Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-5613590-20140630003024/@comment-25049740-20140701093422

Nice speculation but I just don't think that From had the whole cycle idea when the first game was made. A soul could be split into shards yes but the whole idea of having them resurect themselves into a being like Dusk (or anything) was far from From's agenda at the time. If you are going to disect Dark Souls 1 then you need to look at the game by itself as at the time of its publishment there may not have even been an intention of being a Dark Souls 2.