I can't figure out how to do spoilers, so just take this as a big spoiler warning for my comment.
I'm really not sure how there could be any connection. Like, the end of Dark Souls 3's DLC has us walking around a world made entirely of ash. Presumably the archtrees which make up the foundation of the world have literally burned to nothing. We see a state of nothingness even beyond the grey crags shown to us in the opening cinematic of Dark Souls 1, and that was before disparity existed in the setting. We've outdone the nothingness of a stagnant grey world. With that in mind, how can there possibly be any future for the setting, or for any character in it? It was truly the end, and I'm more than okay with that.
The ending of DS3, when the flame fades, you see smaller flames and more darkness in the distance.
Ash in DS is more symbolic of its relationship with the flame than literal ash. The mountains of Ash are from every being within the painting and endless other ashen ones like yourself being slain by Gael for their souls.
I can't figure out how to do spoilers, so just take this as a big spoiler warning for my comment.
I'm really not sure how there could be any connection. Like, the end of Dark Souls 3's DLC has us walking around a world made entirely of ash. Presumably the archtrees which make up the foundation of the world have literally burned to nothing. We see a state of nothingness even beyond the grey crags shown to us in the opening cinematic of Dark Souls 1, and that was before disparity existed in the setting. We've outdone the nothingness of a stagnant grey world. With that in mind, how can there possibly be any future for the setting, or for any character in it? It was truly the end, and I'm more than okay with that.
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The ending of DS3, when the flame fades, you see smaller flames and more darkness in the distance.
Ash in DS is more symbolic of its relationship with the flame than literal ash. The mountains of Ash are from every being within the painting and endless other ashen ones like yourself being slain by Gael for their souls.