Board Thread:Dark Souls/@comment-25173123-20140825050403/@comment-25173123-20140825074053

Yes they do look very similar to the Silver Knights armor. (slight differences could be just due to in game graphics versus video not using those graphics per say?) But that doesn't make them Silver Knights. Could simply be that Gwyn's knights had such a style.

The point being that Lore doesn't recognize (at least in the verbiage) that Black Knights were Silver Knights prior. Only that they were Gwyn's knights. And that Silver Knights also are only referenced as knights serving the goddess. It does reference that both Silver Knights and Black Knights originated as knights under Gwyn and were one group before Gwyn departed to link the Fire. But not that the knights under Gwyn were in fact Silver or Black. It can only be speculated as such.

The Lore actually goes out of it's way to not identify Silver or Black prior to Gwyn departing. Which leads to the thought that the Silver and Black Knight identifications were made after departure.

Little difference when taking a military unit and breaking it into separate smaller units. Each getting new labeling to match their new missions.

Could it be equally tue that Silver Knights could have been in fact the primary identification of knights under Gwyn? Yes. But we again can do little more then speculate the thought. Because as it currently stands no reference to Silver Knights serving under Gwyn has been seen. (other then in speculation based on visual cues.)

And we know how speculation got us with the cover image of Dark Souls and who that might be.