Massive Dark Souls Fan Project Complies Lore In Two Books

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The fascinating and cryptic lore of the first Dark Souls game is being compiled into two massive books that should intrigue almost any fan of dark fantasy. FromSoftware has developed some of the best action RPG games of the last decade, with its latest, Elden Ring, shattering the company's previous sales records. Many would argue that 2009's Demon's Souls was the first game to establish the unforgiving RPG combat fans have grown to love. However, it was Dark Souls that managed to grab the world's attention.

Unlike most video games, the Dark Souls series has a unique way of telling players its story. There have been three Dark Souls games, and each takes place in a land ravaged by time and wars between god-like figures, dragons, and monstrous creatures. Players are dropped into the dark fantasy world and are left to figure out how to play through the game with little to no guidance. Many people who have defeated the Dark Souls series' final bosses continue to have no clue of the game's lore unless context clues have been observed and hidden lore in item descriptions has been read. However, one fan has spent years piecing together the first game's secrets, and now they are ready to share their work with the world.

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The complex story and overarching themes of the first Dark Souls game have been dissected and compiled into two beautiful books called the Abyssal Archive, and fans can preorder the tomes now. As reported by Kotaku, the two books are the result of years of writing and research from the veteran Souls scholar known as Lokey. Using their skills with the Japanese language and deep understanding of FromSoftware's Director Hidetaka Miyazaki's work, Lokey