The Dark Souls Timeline Explained
The Dark Souls series is known for many things, its often interconnected world, its thrilling boss fights, and its truly unique, bleak atmosphere. However, among it all, Dark Souls is known to be a complicated game to explain. For years, dedicated fans have ruminated on the series' story, delving into every single item description and every scrap of environmental storytelling to uncover the reason why players are carrying out certain tasks, and just what it all means. This rampant fan speculation has led to passionate YouTubers like The Ashen Hollow and VaatiVidya creating a career based around the seemingly endless discussion surrounding Dark Souls' story.
It may have taken over a decade and two more entries, but fans believe they've finally figured out a general timeline for the Dark Souls series. While many aspects of Dark Souls' story are up for interpretation, there are a wealth of hard facts that act as a base for the series, and do pinpoint one clear timeline through all three Dark Souls titles.
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The Dark Souls timeline begins with the Age of Ancients, depicting a seemingly idyllic world in which intelligent dragons roamed freely, and lived peacefully with nature. This apparent paradise would soon come to an end, however, as with the sudden appearance of the First Flame, human-like creatures would appear within the world.
As the First Flame burned, three primitive human-like beings stepped into the fire. Doing this granted them each Lord Souls, with one receiving a Soul of Light, one receiving a Soul of Death, and one receiving a Soul of Life. At the same time, the ancient Furtive Pygmy stumbled upon the Dark Soul, which gave these
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