Talk:Kirk, Knight of Thorns/@comment-17773214-20130929035553

My theory is that, after failing the third time to kill you, Kirk sensed that Quelaan was on the verge of dying. However, he had no humanity on himself to give to Quelaan because of his earlier failure, so he makes the ultimate sacrifice by giving up his own humanity to preserve Quelaan's lifespan for a little while longer. Having become a hollow once more, Kirk felt that he was losing his mind and becoming a "true" hollow. If this happened, all that would remain of himself would be a psychotic zombie that would attack and kill everyone in the room at the time. To ensure Quelaan's safety he goes right up next to wall far from Quelaan, slits his knees so that he cannot walk anymore (just in case), slumps to the floor, then commits suicide.

Thus was the end of Knight Kirk, a man who personally I think would've been an awesome "friendly" NPC ally in this game would you have chosen to join the Chaos Covenant (but would invade you again and again later on if you decided not to join them).