Talk:The Rotten/@comment-13858305-20140508040933/@comment-16047389-20140509194822

The Old Iron King ruled long before Drangleic rose. It was likely either the immediate predecessor of Drangleic or one of the near ones.

Just because there is a Pharros Door in Undead Crypt proves nothing. The Undead Crypt has stood long before Drangleic as Grave Warden Agdayne atests to the Fenito having watched over the Undead Crypt. The Fenito were created by "the one who gave them the First Death", to make sure that none disturb the dead. Vendrick didn't build the Undead Crypt, he just found it. Pharros could have easily build the contraption in long before. If Vendrick actually know Pharros, and trusted him, then he would have had one placed in Drangleic Castle. But there are none there. Additionally, why must Pharros be a human? Why couldn't he have been a Rat? Particularly the Rat that rules over two domains that hold said contraptions. The lockstone in Majula proves nothing. You find stones all over, in a lot of places that don't always make sense.

I disagree with the Prince/Princess theory, as I have stated on the appropriate page as well.