Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-5632187-20130203042433/@comment-5632187-20130702023238

Also, just putting this out there, Rurikhan had an interview with Yui Tanimura in which Mr. Tanimura stated that lore in Dark Souls II, while it will be somewhat related, will also be very different as well. So it's possible that nothing in DkSII will even involve Gwyn. Note that this discussion was started before E3 so I had no way of knowing this.