#Sword of chaos dark souls series#

Vestiges of the flame have thus survived its destruction, imbuing them with the power of life from the Witch of IzalithвЂ™s Lord Soul. All of the demons owe their form to Chaos, and so removing the power of life from the flesh results in it reverting to primordial matter. This is evidenced by the Stray Demon lacking even a smolder of chaos fire, resulting in its body petrifying to the point that even its pyromancies only conjure such minerals - what little flame it bleeds is all that is left. The chaos demons are by their nature vessels for the flame that birthed them, meaning that every surviving demon retained at least a smolder of that flame. DS2вЂ™s Crown of the Ivory King DLC revealed that it had eventually ended up in the far north of Drangleic where it was later sealed by said Ivory King, and it wasnвЂ™t the only remnant of chaos fire lingering around after the destruction of the seedbed. While severely hampered by the death of its host, the Flame of Chaos nonetheless survived. How could Izalithian society recover without Izalith? Who would lead them? What would happen to their race? Where would they live to avoid further attacks? But one among them had the courage to take up these challenges during this time of great uncertainty - for he seemed to be the first to realize that all was not lost. Things must have looked downright apocalyptic through their eyes. And then a single Undead plows through their ranks and murders a slew of their gods including their Lord of Life, mother of Chaos, and source of their power. There they were, a ruined and divided race on the cusp of a new golden age for their civilization. One can scarcely imagine what went through the minds of the chaos demons following the events of DS1. But overall, this sometimes mundane continuation of a past civilizationвЂ™s story contains enough nuance to be worth telling. Admittedly, the attempt to use the chaos demons as a foil for humans in the setting made it hard to keep engaged with some of these more reiterative elements in the gameвЂ™s themes.

This includes streamlining questionable decisions made concerning Izalith in Dark Souls II (DS2) into a larger narrative concerning the geopolitics of the setting. These developments elevate the material from DS1 and do well to integrate the occasional redundant reference into a greater whole.

#Sword of chaos dark souls series#

In fact, you can argue that the latest game in the series has completed the character arcs of the entire civilization, from its demon subjects to its chaos witches. (DS3) And while much of it does simply reiterate statements and implications from the original game, there is a fair amount of new content here as well. Izalith is my favorite part of Dark Souls (DS1) lore, so there are certainly elements I enjoy in Dark Souls III.