Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-5632187-20130119213241/@comment-26894987-20160413122949

FeralJinouga wrote: since this is the theories board, ill post mine about Lautrec and why he kills the firekeeper:

Hes collecting humanity. Firekeepers are known to be literally writhing with humanity just beneath their skin, and if Lautrec is collecting humanity, it would explain why he is killing them. instead of killing 100 men, he could simply kill one firekeeper.

as for why he's collecting humanity, I believe he is collecting it to offer to Fina. But why would Fina want humanty? Well,  Fina is the goddess of Beuty, and it is safe to say that some gods practically obsess over the concept they are associated with. As such, it would make sense for Her to be trying to preserver or perhaps even make herslef even more beutiful. But why humanity? well, we know that hollows aren't the most attractive,  and humanity can reverse this in hollows, but what would happen to someone who isn't hollow who devours a humanity? It could very well make themselves more attractive (to an extent,  id also say that devouring alot of humanity can induce insanity and make you, well, not very attractive), as such, she manipulates people such as lautrec  into collecting humanity for her. Do note that i have little to actually back this up, and its just me speculating. When Lautrec goes to Anor Londo, I believe it is either to find more firekeepers, or to offer the humanity to Fina there, As it is possible that Fina lived there at one point. Well, let's say this is not exactly a new theory. You can check VaatiVida's videos on Youtube.

But on Undead Parish, I've got the feeling that there could be some ways to manipulate hollows. We know that Balder Knights and Berenike Knights have attacked this place in different historical eras, and they were the attackers; but now they act as if they were the defenders of that place. Remember the rapier knight who ambushes you in the cathedral? And they even take prisoners; not just Lautreac, but also the corpse in the barrel (the barrels seem to be a kind of temporal prison, you can see it serves that way through the game) who drops a humanity.

I've got the theory that Undead Parish is under the monitor of Seath, either directly or indirectly, through his six-eyed channelers. The armored boar at the front gate can also be seen as an evidence; only in Seath's library do we see other boars in the game, and boars are likely to be Seath's creation.

It should also be noted that Northern Undead Asylum is being monitored; someone closes and opens gates for you, decides that you pass the test, dump newcomers down to the boss room to be excuted, and so on, yet none of the enemies there are quite intelligent. Hollows and lesser demons are never considered clever, but they certainly behave as if they have some sort of tactics.

Actually I'm thinking that the prison is supervised by some gods, probably Velka (we know crows have relationships to her), and not impossibly, Gwyndolin as well (he is the one who pushes the chosen undead to link the fire after all!). The black knights that appears in the Undead Asylum are curious, but if they still have their wits, they can still be the Gods' servants. The knowledge to manipulate hollows is probably possessed only by Gods and their kin (including Seath. He can actually be the inventor, if such things actually exist!).