Board Thread:Dark Souls II/@comment-46.64.182.203-20140312230146/@comment-5024192-20140331061246

69.209.224.127 wrote: The fact that the old Dragonslayer in DkS2 drops the old leo ring which is the same as the leo ring from DkS means the the old Dragonslayer is  Ornstein or is part of his soul thus explaining why he is weaker in Dk2

He is weaker because of the whole "old" thing and because he traversed the abyss.