Bloodborne: BL4 & Lore 8 - Vicar Amelia & Laurence's Skull

In "BL4 & Lore", I attempt to do my first base level run in Bloodborne while sharing the story and lore content I’ve collected on The Lore Hunter.

Episode 8 covers Vicar Amelia.

Bloodborne’s Hidden Backstory Finally Explained

The following content was originally posted here by Ian Lepkowsky. I'm a little (very) late with this one, but it is a good piece! Note: This was written prior to The Old Hunters, but I don't think that invalidates anything in the article. 

This article discusses the history of Bloodborne, from the ancient Pthumerians to the Healing Church and the Hunters.

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What's Really Going On In Bloodborne - Byrgenwerth & The Healing Church

Rich Stanton of Kotaku wrote a very extensive interpretation of the narrative of Bloodborne that you can find here. The following is an excerpt from the article in which Rich presents his interpretation of Byrgenwerth College and The Healing Church, and I highly recommend reading the original article in it's entirety. All content presented is the work of Rich Stanton and Kotaku, with only minor formatting changes made.

Byrgenwerth & the Healing Church

Byrgenwerth is where the Great Ones were studied, though in practice this seems mainly to have been a study of how to make contact with them. Among the scholars were Provost (later Master) Willem and Laurence, and given that the first hunter Gehrman knows both it's likely he, too, began here.

A schism was caused when what Alfred calls the “holy medium” was found. This could be referring to Queen Yharnam, or her dead child's blood, but it is much more likely to be the abandoned Ebrietas – a Great One that can be found in-game. The temptation of a living, breathing Great One's blood was too much for some.

Willem's motto was simple: “Fear the old blood.” He wished to probe the secrets of the cosmos, but intuited the dangers of transfusing oneself with the blood of gods. Laurence disagreed and, in what Willem termed a betrayal, left Byrgenwerth to found the Healing Church.

Blood ministration was the foundation of the Healing Church. “Blood ministration is, of course, the pursuit of communion.” Laurence believed that through infusing oneself with the blood of the Great Ones some sort of communication could be had.

Dark Insight Episode 10: Bloodborne the Old Hunters

The following podcast was produced by @De4th_note and @vadervanodin of the Dark Insight Podcast. They discuss the Old Hunters with special guests jeremy greer and the myself.


As is custom, I would like to thank Clifford and Vader for having me on the show! It was a blast talking with them, we covered the Old Hunters in EXHAUSTIVE detail.

Lore of the Old Hunters: What we've learned; What's changed; What we can believe

This post was originally written by dmcredgrave on /r/bloodborne in this post. The only changes made were to account for the difference in format.

Bloodborne Lore - The Healing Church

The following video created by DaveControlLive gives an overview of the Healing Church and it's history.

Directory - NPCs

Adella

Alfred

Annalise, Queen of Castle Cainhurst

Arianna (Yharnam Resident)

Blind Man (Yharnam Resident)

Blood Minister

Djura

Doll

Eileen the Crow

Gascoigne

Gehrman

Gilbert (Yharnam Resident)

Iosefka

Laurence

Ludwig

Master Willem

Oedon Chapel Dweller

Old Man (Yharnam Resident)

Old Woman (Yharnam Resident)

Patches the Spider