Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-1852943-20130424155230/@comment-11227880-20130709055338

just saying, but thIs is what i and my friend found. Search up VaatiVidya on Youtube, great guy. Lots of dark souls lore and information videos.

Pinwheel stole some power from Nito, this power is the rite of kindling. Why? Because way before he did that he had a wife and child. The Father's wife and Child died sometime and he tried to bring them back to life. Searching for a way he went to The First Undead's Tomb, stole the secret rite and tried to harness its power of kindling to bring back his Wife and Child. But with great victory comes great sacrifice, with the Rite he brought the, back but the reanimation fused the Mother and Child to his body. Hence the three masks and not a aongle mask for each separate body. Now, the clones of Pinwheel are many more failed attempts to give his wife and Child separate bodies so they can contonue their lives again. The thoughts behind this Father is what would happen if he succeeded? He has just used advanced necromancy to reanimate a family from the dead, his potential is unlimited.

Because they so dearly need the Rite of Kindling, when you confront Pinwheel in the Catacombs, they look at eachother for a brief second and decide to not let anyone take his work away from them. Of course the bitter end is nigh, and the family dies at your hand, the long years of work undone.

Such a sad story, if i could i probably wouldnt tackle this boss.