Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-81.159.3.74-20140825190535

Can't be bothered to do any real research so this may be flawed. Who cares. Prove me wrong.

BUT

Could it be possible that this is the last Dark Souls game?

Think about it, you collect practically every Great Soul in the game, you have them all. But instead of bequeathing them to the Lordvessel (and ultimately burning them in the First Flame) you keep them within.

Sure, we're promised power, Sweet Shalqouir seems to think you can go on to do great things and the Kings ring suggests you have some power but how do we know that this is the truth? Drangleic was built without the power of that Throne since Vendrick refused to take it.

You're trapped; no way to get out of your tiny throne room. No way for the Great Souls to access the First Flame. No way to renew the Undead Cycle - it is the end of the prophecy assuming the Chosen Undead remains forever? We know the abyss is growing. I guess that if this is not the last Dark Souls game then the next will be set in an age of Dark which I'd find really cool.

This all rests on the idea that the Throne of Want has no power - that it's just an illusion; a prison cell with a big seat in it. We lust after power without really knowing why, or any of the details.

I dont know if all this is obvious or stupid and I dont really know whether there's a point to this post it has no real argument but I'd love it if people expanded on it.

Thanks <3 