Talk:Bearer of the Curse/@comment-166.127.1.184-20140610215206/@comment-207.255.228.180-20140707005659

I believe they show the Male Basic Body state as either a form of entire "Rotting" to the point the Body is no longer able to be Recognized as Male or Female. It is Entirely speculation on whom the Characters are, It could be the Wife and Child, Mother and Character/Mother and Sibling, Friend and their Child, Sister and Neuse or Nephew. It could be just about anything for all we know it could be (If you made the character Female) them and some other Child.

As the Characters Past, and final appearance at the start of the Game is Entirely as Designed to the Player and Speculation. They are merely a Symbol of the Memory's the Character has lost during their time becoming a Hollow.

Now the Opening Cutscene the Body is perfectly noticeably male however this could mainly be because the Character Shown in the advertisements wearing the "Faarm" armor and being knocked back by a Heide Knight was simply Designed as such for the sake of advertisement and the Opening shows the part from the ads where the Undead sits down next to the small Pond during a rain storm and faintly tries to recall their life.

Hell for all we know the Character was Born male and when looking into the Human effigy forgot such and believed themselves to be female as they can barely recall their own name (Hence why you name them the name may not be the Birth name for all we could know) Whats Important and that all of these factors fit into the Symbolism and Glory of what we call Dark Souls :)

(And in case Brutal Templar tries to take Credit for this saying he was logged out again, this wasn't him it was simply someone doing some Research on Dark souls when he heard rumor of a DLC)