Talk:Endings (Dark Souls)/@comment-24.63.2.145-20130827142540

i think the key part is understanding what it means to be undead. preserving non undead humans is the key the pursuing the age of man. if you prolong the age of fire, more and more people will become branded and undead, soon the undead out number the living and the living become undead. if there are no living left to reproduce, what has become of humanity? all will have turned to demons and death. in order to give life a fighting chance you must allow it to grow in the dark. in darkness there is fear of the unknown yet also protection. in light you will be burned to death by all you see. the gods want to keep living off the sacrifices of man, but what happens when there are no more left to sacrifice? everyone who is undead will soon go hollow, and the hollow are no longer human. a hollow would no be able to do the work of the gods anyways so even if you prolong the fire it will eventually run out of fuel and the gods will fade and darkness will come. but if you give them the chance some humans might be have been spared and may risk their lives in the dark ages withouth the punishment of the gods.. take the dark path. talk to kaathe.