Talk:Lords of Cinder/@comment-80.233.47.152-20190428213621/@comment-202.161.96.110-20190605040441

I think it's a little more complex than that. There is a recurring theme of bloodlines and their fated destinies in DS3, looking at Ocelotte as an example. A "child of dragons" who had "nothing to fear". His blood guaranteed his ascension to power. However, the child was an invisible, stagnant pygmy. A disappointment. Lothric was much the same, but he was foretold to be so much more. A glorious ruler, a descendant of Gods, a Lord of Cinder. He never had what it took, but the kingdom of Lothric were so dependent and obsessed with finding a worthy heir that once they thought they'd found him, they were already too deep in denial. Lothric was doomed by expectation but considered a Lord of Cinder nonetheless.