Talk:Darkstalker Kaathe/@comment-98.250.190.229-20140625123745/@comment-16047389-20140821191122

Neither is really lying to you, but both of them are certainly using you, and not telling you the whole story. We now know that the Curse reappears everytime the First Flame begins to wane, as Vendrick revealed, and as was hinted at several times through the game. Linking the First Flame doesn't end the Curse, but it does postpone it. It's still not clear if Linking the Flame actually cures the already afflicted Undead, or just keeps it from spreading beyond that, but Linking it does in fact create a period of time where the Curse does not exist. But, as is the nature of Fire, it is finite, and only lasts as long as it is kept fueled. So the reemergence of the Curse is ultimately inevitable. Kaathe is telling the truth about a lot things, including the Pygmy and that the Age of Dark is indeed the Age of Man. What he neglects to tell you is what the Age of Man exactly is. Considering that the Dark may in fact be where humans came from and return to after death, it may end up being worse than led to believe.