Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-5632187-20130203042433/@comment-6003396-20131028021514

Forgot to address this: 149.101.37.2 wrote: If you believe that the game basically associates everything that has to do with the first born [son] with solaire  is a coincidence thats crazy.

There are four items (unless I overlooked something) in the game that mention Gwyn's Firstborn: Sunlight Medal, Ring of the Sun's Firstborn, Great Lightning Spear and Sunlight Blade. Solaire is associated with only the Sunlight Medal, and this is only because the player can receive one if a boss is defeated when Solaire has been summoned and is still alive; however, this is not unique to Solaire as this can be done when cooperating with any Warrior of Sunlight (in a way, Lautrec is more tied to the Sunlight Medal than Solaire, because Lautrec is the only character that gives the player one directly). That's it. The rest of the Firstborn's items are not tied to Solaire directly. Solaire wields the Lightning Spear miracle, which is only associated with the Warriors of Sunlight covenant as it is stated that: it is a "Miracle passed down to those bound by the Warrior of Sunlight covenant."

I also noticed a contradiction surrounding the identity of the leader of the Warriors of Sunlight: the Sunlight Medal, which is undeniably linked to the covenant, is marked with a symbol that represents the firstborn and its description states: "the old God of War still watches closely over his warriors.", while Solaire's dialogue states: "Why not join me, as a warrior of the Sun? Righteous knights, guardians of all that is good, in the name of the Lord of Sunlight!" The Lord of Sunlight is only ever mentioned to be Gwyn and not Gwyn's Firstborn. So it seems that Solaire is unaware of the fact that Gwyn's Firstborn is the actual leader, which makes sense in light of the fact that the firstborn was "expunged from the annals" and would be unknown to the vast majority.