Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-209.18.49.27-20150413142415/@comment-4511886-20150413210022

From what can be gathered, the undead outbreak is relatively well contained at the time of DaS, and seems to sort itself out in DaSII. The only country I can think of where the undead lead it to ruin was Balder.

Most countries started banishing the undead, likely as a result of events such as the fall of Balder, to the Undead Asylum. The Way of White often banished their members directly to Lordran instead, under the guise that they were sent on a holy mission to retrieve the Rite of Kindling. Some undead also appear to have travelled to Lordran on their own initiative, although it is far from a common occurence.

All in all, life appears fairly unaffected by the undead in the world outside Lordran, only the undead, and possibly their friends and family (due to the banishing of the undead individual), seem to take harm from the curse. In DaSII, many of your fellow undead appear to have come to Drangleic recently, often attracted by rumors of fortune, glory, power and/or a way to break the curse.