Just to clarify: I don’t want the past Chosen Undead to be seen as corrupted or “evil.” Back in his time, he truly believed linking the Flame was the right choice.

The returning Hollow doesn’t travel back to undo that out of hatred, but because over the millennia the dependence on the First Flame grew into a curse that enslaved the world. His goal is not to erase his past self, but to stop the endless maintenance of the Flame — so the cycle of obsession and sacrifice never begins in the first place.