Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-5632187-20130127004214/@comment-26894987-20160414111408

I guess I need to add sth here...

The watchtower, which the so-suspected Harvel is in, is not actually locked. You can open the bottom door without a key, from either side. And this enemy is known for not going to leave the tower, and this can be used to kill him with ranged attack. So I'm thinking that this hero actually is imprisoned by his own will, be him hollowed or not.

One more thing to mention, the ironic tone in many item descriptions are actually spiced during translation to English. The descriptions in Japanese version sound often much less ironical. For example, Lloyd's Talisman's description actually speaks in this way, like, "The knights use this to block undead recovery only (and thus not affect their ability to fight), and challenge those undead in fair play." On the other hand, the tone in English version is much more spicy, and it gives me the feeling that the knight aren't playing fair, but being hypocritical and thus are free from guilt.

So I checked in the Japanese version the description of Watchtower key, and what it says is like this: "The lower part of the watchtower has become a prison of stone, and has been sealed since a hero who turned hollow was locked up by a friend."

And the sewer key reads like, "People who are sinisterly greedy are seen everywhere. Even if they turned undead and were exiled into the Depth, this trait is likely to still be part of their personality (and might not change)." So it actually does not mention anything like one is "turned" undead.

I get the feeling that the translators of English version intend to make players ponder and speculate on item descriptions and so on, so they spiced their translations with an ironic tone. I don't feel very suitable to treat this ironic tone as official lore or at least an official hint, however.