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Location | Drops |
| ~500 (small) ~2000 (regular) |
400 (small) 2200 (regular) |
The Ringed City | Pale Resin, One of the specific souls |
| Weakness | Resists | Immune | |
| Thrust, Fire, Frostbite |
Dark, Poison/Toxic |
N/A |
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Locust Preacher (also called White-Faced Locust) in Dark Souls 3 is a type of enemy met only in The Ringed City. Three of them act as NPCs, telling stories of figures from throughout the games and attempting to convince the player to permit dark/Abyss to overcome fire.
Locust Preacher Information
- Killable
- Preacher's Right Arm (Indirectly)
- White Preacher Head (Indirectly)
Locust Preacher Location
- You can find Locust Preacher only at The Ringed City (Location).
- The NPC versions will start talking without the need to interact with them, for each NG game cycle. There are only 3, which are located outside of the Abyssal Swamp. If they are attacked by the player, they will become hostile, however, if you reload the area, the preachers will revert to their non-hostile state.
- The hostile version is located only in the abyssal swamp near Ringed City Streets bonfire.
Locust Preacher Drops
- Souls: NG (400 - small, 2200 - regular), NG+ (800 - small, 4400 - Regular), NG++ (??), NG+3 (??), NG+6 (??), NG+9 (??)
- Other: Pale Pine Resin (8%), One of the souls (Soul of an Unknown Traveler, Soul of a Crestfallen Knight - NG; Soul of an Intrepid Hero, Soul of a Seasoned Warrior, and Soul of a Champion - NG + and up) (rare)
Locust Preacher Combat Information
- The hostile version appears in 2 variants - regular and small.
- Regular one can jump out of mud, however after that moment they can't hide in it. Also swipe at the player with their arms, attack with a white projectile that slows the player, or perform a critical strike on him.
- Small may engage player, but most of the time they escape. They can also hide under mud.
- Deals Magic Damage (large only) and Standard Damage.
- Weak to Frostbite, Fire Damage and Lightning Damage.
- Resistant to Dark Damage, Poison, Toxic.
- Can't be backstabbed or parried.
- While not in the mud, they can be staggered, send in air or pinned.
- Can be lured.
- Affected by Rapport
Locust Preacher Dialogue
Many of us are by the fire forsaken.
I speak of thine kind, and mine.
Behold this city! We are kindred, belike two eyes which gaze upon the other.
Fear not, the dark, my friend.
And let the feast begin.
One was a wayfaring knight, on an endless, forbidden search.
Only the Abyss granted closure, if not reunion with his beloved.
Fear not, the dark, my friend.
And let the feast begin.
One met the dark with learning. But in the end, learned his knowledge was wanting.
The world began without knowledge, and without knowledge will it end.
Dost not this ring clear and true?
Fear not, the dark, my friend.
And let the feast begin.
One poor girl slew her own kin, but even so, was embraced, enveloped by the Abyss.
Twas a comfort that neither moon nor sunless sky afforded her before.
Fear not, the dark, my friend.
And let the feast begin.
And so, she lived in fear. Of the dark, of the things that gnawed at her flesh.
And yet! The Abyss hath yet to produce any such creature!
Fear not, the dark, my friend.
And let the feast begin.
And so, despite his weighty armour, he lived in fear. Of a delicate thing, little more than a girl.
Where fire resideth, shadows twist and shrivel. But in the Abyss, there are shadows none.
Fear not, the dark, my friend.
And let the feast begin.
Of all the Fingers, he alone was embraced by the Abyss.
For he was human, and ne'er a grub.
Fear not, the dark, my friend.
And let the feast begin.
When Attacked:
Ahh, yes, yes, I remember now! Let the feast begin.
Let the feast begin.
I shall partake!
...Search thine own self. Fear not the dark.
And let the feast begin.
Locust Preacher Trivia & Lore
- Locust White Preacher is one of the few vocal enemies.
- With the utmost vaguery, the Locust Preachers address the lives of various NPC's as their quests and the player's own, nears the end. The dialogue is sufficently vague that it could refer to many individuals within the series as a whole, but clues in what they say most strongly indicate they are speaking of characters within Dark Souls III, all of whom are non-undead who would have died at this point. What implication this has regarding the connection between Death and The Dark is unknown.
- The "wayfaring Knight" referenced in passing would appear to be the likeness of Alva, Seeker of the Spurned, and his quest for redemption with the Black Witch Zullie after the death of Saint Seretta.
- One can infer from the dialogue about the man seeking learning, that it is connected to Orbeck of Vinheim. As his questline finishes, the player stumbles across the slumped over the corpse of Orbeck in the Grand Archives, drained of life after learning all he could from the scrolled collected by the Champion of Ash. The reason for his death could be that after he left, he went to the regal library to seek more knowledge, only to find nothing new for him or to be overcome by the forces within. Thus his ashes ran cold.
- In the same manner it could refer to Big Hat Logan, who more directly opposed the Dark and was overcome, going mad through unknown means.
- The poor girl who slew her own kin likely refers to one Siris of the Sunless Realms, as her questline ends after she slays the mad spirit Holy Knight Hodrick in the depths of the Pit of Hollows. It's important to know that when the player finds her body outside firelink shrine, that she is holding the Sunset shield, her grandfather's shield. Siris is also a Blade of the Darkmoon, which was played on in "neither moon nor Sunless sky".
- The girl frightened by the gnawing is indirectly Irina of Carim, which appears to reference her constantly being set upon by biting creatures, her fear of falling into the abyss, and in the fall of her character to dark if the player makes her read Dark Miracle tomes. This, along with the Invader "Moaning Knight" suggests that perhaps Irina fell to the darkness either eventually, or by the decisions of the Champion of Ash. The Locust's claim that the Abyss has not produced any such creature is an odd one as it could refer to either the girl or the things that gnawed on her. Given the beliefs of the Deep, that the things that gnaw on flesh came from things that fell to the Abyss, not that were produced by it, this claim can also be a deliberate deception.
- The weighty armored knight referenced can be construed to be Eygon of Carim, whose only true fear would have been losing his maiden to the Abyss. However, the lines seem to indicate that the man was afraid of the girl herself, interesting given Eygon of Carim's passive agressive relationship with Irina, being spiteful yet protective of her.
- Lastly, the cut dialogue that reference a "lone finger" would appear to be popularly associated with Ringfinger Leonard, who unlike other pale tongue enthusiasts never used rebirth to change his scarred visage, and never being threatened by the chance of becoming a man-grub. This may also be because he chose to steal away Rosaria's soul to keep it from the reach of the player. Leonhard is found past Aldrich, saint of the Deep, who appears to have attempted to sheperd man into an age of Dark protected from the creatures of the Deep.
- The Locust Preachers always finish their sentences with "Fear not, the dark, my friend. And let the feast begin." Considering that the Weapon Art of the Preacher's Right Arm is called the Feasting Branch and the Locust Preacher's use them to hold the player still while they eat their face, and that the White Preacher Mask references the preachers thinking of their stomachs, it is quite likely that they are waiting for the Dark to overcome the world so that they may devour all within to appease their hunger. This could also suggest that the Locust Preachers are trying to persuade the player to commit cannibalism, which neatly parallels the nature of Dark-Wraiths, humans that devour the humanity of other men. In this way, the preachers could be conjoling the player to take from others and therefore gain a seat at the table, so to speak.
- The white substance the Locust shoot from their backsides have identical appearance and properties when hitting the player to the wax used by the candle scholars, seeming to imply that the scholars wax is obtained by harvesting it from The White Faced Locust, which have innate magic. This would explain the magic boosting abilities of the scholar candlestick and the ability of the wax to reduce the effects of the magically tied knowledge of the books of the archive.
- The origins of the Pale Faced Locust are difficult to determine, as little is stated or known about them besides that they see humans as kindred, arose from the Abyssal Swamp, were intended to beckon man to the dark with sermons, and possess a tremendous hunger, apparently for man. Three strong theories emerge based on this and other context clues.
- The pale faces resemble those of the 4 Kings, and the Crag Spiders of Dark Souls I as well as the Flymen in Ariandel were once men that were warped into insect like shapes by living in close contact with the firey Great Swamp and Rot, as the flame of chaos warps flesh, and the dark has been shown to do so as well. The Locust, which emerged from a Abyss Swamp, may be a dark equivelent, and therefore be the decendants of Man that chose to enter the Abyss, warped into a new form and carrying its intent to devour. Interestingly, the hair, face, and chest of the Locust do resemble the armor of the Dark Wraiths, whose armor was bound to their flesh, effectively becoming like chitin.
- The religion of The Deep speaks of monsterous things that fell into the Deep (apparently another term for the Abyss, or perhaps the midpoint between the world and the Abyss) and transformed it from a safe place into a place dangerous for Man. Many of the Deep miracles and the weapons of Sulyvahn's pontiff knights reference abysal insects that gnaw with endless hunger on anything they find. These Preachers might be an evolution of these creatures to be more like man, either obtained by ingesting countless humanity, or through some sort of mimicry based evolution (several forms of which are seen throughout the series, such as the Mimics)
- Lastly, they could be the remnants of another race from another world that also discovered Fire and had similar things happen regarding the fall into Dark, reaching the world of man through a shared Abyss.
AnonymousI will never betray the eternal flame of sweet lady propane i tell you hwhat.
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"But in the end, learned his knowledge was wanting" I played the game not in english, and the word "Wanting" here was translated as desire or something like this. However, could that be actually like in "found wanting", as if his knowledge was not enough? He sure seems greedy so thats possible too, but the other possibility, the one that after all his search, he still was, in fact, a fool, and his knowledge was wanting to gripe the true darkness, that one hits even harder. Does someone know what stands in the japanese version? It's THE original after all, would be interesting to know
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I managed to get a Pale Pine Resin from the small ones, I’ve killed them so many times I wouldn’t think to get a drop from them lol
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7 years of “fire bad dark good” and not a single youtuber came up with a reason on why Gwyn was wrong and why humanity deserve an age for them in the first place, outside of “b-because Kaathe and Aldia, 2 totally good guys in their actions trust me bro said so”.
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The drop rate of soul of champion is even rarer than that of the ear lol
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There is one NPC that might be either a "Dark Pygmy/human", another Locust Preacher, or some form of a Corvian NPC, talks to you just before the first DLC2 bonfire (before Judicator trap).
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Shrek would be give me quite a scare if he said "I shall partake!" instead of "Get out of my swamp!"
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Do you notice that they say something(the hostile Version) when not in the mud? Thats creepy
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All the people they talk about are in DS3. Logan has nothing to do with anything they say. Why is somebody’s incorrect headcanon allowed here?
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"Apparently another term for the Abyss"
No, that is absolutely not what the deep is, friend
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"The only one who could ever reach me was a Locust Preacher man. "
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How accurate it is for the preachers of the dark look disturbing yet sound soothing.
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It says all the characters the preachers may be referring to are non-undead, but Orbeck explicitly states that he’s undead.
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Just to let everyone know the large preachers also drop soul of a nameless soldier, took me a bit to realise cause the wiki didnt say lol. Also the small ones drop pale pine resins only in my experience
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I searched thine own self once. Didn't find much tbh wouldn't really reccomend.
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What if they have told the feast thing to Gael and that dude take it too literally?
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Please put 'speculation' behind the words trivia & lore. thanks.
Oh Logan went crazy after learning the crystal spell and was killed soon after.... so where got time to teach the twin??? Sheesh these lore loopholes...
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Please stop partaking I just wanna get outta this swamp fml
Aight, do the little ones drop champion souls? Do I just kill the big boys?
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I love the small versions of these guys with their high pitched voices
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The abyss has yet to produce such creatures could means that the insects that gnaw at her are not from the abyss. This could mean that they are her own and that she is inclined to fall to the darkness within her rather than the outside darkness of the abyss. But her intended duties as a firekeeper would not allow her to purse the darkness that could explain why she is so terrified of the dark because she does not want to succumb to it and that is the same reason why eigon refuses that you let her read any of the dark stories because he does not want her to purse the darkness already within her.
This could very easily explain much of the story in dark souls 3, she was not given her role of firekeeper not because she lacks the skills or talent but rsther because she is inclined to the dark were she to have the powers of a firekeeper and succumb to the dark she would sink the entire world into darkness. This is literally what we see in the dark firelink shrine. There is mention of how the girl succumbed to the dark and sank the world into darkness and the eyes are found the ssme place where irina is found.
That is why eigon must protect her but also imprison her so no one may drag her into darkness or else the entire age of fire is doomed. When you bring her to firelink shrine eigon is delited because you let her witness the flame which is the path he wants for her.
This explains so much!
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"The world began without knowledge, and without knowledge will it end" - best quote ever
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The Locust Preachers and the feast they refer to is influenced from Berserk.
In Berserk, the eclipse (’蝕’, translates to 'feast') is a rare event occurring once every 216 years to welcome a new member of the God Hand. The chosen one must offer a large amount of sacrifice for the God Hand’s apostles to feast on during the ceremony.
The apostles are grotesque human/monster hybrids and the locust preachers could easily pass as one.
There is an eclipse occurring at the players world in Dark Souls 3, signaling the fading age of fire. A new lord of dark, potentially the player, will be crowned. Following the locust preachers’ sermon, a feast would celebrate the new age of dark. Who knows what the followers of dark would feast on.
The age of dark isn’t presented pleasantly throughout the Dark Souls series. But the characters that seek to bring the dark argue we are preconditioned and prejudiced against the raw, darkness of man.
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Dude he kept talking about a feast like thirteen times and all he does is stand there does he have
Alzheimers or something wtf
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"And so, she lived in fear. Of the dark, of the things that gnawed at her flesh.
And yet! The Abyss hath yet to produce any such creature"... You take five steps and one of them jumps at you and start eating your face! She was right!
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One of these guys helped me catch a coward host who was sending all his summons at me. Eventually after the summons died, a locust and I chased him down until he was cornered. That was when the gangbang had begun.
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every time i find a little one sticking his head out of the mud i wanna bend over and give him a little smooch
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Humans are of the dark, I think the feast is letting the age of dark consume the age of fire. They see us as one of their own so they offer us a seat at the table but some of them cannot think past their own stomach.
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They kind of resemble the Bible's plague of the locust army king Abaddon (in Hebrew means destruction), angel of the bottomless pit, with a locust-horse alike body; with human face, woman hair, lion teeth, nifty chest plates and a scorpion stinger that would torture man for 5 months. This creature also shares some similarities to a Chimera, and they had human intelligence, for they afflicted only those men who had not the “SEAL OF GOD” in their foreheads. You can find more reliable source of information on the Bible and the Book of Revelation itself. I'd post a link to a direct source that puts together all info related to this Bible plague creature, but my comment would be removed.
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"The white substance the Locust shoot from their backsides have identical appearance and properties when hitting the player to the wax used by the candle scholars, seeming to imply that the scholars wax is obtained by harvesting it from The White Faced Locust, which have innate magic. " Well I don't wanna get hit by those blue claw arm things in the archives.... Just gotta dip my head in some locust ass juice and that should do the trick!
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the fact these enemies utter proper words while fighting you is something I find pretty unsettling
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"Of all the fingers, he alone was embraced by the abyss. For he was human, and ne'er a grub. Fear not the dark, my friend. And let the feast begin." I strongly believe that this line of cut dialogue wasn't hinted at Creighton or Leonhard, but rather Kirk the Longfinger. He was noted as a "Notorious member of the Darkwraiths" in Ds1, meaning that he originally pillaged and killed for humanity in the name of Kaathe, but later joined the Chaos Servants to offer his humanity to Quelaan the Fair Lady to comfort her. Of course, we see him attempting to invade and murder again in the Cathedral of the deep, but mainly to offer tongues to comfort Rosaria, who was relieved of her tongue by her firstborn son. Though the covenants he aligned with are different, his intention is the same.
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Pretty sure one of the references is Aldia from DS2 not Orbeck. Besides Orbeck just wanted to reinvent himself as a sorcerer. Aldia on the other hand is literally known as the scholar of the first sin, additionally the usage of "want" is a major theme in DS2 so it's pretty clear
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Yo what I wish is they make the same dark soul but up to the 2020 look like every thing the same but better than before
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Dude dropped a soul of a champion just like that, outta nowhere
So there are definitely a few little ones who "preach". Always with there head in the water.
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Wouldn't the first quote discussed be referring to Artorias, since you reunite his soul with his loved one?
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Well I found a tiny one talking to me with its head sticking out of the mud
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I'm probably wrong but since all the others seem to refer to DS3 characters I wondered if maybe the "wayfaring knight" could be Hawkwood with the forbidden search referencing him looking for the dragon stones. Not sure who his beloved would be though unless maybe it's whoever the grave he visits belongs to.
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Look at its name it says PREACHER meaning its creature sent from abyss to send message to us or anyone who is trying to survive or fight to GIVE UP , resistance is futile no one can stop abyss , that's why it always say fear not dark n let feast begin
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I am the dark soul. And the one that was man that went into the abyss was artorias. Js. I live breathe eat and***** darksouls. I am... The dark soul
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By far the most confusing encounters I ever had in the game. I was always left scratching my head whenever he said "and let the feast begin".
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I thought the person the Locust Preacher as "one who sought knowledge" was Aldia
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They were annoying, so I killed them all.... Let the feast begin!
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By the way, the non-hostile preachers are not the same one who's moving around the Ringed City. It's many different preachers, all located on different places. But other than the hostile preachers, the non-hostiles don't respawn. There are 3 in total, I believe. One at the start, one at the bridge over the 3 harald soldiers at the swamp, and one where you pick up the ring knight straight sword
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Did you guys notice that when locust is attacking you with his grab attack he is mumbling something? But i can´t hear what exactly...
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This has misleading information. Rapport works on the locusts just fine. Their weaknesses are frost, lightning, and fire. And it is not any of the souls they drop. It's a soul of an unknown traveler, soul of a lost undead, and soul of a crestfallen knight. Ng+ they drop soul of an intrepid hero, soul of a seasoned warrior, and soul of a champion.
Who the hell wrote the trivia section? There's flowery, and then there's whatever the heck happened here.
There's a point where trying to sound too smart just makes it look worse.
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Report works fine on them been farming there for a bit I have no problem using report on them
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"this could suggest that the Locust Preachers are trying to persuade the player to commit cannibalism for whatever reason"
Taking in consideration that:
1) The Ringeg City is directly linked to the Dark Soul.
2) Gael, presumably, kills everyone in the world in order to consume the Dark Soul.
3) The Dark is, lorewise, the Abyss and
4) The Abyss in directly linked to humanity.
Seems pretty likely that the cannibalism would be in order to obtain the Dark Soul itself and thus lead the Champion of Ash to the dark. The descrption of the White Preacher Head further solidifies this possibility: The white-faced locusts were meant to beckon men to the dark with sermons (...).
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There appears to be a typo in the info section, it lists both variants as small in the health section but then as small and regular in the soul section. Also I must take issue with the trivia portion, neither Sullyvahn nor Ariandel wear armor, their apparel is more alike to robes. If anyone other than Eygon were to fit the bill IMO it would be Gundyr, he's a heavily armored warrior who loathed to lose his firekeeper.
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Mob Enemy Ahead, Therefore try Eliminating One At a Time.
Their biggest, genuine, weakness, is backpeddling. Lock on, backpaddle away from their attacks, then get your limited two stunlocks, rinse repeat.
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If you aggro a big one, the aggroed little ones nearby will get aggressive. Therefore let the feast begin.
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Wow. Their jump attacks have some of the most dumbest hyper armor ever.
I did a full Ledos R2 and they didn't stagger. Also did a Falling Bolt and they didn't stagger.
Nice.
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Please add this to the page! I just killed one of the large, hostile Locus Preachers and it dropped a Soul of a Champion.
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I'm pretty sure the "One met the dark with learning. But in the end, learned his knowledge was wanting." part is about Big Hat Logan.
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At the far edge of swamp, near the buried church with Ringed Knights, there is group of locusts: 1 adult and 4 aggresive little ones. They are the only little locusts that attack you (yet the are quite easy to kill). Can anyone suggest why?
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The one presumed to be Orbeck could be Vendrick. As he obtained knowledge on souls to create his kingdom, which later became Wanting.
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They seem to drop various sizes of souls. I've gotten both unknown traveler and crestfallen knight to drop.
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"SPOILER ALERT"
"Fear not the Dark, and let the Feast begin", could be referencing how someone(gael in this case) had to devour the the pygmy lords thereby devouring their Dark Soul for the Dark Soul to have it's true power, seeing that they had long since withered.
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Pretty sure "Let the Feast Begin" is a nod to the "Eclipse" event at the end of the Golden Age arc in the Berserk Manga, which Dark Souls was inspired by. The fact that the locusts use their knowledge of sorcery to "Feast" on unsuspecting players is probably more them misinterpreting the Mantra ("...most of them are unable to think past their own stomachs, the unruly mob!") rather than it being a direct source (as they are considered Preachers for the Dark...Religion??). Would be odd for them to outright trick the player as this is the realm of the Pygmy, and Humans would be revered in the Ringed City. If it were meant to mislead Pygmies/Humans, pretty sure the Pygmy royalty would've killed them all well before you show up, at the end of days.
Won't spoil the details for what goes on during the "Eclipse" in Berserk, but it is certainly considered a "Feast" of sorts.
Is there info on voice actors for the DLCs yet? If not, well... are the Locust Preachers voiced by Daniel Flynn? (aka voice of Solaire, Blue Sentinel Targray and Alfred) They sound like him, at least.
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OMG!!! THE DEEP ISN'T THE ABYSS CONFIRMED!!! "And so, she lived in fear. Of the dark, of the things that gnawed at her flesh.
And yet! The Abyss hath yet to produce any such creature!
Fear not, the dark, my friend.
And let the feast begin." IT IS CONFIRMED THAT WITHIN THE DEEP LIE CREATURES THAT GNAW ON FLESH AS SEEN FROM THE GNAW MIRACLES AND NOW FROM THIS WE KNOW THAT THE ABYSS DOES NOT HAVE ANY GNAWING CREATURES WITHIN, IF IT WASN'T A CREATURE OF THE ABYSS THAT WAS GNAWING AT HER, THEN THE ONLY OTHER SOURCE KNOWN TO HAVE GNAWING CREATURES IS THE DEEP! THIS COULD HAVE MAJOR IMPLICATIONS LORE WISE WITH THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE WAY OF WHITE (saints on pilgrimage) AND THE DEEP (creatures for some reason gnawing at clerics)!
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Creepy freak. I fear no dark, & I will feast on your corpse!
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On NG+3 they drop three types of souls, one of them is Soul of a Champion (that's 100% certain as I farmed them) - I GUESS they might be dropping up to Soul of a Great Champion on NG+4.
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I thought the "wayfairing knight" speech was referring to Artorias.
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These guys are dope. At least the friendly ones are.
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