Board Thread:Dark Souls II/@comment-9527834-20140319021218/@comment-16047389-20140404174252

I gotta go with Arvas on this one

Majula>Nexus>Firelink

Obviously, this is Dark Souls game and the whole sunny, calming, hopeful feeling that Majula gives off is a little out of place at first. But over time I came to realize that there is a difference between Drangleic and Lordran that I hadn't seen before. When the Chosen Undead went to Lordran, we saw a once glorious society slowly dying. But in Drangleic, we see a land that is already dead, but slowly coming back to life. It is mentioned several times over, that Drangleic was the result of the previous kingdom falling and being reborn as something new. I think that this is the theme behind the game. In that case, it makes perfect sense why Majula gradually becomes less gloomy over time. Drangleic is dead and now a new society is slowly growing to replace it.

But of course, there is also the rather disturbing underlying of this happy little village. Most of the people there are losing their memories, their hope, or their sanity. When you talk to the indivdual NPCs, you realize that you're actually watching someone slowly forget themselves right before your eyes.