When you finish this game you have a lot of questions:
Who are the Giants? What did the King steal from them? Why does Nashandra need you to open the door to the throne? why does the herald WANT you to ascend the throne of want? Why doesn’t the king sit upon the throne? What is the throne of want?.
To explain I’m going to start at the end and work my way back through the story, this might be strange but there is a reason for this its because most characters in dark souls 2 are driven by a desire, a want. For example to understand King Vendricks Hollowed state and location you have to understand what he desired above all else and how it lead him there, To understand Nashandra’s desire for the throne we have to understand why its so important …show more content…
You as a player are no different the fire keeper says it, the emerald herald says it, The grave warden says it.
As the ancient dragon says “The curse of life is the curse of want and you peer into the fog in hope of answers”. This game more than any other souls game is about a search for answers. I presume that this is why most of the items have questions as the description because they want you to question the world you find yourself in.
So we start with the throne of want, what is it? Well first off its a kiln and to understand why it being a kiln is so significant you have to understand the principles of this world, and it’s the same principles as dark souls 1. In dark souls 1 opening you see Hollowed bodies, one Hollow found a powerful souls and founded the dark souls reaping life into the world. the other three lords found their soul in the first flame one being Gwyn the Lord of Sunlight, with his souls he made and age of
Who are the Giants? What did the King steal from them? Why does Nashandra need you to open the door to the throne? why does the herald WANT you to ascend the throne of want? Why doesn’t the king sit upon the throne? What is the throne of want?.
To explain I’m going to start at the end and work my way back through the story, this might be strange but there is a reason for this its because most characters in dark souls 2 are driven by a desire, a want. For example to understand King Vendricks Hollowed state and location you have to understand what he desired above all else and how it lead him there, To understand Nashandra’s desire for the throne we have to understand why its so important …show more content…
You as a player are no different the fire keeper says it, the emerald herald says it, The grave warden says it.
As the ancient dragon says “The curse of life is the curse of want and you peer into the fog in hope of answers”. This game more than any other souls game is about a search for answers. I presume that this is why most of the items have questions as the description because they want you to question the world you find yourself in.
So we start with the throne of want, what is it? Well first off its a kiln and to understand why it being a kiln is so significant you have to understand the principles of this world, and it’s the same principles as dark souls 1. In dark souls 1 opening you see Hollowed bodies, one Hollow found a powerful souls and founded the dark souls reaping life into the world. the other three lords found their soul in the first flame one being Gwyn the Lord of Sunlight, with his souls he made and age of