

This sort of suggests that the undead curse is almost something like a sickness that's spread across Lothric like a pandemic and something not many can avoid themselves It even happens on dogs which share similar visual effects (empty eye sockets, greyed out skin, generally decomposing and withered appearance) An unkindled is, I'd say (not entirely sure myself) something "new" related to the whole being-undead deal, as in DS3 you aren't immediately hollow upon starting with your character but rather as optional choice, so I suspect it's a special kind of undead curse that longs for embers, compared to Humanity which is what hollows in DS1/(2) were afterĢ) I'm fairly sure that's true, I've seen every enemy in the game so far and a great deal of humanoid enemies are definitely hollow judging by their appearance or behaviour (Lothric Infantry/Knights, Undead Settlers, Crow Demons, Lycanthrope Hunters and Lycanthropes themselves, Deacons of the Way of White/Cathedral of the Deep, Pontiff Knights, Cathedral Grave Wardens etc. 1) A hollow is basically the final state of being Undead this is a curse that is brandished on mortals with the dark sign and when a lot of time passed and if the cursed one does not have a stable supply of Souls, the cursed undead turns into a hollow, a decomposed-looking being with a wretched mind barely functional and generally adding insanity to that being.
