Talk:Filianore/@comment-21119641-20170826041532/@comment-173.67.162.154-20180503002337

YES, I'm so glad someone else pointed it out! It suddenly hit me the other day that the Fire Keeper and Filianore are actually very similar in design, just with their colors swapped. While Filianore's hair is dark, the Fire Keeper's is silver, and instead of a white dress, the Fire Keeper wears black. Besides that, their clothing is almost identical.

What I would add though, is that it seems Gwyn imprisoned Filianore in fear of her vision of the end of the Age of Fire, and in desparation to procure another Fire Keeper, he fathered Gwyndolin to act as Filianore's shade. This is why Gwyndolin was raised a daughter, and perhaps why his eyes are covered (if he even has eyes), and in turn, all of the human Fire Keepers are blinded as well.

I admit, I was wondering why there are human Fire Keepers in the first place if Gwyndolin lasted all the way up until old Sully fed him to Aldrich, but then again, Yorshka tells us that Gwyndolin was stricken by some form of illness, perhaps preventing him from continuing his duty of ensuring the First Flame's rekindling. For how long he was ill can only be conjectured, though it must have started after Gwyn was slain by the first Chosen Undead.

It's also noteworthy that beneath the Church of Filianore is a tomb resembling the one beside Firelink Shrine. We even discover an imitation Fire Keeper's mask there after defeating the Moaning Knight, whose relation to the Fire Keepers is apparent.

Speaking of which, if you look closely at the corpses of the Fire Keepers in the tomb at Firelink Shrine, you'll find that their eyes are no longer obscured, and their sockets spill forth the same black root-like strands as Filianore's corpse. The Eyes of a Fire Keeper also appear to be oozing some sort of black fluid, fortififying this connection.

Honestly, Gwyn is the worst dad ever.