I think lansseax was litteraly in love with Vyke, she is waiting for him by the secret path to the altus plateau...and then we can find her near the dragon cult church, the places where she has the most chances to encounter him

Vyke is like me, except instead of inheriting the Frenzied Flame to save his maiden, I did it to let CHAOS TAKE THE WORLD

Vyke is much obviously weaker in the evergaol. Just imagine this guy in his prime. Possibly as strong as Godfrey and literally loved by not just the ANCIENT dragons but also the two fingers. They had believed this guy was gonna become the elden lord. Keep in mind, Vyke's story takes place possibly hundreds of years before yours. An era where Leyndell was unbreakable. Radhan and Malenia were at their peak. Etc. If a guy could stand up to all of those people, I'd say this guy is atleast Ancient Dragon level and it definitely is more than From's bad player model bosses.

The wandering mausoleums contain the bodies of nameless demigods. If these demigods also possessed Great Runes that aren't named or present in the game, it's no stretch of the imagination to consider that Vyke may have been the one to kill them in the first place and claim their runes.

Ppl seem to ignore that the burned markings on his armor indicate that his was grabbed from behind ,meaning that in a moment of clarity changed his mind and tried to escape or he tried to actually kill the 3 fingers and he failed

I always felt Vyke got "Palpatined" by Shabriri and is a metaphor for doubt and fear of success he was expected to achieve.

I get the feeling that when he lost himself to the frenzy flame, Lansseax attempted to save him, looking at the Vyke's dragonbolt it says she loved him the most and looking at what the effect it has on us, It lightens our equip load, what if for Vyke it lightened the burden of the flame on his mind giving him just enough control to imprison himself in the ever goal?

I believe Vyke is the reason Morgott doesn't believe in the tarnished becoming Elden Lord because he saw one Tarnished fall to the Flame of Frenzy. He probably thinks all Tarnished will give in to the three fingers

The maiden at the church of inhibition is called "Vykes maiden" in the internal game files iirc. I have seen as much in on of Zullie's videos.

I think the reason why Vyke failed to be the lord of chaos is because he actively denounced his connection to it. Theres a good reason why we find him in the Evergaol with his burned/marked armor yet he uses no flame of frenzy incantations nor is his weapon capable of inflictng madness during that fight. I think because Vyke was more or less the first tarnished to join the Three Fingers. They didnt fully know how to “implant” themselves onto him. Which is why he was able to resist. When we appear before them, now that Vyke served as a pseudo beta test, we have them mark a chunk of our own flesh so that no matter how we feel afterwards and no matter what Melina tells us we cant shed them of us unless we use supernatural means ie Miquellas needle. Plus, because we meet Vyke basically protecting most likely his maidens deceased body, we could surmise that because she killed herself after Vyke was nearing the end and then decided to ditch everything most likely because of her, he then decided to renounce the Flame of Frenzy and maybe try to redeem himself as a last ditch effort to make her proud. But thats just what i think.

Countertheory: Vyke imprisoned HIMSELF

"Did you ever hear the tragedy of DragonSpear Vyke? I thought not. It’s not a story the two fingers would tell you. It’s a Frenzy Flame legend. DragonSpear Vyke was a Mad Lord of the Frenzy Flame, so powerful and so Mad he could use the Frenzy to influence the mind to burn all life… He had such a knowledge of the Frenzy Flame that he could even keep the ones he cared about from going mad. The Frenzy Flame is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. He became so powerful… the only thing he was afraid of was losing his maiden, which eventually, of course, he did. By his own hand, Ironic. He could save his maiden from madness, but not himself." - Shabriri.

Perhaps the one Tarnished with the most storied history across the land, even if we only interact with him in battle.

A knight is most recognized in his armor. Vyke was a distinguished warrior known for his chivalry and high honor as a Dragonknight. So he went to try to defeat fate and attacked the Three Fingers in order to save his maiden. Ironically, it was Vyke protected by his knighthood that stopped him from becoming a Frenzied Lord and unfortunately damned him to a eternal torment as branded by the Three Fingers for his heroism.

Maybe the three fingers never intended to make him the lord of frenzy, and only intended to drive him mad so he wouldn't become elden lord, effectively ruling out competition so they could find a proper host for the frenzied flame to have their lord of frenzy make it to the Erdtree.

Either Shabriri or the three fingers seem to have the ability to move souls into corpses and approach people looking to save others. They drove the guy from castle mourne insane in exchange for reviving his daughter (with a different soul inside her), drove vyke mad trying to save his maiden, and then tries to drive you mad to save melina.

To give everything up to save your maiden, and then, in a fit of blind insanity kill her anyways... now that's a heartbreaker.

If only Vyke did Millicent's quest line to use Miquella's needle to tame the flame

I think it's safe to say that Morgott is the one who imprisoned Vyke, because the room to the three fingers is sealed off by him.

My absolute favorite npc in the game. He is someone that is worthy of being Elden Lord. To me, he is a true hero of the round table