Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-25958616-20150526215005

Whether you become the Dark Lord or choose to link the bonfires, both Kaathe and Frampt demand Nito's Lord Soul. The Bed of Chaos, Nito, Seath and the Four Kings souls each say that they are enough to satiate the Lordvessel. For most of the souls needed to fill the Lordvessel the beings need to be vanquished to calm the world and grant peace. The Bed of Chaos gives birth to monsterous demons that bleed out of Lost Izalith. Seath, absent of sanity, continues his monsterous experiments for immortality. The Four Kings lie under a lake covering New Londo, but still have chance to break free and fed on humanity and spread the Abyss. Several NPC's speak of these beings and the problems they bring, but none speak of Nito.

Even when fire was but a tiny ember in the gray world the dragons ruled over, Nito honed the powers of death and disease and used them to overthrow them with the help of Gwyn and the Witch of Izalith. After the war Nito descended underground to build his kingdom of death that grows by the day. People often say that Nito worked with Gwyn to help extend the Age of Fire, but why would he? Even if Dark overthrows the Light there would still be death since the world wouldn't devolve to gray, immortal world the dragons ruled over. I believe both Kingseeker and Darkstalker feared Nito's powers over death and needed him out of there way to manipulate the Choosen Undead so they could rule from the shadows.

It was either DaveControlLive or VaatiVidya who pointed the evolution of Nito. When fighting Nito you'll notice that he has a different apperance then the one in the opening cinematic. Nito is surronded by a cloak that makes him resemble a shard of humanity. This makes me believe that Nito is well aware of the spread of the Abyss and the fall of the Age of Fire, so he's preparing himself to survive the drastic change.

The Rite of Kindling, the power Pinwheel stole from Nito, is used by undead to kindle bonfires by feeding them humanity. What if the humanity that is fed to bonfires are sent to Nito to strengthen his powers over Dark. When Manus corrupted Artorias with the Abyss I noticed that one of his jumping attacks is similar to that of Nito's explosive wave in which they both seem to discharge harmful humanity at the player. With Nito gaining powers over the Abyss the serpents now have a reason to fear and wish for Nito's death. 