Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24459775-20140315020817/@comment-142.161.25.73-20160420171238

Cement Plant wrote: Daifukkatsu wrote: I've been thinking about what possible role the Abyss may be playing with the reappearance of familiar characters. Well, according to my take on lore Abyss is closely associated with the Undead and Hollows especially and I can't help but notice that all the characters you've mentioned are undead and hollow. With the possible exception of Ornstein. I'd just assume that when you kill hollows they end up in the Abyss in one way or the other.

But honestly? I think there is no lore behind it at all, and the only reason they're in the game is either laziness, lack of time to make proper new bosses, or just cheap shot at nostalgia factor. One thing that just came to mind is that you don't find out Anor Londo is an illusion until after the boss fight with Ornstein and Smough, maybe this was just Gwyndolins version of them and you never really fought the true Ornstein.