Board Thread:Dark Souls II/@comment-5264386-20130801122019/@comment-18016240-20131027041320

Daifukkatsu wrote:

Hereticalthoughts wrote: So I saw a video on VaatiVidya's channel that showed fire sorcery, not sure what to make of that. If DS2 is supposed to be a direct sequel to DS, how would Fire Sorcery come back? I'd assumed it was altered so that it only worked when used as pyromancy? I haven't seen the video that you are referring to, but the leaked DaSII item descriptions still call them "pyromancy":Category:Dark Souls II: Pyromancies, although it seems that they have sort of grouped them with sorceries from a gameplay perspective as both are cast with staffs.

Hereticalthoughts wrote: it makes the Lords in general seem less important to be honest. This is mostly speculative on my part, but Dark Souls (the first) gave me the impression that Lordran and its inhabitants are not all that important in the eyes of the outside world (non-undead), so it wouldn't surprise me if this is confirmed in the second.

Hmm, maybe pyromancy evolved into a wand based form then? If so, then it might make quite a bit of sense, pyromancy is the youngest form of magic in Dark Souls and thus is the least refined, possibly explaining why the catalyst for it is the use of a pyromancy flame rather than a wand or talisman. If it's used in a staff it would make it more focused and developed.

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I'm not so sure that's the case, the Lords ushered in the Age of Fire, the first age where humanoids were in control, and seemed to have a pretty heavy influence in Thorolund at least what with Lloyd's knights and the WOW.