Board Thread:Dark Souls II/@comment-46.64.182.203-20140312230146/@comment-16047389-20140331205359

I think, that death for the gods, or whatever race Ornstein is (and no I do not believe he, Artorias, Gwyn, etc were giants. Not like Gough and the Giant Blacksmith were anyway), is not the same for the death of humans. Humans, as we know, were created from the Dark or more specifically the Dark Soul. The gods were not. When humans die, they return to the Dark. It is likely that the gods do not. If this is true then --SPOILERS-- the appearance of the four Old Souls (Gwynn, Nito, Witch of Izalith, and Seath) makes more sense. Manscorpion Tark's dialouge reveals that his "master", whom I am convinced is Seath in the form of The Duke's Dear Freja, does not die, but rather that he merely changes form.