Lol safe space. Darkdwellers are just undead SJWs.

Now that you mention it they're probably clawing their eyes off

good question, considering you have to avoid 7 of them to get to the greatsword. did you ever end up trying it?

Put on agape ring soul memory problem sorted

Yes it is, I generally do this myself as I find in No-man's Wharf my items tend to break/spells tend to run out in the long run to the bell so I skip parts of it. Light the torch, run past everything, open the door, up the stairs in the house, exit the door into the room with the Greatsword, and open the chests as fast as possible (but dodge the trap ofc). You should find they break through the door just as you are getting ready to leave after opening and looting both chests, just run out the broken wall and away. They won't follow you far.

They drop tattered clothes which could imply they suffered mutation wearing normal clothes oh my god they were people

They seems pretty similar to ds1 oolacile residents, that were corrupted by the dark brought by manus.

They eat pyromancers

Kinky.