As I said on the pinned comment in my other Vendrick dialogue video, I had a few setbacks. Thankfully a friend grabbed the last piece of dialogue for me so I could release this video. The old video will remain up for a little while. Enjoy!
Both Vendrick's and Aldia's dialogues are the best in the series. Say whatever you want about the game, it's easily the best story and characters of the series. Vendrick's "seek strength, the rest will follow", his final words ,is still one of my favourite quotes in gaming history
DS2's storytelling feels more "human" in a way. Both with how you see various NPCs be affected by the Curse, and especially with Vendrick and Aldia as you said.
@Peasant mine brother in arms, thoust art wrong, for I have nay mother. I was birthed in the Chasm of Abyss (although, sometimes thine mother is called that, but I was not born in her) and soon after I put a seed in a tavern wench. Believe it or not, but that sinful maiden was thine own mother and now I shall lay thou too
@@HollowHighlander yes he does, its in the shrine of amana door. You must be human to open it. You get his armor there too. He put his soul there so Nashadra would never be able to claim it
Always remember. This man warns you about the Hollow Lord ending of Dark Souls 3 here in Dark Souls 2. The same thing happened to him as to the Ashen One. Some lady comes out of nowhere (Nashandra for Vendrick, Yuria for the Ashen One), tells you to become a True Monarch by killing strong things (the three Great Ones and the Giants for Vendrick, and the Lords of Cinder and your sorceror friend for the Ashen One, also keep in mind this is the *only time* the term True Monarch is used in Dark Souls 3), and tells you to claim the power of the Fire for yourself to empower yourself and your followers. But he recognized that she was manipulating him, and stopped at the end. She wanted him to throw away the "prop of life" that is the non-Hollow human form. He even basically tells you exactly what Yuria wants you to do. "With Fire, they say, a True King can harness the Curse. A lie. But I knew no better." "We would cast asids the prop of life, only to face greater hardship. Are you another such fool? Or something more..." Using Fire to harness the Curse is basically exactly what Yuria wants you to do in the Hollow Lord ending. And he tells you himself, that casting aside the human aspect of ourselves to embrace Hollowing, is just going to make things even harder.
I think Vendrick simply lacked the means. The ashen ones creation was needed to cure the curse. The world created the ashen one in response to Gwyns curse. Dark souls 2 exists to show us that the characters know their in a loop and have been for centuries but can’t break it.
@Thatguy-qx1uw Well they did break it and the curse after collecting the crown. But it was only a solution for you and for anyone who wears the crowns.
@@galaxydragon1234 pretty sure ds3 mocked that idea anyways. The pursuer greatshield (Different name in ds3) calls it foolish to resist the curse. So Miyazaki definitely wants that ending to be viable.
Yeah, the hollows of Londor fail to realize that while hollowing is the original form of humanity and all other forms of life, without our humanity, our soul, the fragments of the Dark Soul, we cannot be attuned to the Darkness that is to come. Look at the sky in the Lord of Hollows ending. There is no darkness, only an eclipse. The world remains unbalanced.
5:09 "Seek strength... the rest will follow" seems to me like it is in part a reflection on Vendrick's banishment of Raime. We know that Raime harbored suspicions about Nashandra and tried to warn the king, but lost in a duel to Velstadt who remained loyal. He left to seek greater strength, realizing that knowledge with no power to enact it is useless... it kind of seems like Vendrick has come to the same realization, that no matter what path you would seek, you must gain the power necessary to take you there first. This also has a lot of tie ins to Berserk. I really love this line!
He tells you that seeking "power" is in vain though, he coveted power and failed, the cylce kept on going. His "Strenght" means that you should seek the resilience to overcome rather than power. The cycle keeps on going becasue the world can accept both Fire and Darkness.
Recently finished this game. When i first entered Vendrick’s area i felt bad for him and didn’t attack. At the time i didn’t know that he was Vendrick. I thought he was just a guard that had lost his purpose and wandered aimlessly. I approached the armor set, thinking it was a body. It was so dark, i was unsure. When i finally lit a torch i started to piece things together; the crown, the armor, realizing the “guard” wore a crown. I felt so awful for him.
For me had more impact. You defeat Velstad and you enter the room for a battle whit the KING of Drangleic and he is just hollow. Gwyn was you expected to be. Vendrick is... a hopeless hollow.
@@finnish_hunter Okay i didnt wanna go nerd but here i go. Turning into a hollow is a consequence of the curse of the gods. The ring of fire in the dark sign in the chest of the humans is the curse that gwyn put upon humanity cause he was afraid of them. Gods cant turn into hollow cause they are not humans. All of this is what we see in The Ringed city DLC and what Aldia explained back in SotS. The face of Gwyn was because he linked the fire and was left in a ashen-like state, all burnt and stuff. The case of Nameless king it's way different because its inconsistent from what we know so i take it as: Fromsoftware forgot it or Wanted to relacionate it more whit gwyn to make clear that is his son.
Dark Souls 2 has some of the best voice acting and lore in the series - I can't get behind the people that said this game was bad or a step backwards in the series, its absolutely engrossing.
totally. you fall through that hole in the intro and step into a wonderland that's one of countless lands that rise and fall with the first flame's reignitions...it really was a great dark souls toybox of ideas, unbound by the first and last cycles in the overarching story. if they just went back and kept making spinoffs that take place around DS2's time I wouldnt complain. Olaphis would be a cool mystery to unveil for one thing
With him, I feel like I'm one human talking to another, someone I can trust. Beyond the lies of gods and egoists, beyond the mask. Vendrick says to look for what suits you best.
@@pato6738 Size in Dark Souls is usually used to represent someone's strength of Soul. Vendrick was essentially a King of Kings, Lording over the Old Iron King, Ivory King, and Sunken King respectively before their falls, and as we know the Old Iron King inherited Gwyns soul (Thanks to the NG+ soul drops), its likely that Vendrick inherited a great bounty of souls from his reign and war with the giants, perhaps more then Gwyn and his pantheon seeing as he was said to be the "Near True Monarch" (i.e he nearly does what our player character does in the true ending of DS2), so essentially Vendrick before the loss of his soul and Hollowing was a man likely as mighty as or mightier then the gods themselves, hence his colossal size and strength, even when Hollow.
I can see Vendrick and Asgore sitting down next to a bonfire and lamenting to each other of their mistakes of their past that lead their people to ruin.
i love how they made him a strong king that got tricked noticed too late nashandra was doing so he tried his best but became hollow. it was a cool feeling thinking you were gonna fight him but hes jsut hollow wandering endlessly with his loyal friend guarding the entrance. a bit different from ds1 king who jsut paniced and threw himself on th efire ruining th eentire world
poor vendrick, yet another sad and broken old man to be birthed by this dreadfully twisted world. fortunate enough to find himself without the hubris of one who would consider himself a god, and twice fortunate to find himself with a close ally with far more gifted eyesight than himself. but alas, he was no true king, as he was terrified of the darkness, and the unknowns that lurk within.
I have considered doing similar videos to these ones, however not that many Souls NPCs have contemplative monologues to go with their OST like Aldia and Vendrick do, so I'm unsure who I would do them on if I ever got around to it. Time will tell, I guess.
@@penguinguy2167 Miyazaki state ds 3 is the last dark souls game. Me though big cooperation like bandai tenzen will ever let such successful line being a waste: Doubt.
As I said on the pinned comment in my other Vendrick dialogue video, I had a few setbacks. Thankfully a friend grabbed the last piece of dialogue for me so I could release this video. The old video will remain up for a little while. Enjoy!
i love how he calls you young moth such a unique way to say seeker of fire/light
Wooow how didn't i catch that?
Like a moth drawn to a flame, your wings will burn in anguish; time, after time. For that is your fate. The fate of the cursed.
Really isn't
@@aspentakoradi wow you're cool 😳
@@aspentakoradi Thanks for sharing your opinion. Unfortunately you have an anime pfp, so it's not worth anything.
“I am no king, I am more fit to be a jester” that line really hits
"I'm not fit to be a jester "he said .
@@mrzoon171Nah the original commenter was correct
"What did you expect to happen after beating Miquella" This... something even close to this...
Both Vendrick's and Aldia's dialogues are the best in the series. Say whatever you want about the game, it's easily the best story and characters of the series.
Vendrick's "seek strength, the rest will follow", his final words ,is still one of my favourite quotes in gaming history
DS2's storytelling feels more "human" in a way. Both with how you see various NPCs be affected by the Curse, and especially with Vendrick and Aldia as you said.
hmm
but only in the DLC we can had that dialogues i mean the whole game kinda bland until we reached Drangelic castle ....
Best in the franchise honestly. Ds2 undoubtedly has the best storytelling of souls games
@@tailongraven4924 the whole game was not bland. It has one of the best main games of the series. Ds3 was bland without DLC’s.
"Feeble soul" my ass
Probably the strongest hollow soul yet
@Peasant mine brother in arms, thoust art wrong, for I have nay mother. I was birthed in the Chasm of Abyss (although, sometimes thine mother is called that, but I was not born in her) and soon after I put a seed in a tavern wench. Believe it or not, but that sinful maiden was thine own mother and now I shall lay thou too
@@NiCoNiCoNiCola amazing way to call someones mom a whore
Vendrick doesn't even have a soul
@@HollowHighlander yes he does, its in the shrine of amana door. You must be human to open it. You get his armor there too. He put his soul there so Nashadra would never be able to claim it
@@AllThisForWhat I know. I'm on NG+56. Vendrick does not have it tho was my point. He's soulless when you fight him.
Always remember. This man warns you about the Hollow Lord ending of Dark Souls 3 here in Dark Souls 2. The same thing happened to him as to the Ashen One. Some lady comes out of nowhere (Nashandra for Vendrick, Yuria for the Ashen One), tells you to become a True Monarch by killing strong things (the three Great Ones and the Giants for Vendrick, and the Lords of Cinder and your sorceror friend for the Ashen One, also keep in mind this is the *only time* the term True Monarch is used in Dark Souls 3), and tells you to claim the power of the Fire for yourself to empower yourself and your followers. But he recognized that she was manipulating him, and stopped at the end. She wanted him to throw away the "prop of life" that is the non-Hollow human form. He even basically tells you exactly what Yuria wants you to do.
"With Fire, they say, a True King can harness the Curse. A lie. But I knew no better."
"We would cast asids the prop of life, only to face greater hardship. Are you another such fool? Or something more..."
Using Fire to harness the Curse is basically exactly what Yuria wants you to do in the Hollow Lord ending. And he tells you himself, that casting aside the human aspect of ourselves to embrace Hollowing, is just going to make things even harder.
I think Vendrick simply lacked the means. The ashen ones creation was needed to cure the curse. The world created the ashen one in response to Gwyns curse. Dark souls 2 exists to show us that the characters know their in a loop and have been for centuries but can’t break it.
That blew my mind about ashen one being similar to Vendrick.
@Thatguy-qx1uw Well they did break it and the curse after collecting the crown. But it was only a solution for you and for anyone who wears the crowns.
@@galaxydragon1234 pretty sure ds3 mocked that idea anyways. The pursuer greatshield (Different name in ds3) calls it foolish to resist the curse. So Miyazaki definitely wants that ending to be viable.
Yeah, the hollows of Londor fail to realize that while hollowing is the original form of humanity and all other forms of life, without our humanity, our soul, the fragments of the Dark Soul, we cannot be attuned to the Darkness that is to come.
Look at the sky in the Lord of Hollows ending. There is no darkness, only an eclipse. The world remains unbalanced.
This man's dialogue is the best part of Dark Souls 2.
And Aldia's dialogue was the best part of scholar.
yes
Vendrick and Aldia
5:09 "Seek strength... the rest will follow" seems to me like it is in part a reflection on Vendrick's banishment of Raime. We know that Raime harbored suspicions about Nashandra and tried to warn the king, but lost in a duel to Velstadt who remained loyal. He left to seek greater strength, realizing that knowledge with no power to enact it is useless... it kind of seems like Vendrick has come to the same realization, that no matter what path you would seek, you must gain the power necessary to take you there first. This also has a lot of tie ins to Berserk. I really love this line!
He tells you that seeking "power" is in vain though, he coveted power and failed, the cylce kept on going. His "Strenght" means that you should seek the resilience to overcome rather than power.
The cycle keeps on going becasue the world can accept both Fire and Darkness.
5:00 rent free in my head delivered so perfectly, say what you will about ds2 but vendrick's dialogue is peak soulsborne storytelling for me.
Same bro, it hits so hard, right in the feels 😭
Recently finished this game. When i first entered Vendrick’s area i felt bad for him and didn’t attack. At the time i didn’t know that he was Vendrick. I thought he was just a guard that had lost his purpose and wandered aimlessly. I approached the armor set, thinking it was a body. It was so dark, i was unsure. When i finally lit a torch i started to piece things together; the crown, the armor, realizing the “guard” wore a crown. I felt so awful for him.
1:45 the voice actor’s range is chilling here. he goes down in tone so seamlessly
I love Vendrick and DS2, the forgotten game, the forgotten world.
1:14 there’s something powerful in these lines
Underrated chad
Simp*
Vendrick is just as memorable as Gwyn
For me had more impact.
You defeat Velstad and you enter the room for a battle whit the KING of Drangleic and he is just hollow.
Gwyn was you expected to be.
Vendrick is... a hopeless hollow.
@@victorch.2137 Gwyn was expected to be a weakened, past his prime, hollow version of himself.
@@finnish_hunter But gwyn can't go hollow
@@victorch.2137 He went hollow by giving up his soul to fuel the first flame, why do you think that he looks like a zombie when you face him?
@@finnish_hunter Okay i didnt wanna go nerd but here i go.
Turning into a hollow is a consequence of the curse of the gods. The ring of fire in the dark sign in the chest of the humans is the curse that gwyn put upon humanity cause he was afraid of them.
Gods cant turn into hollow cause they are not humans. All of this is what we see in The Ringed city DLC and what Aldia explained back in SotS.
The face of Gwyn was because he linked the fire and was left in a ashen-like state, all burnt and stuff.
The case of Nameless king it's way different because its inconsistent from what we know so i take it as: Fromsoftware forgot it or Wanted to relacionate it more whit gwyn to make clear that is his son.
DS2 has such great voice acting. Vendrick, Aldia, Vengarl, all have some of the best voice acting in the series
The rest...
...will follow.
Average STR build
Seek ... Strength .......
The rest ...
...will follow.
Dark Souls 2 has some of the best voice acting and lore in the series - I can't get behind the people that said this game was bad or a step backwards in the series, its absolutely engrossing.
totally. you fall through that hole in the intro and step into a wonderland that's one of countless lands that rise and fall with the first flame's reignitions...it really was a great dark souls toybox of ideas, unbound by the first and last cycles in the overarching story. if they just went back and kept making spinoffs that take place around DS2's time I wouldnt complain. Olaphis would be a cool mystery to unveil for one thing
It's a special piece of it's own for sure
With him, I feel like I'm one human talking to another, someone I can trust. Beyond the lies of gods and egoists, beyond the mask. Vendrick says to look for what suits you best.
Why is he so tall tho?
@@pato6738 Size in Dark Souls is usually used to represent someone's strength of Soul. Vendrick was essentially a King of Kings, Lording over the Old Iron King, Ivory King, and Sunken King respectively before their falls, and as we know the Old Iron King inherited Gwyns soul (Thanks to the NG+ soul drops), its likely that Vendrick inherited a great bounty of souls from his reign and war with the giants, perhaps more then Gwyn and his pantheon seeing as he was said to be the "Near True Monarch" (i.e he nearly does what our player character does in the true ending of DS2), so essentially Vendrick before the loss of his soul and Hollowing was a man likely as mighty as or mightier then the gods themselves, hence his colossal size and strength, even when Hollow.
God This Part Is Flawless 2:30
such amazing writing and voice acting, still get chills during that line of dialogue
I just realised. Just after this he says "and the souls of old will reemerge", which is exactly what happened in DS3!
@@jarroddt And The Cycle Continues.
2:51 dranglic will fall, the fire will fade and the souls of old will reemerge. Basically a transition from ds2 to ds3.
1:14
This line made me feel sad.
It sounds like he's actually holding back a sob at the end of it.
He has such smooth voice, I could listen to him all day
Vendrick is basically explaining to us why we play these games.
I can see Vendrick and Asgore sitting down next to a bonfire and lamenting to each other of their mistakes of their past that lead their people to ruin.
"I am more fit to be a jester" kind of ironic since the english voice actor for Vendrick, was Marvellous Jester from dark souls 1
Marvellous chester
Chester*
Marvellous Jester lmao
Irony isn't coincidence.
His name is Marvellous Chester😂 and he isn't a jester. Oh seeker of fire, you are more fit to be a jester.
Love the content! Would love to see more characters from across all the Souls games including Bloodborne. Praise the Sun!
And they say Dark Souls 2 is the worst of all souls...
It is
@@BaldinBlack not
@@Merc7734 yes
@@BaldinBlack just say you're bad at it
@@yarosa795 Big brain comment right here!
He gives me more information that any other souls or elden ring character
"That, confounded quintessence of humanity" Vendrick REALLY hates his ex.
He’s talking about manus
@@Thatguy-qx1uw and Nashandra is a fragment of who?
@@TagmentationManus. Let’s also not forget, Alsanna (the Burnt Ivory King’s wife) ALSO is a fragment of Manus.
@@AllThatGlitters777 The difference was that the Ivory King radiated so much chad energy that Alsanna started to simp for him. :V
Vendrick asmr
It's kinda cute how he stll calls his ex Shandra, like it's her pet name.
Awesome Palomo.
Visions of defeated man…
4:40 Me in the evening, when several neighborhoods are left without lights due to a blackout.
Me when my last match breaks while trying to light a candle.
i love how they made him a strong king that got tricked noticed too late nashandra was doing so he tried his best but became hollow. it was a cool feeling thinking you were gonna fight him but hes jsut hollow wandering endlessly with his loyal friend guarding the entrance.
a bit different from ds1 king who jsut paniced and threw himself on th efire ruining th eentire world
Man she did a number on this guy......
he couldn't fix her 😭😭
Fun Fact: King Vendrick Voice Actor Also Voice King Andrias Father King Aldrich From Amphibia
don't forget the core
Andrias is also based on Vendrick, which is why they got the VA in the first place
poor vendrick, yet another sad and broken old man to be birthed by this dreadfully twisted world. fortunate enough to find himself without the hubris of one who would consider himself a god, and twice fortunate to find himself with a close ally with far more gifted eyesight than himself. but alas, he was no true king, as he was terrified of the darkness, and the unknowns that lurk within.
I dont suppose you'd do similar videos with other characters from the souls series+ (gerhman would be nice, as would neshandra)
I have considered doing similar videos to these ones, however not that many Souls NPCs have contemplative monologues to go with their OST like Aldia and Vendrick do, so I'm unsure who I would do them on if I ever got around to it.
Time will tell, I guess.
@@The_Red_Scholar that's fair, ds2 did have some good monologues in it
DS2 > DS1
I agree partially.
Try to linking the fire to the throne of want
To end the undead curse
At the end that was all lie.
"What is it that drives you? Light? Dark? Or something else entirely?" - Aldia
A perfect representation of depression.
0:28
He has that wit of a king
3:17 🥶
2:31
Falme, O Flame
Wait...
Elden Ring, O Elden Ring
😲
Dark souls IV confirmed 🤔
@@penguinguy2167 Miyazaki state ds 3 is the last dark souls game.
Me though big cooperation like bandai tenzen will ever let such successful line being a waste: Doubt.
Elden Ring is Dark Souls II 2 confirmed.
Same director.
Who's after Amphibia?
4:20 🔥
Thx
4:40 🥶🥶🥶
Not many know this but their be an erdtree monument before the mirror knight fight.
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any link for your avatar?