Talk:Andre of Astora/@comment-70.195.192.234-20140202035231

I think the reason why his body does't disappear on death is because he is a blacksmith. If you notice, many of the corpses you find the forge embers on look exactly like Andre. This might be because they belong to some unknown race, as apparently in Dark Souls, humans don't seem to be able smith with titanite without using magic. In fact, Vamos might even be a skeletalized member of this supposed blacksmith race. It even explains Vamos' beard, (which could actually be some sort of appendage with an unkown purpose, considering the presence of bones) as only lord Gwyn (Gwyn's firstborn was a blacksmith, and he could potentially be the father of the race) and the blacksmiths seem to have any kind of facial hair.