Board Thread:Dark Souls II/@comment-46.64.182.203-20140312230146/@comment-16047389-20140403181017

Lazule wrote:

So far we have these theories... What I find strange is that you even take his soul and everything, thats why I'm not sure if that part of DkS1 is even canon. Because without his soul how he could re-appear? That's only true if you kill Smough first.