Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-25533072-20141013090439/@comment-68.188.60.162-20141211152603

He fell to Manus, simple as that, and the Abyss/Manus more or less puppets him while Artorias tries cutting the strings. Now my theory is, is he still technically alive? Artorias wasn't killed just corrupted. Then you go dee diddly along and fuck him up, perhaps he comes back as a Hollow, back to do his duty of fighting the Abyss (similar to Ornstein). Now, what I'm really wondering if it would've been possible to 'purify' him if the Silver Pendant was accesible before the fight. But no matter which way you look at it, theres a chance he could've lived/ is still alive.