Being the Chosen Undead

Correct me if I'm wrong (complete noob on the lore, btw):

ANYONE dying in the Souls world automatically become Undead. Undead cannot be killed, but they can lose their minds and go Hollow. So technically death doesn't exist? But wait, Gravelord Nito is like, Death, right? So he just got lazy somewhen?

So the only thing that keeps me apart from almost every twichy little guy I have killed is my ability to keep it together and not go Hollow?

Also, dying is also part of the lore, right? I have always see my toon as the bringer of death and destruction; bosses should crap their pants at my presence because they know their days are numbered. They kill me, I return from death ever stronger: "Hey Smough, ain't that the guy we flatten every other day? He seems to have a bigger sword this time around..."

Man, that's like the only thing that keeps me going in the game. Every time I return I brought a bigger stick of pure evil and vengeance!

"ANYONE dying in the Souls world automatically become Undead. Undead
cannot be killed, but they can lose their minds and go Hollow. So
technically death doesn't exist? But wait, Gravelord Nito is like,
Death, right? So he just got lazy somewhen?"

Wrong, only those with the darksign become undead.

"So the only thing that keeps me apart from almost every twichy little
guy I have killed is my ability to keep it together and not go Hollow?"

Possibly incorrect. There are theories which suggest you are a unique undead and everyone else goes hollow after the first death or 2.

"Also, dying is also part of the lore, right? I have always see my toon
as the bringer of death and destruction; bosses should crap their pants
at my presence because they know their days are numbered. They kill me, I
return from death ever stronger: "Hey Smough, ain't that the guy we
flatten every other day? He seems to have a bigger sword this time
around...""

Like resting at a bonfire death is a reset. Thats why enemies reappear and bosses heal. For them its the first time each time because you're resetting time. (Thats part personal theory)

DoughGuy wrote:

Like resting at a bonfire death is a reset. Thats why enemies reappear and bosses heal. For them its the first time each time because you're resetting time. (Thats part personal theory)

The way i see it, maybe each time you rest at a bonfire, you warp to another Lordran, next to that same bonfire.

I don't exactly know how to explain it, but it's a bit like the 5th dimension theory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ca4miMMaCE

Hachouma wrote:

DoughGuy wrote:

Like resting at a bonfire death is a reset. Thats why enemies reappear and bosses heal. For them its the first time each time because you're resetting time. (Thats part personal theory)

The way i see it, maybe each time you rest at a bonfire, you warp to another Lordran, next to that same bonfire.

I don't exactly know how to explain it, but it's a bit like the 5th dimension theory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ca4miMMaCE

That sounds more like a multiverse to me. Especially with all the the summoning and invading into other worlds.

The chosen undead is actually a planeswalker.

DoughGuy wrote:
Like resting at a bonfire death is a reset. Thats why enemies reappear and bosses heal. For them its the first time each time because you're resetting time. (Thats part personal theory)

I'm not convinced on this. When I get cursed, I turned into a statue, when I return to fight my statue was still there.

Planeswalking theory kinda sorta explains it. Either that, or getting curse is being eternal through time and space... If the CU is a planeswalker, then it could explains why we cannot use curse spell or curse people over PVP. :suspect: (besides being really cheap)

The reason enemies reappear when you rest or die is because time in Lordran is warped and distorted.It takes the chosen undead a thousand years to fill the lordvessel.While not directly said,we can assume dying had something to do with it.Because of the distortion,what seems like only being dead for a moment is really much longer.

And the reason you don't go hollow is believed to be because part of the last lord soul,the dark soul is melded with your own.Humanity are supposedly just fragments of the dark soul,other undead lose theirs when they die and become hollow and insane but you can't because it is part of your soul.

Most of this is just speculation however,as the develepors wanted us to find our own meaning in the story.

KrazykevS10 wrote:The reason enemies reappear when you rest or die is because time in Lordran is warped and distorted.It takes the chosen undead a thousand years to fill the lordvessel.While not directly said,we can assume dying had something to do with it.Because of the distortion,what seems like only being dead for a moment is really much longer.

And the reason you don't go hollow is believed to be because part of the last lord soul,the dark soul is melded with your own.Humanity are supposedly just fragments of the dark soul,other undead lose theirs when they die and become hollow and insane but you can't because it is part of your soul.

Most of this is just speculation however,as the develepors wanted us to find our own meaning in the story.

It's a 1000 years since Gwyn linked the fire, not 1000 years from the Asylum to the Kiln (although now I'm curious just how long it is...)

As for the second, you can lose your humanity. You lose it everytime you die.

Well, not to toot my own horn or whatnot, but I've touched on the planar theory and we've went pretty in-depth into it, check out my Planar Map post and the Primordial Serpent post

/endshamelessplug

k4Anarky wrote:ANYONE dying in the Souls world automatically become Undead. Undead cannot be killed, but they can lose their minds and go Hollow. So technically death doesn't exist? But wait, Gravelord Nito is like, Death, right? So he just got lazy somewhen?

So the only thing that keeps me apart from almost every twichy little guy I have killed is my ability to keep it together and not go Hollow?

Most of the important parts have been addressed. Couple of things to add:

Dialogue from Crestfallen Merchant strongly implies that one can predict the moment when an Undead goes Hollow. The going (unproven) theory is that an Undead Hollows when they give up while having no souls and/or Humanity.

Also, Nito is the god of death, but we're unsure if they are in charge of the death of pygmies, humans, etc. They may just care about the Giants and/or the "deiety race."

DE5PA1R wrote:

k4Anarky wrote:ANYONE dying in the Souls world automatically become Undead. Undead cannot be killed, but they can lose their minds and go Hollow. So technically death doesn't exist? But wait, Gravelord Nito is like, Death, right? So he just got lazy somewhen?

So the only thing that keeps me apart from almost every twichy little guy I have killed is my ability to keep it together and not go Hollow?

Most of the important parts have been addressed. Couple of things to add:

Dialogue from Crestfallen Merchant strongly implies that one can predict the moment when an Undead goes Hollow. The going (unproven) theory is that an Undead Hollows when they give up while having no souls and/or Humanity.

Also, Nito is the god of death, but we're unsure if they are in charge of the death of pygmies, humans, etc. They may just care about the Giants and/or the "deiety race."

Actually. the leading theory around here is that a person hollows when they give up all hope and just stop trying.

The bonfires are pretty special in the regard of how people citing that the Chosen Undead "planewalks", in part this is true, while in part it's also more of a speculation. The things we know is that phantoms cross the boundaries of planes by the use of soapstones/orbs and are summoned to someone elses world or invade it, all the while it's likely that the bonfire only works as more of an aesthetic mechanic for a resting place and respawning enemies is simply a gameplay mechanic.

What we DO know about the bonfire though:

• The Darksign binds the undead in question to the bonfires.
  
• Even if the person in question uses powerful divine magic to try and return to his homeland, the spell returns the branded to a bonfire instead.
  
• The bonfires are kindled with humanity and the rite of kindling that is used by clerics to fuel the fires is considered a "Sacred Mission" for the Way Of The White.
  

These are pretty much all the facts that are shared about the bonfires. All in all the bonfires simply work to rejuvenate the undead, as they are literally piles of burning humanity that both give the undead the chance to reclaim their humanity, or burn more humanity in the fire to acquire more Estus.

Shkar wrote:

DE5PA1R wrote:

k4Anarky wrote:ANYONE dying in the Souls world automatically become Undead. Undead cannot be killed, but they can lose their minds and go Hollow. So technically death doesn't exist? But wait, Gravelord Nito is like, Death, right? So he just got lazy somewhen?

So the only thing that keeps me apart from almost every twichy little guy I have killed is my ability to keep it together and not go Hollow?

Most of the important parts have been addressed. Couple of things to add:

Dialogue from Crestfallen Merchant strongly implies that one can predict the moment when an Undead goes Hollow. The going (unproven) theory is that an Undead Hollows when they give up while having no souls and/or Humanity.

Also, Nito is the god of death, but we're unsure if they are in charge of the death of pygmies, humans, etc. They may just care about the Giants and/or the "deiety race."

Actually. the leading theory around here is that a person hollows when they give up all hope and just stop trying.

Or rather when they complete their life's ambition, such as Big Hat, etc.

alchemydesign wrote:

Shkar wrote:

DE5PA1R wrote:

k4Anarky wrote:ANYONE dying in the Souls world automatically become Undead. Undead cannot be killed, but they can lose their minds and go Hollow. So technically death doesn't exist? But wait, Gravelord Nito is like, Death, right? So he just got lazy somewhen?

So the only thing that keeps me apart from almost every twichy little guy I have killed is my ability to keep it together and not go Hollow?

Most of the important parts have been addressed. Couple of things to add:

Dialogue from Crestfallen Merchant strongly implies that one can predict the moment when an Undead goes Hollow. The going (unproven) theory is that an Undead Hollows when they give up while having no souls and/or Humanity.

Also, Nito is the god of death, but we're unsure if they are in charge of the death of pygmies, humans, etc. They may just care about the Giants and/or the "deiety race."

Actually. the leading theory around here is that a person hollows when they give up all hope and just stop trying.

Or rather when they complete their life's ambition, such as Big Hat, etc.

Logan doesn't go hollow. Instead, the characters that go hollow (Laurentius, Crestfallen Knight, and the younger sorcerer) all do so without actually making it to (or failing to find) the thing they were searching for.