Chapter 244: Differentiation and Origin of the World
"In ancient times, the world was still undifferentiated and shrouded in mist. It was filled with grey rocks, towering trees and immortal dragons. But one day the first fire was lit, and all differences arose: cold and heat, life and death, light and darkness."
This is the CG scene at the beginning of the Dark Souls game, and it is also the origin theory of the Dark Souls world.
Unlike general creation myths, the origin of the Dark Souls world is not the creator god, but things, just like the origin of Norse mythology .
In all the creation myths that have been handed down, there is almost always a creator god-like existence, such as Chaos in Greek mythology, Brahma, the god of creation in Indian mythology, Pangu in Chinese mythology, and so on.
Although the processes are different, these gods all created the world out of nothingness. However, in Norse mythology, the world was not created by the creator god, but grew out of the world tree.
In this regard, the Dark Souls world is almost exactly the same as Norse mythology. If the rocky tree had won the right to create the world, then the direction of the Dark Souls world might really be exactly the same as Norse mythology. The world would be born on the rocky tree, and life would be born from the tree.
But there are no ifs. In the battle for the right to develop the world, the first fire that naturally restrained the tree won and became the fire of creation.
But unfortunately, the First Fire does not have the ability to give the world the ability to be self-sufficient.
After the First Fire created the world , the First Fire that successfully suppressed the big tree began to consume the essence of the rock tree as fuel to continue the world it created.
But when the essence of the rock tree was burned out, the First Flame could only gradually dim, because the burning of flames requires energy, and the First Flame itself cannot produce and consume itself, so the Dark Soul world based can only fall into decline.
The so-called passing on of fire, which is to use the souls of powerful gods as fuel, can only temporarily prolong the process of the flame going out.
Therefore, if you want to save the Dark Soul world, you cannot let the First Flame become the source of the world's continuation. This is also the goal set by Xia Yu and others at the beginning, which is to usurp the First Flame.
After that, we will find a way to speed up the recovery of the rock trees, skip the deep sea era directly, and let the new world tree era come.
Although the Rock Tree had been burned to the point where its roots were almost gone because of the First Fire, the details of the Dark Souls world actually illustrate one thing, that is, reincarnation and cycle. Neither the Rock Tree nor the First Fire has the concept of complete dissipation.
Even if the first fire will eventually go out, a small ball of fire will eventually ignite in the darkness, and that is the first fire that will be ignited again.
The giant rock tree, which has the same status as the first fire, will not completely dry up and die because of a temporary failure. Both of them have the divinity of creating the world, but one has the external image of a tree and the other is fire.
But this external image also brings about the nature of trees and fire, which is why trees cannot defeat fire. The Dark Souls world appears against the background of fire defeating trees.
Of course, this doesn’t mean that fire will definitely defeat trees. The original ancient dragon war was a war between fire and trees.
When the world was not differentiated, the thick fog that permeated everything was the chaos that covered the world. The surrounding grey rocks, the towering trees and the immortal ancient dragon were actually all part of the rocky trees.
At this time, the direction of the world should have been that the rock tree used chaos as energy to develop itself, and eventually the world was born on its branches.
But one day, fire was lit, and the concepts of cold and heat, life and death, light and dark were born.
Because of the emergence of the concept of life, fire created the first species in the darkness, and because of the relationship between fire and these species, species were more easily tempted by fire.
But this is obviously not enough, because these species have no souls and cannot be called life.
Therefore, the fire differentiated souls around itself, and these species that were attracted by the fire also successfully obtained the king's soul around the fire.
The king's soul brought them the power to declare war on the ancient dragons, and this was precisely the war between fire and tree, a war for the right to create the world.
It was for this reason that the several species that obtained the King's Soul did not kill each other, but chose to form an alliance and challenge the immortal ancient dragon.
Because their will comes from their soul, and their soul comes from the original fire, the life in the dark soul world is naturally close to fire.
This is also the reason why Gwyn, the Sun King, would rather throw himself into the First Furnace to continue the Age of Fire. Both the undead and the ashes are one of the insurances King Gwyn took to prevent the First Flame from being extinguished.
In this, no matter how many people sacrificed, as long as the Age of Fire continued, it would be a success.
The fire keeper is also one of the insurances. No one cares what the fire keeper thinks. Like ashes, she is also one of the tools for spreading fire.
Behind every successful fire bearer there is the remains of a fire keeper.
As a fire keeper who serves the Fire Bearer, she will never complain. Even if she loses her eyes, she will just quietly wait for death in the future.
Their deaths were neither great nor profound. They were just thrown randomly in one place and then piled up densely.
But even with such a tragic ending, there are still countless fire keeper women who perform their duties.
They will silently accompany the fire bearer they serve until the fire bearer's mission is completed. They will also quietly welcome death and the end of being casually thrown aside. No one will mourn her, and all that will be left is the not-so-noble title of Fire Keeper.
The Fire Keepers are well aware of this ending, but they will not resist. They will only quietly wait for their own ending, because this is the Fire Keepers' mission. The moment they become Fire Keepers, they have given up everything.
Now, the fire keeper who serves Xia Yu was once a fire keeper who quietly waited for death.
Even though Xia Yu was a strange ash and was like a lover to her, the Fire Keeper had never changed her mind, because the other party was destined to pass on the fire, and she was also destined to be abandoned.
This is the ending of the Fire Keeper and the Firebringer. It has been like this for thousands of years and has never changed.
This perception did not change until the day before.
But...when she felt the light again, this layer of cognition was shattered.
Feeling the light coming in again and the person smiling gently in front of her, the Fire Keeper was a little dazed. Even though she had sensed this face before, this was the first time she saw it with her own eyes.
"How is it? Can you adapt?"
Hearing Xia Yu's question, the Fire Keeper turned her blue eyes, feeling the vision that had long been forgotten in her memory.
At this moment, the Fire Keeper suddenly felt that all the suffering she had endured was to prepare for the encounter with Xia Yu.
Unconsciously, the tear glands that had long been dry began to flow with tears again. I knew I would not be sad anymore, but why...
The Fire Keeper wanted to wipe away her tears, but she couldn't stop them. It wasn't until someone hugged her that she couldn't help crying.
