Talk:Solaire of Astora/@comment-2A02:587:5506:3F09:4415:2B61:96C2:B2CD-20190921185851/@comment-4511886-20190929085001

That sentence was pretty much bogus. The "previous age" that is referred to is the very same age that Dark Souls takes place in. The reason it's called a previous age is because that statement is from the Dark Souls III version of Solaire's armor.

That said, as far as we know, Gwyn sacrificing himself marks the first linking of the flame and prolonging of the Age of Fire, which happens at some point before the events of Dark Souls. Whether or not the Age of Ancients was truly a unique age rather than being part of the everlasting cycle of the flame fading is a complicated and purely speculative discussion.