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* IntraScholasticRivalry: Much of the (human-level) conflict is rooted in the rivalries of various scholarly institutions researching humanity's AscensionToAHigherPlaneOfExistence. The first, and most momentous, rivalry took place at the Byrgenwerth College, between Provost Willem's group and a splinter faction of his students led by Laurence: the former sought to ascend through [[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow Insight into the eldritch truths]], while the latter believed ascension would come through imbibing the [[ThePowerOfBlood Old Blood]] of {{Eldritch Abomination}}s. Laurence's group eventually left Byrgenwerth and founded the Healing Church.
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* BreakingOldTrends: ''Bloodborne'' is the first of the Soulsborne game (and up to Elden Ring, only) that doesn't have an extensive expository introduction, instead preferring to throw you into the madness right away, which enhances the pervasive feel of confusion and mystery surrounding Yharnam.
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* DaylightHorror: Unlike the rest of the game, the Nightmare Frontier and the Hunter's Nightmare take place in bright daylight. It doesn't make them less unnerving.
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* BossAlteringConsequence: One of the first bosses that the player faces in the game is Father Gascoigne, a former hunter who has succumbed to the beast scourge that has ravaged Yharnam. While exploring the city, the player can meet Gascoigne's daughter who will give a small music box. Using the music box during the fight will temporarily stun Gascoigne allowing the player to deal damage to him. Overuse of the music box will cause Father Gascoigne to transform into a beast much earlier in the fight then he would normally, however.
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* HourglassPlot: This is one possible interpretation. [[spoiler:Once you've made the CosmicHorrorReveal, [[EldritchAbomination the Great Ones]] become these alien, unknowable ''things'' that barely even seem to register the fact that they're literally crawling on top of the city of Yharnam. Even the occasional one that pays you enough attention to try to pick you up seem to regard you with roughly the same significance as you would a bug. As you progress, however, you learn that the Great Ones are generally sympathetic in spirit: Rom tries to ''protect'' mankind from ThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow that would make them GoMadFromTheRevelation; Ebrietas tries to teach mankind about the secrets of the cosmos in a way that won't ruin them; the Wet Nurse attempts to help humanity transcend and become godlike in their own right, which would also fulfill the Great Ones' desire to sire descendants, and the Brain of Mensis just wants to be left alone. Mankind, in return, kill Rom precisely ''because'' they wish to discover what secrets she's been keeping from them, they become {{Mad Scientist}}s and ChurchMilitant {{Sinister Minister}}s who abuse Ebrietas' gifts in order to oppress each other and [[TranshumanTreachery transcend their own humanity,]] they launch a hunt to kill the Wet Nurse's protégé, and capture, experiment upon, enslave and finally butcher the Brain of Mensis. The real turning point in the story is arguably when Amygdala, who tries to play her traditional role completely straight, ends up with a lethal case of [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu Cthulhu Breaking Her Arms]] [[RussianReversal Punching Out A Human]], and it culminates with the Moon Presence, who's possibly trying to free humanity of the Great Ones' influence [[WellIntentionedExtremist by exterminating its own kind]], finding itself on the receiving end of the extermination once a human has discovered a way to usurp the Great Ones by becoming Great Ones themselves. That's right, in this story, [[HumansAreCthulhu humans can end up being, quite literally, Cthulhu]] ''to Cthulhu''; putting aside the few case of BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu described earlier in this page, [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters humans are a race which can exploit, betray and exterminate a race of Lovecraftian aliens for no greater or knowable reason than simply because]] ''[[ForTheEvulz we can.]]'']]
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* HourglassPlot: This is one possible interpretation. [[spoiler:Once you've made the CosmicHorrorReveal, [[EldritchAbomination the Great Ones]] become these alien, unknowable ''things'' that barely even seem to register the fact that they're literally crawling on top of the city of Yharnam. Even the occasional one that pays you enough attention to try to pick you up seem to regard you with roughly the same significance as you would a bug. As you progress, however, you learn that the Great Ones are generally sympathetic in spirit: Rom tries to ''protect'' mankind from ThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow that would make them GoMadFromTheRevelation; Ebrietas tries to teach mankind about the secrets of the cosmos in a way that won't ruin them; the Wet Nurse attempts to help humanity transcend and become godlike in their own right, which would also fulfill the Great Ones' desire to sire descendants, and the Brain of Mensis just wants to be left alone. Mankind, in return, kill Rom precisely ''because'' they wish to discover what secrets she's been keeping from them, they become {{Mad Scientist}}s and ChurchMilitant {{Sinister Minister}}s who abuse [[PlayingWithSyringes abuse]] Ebrietas' gifts in order to oppress each other and to [[TranshumanTreachery transcend reject their own humanity,]] they launch a hunt to kill the Wet Nurse's protégé, and capture, experiment upon, enslave and finally butcher the Brain of Mensis. The real turning point in the story is arguably when Amygdala, who tries to play her traditional role completely straight, ends up with a lethal case of [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu Cthulhu Breaking Her Arms]] [[RussianReversal Punching Out A Human]], and it culminates with the Moon Presence, who's possibly trying to free humanity of the Great Ones' influence [[WellIntentionedExtremist by exterminating its own kind]], finding itself on the receiving end of the extermination once a human has discovered a way to usurp the Great Ones by becoming Great Ones themselves. That's right, in this story, [[HumansAreCthulhu humans can end up being, quite literally, Cthulhu]] ''to Cthulhu''; putting aside the few case of BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu described earlier in this page, [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters humans are a race which can exploit, betray and exterminate a race of Lovecraftian aliens for no greater or knowable reason than simply because]] ''[[ForTheEvulz we can.]]'']]
