Board Thread:Dark Souls II/@comment-46.64.182.203-20140312230146/@comment-24459775-20140503112916

Firstly the Suns Firstborn was banished from Anor Londo for losing the annals, not practicing magic. Second why would he wear the same armour, have the same spear, ring and moveset as Ornstein? Third why would the boss be called "old dragonslayer"? Because the prominent dragonslayer in DS1 was DRAGONSLAYER Ornstein. Now maybe hes an animated armour suit, or an undead hollow, or the real deal, but I think being in possession of Ornsteins Leo Ring (only one was made, one for each Knight of Gwyn), his armour, his skills it must be Ornstein. We see in the Abyss after joining the Pilgrims of Dark characters from the first game corrupted by the Abyss, I think Ornstein is simply moving down this path, hence the dark magic rather than lightning.