Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-5632187-20130203042433/@comment-96.48.25.0-20131209065243

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEwHOUUdq7k&list=PL4825DBA198EBE9B9

Epicnamebro's video.

1.  Confirmed things - Andre was supposed to be First Born or another possible child of Gwyn. The Art book showed story boards that show cases Andre opening a secret passage for you to get to either Kiln or another location. This plot point was later abandoned, therefore leaving a plot hole.

2.  There is no (discovered) evidence to support that the First Born character was even created after the first idea was dropped. This is a common thing in the design process, since you have so many things going on at the same time, you tend to drop things.

3.  I agree with ENB in the sense that the developers like to troll players. It's quite possible that additional dialogue was introduced to Solaire at a later date just to be ambiguous. To be honest, I believe Solaire to be a joke character intending to show case the foolishness of religious zealotry, but that's just my speculation. Because remember how Solaire's quest ends if you progress the game normally? That's right. He attaches a bug to his head and calls it a Sun, his OWN Sun, in fact. Maybe he was not able to believe that his faith can never be rewarded (due to Gwyn's departure/death whatever you call it), so he makes up his own "God" to replace his faith. How would you feel if the God you believe in has died? It's scary in the sense of its seriousness. Art imitates life. If he wasn't presented in such a way, the implicated meaning can make this game a lot more gloomy and depressing. In that sense, when you steal the bug from him, that's probably his "BAD" ending. He would be forced to confront the loss of his faith, and end up as an accomplice to end his own faith. Like I said, if you really think about it, it's extremely depressing. It makes you think about the Dark Anor Londo and the ending a lot more.