Naw I'm pretty sure the giants in Dark Souls 2 are an entirely different species to the ones in 1 and 3. The giants of 1/3 have actual faces are more human looking and they just leave a corpse on death (hell there is even giant skeletons) the ones in two are more like plant creatures.
"Thank you for sitting through another one of my videos" People actually do that on youtube? Why would you "sit through" a video? you either watch them until the end you're enjoying it, or you move on if you're not.
@@pauliusthemad3498 I mean... Just look at it from their perspective. If I were a giant and got tortured by humans for years, I would NEVER want to be friendly with them.
As a Swede, I can say that you are spot on with your history of Umeå and the Birch Trees. That is actually what happened, alltough, the trees were planted after the fire, acting as a "fire gate" or "fire stopper". So the city actually burned down in the fire and when they rebuildt the city, they made the streets wider and planted the trees to stop ev fire, so that this would never happen again. And they chose birch tree because they grow well in city environment and acts as solid fire wood, meaning that they can burn for a long time before turning to ash or spread the fire. Very good pronounciations of swedish words btw!
TR-8R anor Londo wasn't really a shady place back when it was gywns the only shady thing there was the archives and even then gywn put a barrier so no one could enter to A stop his experiments or B protect him or C both meaning it was an overall good place witch means it probably WAS pontiff
The giant from Undead Settlement drops Gough's ring and protects white birch trees, who are said to be born from pieces of Dusk's catalyst (I don't remember in which item it says that). Gough and little Dusk were both at Oolacile and the same time. My beliefs are that Dusk and Gough had some type of friedly relationship. I can think on two possibilities: 1. The giant in the Settlement is Gough, protecting the remains of his little friend dusk 2. Gough gave his ring to that giant to protect the trees when he dies.
"He had a suspicion about human nature but now he knows it is a malevolent and violent force" But the Silver Knights were Gods as evidenced by the occult weapons Also if the giants were like Manus, and Manus was a giant, isn't Gough a human?
I've always been curious if 'leveling up' is only for humans or if any living thing could do it and if it's the dark soul that allows humans to become eventually stronger than the gods in this setting
I think the species that have a a Link to the Lord Souls can. The way I see it is that Humans (Dark Soul.) Can level up. I think a great example of gaining power from the death, and absorbtion of souls is Ornstein and Smough fight where one gain incrediable strength from absorbing the souls of the other. Another example could be the Abyss Watchers. I think if you took out the 'game mechanic' way of leveling up we would increase our power much the same way. (Note:I am ignoring most of DS2's lore because...its DS2's lore.)
I actually have a theory on this, and its that humans are actually quite bad at it, in every souls game you have to go through someone else, or something else, now of course in dks1 this may simply be game mechanics, but not in 2 and 3, as they require another person, namely a firekeeper, a font of power replicating the original soul of man, meanwhile we have the godly beings like. The nameless king or biggie and smalls who not only gain stature, but power in an instant by "claiming" their allies soul, they don't need to go through anyone, because this is a natural process, and humans can only attempt to emulate it.
I just wanted to say that you Mitch L and other DS lore story tellers like you have helped me with my insomnia and have brought me sound to sleep numerous times like a bed time story. keep up the good work!
Maybe the magic from those trees (from oolacile too) are the Good emotions within humans, Abyss' magics are the bad emotions within humans, and the blue ones are neutral, reason based sorceries.
Is there any connection between how the drang npc enemies right after Pontiff Sulyvan are found in the area with giants, and how you can find the drang set in the cathedral of the deep where one of the giants is cowering?
That's something that I've wondered about but I don't think I have a complete answer on the matter just yet. I'd like to believe that From Soft wasn't being lazy and just decided to re use an asset.
if there is a connection it might tie in with how some people say the time warp thing within the game and ricard is pre-wolnir then once he kills the carthus kings and makes one crown it makes him into a beast sorta like aldrich turning to slime when devouring men
stopped watching around 6:30 after you got info about Hawkeye's helmet wrong, didn't feel like getting misinformed further. The ones who packed his eye holes with resin did so just before he went into battle, and it made him go blind.
I don't understand why your channel is as small as it is, but if you keep making these videos a larger following should be inevitable. I enjoy your lores.
Sizes are based on the god's perspective. The giants are bigger than they are while humans and significantly smaller which gave them the title of pygmys. As for Manus, if you recall, any being with many souls become bigger than they normally are. Just take a look at the Witch of Izaleath (she is shown to be a giant amongst her daughters), Manus, 4 kings and Gael (all pgymys). The only one that doesnt become grotesquely big is us.
Swede here, not gonna lie but I cringed a bit with you trying to pronanouse Umeå. Little difficult to hear your Swedish but I think you meant björklöven (the hockey team) which translates to birch leaf/s Aside from that It sounded like your were on point about the big fire. Side note, there was also a big city fire on the same day in a different city, Sundsvall where almost whole city burned down. Luckily for city of Sundsvall was the fact a majority of the buildings were of stone and they never rebuild using wood. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ume%C3%A5_city_fire en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1888_Sundsvall_fire
Giants were already enslaved in DS1 (see Sen's Fortress). Gough and the blacksmith were the exception to the rule, owing their favorable treatement to their exceptional skills, but even they were spited and looked down upon.
Maybe the giant you find where the blacksmith was in the first game was actually Gough, trying to save the blacksmith from the Aldrich followers enslaving the Giants, giving him his bow when he couldn't go on. And the blacksmith escaped, leaving his smithing coal behind. Just a thought.
You should have outlined that the difference between Gods and Giants I that those who found potent Lord souls became powerful (Gods), but those who simply found many souls became physically large (Giants).
Have you ever thought about making a video about the very unique only female giant found in the DS series? Beyond being rare with a female name, her name is also very different than just about every character. Characters usually never have a normal surname, maybe something like a title or location affiliation but never a proper surname like she has. Also her name doesn't sound like it belongs in a game with a medieval theme, it actually sounds modern like she could be your neighbor than a NPC. I definitely would be interested in hearing your thoughts on that, plus any lore interpretations regarding the giant that's named "Judi Cator"
Alright so 2/3rds don’t with ds3, shouldn’t judge till the end but anyone else agree the first one just feels better? Think with the older graphics it feels nostalgic and just the world building and story is cooler
I don't like killing the Giants in Dark Souls 3. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth because they seem like tragic characters. What's even worse is the giant in the undead settlement actually helps you, and you end up killing other giants of his race. In my recent playthrough I've actually stopped killing the giants and just try to avoid them now, even though it makes it much harder because I have to keep rolling around their feet to collect the items.
Most of this is accurate and makes sense. However, Manus isn't the FP. Manus was once human, FP created humans. As well in DS3 it pretty much hands it out to us that the Pygmy Lords together were the FP and not a single one.
I to believe that the giant in the undead settlement is Gough. And by the looks of it, he was enslaved to at some point(you can see the broken chains coming out from his body), but he somehow managed to get free. I don't remember the dialogues at this point very well, but probably he had help from Siegward .
Yhorm was another example of a human honoring a giant. Siegward refers to Yhorm as a friend and upholds his promise with him. I believe Yhorm was the beginning of the mistreatment of giants because humans doubted him. Correct me if i'm wrong.
the pygmy is human, all the knights and everyone else look like giants when compared to us midget regular humans, I know all them 9 feet tall knights descend from the gods. look even when they go hollow they just keep working. unlike humans who go crazy
Don't forget the giant of the undead settlement is a crack shot at helping you, and you can kill him and get Hawkeyes ring, which unlike most rings has the historical characters life and name in the description instead of saying the name is forgotten with time. Which more likely suggest that the giant is Hawkeyes, or is related to him, perhaps as his son. Or daughter? Are there girl Giants?
I just want to point out some real life lore......birch trees are extremely flammable, the bark and resin and ground into a paste then dried and used as fire starters. Kindling....
Worth noting that the giants in the cathedral are wallowing in their own filth, and that the original cathedral (place of worship, bema and sanctum) appears to have been built by, and for, giants.
As a Wildland firefighter I can corroborate the Swedish fire story. Certain trees hold a great volume of water and groups of these trees can inhibit the progress of a wildfire because they do not burn easily. Birch trees are one of these species.
Perhaps they like the birch that hides them because they are such nice peaceful, and shy creatures. It is also clearly a gift of friendship, because the undead settlement giant gives you a custom birch tree
I nearly jumped out of my skin the first time that damn giant actually helped me in the swamp. The big crab came scuttling over, then a great arrow speared him right into the muck. I'd been through Farron a handful of times before this and never seen it happen, but the giant will definitely help you out.
@@silvertemplar8061 as long as you leave one Young White Branch next to one of the trees, yes. Once you collect them all, he dies. But as long as there's one somewhere, he'll shoot that crab if it's near the tree.
I guess Gough was right, true human nature brought the giants pain, but maybe (assuming gough is the giant in the tower) he saw something in us much like Yhorm saw something in Seigward
Is there something about tree resin that implies stupidity or brutishness, as he obviously didnt need to see out of the helmet to be effective. It's like giving someone an orange because they arent a good singer. one doesnt relate to the other.
Sans Masko Artorias If you go up to the dead ones' after Pontiff, get out your binoculars, and look at their face through their helmet; there are holes in their faces.
TheFuzzyCreeper Oh nice discovery, thank you ! There is still this one with an ugly face before the giant lord in DSII but I assume that it is nothing but a joke :)
I'm pleasantly surpised that you mentioned my home city! I noticed that you've already gotten to know that Björklöven means The Birch Leaves but if you'll allow me, here's a link on how to pronounce Å, Ä and Ö: swedishmadeeasy.com/swedish-vowels-%E2%80%93-a-a-o.html
''Its quite refreshing to see this adoration from a HUMAN'' But Andre cant possibly be human, or did humans acquire the power of immortality while I was unaware?
It is likely that this iteration of Andre is undead. As he expressly stated that smithing is his sole purpose, he likely has never experienced the negative effects of hollowing. After all the demand for arms and armour is not going away anytime soon in this universe. Bonus fact Andre in an early draft of DS1 was Gwyn's firstborn, and would open the path to the kiln for the chosen undead.
I would like to make the comment that the Giants of Sens Fortress, of which you showed clips, were also enslaved to guard and maintain the traps there. I would disagree the shift is as drastic as you imply and assert that giants have never been looked on with fondness by humans in the Souls Series. Gough and the Blacksmith are the only two giants who were tolerated by the humans because they provided a service and were presumably protected by Gwyn and his lineage. I do appreciate the amount of work you've put into this video though, some very nice comparisons drawn and lore points examined.
Your opening disclaimer isn't disclaiming anything. I think it would make more sense to either do away with the header or change it. Also, I like how your videos are becoming more and more distinct from other dark souls videos. You have a nice touch. Good content, keep it up.
Left out talking about Yhorm and how he differs and compares. He has a face we can clearly see during Siegwards questline. In too become a lord of cinder, he would have had been a smart man.
One thing I find interesting is that Yhorm has a face, rather than a hole in his head, implying one of two things: he is not the same species as all the other giants we've seen, OR he is the same species as the DS1 and DS3 giants, but the DS2 giants, the ones who become trees, are a totally unrelated species. I think the latter is probably more accurate, considering that DS2's giants are built differently than the ones in the rest of the series. So I think we're dealing with two distinct species, correlated only by their size.
I really like that fact about Yhorm. My initial thought was that he's one of the "old breed," and has just managed to escape persecution or enslavement, however he is a "descendent of a conqueror" which could be the giant king, who had the big old hole in the face, so it's hard to say.
I thought that the giant Hawkeye archer (forgot his name) was actually blind, so is that why he don't care about his helmet being covered with resin or was he called blind because of his helmet being covered with resin and just didn't give a shit?
The great archer of the undead settlement may be Gough, because the white birch trees were spawned by the dropped staff of young Princess Dusk. the giant will protect you if you have the gifted white branch from the giant (Or the white branch starting item) in your inventory, both of which have special descriptions. Dusk in DS1 was fond and kind to the giant archer Gough (as it is hinted at in gameplay) these two facts in conjunction make pretty good groundwork to say that the giant archer may be Gough or at least a descendant of him. and as Farron is also Darkroot/Oolacil and the archer makes farron considerably more survivable, there is yet another tie. also side note, Xanthous crown is based of an "Ancient mystic creature." the Oolacil mushroom people were skilled in the arts of magic, and the 'crown' looks like a shroom.
Small note, in greek culture and myth, Archers are viewed with some prestige. To be an archer was to be a professional soldier or hunter that has mastered the use of a very difficult and important weapon.
For a video on the giants, you seemed to stray from the fact that Gwyn and all his children are giants. And Anor Londo's steps are huge and clearly not meant for humans, but in the video you act as if Gwyn was a human too.
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Naw I'm pretty sure the giants in Dark Souls 2 are an entirely different species to the ones in 1 and 3. The giants of 1/3 have actual faces are more human looking and they just leave a corpse on death (hell there is even giant skeletons) the ones in two are more like plant creatures.
"Thank you for sitting through another one of my videos"
People actually do that on youtube?
Why would you "sit through" a video? you either watch them until the end you're enjoying it, or you move on if you're not.
SOO MUUCH FEEEEEELLSS
Finally someone covering something other than the damn bosses in dark souls lore.
Tbh you should've been able to free those Giants and make them friendly towards you
Ikr? Perhaps presenting the branch from the one in the undead settlement to them would make them friendly towards you.
That would imply that there are happy outcomes in souls games. The best you'll ever get is bittersweet; at least they aren't suffering anymore.
@@Raptorman0205 aye, perhaps owning a birch tree sapling would just simply make them not as likely to attack.
To be honest if it was an old fashion rpg and not a souls game then you could probably do that.
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I mean... Just look at it from their perspective.
If I were a giant and got tortured by humans for years, I would NEVER want to be friendly with them.
As a Swede, I can say that you are spot on with your history of Umeå and the Birch Trees. That is actually what happened, alltough, the trees were planted after the fire, acting as a "fire gate" or "fire stopper". So the city actually burned down in the fire and when they rebuildt the city, they made the streets wider and planted the trees to stop ev fire, so that this would never happen again. And they chose birch tree because they grow well in city environment and acts as solid fire wood, meaning that they can burn for a long time before turning to ash or spread the fire. Very good pronounciations of swedish words btw!
Thank you!!
Something dikish happens in Anor Lando? Probably Pontiff Sullyvan
TR-8R anor Londo wasn't really a shady place back when it was gywns the only shady thing there was the archives and even then gywn put a barrier so no one could enter to A stop his experiments or B protect him or C both meaning it was an overall good place witch means it probably WAS pontiff
*drops to knees, shaking hands in the air* Sullyvan!
Noice Roice *rain intensifies*
great video mitch. know what I'll be doing today. chain watching your videos.
What an honour!
The giant from Undead Settlement drops Gough's ring and protects white birch trees, who are said to be born from pieces of Dusk's catalyst (I don't remember in which item it says that). Gough and little Dusk were both at Oolacile and the same time. My beliefs are that Dusk and Gough had some type of friedly relationship. I can think on two possibilities:
1. The giant in the Settlement is Gough, protecting the remains of his little friend dusk
2. Gough gave his ring to that giant to protect the trees when he dies.
EDIT: he gave his ring and his bow*
he's probably a descendant of Gough
Interesting
He is the giant blacksmith
@@marvellouschester1269 giant blacksmith is dead dude
Just hit 1000 subs! You guys are amazing!!
Keep it up. You got a good thing going here.
1001 with me now.... Good stuff man, really good. Look forward to more.
Just subbed, keep it coming bro!
2000 subs now, keep it up!
man, your cool and all, but the birch trees are grown from the princesses of olacile, the giant protects the trees for some reason or another.
"He had a suspicion about human nature but now he knows it is a malevolent and violent force"
But the Silver Knights were Gods as evidenced by the occult weapons
Also if the giants were like Manus, and Manus was a giant, isn't Gough a human?
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wot rings u got bitch?
I've always been curious if 'leveling up' is only for humans or if any living thing could do it and if it's the dark soul that allows humans to become eventually stronger than the gods in this setting
I think the species that have a a Link to the Lord Souls can. The way I see it is that Humans (Dark Soul.) Can level up. I think a great example of gaining power from the death, and absorbtion of souls is Ornstein and Smough fight where one gain incrediable strength from absorbing the souls of the other. Another example could be the Abyss Watchers. I think if you took out the 'game mechanic' way of leveling up we would increase our power much the same way. (Note:I am ignoring most of DS2's lore because...its DS2's lore.)
I agreed with the soul part of your comment, and liked it for the disapproval of DS2 X'D
I actually have a theory on this, and its that humans are actually quite bad at it, in every souls game you have to go through someone else, or something else, now of course in dks1 this may simply be game mechanics, but not in 2 and 3, as they require another person, namely a firekeeper, a font of power replicating the original soul of man, meanwhile we have the godly beings like. The nameless king or biggie and smalls who not only gain stature, but power in an instant by "claiming" their allies soul, they don't need to go through anyone, because this is a natural process, and humans can only attempt to emulate it.
@@jacobp.4593 no dont leave out ds2....its canon
Did anyone else hear game of thrones music?
Galen Lovejoy yeah I was wondering if anyone else heard it
Just realised this comment is 2 years old XD
I think you're on to something with Manus' connection to Jainism or Hinduism: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manu_(Hinduism)
The Giants of Dark Souls III really have it bad now, probably due to the malicious shenanigans of Pontiff Sulyvahn.
I just wanted to say that you Mitch L and other DS lore story tellers like you have helped me with my insomnia and have brought me sound to sleep numerous times like a bed time story. keep up the good work!
1:05 legit cannot find a single video on ds2 giants
Maybe the magic from those trees (from oolacile too) are the Good emotions within humans, Abyss' magics are the bad emotions within humans, and the blue ones are neutral, reason based sorceries.
Hadn't considered the whole thing about emotions. Makes sense seeing as how the disparity created greed and manipulation.
Thank you!!! I was looking forward to a Giant video ever since DKS1
Happy to be of service!
+Mitch L anyone ever tell you your profile pic is ugly? with they should have. 😎
+ gaben the great Anyone tell you what awful grammar you have?
I call the giant in Undead Settlement Hawkeye Brough ;)
He should have his own covenant!
I thought Gaugh was blind, and that was the reason his helmets eyes were packed w/ tree resin...:p
There's also a birch tree in the farron woods.
Is there any connection between how the drang npc enemies right after Pontiff Sulyvan are found in the area with giants, and how you can find the drang set in the cathedral of the deep where one of the giants is cowering?
are you the next Vaati? keep it up, seriously. your video on carthus was also amazing and well researched.
I'll try my best, although that guy has been doing it for years! Let me know if theres any vids in particular that you'd like to see.
i love these videos, very nice man keep it up
Game: Giants are dangerous and should be treated as if they are hazards at all times.
My dumbass no matter how times I play the games: FRANDS
Considering the Giant Archer can be befriended, this is a good case.
Very well put together and edited video! Nice job!
Thank you my dude!
*When mitch names your obscure hometown: Happiness noises
This video was great: very well presented and well reasoned. I'm glad I found your channel!
i love how you are playing game of thrones music in the video
It fits very well!
since you seem to know a lot of lore, do you know why ricard in archdragon peak wears the crown of wolnir?
That's something that I've wondered about but I don't think I have a complete answer on the matter just yet. I'd like to believe that From Soft wasn't being lazy and just decided to re use an asset.
if there is a connection it might tie in with how some people say the time warp thing within the game and ricard is pre-wolnir then once he kills the carthus kings and makes one crown it makes him into a beast sorta like aldrich turning to slime when devouring men
Amazing work here my friend. Keep it up!
Gorgeous work, dude! In my opinion, your lore content is by far the most complete and interesting in RUclips. Keep it up!
Wow, that means a lot! The best is yet to come.
stopped watching around 6:30 after you got info about Hawkeye's helmet wrong, didn't feel like getting misinformed further. The ones who packed his eye holes with resin did so just before he went into battle, and it made him go blind.
LOL. Okay brotha
Finally! Ive been so curious on the giants this time around.
maybe the undead settlement giant is Goth and he has lost speech and changed with age
I don't understand why your channel is as small as it is, but if you keep making these videos a larger following should be inevitable. I enjoy your lores.
I'll keep pumping them out :D
Sizes are based on the god's perspective. The giants are bigger than they are while humans and significantly smaller which gave them the title of pygmys.
As for Manus, if you recall, any being with many souls become bigger than they normally are. Just take a look at the Witch of Izaleath (she is shown to be a giant amongst her daughters), Manus, 4 kings and Gael (all pgymys). The only one that doesnt become grotesquely big is us.
Swede here, not gonna lie but I cringed a bit with you trying to pronanouse Umeå.
Little difficult to hear your Swedish but I think you meant björklöven (the hockey team) which translates to birch leaf/s
Aside from that It sounded like your were on point about the big fire.
Side note, there was also a big city fire on the same day in a different city, Sundsvall where almost whole city burned down. Luckily for city of Sundsvall was the fact a majority of the buildings were of stone and they never rebuild using wood.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ume%C3%A5_city_fire
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1888_Sundsvall_fire
Giants were already enslaved in DS1 (see Sen's Fortress). Gough and the blacksmith were the exception to the rule, owing their favorable treatement to their exceptional skills, but even they were spited and looked down upon.
Maybe the giant you find where the blacksmith was in the first game was actually Gough, trying to save the blacksmith from the Aldrich followers enslaving the Giants, giving him his bow when he couldn't go on. And the blacksmith escaped, leaving his smithing coal behind. Just a thought.
You should have outlined that the difference between Gods and Giants I that those who found potent Lord souls became powerful (Gods), but those who simply found many souls became physically large (Giants).
Have you ever thought about making a video about the very unique only female giant found in the DS series? Beyond being rare with a female name, her name is also very different than just about every character. Characters usually never have a normal surname, maybe something like a title or location affiliation but never a proper surname like she has. Also her name doesn't sound like it belongs in a game with a medieval theme, it actually sounds modern like she could be your neighbor than a NPC. I definitely would be interested in hearing your thoughts on that, plus any lore interpretations regarding the giant that's named "Judi Cator"
Alright so 2/3rds don’t with ds3, shouldn’t judge till the end but anyone else agree the first one just feels better? Think with the older graphics it feels nostalgic and just the world building and story is cooler
I don't like killing the Giants in Dark Souls 3. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth because they seem like tragic characters. What's even worse is the giant in the undead settlement actually helps you, and you end up killing other giants of his race. In my recent playthrough I've actually stopped killing the giants and just try to avoid them now, even though it makes it much harder because I have to keep rolling around their feet to collect the items.
Most of this is accurate and makes sense. However, Manus isn't the FP. Manus was once human, FP created humans. As well in DS3 it pretty much hands it out to us that the Pygmy Lords together were the FP and not a single one.
I to believe that the giant in the undead settlement is Gough. And by the looks of it, he was enslaved to at some point(you can see the broken chains coming out from his body), but he somehow managed to get free. I don't remember the dialogues at this point very well, but probably he had help from Siegward .
Yhorm was another example of a human honoring a giant. Siegward refers to Yhorm as a friend and upholds his promise with him. I believe Yhorm was the beginning of the mistreatment of giants because humans doubted him. Correct me if i'm wrong.
the pygmy is human, all the knights and everyone else look like giants when compared to us midget regular humans, I know all them 9 feet tall knights descend from the gods. look even when they go hollow they just keep working. unlike humans who go crazy
Don't forget the giant of the undead settlement is a crack shot at helping you, and you can kill him and get Hawkeyes ring, which unlike most rings has the historical characters life and name in the description instead of saying the name is forgotten with time. Which more likely suggest that the giant is Hawkeyes, or is related to him, perhaps as his son. Or daughter? Are there girl Giants?
My God! That blacksmith originally had a face? I know that now he has a mask but I´m pretty sure the face is still cannon.
I just want to point out some real life lore......birch trees are extremely flammable, the bark and resin and ground into a paste then dried and used as fire starters. Kindling....
Aren't the original lords giants? Gwyn, Nito and The witch. Or is their size just a reference to power?
Worth noting that the giants in the cathedral are wallowing in their own filth, and that the original cathedral (place of worship, bema and sanctum) appears to have been built by, and for, giants.
As a Wildland firefighter I can corroborate the Swedish fire story. Certain trees hold a great volume of water and groups of these trees can inhibit the progress of a wildfire because they do not burn easily. Birch trees are one of these species.
Like if you killed the blacksmith during your first playthrough.
Björk löv means Birch leaf (im not Good at English so i could be wrong when it comes to spelling)
Man your dark souls lore videos were great! The new vegas one was also super good and I'm glad you're back ❤️
Perhaps they like the birch that hides them because they are such nice peaceful, and shy creatures. It is also clearly a gift of friendship, because the undead settlement giant gives you a custom birch tree
I nearly jumped out of my skin the first time that damn giant actually helped me in the swamp. The big crab came scuttling over, then a great arrow speared him right into the muck. I'd been through Farron a handful of times before this and never seen it happen, but the giant will definitely help you out.
He does that in the swamp too? 🤔
@@silvertemplar8061 as long as you leave one Young White Branch next to one of the trees, yes. Once you collect them all, he dies. But as long as there's one somewhere, he'll shoot that crab if it's near the tree.
The way he pronounced Umeå (the Swedish town) makes it sound cooler.
When it comes to what you said in Swedish. Your correct. Quite good Swedish as well. :3
I thought you said at first " I will not be discussing giants from dark souls too much because" threw me off a bit 😄
I guess Gough was right, true human nature brought the giants pain, but maybe (assuming gough is the giant in the tower) he saw something in us much like Yhorm saw something in Seigward
Awesome! Insta-Sub!! :D
Swede here, you are correct wit h the birch trees in Umeå.
Another fact about birch trees. Yggdrasil, the norse world tree is a birch tree.
Björeklov is more like birch leaf
Nicre to hear about my city though
Is there something about tree resin that implies stupidity or brutishness, as he obviously didnt need to see out of the helmet to be effective. It's like giving someone an orange because they arent a good singer. one doesnt relate to the other.
Thats another sad story. Why would the blacksmith have to die :(
I personally think that the giant in Undead settlement is actually one of Goughs descendants.
Did you notice that the giants of ds3 have holes in their faces like the ones in ds2 exept yorm who has a face
And that is why, i don't ever link the fire, better off reseting the whole world than let it rot further and further as it drag on.
for me, the most depressing aspect of the game is all the dead and tortured giants allover.
Makes me respect Gwyn for being one of the only ones to respect the giants
Could it be that Gough has hollowed to a point in which his speech is impaired?
you forgot about goughs ring the giant of the undead settlement drops
Wait, what about Yhorm? Does he still count as a giant?
Not sure if you know this or not, but, did you know the Giants in dark souls 3 have the hole in their face?
Where did you see that ?
Sans Masko Artorias If you go up to the dead ones' after Pontiff, get out your binoculars, and look at their face through their helmet; there are holes in their faces.
TheFuzzyCreeper Oh nice discovery, thank you ! There is still this one with an ugly face before the giant lord in DSII but I assume that it is nothing but a joke :)
Yhorm has a normal face.
+Brass James Yhorm isn't a giant like these. they called him a giant due to his size
you are amazing im subbed
I'm pleasantly surpised that you mentioned my home city!
I noticed that you've already gotten to know that Björklöven means The Birch Leaves but if you'll allow me, here's a link on how to pronounce Å, Ä and Ö:
swedishmadeeasy.com/swedish-vowels-%E2%80%93-a-a-o.html
Thank you! I'm sure that you could tell that I was a bit nervous about my pronunciation but I'll have a look at this.
The giant archer in the undead settlement is staring at Lordran😭.
I love that you use GOT soundtrack
''Its quite refreshing to see this adoration from a HUMAN'' But Andre cant possibly be human, or did humans acquire the power of immortality while I was unaware?
It is likely that this iteration of Andre is undead. As he expressly stated that smithing is his sole purpose, he likely has never experienced the negative effects of hollowing. After all the demand for arms and armour is not going away anytime soon in this universe. Bonus fact Andre in an early draft of DS1 was Gwyn's firstborn, and would open the path to the kiln for the chosen undead.
I would like to make the comment that the Giants of Sens Fortress, of which you showed clips, were also enslaved to guard and maintain the traps there. I would disagree the shift is as drastic as you imply and assert that giants have never been looked on with fondness by humans in the Souls Series. Gough and the Blacksmith are the only two giants who were tolerated by the humans because they provided a service and were presumably protected by Gwyn and his lineage. I do appreciate the amount of work you've put into this video though, some very nice comparisons drawn and lore points examined.
Thank you for your balanced feedback! You're the best kind of commenter.
like if you cried when you see Mr. happy happy
Honor the unfairly treated giants! Hail!
Joe Don Baker is...Mitchell!!!!
Your opening disclaimer isn't disclaiming anything. I think it would make more sense to either do away with the header or change it. Also, I like how your videos are becoming more and more distinct from other dark souls videos. You have a nice touch. Good content, keep it up.
Hadn't really considered it but you've got a point. Thank you!
There is a possibility that velka might be furtive Pygmy or at least a group of individuals because the gender of the furtive Pygmy isn't known
Callum Lyall Nothing even remotely indicating that so no point in speculating.
Left out talking about Yhorm and how he differs and compares. He has a face we can clearly see during Siegwards questline. In too become a lord of cinder, he would have had been a smart man.
Read the description my dude
One thing I find interesting is that Yhorm has a face, rather than a hole in his head, implying one of two things: he is not the same species as all the other giants we've seen, OR he is the same species as the DS1 and DS3 giants, but the DS2 giants, the ones who become trees, are a totally unrelated species. I think the latter is probably more accurate, considering that DS2's giants are built differently than the ones in the rest of the series. So I think we're dealing with two distinct species, correlated only by their size.
I really like that fact about Yhorm. My initial thought was that he's one of the "old breed," and has just managed to escape persecution or enslavement, however he is a "descendent of a conqueror" which could be the giant king, who had the big old hole in the face, so it's hard to say.
I thought that the giant Hawkeye archer (forgot his name) was actually blind, so is that why he don't care about his helmet being covered with resin or was he called blind because of his helmet being covered with resin and just didn't give a shit?
GBishop17 Gough
The great archer of the undead settlement may be Gough, because the white birch trees were spawned by the dropped staff of young Princess Dusk. the giant will protect you if you have the gifted white branch from the giant (Or the white branch starting item) in your inventory, both of which have special descriptions. Dusk in DS1 was fond and kind to the giant archer Gough (as it is hinted at in gameplay) these two facts in conjunction make pretty good groundwork to say that the giant archer may be Gough or at least a descendant of him. and as Farron is also Darkroot/Oolacil and the archer makes farron considerably more survivable, there is yet another tie.
also side note, Xanthous crown is based of an "Ancient mystic creature." the Oolacil mushroom people were skilled in the arts of magic, and the 'crown' looks like a shroom.
Small note, in greek culture and myth, Archers are viewed with some prestige. To be an archer was to be a professional soldier or hunter that has mastered the use of a very difficult and important weapon.
That's very interesting! Thanks for pointing it out.
Most likely it was Sullyvhan...
Now try to make DS2 fit into the lore
Gerald The great anal giants
Ik it's late but ds3 dlc the drang/faraam set all confirm Ds2 as Canon the game shouldn't have to spoonfeed us connections the mystery is half the fun
@@UnholyWrath3277 i don't remember this comment in the slightest
For a video on the giants, you seemed to stray from the fact that Gwyn and all his children are giants. And Anor Londo's steps are huge and clearly not meant for humans, but in the video you act as if Gwyn was a human too.
Gwyn, the Witch, Nito, and the Pygmy are all "from the Dark," AKA, from the Dark of Humanity. The giants may not be. Try not to sound so pretentious.
How do the giants proliferate?
Birch trees are also the national tree of Norway