AISubs v3.7
And welcome back to Dark Souls, everybody, and the top, I think, of Sin's Fortress, where I am.
And this pretty view.
So pretty.
Like I said last time, I am looking for a bonfire, but now I know where it is.
I looked up a YouTube video to find out where this bonfire is hidden, and it is hidden.
A thank you to Dan Jones for alerting me that there was one up here, as well as lots of other commenters who've kind of been subtly hinting.
Or not so subtly. Some of you probably just straight up told me and then I forgot or didn't know what you meant.
In my defense, this is a very hidden bonfire. I would not have found it.
I will show you what I mean, assuming I get there without dying.
Ahh, fire. Get out of the fire. Get out of the fire. Get... get out of the fire, please.
Thank you. Boy, that would have been... embarrassing, huh?
Alright, throw one more and then I'm heading to the bonfire.
Great, okay.
It's right here, and I should have looked for the note, but uh, yeah.
Hello.
I would not have found this, I don't think.
On my own.
But yay, bonfire!
Yaaaay, bonfire.
Whew!
That is a load off my mind.
Can't level up, that's okay.
I'm already probably overleveled, even for this nonsense.
Uhh, let's see. Doing good, doing good, doing good.
I should kindle this.
Make my life easier.
Alright.
We are ready to progress.
Where does this lead?
Huh
Oh, it drops me off right here. That's nice
That's very nice
Glad...
I have got that bonfire
That is going to be a big improvement...
for my life
See, now I can be just a little bit more reckless again. That's fun
All right, current objective, find my way up there, take care of that guy - ow, fire
Yeah
Okay
Let's see if we can get over to where that dude is
Give him a piece of our mind!
Run run run run run run run run run run run run
Whew!
You! Stop being a jerk!
Trying to do things!
Thank you for the shard, though.
Okay.
Wow!
You look like someone I do not want to tangle with.
But we'll probably have to.
[fire crackling]
Golem? Sure.
Makes sense.
Be wary of magic.
Weakness fire. Okay.
Hmm.
There's stairs here, probably to the big guy up top that I could try to kill.
Let me investigate...
this direction first. Or...
Yeah, no, this...
this direction first.
See what's happening over here.
Whoa.
Ooh!
"Summon"!
"Iron Tarkus"?
Cool!
You know what? I will summon you.
I hope you don't die.
'Cause I'm gonna run upstairs... first.
[footsteps]
Hope that's not a mistake!
Whoa!
Steady on.
Oh.
Oh, you look tired now.
I'm just gonna hit you over and over.
You're not gonna move.
Oh, I'm killing you, don't you worry.
Targus, you don't have to... do that.
Targus, don't...
Tar...
Well, okay, Targus.
You do you, buddy.
Thanks, man.
We cool.
Titanite Shonk? Nice!
Could upgrade that Lightning Spear if I wanted to.
Probably won't, though. Probably just... save it.
Unless you guys tell me I need to.
Twitter seemed very divided on the opinion when I asked them...
in a poll.
But alright, Targus...
you and me...
let's do this.
New boss, Iron Golem, let's do this!
Whoop!
What's gonna happen? Okay.
Oh, he looks cool.
I love that walk.
Alright.
Hit those ankles!
Ah! Nope.
Oh, no.
Am I not hitting 'em? Oh, dear.
Oh, dear!
Okay, uh... will my magic do anything?
Uh... not much.
Very little, in fact.
It's not gonna be enough.
Huh.
Ooh, he's down.
Okay, hit 'em, hit 'em, hit 'em.
This is interesting.
We might kill 'em before I figure out what I was supposed to do.
Wow!
Thanks, Tarkus!
Ah, wait! Uh-oh.
Guess I examined the Ring of Light now.
[wind howling]
What will happen?
Ah!
Hey!
Oh, no.
Uh...
Not sure about this.
Whoa...
That's awesome!
So hey, can I hitch a ride back there first? I kinda wanna look around.
Huh.
Talk.
Ooh!
Yeah, I don't want to be rude, it's just that I was still going to look around that place.
And everything.
Sorry to be an inconvenience.
Demony things.
Maybe there's nothing else to actually look at around here
I'm just curious
Where did I get off that boss, anyway?
It was...
Corps of an Iron Golem
OK, "soul serving as the Corps of the Iron Golem, guardian of Sen's Fortress, and slayer of countless heroes seeking Anor Londo"
So lots of heroes are seeking Anor Londo
Including that other knight waiting down there who gave up
and suggests everyone else do the same
[footsteps]
This way is walled off completely
Hmm
And I have a lot of souls, I just realized. I should go back and spend some souls
Excuse me
So... ringing the two bells of awakening...
caused one huge, giant golem, which looked bigger even than these
[footsteps]
Maybe I'm wrong, but it sure looked that way
Caused one of them... to awaken...
and... careful... easy...
Caused one of them to awaken...
and open the door to Sen's Fortress
Which itself... guards the way to Anor Londo, so...
Hang on, let me think about it
Let's boost vitality a bit
I feel like that's important
and I maybe have been neglecting it
Now let's boost that to...
I could use some more endurance too, meh...
Tough choice
Let's crank the vitality to twenty-six and the endurance to twenty-one...
Just for now
Sure
Alright
What was I saying before?
[footsteps]
Right, so I was...
trying to hash out what it is I've been trying to do this whole time
So, Sen's Fortress...
Stands in the way of Anor Londo, which is apparently where all the undead have been trying to go.
Or where lots of people have all been trying to go for some reason that I don't understand.
In defeating that big iron golem, I have killed the main living obstacle in my way.
There was that other knight up there who I got a rapier from who...
Not sure who he was...
I mean, I guess I could look at the rapier to see what his name is, but...
I guess he's just some other random hero?
Hm.
But yeah, there are a lot of obstacles to getting to Anor Londo, which is up at the top of this mountain it seems like.
You... stop it!
I mean, even the gate... to it... has been walled up.
But... apparently...
Apparently... whoever set this ring of light here has got weird demony things who will help you get up to it.
And ring of lights tend to have been associated with miracles up 'til now? Or the white rings of light have.
It's very difficult to piece this together. Like I can identify at this point I think when I have found a piece that is significant, but without a sense of the greater picture it's really hard to identify or suss out what that piece might mean.
Yep, still awesome the second time. That's a cool reveal.
Is this gonna suck?
I get the feeling this might suck.
Well, one way or another, we're going...
...on Orlando.
Praise the sun. Wish I had that... thing.
All right.
It's really cool seeing a place that is...
...not in ruin...
...in this world.
This place is really breathtaking.
Like, a lot of Dark Souls' envi- ooooh
A lot of Dark Souls' environments have had kind of a quiet, serene...
beauty to them.
And some of them have played with scale a little bit, but this is really just the first...
major, huge...
"wow!" moment...
in terms of environment.
So...
Just gonna sneak by if that's okay. You mind? Is it cool?
Okay.
We're cool, right?
Eek! More of you. Uhh...
Don't mind me.
Do not mind me. I'm just gonna...
ignore that treasure chest for now, I'm gonna walk around and...
we're all friends!
We're all friends!
Wow, this place is big!
I just gotta see what's out here.
Whoa!
Huh.
That looks like something I don't want to tangle with.
Looks like another gargoyle.
Not a fan of gargoyles.
All right, let's check some of these other directions first before I go down the...
...elevator.
Hmm.
"Be wary of chest." Yeah...
I kinda got that sense.
Part of me is tempted to explore more up here
around those guards, but uh...
yeah, they're intimidating.
Ooh, there's another...
another sign here. What do we got?
Bonfire! That's nice too.
Oh, yeah. Okay.
Oh, that's what you meant by "gorgeous view." I get it.
Be more specific. Ooh!
Wait.
Mmm...
If you're who I think you are, we may have words.
Oh, you're different.
Whoa!
Aww, no firekeeper soul.
I think there's one I missed down in Blighttown, but...
sure as hell not going back down there.
Not for a while.
...and a guide.
That is my calling.
Interesting.
So, okay.
So, firekeepers do...
keep the bonfires lit and...
reinforced and...
they seem to just be bonfire managers.
Very interesting.
The bonfires attended by the keepers are special. They are linked to one another, and their flames never die. Yet never shall the keepers of these flames meet.
Interesting. So they are doomed essentially to stay...
If you require rest, now is the time. That is, after all, what the bonfire is for.
If you require rest, that is.
Gold armor guy who killed my... very helpful... firekeeper lady.
Hmm.
Mysteries to decipher another time.
Man, this place is cool.
And I will begin to explore it further next time... on SideQuest.
We made it! We're in Orlando! Hooray! What's the...
(laughs)
What?!
That's right.
Okay.