Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-5632187-20130209000209/@comment-4511886-20131126205124

Dark Jeto wrote: I don't think the Abyss itself is enough to cause the distortions. Remember, Artorias was the Abysswalker long before the outbreak in Oolacile. I think the town of Oolacile was corrupted by Manus, not the Abyss itself, same for Artorias. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but there is no lore that states that Artorias was the Abysswalker before Oolacile. Most points don't even show if he got certain items related to the events of AotA before or during his quest. An example is the Silver Pendant.


 * One of the ancient treasures of Anor Londo. Presented to Artorias for facing the Abyss.

The description never states that he got it after facing the Abyss. Now that I think about it, it's interesting that the Dark could be repelled before Artorias encountered it. So maybe the Abyss wasn't anything new, only traversing it was?

The Abyss most definetly corrupted the Four Kings and Darkwraiths, so it's a safe bet to assume that the Oolacile Citizens aswell as Artorias also was. Remember, Manus was defeated long before the Chosen Undead encounters the Darkwraiths, and while we don't have any exact time on how long the Darkwraiths have been around, it seems like Manus was a human from Oolacile, or that general area, which would be a couple of hundred meters under Oolacile while the Chasm is higher (if I remember correctly) than the Abyss in New Londo. Also, the New Londo Abyss formed/erupted after Manus defeat, unless he created it just before the Chosen Undead kills him.

That's the main problem with DaS lore. It never gives a certain time estimate unless you're involved in the events. It wouldn't suprise me if it's intentional to make it feel like the space and time distortion is effective on players aswell.