Board Thread:Dark Souls III/@comment-17496033-20160419043701/@comment-167.154.37.78-20160422160807

From my understanding of the lore between all three games, anyone can be a dark lord or Lord of Cinder, if of course "THE DARK LORD" is a title referring to the one who reaches the feat of either rekindling the flame or allowing it to extinguish. Lords of Cinder, in my opinion, seem to imply those who attempted (and successfully for another era of light) rekindled the flame (and accepting the punishment provided for doing so such as going mad or becoming charred). Therefore, Vendrick as far as we know, is NOT a "Dark Lord" or a "Lord of Cinder as he never attempted to extinguish or rekindle the flame. As suggested above, he wanted a permanent solution and never really bothered with rekindling (unless there is lore Im missing). Our first DS hero is a Lord of Cinder (if you chose to rekindle the Bonfire) or a Dark Lord (if you chose to let it extinguish). Our 2nd DS hero however is neither as he/she chooses to either take up a throne or not (making him/her king/queen or not). Hope this helps and finds agreement amongst the others.