Talk:Manus, Father of the Abyss/@comment-13858305-20140507063748

Hm.. I wonder why his soul split.. His soul, I'd assume, is either about the same, or slightly weaker, than the Lord Souls.

While I don't know Manus had the Dark Soul himself, he was obviously one with the Dark. Even able to create/bring about the purest form of Dark; the Abyss. Now, the Dark seems easier to control than the Flame (which is understandable, seeing as how the Flame is change, Dark is stasis) but still; creation of the Abyss would be similar to Izalitv's attempted creation of the First Flame.

But what, exactly caused his soul to split? Now, the easy answer is: the Dark.. But no. While two Lord Souls; Light, and Life, (Gwyn & Izalith) were moreso with Flame, or change, Death, and Dark were sided with Dark, or stasis. Death didn't split. And as far as I'm concerned the Chosen undead had the Dark Soul.

..But Light split. Seath, Gwyn, and the Four Kings of New Londo. The latter of which became consumed by Dark. But Gwyn split the soul himself.. Is this what Manus did, on his deathbed? ..I think no.

..Manus, perhaps, did have the Dark Soul, and perhaps was the Pygmy himself, and if so..

Artorias, as we know, fell to the Abyss. Why didn't the Chosen Undead? Well, maybe, the Chosen Undead, being the Pygmy's descendant, inhereted the Dark Soul. And so when he defeated Manus, we can assume he consumed the Dark Soul.

Now, paradox aside, the Chosen Undead's soul was basically two Lord Souls.. Two Dark Souls. He couldn't hold that power, and so it exploded. Creating Nashandra, Veldstat, and the Throne Watcher & Defender. This, coupled with the stolen Lordvessel, explains just why he is so weak, when we fight him as the Pursuer, in DSII. (which is my theory)

Now, if you don't believe he's the Pursuer, as I do, put your own ending in there. But there's my theory. Opinions?

"Chosen Undead, I am your father!"