Talk:Drangleic/@comment-13858305-20140416073727/@comment-13858305-20140505050633

Theory on the Rotten, to expand on my theory: The Rotten is Pharros. Now, I didn't make that theory, but I did expand on it.

Pharros, for whatever reason, wanted power. Perhaps so he could further expand his contraptions, to help those in need, or perhaps more selfish reasons.. But either way he wanted power.

He turned to a woman, who went by the name of Nashandra. He sensed her powerful soul.. Sensed it pulsating with the Dark.. And those who fall to the Dark rarely returned. What better way to bend Vendrick, besides the Dark's seductive power.

He made a deal with the woman. He told her about an object of great power; the Lordvessel. If she could seduce the great king of Drangleic to steal it, then they could split its power.

She listened: for this fragment of Manus craved nothing more than power.

When Vendrick brought back the Lordvessel, she handed him the soul of Death, and told him to imbue its power into her, for simply consuming the souls had gone wrong every other time.

He gave her a small portion, though, and kept the rest for himself.

Nashandra grew angry, and made him a criminal of the Kingdom. He fled. Down the Deep Pit in Majula, where he made a deal with the Rat King to keep himself hidden, and in turn he made various traps to repel invaders.

Then he made his sanctuary. His paranoia caused him to create various poison traps; to repel Nashandra's soldiers. This is also what drives him to attack the player, coupled with being raged that he can no longer create.

However: his sanctuary was a place where the unwanted were embraced. For he was unwanted himself.

Evidence: Nashandra's appearance is strikingly similar to Nito. She had to have some connection to the Soul of Death.

The Rotten is also secluded, and accepts all who are unwanted. (soul of the Rotten) Why would it be so, if he was wanted himself.

He can drop a Pharros' Lockstone, and the Rat covenant has a bajillion contraptions.

And finally: he tries to repair a broken poison statue; it only makes sense that he made them, in the first place.