Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-108.129.75.244-20130528195600/@comment-5111940-20140314033616

Since the game is finally released, I suppose we can say beyond the shadow of a doubt it's a sequel. But (referencing VaatiVidya, here) it HAS to be in the Age of Dark. As the "Which is the Good Ending" video tells us, you either usher in the Age of Dark or temporarily prevent it. Since the game is supposedly 200 years in the future, and the player in the original Dark Souls was the only one capable of postponing the end of the age of Fire, it's highly unlikely they held it off for excess of 2 centuries. Just a personal theory here, but it would add up. I'm just shy of 10 hours in and I haven't found a single item explicitly naming a god, hinting even further to the Age of Dark (seeing as it's ruled by man, not the gods). On the other hand, people certainly do worship the gods, just not by name (Way of Blue).