Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-99.120.249.161-20140301014251

I'm trying to set up a cohesive idea of what happened during the Occult Rebellion and the attempt to destroy the gods. Please feel free to add or correct anything you wish. Here is what happened as I can best understand it, based on evidence and some admittedly heavy speculation on my part, using a bit of fancy language.

1. Seathe the scaleless begets a child unto Gwynevere, the Princess of Sunlight. A daughter named Priscilla.

2. A large slums built against the walls of Lordran falls prey to a malady which infects water, animals, and humans alike. The residents call out for help, but the gods are deaf to their pleas. The area becomes known as Blighttown

3. While his daughter grows up in Anor Londo, Seathe begins to experiment on maidens which he abducts from the areas surrounding Lordran, turning them into hideous beasts. Despite the depravity of his friend's actions, Gwyn turns a blind eye to the experiments. this kindles the rage of Havel the Rock, a just hero and sworn enemy of magic.

4. Seathe discovers the secret of immortality, and the knowledge drives him mad. It is unknown whether or not Kaathe or some other primordial serpent had anything to do with his madness, but I believe so, as the crystal Seithes uses to stay alive is the Primordial Crystal. Seathe's madness drives him to do the unthinkable; he begins to take maidens from Anor Londo itself, going so far as to abduct several of Gwynevere's handmaidens.

5. Havel, disgusted by Seathe's atrocities and Gwyn's continuing unwillingness to intercede, leaves Lordran for a time, descending to ash lake. There, he finds and claims a tooth from the eternal dragon and crafts the great magic barrier.

6. Havel returns to Lordran and begins organizing a small group of his closest followers, teaching them his defences against magic and plotting with them over how to rid the world of Seathe. This is the beginning of the occult.

7. As Seathe's experiments grow ever more deranged, gods begin to turn against him. The goddess Velka is banished for ordering justice done against the scaleless dragin. Around the same time, Gwynevere also departs Lordran, wedding to the Flame god Flann. It is also possible that Gwyndolin was taken and experimented on by Seathe because of his feminine appearance and upbringing.

8. Havel begins recruiting more members for the occult. He finds many willing volunteers from Blighttown and the areas surrounding it, as they are angered by the gods' refusal to aid them.

9. The occult is large and spreading. The pieces are nearly all in place. Havel approaches Priscilla, the half breed, and requests her magical knowledge to create the occult weapons, which are capable of killing the gods. Priscilla agrees, perhaps because she feared her father's wrath next, or perhaps because she had some friend among the handmaidens of Grynevere who were taken.

10. The occult weapons are created, and many of its members are armed with the new weaponry. The rebellion is about to begin.

11. Using his influence, Havel smuggles his troops into Anor Londo as more occult take up places in New Londo, Izalith, near the catacombs and the firelink shrine, and in the area that would one day be known as undead burg. Another occult force is sent to raze Seathe's duekdom to the ground.

12. At a prearranged signal, Havel's occult strikes. Occult memebers begin ravaging Anor Londo, and Havel leads a charge to storm Gwyn's castle itself, Priscilla by his side. The four kings, Nito, the Witch of Izalith, and Seathe, are too caught up fighting their own battles against the occult to render aid to Gwyn.

13. Havel's forces break down the gates to Anor Londo. He and Gwyn's son (possibly Solaire) clash in the entrance to the throne room. The other gods fight well, but the occult weapons seem to be too much for them. However, the turning point in the battle comes when Nito, who has obliterated the occult group attempting to destory his domain, arrives with his dead forces. Havel's men are surrounded and slaughtered to a man. All throughout Lordran, the occult forces, without Havel to lead them, are destroyed by the forces of the gods.

14. After the rebellion is quelled, Havel and Priscilla are tried for attempting to overthrow Gwyn and the other lords. Because Havel is Gwyn's friend, and Priscilla is his granddaughter, he gives what he thinks is lenient punishment. Havel is locked away in a tower in what would eventually be known as the udnead burg. Priscilla, whose powers Gwyn fears, is banished into the painted world of Ariamis, with guards set up day and night to ensure that no occult remnants try to free her.

15. The first flame begins to fade. The Dark Soul begins to grow.

16. Gwyn sacrifices himself to rekindle the First Flame. The undead curse that results also affects Havel, still locked in the tower in undead burg, where he will remain until he hollows.

17. The Chosen undead awakens in their cell. 