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Hello, everybody, and welcome...
Welcome to Sad Quest.
So, if you joined us last time, that last episode was eventful and I'm still kind of trying to wrap my head around everything that's occurred.
I started kind of browsing through some items again to read some descriptions because...
I still can't tell if I did a good thing or not.
It sure doesn't feel like it, mostly because the firekeeper up at the main Anor Londo fire...
attacked me and was mad and is dead now.
That's the main thing that feels most bad, like I upset someone who seemed okay, so...
That seems like a bad sign, but all right, let's see here.
Uh...
Anything about Gwyn or his children...
seems relevant.
Well, okay, here's the ring itself.
Darkmoon Seance Ring.
This ring is granted to adherents of Gwyndolin,
darkmoon deity,
and the lastborn of Gwyn, lord of sunlight.
Grants additional magic attunement slots.
The dark sun Gwyndolin is the only remaining deity in Anor Londo.
Well...
So much for that.
His followers are few, but their tasks are of vital importance.
Hmm...
Not... so far, not great.
Ring of the sun's firstborn.
Lord Gwyn's firstborn, who inherited the sunlight, once wore this ancient ring.
Boosts the strength of miracles.
Lord Gwyn's firstborn was a god of war,
but his foolishness led to a loss of the annals and rescinding of his deific status.
Today, even his name is not known.
Okay, all right.
Darkmoon Blade Covenant Ring.
Ring granted to those bound by the Darkmoon Blade Covenant.
Answer dark sun Gwyndolin summoning.
Gwyndolin, all too aware of his repulsive, frail appearance,
And... fair enough.
created the illusion of a sister Gwynevere.
Who helps him guard over Anor Londo. An unmasking of these deities would be tantamount to blasphemy.
Alright, that just raises more questions then.
So...
Hmm...
So I gather from this that I think Gwynevere is the goddess upstairs, right in the chamber of the goddess, just past Ornstein and Schmoff's area.
So she has been an illusion...
created by him...
so...
if I have this correct...
if I go upstairs, she is not going to be there anymore.
That seems worth checking.
I don't know which result I'm...
hoping for.
All right, well... she's still here
Buuuut...
Hmm...
All right
That she is not reacting to this...
I guess it could mean a lot of things. It could mean that the person...
that I attacked is not actually her brother.
It could mean that she is, like the thing said...
this is an illusion created by...
that guy...
and even though he's gone, the illusion persists and just kind of is on autopilot now.
I don't know. I guess it could mean a lot of things.
Boy, I can't wait to look up all this stuff.
'Cause it is very difficult to piece together.
I wonder also, I guess the next thing to test is can I still warp to the bonfire where...
Uh... I wish I could remember her name.
Can I still warp to the bonfire where that firekeeper no longer is?
Yeah, I guess I can.
Ugh...
I still feel bad.
I guess it all comes down to whether or not Gwyndolin was good.
And I honestly don't know.
Excuse me, guardian person, I'm trying to think.
I mean, on the bright side, this has at least illuminated a very interesting aspect of the lore that I can't entirely wrap my head around.
Oh, thank goodness the boar's gone.
So, that just leaves one boar left. Good.
Let's take care of you...
Honestly, it's the firekeeper I really still feel worst about.
She seemed alright.
And... that she attacked me doesn't necessarily mean that...
she was good or that even Gwyndolin was good. It could just mean that...
she is an adherent of Gwyndolin and the whole Gwyn family crew.
And... and me attacking Gwyndolin was enough to... like, enough for her to attack.
Man, I don't know. I have questions.
Oh, cool.
I'm gonna take all this stupid ring, though.
Doesn't do a lot for me and...
not really a fan of it right now.
Let's go back to that ring. That one's pretty nice.
Stamina recovery speed is niced.
"Poise is niced, too," so I might end up switching back, but...
for now we'll go with this.
Alright, well forward into what I'm guessing are the archives.
This is looking very science-y in general as scenery.
Upward! Or downward. Or really wherever you want to take me.
Upward it is. Okay, cool.
Hmm, what have we here?
Ah, hello!
Lots of crystal-y things. That's fun.
Somewhat durable crystal-y things.
I do like the way they shimmer when hit.
Crystal enemies are fun.
This is not a good place to be. Let's get out of here.
There's a lot of 'em.
Ah!
[laughs]
Poor move on my part. Poor move.
Okay, clearly this bonfire is worthy of some kindling.
Alright, take two with the crystal enemies.
I should learn a pair of these guys.
There we go.
Oop, didn't do it right.
Didn't do it right again.
That's the stuff.
Gonna need to learn that sooner rather than later.
Moving forward slowly and deliberately.
Not pulling any more aggro than we need to.
Just enough.
There. All right.
Now here come two more. Okay. Hopefully I can deal with two.
Oh, they're buffed. That's why they killed me so badly last time.
Okay.
Need to take care of that guy.
No, don't dance. Don't dance.
No, die please, die please. Oh, I'm gonna die.
[laughs]
Reckless, but hopefully...
Oh, no, I think he got away.
Did he? I can't tell if he died or not.
I get the feeling he didn't.
Nope, he's still around.
Obnoxious.
Ah, he's gonna leave.
Where is he?
He's around here somewhere.
Oof, yeah, I need to take him out. He is trouble.
Hmmmm.
Tricky.
Tricky indeed. Gotcha though, ha!
Eeh!
Don't get surrounded, don't get surrounded!
Here we go, there's one!
Getting a little bit spammy with this sword. It's probably not good.
What else we got around here?
Any chests, any stuff?
Hidden things?
Ah, see, there's a hidden thing.
That's why we look.
Hey, where'd you come from?
That did not do much damage to these guys
That could be a sign that it's time for some more weapon upgrading
Or it could just be a sign that there is a...
like...
some other kind of damage I need to be trying to do to them - ow!
No, don't - ahh!
This is not the shield.
All right, what else is up here?
That one is... safe!
Twinkling Titanite. That's always welcome.
Good for shields and armor.
Mostly shields. I've been putting it toward the...
this black knight shield thing I've got.
Which I've been pretty happy with.
Let's see, lots more of those guys that way...
There was a lever here...
which might just keep taking me up.
This place is a lot taller than I realized.
Wow, okay.
I guess let's, uh...
finish up this floor before moving on.
All right, getting the feel for them. Whoa, okay, I saw some pop in.
This is quite a cool view, though.
Impressive in general.
I still can't help feeling... a little scummy.
Again, like I've become the bad guy of this story.
That may take me a while to get over.
What's over here?
Ah, a chest!
A bad chest.
I see what you're up to down there.
And I say no!
I say... you suck! Ah!
Whoa, is that a big spinning kick?
Oh, that's goofy.
You goofy, weird enemy.
All right. Down you go.
Crystal knight shield. Do I have one of those?
Looks kind of familiar.
I mean, it seems pretty good.
Right? I mean...
This medium metal shield is elegantly carved and painted. Although it is thought to have been used by ancient knights of the nobility, its defense capabilities are similar to other shields.
And it seems pretty good. But, I don't know. I'll stick with this one.
At least for now.
All right, let's go up another floor.
Or down, I guess I...
don't know for sure where this will take me, but I feel like up is a safe bet.
Higher than I thought.
Ooh, what's this?
What is this?
This is crystal stuff everywhere.
This does seem quite interesting. Whoa!
Ahh!
It's like a cool little knight who's...
got those crystal formations...
happening all over.
That is very cool looking.
Sweet armor, too.
Alright, you gonna do something?
Nope. Okay, well, that's...
probably something I deserve, I'm sure.
Agh!
I need to be using my strong attacks, the uh...
...thrusts.
That's the one.
See? Should've been doing that.
I wouldn't say I'm getting good at Dark Souls, I'd say I'm slowly, slowly getting less bad.
Hey! Come back here!
Uhhhh...
Gah!
Get back here!
Nice!
That is a pretty good haul.
These crystal formations are getting kind of intense, though.
Whoa!
Easy!
Ooh...
What awaits?
Oh, I guess we're here now.
Hello!
[laughs]
Um...
Hello! [laughs]
This is intense, I didn't really know I was... walking right into this.
Wow, that looks cool.
Oh, I guess we're...
Yeah, I guess I can't just sit here looking at you all day, huh?
[laughs] Okay!
Okay!
Enough conversation, you're right!
Well then...
Um...
It's a pretty long hike back.
Or was it?
I guess I just... I'm just in jail now.
Where am I?
This is new.
I mean, I appreciate not getting thrown all the way back to the very bottom...
But that does mean I need to kindle this thing up.
So, okay, I guess it's time to start moving forward.
Ugh, I know there's a snake person, so maybe I don't want to just walk right in there. Let's see what's around here first.
Oh, many guards. Heh, "many" guards. I think I'll take my chances with the snake person.
Oh, it's locked. Well, alright, come on guards.
Let's do this.
There we go.
I am liking this ring. I can't tell if it's better for me than the wolf ring.
That poise was really nice, but uh...
Okay, this is locked too.
Uhhhhhhhmm...
Where to go?
I mean, surely they're not...
Oh, it's cut off from the others, I can't warp.
I was gonna say, like, surely they wouldn't make you...
...warp out of here every time.
Alright, so I guess there must be an illusory wall or something, right? Like...
Wait a minute. Oh, I rested, of course.
That explains it.
I am a bit puzzled.
I am... a bit... puzzled.
So do I try to attack the snake or what? What's going on?
Hey, snake!
Ha! It had the key. That's kinda cool.
Clever.
Oh, what's this?
Oh, that can't be good.
That can't be good.
This is reminding me of a certain other...
...souls game, "Jail"...
...with... tentacly-head... porters...
...that made life very rough.
Um...
And the guards are all running, so that's probably a sign that I should also be doing that.
Wow, that's, uh... that's really intimidating.
I'm gonna come with you guys if you don't mind.
Hope that's okay.
Eh, it probably isn't.
Eh, let me down.
Let me down!
Well, that's one way to do it.
This isn't ideal.
Those snakes are tough.
Hey!
I'm getting reckless.
And I'm about to get...
assaulted by...
tentacle thiiiiiing!
Oh, jeez.
Okay, I don't like it.
Gettin' outta here! Gettin' outta here!
Gettin' outta here! Leaving!
Leeeaving!
Ehhh, I don't like it.
Heh, heh, heh...
That is as unsettling as it gets.
Can I go out this way?
Nope, it's locked. Okay.
You know, it's probably not so bad, but...
I... Maybe I could fight them or something, but...
Boy, they've just set them up to be such a intimidating presence.
And it worked, so...
Great.
I... Ooh, I'm leaving. I'm leaving! I'm leaving!
All the way downstairs is where I'm going.
Oh, jeez.
There's more.
Pardon me, pardon me.
Don't be minding me.
There's nothing down here, is there?
Oh, wait, there's a... There's a... Something.
And there's a ladder!
Those are two potentially usable things!
Okay.
Uh... Oh, boy.
This is probably...
Not it, huh?
Nope, that's locked.
So...
And that's...
I dunno, they're just there, I guess.
Waaah!
Uh...
I've...
Gotten myself into a...
Ridicument.
Okay. Go, go, go, go! Where is my ladder?
I saw a ladder. Where it be?
Climb. Climb, climb, climb!
Ugh, they're not gonna let me, are they?
You there!
Can we turn this thing off, please?
Ah! Whoa, who's shooting me?
Ugh...
Yeah, I don't much like this place, it turns out.
All right, there's you...
If I can just manage to take out all these guys, turn off that thing...
Maybe the...
creepy horror things will go away...
and everything will be fine!
[eerie music]
Okay, one to go...
All right
Now...
maybe we can turn this off
Please
Gosh, they're everywhere
Ooh
That was genuinely unsettling
[chuckles]
Especially for a creature that like wasn't...
like, those weren't big, huge, scary monsters
They were just a thing that got summoned by a noise that all the enemies ran away from
That's really effective
"Archive Tower" "Giant Door Key" Okay
So now that the...
siren is off...
what are they all up to?
[eerie music]
You know, I'm curious...
This key I have, I wonder if it would open the thing behind them, and if so, should I turn the alarm back on so that they all run out?
I'm gonna try it real quick
This may be a huge mistake, but we'll see
Man, the snake skin on this...
Pretty cool looking
Okay, so they are all...
...heading upstairs
Or like, basically headed to their battle stations or whatever.
There's definitely still a few down here.
Which I don't care for.
Okay, okay, okay.
Do not grab me.
Or spit at me or...
anything of the sort, if you please.
Can I open this?
Nope. Okay.
Well, wait a minute.
There's a big-headed person in there, but...
I sure can't do anything about it!
'Cause...
Eugh.
No.
Sorry, buddy, but...
whatever you did got yourself in mega-jail.
And it's a mega-jail I don't think I can do anything about right now.
Not until I get another key.
So now I guess an interesting question...
Is that "seeth the scaleless" fight...
like...
instant lose by default?
That seems like a very non-Dark Souls thing to do.
Like, usually Dark Souls...
would allow you to have a way to beat "seeth the scaleless"...
without having to go to this place.
Even if it--maybe it would be, like, incredibly hard to do, but you could do it.
So I probably could have done it.
What else we got in these here cells?
"Prison Extra Key"...
"With every key I gain, I become very interested"...
Been trying it out on that door down there.
I'll explore a little more first.
Hmm, what's this?
Oh, wait, is that the cell I was just...
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it is. Okay.
Oh, so that's the extra key. Okay.
So I still don't have the key for all the way at the bottom, then.
I bet it's in here, though.
I may not find it this playthrough, but I bet it's in here.
Am I seeing bears or tentacly monster over there?
Not a fan of that.
Don't know how you got in there, or why you're in there, but...
That is not okay.
So now...
Aha! The giant door key!
Open!
Where am I now?
I really want to get a look at this view, so you skeletons, or whatever you are...
really should leave me alone.
Because whatever this is looks kind of amazing.
Alright...
Mr. Archer, you're really gonna have to wait on this.
There are so many more important things.
Ah, come on!
You guys!
Chill!
Oops.
Okay.
I think that's everybody for now. Let's get a look at this.
This... looks... kind of awesome.
Hmm.
Ah, this is cool!
Wonder what that is.
Hmm.
So I guess whatever Seath was tangling with...
was crystal-related?
I mean, I assume, just whatever Seath was studying.
'Cause...
Definitely picking up on the "theme" with this place.
Anyway, I can think of nowhere better to call it an episode.
This is a great view.
So, thank you guys for watching, and I will see you guys soon...
and we will try to get a little bit further into this place.
Maybe finish it. Maybe just try to get back to Seath again.