Board Thread:Dark Souls III/@comment-28433018-20160511085122/@comment-28433018-20160513132650

Cubby85 wrote: Hmmmm, I love the concept of the "No soul". I suppose to counter argue, just for the sake of you being able to cement your idea, I would think that a soulless being wouldn't be able to interact with others (through dialogue, strategy in fighting, purchasing of equipment, making decisions on upgrades, being summoned to another world/timeline, etc.) very much like our character can do. Also, each and every boss/enemy we kill in the game releases their soul(s) upon their death (including bosses and enemies) suggesting to me that once a soul is lost, the host is gone forever (not necessarily the case of our hero.

2) "the flame has weakened". I love this idea. Major thumbs up. I thought there was a link the fire ending in DS 3 though. Perhaps im wrong.

'''There's actually no Linking ending in DaS3. Each ending shows the fire either fading or being taken by The Ashen One in some way shape or form.'''

3) "fire extension". Now would you count the many times a LoC extended the flame through sacrifice a matter of extending the fire?

'''Yeah, I would. The whole process of linking the flame is to sacrifice your soul to provide the power the flame requires to keep burning and extend the Age. The thing I'm not entirely sure about is WHY the LoC we see in game still clearly have their souls. Perhaps this ties in to the fire becoming weaker, who knows?'''

4) "Unkindled". I agree that unkindled doesn't necessarily mean hollow, but I don't know that it is only in reference to one who "hasn't" linked the fire. Afterall, Anri is attempting to get the LoC's presumably with the same intention we have. I personally think unkindled means we are the "Chosen One" for this particular timeline; as Yhorm was the unkindled in his timeline where he linked the flame, and Ludleth of Courland at one point, and so on.

'''As far as I'm aware, Anri is solely after one LoC (Aldritch) in revenge for his destruction of her homeland. I believe either her in game description or an item decription says that the only survivors of this genocide were Anri and Horace? Some citation is needed there, because I can't remember where exactly it's stated and I'm not at home to check right now. It's worth noting that there are two confirmed instances of references to being called Unkindled, and that's both us and Anri. Miyazaki confirmed that Unkindled refers to someone whom the fire was unable to use and were turned to Ash in the process. That would make sense, purely because we haven't been used as kindling, hence the 'Unkindled'. I'm also not sure Yhorm or any other LoC is referred to as Unkindled? If I'm wrong, let me know.'''

5) "Usurption of fire" Man I love this idea. Matter of fact, Im on par with you 100% with this idea.

'''Thanks, man. It seem's with all the evidence provided, and the lengths you need to go to in order to unlock it, that it is indeed canon. The only weak part of this part of my theory is that we don't know what is still to come. After all, the canon ending of DaS2 was DLC content. It could be that I'm jumping the gun, here.'''

I hope this was helpful with enough critique to help you whichever way you can use my opinion for. I love the initiative and the thoughts man. Hey man, thanks for the thoughts. I've added my counters in bold. Thanks, I'll probably re-record the vocal take for some parts and credit you if that's ok?