Talk:Dragonslayer Spear (Dark Souls II)/@comment-24701196-20140407003107/@comment-174.7.76.125-20140725041223

@AWC who's 99% certain

Many times throughout DkSII characters reference the fact that many kingdoms have risen and fallen in the land now known as Drangleic. Given that, I don't know how you can NOT believe that Lordran was one of those kingdoms. Also the Old Knights around Heide's bear striking resemblance to the Sentinels of Anor Londo, and I'd go so far as to say that the architecture there resembles that of Anor Londo as well. I agree with Draco & Walcorn, the only possibility is that Ornstein was cursed and subsequently respawns after being defeated and loses all of his souls. As he hollows and feels his power slipping away, Ornstein turns to Dark magic to regain some of that power.

Since presumably Lordran was the first kingdom built in what is now Drangleic, at least a few centuries must have passed since the Chosen Undead defeated Ornstein - even if From decided to handwave his apparent death, saying he was only gravely wounded, Ornstein is practically a crippled old man compared to his former self by the time we fight him again in DkSII. And if he didn't age on account of being undead, then we're back at the previous argument.