But i think it's original enough to be it's own thing. It can just be a spiritual successor inspired by Miyazaki's works. All it needs now is approval from the concept artist, some talented programmers and then we can kickstarter this thing to have it made.
unfortunately, nor Miyazaki or fromsoftware cares about it lol
They are content to just sit on it, they wont do anything with it, they wont let anyone else, either. they dont even gaf. :/ I hate them.
The many concepts behind this, the artstyle, the music, the hinted politics, the usage of the greek word kyrios κυριος for god. THIS IS A MASTERPIECE. Brother its the first time i see your work and you are incredible.
What does kyrious mean in greek?
@@cquiroz7874 It means metaphorically god and this is how it is used in this video. Though in modern greek it also means Mr or Beholder or Owner
Also the Panopticon, which roughly translates to "All-seeing" (the gender's neutral) is a befitting name to a Lovecraftian eye-looking creature.
And even the Oneironaut, "dream sailor". Cool use of Greek and, said words really dont sound as cool in greek and this guy used them in great context.
Also the word "Tehom" on the sign to New Yharnam is the Hebrew word for the Deep or Abyss
@@Wizyord Ya ya, also the image the skies being just a plane of water seperated from the sea is HIghly jewish
I can not belive this... this might be the single best bloodborne 2 concept idea out there! HOLY FUCK i want this to be a game!
🤘🤘🤘
Dude this voice acting is fucking FIRE my guy, and ofc everything else is amazing too.
The soundtrack is now on Spotify, titled 'The Oneironaut'!
Subtitles are now available in English, German, Portuguese (thanks Pedro!) and French (thanks Zowi!).
High res images are available on my Artstation (Link's in the description) - those might be especially insightful in the case of the very dark scenes, in which the video rendering took its toll! - Should'ave mentioned this earlier I guess, wops 😅
Whats the name of the song that plays during the bridge images
@@cos626 it's a part of "The Oneironaut" song
What songs did you use as musical inspiration for the background track?
I just realised that the hunter at the end is becoming a beast in his right arm, is subjected to frenzy on his left arm, and finally gaining too much insight that eyes are streaming from his skull.
The music alone is a masterpiece... Combined with the art this is simply astonishing!
Thank you my friend, I'm glad you like music as well!
@@RicardoEmigYT music reminds me of a lulabell from my childhood
A true masterpiece for bloodborne
@@RicardoEmigYT I and many others would love if you realesed the music
@@oskarpreinitz4661 same
you know what's better than just a fancy shade? Those which grants one.....
......-E-y-es
The best way to put to words how well made this video is, is by how often I find myself returning to re-watching it. I think I probably have watched the video 30+ times and have probably returned to watch it specifically over 8 times
I love that there is this sort of hopeful undertone in the last few lines.
“It will always end what hath began… behold, the rising Sun.”
With the inflections and music rising, which normally indicates something good or amazing.
I take this to mean that even if we are as to ants, and even if we find ourselves squeezed between the sea and sky by our own creations and curiosity…
That the Sun will rise. That this cycle of gods and infinity and eyes and blood has its Sun. It’s beacon of light.
And even if the Sun itself is one of these uncaring, unfeeling gods…
If we are truly as ants to them, how could we ever stop the good from happening anymore then we can stop the bad?
That the system transends anything you can imagine. And as such, unless some force above us were to interfere and give us special power(Old Blood, Moon Presence, ect), nothing can REALLY change.
So hold tight to the fact that although the world is falling apart, crushed under the weight of the infinite sky and infinite deep…
The sun will always rise.
Well what a game, huh? The long wait was well worth it for this masterpiece.
Personally my favourite boss was Kyrious. An amazing moveset, soundtrack, and atmosphere made him one of the best bosses I've ever fought against. I've died to the flower attack he does on low health more than a couple of times, and never get mad, just happy I get to fight him even more.
I know this might be a controversial take, but I think the Panopticon of the Deep Sea is one of the best levels Fromsoft has ever made. It's on the smaller side, but the layout is so dense and complex I'm still finding new portions of the map three replays later. I know some people hate the Pilgrims, but I don't mind them.
FUCK the Lucid Lane, though. I agree with everyone else on that. I still wonder what exactly was going through Fromsoft's minds when they added those frenzy snipers, and the Bourgeoise Immaculate's zero-windup grab attack.
I love the detail of the man getting Frenzy as he's getting crushed but at the same time sounding so pleased, truly astounding animation, this is the best animation I have ever seen and I'm sad this world isn't something I can explore, not even as a game, but even as a book or a comic. It's so interesting and so sad to know we won't get more :(
I often get the same feeling playing Souls games.. Most of the events in those game have already happened once you step on stage and then you lust to explore what might have occured before you came along. Most of the time you are denied the sensation and are left with your imagination. But is filling in the gaps not the best kind of exploration? After all... it sparks inspiration which in turn results in art :)
(Not the answer you wanted to hear I know haha)
@@RicardoEmigYT Oh no don't worry I wasn expecting a "Yeah I'll write a book why not" lol but you are right, imagination is a big part of these games, but these concepts are so cool and it hurts to not see them being used. You created a masterpiece and I can't stop watching this
@@JP-mr1hn Thank you friend 🙌
@@RicardoEmigYT "But is filling the gaps not the best kind of exploration? After all... it sparks inspiration which in turn sparks art"
-Ricardo Emig
Someone had to quote that ya know? Amazing animation and amazing art. Somewhere in another universe this became a game or novel/comic...
Somewhere among the stars and time.
@@chillobsidian9592 :)
IS THAT A RUSSIAN LULLABY MOTIFF I HEAR HER HUMMING WHEN THE HANDS PUT THE DEVICE ON THE GUY?!
GAHT DAYM. RICARDO!!!!!!!! THIS STUFF IS LEGENDARY
the fact that that the man smiles as the word "...eyes" gets said gives me chills.
YES IT IS! I'M GLAD YOU ENJOY!!11ones
And happy you liked that smile 🙂
I just realized that there are ripples near Cain’s hand in the Nightmare version - foreshadowing the later sky mirroring the sea
That opening shot of him lighting the cigarette is a masterpiece Jesus.
There are no words I know in the English language nor in my mother tongue German to describe the sheer amount of astonishment and chills I got from this masterpiece, and I strive to be an author. To put it simply: This is art at its purest form.
Wenn du auch nur einen Funken Inspiration fürs Schreiben gefunden hast, dann sind deine Worte gerechtfertigt :D Bleib dran!
the frenzy spikes at the and combined with the beast hand was a really nice touch for me
That ending image makes me feel something that not many horror or violent images can make me feel: disturbed. I don't know what it is about it, but when I first saw that figure seemingly with eyes sprouting out of his head and into the greatest unknown... Seriously gives me chills.
The vocabulary in the monologue is just superb. Oneironaut is perfect. Panopticon of the Deep Sea is unnerving to hear... who is watching who?!
Combining Blood and Machine is terrific. There are so many awesome stories you could create with it. Using the blood and machine together sacrifices your soul so much more than just the blood alone... And dieselpunk will always be superior to steampunk in my eyes.
One last side note, is that first shot of the protagonist wearing the Oneironaut with only the two lenses a Matrix reference? It has to be in my eyes!
Loved reading your thoughts! Glad you liked the vocabulary as well. Fun fact regarding the Panopticon: There is this interesting double meaning in my native language (German) where a "Panoptikum" is also a wax figure museum, which I thought fits oddly well with what I had in mind for that scene.
Regarding the first scene: Honestly? My primary inspiration there was Django Unchained, hah! The scene in the end of the movie when he blows up the house while lightin' one up? So badass!
Only later did I realise: Wait, this unintentionally turned out to look like Morpheus, which thematically is like a 100 times more fitting cross reference hahahha but good catch!
Late 1800s to early 1900s hard Dieselpunk is such a great genre. Honestly its slept on far too much, I like how diesel punk typically manages to be more gritty and realistic to the realities of industrial life than steampunk fiction ever does.
I love how the signs change in the bridge scene, is it just me or does the one sign change from industrial Revolution to Evolution?
All the same, it's a stunning masterpiece. Already watched it 7 times.
VIVA LA EVOLUTION
We have been having some bad cold over here. Barely any sun. But, as I’m sitting on my warming up car, I look out my window to see the sky has turned a shining silver, and a circle of warm orange is rising.
So I thought of this video.
"Kurios, God from the machine"
Dude, that image and that saying says alot of his lore
that "yes indeed" gave me so much chills i was shaking
This is immersive! I would love to play a game in this universe. Industrial revolution Bloodborne, what could we ask more?!
one might get consumed by this trailer's teases for a new bloodborne more so than people's lust for the old blood... fear the trailer...
Praise the good trailer.
Tragedies weigh as mountains on us each day yet there is somehow still space in my heart for the sorrow you've aroused, to mourn that I will never twice experience the world you've shown me. I thank you kindly and I curse you kinder.
Hang in there Lemon Lord! Remember, there where will always be.. another Rising Sun : )
If in this reality this doesn't become the concept and base for an incredibly famous game I firmly believe that in some alternative dimension it will because this video is a work of art, Have a Beautiful Good Hunters.
Omg yes! If only we had a device that allows us to change to an alternative reality!!
It's a shame you didn't place in the contest, this is one of the most striking pieces I've seen in a long time. Now I want to use the Oneironaut for a book or something!
The best was saved for last
Watch the ending :] If you haven't in the 7 months since this was posted.
Immaculate indeed, oh how I wish for this to become an actual Bloodborne game. It feels new but it clearly references the old, simply majestic!
The way the ‘sunflowers’ are all in full bloom as it shows the eclipse and god from machine is so goddamn cool. I have never seen the concept of black sunflowers in an eclipse. Eclipseflowers, I suppose.
Also, those 7 notes at the abrupt end? One could write a whole music theory breakdown on those. I know it doesn’t mean anything coming from an internet shitter like me, but wonderfully done.
Why can’t I add more likes because holy shit this is too fucking good
This is phenomenal... I love all the subtle references to the first game, along with all the new concepts. The idea of the sea and sky meeting in an endless reflection of one upon the other is extremely fascinating.
🙏
2:03 I just realized… these wilting flowers are sunflowers but once the “god of the machine” rises, they’re fucking moonflowers???
Look man, I just want to explore every area, die hopelessly to every enemy, learn every boss pattern, speak to every NPC, get jumpscared by every ambush, buy, craft, or find every weapon, get frustrated and lost, and become so confused by the immense amount of lore that I would have to watch a VaatiVidya on why this is the greatest soulslike ever conceived. Is that so much to ask?
What a great voice performance
Kyrious, God from the machine! I AM SO IN LOVE WITH THIS!
The first scene always gives me the goosebumps. The line, the voice and delivery and the weird as fuck glasses inserted into your skull... just beautiful
I think this is the only video that makes me feel actively out of breath after just sitting here watching it for 4 minutes, the work here is absolutley beond compare
A fun fact that I noticed: in The Bourgeoisie Immaculate part, there is Kyrious Motors written on the train with the statue
ma man still lore hunting 6 months later! heh
@@RicardoEmigYT Well, it´s one of the greatest things that I ever saw and because of all the effort you have put into the small details, I think it would be a shame not to talk about them (which still isn´t enough justification for my obsession with this work of art)
@@vladimirskaroupka1682 Ah don't worry. If someone is obsessed over finding the details I feel less silly for my obsession of adding them hahah
Did I hear "Never more?" from a raven? :eyes:
Too cliché? D:
4:09 OKAY HOLY SHIT. So earlier on that one sign with the Edgar Allan Poe nevermore raven, there was a term scrawled there “tehom”, which is the primordial ocean that was once the world. It is both the sea and the sky which makes that reflection of the water have extra meaning. I’m still noticing cool stuff about this years later. Seriously how is everything you make so cool
I can't stop rewatching this. It's so fuckin cooooool. Literally everything about it, from the amazing music, to the creepy emotive voice acting, to the incredible visuals and flavorful concepts, is just absolutely breathtaking. You really captured the beauty of Bloodborne and then some. Even the obscure yet somehow coherent dialogue matches up perfectly with Fromsoftware writing.
I love horror like this but it kills me that I don't have a name for it, so everytime I want more horror like it I have to stumble upon it
Hm... so my main inspirations that come to mind right now are Metropolis and Frankenstein... definitely also Angel's Egg and Junji Ito from which fromSoft themselves draw from. And the deep sea in general :) Hope this helps!
try "lovecraftian" or "cosmic" horror. that's what's in bloodborne, which is the main inspiration for this masterpiece.
Makes all the fucking sense in the world as a continuation of Bloodborne 2 if you want to.
In Bloodborne the gods are discovered and when we cannot contact them we look for the ways.
Does *Make Contact* gesture.
It is magnificent! My eyes have been opened..! Thank you for lifting up my hopes for the eventual, yet most likely still far away return to hunter's dream and nightmare. The hunt is not yet over!
THE HUNT! IS NOT YET! OVER!!
I come back and watch this at leadt once a month
“The Bourgeoisie Immaculate” god the way you said that gave me goosebumps. I would honestly love a bloodborne sequel set in a pseudo-Victorian horror fantasy version of France
Coming back to this years later, and it still sends chills down my spine, if you ever get the chance, make this into a game yourself, you have the vison fore it.
I still can't get over how S tier the voice acting is
Now I'm kinda disappointed that the next From game is going to be Elden Ring.
This, all of this, straight into my veins.
The Crow showing up when he said "Nevermore" was clever
This gives me the vibes
God i just want to see more. I want this to be a whole story game or web series
this is utterly fantastic and IMO an artistic masterpiece. the atmosphere was so thick you could chew it! I also love how, in true FromSoft fashion, there is so much lore that is hinted at being there, but we never get to see all of it...
just... the smallest piece. an appendage, extending from the leviathan below... and above.
beckoning, perhaps...
promising...
E̷̝͖̊̈́ ̷͈̗̈́̓̿ ̷͔̻͊ ̸̼̄́Y̷̪̮̾͌͆ ̸͍̎̈ ̴̢̛̲̟͂ ̷̖͌̎E̴̛̬̩̩̾ ̸͔̹̕ ̵̗̤͕̇͘ ̶͈̿S̶͉̹̾̃
T̴̗̤̖̰̍̂ ̵̞͆͌̐̓͝ͅḨ̴̼̞̟͒̿ ̷͉̣̲̝̲̮̇͘Á̸̛͓̣̣̞̈́̎͘ ̶̠͔̥̻͕͛N̵̨͕̠̙͚̽̍͑͝͠ ̵̝̆̑͌K̶̠̥̀͗͘͜ ̴̣̗̥̋́̕Y̸̠̭̫̣͗͒̋͛̐̕ ̷̤̯͍̱͐͆̍Õ̵̳̝̲̤͔̝̎ ̷̡̯̦͎̺̈́̓̅Ű̸͓̣̉̈́͠͠ ̶͍̹͋͠ͅ
You really need to expand on this lore. We need more insight, we need more eyes!!!
Have you not seen where all the insight leads! Have you not laid eyes on the nihility that lies behind the 5th wall of existence! Don't draw curtains that unveil the stage's apparatus, rather enjoy the play for as long as it lasts. :)
@@RicardoEmigYT But does an amazing play not deserve an encore?
How do I write like this lyrical way. Its so entrancing. "Bourgeoisie Immaculate" , "Panopticon of the deep" , How are these phrases even concieved.
"Industrial Revolution," turning to "Industrial Evolution," is such a nice touch
goosebumps... just this... goosebumps
If you look carefully in a few scenes, you'll see scratches and cracks in the Image, that's not your screen lol, it's the Lenses of the Oneironaut, the Wondrous Device...
I think I gained some insight from realising that.
Hahhaha
@@RicardoEmigYT The amount of detail in this just blows off my Yharnam Top Hat, fantastic work, I'm actually gonna try to memorise the Monologue, I love it so much
@@agooddaytorespawn57 HAH now this made my day. I love quoting the DSIII opening under the shower! WHEN THE LINK OF FIRE IS THREATEND, THE BELL TOLLS...
@@RicardoEmigYT I haven't memorised that one yet, I've got the first one down, Second, even though it's the first souls I played, haven't memorised the intro for that yet, but I'll always remember "One day, you'll stand before it's decrepit gate...without really knowing why"
@@agooddaytorespawn57 Ahhh they're all so good. Not gonna lie: When I was doing the vid I wished I'd know an old hag to get the voice over from. Now THAT would have killed it!
Massive freaking respect for the name you gave this - it fits so freaking well on so many levels. An "explorer of dreams" is so freaking Bloodborne; not to mention the name itself being inspired by the Oneiroi (ancient, deific personifications of dreams).
Also, I got a hell of a kick out of the rendition of Moonlight Sonata playing at 1:53.
Very observant! Imagine a whole society coming to realise they're trapped in a dream... or betwixt many dreams. Having a device that allows you to navigate the bulwark of sleep at free will would make you a lucid dreamwalker!
Honestly this could be a standalone game and it would be amazing. The music the art style everything seems so close to the blood borne style but at the same time it’s very unique and amazing.
I love at 3:20, it’s a drowned bride, insinuating a cruel sin, but as soon as the Oneironaut looks closer...We see that the bride is in fact Kos! Who was still killed and caused nothing but horror. A beautiful reintroduction to the Great Old One!
Perhaps hinting that the Orphan isn’t the only child of Kos???
o___O Kos! Fair child of Kos! Time is not and the sea rumbles afar. And yet, the mother's pungent devotion can still be felt. Thank you, messenger. I exude gratitude for one such as you. Kos, bless this messenger, this visitor from beyond.
This is doing Elden Ring levels of expansion to Bloodborne. I can still faintly recognize it, and that's incredible.
The fact I'll never see more of this hypothetical pains me.
When the many "eyes" (lenses) show up that part was fucking amazing. I love this, the entire thing is inspiring!
This is the coolest thing I've ever seen. Period.
This is a fucking masterpiece.
Honestly i would really like to see a document about some of the concepts and ideas of the base game itself
A bit more expansion without giving away too much plot
Tbh I didn't do any concept arts due to lack to time. Literally sat down the first two hours and envisioned every frame from a to z lol... Ofc I could do new concepts for it now 🤔
This is how Bloodborne and Dishonored's universe collide.
Dude I watched this 20 times already. Its sooooooo goooood I love it !!
Careful! Watch your frenzy meter haha
I watched this without knowing you were the one who created Erda's Ring... You are an incredible artist and I hope to see you thrive in your life. Erda's Ring was my favourite submission from the Elden Ring competition and now you've created another masterpiece. Thank you for what you do
Thank you, Gary 🙏
God this is still as amazing as it was the first time
no amount of words could ever do justice to what you have created here. You sir, in my humble opinion, are the greatest artist of all time.
😅 Let's not over do haha, but thank youu Sir!
@@RicardoEmigYT no exaggeration. Just my honest opinion. Keep up!
Stellar story telling in the last shot of the Oneironaut sandwiched between the endless Abyss of the sea and the crushing weight of the sky. At this point, he had collected so many lenses that they sprout out from his device like horns or antlers on his head. The staggering amount of insight allows him to peer past the final veil and see everything, past, present, future; lucid, dreaming and in between. The final realization of the machinations of the universe and his insignificance (or significance) in the grand scheme of things forced him to his knees, acknowledging humanities efforts are for naught for we are just like ants, to be squashed between the gears of the cosmos but from the destruction, a new beginning will take place, heralded by the rising sun.
Truly Lovecraftian horror at its finest
Ive come from vaatividias video an just wants to say this thing is the trailer for the best horror movie ever. I feel like i just red an amazing book and im filled with its uniqe world.
Just a fantastic art work great job.
Quite frankly, it would be disrespectful not to marvel at all the things hidden in this majestic piece and adoration, and an even greater travesty to keep it from those unfortunate to not notice them.
That is why I will start listing off as many as I can find, with the hope that others will add all that I will inevitably overlook.
We might each only have two eyes, but as a legion we are greater than any God.
0:00 - The iconic start of the original Dark Souls that, while not the first in the series, was undoubtedly the one to kick-start it's success is being referenced here.
0:03 - This man, who unfortunately has no official name as far as I know so I will call him "The Host" both for brevity and for reasons that will be apparent soon, has many things of interest encompassed in his design.
1. The high collar and leather texture of his coat is quite reminiscent of the style worn throughout Yharnam, alluding to that he was from there.
2. The scarf he wears over his chin is not dissimilar to the one in the standard Hunter's Attire, making it a possibility that The Host was a hunter once.
3. Given the lean behind his back visible after 0:07 it is quite possible The Host is sitting in a chair. added to that, his eyes are covered. This combined is reminiscent of the Blood Administrator who was also at a beginning, the start of Bloodborne.
4. The "socket" embedded into his scalp resembles a screaming face. This has no major significance, it just looks neat.
5. At 0:22 he is given a hat by a figure I will elaborate on later. This hat looks quite similar to the one of the classic Hunter's Garb.
0:07-=:15 - Here we can see porcelain hands with segmented fingers coming into frame. These are clearly aiding the Host as they put the Oneironaut on him. While doing this we can hear a female voice humming. Both of this is remarkably similar to the Doll in the Hunter's Dream whose role was to tend to Gehrman, the host of the Hunter's Dream and all the Hunters that pass through it
Combining all the so-far mentioned facts, a possible conclusion is that this man was once a Hunter and is the current Host to the Hunter's Dream and as such sitting in the same spot the old host Gehrman and the Player Character in the second possible ending of Bloodborne were, a wheelchair which would also explain the lean behind him. Naturally, the host of Hunter's Dream is being tended to by the Doll, though is intriguing that she now has seemingly four hands meaning a non-human physique.
0:13 - The Oneironaut's "plug" is shaped like the familiar Hunter Rune by Runesmith Caryll who designed it after Old One's word for "hunter" which they got from the image of a hanged, headless man they saw during Byrgenworth's raid on the fishing hamlet.
0:22 - "... that grants one eyes." This line is quite complicated to explain shortly. The most important part is that Master Willem's teaching survived through time but that people are still searching for ways to gain insight.
0:30 - Electricity-lines seen here and at many other points in the video means the Industrial Age we saw in Yharnem has progressed and that electricity is now a wide-spread, possibly even gouvernment, mandated resources. One can also spot antenna, therefore radio-waves must be used for communication of some sort.
0:32 - Sea-levels have risen and flooded parts if not all of the world. The source of this water is unknown but a potential expiation is being shown later.
0:37 - The similar style of clothing (mostly the coat and hat) as well the illumination at the moment the narrating Host is inhaling through his pipe and sudden appearance of smoke when he is exhaling could mean that the man on this ferry-boat is the Host.
0:47 - "... the graveyard of our achievements." This line has many possible indications and I unfortunately cannot discern which one is more likely.
0:51 - Out of the water a street-sign is reaching, displaying "New Yharnam" though it has been vandalized with numerous writings of "Tehom"
0:54 - "... where our prayers are heard nevermore..." The mention of prayers could allude to the Helaing Church's presence. Also, after the host says "nevermore" a crow is cawing. This might be just a simple reference to Edgar Allen Poe's famous poem.
1:00 - "... will the lines between the dreams blur." In Bloodborne we explored many dream and nightmare realms, all gouverned by at least one Great Old One. It is possible this line means their realms are converging which would mean conflict between them.
1:04 - We do not know what this "Red Tide" is, though the water around the remainders of the flooded cities shines red when illuminated by the sun. Therefore it is possible this "Red Tide" which is a consequence of the God'S Dream Realms covering was the event that flooded the world.
1:16 - "The Endmost Night", another term we have never heard of before. Interesting is though that at its mention the colour faded to black and white.
1:18-1:35 -This shot of what is presumably New Yhanarm reveals a great deal about its culture.
1. Either this scene is set at a harbor, a bridge crossing an often flooded river or the city is already somewhat flooded, possibly even with worries the flooding will increase. All this is indicated by a measure sticking out of the ground with increasing numbers going up. This appears to be a water-level-measure, used either in harbors so ships will know if the water is too shallow for them to safely traverse or during floods to check how the water-level has developed. Given that chimney's can been seen underneath the bridge, the third possibility seems most likely.
2. The city is currently undergoing a prohibition, most likely not on alcohol but on blood as it was used in Yharnem more frequently than alcoholic beverages as blood was more intoxicating. It seems this has caused illegal production of blood as new measures are being enforced.
3. "Join the Industrial Revolution" is a propaganda-banner that supports my hypothesis of electricity's broader usage as a result of further development.
4. A new machine has been invented and is being marketed, the "Mercury Torch", a crude version of an electric lantern or oversized glow-stick. On the poster there is a word I was unfortunately unable to read, the best I could manage was "F?UORESCE".
5. Another poster reads "Awake! Awake! Ball of the Beasts; Fend of the Night". This could mean that either the beastly scourge of Yharnam has now become a legendary event and as such is being used in many cultural events as inspiration or the beastly scourge is still present and has by now been integrated into society to the point that they theme their social events after it.
6. There is an advertisement for nightshift phrased in the exploitative style iconic of the Industrialization.
7. A large mob of people, plenty carrying the aforementioned Mercury Lanterns and several armed with firearms of some sort are marching across the bridge. They are all dressed in clothes either reminiscent of the style in Yharnem or resembling the beast that roamed there but despite this and them carrying weapons the people seem to be in good spirits..This could quite possibly be the "Ball of Beasts".
8. An automobile of some sort is carefully driving through the mass. A placard on its left side reads "?vrious' Motors" (I unfortunately couldn't make out the first letter.
9.There is a distinct contrast between the red lights coming from inside the houses, the automobile and from the street lamps to the white light of the masses Mercury Lanterns and the one being carried by the statue atop the automobil.
10. Several nearly broken, crudely made signs on a sort of spire below the bridge read "Down with the Church", meaning the Healing Church has both spread, is still in a powerful position and there is tension between it and the people.
1:36- - Upon the Host switching lenses on the Oneironaut he sees a different version of the previous scene. Here the architecture is twisted, the poster for the "Ball of the Beasts" has a claw-print on it that resembles the Caryll Rune for beasts, the poster that previosuly said "Join our Industrial Revolution" now says "Join our Industrail Evolution" ,with evolution being what the scholars at Byrgenworth and the Healing Church saught the entire time, and the masses and automobile have formed a humongous monstrosity baring a face similar to the one of the statue atop of the automobile, though now porcelain and also with segmented, porcelain (i.e. doll-like) hands. This monstrosity also still has the white lantern the statue held while all other sources of white light are gone. Added to that the Host says "The Bourgeoisie Immaculate" so this change might illustrate that the contrast of white and red light might be the working people versus the exploiting upper-class. It also reaches upwards with its right hand upon which it hits the surface of a waterbody. This could be a reference of how in Bloodborne great bodies of water could serve as somewhat of a pathway from the real world to the dream realms of the Old Ones, to the point that underneath the water of Fishing Hamlet in Kos' Nightmare Realm one could see Yharnem as if watching from the clouds which also explained why one of the creatures from that realm fell from the sky in Yharnem. Considering how high the floods had risen and how this scene must be based on the amount of roof-tops and chimneys in the background it could very well be that this monstrosity is touching the portal in the sky to the realms of the Great Old Ones.
1:52-2:31 - This garden is remarkably similar to multiple sites in the Research Hall and Lumeflower Garden, with the wilted sunflowers being and glass dome being near identical to those found in those places. The person operating the machine was for me impossible to make out, however I did spot numerous interesting details in their design:
1. Their hair colour appears to be very white, meaning this is either a very old person or one with naturally platin-blonde hair, both of which having been quite rare in the Bloodborne so far.
2. The length of their hair suggests either a female character due to how frequently female characters have longer hair in video-games or a remarkably old person or an inhuman being.
3. The way their head is tilted forward and their hair is slightly blowing forward resembles Mergo's Wet Nurse. This is supported by the fact they are linked to a new-born Great Old One, here being the source of its creation.
4.The individual is being described as a "galvanist" which was a movement in chemistry and biology that supported the claim that what causes our muscles to move was bio-electricity", based on the research done by Luigi Galvani. While their theory was disproven, give the existence of Darkbeast Parl and how widespread the usage of electricity is here, maybe the world of Bloodborne abides other laws.
5. The thing atop their head resembles the very wirery apparenace of Oneronaut.
6. The content of vials in the machine this person is operating have a strong red hue when in front of the moon's light. It could be blood.
After the Host changes lenses again, see the same spot, but now with blooming flowers instead of wilting ones, alluding to the fact that the Galvanist's attempts at "reanimating a wilting flower's myth" were a success, the glass dome torn asunder, an eclipse happening in the background though strangely with a white light-circle instead of the sun's yellow to red one and a creature where the galvanist and his machine stood. This creature is being referred as "Kyrious" by the Host, its name potentially supposed to sound similar to "curious" as it is a "God from the Machine" meaning artificially created out of the efforts of us researching and experimenting humans. Furthermore, it is unclear whether this title means this creature was born from the Galvanist's machine or humanity's increased usage of machinery in the Industrial Revolution, though notably the creature does have the same flower on it's "head" as the Galvanist was using his machine on.
1:57 - "The Crown of Creation" is most likely referring to the Great Old Ones and something being "upon it" could be it being in their dream realms.
2:33-2:46 - I am uncertain how to interpret these semi-translucent, bio-luminescent fish-people akin to the fauna of the deepest parts of the ocean, however the decrepit and archaic buildings in the background could mean these are the people that survived when New Yharnem was flooded and have adapted to the underwater life. Interesting is that "...in their Call Beyond The Fifth Wall will break." Now "Call Beyond" was a mystical attack from the game which harnessed the powers of the Great Old Ones and the subtitles capitalize "The Fifth Wall" meaning it is a sort of title. While I am unsure of what it means, the cracks that form behind them in seemingly reality itself sem to be leaking forth more water, so my initial theory about the convergence of the dream realms of the Great Old Ones having brought the waters that flooded New Yharnem might have some basis.
2:47-3:02 - Someone else has to interpret this part. I am unfortunately unable to do so.
3:03-3:33 - What the Host says is quite clearly understandable, the visuals however I don't know what to make of.
3:34-4:18 - Here we can see the Host again, the Oneironaut having extended its lenses to such a degree that they are reaching into the waterbody above him. Speaking of, the flood seems to have risen to such a degree that the normal water-level (of our oceans) is nearly touching the strange water in the sky that leads to the dream realms of Great Old Ones (though do remember that those in the normal world can still accomplish that meaning the one below the Host could also serve as a gateway). What it would mean if the two bodies of water were to converge I could not imagine. Noteworthy is that the Host's right side is now sprouting great amounts of fur with his right hand resembling a claw while three blood-red spectral bolts are sticking out of his left upper arm. This could represent the dichotomy of evolving through blood and evolving through insight, as the first would turn you into a beast in your attempt while the latter exposes you to new dangers, such as the bolts the light-house in the Nightmare of Mensis shot at you which look very similar to the ones sticking out of the Host's left arm.
@@voidjockey82 HOLY... So many eyes! You're pretty good at this, good Sir. Too good almost... 🤔 Security!
@@voidjockey82 I have found out fluorescent lamps are made from quicksilver... or some say mercury! Btw. don't smell at fluorescent lamps.. worst idea of my life (stirs in unsettling motions)
@@voidjockey82 2:47 - 3:02 is weird but iknow that Panopticon is a point from which everything else can be seen, so the breaking of the Fifth Wall ,might be leading into this place of ultimate insight, perhaps the world the Host finds themself in at the end with the water above and below him.
@@WonderPil A place of ultimate insight. A highpoint from which all can be seen. Where nothing will remain unknown. My gosh, one needs a really big frenzy symbol to describe this amount of insight!
this has to be the most epic piece of art i saw this year
This is unironically some of the best work I have seen on this site.
There are no words. This is one of the most wondrous feats of artistic achievement I've ever seen, if not the most. It's flawless.
😅 Thank you kindly
My guess is from what I’ve managed to gather from the video and the comments of others (as well as seeing that I should also fill the gap with exploration) is that in this world there’s two realities :
- one of matter
- one of dream
The material realm is composed of two parts, which is the deep sea and the celestial sky, and between them lies the earth. In here are humans that after a great age of industrialisation they fell to their own progress, and now only the ashes of their previous successes remain. This all happened because they attempted to use the realm of dreams for their machines, attempting i supposed to harness that power into their technology. This caused the dream realm to begin to seep and corrupt the material world, bringing forth monstrosities from it, born from human minds no less.
This brought on three events :
- humans attempting to sever the connection with the dream (they are trying to wake) by rising an entity known as Cain, an immaculate bourgeoisie, which seems like it won’t go well since in the dream it’s creating an even worse monster, which might just be this reanimated version of cain.
- a galvanist attempting to reanimate some god humans made from their machines (a man made god) probably for power or for salvation. Kyrios, god from the machine, that is to say, born from machines, hence born from humans.
- some scholars and travellers going into the depths of the sea to commune with some ancient entities of the dream known as the panopticon of the deep sea. They are apparently trying to destroy the fifth wall, which might be the only thing keeping the dream from completely flooding material reality.
Basically, it’s people trying to save their dying world, severing it from the dream, by awakening some entities that for them could bring salvation in one way or another, with two attempting to reanimate some dead entity, while the others are trying to release the dream fully. Within this chaos lies the oneironaut users, warriors that can see into the material realm and the dream, and could perhaps fight against these entities and finally out an end to the last wheezes of this dying world, seeing its sky and sea collapse against one another, promising the rise of a new sun.
A path of earth, with humans and their attempts to wake by raising cain, the bourgeoisie immaculate.
A path of sky, with a galvanist in the heavens trying to reanimate kyrios, god from the machine.
A path of sea, with pilgrims trying to break the fifth wall, and release the panopticon of the deep sea.
I re-read your summary today. Love it!
What I realised is that when keeping things up for interpretation, I get the chance to rediscover my own world by reading the perspective of someone else. A lot of the things you mentioned were things I thought of while working on it, yet others are completely new angles to me, shedding a whole new light on the world for myself. That's so cool haha. As an example - solely by wording it "sever the connection to the dream" (which you got right) I immediately realised a common theme between Bloodborne's Burial Blade and Sekiro's Mortal Blade, both serving to sever the ties to the delusion of an infinite reality.
This fucking blew my mind.