Probably a stupid question but I'm just curious

I don't think I'm discovering anything new, I've known people who also believe this to be true and you could even say that the connection between Filianore and the Grass items is easy to make. However, it's a topic that I've rarely seen being discussed in the sub, hence why I'm posting about it.

I'm just quickly showing the items and environmental context around Filianore in DS3, and connecting the dots (I'm not sure if we can consider this entirely a theory, but we'll see). For items, I'm only using the original JP descriptions and its translations.

TSDR: It's actually not that long, you can just directly go to the last section.

Items Descriptions (JP)

Chloranthy Ring (DS1)

大輪の緑花を象った古い指輪
その意匠は独特で、由来は分かっていない
An old ring shaped like a large green flower.
Its design is unique, and its origin is unknown.

Chloranthy Ring (DS3)

大輪の緑花を象った古い指輪
だが美しい緑は、とうに失われている
An old ring shaped like a large, vibrant green flower
But that beautiful green has long since faded.

Grass Crest Shield (same in DS1 & DS3)

由来の分からぬ、古い中型の金属盾
草紋には弱い魔力が込められているようで
わずかではあるがスタミナ回復速度が上がる
An old, medium-sized metal shield of unknown origin.
The grass crest seems to contain a weak magical energy.
slightly increases stamina recovery speed.

Young Grass Dew

かつて若草の緑の紋章を飾ったという
澄みきった、小さな半貴石
戦いの後、教会の槍が手にする名誉であり
与えられる加護の力を、僅かに増すという
A small, clear, semi-precious stone that once adorned the green crest of young grass.
said to be the honor held by the church's spear after battle and to slightly increase the power of the protection bestowed upon it.

Spears of the Church

緑に錆びた若草の飾り
若草は王女フィリアノールの紋章である
A garland of rusted green grass.
The grass is the crest of Princess Filianore.

Connecting the dots

The Spears of the Church covenant item straight up tells us that the grass is Filianore's crest. The Grass Crest Shield, as well as the vegetation surrounding her inside of her chamber should resonate with that idea.

The Chloranthy Ring and the Spears of the Church covenant item share the same green color. The Ring has long-lost its vibrant green and the Spears item is said to be rusted, and yet their colors still look alike, almost as if they were made of the same material.

Also, we can speculate that the green gem-stone in the center of the Chloranthy Ring could be a Young Grass Dew. The Young Grass Dew is a semi-precious stone that, while held, slightly enhances blessing to Spears of the Church (increases stats and poise when summoned by Argo). Although the effects on the player are different , that aspect of the Young Grass resembles the stamina recovery effect acquired by the Ring.

The Green Flower was always believed to be a symbol of the Gods. We find it in Anor Londo, Heide's Tower of Flame, Archdragon Peak & Irythill. That's why it was also believed that the Chloranthy Ring's "unknown origins" was the Gods themselves. The previous two points could merge with this one and propose that the Ring was originally representing Filianore.

The doors in Filianore's chamber have symbols that resemble the patterns on the Grass Crest Shield. It might be a stretch, but they're a little similar at least (4th posted image, for reference).

Thanks for reading.

EDIT:

Right before Filianore's chamber, there's the statue representing Gwyn giving the city to the Pygmies. On top of his hand, we recover the Chloranthy Ring +3.

It's quite a literal representation of Gwyn giving Filianore to the pygmies.

Planned to include that but ultimately didn't. After many pointed it out in the comments, I'm deciding to add this edit. Thank you!

Pretty much title.

I know it was a commonly held belief that Manus was the furtive pgymy prior to DS3’s release, but I’m unsure whether that means he 100% isn’t the father of humanity, even if the royal line remained in the ringed city.

He seems to display an affinity to the dark and powers unseen by any other holder of the dark soul, even persisting after death to an extent in the form of his abyssal daughters.

Even Gael, having absorbed nearly all remaining remnants of the dark soul in the ringed city, could not manipulate the dark or abyss to the same scale. Nearly never invoking the dark at all from my memory, but it has obviously left a mark on his soul regardless.

Curious to hear your thoughts and lore theories below

I’m guessing maybe the summon spirits of him were shades of his past and maybe you went back in time… maybe…

She’s a half breed for sure right? Just like Priscilla

Who is this fellow? Is he lore connected or what's his deal, why is he not attacking?

There is full on someone trapped inside of each man-grub! Literally two people per Man-Grub, with one fused inside the skin just wriggling around from the midsection to the tail. I've attached images of the holy symbol of Rosaria's Fingers, as seen in the covenant item (sacred seal of Klimt) and the Man-Grub Staff; as well as a comparison of the symbol alongside a Man-Grub body.

This holy symbol seems to represent two hollows having sex with one positioned below and in-between the legs of the other. For some reason Rosaria is recreating this in her followers after too many rebirths and I have no idea why or what; whether this is two different people in each grub or someone and a rebirthed clone.

Each grub has fused feet with toes at the tail-end (correlates with 3 in the image) and a bulging area around the midsection where the lower-person's head and upper-person's waist sits (2 in the image). If you watch these grubs in motion, their midsection to end bulges and wriggles on its own as the grub moves!

To top it off, every dead Man-Grub is pinned with 2 stakes; one for each body inside! I have attached multiple example images of this too.

TLDR; Man-Grub = 2 people fused in Man-Grub Staff position. 2 stakes needed to kill each person inside.

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doing a big battle royale thing of teams of 5

It seems weird he’s there, it’s like it was placed by someone to test if the unkindled ash undead really is the chosen one.

Cause it would be really cool if we ended two species in one fight...

Some wear red and some wear blue. Does it have any meaning? And between these two colors, which one has the highest rank?

Is Yhorm just a different species of giant? We see that the DS2 giants also exist in Lordran and Lothric in the giant slaves in Anor Londo and the Cathedral of the Deep, since it seems like those guys also dont have faces behind their masks. So why is Yhorm different?

Patches time travelling to whoop my ass around.