Talk:Dragonslayer Spear (Dark Souls II)/@comment-3342388-20140723193252

I choose to believe that the Old Dragonslayer is Ornstein, but that he had become an undead (like most) by the time we fought him in Dark Souls 1, but was not yet hollow.

So when the player killed Ornstein in the first game, he was revived, like we do when we die, but also like us, he lost his soul(s) upon death.

During the long years between then and now, I can only assume he desperately fought to regain his former power as he eventually hollowed more and more, and was drawn to the Dark.