Blood-Stained Shrine

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## Blood-Stained Shrine

* Shrine
* Location

### Inhabitants

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> The first green of spring
> sickens to black, decaying,
> plagued by blood and beast.
> Hunter, reject death’s allure.
> Prepare to duel man’s frailty.
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> ― Riddle of the shrine
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**Blood-Stained Shrine** is a shrine in the southwest portion of Iki, near Conoura Cape. It is a reference to the PlayStation video game *Bloodborne*. The armor dye received when completing the location resembles the garb of Eileen the Crow, a prominent character in Bloodborne.

## Solution

Wear the Kensei Armor and heal yourself behind the statue.

## Trivia

* The Blood-Stained shrine, it's riddle, and the name of its reward in the form of the "Yharnam Vestments" dye for the Kensei Armor, are references to FromSoftware's Playstation Exclusive RPG *Bloodborne*.
	+ Blood is a very centric and important topic in the setting of *Bloodborne*. The "Old Blood," a mysterious and supernatural substance discovered and exploited by humans, is responsible for the many events and happenings throughout the game's history and present.
	+ The shrine's riddle, when broken down, alludes to various themes, features and elements present in Bloodborne.
		- ***"The first green of spring sickens to black, decaying, plagued by blood and beasts,"*** likely refers to the Hunt, the event in which beasts and other enemies swarm in larger numbers and force the surviving human populace to hide. Additionally, it's likely that it also refers to nightfall. As the game's progression moves from dusk to nightfall.
		- ***"Hunter reject deaths allure,"*** refers to the Hunter, the player character of *Bloodborne,* and their inability to permanently die in the setting of the game. Like in other games in the *Soulsborne* series, the deaths the player character suffers are considered canon/lore-friendly, and a supernatural force keeps them from permanently dying in order to fulfill their mission.
		- ***"Prepare to duel man’s frailty,"*** alludes to a prayer that can be found in dialogue from Vicar Amelia, a boss character in *Bloodborne*, before the player initiates the fight. The excerpt from the prayer reads as, "Seek the old blood, but beware the frailty of men."
	+ The flaming wheel held by the statue resembles the Logarius Wheel, a melee weapon in *Bloodborne*, in it's transformed state. When transformed (like most other melee weapons in *Bloodborne* are capable of doing), the Logarius Wheel is engulfed in a cloud of red flames which, according to the item description, is the manifestation of the lingering rage belonging to slain enemies.
	+ "Yharnam" is the name of both the city that serves as the games primary setting, and a character and optional boss named Yharnam, Queen of Pthumeru.
	+ Like many characters in *Bloodborne*, the statue has its face/eyes hidden. This alludes to a theme in the game in which "eyes" (or Insight, an in-game currency that effects gameplay when reaped in different quantities) are sought out by humans in seeking to learn the eldritch wisdom of the Great Ones.
	+ The music that plays after receiving the dye is a remix of the The First Hunter, a soundtrack that plays during Gehrman, The First Hunter's boss fight.
	+ The red circle on the stone below the shrine represents the Blood Moon, a phase during *Bloodborne*'s storyline.
	+ The Yharham armor closely resembles the armor worn by Eileen the Crow, one of the few NPC characters in Bloodborne that are allied to the player's cause and can assist the player. She stands out as one of the last remaining hunters that has retained their sanity during the madness of the hunt, drawing a parallel with Jin, being the only samurai on Iki island.