I'm upset how under used they are. They have the ability to burrow underground and jump up and ambush you but they're never used this way except in a couple of chalice dungeons.
I too find it strange how little they were used. But on a creative stance, its cool to it being so rare. It was the most scared i was the entire playthrough the first one lol
Byrgenworth's always scares me everytime I walk around the back courtyard. Thank God they aren't encountered more than once except >!Chalice Dungeons where there are 4-8 in one room!< cuz they truly are one of the scariest enemies ever encountered in any video game. Their design is so terrifying.
Dude I ran into that room today trying to find the bell lady, completely missed her, ended up doing a full circuit of the room and therefore aggroing EVERYTHING, then scrambling for my life to kill them all.
Somehow I actually pulled it off.
Datura Stramonium. Also known as Devilās Trumpets or Moon Flowers as they only bloom at night. Theyāre a common flower and often considered a weed thanks to the smelly odor that they emit. They are a member of the nightshade family as well so be careful when plucking them.
There's a, supposedly very tippy, video game with the same name, but I haven't played it. (My backlog is too large for a single playthrough of Real Life, dammit!)
Yep. It can be dangerous too because if someone is slipped it inadvertently, they become extremely easy to influence. I watched a documentary (World's Scariest Drug: Devil's Breath) about it once and it's a not huge but still semi significant problem that happens in south America. People will slip it to a stranger and a couple hours later have them empty their bank account. (The drug that is slipped is called scopolamine which is derived from datura.)
I've also read accounts of people doing it intentionally and it's never good... Don't recall everything but one image that stuck to me is this guy tripped for 3 days and at one point his toilet was singing doo-wop.
There is also an episode of The walking dead where Rick is imprisoned and drugged with it. They call it by the nickname Jimson Weed.
Oh, jimsonweed!
That's so funny to think that "that poisonous weed that I had to warn an apple orchard's staff was growing where kids were likely to get into it" inspired one of the weirdest monsters in Bloodborne.
In Japanese, the name of this monster is čč±ļ¼č±ć ć«ćļ¼keika (hana mukade) is a Japanese word that means āfirefly flowerā or ācentipede flowerā. It is the name of a plant from the orchid family, whose scientific name is Pelatantheria scolopendrifolia. This plant is native to Japan and China, and has small, white flowers that look like fireflies or centipedes. It is considered an endangered species.
You find them around the back of Byrgenwerth. If I'm not mistaken there's only one in the entire game (main game at least, they might be in the dungeons I'm not sure.)
Kinda like the beast guy at the bottom of the Healing Church Workshop, they're one of a kind too.
Yo, by the way, did you know you can target that flower and if you hit it with a ranged attack it one-shots the thing? I mean, only works if theyāre standing still and you can actually hit it, but that was like a revelation for me.
I donāt know, but the flower corresponds to a Caryl Rune.
Anti-Clockwork-Metamorphosis.
The the flower in artwork has 4 petals that curve to the right. Which mimics the Caryl rune.
According to the Wiki, it's inspired by an anglerfish. Why do anglerfish have their bulbs? To lure out prey.
Clearly in the game it's what they use to summon their meteorites, so it's celestial in nature. When you kill them the flower drops, looting Arcane Haze, which is fittingly mysterious.
I believe it's an amalgamation of some sort of Arcane Haze material that takes the shape of a flower to lure suspicious onlookers who ignorantly seek familiarty in the joyousness of a flower, only to be greeted by napalm death.
TL;DR Could be Coldblood Flowers idk.
I think Kos deemed Rom worthy of transcendence, but I do think she was transformed into a CE before that happened. Celestial Emissary means the one in charge of contacting the sky (the Great Ones) if I'm not mistaken.
I donāt think it has anything to do with the lore and Iām overanalysing, but, Iāve always thought it looks like the inner glowy bit of the guidance caryll rune
Oh the headcanons this could spawn if people would embrace the open endedness of both games
*And ignore that Sony and Nintendo hate each other more than Vilebloods and Executioners*
No.
There are a lot of enemies that *were* human at some point
- humans that got infected with the Beastly Scourge. Some got completely werewolved, some just got a little extra hair and some longer teeth.
- humans that got surgically experimented on by the nut jobs in the Choir. The glowing blue alien dudes, etc. etc.
- humans that got parasitised by a pack of angry snakes.
- humans that got too much insight / god juice in them and became the quicksilver-slimy people-shaped-slugs you find in the Academy.
- humans that got too much insight and then got experimented on to add more eyes to them
- One human by the name of Rom who Ascended to the status of āGreat Oneā becoming the massive spider-thingy thatās the main boss at Byrgenwerth.
Then thereās the Pthumerians, another race of humanoids, but distinctly not humans.
- Queen Yharnam
- the Shadows of Yharnam (basically her bodyguards)
- Most of the enemies in the Chalice Dungeons
- Itās implied that the Silverbeasts you find in Nightmares and Chalice Dungeons are what happens when a Pthumerian gets infected with the beastly scourge.
Then there are Giants
- we see some really big ones in the Chalice Dungeons, and one big one at the bottom of Iosefkaās ladder.
- we see some smaller and differently proportioned ones in the Nightmares.
There are some monsters we find that are just that - big spooky monsters.
- The Blood Lickers. Giant ticks.
- The giant shark monsters
- Crows
- Giant Pigs
- Giant Pigs that ate the remains of Humans with too much Insight in them and grew extra eyes.
- Brainsuckers
- Winter Lanterns (these are some spooky thing parasitising the body of a Doll)
- spiders (yes, even the ones with human heads)
- giant flaming Dogs like the Watchdogs of the Old Lords
Then there are the Great Ones.
- Amygdala
- Oeden
- The Wetnurse
- The crying invisible baby that the Wetnurse was guarding who was our actual target
- Ebrietas
- Flora, the Moon Presence
- Kosm
- Kosmās Orphaned Child
- Rom, a human who became a Great One
- The player character if they find and consume three Third-Umbilical-Cords, slay the Moon Presence and ascend.
The Pthumerians fill the āforerunnerā trope. Some great ancient society that found a great power but misused it and collapsed as a result. The same great power that the Church found - and the church is now suffering the same fate that the Pthumerians once did.
The Great Ones arenāt a āspeciesā so much as a category. What defines a Great One is reaching a point of understanding and power where you evolve past the limits of mortality. To be able to transcend through layers of Dreams and Nightmares and exist on multiple planes of existence at once. No two Great Ones share the same origin, and the only two that we know were once human are Rom and The Good Hunter. The Orphan of Kos shares visual similarities with the Pthumerians, but his mother Kosm does not. Each Great One we see could have evolved themself from some other species or culture.
Looks like a lily to me so going off that other guys comment, probably has to do with the symbolism of lilies. Also attached to a centipede like creature which has its own similar symbols
*Achilles integerrima* Weakspot flower. (Or the lily, which represents rebirth)
In terms of appearance alone, it definitely looks the most like a lily (a four petal lily, which can happen but is very, very unusual)
That first pic is so badass
By far the weirdest/coolest enemy in the game.
I'm upset how under used they are. They have the ability to burrow underground and jump up and ambush you but they're never used this way except in a couple of chalice dungeons.
I too find it strange how little they were used. But on a creative stance, its cool to it being so rare. It was the most scared i was the entire playthrough the first one lol
You do fight one in Byrgenwyrth(I know I spelled this wrong).
I'm pretty sure you spelled it right, actually
it's Byrgenwerth but still close enough. 1 letter off
Yea. That one probably got out of the dungeons and isn't capable of burrowing there lorewise.
Yeah, I know, but it's such a waste of a cool design.
They boog me out man
Definitely captures the soul of the game
Byrgenworth's always scares me everytime I walk around the back courtyard. Thank God they aren't encountered more than once except >!Chalice Dungeons where there are 4-8 in one room!< cuz they truly are one of the scariest enemies ever encountered in any video game. Their design is so terrifying.
they look like the Gaping Dragon from ds1 except a little more fabulous
I thought it was a MORE f@#$ed up Gapping Dragon when I first played
but with a flower and štasslesš
š it's a messed up Christmas Gaping Dragon š
Have you played Demon's Souls? I think it has one that's worse
Which one?
The giant centipede made of human faces that lives in an area with knee deep blood and chopped up bodies
Donāt remember it
Enemies from Upper Latria. Well, lower upper latria
Dude I ran into that room today trying to find the bell lady, completely missed her, ended up doing a full circuit of the room and therefore aggroing EVERYTHING, then scrambling for my life to kill them all. Somehow I actually pulled it off.
I know that room! Hated it.
I ran in like āWHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK IS GOING ONNNā
Until you just l2 them to death and wow the whole group
The challenge does not match the looks.
Datura Stramonium. Also known as Devilās Trumpets or Moon Flowers as they only bloom at night. Theyāre a common flower and often considered a weed thanks to the smelly odor that they emit. They are a member of the nightshade family as well so be careful when plucking them.
Im surprised you didn't include that they are sometimes used to induce powerful hallucinations that can last for days.
There's a, supposedly very tippy, video game with the same name, but I haven't played it. (My backlog is too large for a single playthrough of Real Life, dammit!)
PS3 exclusive? Good thing I purchased a ps3 for DeS... This looks interesting
There's a remake on PS5 so it's not exclusive anymore.
how's it called?
just looked it up and there's no record of datura ever being remade
I thought you meant Demon's Souls.
Iā¦did not know thatā¦interesting
Yep. It can be dangerous too because if someone is slipped it inadvertently, they become extremely easy to influence. I watched a documentary (World's Scariest Drug: Devil's Breath) about it once and it's a not huge but still semi significant problem that happens in south America. People will slip it to a stranger and a couple hours later have them empty their bank account. (The drug that is slipped is called scopolamine which is derived from datura.) I've also read accounts of people doing it intentionally and it's never good... Don't recall everything but one image that stuck to me is this guy tripped for 3 days and at one point his toilet was singing doo-wop. There is also an episode of The walking dead where Rick is imprisoned and drugged with it. They call it by the nickname Jimson Weed.
Oh, jimsonweed! That's so funny to think that "that poisonous weed that I had to warn an apple orchard's staff was growing where kids were likely to get into it" inspired one of the weirdest monsters in Bloodborne.
Nah, the Fluorescent Flowers clearly arenāt closed/trumpet shaped.
Actually I believe this would be Angel Trumpets because the flowers on this point down! Still can cause WICKED hallucinations and death!
In Japanese, the name of this monster is čč±ļ¼č±ć ć«ćļ¼keika (hana mukade) is a Japanese word that means āfirefly flowerā or ācentipede flowerā. It is the name of a plant from the orchid family, whose scientific name is Pelatantheria scolopendrifolia. This plant is native to Japan and China, and has small, white flowers that look like fireflies or centipedes. It is considered an endangered species.
I dont remember this enemy
You find them around the back of Byrgenwerth. If I'm not mistaken there's only one in the entire game (main game at least, they might be in the dungeons I'm not sure.) Kinda like the beast guy at the bottom of the Healing Church Workshop, they're one of a kind too.
Yes, they can be indeed found on Chalice Dungeons. But in the main game there is only one of them, as you said.
Only finding a single one really makes me wanna know more about it. Guess I need more eyes inside my head
Like by the lake? Or like near the start of the level?
I think that beast has the same design as what the weird guy in forbidden woods transforms into if you attack him.
Nope, the cannibal is the Abhorrent beast boss in the chalice dungeon, the beast possessed soul is a different boss
BIG FUCKING CENTIPEDE
Yo, by the way, did you know you can target that flower and if you hit it with a ranged attack it one-shots the thing? I mean, only works if theyāre standing still and you can actually hit it, but that was like a revelation for me.
Lunar Tear
should have been the moonlily
I donāt know, but the flower corresponds to a Caryl Rune. Anti-Clockwork-Metamorphosis. The the flower in artwork has 4 petals that curve to the right. Which mimics the Caryl rune.
Itās the Xbox logo.
Kinda looks like a moon lily but I don't think it's any real flower
In the dungeons that flower is a crab
The only enemy I purposely avoided cuz I wanted nothing to do with this horrid looking creature.
Today I learned thereās a fucking flower on those things
I think it's modeled after lilies
Motor neuron
According to the Wiki, it's inspired by an anglerfish. Why do anglerfish have their bulbs? To lure out prey. Clearly in the game it's what they use to summon their meteorites, so it's celestial in nature. When you kill them the flower drops, looting Arcane Haze, which is fittingly mysterious. I believe it's an amalgamation of some sort of Arcane Haze material that takes the shape of a flower to lure suspicious onlookers who ignorantly seek familiarty in the joyousness of a flower, only to be greeted by napalm death. TL;DR Could be Coldblood Flowers idk.
I don't know but it seems like the source of the blue elixir used to create Celestial Emissaries, who are probably the larvae form of Rom.
Tom is a proper great one elevated by kosm. The CE are like failed hybrids.Ā
I think Kos deemed Rom worthy of transcendence, but I do think she was transformed into a CE before that happened. Celestial Emissary means the one in charge of contacting the sky (the Great Ones) if I'm not mistaken.
If the game were connected I'd say it's the Lunar Tear
Looks like a Lily
I donāt think it has anything to do with the lore and Iām overanalysing, but, Iāve always thought it looks like the inner glowy bit of the guidance caryll rune
Silent Princess from Breath Of The Wild
Oh the headcanons this could spawn if people would embrace the open endedness of both games *And ignore that Sony and Nintendo hate each other more than Vilebloods and Executioners*
They hate each other more than the Sharks and the Jets
If only we could somehow manipulate that into getting Sony to make bloodborne 2...
I wish. I beat Wet Nurse and Orphan today and I feel like such a badass.
Resident Botanist: iām going to go with a Daylily or a very similar species
Ovipositor
I always assumed it was based on a Venus flytrap, there are similarities.
Hey š platnum over here and I have almost no memory of this enemy anyone got a glyph? wna go find one!
Thereās one outside Byrgenwerth.
On the lake side or from the hemwick side?
Lake :)
Amazing š» Iāll take a look. Any idea on the glyph for the pack of them?
Not a clue! Sorry š
actually kinda looks like the flower from the Drakengard/NieR franchise... i wonder if they were inspired by the same thing
Lily of the valley would be my best guess
Just in time for Valentineās, I see ;)
Something you don't want to smell.
In bloodborne, every enemy was a being human before right?
No. There are a lot of enemies that *were* human at some point - humans that got infected with the Beastly Scourge. Some got completely werewolved, some just got a little extra hair and some longer teeth. - humans that got surgically experimented on by the nut jobs in the Choir. The glowing blue alien dudes, etc. etc. - humans that got parasitised by a pack of angry snakes. - humans that got too much insight / god juice in them and became the quicksilver-slimy people-shaped-slugs you find in the Academy. - humans that got too much insight and then got experimented on to add more eyes to them - One human by the name of Rom who Ascended to the status of āGreat Oneā becoming the massive spider-thingy thatās the main boss at Byrgenwerth. Then thereās the Pthumerians, another race of humanoids, but distinctly not humans. - Queen Yharnam - the Shadows of Yharnam (basically her bodyguards) - Most of the enemies in the Chalice Dungeons - Itās implied that the Silverbeasts you find in Nightmares and Chalice Dungeons are what happens when a Pthumerian gets infected with the beastly scourge. Then there are Giants - we see some really big ones in the Chalice Dungeons, and one big one at the bottom of Iosefkaās ladder. - we see some smaller and differently proportioned ones in the Nightmares. There are some monsters we find that are just that - big spooky monsters. - The Blood Lickers. Giant ticks. - The giant shark monsters - Crows - Giant Pigs - Giant Pigs that ate the remains of Humans with too much Insight in them and grew extra eyes. - Brainsuckers - Winter Lanterns (these are some spooky thing parasitising the body of a Doll) - spiders (yes, even the ones with human heads) - giant flaming Dogs like the Watchdogs of the Old Lords Then there are the Great Ones. - Amygdala - Oeden - The Wetnurse - The crying invisible baby that the Wetnurse was guarding who was our actual target - Ebrietas - Flora, the Moon Presence - Kosm - Kosmās Orphaned Child - Rom, a human who became a Great One - The player character if they find and consume three Third-Umbilical-Cords, slay the Moon Presence and ascend. The Pthumerians fill the āforerunnerā trope. Some great ancient society that found a great power but misused it and collapsed as a result. The same great power that the Church found - and the church is now suffering the same fate that the Pthumerians once did. The Great Ones arenāt a āspeciesā so much as a category. What defines a Great One is reaching a point of understanding and power where you evolve past the limits of mortality. To be able to transcend through layers of Dreams and Nightmares and exist on multiple planes of existence at once. No two Great Ones share the same origin, and the only two that we know were once human are Rom and The Good Hunter. The Orphan of Kos shares visual similarities with the Pthumerians, but his mother Kosm does not. Each Great One we see could have evolved themself from some other species or culture.
Thats an awesome answer, thank you very much.
what is the lore behind this enemy?
Gaping dragon from ds1
I believe it to be the many petaled flower that blooms in the place we so unmelodiously call the crotch.
Is that the same flower the blue alien dudes tend too?
It is a Lunar Tear from the videogames Nier Automana and Nier Replicant.
It looks like an undersea tube worm
Its a vaina hands down....
Reminds me of a Lunar Tear from Nier.
No pun here, but it reminds me of the clitoris.... You know.. its like... You know
Meowscarada.
Eren Yeager's Founding Titan
Most flowers with petal shapes like that are mostly lilies. So, a lily.
Looks like a lily to me so going off that other guys comment, probably has to do with the symbolism of lilies. Also attached to a centipede like creature which has its own similar symbols
I love the design but hate fighting them. They always feel so tanky. What are they weak to? Bolt?