Talk:Darksign/@comment-4511886-20130209175927/@comment-98.250.190.229-20140809010112

Yes, with this series there is ALWAYS a thing such as overthinking, like you all are doing now.

The NPCs do not respawn because either A) They are already Hollow or near-Hollow, and your blow is what kills them, or B) They aren't undead in the first place. Sieglinde of Katarina is an example of a non-undead character who you can kill. The other ones turn Hollow because they lost their humanity and cannot recover it because you take it, just as Lautrec describes if you talk to him.