#darkest dungeon ancestor

[yourfavaschips]

The Ancestor from Darkest Dungeon?

The Ancestor from Darkest Dungeon would be Cape Cod Dark Russet Kettle Cooked Potato Chips!

[neanmoins-que]

They look better together

[satsuijin]

ah, the bewitching predators...

[ph-cutie]

IM ON A MOONLIGHT DANCE WHAT DO I SAY HE'S SO CUTE AND MY INHUMAN DESIRES ARE ABOUT TO BE REVEALED IN ALL THEIR STULTIFYING HIDEOUSNESS

[tomatossan]

text translation: "say 3 characters for me to draw and you'll be shocked"

[voidycatboi]

Me: stubs my toe

Darkest Dungeon Narrator who lives rent free in my head: MORTALITY CLARIFIED IN A SINGLE STRIKE

Me: stands up too fast

Narrator: Ringing ears, Blurred vision... The end approaches.

[zombeegutz]

In time, you will know the tragic extent of my failings.

Beat Darkest Dungeon for the first time, drew my Heir(ess) and Ancestor OCs for that estate to celebrate!!

Filterless version under the cut

[zenjiroandpals]

"Well, well, well. It would appear the buffoon is flummoxed." - Old man who ruined everything ---- The Rightful Heir/ Percy is from the lovely @kaxenart.

[quantum-temporal-anomaly]

1am darkest dungeon rambling (DD1 and DD2 spoilers)

headcanon that the heart of darkness is actually either the ancestor's, the heir's or humanities confession boss

aside from the fact that the other confession bosses in DD2 are body parts (brain, lungs, hands, eyes, stomach, and the whole(body of work))

---- note that technically confession one isnt the brain and actually the chains... functionally its the brain.

the confessions are also tied to some kind of revelation or lesson

what if the heart of darkness is tied to the revelation of seeing the work for what it """truly""" is the same way the confession bosses are tied to their revelations

in this theory this is why the ancestor offs himself before the game starts. he was the final sacrifice for the iron crown ritual. i think he would still have an unperfected version of the ritual even by the time of his death. i feel like the ancestor is less of a scholar than the protege, and way far less mad as him.

so what did the ancestor's ritual accomplish? (im assuming his goal was also to be chosen by the iron crown) maybe it just gave the result of him being a funny ghost man, maybe it did nothing

or maybe

it bonded him with the heart of darkness in a more significant way than all the other people bonded with the heart

heck this could have been his end game. instead of bonding with the iron crown, he wanted to join the thing he saw in his youth in the court yard. which could be why his ritual looks different from the protege's.

maybe it was to trigger a timeloop like the similar time loop of the protege's bosses.

i say the ancestor bonded with the heart of darkness in a more unique way than everyone else because he seems to have kept some kind of hold on his self

even after being one with the heart he still can talk and recollect on his life and the lore of the land, but it seems people like the cultists are in some kind of imperfect bonding with the heart by the way they dont really retain any kind of human appearance (at least compared to the ancestor)

the ancestor DOES become fleshy, so for all we know this isnt even the true ancestor(bc he died long ago) and the heart is just using his image and memories as some kind of flesh puppet (heck the ancestor lore could all be a lie by the heart to strike an emotion connection with the heir so the heir can see the whole quest through

killing the heart of darkness means you have completed your confession

you see things for how it is

the whole futility of humanity, leading you to end it all

only for another person(yea yea technically it is the same heir but its functionally a fresh person) to begin their own journey to discover the same revelation you did

[hazardouslibrarian]

darkest dungeon ancestor: our house, in the middle of our street

[videojamiemostlikely]

the darkest dungeon narrator judges the way you make a sandwich

“The salami is abhorrent, but the cut was done cleanly. As for what you did to the mustard - horrible, spread across the bun like a malaise…”

[i-am-mystic]

Blessed be the daughter who walks in Light everlasting.

Blessed be the son who carries the Flame in his heart.

Blessed be the Vessel that bleeds for sin and salvation.

The trinity is reborn. It sets the path and lights the way.

[quantum-temporal-anomaly]

Darkest dungeon protege[1] and heir [2] and idk ancestor[3] too, just not to leave him out

tshirts that say shit like "I ❤️ PICKING AT OLD WOUNDS" "I ❤️ REPEATING THE CYCLE" "I ❤️ CHANGING FOR THE WORSE" but instead of a heart there's a snake devouring its own tail

[mushychord]

[septemberlikestea]

converting to believing in academic supremacy. he is the best friend i do not deserve.

[constantinnen]

i hope you get my vision.