Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-68.68.96.39-20160430091301/@comment-4607943-20160430092605

My view is that the Untended Graves is "the true firelink" and the hub is a pocket dimension. Champion Gundyr was a former champion of Ash who was destined to link the fire however he arrived too late to the shrine and his fire keeper had died. The world was consumed by darkness and Ludleth of Courland chose to become a Lord of Cinder and link the fire himself in order to avoid this fate. His actions threatened the cycle and caused the events of the game as it triggered the bell of awakening that revived the other Lords of Cinder