Talk:Abyss/@comment-67.7.241.210-20140804154043/@comment-16047389-20140821180104

Humans do, as humans came from the Dark. Lordran, however, was built by the gods who came directly from the First Flame. They have no place in the Age of Dark, and would thus cease to be. That is why they fear the ending of the Age of Fire, and why Gwyn went to such measures to ensure its continuation. But Humanity is directly fragmented from the Dark Soul.

Interestingly, if you are willing to believe that Manus and the Furtive Pygmy are indeed one and the same, then it would suggest that the Dark Soul is the Soul of Manus, which is infact a large amalgamation of Humanity.