Board Thread:Dark Souls II/@comment-46.64.182.203-20140312230146/@comment-91.77.153.127-20140531081739

I believe most players kill Ornstein before Smough in DS1 so we know that Ornstein is alive When Smough drains his power, so maybe Smough did not kill him off but only drained most of his power thus leaving him alive without electric powers. Also Some argue Ornstein in DS 2 is smaller that could ne explained by the fact his power for drained ( makes sense since both get bigger When they drain each others powers). So after the Battle Ornstein gets corrupted by the Abyss or drains dark powers from someone/thing. Ofcourse one might argue that Ornstein's body should have been visible even after Smough drains his powers.