Board Thread:Dark Souls II/@comment-50.44.12.82-20140327155324/@comment-16047389-20140804133044

77.103.189.81 wrote: 86.209.99.181 wrote: The hero of Dark Souls I (you) has absorbed the souls of these Boss ... How can they be "back" in Dark Souls 2 ?

And, for The Witch of Izalith and The Lost Sinner ... Is it really possible ...

There is some commonalities between DS1 and DS2... a lot (Boss, NPCs ...) So it is possible. Nobody seems to get than when the Frist Flame is rekindled, Souls possessed by the Undead spread and flourish, taking new forms, as evidenced by the Emerald Herald at the end of Dark Souls II. We also know that the Great Lord Souls (Gwyn, Witch of Izalith, Nito, and Seathe) reemerge as the First Flame begins to wane. Despite the Chosen Undead defeating them in Dark Souls 1, Vendrick defeats them prior to Drangleic's fall, and then they reappear in Dark Souls 2. If you have the Sunken Crown DLC, (before you have both crowns I think) you can talk to Vendrick and he will mention that "Drangleic will fall, the fire will fade, and the souls of old will reemerge. With Dark unshackled, a curse will be upon us...And men will take their true shape...". He's implying that the First Flame is again beginning to fade. I believe that the Four Great Souls come back everytime the First Flame wanes, so that they can be collected and sacrificed once more. As for the Dark and the "curse", I suspect that part is obvious.