The Dark Souls Iceberg Explained

Hello everyone, thanks for the massive support on this video! I didn't even expect it to reach 1000 views, let alone this many! Just an important fix here, the beautiful artwork at 15:07 actually has the incorrect credit, it was made by the lovely steel neck over on twitter, go and check him out! twitter.com/steel_neck/status/1205947103291363330 I've got another big iceberg in the pipeline that's been in the works since before this one was published, and that should be out hopefully in the next week or so, but some more Dark Souls content is definitely going to be in the works, potentially I'll make a follow up video to this which helps me address some of my mistakes and mispronunciation and discuss some theories that missed this iceberg.

Havel is not the person trapped inside the tower You are the person trapped inside the tower with Havel

Maybe the real Havel is the friends we made along the way.

13:13 The developers actually DID account for the scenario of the player killing Kalameet without Gough's help. If you talk to Gough after doing so, he'll speak a unique line of dialogue acknowledging it.

Solaire being the Carthus Sandworm is one of the most crackheaded theories in the whole franchise

All the way at the bottom is the reason they call him Big Hat Logan

Why does no one ever talk about how pinwheel's boss arena IS a coffin...

7:50 if you read the description of Ornstein’s soul, it’s actually a piece of Gwyn’s soul that he gave to Ornstein, which means he probably left it behind when he left, and Gwyndolin uses that to create the illusion. Also, not all illusions disappear with one hit. All of the silver knights and giant sentinels in Anor Londo are also illusions, which disappear after you kill Gwynevere, and when you kill them individually, they don’t leave a body behind, they just vanish

For the Orenstein illusion theory, the big boi knights (forgot their names) in anor Londo disappear after killing gwyndolen, so they were also illusions, powerful illusions thst gave souls. You also find Orenstein's armor near the nameless kings bossfight. Implying that he really did find who he was looking for.

If Ornstein was an illusion then that was the most hard hitting illusion i've ever seen.

19:50 "why would someone who has conquered one of the most frustrating areas of dark souls, then clumsily fall from the rafters?" I believe it, I know I have done it at least a couple times

“Thrust into a beautiful world” Shows desolate wasteland full of death and depression

How is a dark souls iceberg only 40 minutes long

Uh, there’s whispering in the Archives because it’s a LIBRARY? Sssshhhh!

Actually they did expect you to be able defeat Kalameet without Goughs help, there is unique dialogue with Gough if you beat Kalameet that way.

Would someone please confirm that Miyazaki said roughly: “when you kill Solaire, he returns to his world and links the flame.” Cause I’ve never heard that before, and that would indeed be very interesting.

Alright my new favorite Dark Souls fact is that Pinwheel's Japanese name is basically "Three guys in a coat".

Iron Tarkus didn't die. He just knew others needed the armor more than him.

Turned himself into a dragon, funniest thing I've ever seen

6:11 It is probably a joke but the estus soups are left by Siegward of Catarina. You will encounter these soups on his pathways.