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Hello, everyone, and welcome to SideQuest and Dark Souls II.
Who's ready to progress?
Who's ready for some more Lost Bastille action?
I hope you're all having a pretty good week.
Ooh, that's a thing to find. Wish I had a lockstone.
In retrospect, man it's dark in here.
I need a torch, hang on.
Okay, here we go.
Uh... hmm.
This room seems important.
An old statue...
A much bigger statue...
That... oop!
Ah! You!
Ooh boy, oh boy!
You're a troublesome one!
Gonna hit you over and over again 'til you die!
And that will solve all my problems.
Okay! As I was saying, old statue...
Looks important.
Holding a sword... and what looks like scrolls?
Hmm...
So I found this Archduke stuff, is this what it's called? Archduke?
Arch... Archdrake! I found this Archdrake stuff here...
In this Bastille...
Does that mean that it is affiliated with this place?
And if so, does that mean that this person is affiliated with the stuff I'm wear-- I don't know.
I'm drawing-- I'm connecting some dots that I'm not 100% sure... connect.
What do we got?
Twinblade! Neat!
And...
Burying dagger! Cool!
And...
Bone Staff! Cool!
So many nifty things!
And I wish I could get in there.
Ah!
All right, I will make note.
There is a ferrous lockstone needed here.
All right, which door to go through?
Let's go through here first.
Hmm...
That looks like an elevator.
I got some directions available to me.
Wilted Dusk Herb
That's a little different.
Let's check out up here first.
Before climbing in any weird elevators.
"Liar Ahead", "Pointless Ahead", hmm.
Pretty long tunnel, which leads to... hmm. Where's this?
Is this back...
Okay, yes, this is back to, uh...
near the blacksmith's bonfire, if I fell out there, so...
no need. I see now why they discouraged it.
Gonna go ahead and put this torch away just because... limited use.
Wait, hang on.
Wire ahead.
Wow, wow.
No.
Back.
All right, well, let's...see.
Up we go!
Item...neat.
Okay.
Hmm.
Ah. Heh heh.
I will have to drop down to get that at some point.
"Skeptic's Spice." Hmm.
All right, let's investigate.
Okay...
Several of these guys...
Which means I need to be careful.
Okay, there's one of you.
There's one of you in this, and I just know you're gonna bust out of there.
These are cool little prisons, though...
these little jars.
I just know he's gonna bust out of there.
You... die, please?
Ah, there's another one, too. Yeesh.
Multiple of them.
I don't know, downstairs, upstairs, or through. I guess we should open the door first.
Just to make sure we don't miss that opportunity.
Alright, door open.
Let's look up first.
Oh, yikes.
Okay, I'm gonna...
I'm gonna go back down.
I will go back up there in a minute.
But before I get myself killed...
Let's try downstairs.
Yeesh
Trap, huh?
Yeah, this whole place feels like a trap
Um...
Was that the trap?
It kinda missed
What's in here?
Oh!
Ah, ah! What's happening?
Oh!
I accidentally found my first illusory wall
That feels... good?
Green blossom
Well, nice
Oh! Geez, I'm...
getting really good at finding these on accident
What's out here?
Okay
[footsteps]
Wait
Ha, ha, ha!
Hey, pal
You again
Hey, I'll fight you
Let's do this
You're gonna have to do better than that, pal
Much. Better.
Well, I ran out of stamina, so...
Anyway, you're still dead!
Yeah! Feels good.
I really like these robes. I feel... I feel cool.
Alright, can I, uh...
This is an awful lot of souls to have... to try making a jump like that.
Eh. I'll do it, but, um...
Alright, let me practice a jump real fast.
Okay, okay, yeah, it's easier than it used to be.
It's not easy, but it's easier.
That is pretty good... to have.
Yeah! Alright! Success!
And now...
Let us see what is this-a-way.
Hello!
Embracing knuckle ring? Cool.
Revenge? Oh, were you the one who was shooting me the- oh yeah you are! Ha!
Neat.
You know, I'm rather enjoying Dark Souls 2's level layout stuff.
I will readily grant that it is not as elegant and amazing as the Dark Souls 1
kinda intertwining-a...
all of these zones kinda link together in interesting ways and you can find tons of shortcuts between them.
I will totally give you that.
But-a...
I don't know, this feels like Demon's Souls to me.
That sort of thing where you...
warp yourself to a zone...
there's lots of shortcuts within that little-a zone...
to like-so there's various ways that you can make your path around that zone shorter...
and then you get to new areas.
And they don't all link together, but still.
Neat.
Alright.
This is dangerous.
This is definitely dangerous.
Now what am I doing? Let's just-a...
set a dude on fire.
Yeah, I should've thought of that before.
And apparently the other one, not wanting to feel left out...
volunteered to do the same.
Well, okay!
Ah!
Wah!
You have a glowing stomach, why?
What does that do?
Oh, I bet that petrifies.
Eee!
That's terrifying.
I now wish that I had more casts of fireball.
Okay.
Oh!
Eesh.
That is not a good feeling, being near these guys.
So, OK, is this also a openable wall?
No.
Nope, OK. Had to check.
I mean, I'm just gonna leave you in there, if you're OK with that, buddy.
I don't feel like provoking more of you.
What's up here?
Hmm...
Okay, so I've checked the downstairs. Downstairs secure.
I guess that means it's time to deal with this... mess.
This is scary.
All right.
Oh, they don't aggro.
That is encouraging.
I will gladly use up all these fireball charges taking these guys out from a distance.
And there's a bonfire! That's great!
And a...
stone statue. That's, uh...
less fun.
A luring skull? Cool. Oh, I bet I can lure them that way...
using the skull. And I bet this blows up.
Well, maybe not.
No, probably not.
I think you're lying, person.
Yep.
I kinda wanna get in there. Having a bonfire'd be nice.
But is it worth using one of those fragrant branches? And this is locked.
Hmm.
Oh, just for one bonfire.
That's difficult.
That is very difficult.
You know what? This has immediate use.
I'm just gonna go ahead and do it.
Bonfires are great.
Hello!
How you doing?
Want to talk about it?
It is still a bit stiff, I'm afraid.
I must thank you, young traveler.
I am Straid, a wandering sorcerer of sorts.
I've been a guest for a very long time, but I don't think that anybody will miss me.
Your ear looks awesome.
Very good. Very good indeed.
Cursed one, weak you may be, but I, Straid, will teach you my spells.
Cool.
Very cool.
And I can learn a gesture! Mock.
Well, what items do you sell?
A hood of the forlorn?
Hood of the forlorn who wander the land of the undead. Born of Aldia's obsession with the first sin,
the forlorn lost both their corporeal form and a world to call their own.
Now they drift into other worlds, ever in search of a home.
But without self, one has neither beginning nor end, and so the forlorn have only to wander.
Hm.
Also, rings. Ring of knowledge. Boy, that's expensive. Increases intelligence.
A ring blessed by the high priest of Volgan increases intelligence.
The clerics of the great city of Volgan are perennially entrenched in scandalous power struggles,
but among them remain a few strong-willed upstanding noblemen.
Lingering dragoncrest ring, a ring used long, long ago in a land that existed where Drunk Lake does now...
Huh...
Extends length of spell effect. The ancient dragons were once worshipped in several nations.
And rumors concerning objects of similar enchantment to this uncommon ring abound in many lands, although their origins are no longer verifiable.
A land that existed where Drunglake does now...
That's... interesting.
A "gape" ring - a ring affixed with an open vessel.
The vessel insatiably absorbs souls in place of its wearer, who is left unaware even of their collection.
All things are rooted in souls, but what drives our thirst for them?
Abstinence from this elixir may be the truest homage to an enduring self.
Eh, whatever you say, buddy.
Rouge water - restores HP and spell uses.
Crimson water of unknown origin.
Though known to some as "red holy water," not everyone acknowledges its holy status.
That's cool.
Oh, many spells!
I can't use any of these...
Wait, wait, some of these are pyromancies!
Lingering flame...
Flame swath...
Swathe... swath...
Dark orb... dark hail... hexes... hmm...
Well, I can definitely use pyromancies, so I'm picking those up.
Lingering flame - one of the pyromancies devised by Straide, the great mage of ancient Olaphis.
Release a static fireball that explodes when foes draw near.
Oh, that's cool!
Straide was an oddly gifted mage, well-versed in both sorceries and pyromancies,
but his curious temperament never allowed him to settle down in one place very long.
I'm buying it!
Yes, please!
And flame swath - one of the pyromancies devised by Straide, the great mage of ancient Olaphis.
Great flames envelop and immolate faraway foes. Nice!
Straide, always immersed in magic, never accepted an apprentice.
As a result, much of his extensive knowledge is permanently lost.
Well, not this one!
Awesome!
Don't think I'm gonna buy any of these others...
You know what? This is kinda cool - I'll buy it.
Couldn't hurt.
"Trade" - what does that mean?
Ooh.
Oh, okay, so...
I can trade soul items to this guy...
for various weapons. Is he the only person I can trade these items to, I wonder?
Not like I can equip any of these. I need to start raising my decks... for real.
Just so I can equip things like, for example, the Pursuer's Ultra Greatsword. That seems awesome!
Will he be back at my camp in Majula later?
That is something I wonder. But, anyway...
Can't do anything about it right now, so...
Let's talk.
Couldn't tell you.
Came as soon as I could!
It grows on you.
Very good indeed.
The Cursed Ones were imprisoned within this land.
Of course, you came of your own free will.
The people fear the Cursed Ones like a plague.
Some people would rather keep dreadful things out of sight... out of mind...
In the end, they swept them up and corralled them here.
So very typical of meek minds, don't you think?
Once people became aware of their own frailty...
They seized anybody they found undesired, cursed or no, and impounded them here.
Whoever posed even the slightest threat was removed...
all so that they could sleep better at night.
They even turned the great strand into a stone!
Who's "they" I wonder?
Many kingdoms rose and fell on this tract of earth...
Mine was by no means the first...
Anything that has a beginning also has an end...
No flame, however brilliant, does not one day splutter and fade...
But then, from the ashes, the flame reignites and a new kingdom is born...
Sporting a new face, that is telling...
It is all a curse...
And it is your cursed flesh that will inherit the flame...
Pyromancy was created by the ancient witch of fire...
She harnessed the power of flame and melded it into pyromancy...
The witch led her daughters into war against the old ones.
But legends are legends.
What are you prepared to believe?
I'm loving having some grounding in Dark Souls lore enough to find the connections, even if they are very few.
It's rewarding.
OK, so this is old stuff. OK.
What?
Eventually. Give me time to practice.
Yeesh.
Well, I'm using the bonfire.
[sigh of relief]
Always a relief to find these.
[fire crackling]
I've still got four Estus Flask uses. I'm not gonna...
rest at it yet.
But yeah, that was a, uh...
that was a thing worth doing.
De-petrifying that one.
OK.
Not getting attacked? Great.
Uh, what's out here?
Ah!
Trixie.
An item, though.
Life Gem. Eight of them. Hey, not bad.
That'll last me a little while.
What'd it say?
"Jog ahead. In short, weakness rare." OK.
Yep.
Jogging.
[fire crackling]
Gotcha!
Come on! Come on! Come on!
Oh. Well, I guess I'll just do that.
Maybe I can't backstab that one.
OK.
Next fog door.
Is it a boss, though? If it is, should I summon somebody? Eh, I don't know.
You know what? I'll use an effigy.
I have a fair number of them at this point. Twenty. See, that's pretty good. I can spare one.
Just in case there's someone summonable.
Summons...
I guess I should wait until I see, uh...
...notes left from other players that mention a boss or something.
Before just assuming that every door I walk through is gonna lead to a boss. That's okay.
Lesson for next time...
Sinners rise. Ooh.
Neat.
Ah, what was that? Ah!
Surprised me.
So... okay.
Where is that in reference to this?
All right, careful. Careful.
Ah, up or down? Up or down?
I'm gonna go up first.
There you go.
What do we got?
Uh... what?
I'm gonna, uh...
I'm gonna go back down now.
That, uh... was worrisome.
Huh.
Hey, bonfire, though!
Still don't need to rest at it, but good to have it lit.
There we are.
Anything else up here?
You don't...think so? No?
Ooh, item over there, though.
All right.
Easy does it.
Steady...
Easy...
Large soul of lost undead.
Nice.
All right. Now we're headed downward.
Okay.
Hello. Found you.
Thought you could sneak up, but you cannot.
Eh, careful.
Human effigy, all right.
All right. What else we got in here?
Two of you? Okay. I can live with that.
[gunshots]
Hey. Don't... be rude.
Okay.
So... I'm gonna grab that.
Royal swordsman gloves. Neat.
"Tough enemy ahead and then boss." Okay.
So... wait.
What happens if I... press this?
Oh, that's to bring this back up to here. I see.
Down we go.
What awaits...
...other than a tough enemy and a boss, of course.
Ah, oh. [laughs]
I, uh... I should have gotten out.
Let's... let's do that again.
Hang on, I'll, uh...
I want to get that item.
Here we go...
And... yes!
Lacerating knife, five of them.
Cool.
And we roll down... there we go.
Okay.
What's out there, I wonder?
Lucetale...
Yeah, I'm, uh... I'm totally summoning you.
Whatever awaits, you're coming with me.
[tense music]
Welcome to the team!
Hope you're as good as you say.
Let's top off...
...just in case we're walking into something serious.
And it looks like we might be.
What was that?
Oh my!
It's another view! Okay, well...
That's, uh, something.
Uh, stay alive, alright, Luciteal?
Just stay alive. Stay alive for me.
Yeah, I'll get out of there.
There we go. Ow, watch it. Watch it!
Die, though. Ah, terrible. Don't die! Don't me die, you die! Nuts.
That's what I get, I got reckless.
Alright, definitely gonna be trying that again, but I think I will wait to try again until next time, so...
Thank you very much for watching, and when we return...
we'll get Lucetale back into our little crew and see what we can do about that thing down there.