Talk:Dark Souls II: Into the Light/@comment-16047389-20131010212109/@comment-6003396-20131015010948

I think it is irrelevant what ending the player chooses when considering the storyline of Dark Souls II. If the player links the flame at the end, it will still eventually go out, assuming no one else links it to prolong it again, and the age of dark will start anyway.

Dark Souls II SPOILERS ahead...

From reading the leaked item descriptions of DSII, it would seem that the game takes place long afterwards (hundreds or thousands of years, but I doubt we will ever be able to nail down an exact number), and/or in a place so far removed from Lordran that whatever happens there has no bearing on the outside world. This is also pretty much confirmed by numerous director interviews. I have a feeling that we will never really know which ending is canon – maybe subtle hints from item descriptions, but little else.