Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-5632187-20130119213241/@comment-167.154.37.78-20160422190140

76.186.10.30 wrote:

I think Solaire is the Firstborn Son. There is overwhelming evidence that he is, and a handful of shoddy evidence that he isn't.

In hindsight, after DS3 is now out, Solaire is in fact NOT the firstborn sun of Gwyn. In DS3 there is a boss known as the "Nameless King" who is the firstborn sun of Gwyn who inherited the sunlight from his father (Gwyn) and fought as a dragon-slayer. He uses the miracles sunlight blade and great lightning spear. Ornstein was the first knight to train under him. At some point he lost to the annals and was punished by being stripped of his deific status and expunged from history. No trace of him exists such as statues and the sunlight blade miracle was left on Gwyns coffin.

I understand this is complete hindsight now and no different then when speculation in DS2 suggested the ancient dragon at the top of the Dragon Shrine (who gives us the ashen mist) was Aldia when DLC debunked it by displaying Aldia as the firey twig monster that appears in particular bonfires with lore dialogue and becomes an eventual boss after Nashandra.