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[Dark Souls]What did the gods rule before humans?

So we had the dragons, then the four lords. The four lords ruled for a while and then Manus the father of the Abyss was awoken and humans came about. My question is what class if beings did the lords rule before Manus woke up? What was Artorias, what were the beings that some up Manus, etc.
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The humanlike beings who populate Anor Londo are the same race as the gods.  They made up the Silver Knights, the four knights, and the common people of the city.  They weren't as mighty as Gywn and the gods because they lacked pieces of the Lords Soul.  None of these people were human because they lacked any trace of the dark.  They were never given a racial name, and are usually just referred to as lesser gods, because of status being above humans.

Humans *did* exist at this time though, they just weren't respected on the same level as the god-race.  They came about *long* before Manus was awoken in Oolacile, and were originally born at the dawn of time when the Furtive Pygmy found the Dark Soul.  Manus was, after all, originally just a Pygmy himself, and other Pygmies existed at the time when he was originally defeated and buried in his grave beneath Oolacile to be later dug up.