Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-5632187-20130119213241/@comment-26894987-20160413123930

91.96.78.153 wrote: Oh, he surely is collecting firekeeper souls. The first time you meet him is in the new church'es prison block. Pretty sure he wanted the firekeeper soul from the altar or even killed the person holding it. And was likely stopped by the Berenike knight and locked away.

He claims he has a business. Our lovely firekeeper seems to have a dark background, without tongue and being blood-stained. I'm willing to bet a twin humanity Lautrec got wind of her whereabouts from the people she fled from, and he was assigned to get her back... which he probably never meant to do. In fact, being accompanied by his two buddies, he appears to me to be a kind of bounty hunter.

Maybe that's why he's judged guilty by Gwyndolin, proven by his ear trophy. He's breaking legal bounty contracts to snatch souls for his own purpose.

However, I doubt he's loyal to Fina. He is apparently hunted by the Darkmoon Blades, so he must be defiant of the gods, just like Darkwraiths. The orb being black must mean he is even more guilty, so... heretical? Mind you, the gods aren't even there, except for Gwyndolin.

And I do not think he was by accident in the hall before Ornstein. If my theory is correct and he is betraying the gods and hunting down big souls/humanity... Well, Gwynevere looks rather big to me. And divine. I don't think he's aware Gwynevere is not a maiden, but an illusion. And he is standing in front of the fog gate with his squad because he's preparing to overcome his last obstacle for another (presumed) extraordinary soul... that obstavcle being Ornstein. The dead Lautrec body on the balcony? Yup, that's from a timeline where we didn't kill him... but Ornstein did! He is found inside the hall afterall. Maybe he got chased by Ornstein and Smough or even get smashed there.

It is also not impossible that he managed to defeat them before killed by the Chosen Undead, so he could have met Gwynevere already (maybe Gwyndolin would ready a different illusion for him, though. I guess all who enter Anor Londo are being watched by the Gods.)

Though I'm thinking that it is far more likely he got caught before he challenges the Boss, and he would be unlikely to be able to beat them after we kill him, as he lost the Goddess' favor (we got his ring when we killed him).