Board Thread:Dark Souls/@comment-11991696-20130711220139/@comment-6003396-20140110200238

I've made some posts recently surrounding the topic of Andre being the intended firstborn, which, at this point, I doubt is true. Miyazaki states in a translation of the Design Works interview (scroll down a little for the relevant part), which appears to be the only source of information on the subject: "[Andre] was originally a descendant of [Gwyn]...but as development progressed he became just a simple blacksmith." Obviously, "descendent" is much more vague. Although it could still be interpreted that he was the intended firstborn, it ventures into speculation at this point.

The fact that many in the Dark Souls community seem to agree that he was the intended firstborn seems to stem from a video made by EpicNameBro, at least that is my best guess (however, ENB essentially states that he is only sharing his theory on the subject. starts at ~11 minutes). Just to be sure, I sent a message to ENB a few weeks ago asking if he knew of any other official source that states that Andre was meant to be the firstborn, but he has not yet responded. I'm assuming that he's still on a holiday break since he replied very quickly about another message I sent a while back.

What do you all make of it?