Bloodborne Lore - Yahar'gul Ritual Secrets

The following video is by Lore&Lore and discusses the Mensis Ritual and Yahar'gul.

"When all is melted in blood, all is reborn." - The Terrifying Rituals of Pthumeru

The following was originally written here. All credit for the content of this post goes to TerrifiedOfGhosts, with only minor changes being made to reflect the difference in format.

This article discusses the Pthumerians and what may have happened to them.

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.

Episode 77: The Nightmare of Mensis and Mergo's Loft

The following podcasts were produced by Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross of Duckfeed.tv as part of the Bloodborne season of their show Bonfireside Chat. Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, Davin Pavlas, and Scott Benson talk about the Nightmare of Mensis and Mergo's Loft.

Episode 76: Yahar'gul, Unseen Village

The following podcasts were produced by Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross of Duckfeed.tv as part of the Bloodborne season of their show Bonfireside Chat. Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and Steve Gaynor talk about Yahar'gul, the Unseen Village.

Mergo and the End of the Hunt

This post is a Lore Hunter original that considers a couple of theories regarding the resolution of the events that transpire in the Nightmare of Mensis and what exactly ends the hunt.

via bloodborne.wiki.fextralife.com

Guarding the Eldritch Truth

The following content is original to this site, but was also posted in this thread on Reddit in /r/bloodborne. This article explore the manner in which the Great One Rom hides rituals, and the implications this has on the narrative.

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What's Really Going On In Bloodborne - The Hunters and The Heir

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 humanity's motivation to commune with the Great Ones, 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.

The Hunters and the Heir

One of the Caryll runes, Heir, says: “Perhaps the 'Heir' is a hunter who bears the echoing will of those that went before him.” We've already touched on the idea of the Great Ones requiring a surrogate but what exactly does that mean? We know that every Great One loses its child and yearns for a surrogate, which implies that though these beings can impregnate humans the resulting child never survives long. This can be seen lategame when the prostitute Arianna gives birth, an event precipitated by the encroaching red moon, and the 'child' is briefly alive.

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