Ds3 leonhard set12/21/2023 The Capital stood all on its own as an independent nation. Wherever the metropolis was exactly located, it would seem to be nowhere within those lands’ borders. The city’s architecture and iconography bear no distinctive features we can associate with countries like Forossa or Mirrah, and none of the items related to such nations litter the ruins. Profaned Capital clergy (left) compared to Drangleic priest (right)Īs far as known nations east of Drangleic and west of the far East are concerned, none leave their mark on the Profaned Capital. Considering that an Eastern samurai could reach Drangleic and teach the local knights how to create and wield this exact greatbow, trade east of there is more than feasible. The city is where we can also loot both the Onislayer Greatbow and its greatarrows from the far East, implying nearness to it as well. By all indications, the Profaned Capital was a country inheriting Drangleic culture and so must be located somewhere within its regional vicinity, specifically to its east. Even their clergy dress in tall hats resembling the hoods characteristic of Drangleic priests. We also see that metropolis created living gargoyles, the art of which was the monopoly of Anor Londo in the Old World but more widespread in the New. While now mainly identified with Lothric, these were originally the currency adopted by the kingdoms in Drangleic and so might still have been circulating the New World during the Capital’s day. The Profaned Capital is also home to quite a few rusted and pristine gold coins featuring an angel. Indeed, much more hints to that conclusion. The fact that the Profaned Capital is in possession of such an item, keeping it safely stored in a chest, suggests that the country exists relatively close to Drangleic in other words, located somewhere in the New World. Take, for example, the Greatshield of Glory - something King Vendrick crafted for just one of his knights during DS2’s era, a fact still alluded to in its DS3 description. How then can we identify the place? Was it one of the established countries which so often consisted of a single metropolis, or some entirely new city state? To answer, we must look for signs of its location before the drift. Its name is an apparent anathema to polite discourse, not something we should know. Even Siegward, a man personally acquainted with the city’s king, feels the need to refer to it by that moniker. But if so, it has long since gone out of fashion. One would assume that the Profaned Capital, literally the “capital of sin”, (罪の都) had a proper name to go by. I wouldn’t consider them my favorite additions to the series, but they more than justify the investigation. (DS2) Become familiar with a few key parts of DS3, and Yhorm and his kingdom are surprisingly straightforward. Already, we are expected to have studied up on Dark Souls (DS1) and its sequel. There is plenty to draw upon, and what the evidence might lack in raw numbers, it more than makes up for in density. However, dig a little deeper, and this dearth of data proves to be somewhat illusory. (DS3) With few relevant item descriptions compared to other areas and even a smaller relative map size, first impressions render it the most dubious portion of the game, with the most mysterious Lord. Without a doubt, the Profaned Capital is the most context-dependent area in Dark Souls III.
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