Talk:Oscar, Knight of Astora/@comment-94.232.221.152-20140604162227/@comment-4511886-20141107163326

It's likely that Oscar felt his imminent hollowing and used the last of his strength to "pass the torch" to you.

It was fully possible for him to heal, but mental hollowing (aka "real" hollowing, which basically means going insane) seems to actually not be affected by death. It's just the repeated pain of dying that makes one lose their will to go on.

Perhaps he thought that he would pose less of a problem to those who later attempt to escape, if he was injured.