Dark Souls 2 Scholar Of The First Sin V1.03.r.2...

Version 1.03.r.2 arrived shortly after Scholar of the First Sin launched in April 2015. This build sits between the original Dark Souls II (DX9) and the fully remixed Scholar edition (DX11). At this stage, FromSoftware had already:

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Loading an official save into a modded game version can permanently corrupt it. Backup your %AppData%/DarkSoulsII/ folder first. Dark Souls 2 Scholar of the First Sin v1.03.r.2...

Majula is the nexus of the revision. The sky hangs like a rusted bell. The emerald herald kneels by the monument.

"Bearer of the curse… seek souls. Larger, more powerful souls. Seek the king, for the king will show you the way." Version 1

But this is version 1.03.r.2. She has said these words ten thousand times. And in this iteration, something has changed: the door to the Shaded Woods does not require the King’s Ring. Instead, a phantom stands before it—not hostile, but weeping. It wears no armor. It has no name.

If you speak to it (by dropping a Token of Spite, because kindness has no language here), it whispers: Majula is the nexus of the revision

"The Scholar rewrote the lock. Go not to the castle first. Go to the pit. Go down to where the Flame forgot to die."

And so you do.