Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-4555143-20141008200230/@comment-16047389-20141009212339

Vendrick briefly mentions what will happen if the First Flame fades:

"One day, fire will fade, and Dark will become a curse. Men will be free from death, left to wander eternally. Dark will again be ours, and in our true shape... We can bury the false legends of yore... Only... Is this our only choice? Seeker of fire, coveter of the throne. Seek strength. The rest will follow..."

As far as the Old Chaos is concerned, I do believe that the Flame of Chaos is designed to not fade away like the First Flame does. I don't mean that I believe it to be eternal, mind you. I believe that the Flame of Chaos still needs to be kindled, but that the difference between the First Flame and the Flame of Chaos is that the Flame of Chaos is alive, perhaps even sentient. Think of it like this, to keep the First Flame burning, it must be regularly rekindled with powerful souls. Meanwhile, it is very unlikely that anyone is willingly kindling the Flame of Chaos. However, the Flame of Chaos also created the Bed of Chaos, and indirectly birthed all Demons in existence. The most common Demons found in Lordran, the Capra Demons and the Taurus Demons are both capable of dropping Humanity. Personally, I believe that the Bed of Chaos created Demons to act as both protectors of the Flame of Chaos, as well as to collect Humanity and Souls to keep it burning. This can be seen again later in The Old Chaos, where the Charred Knights and the Ivory King have, as Alssana puts it, "swallowed by the Chaos...where their souls remain." When the Old Chaos originally began corrupting the people that once lived around Eleum Loyce, I think it was trying to do the same thing and create new Demons to gather souls. The existence of the white Covetous Demon there may lend credence to this.