I noticed that even the good posts are at around 100 views so I suppose. Look I got this weird religion there's two different, like, gods but they're ghosts? They're clamoring and all I can really do is try to channel it into a creative stream.
Streaming's fun but damn near impossible to find time for in the best of times.
Mirrah is Balder, let's say. Astora is Volgen. And so on.
It's become somewhat obvious, as much as anything is obvious with this story, that Jugo is the Eastern Land. If you've been following along - thank you and also omg have you seen Tarnished Archeologist and also Quelaag not the spider one is back - you'll know what I'm talking about. The Jugo thing I mean.
Look, Sharp Eyes uses an outland pyromancy and shiva and alonne both have animal head pauldrons there was an ant-or-scorpion version of Quelaag, it's in the comics look it up
Gael looks like a Balder Knight and carries a Mirran shield or rather Podrick the MM guy, does and that makes Sirris, like, part Balderian or part Mirran. Mirrah, as fleetingly few people know, is a place associated with holy waters and fucking so many types of knights. And Havel. Gael is sworn to the White, Balder Knights are sworn to the White. Lucatiel has a ring from Balder. I could continue but look you're either on board with this kind of thing or not.
Balder is Mirrah.
If this is true then this means that Creighton is from Balder. As is Saulden, Cale and oh shit Llewellyn.
Here's my hypotenuse,
I'm not sure I got around to spelling it out in the Llew post, but starting from Hawkshaw's Occult Rebellion theory the surviving Anor occultists probably relocated to Balder-Mirrah. As the Occultists included Havel and/or some of his knights and The or A Great Smith and maybe even Giant Smith this help explains where Llew got his gifts from and how the GMB found its way into the kingdom.
So then; Berenike is Forossa. Right?
I just realized I don't know what happens if you don't kill the Parish Berenike Knight before saving Reah. Look into that, me.
The Berenike Knights do not serve an identical function as the Balder knights. Balder is serving the White, the Berenikes each seem to have an individual mission they're about, guarding a Keeper, guarding Priscilla, watching the Belfry, selling rings and firebombs and so on. The Mirran Knights work together in groups and are all pretty clearly about the same mission: visitors are to be turned away.
The Foross Knights do not serve an identical function as the Mirran knights. Balder is serving the White and enforce the will of the Blades up to Flying Dragon Bridge. the big, solitary Foross guys each seem to have an individual mission they're about: guarding a Keeper, guarding Priscilla, watching the Belfry, selling overpriced rings and firebombs and so on. The Mirran Knights work together in groups and are all pretty clearly about the same mission: visitors are to be turned away.
And if we aren't turned away and we dispel the illusions we find:
A Foross and a Mir knight working together to enact the will of Gwyndolin.
From the Crestfallen Merchant's dialogue we gather that both factions 'tried and failed' to gain access to Anor Londo and eventually ended up on Anor Londo's side. Or Anor Londo-adjacent, possibly, in Berenike's case.
We find a Steel Set in the Fort of Fallen Giants, another being worn by a guy called Baldyr in Shulva. I think they might be hints.
Vendrick, when he forged Drangleic, had three things going for him. He had the souls of Four Great Old Beings whoever those could be hmmm. He...Four things, Vendrick had four things going for him. A complete set of Bequeathed Lords Souls. A rich and powerful genius older half-brother who was probably legally the rightful king. He, Vendrick, is fuck near invincible even completely hollowed. And finally, Vendrick picked up lots and lots of mercenaries on the cheap after Balder and Berenike's leadership collapsed.
So if all that holds up we can probably infer some stuff.
If Balder and Berenike hadn't collapsed by the time Solaire linked the Fire they would have by the time Vendrick stole the Lords Souls. The cause of the collapse was the 'perpetual' way between Balder, Berenike, and Jugo, with Jugo being the apparent victor in the outside world. If you're familiar with Conan the Barbarian: Jugo is Conan the Barbarian. Aurous of the Badlands. The Faraam Set and the Steel Set and Vengarl's Set and Ivory's Set and probably the Northwarders Set and the Black Iron Set all come from the same place. The Balder Set, Slave Knight Set, possibly Hodrick's Set, Benhart's Set (but not Benhart,) and the Shadow Set all come from the same place.
So, currently, what I need to do is play through the first two games again and reread the first one with with the idea that Balder, Berenike, TELands, and Astora end up becoming Mirrah, Forossa, Jugo, and Volgen one or two Souls generations later, between Soliare first linking and Vendrick eventually stealing the Fire in DS1 terms and during the rise and fall of the Iron Kingdom in DS 2 terms.
Getting close. Not crazy. Or not about this at any rate.
Look she wants me to tell you that Gremlins is the only holy movie. Like, not a movie about holy things or with holy ideal, like a...idk, living artifact imbued with holiness? Like a prophet but made of art?
