I guess this could attributed to this being my very first Souls game and just beginning it a month ago, lol. This an odd question, but it's not so much about what the story is about, rather how do you find out about it within the game. How to put it? I was aware that Fromsoftware games don't hold your hand in gameplay and the only real way to progress is to actively improve and learn how to use the resources the game provides. In that regard I figured that stories were similar on its own way? From what I understand, Fromsoftware games dont have a straightforward narrative and it's the player who has to piece together most of the details from all the hints they can find.
In that regard, I've been trying to pay attention to whatever I can, all notes and messages lying around, item descriptions, loading screens, talking with however I can (though most people just tell me to scram, lol). But despite everything, there are still basic questions I have no clue about and most of the events have this feeling that there's a context I should already know about but I missed.
Granted I could just look up the story in the wiki, youtube or somewhere else, but that's not what I want. I want to make the most of the game itself, and the same way I got my ass kicked dozens of times until I improved enough to make it through the enemies and figured out by trial and error what was the weapons that suited me the best. I want to try to learn to figure out things myself when it comes to the story. But I am not sure if I'm looking properly at the clues I'm being given.