Arc 2: Brave Old World

Interlude:


History of the Old World as known by Clarke Maria Griffin -

Before the time of Pthuremu's birth as a Kingdom, the original settlers wished to escape the rest of the world. As such, the settlers found a place as far away from the world as they could and created Pthuremu. In a way to distance themselves further from civilizations that hated them and to create a fresh start for the Kingdom they wished to create, they disowned the World's Truth and began anew.

0000 - The Settlers left the World and founded Pthuremu, the Kingdom of their God, Oedon. Despite their lack of resources on their person, they were determined to survive. Where they settled, the land was rife with animals and trees, and as they searched for coal, they found caverns.

0026 - Pthuremu gave love and worship to the formless Oedon, praising him and those of him. A King, they called him, of the ones like him. After celebrating the birth of their Kingdom, the eldest found a gift by the Great Oedon deep within the caverns underneath Pthuremu: The Blood.

0399 - Peace and then War. Pthuremu split into three as the Kingdom fought itself. War over the Blood broke out between the citizens of Pthumeru. One side, desperate to keep the status quo. Another, desperate to bring the formless Oedon to them. And the last, desperate to take the Blood for themselves.

0501 - The birth of a Queen, the start of a line. The First of Pthumeru. Queen Ihyll.

0577 - Worship the formless Oedon, she cried. Hear his secrets and look upon him.

0638 - They became one with the Blood. They were the Old Blood. They were… They were of Kin.

0949 - The birth of a Queen, the end of a line. The Last of Pthumeru. Queen Yharnam.

0999 - Pthuremu burns and falls for reasons lost to time. Only two names survive: Yharnam and the Eternal Mergo.

1004 - Kingdoms fall and then rise again. Three were born from the ashes of Pthuremu. The first was Byrgenwerth, an institution founded on knowledge and the desire to See. Cainhurst was the second, strong in their devotion to the strong and their Queen, Annalise. The third was built upon the bones and named after the Last Queen, Yharnam.

1006 - The Blood! The Blood! They of Yharnam cry, joyously, grievingly, as they drink and roar in laughter.

1012 - Yharnam was the home of the Blood Ministration. The Blood was regulated and coveted by other settlements that had been started nearby.

1167 - The Blood corrupts and the Plague of Beasts emerges from its slumber once more. This time, a citizen of Yharnam does not hide but faces the Beasts head on. This man was Gehrman, the First Hunter.

1183 - Provost Willem of Byrgenwerth and his protegee, Laurencce, go their separate ways.

1190 - Laurence begins the Church of the Healing Blood. The people of Yharnam smile and laugh.

1198 - He is the First Vicar. They call it the Healing Church.

1212 - Rom, they chant. Rom, Rom, Rom.

1216 - A small Fishing Hamlet whispering 'Kos' is discovered and watched.

1221 - The First Hunter finds a small girl, bloody and shaken, after killing Beasts scavenging a carriage. He takes her to his Hunter's Workshop, and watches her bright eyes watch his students.

1222 - Her name is Maria. She is of Cainhurst, six winters old, and is given a choice of learning or leaving.

1224 - The Choir, the Choir, they whisper behind closed doors. They found something, people whispered. Maria pays no attention, too absorbed in books given to her by her guardian and teacher, Gehrman.

1227 - Laurence instates Hunters of the Church.

1228 - Maria is twelve. Gehrman has begun her weapons training.

1229 - Maria is thirteen. Gehrman has allowed her to track down a Beast to Hemwick Charnel on her own.

1230 - Rakuyo. Her weapon. One forged by her, for her.

1231 - Maria is fifteen and a family is dead. Her fault.

1233 - Maria completes her training under Gehrman at seventeen and is left to her own devices.

1235 - Yharnam burns, run by Beasts. A Hunter of the Church, Djura, closes the gates of Yharnam as the fires burn.

1236 - The ruins become Old Yharnam as new spires are built. Yharnam is built upon its old ashes and bones.

1240 - Martyr Logarius is Head of the Executioners of the Healing Church. He doesn't like Maria.

1244 - She has brought horror to the Fishing Hamlet. And then she Sees and its nothing like it had been before andshejustwantsittostopstopstopstopshe'ssorryshedidn'tunderstandwhatcanshedotomakeupforitplease-

1244 - Maria discards the blades she'd loved and takes her own life.

? - Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower is defeated by a Good Hunter.


So I know this isn't a chapter. I'm sorry. I became distracted re-watching 'The Hundred' again and I've been trying to go through every detail of Arc 2 to get it just right. Chapter Six is far from done so I thought this might help clear things up for a few of us, including me.

If you couldn't tell, I changed the lore of 'Bloodborne' around. It's not the best, but it fits with what I'm going to do in the future. And I've already changed a lot of 'The Hundred' which will be revealed at a later point.

Anyways, I hope you guys are okay with Ch. 5.1. I might do other 'Interludes' if I need to but I'll play it by ear. Take care you guys.

-Scribble.