Undead Crypt

Family Evergrow As its name would suggest, the Undead Crypt is a massive mausoleum dedicated to those who have manifested the curse. Why does such a burial ground exist? Because you can never be quite sure when the Undead are finally just dead. Hollows buried in the overcrowded “dumping ground of the dead” (死者の捨て場) rise […]

Olaphis

Preface It is always fascinating to see how fantasy worlds incorporate magic into the setting. Dark Souls is rather mild in this regard, magical power, while ubiquitous, not seeing universal practice — it is only those relative few with the will and ability to manipulate the power all around them who earn that privilege. Even […]

Heide

Preface Heide embodies perhaps the most frustrating aspect of FromSoftware’s approach to Dark Souls II. We are provided very little to work with even compared to similarly ancient events in the original Dark Souls. (DS1) As a result, reconstructing the overall picture of these ancient civilizations relies more heavily on inference than ever before, though […]