Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-5632187-20130119213241/@comment-96.37.143.30-20130731222928

I actually really like the idea of Solaire being the son of the firstborn. It would explain his ability to use the same abilities as Gwyn (in terms of lightning bolts). It would certainly explain that ability and the fact that he can become hollow, in that he is essentially human, as the firstborn was stripped of his god-hood. Plus the fact that you can summon him to help fight Gwyn, who would be his grandfather who abandoned his father. Which might explain his "search for his own Sun." Perhaps he was on a mission from the Firstborn to find a way to restore his god status.

In other news, the idea that the player character in Dark Souls II (which is obviously a prequel, as bonfires still exist), is the same character you play in Dark Souls isn't all that crazy of an idea. Especially if its a prequel. Based on the designs of the Hud (specifically the absence of the Humanity Counter) it could be infered that either the system has been removed or that the character isn't dead, i.e. not cursed with undeath. Therefore he/she wouldn't need humanity to keep their sanity. Or, the character is undead, the system has been changed, and that it is before the character was sent to the Undead Asylum.

Also it's obviously set in a different area. Evedenced by the newish gameplay footage and the locations they revealed, which can't be seen in any of the overhead shots of Lordran/Anor Londo.