We’re continuing with another dungeon in Coerthas! This location was the site of many events that people may or may not know about, I’m curious to see if you learn anything from this story.
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Good golly. Your lore videos have brought my love of this game back in full
Another great video
Didn’t know there was a planar fissure involved with the Darkhold but it makes sense in hindsight. Glad for the explanation.
As always, really amazing stuff! Just started StB, and these vids have helped me feel so much more attuned with my surroundings as I navigate the story. And your Spoiler Tags are soooo appreciated!
I never questioned why there was magitek in those caves lol. Obviously it was garleans, duh!
I was flying around The Fury's Gaze in CCH just yesterday and wondered what that big building was in the background — I had no clue that it was a Castrum! Apparently the castrum was never completed and is now abandoned, I wonder why. Perhaps it was due to the unrelenting weather in Coerthas? Like, I know it's also cold AF in Garlemald, but at least they're not up in the mountains like Coerthas is.
I wonder if the Ishgadians knew about the caves past the All-Seeing Eye's lair or if the Garleans just sounded out extra caves and created teleporters
I genuinely love your content, it kinda reminds me of when I first started watching Zelda theory channels after BOTW's release, so much lore and interesting things that aren't always in front of our eyes, it makes a rich world feel even richer
I will readily admit to not being a fan of the current Dzmael family (except Tarrason, he is awesome), but learning about the history still proved interesting. And what a history it is!
I feel that the caves could still be used as an outpost and a place to have excess food stuffs. Heck, make it a training ground.
Thank you storyteller 🙂 I already knew some of this but I adore the added details I didn't know 🙂
Loving this dungeon focussed series so far! Especially for the ARR dungeons, it's really cool to see the background behind a lot of these places, especially dungeons that have been about since 1.0
There's something truly fascinating about a lot of the ARR dungeons that feel like they could be expanded on someday.
As much as I may absolutely loathe running this dungeon, I won't deny that it's lore is pretty interesting.
House Dze: I'll make a safe place for those surrounded by horror!
Voidsent: Aww dats sweet! thank you🥰
House Dze: ÒnÓ
I love the Dzmemael Darkhold, regular or hard. I take my squadron down there a lot
Tha amount of times I’ve run this without knowing any of this… thanks for your amazing work!!
The tale of the Darkhold is utterly fascinating, and yet, I find myself fixated on one statement in particular: that the voidgate may have opened due to Ishgard's proximity to Mhach. As a fellow student of Hydaelyn's lore, I always found it interesting how little Ishgard concerns itself with its ancient neighbour. When we discuss the survivors of Mhach, we always seem to focus on those who settled in Thanalan and Gyr Abania. Yet, you'd think that there would have been some who settled in Coerthas as well due to its proximity, and indeed, the unusually large groups of wild voidsent in the area such as ogres and vodorigas would support the possibility of scraps of void magic being passed down and spread over time. However, there are few revealed links between the civilizations; Ishgardian history primarily concerns itself with the Dragonsong war, and despite the voidsent problem the knights of the former Holy See largely chose to ignore them in favour of the dragons, at least until recently. It's possible that the connections were deliberately suppressed and excised from official history, whether out of shame of the 6th Umbral Calamity or the Inquisition's desire to keep the true history of Ishgard hidden from the common man. Alternately, perhaps the dragons of the Dravanian horde excised Mhachi influence from their lands prior to Ishgard's founding, or rejected any survivors as a consequence of their civilization's crimes? We may never know, but the lack of Ishgard's connection to the Weeping City is still an interesting question in history, and one can only theorize why.
8:00 ahh yes there it is! Castrum Aquinolis!
So that's how you pronounce it…