Talk:Smelter Demon/@comment-76.17.157.108-20140417192503

LORE SPECULATION (SPOILERS, CONNECTIONS TO THE LOST SINNER)

This is the Prince, the son of the Old Iron King, and the same Prince worshipped by the Bell Keeper Covenant.

The Princess is the Lost Sinner.

Now here's why:

1: We know that the Old Iron King tried to hunt and imprison the undead.

2: His downfall was caused by "reaching too far for the flames"

3: The Princess (Lost Sinner) is known to have connections to the Witch of Izalith, and her sin is that she tried to reignite the first flame

4: Also (arguably) the Old Iron King or the Prince's name was Heide. The Iron Keep and Heide's Tower of Flame have unmistakeable similarities (in enemy design and purpose). The Tower leads into the Wharf where undead where shipped off to prison at the lost bastille. This sounds very similar with the Iron King's habits of locking undead up. (Also the whole flame element similarity)

Here is the proof:

There are two belfries in the game guarded by the Bell Keeper covenant. One of them is in the Iron Keep (Belfry Sol) and the other is the Bastille (Belfry Luna). The Iron Keep bell is supposed to be the "Prince's" Bell and the Bastille bell is supposed to be the "Princess'" bell. This clearly proves these are the prince and princess in question.

More proof that the Lost Sinner is the princess comes from the fact that the giant mutants in the water before her boss room drop bell-keep shields. Additionally the doors to the left and right of her fog gate can only be opened by using a key that is only obtainable by going through the Belfry Luna.

So here's what I think happened.

The Old Iron King and the Prince are trying to fight the curse by locking up and hunting down the undead.

The Princess decides to try and help them by reigniting the first flame.

This fails.

This creates all of the new demons that we fight in this game.

The Prince is turned into the Smelter Demon.

Smelter Demon tricks the Old Iron King into destroying the Iron Keep with lava.

The Princess (Lost Sinner) locks herself up in the Bastille out of guilt.

She fights in the dark because the symbolic deprivation of light/fire is part of her punishment.

Thoughts?