Board Thread:Dark Souls II/@comment-5613590-20130119072920/@comment-6003396-20131222054746

Dark Souls II takes place outside of Lordran, though. There's still a possibility, but I would be surprised if there were appearances of any of the same characters. Not only due to the time and location difference, statements from developers describing a world and story far removed from the first, but also from leaked character dialogue that was included within the beta which was not accessible by normal means. It revealed a character called Pait, whose actions are clearly similar to Patches. It seems likely that if the story and setting allowed for a reappearance of characters from the first, the actual Patches would be encountered. It's still a bit early to tell, though. I may be proven wrong.