Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-80.1.37.169-20140510152925/@comment-206.113.192.12-20160507190516

45.72.203.212 wrote: I think the only place for 3 to fit in would actually be between 1 and 2. The kingdoms of DS1 still exist in DS3, but in DS2 they are gone and long forgotten. Yeah but in the Cathedral of the Deep, you can find a set of Drangleic Armor and a pair of Hammers, which state that the Drang Knights are "descendants from the land known for the legend of the Linking of the Fire."

So, since we know this, it can be inferred that Dark Souls 2 happened prior to 3, and that Drangleic was in an entirely different area than Dark Souls 1/3. It seems clear that Dark Souls 3 is a direct following of the events of DS1, since Irithyll was clearly built over the ruins of New Londo/Undead Burg/Settlement, etc, and Gwyndolin was imprisoned in his fallen city to be devoured by Aldrich, while the kingdom of Lothric seemed to have sprung up near Irithyll, likely around the same time.