Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-5632187-20130203042433/@comment-4511886-20131002055005

72.8.246.201 wrote: I don't trust the developers much since that whole trolling with the pendent. he wasn't trolling. He said that he would choose it from a roleplay perspective.

As to why the first born was stripped of his godhood I would say he possibly wanted to reveal the faltering of the first flame or something that was not in line with how Gwyn wanted to handle the crisis. He lost his deific status because he lost the "annals." I've heard that it is some kind of book that tells the story of the gods, but I don't know what it is.

Oh, and the comment that gods can't become undead. Gwyn is practically hallowed when you fight him at the end.

True. Gwyn is hollowed in some form. But hollowing does not equal undeath. Undeath is rebirth upon death caused by the Darksign.

Hollowing is losing ones soul.

In DeS this means the "soul soul" and in DaS this means fragments of the Dark Soul.

As far as I can tell, these two hollowings are the same except minor details. Note that DeS hollwing isn't actually hollowing, but you go mad and kill every sane being you come across, same as a hollow.