Board Thread:Dark Souls II/@comment-5264386-20130801122019/@comment-18016240-20131028031130

The WW2 reference was probably inappropriate, but I would call Lordran aything but a refuge, the place is crawling with hollows, demons, and assorted other monstrosities. The Undead Male merchant might just be saying that he's so close to turning completely hollow that they thought of him as one of them.