Board Thread:Dark Souls II/@comment-2.223.169.191-20140325204725/@comment-78.223.238.69-20150705010608

Wasn't Eygil the chaos servant guarding the daughter of chaos near the second bell in Dark Souls?

Anyway I think the chaos bug is a result of the failed attempt to kindle the first flame (pretty much like the Bed of Chaos), and the cycle of eras is a good explanation for the soul of the Old Witch.

We know that the Witch of Izalith was consumed with two of her daughters and became the BoC, hre for whatever reason it seems to have not been powerful enough, so she survived and the bug hasn't taken full form and Chaos didn't spread like in DaS1 cycle.

Also, notice how time is distorted in Drangleic and Lordran, plus the memory loss while hollowing and the general forgetness of all the kingdoms that succeeded on these lands and the encounters with specters from other "realms". My guess is that multiple planes overlap each other and successive cycles are just a retelling of the original story with some variables changing, with maybe the Abyss as the only constant as, well, it's pure darkness.