Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-10429682-20140314041233

Two things: 1, I'm paraphrasing a few in-game lines of dialogue, but I'm still getting my point across. 2, if anything confirming or denying my theory is given in Dark Souls II, please refrain from posting it; I'm waiting for the PC version, and please please please don't spoil anything.

Now, we may begin.

So, among all the theories I've seen or heard about Frampt and Kaathe; whether they work together, whether they are enemies, where they came from, what they are trying to get, I have never seen anyone think of this. Who said they were two separate beings at all?

Think about it. Ingward mentions only Frampt, despite being so close to the abyss where Kaathe lies. And in AotA, one of the NPCs (can't remember who) says that it's all the fault of "that sneaky serpent", without feeling any need to provide further detail on which serpent he is referring to.

This also works in terms of the serpents' actual appearances and roles in the game. One of the serpent's 8 heads(Frampt) lies under Firelink, waiting for the chosen undead to approach, while another(Kaathe) leads the Darkwraiths in order to gain humanity and piece together the Dark Soul. His(?) goal is to lead the world. If the Darkwraiths continue onwards, the Dark Soul will be reformed and his for the taking. If the Chosen Undead approaches, he will simply send them off to burn themselves alive.

If you get the Lordvessel but don't show it to Frampt, Kaathe can sense its presence above. Feeling a sense of urgency and danger due to the Chosen Undead betraying the plan he had so laid out so well, a second head reveals itself and tells the chosen undead not to Link the Fire. While not truly satisfying the Serpent's original goals, this at least allows himself a second-in-command role to the leader of the world without raising too much suspicion as to his changing sides so quickly and easily. This gives him an easy position from which to attack and kill the Dark Lord and take the throne for himself (after enlarging it sizably).

This explains many things: the Serpents'/serpent's motivations, why Frampt is there after letting the fire die, why both serpents are voiced by the same person... so, what do you think about that? 