Quick Lore - An Easy to Read, bullet pointed, explanation of the universe of Bloodborne, and the Player-Character’s narrative

The following content was originally created in this thread in /r/bloodborne. All credit for the content of this post goes to BlackhawkRogueNinjaX, with only minor changes being made to reflect the difference in format. 

This posts summarizes into bullet points their summary of the lore and story of Bloodborne, distilled from their previously written posts. You can find links to their original posts in the section headings.

The Sin

The following content was originally created in this thread in /r/bloodborne. All credit for the content of this post goes to SlowlyHomoeroticism, with only minor changes being made to reflect the difference in format. 

This post explores what exactly the sin was that Byrgenwerth committed.

Bloodborne Timeline (updated for The Old Hunters)

The following content was originally created in this thread in /r/bloodborne. All credit for the content of this post goes to new_hunter, with only minor changes being made to reflect the difference in format. 

This post presents a timeline of the major events in Yharnam's history.

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.

Bloodborne DLC ► Ascend the Astral Clocktower [#2]

The following video by VaatiVidya presents the second area of the Old Hunters DLC, the Research Hall. This is less explicitly a lore video, but it does examine the story and offer up lore thoughts.

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.