The 'essence' of Dark Souls.

This verse, taken from the great sci fi novel 'The Stars My Destination' (originally published under the title 'Tiger Tiger') by Alfred Bester encapsulates the essence of Dark Souls perfectly for me.

'With a heart of furious fancies

Whereof I am commander,

With a burning spear and a horse of air,

To the wilderness I wander.

With a knight of ghosts and shadows

I summoned am to tourney,

Ten leagues beyond the wide world's end______

Methinks it is no journey.'

It is pretty apt, nice little verse to ponder on, good thoughtful find slake

Thank you Serious. You have 'soul'.

+1 for pun.

If we're gonna start classing this joint up I got a haiku for everyone:

Steel moonlight slashing,
Flashing bright and cutting deep,
Now only darkness

-some guy from tenth grade

Must...resist...urge...to write...very...uncultured...and satirical...parody! :silent:

Reaper, this is for those who enjoy some 'higher pleasures' in the words of Mill

Cursed, broken, despairing
Only one release shall save you
darkness must ensue

I'm impressed by the haiku. As for 'classing this joint up', to be honest this wasn't the reason why I posted this. The fact is it popped into my head whilst I was playing. I read the book ages ago but for some reason this verse got inside my head and stayed there.

SlakeMoth wrote:This verse, taken from the great sci fi novel 'The Stars My Destination' (originally published under the title 'Tiger Tiger') by Alfred Bester encapsulates the essence of Dark Souls perfectly for me.

'With a heart of furious fancies

Whereof I am commander,

With a burning spear and a horse of air,

To the wilderness I wander.

With a knight of ghosts and shadows

I summoned am to tourney,

Ten leagues beyond the wide world's end______

Methinks it is no journey.'

I love it, thanks for sharing.

I love Invictus and think it also fits well with Dark souls.

Link as its to long for me to type out...

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Invictus