The Most Controversial Dark Souls Theory

Summary

Key Points

• —Her established role is the goddess of sin, responsible for defining sin, meting out punishment, and offering mercy through her pardoners and the Book of the Guilty. 2:59
• —Velka is considered a "rogue" or "heretical" deity, partly because her talisman allows miracles to scale with intelligence rather than faith, yet she maintains significant influence among the gods. 4:42
• —Her strongest connections are found in the Painted Worlds of Ariamis and Ariendel, consistently associated with crows and Corvians, confirmed by Miyazaki as her devoted, warped worshippers. 5:57
• —Velka likely had a strong motive to prosecute Lord Gwyn for committing the "first sin" by prolonging the Age of Fire, as her divine function is to judge sin and restore natural order. 6:47
• —She has deep ties to the Dark, humanity, and the undead, with her imagery appearing in places historically tied to humans who suffered from Gwyn's crime, and her magic paralleling the occult's union of opposites. 7:49
• —Velka's symbolism, particularly the giant crow, is suspiciously close to the Chosen Undead's journey, and her influence lingers in the methods and spells, like the Vow of Silence, used by the Sable Church of Londor. 12:46
• —Velka is presented as the most mysterious character in Dark Souls, with scarce direct information leading to numerous speculative fan theories. 13:31
• —A prominent theory suggests that Priscilla, the crossbreed, is the daughter of Velka and Seath the Scaleless, supported by Priscilla's occult dagger, life hunt ability, and obscure lore connections. 14:21
• —Velka may have evolved into Caitha, goddess of tears, in later games, sharing similar magical properties and a contradictory religious character, representing a reinterpretation of Velka's function through grief. 20:31
• —The Caduceus symbol, found in places connected to both Seath and Velka, suggests their union represents a transcendence of traditional categories like light/dark and male/female, leading to a new, impossible form of existence embodied by Priscilla. 25:48