Dark Souls Lore | "Time is Convoluted" Explained
6,812An infamous line is uttered by Solaire of Astora in Dark Souls 1: "Time is Convoluted", and this has been widly considered to be a lazy hand wave. However I disagree and so in this Dark Souls Lore video we will be examining the concept of time and the fading of the first flame throughout the entire trilogy. We heavily draw on the work of Lokey and his translations in order to mend the discourse on this divisive topic.
Intro: 0:00
Disparity: 4:23
Lordran: 9:01
Bubbles: 15:32
Drangleic: 22:47
Lothric: 32:46
Issues: 39:02
Shout out to Lokey for without whom this video wouldn't exist.
Lokey Lore: https://lokeysouls.com/
Lokey's Abyssal Archive: http://www.abyssalarchive.com/
Lokey's Channel: https://youtube.com/@lokeydarksouls3582?si=PV5lv5kfEKdlhQVk
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REFERENCES:
Lokey's Q+A Document: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LSaNlo9QXHheEYs2_K8fLl0rsO8bC-4m/view?usp=sharing
Lokey's Abyssal Archive: https://www.tuneandfairweather.com/products/abyssal-archive
Lokey's Article on Dark Souls 2's Beginning: https://lokeysouls.com/2020/11/16/the-second-beginning/
Lokey's Article on Heide: https://lokeysouls.com/2020/11/16/heide/
Lokey's Article on Dark Souls 3's Beginning: https://lokeysouls.com/2020/11/16/the-third-beginning/
Lokey's Article on the Untended Graves: https://lokeysouls.com/2022/08/22/untended-graves/
Polygon with Dark Souls 2 Director: https://www.polygon.com/2012/12/19/3783452/dark-souls-2-staff-discuss-the-vga-trailer-and-what-having-real
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ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Credit to Hawkshaw for the Black Knight 'Spirits' footage: https://youtube.com/@Hawkshaw?si=nPrCIs0c59HFbfnR
Credit to Ashen Hollow for letting me use his Ringed City DLC footage from:
https://youtu.be/MyAwL6nssvo?si=-CZgt2CezrH7L0Ns
https://youtu.be/ZSlKY5u3xS8?si=yl5J0TnylyaBaaIV
Commission Thumbnail art by S-Mrry: https://twitter.com/bloodexer
Thumbnail layout by BrightSparkIV: https://www.twitch.tv/brightsparkiv
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