Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-80.1.37.169-20140510152925/@comment-86.137.71.223-20190923231748

Aldia the scholar of the first sin in DS2 excaped the "cycle". As a scholar and a brother of king Vendrick he most likely pursued the lord of lothric and convinced him to stop the linking of the flame. There's a link in DS2 between the crowns and the lord souls in DS1 I think and as such   the crowns must have been long forgotten after returning to their original forms or perhaps seeking vessels like the lords who now hold powerful souls that we find in dark souls 3. So we can assume that by the end of dark souls 1 the lord vessel is fragmented, the lords souls are then found anew in DS2 then forgotten again afterwards leading to DS3. I will say that the kingdom of Drangleic does lie between 1 and 3 which is perhaps why due to a span of time that these event then play out in DS3.