Board Thread:Dark Souls II/@comment-190.162.25.30-20170501235221/@comment-3236835-20170503163410

Hello again.

I asked on our chat server and another user confirmed having experienced the same glitch. He is on Xbox 360 and told me that perhaps it had something to do with burning that bonfire ascetic.

The bad news is that he was never able to fix that glitch during that playthrough.

The good news is that, since defeating Vendrick is not mandatory, then you can skip that boss fight and still finish the game. In addition, he told me he only experienced that glitch during one playthrough, so there's a big chance it won't happen again.