Talk:Occult (auxiliary effect)/@comment-121.45.184.211-20161122030757/@comment-2001:8003:752C:AB00:CD2:A868:7E4:E906-20170911114227

Smough ground up the bones of the dead to season his food. His cannibalism tainted him, made him unholy, and made him unsuitable to be the fifth knight of Gwyn. Smough was an abomination, so occult/unholy damage doesn't harm him. Or so I assume from what I know of the lore.