Talk:Dark Hand/@comment-6003396-20131012062318/@comment-5264386-20131012071633

Hmmm... I can see two possible, but utterly speculative, explanations for who "the ancients" are: 1) the very first Darkwraiths, or 2) a small group of test subjects used by Kaathe to observe the effects of manipulating the power of the Dark Soul (before he caused the fall of New Londo, of course).

Any pre-human race wouldn't make sense, since the Dark Hand is linked to the Dark Soul, which was found by the Furtive Pygmy (i.e. the creator of humanity) and it is most logical to assume that the art of absorbing humanity started with the ancient humans, not just the Darkwraiths.

Either way, though, I suppose we'll never really know for sure who "the ancients" are.