The Prehistory of Dark Souls

Dark Souls Lore: What happened before Gwyn and his knights began the history of Lordran as we know it? Who were the people that lived before Lordran, and to what type of society did Manus, the first man, belong? Join us as we piece together the evidence to solve these mysteries, and reveal the hidden story of Dark Souls' prehistory.

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Gameplay footage/music credit: Dark Souls, Bandai Namco and FromSoftware.

Video samples:
The Quest for Fire (1981)
Mesopotamia, V Documentaries
Cuneiform, The Histocrat
Persepolis, Amazing Places 4K
Shanidar Cave, Iraqi Kurdistan, Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin and Hardscarf
Shaman cave paintings, Kat Harrison, Food of the Gods, Terence McKenna
Caves, Life’s Biggest Questions
Bad Dürrenberg shaman, State Museum of Prehistory Halle and Hidden History
Antler head dress, Blockey et al. 2015 and British Museum
Franchthi Cave, Greece, Zde
Chauvet Cave, France, Antoine Vitek
Ester Islan Moai, BBC and Filip Kulisev, Amazing Planet
Dolmen, Canal Andalucia Turismo
Poulnabrone Portal Tomb, Ireland National Monuments Service
Newgrange, Anthony Murphy, Mythical Ireland
Avebury | The Largest Stone Circle in the World | 4K Aerial Film | Megalithomania:
Stonehenge, Landmark 4k, Steel city Drone Pilot, Deviant Drones, English Heritage

Music samples
Obscura, ASKII
Yuka Kitamura, FromSoftware

Contents of the Video
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00:00 Intro, How History Began
05:55 Primeval Man
16:57 First Contact
22:40 Conclusion