Popular Post YonahFuriae Posted April 6, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 6, 2022 (edited) After having ended up writing over 40 word pages while playing, from item descriptions, dialogues and my theories as I was playing I still have many questions open, one of which is about the origin of Rot. I started wondering about this when doing the Malenia and Millicent questline, and the Unalloyed Gold needle Miquella's made to interfere with the influence of outer gods. Also the map of the Lake of Rot says "the divine essence of an Outer God is sealed away in this land." I don't know if it just refers to Astel or if it's about the outer god which is the origin of Rot which Malenia suffers from birth. As far as I know there's no explicit information about the outer gods in the game, such as their names. The ones mentioned are the "Rot Ancient God" and "Readerless Fingers". This perfectly fits for Outer Gods, as Miquella's Needle was made to "ward away the meddling of outer gods" and it's used for this purpose to sever the link with the Frenzied Flame which originates from the Readerless Fingers. Also the "Blue Dancer Charm" says that a bling swordsman sealed away an "Ancient God, a God that was Rot itself". Right now this blind swordman doesn't right a bell, but must be the one who sealed him in the Lake of Rot. So there's a lot of lore about the ancient lords but it's pretty undeveloped in the game, do you think we will meet them in future DLCs? If Miquella had to develop means to sever their influence instead of erasing the cause of Rot, I wonder if they can even be interacted with. Then again, even if they're called outer gods, if someone sealed the Rot one in the Lake of Rot it doesn't necessary mean they're outside of this world or plane of existence. I better stop now, since as I write more and more questions come out, like, how was this swordman capable of sealing it? Who was he? Why did he do it? If the god was a threath, why was that, what were his intentions? Their power is still there even if they're sealed so maybe it doesn't have an intention, he is just Rot itself, so his very existence is the same as the nature of rot, the decay of everything. And why can't they be killed even by the Rune of Death? Is it because they're "outer gods" and their life isn't tied to the Erdtree? So even if some are in this world they might have come from outer ones, if the previous statement was true to begin with... I'll stop and continue playing, haha. I hope we learn more about these and other things in future DLCs. Also if the game lore gives more info about them than I have I'd like to see after I complete a second run, as I've missed some of the quest since I played totally blind and didn't search for anything, even up to today, I haven't even checked the wiki of the game, as I enjoy discovering everything by playing, but the outer gods interest me so much. As a funny note, since the first time I step on Stormveil I noticed you lose 25% of the runes on death. And it was the only place this happened, I started to wonder if there was a super secret boss, which devours runes sealed there. Once I saw the basement, and that face that looked like the Prince of Death/Godwyn, I thought it was him, and tried to die and "feed" him runes to see if he awakens and you can fight it. The weekend with a friend jokingly I dropped in front of his face a Lord's Rune and hide to see if he catches it while "no one" was looking. But I've looked at the reason since I already finished the game and I was so curious, turns out it was a much less exciting reason, haha. Edit: There's something that must have called everyone's attention at the Lake of Rot too, the western unaccessible area. On the whole map of the game, upper or underground, something like this doesn't happen. As much you can see the mountain sides from elevated zones like in Liurnia and the Mountaintops. But the design and detail on the one in Lake of Rot is very bizarre. Also it does a fade effect that I haven't seen on any other zone. Together with the columns you raise, only for some items which I found really weird as the normal thing would be these are to reach some place, and there's indeed a place these are perfect to reach, yet they don't go all the way, as if they were thinking in adding this zone but stop midway. The large pool at the south-west make me specially curious, like, it could be the place the God of Rot is being sealed. I'd love it we see someone who plays on PC hacking the way over there with a super jump or something, to see if there's anything or it's just a pool of rot. Edited April 6, 2022 by YonahFuriae 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platisfaction Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 And here I am, playing through the game, barely understanding what's going on. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durandart Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 (edited) Nice theory about the future. You did exactly what Miyazaki trys to tell you, he brings the small pieces and everyone should come up with his own Story and Theory. Where is this unaccessible area? I'm pretty sure i visited every place in the game ? Edited April 6, 2022 by Durandart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domino_Destructo Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 6 hours ago, YonahFuriae said: There's something that must have called everyone's attention at the Lake of Rot too, the western unaccessible area. On the whole map of the game, upper or underground, something like this doesn't happen. As much you can see the mountain sides from elevated zones like in Liurnia and the Mountaintops. But the design and detail on the one in Lake of Rot is very bizarre. Also it does a fade effect that I haven't seen on any other zone. Together with the columns you raise, only for some items which I found really weird as the normal thing would be these are to reach some place, and there's indeed a place these are perfect to reach, yet they don't go all the way, as if they were thinking in adding this zone but stop midway. The large pool at the south-west make me specially curious, like, it could be the place the God of Rot is being sealed. I'd love it we see someone who plays on PC hacking the way over there with a super jump or something, to see if there's anything or it's just a pool of rot. Probably just a pool of rot on the map, but nothing behind that wall in the game. There are no paths that would lead there, no specific structures like buildings or anything on the map in that area. Remember the pendant in Dark Souls? The door in the Cathedral Ward next to the Giant in Bloodborne? The Yharnam Stone? From Software tends to leave some things unfinished. Not everything has to make sense. If we were to get into a DLC area it would be most likely through interacting with an NPC, a statue or whatever and get teleported straight to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YonahFuriae Posted April 6, 2022 Author Share Posted April 6, 2022 6 hours ago, Durandart said: Nice theory about the future. You did exactly what Miyazaki trys to tell you, he brings the small pieces and everyone should come up with his own Story and Theory. Where is this unaccessible area? I'm pretty sure i visited every place in the game This place greyed out at the western part of the Lake of Rot: Spoiler I mean it's probably nothing but being so detailed and inaccessible makes me curious to see what's there even if we need to use hacks and is just an empty pool of rot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durandart Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 17 hours ago, YonahFuriae said: This place greyed out at the western part of the Lake of Rot: Reveal hidden contents I mean it's probably nothing but being so detailed and inaccessible makes me curious to see what's there even if we need to use hacks and is just an empty pool of rot. Ahhhh this Part, yeah i really thought i could get there somehow. It like always in every souls game, everybody thinks its Important and One day Miyazaki says its just nothing. Like the damn Starter Gift Pendant in Dark Souls, its just useless....love it. Always thought it will be an DLC Item haha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 6 minutes ago, Durandart said: Ahhhh this Part, yeah i really thought i could get there somehow. It like always in every souls game, everybody thinks its Important and One day Miyazaki says its just nothing. Like the damn Starter Gift Pendant in Dark Souls, its just useless....love it. Always thought it will be an DLC Item haha Not sure if you ever played Parasite Eve back in the day. But this guy would give you good luck charms, several over the course of the game, and all of them were literally useless. But for some reason you don't throw them away,. Even though they are taking up space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durandart Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 2 hours ago, enaysoft said: Not sure if you ever played Parasite Eve back in the day. But this guy would give you good luck charms, several over the course of the game, and all of them were literally useless. But for some reason you don't throw them away,. Even though they are taking up space. Unfortunatlly not but I totally understand that, i always do the same. I'm always telling myself "Maybe it will have a use someday ?" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YonahFuriae Posted April 7, 2022 Author Share Posted April 7, 2022 7 hours ago, enaysoft said: Not sure if you ever played Parasite Eve back in the day. But this guy would give you good luck charms, several over the course of the game, and all of them were literally useless. But for some reason you don't throw them away,. Even though they are taking up space. I love Parasite Eve. As a trivia, it's probably the game they say the word semen the most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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