Talk:Old Iron King/@comment-76.17.157.108-20140417083955/@comment-109.155.184.217-20140510194734

The boss's name is Ichorus Earth, The king was set on creating the most impregnable fortress, and as such, didn't account for the books, and it began to sink. The king was then killed by smelter demon, a creation of the king, that was given a soul, probably by the soul of Gwyn, as its shown afterwards that he has somewhat of an influence over the area. Once the king had been slain, Gwyn's soul inhabited the lifeless body of the king and 'bred' Ichorus Earth, a combination of the kings body and will, combined with Gwyn's will and power. The boss bar states "Old Iron King" as he is the old king of the Iron keep, it is still his body and we do still recieve his soul, but the demon's name is Ichorus earth.

I do like your version of events, but unfortunatly, its a little too perfect, plus, the iron keep is inhabited by the Alonne knights, and the 'Turtle' ironclads, whereas Heide is inhabited solely by the giant Old knights, and look nothing alike. ALSO, true to dark souls consistancy, everyone thinks the player just decides to murder each and everyone in their way, BUT, if you take a 180 degree spin on things, its very clear that the player character is just defending themself from the unrelenting onslaught from next to everything seen... even some things that arn't seen.