The Darkness calls.
How? I do not know. It commands, all the same.
I wake from my rest. Several brothers come with me. I am strongest of them. They follow me.
Hearts. To find Hearts, It calls.
We go through paths of dark. I know them well. Only we can travel there.
Why does It call for hearts? To make brothers. They join us. Find, corrupt, extinguish. That is the way. The darkness likes more brothers. It wants a big family.
It tells us, Find bigger brothers.
So we go.
My brothers have found hearts. Strong ones. I look. I see. Their hearts are light.
How we hate that light. The Darkness tells us to extinguish the light. What It tells us to do, we do. So we go to the light. They see us. They run.
Good. We love chasing.
But one does not. He is bigger. His heart is brighter.
Must extinguish the light.
He has a weapon. One of my brothers falls. No matter. More take his place. My brother will come back. All of our brother's hearts go back to the Darkness.
I lie.
Most do.
Some don't.
The Lightholder falls. We see that the brother his heart makes is strong. We follow our big brother. The Darkness tells us to seek the biggest of brothers. I can sense the giant heart. It fills the whole world with light.
Must extinguish the light.
We follow the Lightbearers. One falls behind. She has no weapon. She is easy. Her heart becomes a sister.
She is pretty.
She and we follow our bigger brother. The more we are, the stronger.
A big, happy family.
An Empty appears. They are strong. But they are not many. Now they are two. We are still more.
We attack.
The Empties are strong. Our big brother falls. We are sad. We know he will come back, though.
We are also angry.
We kill an Empty. They are different when killed. They do not become a brother or sister. They are empty.
They have no hearts.
The other Empty flees. Good. As many, we are strong. I am now strongest of us. My brothers and sister follow me. Sometimes I remember. I do not like that. I remember from before I became a brother.
I…remember I had…a name?
Now I do not have a name. There is no need.
We cannot find more hearts. We run, but we have lost the Lightbearers. Then, She speaks to us. She tells us where to find a bright hearts. She is powerful. So powerful, we listen to her.
We go. We listen.
We arrive. I look around. I see Him.
We are afraid.
His heart is brightest of all. That is why the Cursed blade has chose him. There are two others. They are bright, too. But not as bright as He.
He has the Cursed Blade.
We have heard of it. We fear it.
The brothers murdered by the blade do not go back to the Darkness. They go somewhere else.
We do not know where.
We are very afraid of that place.
I do not want to fight Him.
I want to find brothers to help. Big brothers.
She tells us to go. She is so powerful, we must go.
We go to him.
A brother falls. His heart goes up.
We see, and are afraid.
Another brother falls.
I attack him. His heart is so bright.
Must extinguish the light!
I barely hurt him.
More brothers. We need more.
No, we must fight. She tells us to fight.
To the death.
My sister falls. I am only left. He must be stopped.
Must extinguish the light!
He attacks, too fast. I cannot fight back. I feel the Blade cut my flesh, searching for my heart.
It finds it.
I feel death. I rise in the air. I see my body disappear. I feel…bright.
I reach the Place. It is bright, but I do not hate it anymore.
Where am I?
How? I do not know. It commands, all the same.
I wake from my rest. Several brothers come with me. I am strongest of them. They follow me.
Hearts. To find Hearts, It calls.
We go through paths of dark. I know them well. Only we can travel there.
Why does It call for hearts? To make brothers. They join us. Find, corrupt, extinguish. That is the way. The darkness likes more brothers. It wants a big family.
It tells us, Find bigger brothers.
So we go.
My brothers have found hearts. Strong ones. I look. I see. Their hearts are light.
How we hate that light. The Darkness tells us to extinguish the light. What It tells us to do, we do. So we go to the light. They see us. They run.
Good. We love chasing.
But one does not. He is bigger. His heart is brighter.
Must extinguish the light.
He has a weapon. One of my brothers falls. No matter. More take his place. My brother will come back. All of our brother's hearts go back to the Darkness.
I lie.
Most do.
Some don't.
The Lightholder falls. We see that the brother his heart makes is strong. We follow our big brother. The Darkness tells us to seek the biggest of brothers. I can sense the giant heart. It fills the whole world with light.
Must extinguish the light.
We follow the Lightbearers. One falls behind. She has no weapon. She is easy. Her heart becomes a sister.
She is pretty.
She and we follow our bigger brother. The more we are, the stronger.
A big, happy family.
An Empty appears. They are strong. But they are not many. Now they are two. We are still more.
We attack.
The Empties are strong. Our big brother falls. We are sad. We know he will come back, though.
We are also angry.
We kill an Empty. They are different when killed. They do not become a brother or sister. They are empty.
They have no hearts.
The other Empty flees. Good. As many, we are strong. I am now strongest of us. My brothers and sister follow me. Sometimes I remember. I do not like that. I remember from before I became a brother.
I…remember I had…a name?
Now I do not have a name. There is no need.
We cannot find more hearts. We run, but we have lost the Lightbearers. Then, She speaks to us. She tells us where to find a bright hearts. She is powerful. So powerful, we listen to her.
We go. We listen.
We arrive. I look around. I see Him.
We are afraid.
His heart is brightest of all. That is why the Cursed blade has chose him. There are two others. They are bright, too. But not as bright as He.
He has the Cursed Blade.
We have heard of it. We fear it.
The brothers murdered by the blade do not go back to the Darkness. They go somewhere else.
We do not know where.
We are very afraid of that place.
I do not want to fight Him.
I want to find brothers to help. Big brothers.
She tells us to go. She is so powerful, we must go.
We go to him.
A brother falls. His heart goes up.
We see, and are afraid.
Another brother falls.
I attack him. His heart is so bright.
Must extinguish the light!
I barely hurt him.
More brothers. We need more.
No, we must fight. She tells us to fight.
To the death.
My sister falls. I am only left. He must be stopped.
Must extinguish the light!
He attacks, too fast. I cannot fight back. I feel the Blade cut my flesh, searching for my heart.
It finds it.
I feel death. I rise in the air. I see my body disappear. I feel…bright.
I reach the Place. It is bright, but I do not hate it anymore.
Where am I?