Bloodborne Lore | The Pthumerians and Labyrinth
255,569
Published 2023-08-21
Go to strms.net/hellofresh_smoughtown and use code
POGSMOUGHAUG50 for 50% off plus Free Shipping!
The Pthumerians are one of the most mysterious elements of Bloodborne's lore and yet they and the Labyrinth are foundational to the story. In this video we explain the Rise and Fall of the Pthumerians and their final Queen, Yharnam.
Editor: Creators Studio - creatorsstudio.co.uk/
Intro: 0:00
The Labyrinth: 1:52
Hellofresh: 6:17
Tomb of the Gods: 7:41
Humble Guardians: 11:53
Queen Yharnam: 30:06
Legacy of Pthumeru: 52:28
This is an extremely expansive video that not only discusses The Pthumerians but also covers the following subjects: Ebrietas, The Research Hall, The Healing Church, Laurence, Master Willem, The Great Ones, Isz, Pthumeru, Yharnam, Celestial Emissaries, Failed Experiments, The Old Blood, The Moon Presence, The Hunter's Nightmare, The School of Mensis, Yarhar'gul, Micolash, Mergo, Hunter's Dream, Eldritch Truth, Blood Ministration, Amygdala and much more!
Shout out to Lokey for their insights and translations.
Lokey Lore: lokeysouls.com/
Lokey's Abyssal Archive: www.abyssalarchive.com/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
REFERENCES
Bob the Hollow - The Pthumerians: • Tomb of the Gods - Pthumeru | Bloodbo...
Last Protagonist - The Vilebloods: • Bloodborne Fear the Old Lore - What M...
Bloodborne-Wiki: www.bloodborne-wiki.com/
Sinclair Lore - Wet Nurse: • The Identity of Mergo's Wet Nurse [Bl...
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CREDITS
Commission Thumbnail art by S-Mrry: twitter.com/bloodexer
Thumbnail layout by BrightSparkIV: www.twitch.tv/brightsparkiv
Please subscribe for more future Bloodborne Lore content!
Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/SmoughTown
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Soundtrack is Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Bloodborne, King's Field and Elden Ring
I do not own the rights to Bloodborne, all rights to FromSoftware
#bloodborne #bloodbornelore
All Comments (21)
-
Thanks to HelloFresh for sponsoring today's video. Go to strms.net/hellofresh_smoughtown and use code POGSMOUGHAUG50 for 50% off plus Free Shipping! Let me know your thoughts on the Pthumerians Below!
-
So happy you're keeping the torch alive for bb content. This game is magnetic, even all these years later.
-
I think that there's a horrifying possibility the tombs bring on: The same hubris can be repeated indefinitely. You can always go down to the lowest parts to find Yharnam, carve the child out of her womb, beckon Odon, and create a nightmare to reside in. Its possible that the various corpses of great ones, like Rom, exist in multiple copies there because more than one Rom has been made
-
My mind is actually blown with the knowledge that a large chunk of the enemies we fight are Pthumerians. Like it's common knowledge to these factions, yet it felt hidden so well
-
I know it’s popular to hate on the chalice dungeons and I get it, it’s not perfect especially compared to the killer main campaign, but it’s impressive how many unique assets are down there. For years I had no idea Yharnam was a boss you could fight and I’d never seen the witches standing up before today. Not to mention the lore is genuinely cool, it’s awesome knowing all of this is under Yharnam.
-
I've beaten this game and platinum'd it, but this has got to be some of the best bb summaries out 8 years later😢
-
The chalice dungeons being dreams created to be a portion of the labyrinth at specific moments in time makes so much sense and can even explain why you could find different weapons in there that may be unique in the waking world
-
Damn real sad to hear that Charred deleted their videos ☹️ some of the most intriguing bloodbourne stuff I’d seen on YouTube
-
We are born of the lore, made men by the lore, undone by the lore. Fear the old lore. Also, it's unfortunate that Charred Thermos deleted everything, while I don't believe that Bloodborne is entirely a medical allegory, it's definitely one of the strongest themes in the game. Though we should all know that no From Software game can easily be pinned down to just one theme.
-
Realizing that you're just popping into their house and killing them makes you feel a little bad for the thumerians. In Loran you're just putting them out of their misery
-
An interesting piece of insight on the Pthumerians is that they may have been inspired by the civilization of K'n-yan, and underground civilization of non human beings found in the story The Mound written by H.P. Lovecraft.
-
What you were saying about Rom ascending and leaving behind her body was a lightbulb moment for me. I had wondered why Rom was the idiot spider, the Vacuous spider, and if Rom's consciousness left her body leaving an empty autonomous shell, well... That sure explains why she's vacuous.
-
Charred Thermos was the person who made those great medical metaphor videos right??? So sad to hear they are gone now, those vids were some of my favorite analysis of bloodborne probably ever. I hope we can get them back someday. They were really really brilliant 😊
-
I think that Martyr Logarias may be a Pthumerian or a descendant. His tall, lanky frame, his near immortiality, and him wielding a magical scythe as opposed to standard trick weapons make me believe this.
-
3:25 agreed, it is quite unfortunate that Charred Thermos deleted their channel. Their interpretations of Bloodborne’s allegories to medicine and classic horror were super rad, and unique. No harsh on them, it’s their channel, I just miss it.
-
I wish to propose a theory: The queen and wet nurse and not allies When we see the queen in the nightmare, she weeps while looking up to Mergos loft, unable to approach due to the wet nurse. She wants to be near her crying baby, what mother wouldn't, but is unable too due to the nurse. When you defeat the nurse, and the crying stops, and go back down the elevator, the queen bows her head to you and disappears, no longer needing to be there.
-
One other thing I noticed while watching, was how fascinating the Choir Garb is, in relation to the Make Contact gesture I always found the long bell-shaped sleeves very odd, but when doing the Make Contact gesture, the purpose of them seems to be to blind you, and create a sort of "sliding door", as after the 1-minute mark, you slide open the door, and unblind yourself.
-
All hail Charred Thermos. Gone but will never be forgotten.
-
Thank you for digging deep into Bloodborne, I really only know the game from you and TSC's channels and as I cry and wait for them to release it on steam (never) your channel eases the sting a little. Keep up the excellent work!
-
Holy Shawls right on time for my yearly Bloodborne phase. Thank you so much for all you do for the Souls community, you’re really spoiling us!
