#i finally found justification for why my Laurence is so... anti-arcane after Hunter's Dream and he put on the crown

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Also I just thought of a couple more things

1) Lore says that Ludwig saw the flickering lights of Guidance when he closed his eyes (in the darkness). Depending on the timeline, it could have been the inspiration for Willem and the Choir to use the Blindfold! Because they learn that Great Ones will show them the way if they trust them like this by sacrificing their own vision.

2) I can actually totally see Ludwig and Laurence both having serious descent in their sanity (if you can call a Bloodborne character that...) after Hunter's Dream was created! Like, what if after Moon Presence left with Gehrman, hard (if possible at all) to perceive? Maybe since then Ludwig's sword stopped giving off that light and it "helped" him to go more erratic with the hunt in hopes to be shown the way once more, and maybe Laurence started to grow way more corrupt without that spirituality aspect left in his life and with just holy blood as his method to connect with something big? Not saying all their misery happened because they learn that Great Ones will show them the way if they trust them like this by sacrificing their own vision.

3) Under assumption that Laurence never put on the blindfold because "I will be fine I can have my own agency and still not screw up unlike you heretics", it makes even more sense for him to consume too much blood, since Byrgenwerth's sedatives that help to handle presence of Eldrich Truth better ARE based on the blood