Board Thread:Dark Souls III/@comment-28433018-20160511085122

Hey, all.

I do some YouTubes, and I thought I'd come here to run something by you guys before making and posting this video I have planned.

I won't post the full transcript of what I have, but here's a brief rundown of my thoughts with brief parts of the script I'm working on;

1) We have no soul. "The Firekeeper informs us that we are to be a ‘vessel’ for the souls that we gather. It’s interesting to note that we don’t actually Hollow as readily as we have done in previous games...  we had attempted to link the fire pre-game, but failed. Our body was unable to be used as kindling to link the flame, turning us to ash and presumably completely destroying our soul..."

2) The Flame has weakened. "If this is the case, it would seem that the First Flame has grown weaker and less predictable with each linking... We,  The Ashen One, have attempted to link the fire before this and failed to do so. This is the plot reason why we don’t hollow by just dying... in each ending you can unlock, the flame fades. There’s no ending to link the fire this time. "

3) There's now no certain way to extend the Age of Fire. "... this would be the true end of the Age Of Fire because the Flame will no longer certainly take a powerful soul and be rekindled..." 

4) "Unkindled" doesn't mean Undead / Hollow. "...  we could infer that the title of ‘Unkindled’ refers to anyone who has been unable to link the fire...  people know what we are and address us as such, meaning that we ar en’t a ‘new’ occurrence. We’re definitely not the only person to be called unkindled, after all..."

5) Usurp The Fire is the Canon ending. "We learnt in the expansion of Dark Souls 2...  Even if the flame fades, a fragment will remain and await to be rekindled...  Obviously we have finally reached the end of the Age of Fire...  In it, we take the power of the flame into ourselves and wake to find all number of hollow creatures gathered to our power. We take the flame for ourselves and become a Dark Lord as said by Yuria...  Just maybe there’s no coming back, now. Perhaps the curse is too far engrained in the world..."

These are the main points I'm working with. I'd love to get some input and see if I'm not the only one who's come to this conclusion.

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