Talk:Hollow/@comment-84.24.7.134-20150109202802/@comment-115.164.187.164-20150411133330

Interesting, and this parallel with my theory about what a bonfire really is. It is like a switch to a parralel world, or "loop" world, when the chosen undead activate it, then he/she jump to another similar world, that's the curse. It is created to select a real strong undead who have a will to go on. Those who failed either becomes hollow. Another one will be chosen at the prison.

The only thing that keep the chosen undead not being hollowed is the fake propecy created. It give them the purpose, to fullfil the prophecy. That's the player mission that keep the player going on untill success or don't care and stop playing.

The 'chosen undead" is not the only one who being fooled by this prophecy, the Crestfallen Warrior said that clearly, "you are not the first". So, Undead Asylum is a prison of undead but the undead there are kept from being hollowed by this fake prophecy. Those who are have lost hope become hollowed like what the player character see when freed.

I suspect it was Gwyn family who created all these, they use the undead to revenge on Nito, Seathe and The With of Izalith, afterward sacrifice the chosen undead to keep them always in power over Lordran. So there's a crime among the alliance.