Is Emerald Herald a fragment of Manus?

[Cross and Roses]

majority of theories in the internet says Shanalotte is a potential "sister" of Nashandra and the DLC bosses and manipulated the player to replace Vendrick while hording souls.

I like the character though, I think as a player made a connection to her but since the story of DS2 is absurd I just want to know if she really was another fragment of Manus the DLC boss of DS1.

[Rithm Fluffderg]

I thought it was confirmed that she's an artificially created half-dragon who the dragons actually consider one of their own.

[Scaredy Cat]

Publicado originalmente por Zachski243:

I thought it was confirmed that she's an artificially created half-dragon who the dragons actually consider one of their own.

Yes. I just reread the lore on her. And it seems like she was a baby human who was changed into a half dragon by the experimentation of Aldia. The first succes after many failures.

Id recommend reading the lore on wikidot. Its quite comprehensive.

[gackie]

She's supposedly some kind of mutant. The lore surrounding her is very messed up, she can't be both, because Dragons don't have Souls, which was a big thing in DS1 but was kind of forgotten or lazily ignored in DS2. Dragons are the opposite of dark beings, because one has a Soul and is the very essence of being, while the other has no soul and simply exists.

[Scaredy Cat]

Publicado originalmente por Holiday Hatbones!:

She's supposedly some kind of mutant. The lore surrounding her is very messed up, she can't be both, because Dragons don't have Souls, which was a big thing in DS1 but was kind of forgotten or lazily ignored in DS2. Dragons are the opposite of dark beings, because one has a Soul and is the very essence of being, while the other has no soul and simply exists.

Aldi didnt fuse here with the soul of a dragon, but with a pertrified dragon bone. Also, speaking of which, you can collect the soul of an ancient dragon in this games. To craft the curved dragon greatsword.

[Rithm Fluffderg]

...?

I'm pretty sure you get souls for killing Seath and those drakes in the original game...?

[The Vengeful]

Well you do get souls as in currency, but you don't get Seath's soul. Instead you get Bequeathed Lord Soul Shard, part of Gwyn's soul.

[Rithm Fluffderg]

Publicado originalmente por Aztec Mr. Universe:

Well you do get souls as in currency, but you don't get Seath's soul. Instead you get Bequeathed Lord Soul Shard, part of Gwyn's soul.

You also don't get the Four Kings Soul, either. Or the Bed of Chaos Soul. Or the Gravelord Nito soul.

[gackie]

Publicado originalmente por Scaredy Cat:

Publicado originalmente por Holiday Hatbones!:

She's supposedly some kind of mutant. The lore surrounding her is very messed up, she can't be both, because Dragons don't have Souls, which was a big thing in DS1 but was kind of forgotten or lazily ignored in DS2. Dragons are the opposite of dark beings, because one has a Soul and is the very essence of being, while the other has no soul and simply exists.

Aldi didnt fuse here with the soul of a dragon, but with a pertrified dragon bone. Also, speaking of which, you can collect the soul of an ancient dragon in this games. To craft the curved dragon greatsword.

Well theres the conjunction. Dragons don't have souls. And you explicitly obtain a soul from a Dragon living in ash lake, this is because DS2's director wasn't best knowledgable of the lore. In DS1, Dragons don't drop boss souls upon death, instead, every one of them has a unique function, cutting their tails off will drop you their boss weapon.

[gackie]

Publicado originalmente por Zachski243:

Publicado originalmente por Aztec Mr. Universe:

Well you do get souls as in currency, but you don't get Seath's soul. Instead you get Bequeathed Lord Soul Shard, part of Gwyn's soul.

You also don't get the Four Kings Soul, either. Or the Bed of Chaos Soul. Or the Gravelord Nito soul.

Because neither have been afflicted by the curse, so they don't have souls. Gwyn is visually hollowed, however, which is why he drops a soul.

[gackie]

Publicado originalmente por Zachski243:

...?

I'm pretty sure you get souls for killing Seath and those drakes in the original game...?

That's different. The currency souls that dragons drop are the ones they have consumed by killing people, just like you do.

[Scaredy Cat]

Publicado originalmente por Holiday Hatbones!:

Publicado originalmente por Scaredy Cat:

Aldi didnt fuse here with the soul of a dragon, but with a pertrified dragon bone. Also, speaking of which, you can collect the soul of an ancient dragon in this games. To craft the curved dragon greatsword.

Well theres the conjunction. Dragons don't have souls. And you explicitly obtain a soul from a Dragon living in ash lake, this is because DS2's director wasn't best knowledgable of the lore. In DS1, Dragons don't drop boss souls upon death, instead, every one of them has a unique function, cutting their tails off will drop you their boss weapon.

Yes, i merely stated the ancient dragon as an odd exception. I am aware they dont have souls.