Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-97.89.24.137-20150218225406/@comment-4511886-20150220101401

The Pendant starting gift is just that, a pendant. Manus' pendant is known as the Broken Pendant, and has no relation to the starting gift.

NG+ 60 is possible, as the game stops getting harder around NG+ 10. However, he likely duped the soul to get them at SL 12.

To solve your problem, drop the souls and humanity. Nothing else to it. They'll be gone next time the area loads.