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(1) Here to say this cutscene for Fromsoft is one of the best cutscenes they've ever done. It's got so much meaning behind it, it's the first ever cutscene to interrupt a boss fight, and it finally introduced us to Ludwig the Holy Blade weilding the fricken Moonlight Great sword. This imagery of him a husk of his former self divided by the holy Moonlight sword with a malformed face and a parasitic mouth of arcane eyes representing the corruption and evil intelligent eye of the church. Heavy religious and knightly symbolism in here which is really the tale of the soldier throughout history. 

(2) When you first meet Ludwig, firstly you have to get through the Long trench warfare that is the start of the hunters dlc. Past two giant abominations, and you finally see the cutscene first. Scared to death of carnage and hell they put you through outside you're stuck in a scary as fuck room faced with the most disgusting abomination. the Quote alone is legendary. This skeleton was not joking. you need to take him LITERALLY or else you're gonna die within the next 20 seconds

"Aah Please... Help us... ah... An unsightly beast.... A great terror looms.... aah.... Ludwig the Accursed is coming. Have mercy... Have mercy upon us...." Ludwig screams and the dude goes from crying to laughing.

That was FUCKING 2015. 12 am at midnight. It went from dunkirk to as dark as my room trapped in a boxing ring with ludwig. I'm 15 years old shitting my pants.

(3) So now you gotta fight the guy. This games Artorious figure within the story. "Dang this who my swords named after? Where's his at?" BTW He's WAY tougher to fight as a feral beast. You get him half health and.... for the first time EVER. The game interrupts the boss battle for a cutscene. Since it's the first time let's take it literally cause you as a player are sorta stunned too. We watch a Boss who seemingly has fight left within him, give up and lie on the ground. "what's happening...?" (Is what a bunch of first time experiencers expressed at the time. well so is your character now.)

(4) So your character isn't attacking the boss. The boss has given up. Sulking. The music quiets down. The camera puts you right infront of the human features of his face. This would be a crazy revalation if it wasnt over shadowed by the Moonlight great sword appearing.The game does this shit slowly too MILKING every fricken second of fan service and writing gold. He starts reciting this poem you can easily say is about the Moonlight great sword in general.

 "ahh, you were at my side, All Along. 

My True Mentor....

My Guiding Moonlight...."

As This poem of longing from Ludwig is being recited. Literally as a viewer, You're just flabbergasted. You're kinda just staring like a believer mouth open. In history knights have been made to go to wars for religion. and religions very often studied the stars. Tons of Greek gods were named after planets because of this very reason. The stars can be seen as every sincere bit of faith Ludwig as has or maybe an evil corrupting force influencing him kinda like the ring from Lord of the rings. I always thought it was like LOR.

But if you read those images of the beserk manga from (5-7) it gives a third much more pure interpretation of what's going on. Perhaps the sword is evil or maybe it's not. regardless it Mirrors this concept of the sparks of life. The old Blacksmith talks about smithing almost like he hates it. be the sparks of life always excite him. the Sparks of life are just your positive impacts on the world through living your dreams.

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The old man talks about showing the younger generation where he went wrong and doing better. Which reaffirms Guts moral and inner health. Which makes him want to healthily search for his own dreams.  In this sense. it's almost like Ludwig is showing us the price of him trying to have a positive impact and saying to us don't end up like me. (9) but he still fights to protect the church. Is this to put him out of his misery or out of duty to protect secrets within the church. He has more to say when you beat him. thoughts on regrets yea whatever.

The final picture just shows. The divide between things like The Healing Church corrupting the dreams of These Artorious characters repeatedly within history and from soft games. But it also if you know it mirrors more positive themes from beserk about growth and doing better.

any screenshot I used were from the Shirrako YouTube channel. The Bloodborne Ludwig the accursed 4k boss fight video. thank you very much. I tried to make it short.

Most powerful Imagery in FS