Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20170320124216/@comment-1916997-20170321142921

I think it's a pretty good theory. The fact that you have to stab the Dark One with the dagger to become the next Dark One, can add to this as well. Maybe some of the Dark One's were just holding onto the dagger, before it corupted them, and they took the Dark One's power for themselves.