Board Thread:Dark Souls II/@comment-5613590-20130119072920/@comment-5264386-20130119085639

To expand upon your theory, perhaps the protagonist/player in DaSII is a subject of a prophecy to bring down an ancient evil which threatens to destroy the world. Said villain knows of this prophecy, and has a legion of masked assassins, trained to kill the player/protagonist.

What do you guys think?