Story

The age of fire is ending, and no one has risen to kindle the flame. The bell tolls and the five lords of cinder are awakened to kindle the flame once again. But only one lord has gone to firelink shrine, and all five are needed. This is where the player comes in. The bell tolls and unkindled ash rise from their graves. The unkindeld are chosen undead that were too weak to kindle the flame, but still tried and got consumed by the first flame. After rising the unkindeld ash are judged by Iudex Gundyr to see if they are worthy to try to link the fire once again. Upon arriving in Firelink Shrine the worthy ash are greated by a firekeeper, ludleth, the shrine maiden and andre of astora. These figures will guide the ash on their path to gather the lords of cinder and link the flame.

The lords to find are:

	Yhorm, the giant

	Aldritch, the devourer of gods

	The watchers of Farron

	Lorian and Lothric, the twin princes

The unkindled ash sets out to find the lords and upon their journey they meet other unkindled ash: Anri and Horace, Siegward of Catarina and Hawkwood.

Anri and Horace set out to stop Aldritch and take his remains to Firelink shrine to link the flame. Upon arriving at the cathedral of the deep, they together with the player find out that Aldritch isn't home and set out to Anor Londo to find the devourer On the way there Horace gets lost and hollows, leaving the party behind. When the party arrives at Anor Londo the player has an important choice... The player finds Aldritch, devourer of gods, devouring gwyndolin, god of the moon. Aldritch doesn't want to link the flame, because he dreamt about the age of deep. The age of deep is a world swallowed by water and darkness, so he wants the flame to die. The fight commences.

Siegward sets out to bring an end to Yhorm, the giant. The player meets Siegward all over the world in search for Yhorm. Yhorm, king of the profaned capital, hated by his own people and risen after sacrificing himself for said people has hollowed. Now, his old friend Siegward will keep his promise made long ago to end the suffering of Yhorm. Together with Siegward and the storm ruler, a powerful blade made to slay giants, they fight Yhorm to take his ashes to firelink.

Hawkwood, the deserter, a former watcher of farron, deserted the watchers of farron before the abyss took them and has no intention of seeking them out. The player sets out alone to find them and gather their ash to link the flame. The watchers, taken by the abyss, fight themselves in their undeath untill the player brings a stop to them.

Now the player sets out to Lothric castle to gather the ashes of the twin princes. The twin princes, their souls bound together by twisted experiments performed by the royal family so they would become the perfect lord of cinder, resent their fate. Lothric, cursed to forever be resurrected by his brother Lorian, has been reduced to a hollow like state, unable to speak or even use his legs. They fight the player, and after being beaten laugh at him, for he is cursed to still walk this earth.

After gathering the ashes of the lords, they are sacrificed to open up the way to the kiln of the first flame. The kiln, a desolated convulsion of the world filled with ash, is guarded by a single entity: The soul of cinder. A fusion of the souls of all the previous lords of cinder. After the player beats the soul of cinder and proves themselves capable of linking the flame they get a choice. The player can either link the flame, abandon the flame or usurp the flame.

Linking the flame: the player is sacrificed to strengthen the flame to prolong the age of fire, also known as the age of gods. Abandoning the flame: the player leaves the flame, to let it either die or be linked by someone else. The age of fire continous for the coming years. Usurping the flame: the player extinguishes the flame, ushering in the age of dark, or also known as the age of man.

Upon entering the cathedral of the deep, the player may find slave knight Gael. This knight has come from the painted world of Ariandel to find unkindled ash to burn away the rot and to show flame to its inhabitants. No bell tolls, and yet the unkindled ash finds itself in the painted world after speaking to Gael. Here the unkindled ash must find sister Friede and Ariandel, who are using Friedes and Ariandels flesh and blood to prolong the life of the painting and keeping the flame out. In this world the player also finds a new paintress without a name. The player shows her flame while Gael is searching for the dark soul of man to show to her. Upon finding Ariandel, sister Friede decides to be rid of the unkindled ash wanting to burn away their sickly rotting home. Upon defeating now called Elfriede, she is resurrected by Ariandel and the fight continous, now with Ariandel joining the fray. When both are killed, Ariandel sacrifices his last scrap of life to resurrect Elfriede once again. Now infused with the power of dark, the player and Elfriede clash for one final time.