If you have had any experience with the story of Dark Souls one or two, then you'll understand what i'm talking about. If not take some time to look it up or watch a VaatiVidya video. Great stuff.

Anyways, gonna put spoilers for a very hard to find story that is pretty cool to discover(if you can on your own). If you want to do that then don't read this, i'm about to spoil shit AND sound nerdy as hell.

Anyways, before any Souls game took place, there are was the age of dragons, where no Light, Dark, or anything but grey, huge trees and overpowered dragons stand.
However, deep below the surface, the first fire ignited, and 3 powerful figures took 3 souls found in the flame.

The Witches of Izalith.
Gravelord Nito.
And Lord Gwynn.

However, there was also a FOURTH soul found, a different one. That a small husk took for himself to create man. The Dark Soul.

The three were able to take down the dragons and bring light to the surface, beginning the Age of Light with Lord Gwynn as it's ruler.
To not make this thread way too friggin long, a bunch of other stuff happened, and finally we get to Dark Souls. I SERIOUSLY want you guys to check out the lore yourself if you like Dank Salt.
Anyways, at the end of the game you wither rekindle the first flame or let it die, beginning the age of dark or rekindling the age of light.

Either way, Dark Souls 2 happens and it happens all over again. A golden age, bad mistakes, the inevitable, back to depressing.

However one thing is certain with this constant loop, there is a golden age, and throughout Dark Souls you see the remnants of that age.

So, I wonder, could a Dark Souls game be made IN this golden age?
It would be extremely different, but imagine seeing what it was like when things were good...it could still be extremely difficult.

Imagine this, you are a random character in this golden age, and you become one of the first to return to the undead curse. Which marks the beginning of the decline, since you are not hollow, you can still fight, however with everyone else against you and the horrors of the world returning, can you fight back to prevent the inevitable?
It would have this very depressing atmosphere like most souls games, where you know what will come, but you will do everything to fight it...or help it. Who knows, I thought it was interesting.

Thoughts?

I want a game playing as Ornstein in his glory days kicking all sorts of dragon ass.

Eh, I would rather have a new kingdom in the story. Just so I can experience it's lore anew.