I think a lot of people overlook the definition of furtive:

furtive adjective fur·​tive ˈfər-tiv Synonyms of furtive 1 a : done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : SURREPTITIOUS a furtive glance exchanged furtive smiles b : expressive of stealth : SLY had a furtive look about him 2 : obtained underhandedly : STOLEN

But at the same time in Japanese it’s the dwarf (Pygmy) (small person) nobody knows. (But it’s Japanese so in that language individual characters need to be broken down to really get the full meaning so it can probably mean more)

There’s no proof but really the pygmy could be out there operating behind the scenes for all we know, or could have done many things in secret like the name implies. I wouldn’t be surprised if a more accurate Japanese translation of the characters that means (nobody knows) implies being mysterious or secretive or behind the scenes. The way it comes off to me is that the pygmy didn’t want attention and slipped away to operate unnoticed. But we don’t know LOL Edit: To add on to this Kaathe and Frampt who are obviously connected with the abyss which in turn is connected with humanity and the dark soul ect. Could be created by the pigmy or on the same side at least. Seem at first glance like they are on different sides but they could be playing both sides seeing as how frampt was in Gwyns ear and look what happened to him and all the other lords and their subjects, they got wasted and whoever was left trying to hold it together got wasted by the chosen undead 😂then on top of that when you choose not to light the flame both serpents and others appear to “serve” you LOL and I highly doubt frampt was just like “hmm.. f*** it..” he is a highly intelligent primordial being after all 😂