"The Kushans" are an imaginary race of Hindu/Ottomans, and their appearance in Berserk did much to generate and form the oriental armors of Dark Souls.
It's speculated to have inspired the wolf armor of Artorias. The armor may be skull-faced or wolf-headed and makes its wearer fight like an undying. "The Berserker Armor " is the attire of Berserk's hero Guts, and is an enchanted construct that numbs pain, spurs violent emotions, and refits bones. One particular band of knights wore helmets with greatly exaggerated visors, like noses, much like a template for the knights of Demon's Souls.
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Like Souls, Berserk is a series that distinguished itself by its wide variety of demons , warlords and goon knights in over-the-top outfits.įrom Software merrily adopted the art style and created counterparts, with some looking more alike than others. One of the most recognizable features of the Souls franchise is its lineup of surreal armor designs, many of which were imagined after Berserk. Marked as a demonic sacrifice, Guts is locked into an eternal war with the dark.Īmong the many traits assimilated by Souls series are: "giant swords", "crazy armor", "crazy monsters", "undead", "the dark" and an extremely grim worldview.Ī growing list of commonalities lies below, discussing among other things the origin of Yharnam, various Souls enemies, NPC's and otherwise enigmatic tidbits. Launched in 1990, Berserk is a dark fantasy manga that may be considered one of the most profound sources of inspiration behind the Souls Series.īerserk is centered around a cursed swordsman by the name of Guts. Warning this page contains depictions of graphic violence. Please understand these are musings and interpretations by a player and are not to be taken as official or representative of other's views. This page contains lore theories by Rakuyo.