All the theory section has essentially been debunked with SotFS, I see. Should be edited.
Aldia is not Seath lol. Seath possessed the Duke, created Freja, the scorpion hybrids, and other abominations, and his soul is found at Freja’s domain. Aldia, furthermore, sought to break the cycle of Fire and Dark, to use and even combine them in an effort to unveil the true nature of existence, and mankind’s place in it, and potentially learn to mitigate or avoid the downsides of the undead “curse”. Aldia would hold no love at all for Seath, who he would view as complicit in Gwyn’s sins.