A Soulsborne Setting explained with Embers of the Forgotten Kingdom

This post started out as a review of the work itself, but evolved along the way into a "What makes a Soulsborne setting and how does it present itself at the table?" Post. In talking with a few people and also starting our Embers campaign, I think the first 15 pages of the work already do a good job of laying out why the book is written the way it is and how these thoughts draw on Dark Souls as a foundation and inspiration. The following is a presentation of those points and a correlation with Ember’s.