Board Thread:Dark Souls III/@comment-17496033-20160419043701/@comment-200.101.197.6-20170223001504

from what i think (and i could be wrong), to you effectivelly become a Lord of Cinder, you'll need "to be a monarch" (I take this phrases as "someone strong and resolute enough"). Someone that tries to link the flame but don't have this quality will inevitably become an Unkindled, so if Vendrick had the chance (or the will) to link the flame, he would fail and become like the Ashen One