Smough the Cannibal | Dark Souls Lore

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  @Hawkshaw · 3 years ago · pinned

  If left alone with the body, Smough definitely would have eaten Ornstein's Liver with some Fava beans and a nice Chianti...

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  @goatlover6312 · 3 years ago

  Adding to the idea that eating humans are what caused Smough’s size, the giant rats found everywhere where drop humanity showing that they had at some point likely consumed a human. If rats grow gigantic from eating humans it stands to reason that it could happen to a human too.

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• YA

  @yargum69 · 3 years ago

  The idea that Smough is actually ripped under his fat armor is one of my favorite details about him

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• ZA

  @zainkhan69420 · 3 years ago

  In DS1 we fight Smough the cannibal. In DS3 we fight Aldrich the cannibal. Both in the same arena as well!

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  @TimeMage_Tidus · 3 years ago

  I never realized Ornstein fingers were moving when Smough brought the hammer down. I'd hate to fight alongside anyone who would end me just for a buff.

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  @IAmSippycup · 3 years ago (edited)

  You&apos;ve been hit by 🕺<br>You&apos;ve been struck by 🕺<br>A Smough Cannibal

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  @skilletborne · 3 years ago

  If we&apos;re talking about lotuses, it&apos;s also worth mentioning that they blot out the sun and forcefully smother all other plantlife where they grow

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• MA

  @mangoman1866 · 3 years ago

  Man. Realising that the sound in the boss fight is Smough laughing makes him so much more creepy

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  @Illier1 · 3 years ago

  Lots of cannibals are depicted as obese in their armor as a symbol of their gluttony for power. The Loathsome Dungeater also gas thick armor as well by eating and defiling human spiritual energy

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• WC

  @WCS59 · 3 years ago

  kinda sad you didnt talk about the shape of his hammer, it&apos;s a reversed sunflower, its very interesting knowing the relation the game have with the sun

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  @mikewatkinson1996 · 3 years ago (edited)

  I always thought the line &apos;He ground the bones of his victims into his own feed&apos; was a reference to Jack and the Beanstalk where the giant says &apos;...be he alive or be he dead ill grind his bones to make my bread&apos;......so i thought &quot;ah....Smough IS a giant.&quot; Lmao

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  @mrreemann8313 · 3 years ago

  I love how Miyazaki takes fairly straightforward concepts and uniquely &quot;hides&quot; them within his work. The concept of devouring other people to gain their strength is a somewhat well known concept in IRl society, whether you have heard of it in relation to the cannibal tribes of Fiji or somewhere else.<br><br>Miyazaki took this concept, saw how much it had in common with video game tropes of &quot;acquiring EXP to level up&quot; and implemented both into his game for comparison. Smough, the ireedeemable, insane, butcherer cannibal of men.... standing next to another butcherer cannibal of men. And then much like you did in your video, he linked it to the illusions and falsehood that Gwyn used to prop up his Age of Fire. If Smough was a cannibal all along, and yet still served as knight... what else did Gwyn hide or allow in secret? What other vile acts kept this Age of Fire going?<br><br>The entire Age of Fire is sustained by blood sacrifice, but it was also started from blood sacrifice. The stone dragons were placed upon the pyre and fed to the flame of progress. With the dragons dead, Gwyn had to seek new sacrifice.<br><br>Someone could argue that the Age of Fire did not end because it went on for too long, but instead that there was no appropriate fuel for the flame any longer. All that could have been burned, HAS been burned. We see that in Dark Souls 3. So desperate for new fuel, they will cast old ashes back into the flame, hoping against hope that these meager scraps can sustain the flame, just a little bit longer.<br><br>Just another moment in the warmth. Just a few more seconds of blessed light.

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