Aviators - Song of the Abyss (Dark Souls Song | Symphonic Rock)
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This song is a single for my upcoming Masks - EP releasing October 25th!
The Dark Souls games keep sucking me back in.
"Song of the Abyss" is a tragic tale of loyalty and inevitable defeat, following the story of Knight Artorias and his great wolf Sif. Once the greatest warrior in the known world, Artorias fails his final mission to stop the spread of the Abyss, falling to its influence and leaving his wolf safely behind under his enchanted shield. Of course we, the player, later find Sif and carry on the legacy of the Wolf Knight despite his defeat.
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Lyrics:
Old friend, we seem surrounded
As decay is closing in
And the kiss of deadly silence
Has been placed upon my skin
For the code we're bound to follow
You have led my last crusade
Now we're swallowed by the city
As it fades
I will shield you from the darkness
When the walls around us quake
I will hold back all the monsters
Until my bones begin to break
When I've lost I'll have to leave you
And the tears, they'll fall like rain
If I'm taken by the shadows
I will spare you from the pain
Cry a requiem for sunlight
Hide away now from the dark
To me the angered deep is calling
Tearing me apart
Somehow the whispers do command me
When the abyss has taken hold
Now carry on in glory
When I grow cold
I will shield you from the darkness
When the walls around us quake
I will hold back all the monsters
Until my bones begin to break
When I've lost I'll have to leave you
And the tears, they'll fall like rain
If I'm taken by the shadows
I will spare you from the pain
Foolishly I left the darkness creeping
In this restless ruin my soul is bleeding
I confess to you the dark
Has taken me prisoner
I am corrupt beyond any rescue
I've forsaken my vow to protect you
Oh, end these horrors
Face the father of the sinister
If the fight's over
I will sacrifice my mind
Just to know you'll still be breathing
When the years have been unkind
So continue on without me
Guard my body and my flame
Keep a watch over the wasteland
When the world forgets my name
I will shield you from the darkness
When the walls around us quake
I will hold back all the monsters
Until my bones begin to break
When I've lost I'll have to leave you
And the tears, they'll fall like rain
If I'm taken by the shadows
I will spare you from the pain - Hudba
Artorias and the Ivory King are absolute legends.
One fought his way into the Abyss to try and kill Manus, the father of the Abyss.
The other built his throne on top of what was effectively the gate to hell to make sure nothing gets out of it, and when he felt himself starting to die, decided to jump in and see if he couldn't kill it once and for all.
Dark Souls 2 had just too much hope, in comparisson to the first and third game.
@@Mendoza-yi6qk Which is not a bad thing considering that having hope also mean we have despair, and goddamn that game crushed me with Lucatiel story, and others
@@destin-furry9351 Dark Souls 2 had a lot of good stories but still lacks on a few other points. Sadly.
Curse that game every time I played it wouldn't let me save, tell me why I came so far only for it to rip my victory from me
@@Deweygreen1 welcome to Dark Souls.
I've always loved the story of Artorias and Sif because it's such a well done tragedy. The two of them are the best hope against the Abyss so they're sent to confront it, and when they're overrun, Artorias protects Sif with the last bit of his sanity. When the Chosen Undead rescues Sif, Sif helps CU fulfill Artorias's quest to stop the Abyss then Sif begins an eternal vigil to guard both Artorias's grave and the secrets to the Abyss. A long time passes, maybe centuries, and Sif still keeps the vigil, when someone disturbs Artorias's grave. Sif knows the smell, and understands what's happening. He's lost one companion to the Abyss, and he's seen what it does to even the strongest willed people. He can't let it happen again. As much as it hurts, they both know what has to be done. For their friends and for the fallen. Maybe somewhere, in another life, in another time, they could have avoided it. But not this place. Not this time. There could be no compromise between the two former companions
Y'know what makes it even sadder?
Frampt himself said that he's been looking for 1000 years for a successor to Gwyn, meaning an entire age is about a millennium. When artorias was sent to oolacile, he was under the command of Gwyn during his reign just before it began to fall, which means sif was waiting for around 1 and a half thousand years until he met you again. 1500 years not knowing who helped you, where they went or if they're still alive only to finlly come across them once again having to face them
Even worse when you consider this, We technically havent helped Sif at this point yet. He knows who we are and is trying to protect US from meeting Artorias's fate. But WE do not know who HE is at this point.
So Sif lost one companion and, to his mind, was betrayed by another.
@@Rebellions that depends on what route you take
@@ASmartNameForMe I was going more off of the fact that Oolacile is DLC content so around the time this game was new there was no way you do Oolacile before the Sif fight because it didnt exist yet.
I'm well aware you can basically beeline to that place if you so desire.
@@Rebellions ah right. Gotcha
That's the Artorias theme. And a marvellous use of it, too, adds a lot of chest hair to the song.
Glad someone noticed it hiding in there! Thank you, I like to add snippets of the original OSTs when I do video game songs.
I didn't catch it. Does it play at a certain part? If so could you time stamp it for me?
@@peteofthebread4197 2:41
Have this playing at a lower volume in the background of Vaati's Prepare To Cry of Artorias around the part of him sacrificing for Sif, or the whole volume but growing in intensity as the video progresses, but never enough to overpower Vaati's dialogue
Oh my gosh. I can't believe I didn't catch that! Well played! 😆
Can't parry the feels, man.
Poise over 100 and you'd still be staggered.
Darlon **throws shield at the feels too parry but it bounces back**
SHIT THE FEELS ARE UNBEATABLE RUN !
Parry these you fucking casual.
"Old friend we've been surrounded." 😢
Git gud
"When the world forgets my name"
*Artorias my boi no...*
One of the greatest warriors in the history of the DS series? Artorias... your story will stay with us until death my old friend.
Xavier Little the sad thing is... by the time of DS3 artorias name was forgotten like many more, even gwyn’s name is barely remembered.
@@Mei-Faithful damnit you made it sadder
Names of every great hero fade in the memories throughout years. Like mentioned here, Artorias is completly forgotten in DS3 and Gwyn is never directly mentioned. Ivory King is another example. Yes, he was in the DLC and not the main game, but he sacrificed himself to protect his queen and kingdom. Yet, in DS3 there's nothing about him. Dark Souls 2 is concidered by many the worst of the 3 games, but DS3 feels so...empty at moments. Some bosses feel rushed or don't bring anything to the story.
@@desukyatchashinigami744 I got the same feeling from DS3. It lacked that melancholic tone about it which gaves us a bittersweet sense of loss and fernweh.
It think it's due to the lack of music that evokes these feelings, like DS1' Firelink Shrine and Majula's. Also the lack of inviting greenery overtaking the place, it gives us an underlying sense that time is moving on, leaving things behind w/o proper respects or care and yet it feels innofensive and alive. In DS3 most of it looks sick and implies the place is hostile.
This song hit extremely hard for me. I had a friend who id played dark souls 1 - 3 with. We didn’t get to finish 3 before cancer took his life. He was one of my best friends, even though id never known him in real life. This song reminded me of him because he’d wore Artorias’s armor in Dark Souls 3, as well as our deep friendship. He was the Artorias to my Sif.
Bro that's terrible, I'm so sorry for your loss.
I can agree...
I feel so sorry for your loss. I'm sure that your friendship will be forever alive.
I’m so sorry for your loss.
RIP in peace
Artorias and Sif's story is crushing. Even worse when you fight Sif and he recognizes you, that brief whine knowing that he has to keep you from the Abyss, both his duty and his want to keep another friend from slipping into the Darkness.
i dont think siff wants to keep you from the abyss, i think he wants to stop anyone else from being corrupted. he doesnt hide the crest of artorias, he guards it. because siff knows that if someone was able to defeat him, if someone has the power to best him and the will to finish him, they are worthy of the secret to abyss walking. siffs death is one of solace, knowing that the chosen undead can make things right, and being thankful his duty can end
@@jynxed66six54 I think her reasons are arguable at best. Part of the reason I enjoy the story of Souls as it’s mostly up to interpretation.
As a Chosen undead, I’m glad Artorias gets the credit.
Let the world remember him as a hero..... while it still remembers him...
I couldn’t agree more. Legacy or not he is a hero. For it was he who clung onto his final frayed thread of sanity just long enough to ensure one able to stop the abyss came forth. In the end it was he who held the line against not only the odds but himself too. Artorias is a hero worthy of 1,000 songs. But this one. This one is perfect.
@@Abysswalker8220 the other thing is that even in dark souls 3, people remember his story, the abyss watchers based their existence/purpose on the legend of artorias
I mean, lets face it:
When we face Artorias, he is worn out, insane, has no Shield and broken his main arm. And yet he is one of the hardest fights in the game, atleast the first time.
Can you even imagine facing this monster at full strength?
@@ottokarl5427 no hope for victory then
@@ottokarl5427 A monster? He was anything but. He did his best to fend off the abyss, and even corrupted himself, he hunts down corruptions in one last effort to hold back the abyss.
"When the world forgets my name."
Artorias' name was eventually forgotten.
His name is forgotten but not what he (actually we) did, in the past.
@@Mendoza-yi6qk Yep.
@@Solarblossom2238 His legacy lives on in the form of Farron's Abyss Watchers.
@@Solarblossom2238 All things succumb to entropy eventually to quote a line from another game " Even the mighty are rendered nameless by time"
Never by us.
My favorite part of this song:
Trying to figure out if it is about Artorias trying to comfort Sif, or Sif trying to comfort YOU.
I' not sure if Sif would call you "old friend, althrought "If fight is over I'll sacrifice my mind..." could be Sif and following " I 'll shield you from the darkness..." definetly fits Sifs reason to fight you, to protect you from horrors of Abyss.
Or it could both: Sif is telling you same thing that Artorias told her/him so you remember what has happened to Artorias so you will understand why she/he can't let you, and there is no ill will in that because one death doesn't mean much for undead (how else would you surived all thore years if you were not udead? humans are fragile in DS). If she/he could talk, of course.
@@Karak-_- if you save him i would say he would
;-;
No it’s easy to understand, From 3:10 it just seals the fact that this song is artorias.
@@Mei-Faithful yes, but, there is another voice for that moment
me: oh yay, new aviators!
me: [reads description]
me: [starts to cry already]
I would give you a tissue but I’ve used them all.
"Thoughts turn to words, words turn to action, action turns to heroes, heroes turn to legends, legends turn to myths, and myths turn to thoughts"- Unknown
I would give you my happy pills but I tried all of them
I like the idea that while history has probably forgotten Artorias' name, he lives on in the memories of millions of Undead across the different realities who saw to it that his death was not in vain, who bore his memory with him all the way to the end of the world.
"If the fight's over
I will sacrifice my mind
Just to know you'll still be breathing
When the years have been unkind
So continue on without me"
this put me in tears.
"Guard my body and my flame
Keep a watch over the wasteland
When the world forgets my name"
I cried.
"Ah, Sif! There you are! All of you... forgive me... for I have availed you nothing"
One of the more tragic characters in DS, and a fantastic boss. Fitting then, that he is tributed with such a fantastic song!
If only i could be so grossly incandescent
He is the most tragic one. From the first game for sure.
Well, his story was tragic, but you know what was far more sad and pathetic?
Me fighting him.
As an experienced Souls veteran, that had played through all games and DLCs EXCEPT this one, I was confident in myself.
Just saying, I spent half the time swearing at the screen and the other half just fucking begging for mercy.
"oh God please GOD NO PLEASE, LEAVE ME ALONE"
The rest is history.
@@federicobellavista634 the first time I fought against him was in NG+ I died more than in my first play through
Mendoza 091999 I fought him first in ng++ and beat him on my fourth attempt but he is one of my favorites
Before playing Dark Souls: Wow, this is such a good song.
After playing Dark Souls: Shut up. I'm not crying, your crying.
Artorias and Sif are my favourite characters of dark souls and this song really hit me I know the story and how sad it is and this song really shows how close they were the fact that Artorias final act was to save his friend is just amazing and Sif defended his grave from looters and protected the ring Artorias wore which inevitably cause his death so no one else would suffer the same fate. The part when Sif remembers you is touching but he knows you won't leave so he must kill you to save you from the darkness that will inevitably take him and everything else
Sifs a she I believe
@@artemis5265 Youre right
Please use punctuation. I ran out of breath thinking my way through that
Thank you for the context I wasn't aware of. :)
Dude knowing the story between Sif and Artorias literally gives me chills and brings a tear to my eye every time I hear this song.
The saddest part about this song, is that it sounds like its Artorias saying his final words to Sif before saying goodbye
Aviators just out here still killing it in 2019
Join me in the ranks of us grian empireials and we shall conquer all that stands in our way. Nothing can stop us. We will be victorious. We will regain supreme and rule under grians authority
I forgot a period at the end but no matter you get what I'm saying. didn't you?
@@Deweygreen1 no, no i don't
You should join then and we shall rule together under the rule of grian that is.
and they will continue here in 2020
Today, my dog passed away in my arms. I had her for 13 years, ever since she was a puppy. And as I felt her heartbeat weaken, this song started playing in my head. I’m gonna miss her, but I’m glad I got to spend all this time with her. I’m just glad her last moments were in my arms and surrounded by family. She spent her last moments with her pack, as every dog and wolf should.
I'm sorry for your loss
God damn . I can't even imagine how it must have felt . I know it's late but sorry for your loss
8 months late i know but we don't forget our furry friends so just wanted to say i wish you both the very best and im sure that their pack is mourning with you your not alone
May the little angel rest in peace
When the roles are reversed, its even sadder it seems
Imagine if Vaati didn’t share your song “fading light” over two years ago, I would have missed out on so much awesome music
Ik right
HOLLOWW HOLLOWWW
who is Vaati?
@@Dominik-tq3gk Vaati Vidya, the Souls lore guy.
Yeah, I too discovers Aviators' channel through Vaati, and I immediately fell in love with this channel.
Let's be real. Sif made every single one of us cry at least once.
When Artorias dies, after his scream he should softly say thank you.
It would be nice to have that. Funny enough in DS2 The Ivory King screams just that as he dies.
It would have made him unique, since no boss in Dark Souls 1 talked if I remember correctly. Mostly of course they all went hollow
Thanks, I had to explain to my supervisor who Artorias was and why I was crying while I was on my break.
Lmao, you at least enjoy the song right? It's not mared by embarrassment now is it?
@@mariesamist7208 of course! Not a single man would ever be ashamed of shedding tears on behalf of Artorias and Sif. The only shame would be the inability to carry on despite them.
@@canttalk-busypurging damn right.
"So continue on without me
Guard my body and my flame
Keep a watch over the wasteland
When the world forgets my name"
This hits strit to the heart.
Wish I could play drums for you guys.
After 12 hours of work I came home exhausted. Didn't want to do anything. Just stare at the wall and let my mind calm itself. I knew I had to go to the gym to stay fresh, but I had no will. Then one notification came in. "A new thing. A new song. Is it Aviators? And is it dark?" My eyebrows were raised. I watched on that. Immideatly I clicked...and started listening. Memories flooded my mind. Of me going trough the dark. Of me fighting the sad sad fight. Of me clinging to the light.
After the song's end, I felt calmer. My lips stucked in smilling position. I got up from bed, grabbed my things and I'm on my way to gym.
Thank you Aviators.....for being the light in my abyss.
Nice effort
Well now its time for 12 hours of replaying the song and trying to forgive yourself for killing Sif
Don't talk like that dude :(..you're an amazing person, you just haven't figured that out yet
@@mel319 - Thank you. :-) It takes extra kind of man to support some unknown guy.
@@unclechair2208 Already done that (after the gym). Sif is amazing buddy, who did everything for those he loved. Him protecting you (the chosen) from entering the abyss.....yeah. This stirs emotions. He'll stay in my heart forever.
My best friend got me into Dark Souls. His favorite character was Artorias. He went hollow... He left us... And the tears fell like rain. Quinton, I love you Brother, and I'll see you again one day. Until then, I promise you I won't go hollow.
There is no story in DS, they say. It's just stupidly beating yourself against the hard bosses, they say.
Then a wolf twitches his eyebrow, and everyone is crying.
THAT is how you define a nice story.
Darks souls and it's story is ment to be peaced by each of us as we play. Our brains make the darksousl for us as for me I like the idea that sif is loyal so much the wolf you find may just be a physical manifestation of him but his soul watches over the grave of atorus or well the complex that it is now as you the chosen hollow in the first game save from being remembered as a failure. And thus he was found dead and buried with honor. Over the endless cycles sif still serves even if the world fergets the Knight and his one true companion. Sif will never forget his master nor the hollow who saved him from a fate worse than his overdue death. And sometimes I like to dwell on this as a thing where I bring the last of the embers into modern world and out of some last spark of humanity atorius has I usually allow sif to move on from the grave watching task for he died in a moment of purity thus when I do get his soul in ds 1 I'm gonna make the true sward and sheild because, it's only right to use the blade made to kill the darkness and in ds3 I'm gonna be using the old gear once more for I honor sig more than the watchers who followed his stride. Because just like atorius they too fell from the hevans. Driven by the darkness, so in connection to the abyss all who fight it dall to it except a beast. Our great grey wolf sif. He never faltered at all. And with the age fo the gods all well past. I see his unending watching being rewarded in the time in the ehvans where atorus is brought from the void to be at his pups side for the time eternal no longer does either have to bow to a tyrant King and fight a war that's only gonna end in a loss.
@@lechking941 tl,dr
Sif held out longer than any god or man in his duty.
Isn't Sif female?
@@sabishivivalakitten8541 ummm gael ?
@@royd209 Gael is in DS3, not what were presented with in DS
One of the many absolute heroes of Dark Souls lore. Artorias fought and fought and fought until he could no longer and fell to it. Even then, he sacraficed himself to protect his friend and companion Sif, The Great Gray Wolf. Even after he effectively lost his mind to the abyss, he continued to hunt it and destroy it, broken, bloodied, and alone, and with no hope of winning. He is a true soldier. And he passes his mission on to you without saying a word so you can do what he never could.
This is one of my absolute favorite songs for when I'm feeling like I'm trapped in my own abyss... Thank you Aviators for your amazing music.
the story of artorias and sif is one of the saddest as artorias once gave everything to protect sif from the darkness she then does the same to try and protect the chosen undead the one who saved her from suffering the corrupting abyss as her dearest friend once did.
I'm imagining Artorias walking through the abyss singing this song in his head and looking at Sif who always walks beside him looking up and with her own version of a grin looks ahead the same will as him there strength as one and the reason she's so big in the main game being because she had a piece of his soul unknowingly
Considering the placement of the Hornet ring, I think after the Chosen Undead gives Ciaran the soul of Artorias, Sif takes Ciaran's Soul and Artorias's soul into himself, and that's why Sif is bloody huge and uses Arty's techniques.
Imagine if we could have had Artorias fight along side us against Manus.
good sir might I introduce you to the daughters of ash mod
I wish I played on PC instead of PS4, I wish I could have mods...
Consider that the chosen undead, a being with no identity, could very well have taken up the arms and armor of Artorias and wielded them against Manus and the Abyss.
And unlike Artorias, they get to try again and again until it works.
@@danny5357 imagine if artorias had the legendary power to reload saves as well
@Black Cat Rapture yeah, if the artorias bossfight from the dlc had both hands and his shield he'd kick manus's ass
especially if he had unlimited tries just like the chosen undead
Sif 's fight was always heartbreaking he was only trying to stop you from being corrupted by the abyss like his friend
Dustin Hazelwood ... No, he was trying to protect his master’s tomb.
Even if you saved him first, which you may not even have.
@@nathanjora7627 Artorias' corpse was still corrupted and capable of passing on said corruption. Sif was guarding more than just the tomb, She was protecting the world from the corruption spreading anew. She carried on her duty longer than any god or hero did in that world.
@@Nempo13 No, he (don't say it's a she without any good evidence, and no the name isn't good evidence at all, it's not an issue if you realize there is no evidence for it but it kinda grinds my nerve if you don't) is actually just protecting the tomb, that's what the whole covenant prior to him is there for, that's what the desription of his soul speaks about "Soul of Sif the Great Grey Wolf, who guards the grave of Artorias the Abysswalker." and not about the spread of any post mortem corruption, and of course although it could make sense that artorias's body would still be able to spread corruption, there is no actual evidence of that, so we can't say that's what he was doing.
Also what you're talking about and what OP are talking about are two different thing I'd wager, he seems to be referring to the very popular (and completely unevidenced) idea that Sif is trying to prevent you from going in the abyss to fight the four kings, which is an actually nonsensical idea, so credit where credit is due yours is at least plausible even if it has one flaw in common, namely : if you killed Manus with sif, sif should know that you're more than able to take on the abyss and know of its dangers, so whatever you're doing he should be able to guess that you're doing it for good reasons and not without proper precautions.
Which of course only applies if one supposes that sif is at human levels of intelligence, otherwise it's fine.
@@nathanjora7627 isn't you saying that Sif is a 'he' the same thing. Just like Cory Myers, you have no more evidence that Sif is male that they have that it's a female. The origin of the name is female, but later translations use a male suffix.
If you feel like being pedantic over the gender Sif (or any character) is referred to, make sure you have evidence to back up your argument. Otherwise you just make yourself sound ignorant.
@@nathanjora7627 I'm pretty sure he test you out to ser if you're worth of the ring it drops. To fight the abyss, you must be strong, stronger than anybody. An iron will.
Why aren't we talking about the way he says "Until my bones begin to break"? It's such a well delivered line
Also considering his shield arm is broken too.
@@scorpiowarrior7841 that's his sword arm. If I remember correctly. He's holding his sword with his shield arm since his main arms broken
It's such a shame that there isn't a way of sparing Sif. He's the goodest boi of them all.
Also, it's hard to imagine how powerful Artorias actually was as himself. I mean, the Artorias we fight in the game is exhausted, severely injured, without his Greatshield and completely corrupted by the abyss. Just imagine what this man could do with one of his arms not uselessly flailing about, with all of his will and determination and skill at his side....
Probably be like Gael but on super steroids.
@@infinityxeno1907 And probably without the magic, and lighting and stuff... just a... super buff Artorias (reasoning behind me not thinking Artorias knows magic or anything like that is mainly because there are no Artorias/wolf talismans or anything like that that hint to him using spells or faiths and the like.)
Plus he wielded a great sword 1 handed
There is a mod that allows you to get the Ring from saving Sif in the DLC instead.
@@toothedbirch56 with his off hand too
This song makes me think of a Paladin whos whole party is downed, and he is the only thing standing between them and death, and he is fighting tooth and claw to protect them. He dies after he defeats all the enemies surrounding them, having given everyone just enough time to recover, then as a spirit he watches over them. Anyway kinda stupid but thats what I thought of.
You know the funny thing is, I heard this song for the first time today, and just yesterday my DnD party had an encounter kind of like this. The rogue had a lost brother who was taken by a group of fanatics at a young age and moulded into essentially an evil paladin and was tasked with tracker her down for a sin she'd committed. The fight started going poorly and he dropped her when he thought he couldn't save her. He then realized what he'd done, and saw the rest of her party frantically trying to protect her and save her, and he snapped out of it, told them all to run, and then turned on his former comrades and bought them some time to escape. I imagine something like the theme of this song was the message he tried to impart when they fled.
Not stupid at all. Its a heroic final stand with imagery with knight swords and mosters. If you just heard this with no context you might thing of Spider-Man or Superman giving that final sacrifice. Or All Might, or Vegeta's Final Explosion. Depends on what you personally consume the most of.
The one Lyric that has confused me for the longest time is “When the world forgets my name” cause Artorias is one of Dark Souls’s biggest legends in universe.
But I just realized. It’s because the song is from HIS perspective. Because Artorias dies long before the chosen undead comes to finish what he started and kill off Manus for good. *So Artorias died believing at best he’d fade into obscurity, remembered only by Sif, and at worst be remembered as an abject failure.*
But as pointed out: He actually got forgotten, like most heroes and monsters in Dark Souls. Yes, in Dark Souls 1, when the realm is still somewhat intact like Gwyn created it, he is extremly famous. But by Dark Souls 3, not even the Abyss Watchers who are his fanclub remember his name.
@@ottokarl5427 his name got forgotten over the time, but his will and his objective never faded away, destroying the abyss for good, that's why the abyss watchers are still there existing after so many time, he left a message, at least that is what I like to think
"if the fight's over, I will sacrifice my mind just to know that you'll still be breathing" must be the 10th time I'm singing along and I still start to cry at that exact moment
-a dog lover
"I will shield you from the darkness
When the walls around us wiake
I will hold back all the monsters
Until my bones begin to break"
Possibly the best line written maybe ever
"And the tears, they'll talk like rain"
Mine fell literally like waterfall. No other song made me feel so emotional and left crying so hard.
Love the lore. Love the song.
Magnificent
I never made it past the first boss in Dark Souls, but I want to give the big wolf a giant hug.
"Tears that fell like rain." Indeed they did.
NiceLittleWolfie ... You never went past the Taurus demon ?
hint: run left and go through the door, the first boss is meant to reck you if you try to kill it at first, get your weapon that will be able to hurt anything then plunge and roll and he will die, and remember that they game is gunning for you and everything is a trap
I am convinced that at 3:55 is where the song is then handed to sif who is now trying to protect you from the abyss and his duty. When he realises that he recognises us and wants to stop another friend giving in to the dark.
He’s trying to test if you are strong enough, if he kills you then you will not suffer to the abyss. But if you kill him you prove you are strong enough to go throughout your journey.
I mean...he is the best knight in Lordran....he even has the wolf
Ma te sei scemo?!
Cit. Thepruld
@@yourbestfriendinshooters3088 Aò guarda che me se 'ncazza Gwyn, me se 'ncazza pure Ciaran..Gough no che non gliene frega un cazzo...
@@Gabriel_TR you know that if we don't stop it now we will just continue to the end,right? XD
@@yourbestfriendinshooters3088 yep, and i couldn't be happier XD
@@Gabriel_TR yeee XD
Whenever I tell anyone about Aviators, I always say the same thing: Aviators is one of the greatest lyricists I've ever heard, period. Not to put down the music or the singing at all - they're both amazing - though I can think of a handful of artists who are comparable in one or both of those things. The lyrics, though? I've never heard ANYONE write anything as powerful and poignant as the stuff this dude comes up with. I'm not someone who usually sings along with songs much since the lyrics are usually so predictable and boring (plus I don't have the greatest singing voice), but when I'm listening to anything by Aviators, I can't help but to sing along.
Agree with you on all points but if we're talking other fantastic lyricists then I can't believe you didn't mention Miracle of Sound. Gavin has done a few collabs with Aviators but his own work is just as great. For a good example of excellent lyrics check out his song "Best of Us" based on "The Last of Us" or "New Black Gold" based on "Deus Ex".
@@paulhannah4030 I don't actually know much about Miracle of Sound except for maybe one or two collabs I saw him do with Aviators. Thanks for mentioning him, though, I'm definitely gonna check him out asap if he's anywhere near this good.
Oh no memories of having to fight Sif again.
Now to listen to this song on repeat and try not to cry while at work.
Imagine if there was a option to not kill sif and just let him be slightly wounded. I would have preferred that very much
The only problem with that is that Sif's conviction to stand between you and the Abyss was strong enough that he wasn't going to let you do it as long as he was alive.
Just imagine, if you beat him and took the ring, he'd stand between you and the exit and what then? Climb him? He'd follow you and kill you any way he could to keep you from the abyss.
Heck, I didn't even play Dark Souls and even I'm getting teary-eyed. Your music is superb as always.
I just realized yet another little sad but sweet touch. You know how Sif starts limping if she gets injured while summoned to fight Manus? It's the same injury as Artorias had.
Fact: Artorias used his sword in the right arm and his shield in his left.
To save Sif he used his shield, but instead of the right it was the left who was incapacitated. Why?
Because he used his stronger arm to wield the shield, to defend his friend with all the strenght he had left
That's not a fact, that's a hypothesis. All we know is that his left arm is broken. We don't know how it was broken, and your explanation for it is more fanfic than lore.
I do however agree that it's a nice and interesting way to look at it.
In Dark Souls, the normal player and npc models are all right-handed (for simplicity's sake), meaning that they hold their main weapon in their right hand and their shield in the left hand. Artorias is also depicted in all materials (even those with his left arm not broken) as holding his sword in his right hand, so he's likely right handed too, and that's the reason he holds his shield in his left arm.
Also, I seem to recall that Artorias didn't break his arm protecting Sif, but rather while fighting Manus without his shield after having left his shield with Sif. It's fully possible that I'm miss-remembering this detail. Maybe he broke his arm while shielding Sif from Manus, and then retreated with Sif, left his shield with Sif, and then went back to fight Manus alone while his left arm was still broken.
Regardless, his left arm is still no his stronger arm. He's not left-handed.
(Though I do agree that it would be baddess and tragic as heck if he was left-handed, since that would back up him defending Sif with the sheild while using his stronger arm for it, but it would also mean that the Artorias boss that we fight is using his weaker arm with his sword when fighting us.)
Edit: If the North American cover for Dark Souls 1(before the DLC was a thing) is the reason you believe Artorias to be left-handed, then please go watch Silver Mont's video on the topic. The video in question is called "Is Artorias on the cover of Dark Souls?" and was uploaded in 2013. The answer is that no, that isn't Artorias on the cover.
@@sancturilloreyou're probably right, but then why the skill of the sword can be used only if it's equipped in the left hand?
@@coren5911 Okay, I just looked it up.
In the first Dark Souls game, all 3 versions of Artorias' sword didn't have that condition (Greatsword of Artorias and Greatsword of Artorias (Cursed), both from Sif's Soul, as well as the Abyss Greatsword from Artorias' abyss corrupted soul).
The same thing applies for Dark Souls 3, in which the moveset isn't limited by it being left or right handed.
The need to used the sword with the left hand to be able to have the Abyss Greatsword (and Greatsword of Artorias) moveset from DS1 is only for the Majestic Greatsword in Dark Souls 2.
Interestingly, here's what the Majestic Greatsword description says:
"An ancient greatsword of unknown origin.
This sword was passed down through generations, until it reached Gordin, wandering knight of Forossa, and was lost upon his death.
Uncannily, every last one of the prominent swordsmen who inherited this weapon was left-handed."
While that could be viewed as an indicator of Artorias having been left-handed, a few things in-game and outside of the game should be taken into consideration, so let's take this info with a grain of salt.
1- Artorias' name has already been forgotten by the time of DS2. There's nothing proving that he was actually left-handed. He might have been, and that would be quite epic, as we've both established in our previous comments, but this still isn't a complete confirmation.
2- The requirement isn't there in DS3(both for the Wolf sword and for the Abyss Watcher sword).
3- The Abyss Watchers, the ones closest to the actual wolf style of Artorias (as opposed to the ones who simply tried to copy his style while using a similar sword, such as in the case of the DS2 Majestic Greatsword) all use it in their right hand. In their cases, they use a dagger in the left hand due to them refusing to use a shield (likely a dilution of the info on what actually happened, with them misunderstanding the lack of a shield as a choice, or maybe they just adopted that style to go even more in-depth with the wolf style, or maybe it's just that they are Undead so they don't care, or a mix of the 3).
4- Miyazaki didn't have much role in making DS2, so maybe the left-hand thing was just the interpretation of the guy who directed the making of DS2.
As such, while I'd personally love for Artorias to have been left-handed, I'm not confident with it being actually true or not.
@@coren5911
Because the devs of ds2 dont know how to develop their own game so they need to read the fans' headcanons instead of coming up with their own ideas.
Artorias is not hinted being left handed in neither ds1 nor ds3.
A competent knight is trained to use his shield with his non dominant arm, that's pretty much it.
If you guys are so desperate for a badass, tragic, brooding, left-handed character, rejoice: the Ivory King is left-handed
I got DS remastered in september of last year, and it is the first time that i've owned the dlc. I started it and beat the Guardian, but i'm kind of scared to play through the rest of it, because dark souls 1 is my favourite game of all time and the dlc is the last ds1 content that i've never seen.
It is hard but beautifull the next Boss will make you cry (just like a certain Grey Wolf) and like Ornstein and Smough so take it slowly and remember no matter what the sun will always be there for you so take a moment and praise it for that
The DLC is probably the best part of DS1. The Guardian is a good fight, other bosses in it are amazing. Make sure to rescue young Sif, as you get a very special summon for the last boss, if you do
@Stug Life you just had to say the name
@@unclechair2208 Did you even watch the video of this? It spoils it ALL.
@@InviWasTaken yeach for someone that knows it all already but this guy said that he was playing for the first time
YESS finally another amazing dark souls Aviators video!!
You know this video made me think about why I love Artorias. Not just because of his amazing boss fight nor his cool character design. It’s because he is a true hero. Although the word “hero” has a blurry meaning and everyone can imagine what a hero is but what defines a hero? Many things really, but what I truly believe what is the most important aspect of a true hero is the influence they have on others. Knight Artorias, the legendary abysswalker even after his death, even after his name is long forgotten his heroism has inspired so many to continue his work fighting the dark even inspiring an entire legion of abyss watchers to continue battling the dark and all the horrors that dwell within it. A hero no matter the magnificence will eventually be forgotten by the ages of time but the heroism and deeds of that person will always be remembered by those who were inspired by them and strive to continue their purpose, for a purpose can easily long outlive the one who created it.
amen brother
The only guy I can see whose legacy is as robust is the Nameless King; for though his identity was erased and his temples destroyed, his legacy of heroism lives on. Even in ds3, like the Abyss Watchers, his Warriors of Sunlight continue to survive, ever striving for jolly-cooperation!
When Sif starts limping, both as a summon and in her fight, it just breaks my heart...
Me, seeing this come out at 10 at night: "Oh sweet a new song"
*Reads description*
"EP?! THIS MONTH?!?! WOOOOOAH!!!!!"
This songs structure is poetic as theres the pause between the two parts of tje stories and then at the end it fades out when it fees like the chorus will be repeated again, but it doesn’t come as their already gone
At first, I was just excited because I saw a new aviators song, even more so with it being Dark Souls...
Oh, then I listened. And again. And again. That chorus hit me so hard the first time I heard it.
I can't lie, I might have choked up a bit the first (few) times I heard it...Music makes me emotional.
It was beautiful, especially knowing the story behind the song. I genuinely love it! A new favorite, for sure!
i am not afraid to say that this song makes me tear up everytime i hear this. i sometimes have to skip it in my Aviators Playlist, because i dont want to cry. its the only song i do this for. my respect Aviators, a song that never fades.
I'll be honest, I haven't even listened to it yet. I just saw it come up on my feed and went apeshit in the middle of my Uni library in excitement.
Edit:
Okay, wow.
I've already played it on loop like three times, and I'm just awestruck at how amazing it is. The part between 2:28-3:20 is just spectacular. The way you sing "face the father of the sinister" outright gives me chills.
Amazing work. I love it.
I think you mean 0:00-5:19.
I’ve listened to this 3 times the first time it clicked half way through. I love the story of artorias and sif it made me tear up a bit. Know that this was for sif and how much artorias care for his companion.
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Babe I will shield you from Japanese
God damn the Japanese. They corrupted Artorias with their hentai.
@@RenagadeGam3r Ironic, since Artorias is inspired by Guts from the Berserk manga (if I recall correctly).
I'll never forgive the japanese
ok joseph
@@Fireheart04 who's Joseph
Wow, I cannot believe the fact that you're still putting out amazing Dark Souls music. Despite never having the chance to play anything in the Soulsborne series except Dark Souls 3, I have quickly grown to watching people like SquillaKilla., and loving Dark Souls fan-music. It makes me ecstatic to see continued growth and support of both the Soulsborne community, and this channel. Now all I wish for in life is more Portal...
December 2022 Edit; I wrote this comment about 3 years ago, and right now it is a week to Christmas. Since then, I've played each of the Dark Souls through to completion, a solid chunk of Sekiro, and have started to get into Elden Ring. The past ~3 years has been a wild experience, and Aviators has been a big factor in my interest. The emotional songs have really pushed me to become invested in the Soulsborne series and its lore. Before this comment, I never had only briefly played DS3. Now, it sits in my Top 10 of all-time video games by playtime, even compared to games I had played for over a decade longer and have played since then. It's astonishing just how great of a series this is, and I hope that there's plenty more in store in the Soulsborne franchise, be it through Elden Ring's likely inevitable DLC, or some new FromSoftware game.
Dakota S Well, if you played DS3, you played the third best soulsborne game, so you don’t have to worry too much (DS1 and DeS being the best. I don’t know which is best but either of them is) about missing things in the soulsborne series.
"If the fights over,
I will sacrifice my mind,
just to know you'll still be breathing,
When the years have been unkind."
As a father this hits deep
Artorias the legend finally had a song he deserves this and to be forever remembered same with the whole souls series plus Artorias is my fav boss
Such a beautiful intro and your lyrics sound so clear. It really is insane how good you got this year with your production! Hyped for Masks
I cry. Sif is the most precious dog in gaming history. We all owe him our debt of gratitude.
I'm sure everyone can feel the emotions this song brings. But this truly highlights the care of a knight who feels duty bound to sacrifice everything he has to hold back a force that is unfortunately way beyond him. Yet even as he gives his everything to stave off the darkness of the Abyss, even falling to its control, he bears in mind not his duty but the closest companion he had. A little wolf named Sif who goes on to guard the grave of its master, likely knowing he won't return but showing the depth of the love and loyalty between them by remaining.
Artorias and Sif. The two warriors who walked into the Abyss, the warriors who were more family and friends. And even in his last moments of free will, Artorias tried to save his friend. After millennia Sif stood guard of Artorias's grave. I also noticed a slight note of Sif's battle theme near the end. And I also love your use of Artorias's theme in the song as well. These two have such tragic back stories, and it really makes you feel for them.
Goddamn ninjas cutting onions. I'll never not cry when I see Sif, the poor thing!
Is there any chance that Gwyndollin will get a song one day? His story is also so sad (then again, whose isn't in Dark Souls?) :,D
Fantastic work as always!
Patches becaus screw that bald asshole (I mean that he does not have a sad story not one that I know about)
Solaire if you do his story the right way has a happy ending.
@@Raptor052 there is no happy ending for the sunbro in one he complets his life goal and dies painfully but happy and in the other one he Has a mental brakedown and loses his purpouse. So no happy ending for sunbro
About happiness in Dark Souls. The world is so gone, that you have to "adjust" to that. Finding the happiness like in our world will do no good. Everything is too grimm, too hostile. Some can find happiness in calmness of death (Like Manus tried to. To sleep in peace). Others search for the light. Even others in a place of forlorn. And remember that happiness can be achieved in form of the journey to it.
I think that the story gives you a change to grasp happiness, if you're willing to take it.
@@unclechair2208 In my first run, Patches' story ended after he pranked me, while he was disguised as a knight of catarina. I thought he had killed Sigward so i murdered his ass.
Just realizing now that the last "I will shield you from the darkness" is when Siff picks up the sword to stop us from going.
He is literally shielding us from the abyss because he doesnt want to loss us to the abyss
If you mind me, I have to cry.
This has got to be one of my favourite songs! Artorias and Sif's are literally heartbreaking, and this song really makes you feel that way! This song literally made me cry... amazing song!
In terms of emotional impact, up there with Requiem for the King.
Dark Souls' world is a bleak, sad place, where tragedy befalls even to the most beautiful friendship stories. Stories that carry through time and space such as this one or the Ivory King's.
Yet, however dark it may be, even as the fire dwindles to almost extinction, there is still flame flickering, a dim light giving hope that things may yet change. In this case, that light takes the form of an undead putting to rest a brave but doomed knight and, later on, his old, tired and always loyal companion.
May the flames guide thee, Abysswalker. And may the sun shine upon him and the Great Grey Wolf.
Well said
I can't dodge the flips if there are tears in my eyes
This song never fails to bring tears to my eyes, and has inspired a potential story hook for my next D&D campaign idea.
To me your music is unique and often contemplative, and I would be remiss to forget mentioning the vivid imagery and poetry of your songs.
Thank you for your art.
damn, wasn't able to stop that single tear when the sif fight started
Heartbreaking..... Their story always was so tragic and soulful, can barely hold back tears, listening to this song...
now THAT is how you introduce us to a new album, love it
"Remember the Sacrifice..
You're gonna carry that weight..
You're always gonna have the feels..
Your name will never be forgotten.."
To me this is one of your most beautiful and sad songs. A true masterpiece.
Now if only a song about Gael existed my ears will cease to exist...
You've probably already seen this one. But if for some reason you haven't...here you go:
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Aviators is my favorite musician and Artorias is my favorite Souls character - a perfect combination. This is an utterly magnifisent song, I don't know what else to say... Thank you, Avi! 🖤
I love how this song's lyrics transitions from Artorias talking to Sif to Sif talking to you
This is so good! Just my style of music.
On the topic of songs based on FromSoft characters, do we have one based on Henryk yet? Despite a lack of clarity on his life, we know that he lived it tragically long. Imagine how many hunts he'd taken part in, and just how much bloodshed he has seen.
Holding back his urge of bloodlust even during his time in the Confederatecy. He finally snaps when he discovers that Yharnam has fallen to the Plague again and his best friend has lost himself to the beast within.
I think Henryk would make a perfect Aviators song.
It's very unlikely Henryk is somehow related to either Viola or Gascoigne. It's just a weirdly popular fan theory without basis. Henryk is black and Viola and Gascoigne are white. Technically it's not impossible for a black man to have a very pale daughter because genetics can be wild. But if From Software intended any blood relation they sure as hell wouldn't show it with such an unlikely case.
On the other hand that implies a completely different part of Henryk's history. Yharnamites all seem to be white and they're very xenophobic, so it stands to reason Henryk didn't have it easy with the locals.
@@e.w.6936 To be honest, I never knew Henryk was black. I just thought that since he was 'Granddad' he was the father of Viola, since Gas was an outsider.
Regardless, he is still a cool character and I wish he would get some love.
@@hyndenburg2619 It's kind of hard to see with the low lighting and how hunter attire conceals most of the face. But Zullie the witch made a video of the NPCs and their face values. Just search for "Bloodborne - NPC facedata". Then it becomes much more apparent. Fun fact: Henryk also has a beard.
I think in Japan it's common for children to call older people "uncle", "grandma" or the like even if you're not blood related. I guess this could be unintentional from From Software? However I would think something like "granny" could also pass as just an endearing title/name for an unrelated older lady in English, but I'm not a native speaker.
Regardless it's never specified that she's even thinking of Henryk. There just aren't many named old men besides him. The grandad could just be an unnamed guy we never see.
LADY MARIA!!
@@essex3777 Here Come the Ravens
I love this artorias is my favorite character
To be completely honest from know the story of Artorias and his great wolf it hurts me hear this, it brings me to tears, but at the end the song is very well made and I love it.
Thou name may be forgotten, but thine actions shall be remembered for time immemorial.
We close our eyes, blocking light.
We shut down our ears
We don't move
And time fast forwards or slows
We enter the Abyss just by sleep
My life cleric in my Curse of Strahd game died recently and her resurection went wrong. Her connection to her god has been severed by the vampire lord Strahd himself and he has turned her, against her will, into one of the abominations that she crusades against. This song is her new theme song.
My day has been made. A new song from my favourite artist!
Immaculate Tragedy
Beautiful Melody
The Freedom
The Comfort
I was just looking over an abyssal character I have when I saw this pop on my screen this morning and I don't think it could have been more perfect, thank you for the new song
Beautifully made, as always!
Thank you so much, now I want to replay it once again.
This is some top quality stuff!
The bond between Sif and Artorias is such a lovely topic for a song
My 2 Int Fallout character walks in with 10 perception and wonders if Aviators sings words others have sung in the past "by chance," by "the facts of reality." 👏🏻👏🏻🤙🏻
I’m never disappointed when I click on these notifications, and this is no exception. I’m absolutely enthralled with each and every song you’ve made so far, and I’m generally a lot quieter about my happiness with stuff like this, as I’ve been watching quietly from the audience with a smile. But a song like this? This is absolutely amazing. This song made me happy while making me sad, this made me feel the same happiness that I needed in the past few weeks. Please, Aviators, never stop being the Knights of Dark that we’ve come to know and love.
Aviators strike back with another amazing Dark Souls song. It's so damn good, the replay button broke! Abyss has crept inside me reawakening the monster within! *Yes, time to go for another thrilling hunt for souls... my dear host*
OOOOOOO! Sounds awesome as usual! Now... I must go cry for Sif and Artorias.
I keep a Bluetooth earpiece on while I'm at work so I can listen to music. 90% of the songs are aviators lol. It's makes working retail during the holidays so much easier.
So huge thanks to aviators for the amazing music!
There should be a book dedicated to Artorias and Sif.
Sadly that the name Artorias is forgotten in the third game. There is not much left from the wolf knight.
Mendoza 091999 Except an entire order of abyss fighting warriors that managed one of the most extraordinary feat possible in this world, linking the fire.
So... Not sure what you mean by that.
Finally, youtube notified me. I just gasped really loud when I got the notif,, I haven't even listened to the whole thing yet but I _LOVE IT_
I've been wanting to play some more Dark Souls. I guess I really should, now
You REALLY need to do a song about Gael, you successfully translate the emotions we get from these stories into music form and that's frankly precious
The story of Artorias and Sif just breaks my heart. They went to protect the humans of Oolacile. Only to come face to face with the furtive pygmy. Manus, Father of the the Abyss. When it became clear He couldn't win. He made the disission to protect his young companion, Sif. He gave her his shield to protect her while he tried to continue the fight. After that failed, he tried to retreat and left behind his pendent where Manus couldn't get it, in hopes he could find help.
He unfortunately didn't make it out of the city before Manus took him. While Artorias' mind could not be corrupted. his body could, and Manus took full advantage of it. In the end, he died not as a hero, but a victim of the Abyss. However, he did not die in vain as the Chosen Undead continued his legacy and with Sif's help avenged him.
Years later, Sif would guard her old friend's grave and make sure his fate would never happen to another person. However, the Chosen Undead reappears needing the secret she guarded. Uppon recognizing her former savior, she sorrowfully engages in combat as she cannot let them suffer Artorias' fate. Unfortunately it was not a fight she could win, and died a needless death. All so that the Chosen Undead could fulfill their perpouse.
As always Avi NAILED that chorus! Love it so much.