![]() ![]() I would have livestreamed myself but the costs are currently prohibitive and if I don’t feed my cats they will eat me. Though I do intend to purchase one eventually, just not this second. The second reason is down to my own circumstances I’m retired and, financially, a PS4 is a lot of money. Streams have also, for the most part, been done from the Japanese version of the game with Japanese text and an English voiceover, allowing me to translate the true meaning of the dialogue but also understand what’s going on. The first is that I’m able to stream easily and pause where applicable, allowing me to screengrab or note down text freehand/revisit conversations. I used YouTube streams and have not yet played the game myself. I did this because I wanted to, because the lore intrigued me enough to go ‘what on Earth is going on here?’ I never intend to profit in any way from this and, despite my journalistic background, have no contacts within Bandai Namco (at least not anymore) or From Software. ![]() This is a fun project and 100% unofficial. So I want to make a couple of things clear: ◦ As a journalist not using reliable sources and keeping records could get you sued for libel if you happened to say the wrong thing and not have the gumption/records to back it up. NOTES AND SOURCES Like any good scholar, I know how important citing sources is. Thanks also to Reddit user TerrifiedOfGhosts who assisted with Dark Souls lore, helping me check references to the original game. Also Aegon of Astora, Redgrave and EpicNameBro who made me realise how important lore is in modern gaming narrative. My undying thanks to FiGhTiNCoWboY, LoreMasterNojah and FXYusha (どもうありがと うゆございます,うしゃくん) for streaming and posting the earliest walkthroughs which enabled me to do this project. NOTE: There will be spoilers! Lots of them. You can follow her on Twitter as support her writing short stories on Patreon and visit her website at to find out more about her fiction. Asha also taught herself Japanese for her own amusement and is a huge geek who has recently rediscovered a love of dissecting games’ lore for fun. (Hons) in Theology and Religious Studies (including a year of Classics and Creative Writing) from the University of Surrey and is a qualified teacher of adult education. ![]() *** Asha Bardon’s background-writing as Lesley Smith-is as a freelance journalist specialising in computer games, Japanese culture and anime/manga. This is the first edition (version 1.1) and will be updated periodically, including when DLC for the game is released. This lore analysis is 100% unofficial and based on personal opinions (my own) and the primary sources found within the game itself, including item descriptions and dialogue. Internationally it is published by Bandai Namco. Ash Seeketh Ember The Lore of Dark Souls 3Īsh Seeketh Ember The Lore of DARK SOULS IIIĭark Souls III is property of From Software who publish the game in Japan. ![]()
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