Anyways, I guess I'll throw my interest in being the big Souls fan I am though I'm curious if this is an entirely different universe or following the events of Dark Souls 2 or somewhere in between Dark Souls and Dark Souls 2? If it's after Dark Souls 2 then we can safely say the ending selected would of been the one where the Bearer of the Curse sits upon the Throne of Want thus ultimately deciding that the cycle will continue no matter the path gone down, and not the ending that was added with the Scholar of the First Sin update to which we finally unshackle ourselves from the cursed cycle.
Well, having watched dozens of hours worth of DS 1 and 2 lore videos, the underlying concept is that someone will always restart the cycle. The "walk away" endings for both games are just prolonging the rekindling until someone "chooses the other ending". Names, buildings, and continent shapes may change, but in the end, the cycle will restart because someone either starts the fire/light or extinguishes it. I'm still not sure on what point in time, but I'm just thinking of this as another, different cycle. (i.e. someone prolonged the light long enough for civilization to move on a few stages before the darkness took its turn to reign)