Darkest Dungeon Lore: Fanatic
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2024
- A video going over some possible lore involving the Fanatic from Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court.
This is not an official statement on the lore of the game.
My thoughts, opinions, and theories are my own, and subject to change if new information is presented.
Comics were made by Chris Bourassa and Trudi Castle
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What I like about him is that his existence implies the Curse is a somewhat known phenomenon outside of the Hamlet. It makes you wonder what the Countess has been up to prior to meeting the Ancestor.
Its possible the Countess has atempted to spread it, and would go from place to place to feed and make nests, leaving only once the region was dry or once she was at risk of dying.
Its possible she also gos from place to place, sneaking on boats or hiring coachwagons to take her to other places, where she would seduce a Rich or Noble man, both to take their home as her new nest and to feed off him and the servants.
The reason she doesnt leave the Hamlet would be simple.:
- The Hamlet has a decent bounty of blood and a few still normal animals and various Brigands and posisble Fishfolk she can feed off, with the Courtyard being quite vast... plus the Hamlet reputation would keep certain people away but draw adventurers to explore it... also more Brigands since their worse then the Crimson Curse.
- The Ancestor is likely the first person to Best her and humiliate her... she likely tricked several nobleman, rich merchants and more, easly killing them and draining them to make new servants and have a feast... and then she gets her throat slit because she faced the One Man who was just as predatory and sadistic as she is... and then he indirectly helped her with His FUCKING BLOODWINE THING!
@@peterwhite6415 and then our crazy ass appears and wrecks house
@@theenderdestruction2362 Honestly its fucking hilarious... shes humiliated and one up by the Guy who didnt fall for her bullshit, and then years later, after shes just vibin with a massive hive, some madlads show up, beat up her court and minions and best her again. I like to imagine right before she faces the party whos hunting her down, she finds out through her minions these nutjobs were hired by the DESCENDENT of the same Man who bested her.
Its just salt being rubbed on the wound over and over.
No one said the countess is the true source of the crimson curse though.
The thought he keeps accidentally burning invitations is hilarious to me.
I prefer the idea that he legitimately meets no gatekeepers/bloodsuckers with invitations because they don't want him there, and they only show up for us, The Heir, due to our connection with The Ancestor.
Wow. You just made me realize invitations are a twist on classic vampire lore: you need to be invited to enter.
Something worth noting is that you can only encounter him when the infestation level is at least medium. Once you've slain the Countess, he kinda just...disappears.
we took his job
"my job here is done"
@SamuelBarros “But you didn’t help us in anyway, killed several of our friends, and didn’t even try to go to courtyard where the vampires were coming from!”
Fanatic: *leaves*
@@jeffythesomething8772 To be fair those friends *are* unhinged vampires
I mean, they got better.
He has a hammer...he's clearly a priest of Sigmar. (I couldn't resist)
He be like...
BY SIGMAR!!!
YOU'VE POSTED...CRINGE!
@@csmrookie9600
More like sugmar.
@@memes_the_dna_of_the_soul5487 ...Sugmar what?
@@csmrookie9600 wha.. ah.... SUGMAR DICK?!
BY THE HAMMER OF THE EMPIRE I ABJURE THEE!
@@csmrookie9600 similiar to Ligmar.
I just noticed that the Fanatic's brand looks like the symbol on the Crusader's trinket : Commander's orders maybe there is a link...
It's kinda obvious, both are enforces of the church of the flame and kill heretics for a living, hell they probably even met at some some point during the holy wars lol
Also the seraph has a similar brand
To be serious, it occurs to me, he might have been a clergyman in the village prior to the Ancestor finishing his quest. His madness came from his failure to stop the Brigands from wiping the village.
When it comes to the Unholy Wood, I think that, he is so pious he burns evil with evil. Killing two birds with one stone, what man other than a fanatic would burn evil wood to burn those afflicted with an evil bloodsucking curse.
Also he could be the Ancestors' personal priest, because in some rooms in the Ruins there are murals with a priest not too dissimilar from the Fanatic. Which, if true, would make him another victim-turned-monster by the Estate.
And finally what I find that truly makes him evil isn't his actions, but his inactions. He has the cure to the Curse and only he has it, meaning he knows how to make it. And after you kill the Countess the cure becomes readily available too. The fact he decides to kill those with the Curse who haven't devolved into monsters yet rather than offer them the cure, is what ultimately marks him as evil in my books
That’s not how I see his possession of a cure. The clue is that he only has one dose. He’s saving that cure for himself if he gets infected.
He may know how to make the cure, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. That single dose could represent weeks of work, far too slow to simply give it away.
If anything, his hunt for the cure could have added to his madness, the futility of trying to help anyone beyond himself drove him to cleanse by fire.
Boss lore? Ooo... most exquisite indeed.
Special treat for hitting 500 subs
"vampires all over the shop, you'll be one of them....sooner or later"
I admire your ability to find pity even for someone such as this Fanatic
Pity, but no remorse. I've lost enough Jesters to him. He. Must. Be. Put. Down.
@@MiskatonicMemorialist why jesters specifically?
@@meem4606 the fanatics hate jokes lol
@@chottabeamm I wonder why..
He literally stops the spread of the CC, it's a noble cause but the problem is he tends to get overzealous
Perhaps the reason he doesn't use the Cure is because it's incredibly difficult/time-consuming to make, so using it for others would lead to him swiftly running out of it, possibly with those cured just getting infected all over again, considering how contagious it can prove to be. Or maybe he's just a hoarder.
God damn Wayne June's delivery of the final line is frisson-inducing. Brings back memories of the Baseline Test in Blade Runner 2049 or the radio in P.T.
Don't know why im just seeing these now. the editing is great on all these
I have never faced a more dangerous and complex foe, than the RUclips Algorithm.
But thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed them.
I loved that Alex (Baertaffy) got to voice his grunts and otherwise sounds. :D One of my favorites to run through the gauntlet known as Darkest Dungeon.
Just had a crazy thought: what if he's connected to the Runaway from DD2? All I've got between them is their connection to the Church and their pyromania.
Great! As always, you maintained the very same level of quality, style and manner of storytelling that creates this unique atmosphere of something so horrible and nightmarish, yet so interesting and fascinating that many people (including myself) can't just look away. This atmosphere is one of the key points that picked my interest in DD and even though I'm not the best player it still is in my top 10 favourite games.
As for the potential fragments of Fanatic's past, I've always wondered - why exactly he has The Cure? How did he managed to get it? And why we can never get ambushed by him in the very source of the Curse fights - the Courtyard? This is one crazy and baseless theory, but maybe he somehow connected to it, maybe even partially responsible for this manifestation. Remember that when we burned the hives in first Courtyard mission the Bloodsuckers have infested other locations, and burning the unclean is one his main methods. Perhaps he was sent by the Church to do the same somewhere in the past, they even preaperad him with relics, instruments and The Cure. But instead of destroying the threat he only burned it's source, probably with many innocent people, while Bloodsuckers escaped and started to spread Crimson Curse. After that he was excommunicated, but didn't gave up on the mission.
It is an interesting theory. I think the cure itself is a recipe either created by him or from another sect of the church that focuses on eliminating/containing monsters (My name for them is The Inquisitors and I'll talk more about them in the Abomination video, since my theory is the ones who branded Bigby are in the same group as Fanatic).
Remember that at the end of the Courtyard quests we learn enough about the Crimson Curse to be able to cure it ourselves, so it's possible to cure it, it just takes time.
As for the details of his backstory, it's anyone's guess tbh. Those were just the 3 main ones that made the most sense. The deeper we dig into the rabbit hole the more convoluted the story becomes. For example, I had an idea of how he may be part of the different branch of the church that is currently in conflict with the Flagellants. Since the Flags all believe in the power of the Blood, while the line from the Fanatic Promo say "The Blood is heresy" and I really like the idea of the church being in a state of conflict with itself. With various factions and sects fighting for majority control, but there's little evidence to suggest that truly is happening.
@@MiskatonicMemorialist thank you for reading and replying to my spontaneous wall of text =D I will not be surprised if your model of fractioned Church is actually correct, or at least similar to Red Hook's vision, when we will get more expansive and conclusive lore in DD 2. Looking forward for that game and your videos!
Keep it up, brother! I’m obsessed with these videos
Thank you! More to come so stay tuned.
I think he's a Darkest Dungeon version of Alexander Anderson; I reckon the devs are Hellsing fans.
I had to abandon this boss, i hope i can fight him again, the tip is destroy the log first, then attack him, it makes it so much easier
The sin is not in being outmatched, but in failing to recognize it. A wise general cuts losses, and regroups.
@@MiskatonicMemorialist Well said!
Good as allways
Glad you like them!
Can't get enough of your videos!
Glad people like them, makes it worth all the effort.
Fantastic work buddy
Thanks mate!
This is very well made and I like these theories
gave him and invitation to the courtyard and make the jester play doom music i say
Sic him on the Countess, I hate fighting her XD
Could be interesting
should have got baertaffy to do the voice/reading for this xD as he is he voice of the fanatic
The man was so good at fighting vampires that he left no evidence.
I personally go with a version of the madman. He has the cure for himself but won't share, burns everyone in his path and wears holy garments of others but there isn't much else on him, Implying maybe vigilante justice perhaps?
Idk I haven't read everything about him yet
I just discovered your chanel and instantly sub. I love your narration and interpretations, and all versions fit the character perfectly. I just wonder at 4:36 ... what mod is it to get the big man himself on your side?
It's in the description but here it is. He doesn't have any of the other animations outside of combat ones so he'll look kinda.... weird. But it's him.
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@@MiskatonicMemorialist thanks! I always love his design. And with the speculations you provided I liked him even more!
Great Video thanks
Thank u for watching
i love these videos
Three possibles of this crazed individual. It does make you think.
I'd like to posit the theory that since the Fanatic holds a resemblance to the priest in the Abbey that he may have come from an alternate timeline where the Crimson Court overtook the Hamlet and the priest was the lone survivor but then due to eldritch shenanigans he was sent to this timeline/ sent himself back in time to when the Crimson Countess was reawakened in an attempt to stop her/ save the Hamlet. Which could explain why he only attacks the infected heroes as they would be the only direct method of transmission of the curse from the court to the Hamlet.
Everything is great, nicely edited, and then probably just me being weird but then that ending scream from the fanatic, I can clearly tell it's just baertaffy. So my response was to burst out laughing, completely breaking the mood set up by the entire video. Note, this isn't a criticism, just a viewer acknowledging her own weirdness.
Yeah it was a bit weird but Baertaffy is the voice of the Fanatic, and I wanted to stay true to the game.
To be fair it could be named unholy wood due to the taint of all the unholy creatures burned on it, just like dragon slayer from berzerk became an unholy sword after killing so many ghosts demons and apostles
What do you think the cure is? How can someone like him fabricate something like that?
For the heroes he fought with it would’ve been perfect to say his arm came from a crusader , his staff from an exorcist and the hammer from a hierophant.
Strong intro, facts.
what a great material there
When there was only Darkest Dungeon I was most scared of Collector... Then when Crimson Court came... I started fearing Fanatic even more then that head boy.
I'd love if they keep any on the more story written darkest dungeon 1 charcters in darkest dungeon 2 you can get some kind of flash back you can play just like you can with the heros
Well done! I find the timelines a very innovative approach. Are you suggesting in Timeline A that there could be a link between the Fanatic and the Hamlet's Abbott? Would I be correct in understanding Timeline A also as the timeline for the modded hero, or would that be more a Timeline D? Two observations should be made about that... his arrival event in the Hamlet (unmodded) suggests that he came from outside (as opposed to being a monk in the Hamlet), and was possibly already known by reputation. The second - I _did_ write his dialogue to reference extant lore sometimes, though the playable version's state seems to rather ambiguous (i.e. some of his afflicted barks reference condemnation of his actions, possible excommunication).
I would also take anything the Ancestor says with a massive grain of salt. Even in Timeline C, it is worth noting that the Fanatic stops hunting your party once the Countess is destroyed. There is also that he does not hunt your party if it has only one cursed, and that we have no evidence that he doesn't do good work when he ISN'T hunting your party. But then, maybe that's gameplay and story segregation again 🤷♂️
This focuses solely on the Boss lore for this video. I took the approach that in Timeline A he was once a hero, but after a run in with the Crimson Curse or the Countess Pre-Courtyard, he was driven to hunt down the creature and was slowly turned into a monster by the Estate. He was once a good man, but has since become obsessed with his prey.
Timeline B follows the same story elements but changes it up and makes him part of The Order/The Inquisitors (The same group we see in Abom Comic, a section of the Church that deals with the Occult) Never really a good person, and the Estate brings out the worst parts of his personality.
Timeline C says he was always around the Estate and he was just some random monk in the Abbey. Had a falling out with the Abbot and was excommunicated. He was never a warrior but had to become one to fight the Crimson Curse.
And yeah Ancestor is the definition of unreliable narrator. Even his own death has a plethora of conflicting information. So I take the fist full of salt with anything he says.
I did assume that he was stalking the other areas of the Estate when not targeting our party, since there are plenty of Bloodsuckers to kill. Once the Countess is gone, the infestation returns to the Courtyard and he leaves. Meaning he either thinks it's under control and moves on to another village or he might actually go into the Courtyard since you no longer need an invitation, and he's just wandering around in the Courtyard. Remember it is a massive place, the only place in-game with the "Epic" length that allows multiple parties to enter and leave. He could lose himself in there and spend his entire time killing Bloodsuckers.
@@MiskatonicMemorialist Clever. Here however is my idea.
The fanatic was once a follower of the church. Higher ups he worked with got the crimsons curse and he had to burn them in self defense but got excommunicated for that. Now he is just as he run into him, a madman burning anything with the crimson curse to end it at all costs and those in his way.(he doesn’t understand or doesn’t give a shit about the fact that well the heroes we have with the crimson curse can still help.) When he attacks our party he have to put him down in self defense. His story ends in that case. But what if we never run into him during our experience with the crimson curse content? This is the interesting part. He burns on sight(he’s hunting the crimson curse so ofc he would) but doesn’t know they have invitations to the crimson courtyard on them. He mistakes the ashes of those with the bloodsuckers ashes. When he defeat the countess he enters the courtyard just to clean up any bloodsuckers.
Something the ancestor says implies he was scarred by the curse
Uf esto está buenísimo, me gustaría que estuviera doblado al español
He is a priest from warhammer holy sigmar
For anyone whose ever played any D&D Ravenloft, I like the idea of the Hamlet and the surrounding landscapes being another domain of dread...I think I smell another campaign brewing 🤔.
It’s how I imagine it. Some sort of reality bubble where you end up without fully realizing it.
Fr it literally has all the hallmarks of a domain as well. Though I'm not sure if the Darklord would be the Ancestor or the Heir
4:27 excuse me what? YOU can CONTROLL a boss or the boss is in your party to assist you and do randoms things? or is it a mod (i d'ont have the dlc)
Mod
@@shaggyrogers8869 thx
Collector lore when
I love his art style.. He reminds me of a warrior priest from 40k
He looks more like Sigmar priest
The Arcuz BGM...
Link to mod appears to be broken. It was just updated!
Shame for me I just discovered this game. I love it so much!
It's never too late.
the fantic stuff should be in the game like i could see this and you can't use a few units due to religion rights
Now that I think about it, how did he get the name fanatic?
Religious zealotry
Dude just quoted the Joker as a wise man
I prefer crediting Alan Moore to that one.
@@MiskatonicMemorialist huh. My mistake then😂
Considering the new faction in DD 2... yikes.
They aren't related to him. They want the end of the world. He wants the light's safety
Wait you can get him in your party?! How?! Or is it DLC?
Mods
@@MiskatonicMemorialist Oh okay lol
I know you’ve moved on to doing Darkest Dungeon 2 lore, but would you ever consider doing more mod lore for Darkest Dungeon 1? There’s a mod for a character called “The Knave” who has journal entries suggesting some connection to the fanatic…
I fear that I might end up like him
Fucking what
Based
@@lostcarcosa7642 C'mon, everyone's had that stage in their life where they become a religious extremist and want to kill a bunch of vampires
I see you didnt went in depth about his name. Unfortunatly, I think his story is far more simple that everything you said. It would explain why dd creators would chose to make "he is all you imagine him to be" thing. He is one of those religious "fanatics" who thinks that crimson curse is the devil curse and all that are inflicted by it must be burned to be clensed. He is obviosly mad and delusional. Even though there is a clear evidence that it can be cured. Fanatic is so hypocritical that he has two bottles just for himself. The things he has done to people are mad persons doing, but he clearly knows what he is doing. Scars tell us that he was doing it for a long time and crimson curse is very easy to get. Upon being inflicted he just drinks that bottle and goes killing again. He does not goes to kill quin because he is afraid to die, like a true hypocrite he is. There is nothing positive about this character which is why he must be put down.
Look at it from the other side. The curse corrupts, kills, twists and mutilates the victims, and causes them to become vampires. By containing it, he is saving the world, but with unsavory methods.
The CC can be cured, but you can also catch it again, and again, and again. So if he just cures them, they'll get infected AGAIN, then he'll have to cure them again
Now if you really think about it we are the reason why corruption spread across the state just cuz imagine the amount of people that were corrupted that you fired a number one and they just went off and well imagine just did their do
Just saying you can seriously bring up the volume to your videos. I shouldn't have to put my speakers at 100% just to hear you clearly.