RhapsodyOfFire wrote: »That's just a reference to Artorias and Sif's story. As the entire 3rd game is set in a different timeline as Solaire told in the 1st game that "the flow of time itself is convoluted; with heroes centuries old phasing in and out". It might be a parallel universe/timeline (but on the edge of an imminent age of dark) since there are many references to the first game and although some characters look similar, they have different names. The only character whose name remained is Andre of Astora. He became Andre the Blacksmith but in the 1st game he was the only character whose mouth moved when he talked. So it remains a mystery why he is so exceptional.
As for the Abyss watchers they praise the Wolf Blood Master that is a reference to Artorias but maybe it's not a human or semi-god and it can be the Old Wolf of Farron itself since they are members of the Farron covenant.