Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24459775-20140315020817/@comment-1961216-20140427021018

92.108.106.58 wrote: the dragonslayer ornstein from dark souls 1 could also be an illusion from darkmoon gwyndolyn. I doubt it. If he didn't put that much oomph into Gwynevere I don't see why he would put that much into Ornstein and Smough. If they're illusions, why does one have to wait for the other to die and absorb him to get more powerful? And why do you get to keep their stuff? It should have disappeared when the illusion was axed.

I'm fairly sure Ornstein and Smough are willingly upholding the illusion of Anor Londo. Their behavior isn't consistent with the other illusions of the place.