#Aldia Scholar of the First Sin

[dandydragon]

getting out of my cryostasis to remind people that dark souls 2 is my favorite souls game

[incorrectsmashbrosquotes]

Soulsborne Final Bosses poorly explained

Dark Souls: God is senile, forcibly retire him.

Dark Souls 2: Lich King Cersei Lannister tricked you into doing her dirty work or Treebeard with the One Ring beats your ass.

Dark Souls 3: Parry all you want, you can’t parry the feels.

Sekiro: Swordsman hatches from grandson, shoots you in face.

Bloodborne: Local paraplegic regains use of legs specifically to kick your ass. Failing that, the moon does it for him.

Elden Ring: Kill God’s malesona and pet amoeba.

[izunias-meme-hole]

Soulsborne Villains

[artsatta]

Very quick piece of Aldia I got inspired during work and had to make haste with this lol

[val-of-the-north]

Dark Souls 2 best Souls

[natdafat]

If the Dlc wanted to be funny, they should have made it so that after you beat consort radahn if you had already slain all demigods in both dlc and base game Godwyn in his rotton fish form bursts from the ground and fights your for killing his siblings.

[fantomette22]

Aldia, Vendrick and Nashandra

Happy birthday @val-of-the-north !!! 🎉 🥳

I hope you’re having a fantastic day bud! You’re so cool, kind, full of energy and positivity! It’s so nice to have you around!

For the occasion here’s my attempt at drawing the Drangleic royal family 🔥 👑 🖤

Of course my design of Aldia here is based on this and a bit of improvisation as well!

Non scan ver :

[smash-or-pass-fromsoft]

[wisdomofanemptyheart]

My brother thought he could discern the essential nature of the soul, snipe. You know I had to do it to him, snipe. My castle long, my experiments beyond fire and dark. I'm sick in the head. I'm on those Tseldoran crystal candy suckers. I'm smoking Shulvan kush through a glass pipe and blowing bubbles in a giant's head. This shit ain't nothing to me, man. I don't care if I go Hollow I ain't need to see the Humanity cost on that shit anyways. Call that pussy the Grave of Saints because I jumped in without a ladder and now I'm covered in rats. I'm moving like Varangian Faraam. Y'all gotta stop playing with me man, I threw estus shards in the Undead Crypt under Drangleic Castle. I pushed an elephant warrior through a Pharros lockgate. Don't be shy girl you know I love Mirran dueling masks. Don't matter how lit, how fresh, a mid will remain a mid. Check the box art, you stupid piece of shit; I'm Him.

Yung Hollow, knowing this, do you still desire peace?

[minespatchart]

I'm fine with Aldia but I think Patches being at the end of a reoccurring prank on his end rubs him the wrong way.

Commissions are open, check out my kofi: https://ko-fi.com/minespatch

[gamequoteshowdown]

WARNING THIS POLL CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE FOLLOWING GAMES: Dark Souls II

Quote 1: "Men are props on the stage of life, and no matter how tender, how exquisite... a lie will remain a lie." - Aldia, Scholar of the First Sin, Dark Souls II

Quote 2: "My mortal enemy, Chang'e. Are you watching? Look at the numerous lives and deaths, the impurities, this poor soul brings!" - Junko, Toujou 15: Legacy of Lunatic Kingfom

Propaganda under cut

Quote 1: The “lie” Aldia speaks of is life itself. It's fragile, fleeting, and ultimately an illusion. The gameplay mechanic of respawning is an in-universe occurrence, brought upon by the Curse of Hollowing that ages humanity for eternity, while the mind continues to wither to nothingness. The “Light” is the brief conscious existence we have, whereas the “Dark” is the eternity of the Soul. Humans live in ignorance, believing that by the blessing of the gods they are mortal, and will dream of eternal rest someday, only to realize that there will never be such a grace. Aldia is arguably the smartest character introduced in the entire series, monologues some of the most profound and layered dialogue it has to offer, claims the final boss role of the game if you exhaust all of his speeches, and then literally never appears ever again. This is one hell of a character. Don't ask about the monstrous and cruel human experimentation it took to get here.

Quote 2: No propaganda :(

@ascendeddragonsage

[gjorg-of-drangleic]

Aldia would have peeked into Marika’s brain and come out of the experience packing your lunch and sending you on your way to commit deicide. Sorry Gideon, I know I have two hands but they’re both holding the giant flaming tree head.

[izunias-meme-hole]

[dashoman]

Aldia, the non binary icon

[val-of-the-north]

Aldia's human form

I was surprised to discover many people aren't actually aware that the key art of Scholar of the First Sin depicting a bearded man with a crown is most likely Aldia in the flesh.

Now, it may seem bold to just claim this, especially since many people assume that's Vendrick. I mean, he is holding his crown after all! And I get this, they look alike; they are both bearded old men with similar clothes... but I think it's worth pointing out key differences between the two subjects:

When compared side-by-side the differences become rather obvious. The two are wearing completely different clothes, and the character in the key art notably lacks one of Vendrick's more iconic features: his two long braids running at the side of his beard.

The clothing style is also very interesting, as it makes the man look less like a king and conqueror and more like a wizard or priest. The silhouette is more akin to robes! Since he was a magical researcher and seemed to practice strange rituals, this attire would fit Aldia quite well. Other notable differences in their attires include the long sleeves and the seeming lack of a cape (and if there is, it looks really different)

I will admit, their facial structure is quite similar though, but that's easily explained by the fact the two are brothers. It can be missed since it's information only gained from item descriptions.

This also explains why the figure would have a similar style to that of Vendrick without being the king himself!

But I can understand if someone isn't convinced yet. Him holding Vendrick's crown seems odd in isolation, doesn't it? There is a way to explain this though, and that comes from the pattern established by the other DLCs. Their covers all featured the crowns of the old kings. It would only be fitting for the final version of the game to continue the theme with the crown that had yet to be depicted.

And keep in mind, this is the "Scholar of the First Sin" edition, which introduced Aldia as an in-game character rather than a lore-only one. It stands to reason that he would be featured in some way on the cover. Heck, the other key art for the game is one of the Forlorn, who are his creations!

So there, here's my case for why this guy has to be Aldia. I think his design has too many departures to be Vendrick and it just makes sense for Aldia to be featured on the cover of the game named after his title ahahah. These are just my thoughts, but I believe the case is pretty strong.

[jarognieva]

This is actually so funny how Aldia became your second fav after Micolash, considering the two ARE actually very similar! They're both madmen to their respective 'man in power that holds massive L' in the setting (Vendrick and Laurence), scholars with schoolhouses of OTHER madmen, really fucked experiments, went beyond all contained knowledge of the setting but accomplished nothing, and traces of their madness are seen all across their game- I can go on and on but it is cute that you have the type, okay? xd

You're so real about this! These both have A LOT of common, even petty things like weird hats wearing by their "minions" jhfjdhkjhkj (vide mensis cage and dragon acolyte mask). Shame we can't speak normally with Micolash like with Aldia. Mico literally invites the hunter to conversation but all the hunter can do is chasing and killing! And who's crazy bitch here? xD