#nightmare frontier

[floodwatersblog]

wanderers

[ivyjinna]

Traverse the nightmares with me :)

Spend a lot of time working on the nightmare layers piece, please take a look and share it with your fellow lost hunters!

For anyone who would like to purchase a print, the link is here :)

Layers of Nightmare (Wide Version) - Bloodborne , an art print by Yujia Jin

This is a gallery-quality giclée art print on 100% cotton rag archival paper, printed with archival inks.

[evs-eme]

INKTOBER 24 - Nightmare Frontier, Bloodborne

The slow poison and the boss in this optional area will be less of a problem compared to the enemies and the Frenzy in Nightmare Frontier.

I've mentioned in the past that Old Yharnam was one of my two least favorite areas to play, but Nightmare Frontier is, for me, the worst area in Bloodborne, aside from the creatures that came out of Satan's and Cthulhu's assholes combined. But the ones that really take the cake and will definitely end your patience are the Winter Lanterns. They have no power to eliminate you, and just seeing you will kill you from the Frenzy they inflict, and there are several of these types in this place.

So, prepare your sedative for the frenzy and antidotes because there are poison swamps with unstable frame rates (a From Software tradition) and the "Oh Shit!" section. As for the tragicomic situations of Inktober, I dedicate it to Nightmare Frontier, more than for the tragic things and the memes, it's because it really is a shitty area and to think that there are Chalice Dungeons much better than this place.

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[mangledskull]

So I’ve been replaying Bloodborne and I noticed this castle in the distance of the Nightmare Frontier. I can’t get any better resolution so this is all I have for pictures.

Does anyone in the Bloodborne community have any speculation on what this is? Cut content? The Hunter’s Nightmare? Micolash’s vacation home? Please tell me what your thoughts are!

[piercedinhalf]

Deservedly so lmao

[vladvladprocrastinator]

The Lord Executioners, four in their number, lorded over the Inquisition in their own distinct regions.

From Alkebulan's savana hails Lord Kaikara of the Qori Ismaris. She rules as a great general to Lord Inquisitor Joel Angelas, holding out the Nightmare Apostles' armies in the Steel Frontiers of Alkebulan's west.

From the Tianguo si-Ren alliance hails Zhu Hongse of the Vermillion Sages. He maintains the Inquisition's finances and ensures their money is spent wisely, maintaining supply lines, weapon manufacturing and maintaining facilities. Under his Lordship, the Inquisition has seen, at last, the production of its first Airships.

From the jungle-smothered continent of Cipactli hails the Dusk Lord Heretic Toltecatl of the Sun-serpent's tribe. This brilliant assassin has not been present for quite some decades, on account of a falling out between him and Lord-Inquisitor Joel, yet prior to that scandal he was His most loyal soldier, carrying out stealth missions into territories where the Inquisition has yet to spread its protection, deposing occultist uprisings before they had the chance to beckon the Nightmare forth.

[fantomette22]

Nightmare frontier (Loran) geologic interpretation

Alright, here I am to talk about another detail I noticed while replaying Bloodborne! It has more to do with well the geology of the nightmare frontier and from what it's based on in real life. I like analysis and trying to understand those in video game! But also might bue because I'm a technician geologist too XD Still I will try to stay simple and short.

So The Nightmare frontier in the Nightmare. This optional zone you can unlock thanks to Patches! And where we fight the Amygdala to obtained the Loran's chalice.

Notes : the nightmares are in layers. Mensis nightmare is on top then the frontier, under the fishing hamlet with the boats. And under the hamlet the hunter's nightmare/Yharnam of the dlc. For the one who didn't knew.

Notes 2 : The nightmare frontier is probably a nightmare originating from the region where Loran is (the out place area and the Loran chalice are goos indicator). You know that Pthumerian civilisation far from pthumeru & Yharnam who all become beasts... But if you are into the lore you probably know about Loran and all.

So in the frontiers we can find those strange stone hexagonal columns around :

Well it is a real geologic structures! Also named volcanic (basalts) columns, organ pipes etc (orgues volcaniques in French)

Volcanic columns of Panska skala. Source image : https://planet-terre.ens-lyon.fr/ressource/orgues-volcaniques.xml,

So, how it's formed? Well it is a bit complex but I will try to explain simply. You see those are formed from (effusive) volcanism (don't cofound with magmatic plutonism). You see when a volcano create really liquid lava and don't explode it's effusive. The lava cooled fast on the surface (huge thermic difference with the air or water) and don't crystallised, it often formed basalts (this black rock without minerals visible) or similars stone (can be andesite too in that case or even diorite. It's the same "family").

Those columns are not directly made on the surface but meters under the first couch of lava or they can be formed in magmatic veins that came from a magmatic chamber (in the ground) but cooled way faster than the chamber: it can create those or dyke or sills for exemple/ A magmatic chamber who cooled of will be crystallised on the contrary and take a lot of time! (Thousand if not millions of year) Still it's seems those columns take years or century to become rocks. Still it is "fast" on a geological levels.

Apparently with specific conditions temperature it create this hexagonal columns. It is also similar when clay who became dry and cracked on the ground if you prefer.

Anyway those volcanic columns can be found in many places! Europe, Africa, Asia, America etc There are usually millions of years old and we can see them thanks to erosions of the more tender rocks around it.

The first pic I show are at 80/100km north to Prague in Czech Republic. And You know Bloodborne is a bit more based on easter Europe so 👀

Anyway I think this is very cool the devs inspire themself from those! Very Interesting!

SO what it says about Loran region and Bloodborne world then ?🤔 Well I'm not sure but it's sure is very ancient geologic formation and even in XIX century 2 big theories fought about geology so it sure could be see as specials for old civilisation! Especially in link with old great ones or smt. And maybe Loran could be closer to Yharnam than we think.

ALSO

You see those weird ?ball rocks? in the all the nightmare area? really remind me of pillow lava. You know when lava pierce through the ocean and cold really fast

Ok and I'm not sure for Yharnam or Cainhurst geology but pretty sure the fishing hamlet is volcanic stone too. Why? Well the huge massifs black stones and the BLACK SAND, like in Hawaii ! Or in Iceland. Volcanic region with huge volcanic activity.

Black sand always means it came from volcanic rocks or that it's rich in iron minerals for exemple.

[alberichfanpage]

Out of the frying pan (hell) and into the oven (different hell).