User blog comment:Hereticalthoughts/Why Solaire is not, never was, and never will be the Firstborn/@comment-86.147.189.69-20140526132423

First off, just because he is undead does not mean that he is the first born. He was stripped of his deictic status. Hes not a god any more. Plus, gwyn became hollow because he linked the flame, so gods can become undead. Meaning that it's perectly possible that solaire is the firstborn and became undead when the status of god was removed from him.

Second, I agree. He doesn't seem to have any special powers, obviously he can initiate you into the covenant, which some gods can do, but other non god beings can do this too. however, we don't know that the firstborn had any special powers. Sure he was a god, but after being stripped of this status, do they lose their powers? Perhaps, perhaps not. I do not think that this point pushes us in either direction.

Third, from software love to troll. In all of their games, about everything, whether something as trivial as the pendent, to something as important as lore. once again, I do not think that this pushes us either way.

And finally, I don't think necessarily that solaire is the firstborn. He might be, he might not be, I don't know and there isn't enough evidence to point me either way. I do think that it is perfectly possible. I also think that there is credibility to a few other characters too.