Magus Eygil

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Lore

Eygil was a magus and loyal follower of the Old Iron King. He created the pyromancies Fire Snake and Dance of Fire.

Eygil sought to grant fire a will of its own and therefore created a pyromancy that sought out the target. It is possible that he worked with the Old Iron King in bringing his iron creations to life through fire.

Eygil's idol is a massive bull and contains the final bonfire before the Old Iron King boss fight.

Eygil was originally only mentioned in the title of the third bonfire in Old Iron Keep, Eygil's Idol. The DLC adds two more descriptions of Eygil:

Fire Snake: Eygil sought to grant fire a will of its own. This pyromancy was conjured up to behave like a snake, writhing toward its prey, with a mind to strike.

Dance of Fire: Pyromancy created by the magus Eygil, loyal follower of the Old Iron King. Cast flame in a sweeping motion across a targeted area. The fire seems to dance, and makes its victims dance with it.

Theories

Magus Eygil is the Lost Sinner

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The reasons for this are as follows:

1. Magus Eygil was attempting to give fire a will of its own. we know that the Witch of Izalith succeeded in doing this, to her detriment. Eygil therefore, may have sought out and attempted to relight the first flame in an attempt to gather similar results
2. The Lost Sinner, while referred to as a woman, is very likely to be a man (because of its beard). The female reference may be to the Chaos Bug which controls the Lost Sinner. That being said, we do not know the gender of Eygil and only presume it is a man's name.
3. The Lost Sinner is contained behind doors that are the same as that of the Iron Keep entrance. We know that Eygil was a loyal follower of the Old Iron King.
4. The Lost Sinner wears cuffs that indicate he/she is adept at pyromancy and yet never casts any pyromancies. It could be that these cuffs have imbued the strength of Eygil as he was confined, but he refuses to use any more pyromancies even to defend himself.
5. Eygil may have brought the Smelter Demon to life through creating a living flame, but the demon killed the Old Iron King and subsumed the Iron Keep in flames. Wracked with guilt, Eygil was imprisoned by the survivors of the event and left to rot.

Sources

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Dance of Fire
Pyromancy created by the magus Eygil, loyal follower of the Old Iron King. Cast flame in a sweeping motion across a targeted area. The fire seems to dance, and makes its victims dance with it.

Fire Snake
Pyromancy created by the magus Eygil, loyal follower of the Old Iron King. Creates several pillars of flame in front of the caster. Eygil sought to grant fire a will of its own. This pyromancy was conjured up to behave like a snake, writhing toward its prey, with a mind to strike.

Smelter Demon Soul
Soul of the Smelter Demon, that haunts the castle that sunk into a pool of iron. The Old Iron King's life was taken by a mass of iron that had been given a soul. Was this metal goliath here from the beginning, or as it a product of the king's conceit?.

Smelter Demon Armor
Armor of the Smelter Demon, a great mass of iron that was given life. High fire defense. The Old Iron King was possessed of a great bounty of ore, but was incinerated by a creature that rose from the infernal depths of the earth.

Smelter Sword
An ultra greatsword forged from the soul of the Smelter Demon. Its blade bears the strength of terrible flames, a latent power unleashed by a strong attack. The earth spouted fire, and a beast arose from the flames. The short-sighted king was incinerated by the creature in one swing, and his castle devoured in a sea of flames.

Aged Smelter Sword
Ultra greatsword crafted from the soul of the Smelter Demon. Its blade is imbued with a great flame. Use strong attack to unleash its latent power. When the old iron king acquired the power to grant life to heaps of iron, he molded a great array of metallic automatons. The iron monstrosity itself was perhaps one of the king's puppets.

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