The pre-release spoiler discussion thread stipulated that certain things be tagged, so Ive been waiting for someone to make a thread like this where we can discuss this mystifying story without black bars everywhere.
so FAIR WARNING: it's best not to venture in until you've completed the game!
Good insight here
Okay so here's what I gathered and what I'm missing.
The people in Yharnam possesses special blood, and they are being watched/protected/used by the Great Ones, of which during Bloodborne there are five. They are not immortal however as Oedon was a great one and it's also unclear where their origins come from. You have the spider/squid Amygdala, the Octopus/bat, the Alien, the death angel and the spider, Rom. They are also in different factions, or so it would appear, as in the Tomb of Oedon you find a note that shows someone being frustrated that Rom is hiding secrets from them. I think that note may have been written by Willem.
During the night, people in Yharnam retreat to their homes. Not everyone transforms into a beastit's clear that the townspeople are used to their being hunts, and none will open their door for you. Exactly what is being hunted though? Just beasts?
According to the Doll, your spirit is sickly and hunting beasts helps to heal you.
What is Paleblood? Is it blood from Yharnam, the woman?
Is the Moon Presence the first Great One, or is it a higher being? Is it killing the Moon Presence that allows you to be birthed by the moon as a new Great One (confirmed through trophy descriptions that is what happens)?
I wanted to keep typing all the other things I noticed but my brain is already wracked trying to piece it together.
Any ideas?
so FAIR WARNING: it's best not to venture in until you've completed the game!
Good insight here
I'm only halfway through the game, but I've been reading up on lore across the web. Here's my partial understanding:
Yharnam is a city that was founded on the tombs of elder gods. It is ruled by the Healing Church, which practices the ministration of blood, healing the ill and mending the wounded with the transfusion of blessed blood. Blood is everything in Yharnam. The people there even drink it recreationally, which has given them an unsavory reputation with the rest of the civilized world. Yet people still come there seeking cures for their ailments.
The academy at Byrgenwerth was meant to study the tombs of the elder gods, called the Great Ones. The Healing Church found a medium there, who they used to establish contact with the Great Ones. They otherwise remain hidden to the eyes of men. It would seem that Rom, the Vacuous Spider, was the Great One that maintained this veil. Once he is destroyed, in his pocket dimension beneath the lake, the veil is lifted and the Great Ones can now be seen (such as the Lesser Amygdala clinging to the church walls).
The Healing Church worshipped the Great Ones, and so did occultists such as the witches of Hemwick and the woman in the clinic, but the Great Ones were merely using them to propagate their species, which requires a human female as a surrogate mother. And this is just my theory, but I wonder if the Moon Presence -- the supreme Great One -- brought about the Plague of Beasts so that men would organize the Hunt, which would help the Great Ones discover a hunter strong enough to serve as a vessel for the spawn of the Moon Presence. An NPC in the game (I can't remember who) asks you to question what purpose the hunt really serves.
Also, the Plague of Beasts something the ministration of blood could not counter -- was probably the point at which the Healing Church realized the folly of its ways and sealed off Byrgenwerth, as well as the rest of the Forbidden Woods.
Just some thoughts.
Okay so here's what I gathered and what I'm missing.
The people in Yharnam possesses special blood, and they are being watched/protected/used by the Great Ones, of which during Bloodborne there are five. They are not immortal however as Oedon was a great one and it's also unclear where their origins come from. You have the spider/squid Amygdala, the Octopus/bat, the Alien, the death angel and the spider, Rom. They are also in different factions, or so it would appear, as in the Tomb of Oedon you find a note that shows someone being frustrated that Rom is hiding secrets from them. I think that note may have been written by Willem.
During the night, people in Yharnam retreat to their homes. Not everyone transforms into a beastit's clear that the townspeople are used to their being hunts, and none will open their door for you. Exactly what is being hunted though? Just beasts?
According to the Doll, your spirit is sickly and hunting beasts helps to heal you.
What is Paleblood? Is it blood from Yharnam, the woman?
Is the Moon Presence the first Great One, or is it a higher being? Is it killing the Moon Presence that allows you to be birthed by the moon as a new Great One (confirmed through trophy descriptions that is what happens)?
I wanted to keep typing all the other things I noticed but my brain is already wracked trying to piece it together.
Any ideas?