

It reminds of a certain NPC and its set from Dark Souls I: As already mentioned above, the statues seem to have the bodies of the undead (except their hands) and they wear peculiar robes, with overcoats that only cover their chests, leaving the rest of the torso uncovered.

The next theory focuses on the heads, bodies and the clothes of the statues.

So, it is rather weird for the Scholars to place statues of the heretical “angels” all over the Grand Archives. However, this theory somewhat contradicts the fact that, as the armor of the winged knights suggests, the faith in “divine messengers” was considered heresy and wasn’t recognized by any of the three pillars of Lothric King’s rule (which include Scholars of the Grand Archives, Lothric Knights and the High Priestess). As mentioned in items related to these knights the Angelic Faith of Lotrhic is based on a miracle tale revealed to the “Heavenly Daughter Gertrude” by a divine messenger, an angel, who, according to this theory was one of the primordial serpents. According to this theory, the statues are, in fact, the statues of the “angels” of the Angelic Faith of Lothric, shared by the Winged Knights. However, there seem to be no hints in Dark Souls I that primordial serpents are in fact giant humanoids, on the contrary, it’s pretty much implied that they have serpent bodies as well, as we can only see their heads (which don’t look too snake-ish, though) and their long necks/bodies.Īnother theory comes from another weird-looking part of the statues – their wings. It is also stated in the Soul Stream sorcery description that first of the Scholars of the Grand Archives doubted linking the flame, and Darkstalker Kaathe sought the Age of Dark to come, and thus wanted the flame to fade. The first is a lightning urn description that tells us that Lothric knights used to hunt dragons in the past and thus worshiped the sun – most likely, the Great Lord Gwyn, and Kingseeker Frampt, who claimed to be a friend of Lord Gwyn, might have had some weight in that religion. There are certain points that may be interpreted to indirectly support this version, though rather vaguely.
