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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The Red Moon and the Pale Moon (also rambling commentary on Beasthood and the Old Blood)

The following post was originally written by LeeJP in this post on /r/bloodborne, with only minor changes made to the format. This post examines the Old Blood, The Great Ones, and how all of this connects to the moon(s).

via starwars.com

Bloodborne, Let's Talk Lore #06: Fear the Old Blood

The following video is part of Bloodborne: Let's Talk Lore, a lore focused let's play by Aegon of Astora. This video covers the Pthumeru Chalice of the Chalice Dungeons.

The Paleblood Hunt - A Bloodborne Analysis

The following content is a very extensive interpretation of the narrative and world of Bloodborne by dmcredgrave. 

Bloodborne Lore Discussion: Menstrual Blood? Some of it, at least.

The following video by EpicNameBro discusses the idea that some of the blood consumed in Bloodborne is menstrual blood. This is a short video that gives an overview of the theory, but I think it is an interesting idea and is worth exploring in more detail.

What's Really Going On In Bloodborne - Blood Ministration

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 blood ministration, 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.

Blood Ministration

It's worth briefly pausing over exactly what blood ministration is. How big a deal was it? Big enough that Yharnam produced more blood than alcohol, because it was more intoxicating, and so jealously guarded that Yharnam is more or less closed to outsiders.

Bloodborne Lore - Father Gascoigne

The following video by DaveControlLive on Youtube presents his interpretation of the story of Father Gascoigne and his family.

Bloodborne Lore: The Story

The following video by DaveControlLive on Youtube presents his interpretation of the story of Bloodborne. His analysis is broken up into chapters that cover a specific topic in order to paint a picture of the world.

Paleblood Isn't Blood At All

Seek paleblood to transcend the hunt.

The Lore Hunter: A Resource for Community Lore & Story Content

Welcome!

The Lore Hunter is a site I originally created to archive and organize my own lore and story speculation for Bloodborne. While this site has been received by the community in a really positive way, I thought I could do better. While it is fun seeing my own content, I enjoy poring through the thoughts of the entire community. However, there is not one place where you can find all of the lore and story content the community produces.

Until now. 

Moving forward, The Lore Hunter is now a community resource. This site will aggregate all of the content the community generates for you to look at in one place. I will still provide my own thoughts, but it will only be one of many hosted on this site. I have laid the foundations, creating pages for all of the known areas, characters, and topics we know of (the rest to be added post-release), with a link to the community content at the bottom of each page.  It is a work in progress, so please bear with me while I hunt down community content for each subject.

I am really excited with this change, and I hope you all are too. Thanks for your support so far!