After the defeat of the everlasting dragons, the Lords founded the kingdom of Lordran with Gwyn as its ruler, however, he did not become a global leader as Lordran is flanked by Catarina, Astora, Carim, the Fivefinger Delta, Thorolund, Zena, Balder, Berenike and the Great Swamp as well as an unnamed kingdom to the far East. Gwyn built the great city of Anor Londo, Nito retired to the catacombs and the Witch founded the underground city of Izalith at the base of an ancient archtree. Seath the Scaleless was rewarded for his treachery in the war with the dragons when Gwyn made him a Duke, gifted him a portion of his Lord Soul and gave him full reign of the great archives.

The town of Oolacile was founded in the valley beneath the volcanic plug atop which stood the city of Anor Londo. This small town was known for it's ancient sorceries but was swallowed by the Dark when the inhabitants were tricked by a primordial serpent. The few survivors, led by four men, fled to the caves near the Valley of Drakes. Here, over many years, the survivors of Oolacile built a city in the caverns and named it New Londo. The men who led the evacuation and founded New Londo became its kings, sharing their rule. Gwyn was so impressed with these kings' bravery and initiative he granted each one a shard of his Lord soul, just as he did with Seath. But fate is not always kind and the Dark found the people of New Londo once more. The kings were corrupted and turned against Gwyn and so, to halt the spread of the Dark, Gwyn made the difficult decision to flood New Londo and doom the entire population.

One would think that this would be the end of Lordran's troubles but this was not the case. The First Flame was beginning to dwindle and with it the humanity of the populace was slowly going out. People began to hollow, losing their sanity and becoming nothing but murderous husks. Gwyn ordered these undead to be corralled and led to the North, to the Undead Asylum in an attempt to stop the spread of what was presumed to be a disease. Nito and the Witch of Izalith were the first to realise that the undead were the result of the dwindling First Flame. These two collaborated in an attempt to create a second Flame but their attempt failed and the Witch of Izalith was transformed into the Bed of Chaos, unleashing chaos fire throughout Izalith. This chaos magic turned her sisters sisters into vile monsters and demons. Gwyn sent his silver knights to fight these demons but the few which survived returned in blackened armour. They developed anti-demon weapons and these black knight veterans became Gwyn's elite. The curse of the undead had begun to spread to other lands and the knights of Balder and Berenike had started to besiege Anor Londo, blaming Gwyn for their misfortune and demanding that he take action. Gwyn needed to do something and so he decided to do the only thing he could: he took his black knights to the Kiln of the First Flame and sacrificed himself, returning what was left of his Lord Soul to the Flame in order to grant the living a few more centuries of life with which to gather the Lord Souls and return them to the Flame.

Gwyn knew this was nothing more than a stall but the Witch's Lord Soul was trapped in the Bed of Chaos at the heart of Izalith. Nito's Lord Soul was deep in the Tomb if Giants, trapped there by Pinwheel, and Gwyn's black knights never made it to the Gravelord and obtain his Soul. The shards of Gwyn's Lord Soul were laying at the bottom of the flooded New Londo ruins or in the possession of Seath the Scaleless who was now far too powerful for Gwyn to defeat as the Lord of Sunlight had allowed the treacherous dragon to act unopposed for too long. However, there was hope in an Astoran prophesy which claimed that the bearer of the Dark Soul, the direct descendant of the Pygmy, would be trapped within the Undead Asylum and that, if released, would become the Chosen Undead, gather the Lord Souls and rekindle the First Flame. Oscar of Astora bravely gave his life to free the Chosen Undead...

...and this is where the player's story begins.

Hope you liked this entry, would you guys prefer me to explain the events which happen in the game itself or to focus each new entry on a character and give all of the lore surrounding them?