Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24449980-20140121204940

It seems to me that there is a slight possibility that Solaire is Gwyndolin's ex-lover. I think we all remember the questionable dialogue in the basement of the cathedral. Then it sounds like hes talking about a person when eh says my son, dear son etc. Rather than speaking about his Father it sounds plausible to me that hes talking about a lover. Gwyndolin's sexuality is obviously not nialed down so there is no reason to suppose that he would only have hedrosexual tendencies.

When we first meet Solaire he says he must find his "own" sun as if someone else had ie. Gwyndolin who after all these years is still guarding Anor Londo... obviously somebody who was obsessed with his Father's approval. Maybe after Gwynn left Gwyndolin decided to become single minded in his devotion to his Father and attempt to become mroe masculine etc. and so abandoned Solaire.

Another possibility is that Solaire had trained to become the chosen undead in an attempt to win the affection of Gwyndolin. The killing that ensues then drives him towards the edge... or maybe he was tricked by the serpents in to killing Gwyndolin in a "save the world" manipulation which then drives him to the edge which the sunlight maggot pushes him over. 