This may be speculative theory I saw on one of the lore youtubers. But I believe the undead curse was cast on humans after Gwyn linked the first flame (The First Sin as referenced in DS2) in order to unnaturally perpetuate the age of fire. This curse would drive humans to commit their souls/humanity to the linked fire (via bonfires) without truly dying, in which they would serve as empty vessels (Hollows) to continue seeking additional souls/humanity that they could feed into the fire thus extending its power even further.
I agree the rest of the lore stuff pretty much goes unanswered to my disappointment. And yes all this lore has flimsy structure at best and clearly was not intended to be looked into on any sort of analytical basis. And no I will not be apologizing for wasting my time by analyzing it.
This may be speculative theory I saw on one of the lore youtubers. But I believe the undead curse was cast on humans after Gwyn linked the first flame (The First Sin as referenced in DS2) in order to unnaturally perpetuate the age of fire. This curse would drive humans to commit their souls/humanity to the linked fire (via bonfires) without truly dying, in which they would serve as empty vessels (Hollows) to continue seeking additional souls/humanity that they could feed into the fire thus extending its power even further.
I agree the rest of the lore stuff pretty much goes unanswered to my disappointment. And yes all this lore has flimsy structure at best and clearly was not intended to be looked into on any sort of analytical basis. And no I will not be apologizing for wasting my time by analyzing it.