Talk:Pontiff Sulyvahn/@comment-163.232.200.101-20170727064158/@comment-2402:A040:215:7F77:F9A9:C216:3337:2DE-20190913074828

He never became a lord of cinder because he hates the gods - he was the scholar who convinced Lothric to not link the flame, and then had the Dancer and Vordt sent to the entrance of Lothric castle to prevent any from retrieving the prince, or to just sieze the castle to prevent any movement from Lothric whatsoever. In other words, he is solely responsible for the lords of cinder rising (since they rise due to the world's failure to link the flame), and ultimately the entire plot of the game itself, all because he wanted the flame to die.

Why would such a man ever link the flame? Linking the flame preserves the age of fire and the power of the gods, which is the opposite of what he wants.