Talk:Furtive Pygmy/@comment-31664784-20190122135451

In regards to the first bit in trivia: Much like how many IRL religions claim humans were made in the image of God, its very well possible that Dark Soul's humans share a similar design. That is to say that the "unhollowed" human form is actually the natural form of gods, while the hollowed form is indeed a human's true form.

When undead start to hollow, they are essentially losing the god's favor and/or descending into the dark. By sacrificing humanity to the bonfire (an extension of the first flame), they regain the god's favor and are bestowed their "godly" physique. This would also explain why Unkindled don't naturally hollow, as their initial sacrifice and mission put them perminantly in the god's good graces.

As for the bit on "lacking humanity", Undead can carry a ton of humanity and still remain hollow. Its only when sacrificing a piece of it as bonfire fuel that their appearance is restored. One could argue that the Dark Sigil's description of "humanity seeping out" can actually be interpreted two ways. Is it just humanity seeping out, or is there something else? Is it actually going out, or is it really going in? Much like a wheel spinning at high speed, its rather easy to obscur the true direction in which things flow.