Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-6003396-20130127204245/@comment-11227880-20130811063853

i'll post my thoughts for now on this blargy parble son of an abysswalker....lol.

Furtive Pygmy was forgotten when he discovered the lord soul, because of his insignificance. While the three lords went on their merry way thinking they are saving the world destroying skyrim dragons, the furtive pygmy secretively discovered the dark soul. the dark soul, original humanity sprite and 'distant relative' of a Lord Soul, gave the furtive pygmy power beyond imagination at that present time. The furtive pygmy was power hungry and under darkness his lust for indomitable power created the beast that we see, although smaller and weaker without a catalyst. during the time magic and catalysts were being made and discovered, Manus bound the darkness into a single staff thrugh which he uses as a catalyst for his abyss sorceries. sometime after, the age of fire is coming to an end and Kaathe seeks to further or speed up the process. with this intent, the abyss and age of dark would bring about the age of man,q humans, and Kaathes goal would be complete. somewhere along the line kaathe and manus strike a deal, probably with kaathe serving Manus. Kaathe goes out to look for those who would posssibly bring about the darkness with his intent. Citizens of Oolacile later awaken Manus or...summon him after accidently discovering bits of abyss magic. Manus, viewing them as followers teaches them his knowledge of abyss sorceries but ultimately corrupts all of oolacile and turns its citizens into lifeless followers, demonic and ghastly beings with deformed body parts and sorcerers able to use the sorceries he had taught. Sometime later the darkness had spread considerably. Gwyn had  departed for the kiln, gwynevere had already left Seathe and was busy with Flann, Seathe was on the brink of madness, the bed of chaos had awoken and at last Kaathe had reached New Londo. The Four Kings were at a point of retreat as the abyss was on the verge of flooding (pun not intended) into New Londo and consuming everyone. Laathe promised them innumerable power and showed them life drain. The kings were hooked and their appetite for power began. While they were dealt with Kaathe unleashed the abyss, which had not been stopped at all, and New Londo fell into a state of chaos. Gwyn (just realised my error) BEFORE departing to the kiln sought to flood New Londo to stop the spread but to nto avail. The abyss was stopped, thousands of 'New Londoans' perished but the abyss consumed elsewhere, namely Oolacile and eventually turned everything to nothing. leaving only alvina and the forest hunters to guard the ruins. Going back in time a bit (sorry again and again) Gwyn was at a total loss. With New Londo desecrated he sent one of his legendary knights, Artorias the  to combat the abyss. With help from the last few surviving oolacilents and Dusk, he crafted a greatshield and pendant which would repel the abyss. He crafted a second pendant and left it with Dusk to protect herself and people. Artorias went on to fight Manus but as he confronted Manus during combat the pendant broke. The abyss sorceries dealt devastating blows to artorias and he was nearly at his last breath. Hasting a retreat Artorias gave Sif, a pup Alvina had gifted him or let him adopt, with his covenant ring and his cleansing greatshield. Artorias left Sif and was consumed by the abyss. It can be assumed that Seathe found the broken pendant in an attempt for his immortality scales, he tasked a iron gooem to use one of his instruments to gather knowledge on it. Dusk was at too, a loss. The last of her people were dying and hercsilver pendant wouldnt possibly hold out long. Somehow, someone had caused her to black out and later, Seathe attempted to kidnap her along with other maidens to carry out his experiments. She was likely locked inside a crystal golem to be transported to Seathe's 'fortress' but the Chosen Undead vanquishes the Hydra and golem, rescuing her. Due to Lordran's timewarp she may have stumbled upon the crystal golem after a time warp occured. After the Chosen Undead rescues her, both are later back in time to arrive at Past Oolacile. Elizabeth, ally of Alvina and Dusk tells the Chosen Undead Dusk has been captured. This is possibly because Manus is trying to either

find a way to harness the silver pendant's powers which repel him so he can gain more power

or to use Dusk for someother goal to acomplish some other achievement. Whatever way, Dusk is without a silver pendant and it can be found in Oolacile, hidden in a mimic/chest by being disposed of by bloatheads or Manus found it and wanted to forever be rid of it.

it can be speculated that the Oolacile magics were crafted as tools for use against the Abyss and Manus, Hidden sorceries to hide from enemies seeving or are Manus and 'orb of light' to light the way during 'dark oolacile' or in the chasm of the abyss.

As such, Many Oolacileans who had the dark sorceries possibly perished fighting the 'Dark' as uncorrupted bodies can be found close to and in the chasm of the abyss. One is hanging from a rope so this poor fellow may have ended his tale his own way. The humanity phantoms near Sif are also possibly trying to harm him but the cleansing greatshield is warding them from Sif.

Artorias is found in the Coliseum. Reasons are unknown but he may have some sort of memory of defying the abyss and mindlessly kills Bloatheads, while being puppeteered by Manus.

...Chester...... now, i have no speculation to state why he is there but it could be that he possibly found the broken pendant, came upon the hydra and in an attempt to get away from it came upon the 'black hole'. Manus sucked him in, he dropped the pendant and it was picked up by one of the nearby Crystal Golems who took it to Seathe and was instructed to do research on it.