Talk:The Nameless King/@comment-24460960-20170222132729

I see a lot of people saying that NK isn't in fact fully hollow, based on his relationship with the Storm Drake and how he retains a proper fighting style. I'm just repeating what everyone has already said here; hollows do retain some faint memories or familarity with what they were doing when they were human. Sure the written lore also says that hollows loose thier minds and turn on their loved ones, which is also clear through in-game events, but it's also shown that they may not be complete husks as they continue what they were doing when they were alive, like it's the only thing they have left now. The knights in DS3 are still gaurding Lothric castle, the hollows in the undead burg from DS1 still retain the intelligence of hiding behind closed doors before busrting out to surprise you. I still remember the first time I fell for that trick when that hollow ran into a room away from me and I followed it only to be ambushed. Mindless zombies do not display that kind of behaviour.

If the Nameless King wasn't fully hollow, why couldn't we talk to him? We could talk to those two hollow merchants in DS1. That blacksmith from DS2 was hollow but retained his sanity through sheer force of will. These guys were all friendly NPCs. NK just drops in without a word and proceeds to attack us. Don't get me wrong, I would love it if there was a genuine case for him not being fully hollow, but I haven't really seen anyone put forth some truly convincing evidence for that yet.

Also I love how Fromsoftware finally introduced the firstborn after all this time. That only leaves two big questions that haven't been answered now; where is Gwynevere and who is Yorshka?