So there's a few different interpretations here:ġ. Otherwise Gwyn could have perpetually linked the flame and preserved his reign. This is the lore established (or at least implied) with Gwyn in Dark Souls 1. You seem correct: an incinerated Lord should be 'spent' and therefore unable to link the flame. I'm mad because for all the time I've spent thinking about Dark Souls I never really meditated on this particular point.