I started out as a White Robe?! (what)

No, I did not use a mod or switch game textures.
This was a funny (yet temporarily mind-boggling) occurrence.
It all started when I was Journeying solo, then the simple brain of me decided to redo the journey to find some companions. so I head back to title, and then the following footage starts.
my assumption: starting the Snow level (could be a factor) as a White Cloak, then quitting to title and starting a new game causes the game to (somehow) still think you're a White Cloak.
Timestamps:
00:00 The start of it all
00:20 cool cutscene
01:16 the crazy thing
01:32 expressing my confusion