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You can do it without spending the 30 humanity, allbeit while feeling horrible the entire time If you attack Solaire right after the centipede fight, the game logic forces him to stay in the location of provoked hostility until your sins are absolved This means that you can make him hostile, then go ahead and kill the sunlight maggots through the normal route before requesting absolution, and badabing hes alive without spending 30 humanity
MrTerminator 645 Everyone only tells you the skip just skips the fire sage and centipede demon. They never mentioned that was the only way to save Solaire. I had to kill him because even though I had no intention of playing blind, everyone was still too cryptic.
I think the true tragedy of Solaire was that he was desperately searching for a purpose, but his purpose was right in front of him this entire time: being everyone’s sunbro when they need it most
I don’t know if anyone noticed but, when you summon Solaire of Astora for Gwyn, he’s not transparent like all of his other summons, meaning he came along himself for one last moment with the person who helped him through this entire journey.
Justin Duong "Curse the Sun, his children too. And their children, forever, true. Curse here, curse there. A curse for he, and she, why care. A bottomless curse, a bottomless sea, source of all greatness, all things that be. Listen for the baneful chants. Weep with them, as one in trance. Curse the Sun, his children too. And their children's children, forever, true."
I think there's one overlooked facet of Solaire that adds so much to just how great he is that tragically never gets much consideration. We all know Solaire helps you fight Gwyn in the end. That alone is pretty damn cool. However, think about the Centipede Demon fight. He has the Orange Charred Ring on during that fight. But the ring is your reward for beating the boss. It's already implied that he's a step ahead of you the whole time, so this pretty much confirms it. That means this dude not only took out Gwyn, probably by himself (parry cheese aside, that's an impressive feat according to the lore), but, moments from touching the flame and linking the fire, this badass motherfucker stopped and remembered that he's still got one more thing to: step back outside, put down his summon sign, and wait for you to find it. He put off saving his own world just to help make sure you saved yours. What an amazing guy.
Not likely, if he had indeed defeated him prior to your arrival only one result could've played out, the flame is kindled and the undead curse is lifted, meaning your journey ends there and because once you leave, the age of man begins, Solaire, seeing all them primordial snakey kathe and em bois, would've just kindled the flame, thus boofin your ass like the black nights when Gwyn first the flame. Nevertheless Solaire is pretty cool, I only failed to save him once and I legit shed the one manly tear.
It's so sad that Solaire, the man, who spend his whole life to finding a sun, gone mad in that dark deep shithole, where baerly one beem of light can seep.
There is a path you can take for solaire avoid his demise but its not an easy path, would you take it ?? Me : Hell yeah *unseathing sword* tell me which way
True, but here's what gets me....Solaire is supposed to be Gwyn's nephew. In DS1 before it was finished a lot of content was cut. There actually was a scene where Andre (blacksmith) moved the statue that lead to Gwyn's tomb. Andre was Gwyn's brother and Solaire's father. The epicnamebro channel use to talk about it back in the day.
@@johntelekom9712 nah, Solaire is a different person, he is not the Nameless King. He was thought to be the Nameless King before DSIII, when, y'know, the actual Nameless King showed up.
Nothing like solaire! In every other game you have partners that are extremely clever and powerful... and i got the dude that stares directly into the sun. Nice.
Solaire is my favorite character. Which is funny because the first time we met, he creeped me out and I was afraid he was going to trick me and stab me in the back.
God. Such a weird feeling with this character. New to the series, and I spent so long on that damn bridge demon. But to see this guy just chilling, almost calm while I'm still recovering from a fight was so... beautiful. I honestly don't know why, but I just felt better
6:15 onward has always brought me to tears. Your description of “a man of indomitable will, who persists just a little further to find his sun.” Hits right in the feels
Solaire = a dark souls player You start your journey with as much high hopes as you possibly can and by the end,the dark souls world inevitably makes you depress and beyond to the point of hollow.
Slockry It fits the lore well, the player's reaction: You're undead and yeah, you cannot die, but you may die so much that you give up and become hollow(quit the game). It's beautiful in itself.
DrSpunge Imagine if they made it so that if you quit your game somewhere out in the world (not by firelink, or majula) and then stopped playing for 6 months or a year or something, one of those random soul items would be created in that spot for other people to pick up? Like the way your stoned corpse exists for other people in DS1.
+pig potty I hope you know why it is wrong to use the term DS, although you did say DS1, but people still might be confused and think you are referring to Demon's Souls just say DkS1.
Solaire: I'm looking for my very own Sun... Chosen Undead: You're looking for your... little boy? Solaire: No, I'm looking for that *points towards the sun Chosen Undead: Uh... cool... wanna go tag team the centipede demon?
Stories like this are why I love the souls series, watching him slowly descend into madness slowly makes you descend into madness to, but then after you defeat him, you still carry on, and defeat the game feeling like you truly lost a friend.
My favorite part of Solaire was if he stays alive to the very end, when you summon him in the Kiln of the first flame, he's not fully orange. He's himself, just with an orangish glow eminating around his body, showing that he's there to help you, in person.
I never noticed it before, but I think you're right! I think this might have major implications for Dark Souls 2. It could mean that what will turn out to be the canon ending of Dark Souls 1 results in the Fire being re-linked again regardless of what the player chooses, because even if he/she chooses to walk away (i.e. the Dark Lord ending), it makes perfect sense for Solaire's character-profile that he would simply link the Fire himself. He dreamed of becoming "so grossly incandescent" as the sun, what better way to do that than to sacrifice himself to the First Flame? Not to mention how that would so fittingly represent him symbolically succeeding his father after all, assuming he really is Gwyn's son.
So what? Regardless of what lands it takes place in, whether or not the Fire was re-kindled in the Kiln of the First Flame (and by whom) during the canon events of the first game is obviously going to be relevant in the events of the second game. Anyway, you're making a completely baseless assumption that any gods related to Gwyn and Lordran won't have anything at all to do with Dark Souls 2. What we DO know for a fact is that the reveal trailer clearly shows 1.) Anor Londo in the distance, 2.) a place that looks suspiciously like the Kiln of the First Flame, and 3.) a place that looks suspiciously like the Painted World of Ariamis. So you might wanna rethink your baseless assumptions, bud. For all we know at this point, Dark Souls 2 is a journey back to Lordan, or even possibly a journey *away* from Lordran, with most of the game's events taking place in lands in between.
CognizantCheddar Story takes place in the same world, but in a different land. They don't mention Astora, Lordran, or any of that. The story's based waaaay after the DkS1 storyline, you'd know that if you played the network test.
Powerless, Alone and some Shitty Iron gear and still manage to visit all Lordran in search of his own sun. You don't need to be special or have any power to do big things, just with some hard training, an indomable will and never lose hope, you can achieve great things. And of course, remenber to put your sign down to anyone who needs some help, you never if that help could save you from getting insane ; )
Of all the enemies in the game, I hate those little bastard Sunlight Maggots the most. Not for being any sort of challenge, which they're not. But for making me kill my favorite character!
at least there are these 2 things, 1. you can save Solaire (and probably will if you're a true sunbro) and 2. the maggots can be farmed for sunlight medals
Matthew Noojin You can, but it's rather obtuse. You need to join the Chaos Servants and feed 30 Humanity to the Lady before going to Lost Izalith. This allows you to access a backdoor path into lost Izalith that lets you skip 2 bosses. In this area you can kill all the Sunlight Maggots before they get to Solaire. Make sure you kill EVERY SINGLE ONE, though. If you leave a single one alive, Solaire is still doomed.
Solaire will always be remembered as the ultimate ally. Kind, Brave, and could soak a shit ton of damage. pretty much every major boss fight he is their willing to join. And he never truly went hollow, the worm just made him go mad. He had his humanity to the very end. Praise the Sun!!!
Is a shame that his iconic armor (in my view the most iconic armor in the entire game) isn't in Dark Souls 2 :/ even though the Heide knights have similar design but just their helmets
Solaire Sol Heir. Idea. Solaire could indeed have been the firstborn son of Gwyn. Alongside the Chosen Undead he fought against the Dark. However, after they defeated Gwyn, Lord of Cinder, it was Solaire who rekindled the first flame, not the Chosen Undead. In this way, he reclaimed his divinity, and traveled to Archdragon Peak to become the Nameless King. This is why the sun still shines on Archdragon Peak long after it has been extinguished everywhere else. *EDIT* Yes this idea was complete bollocks but watching people get all bothered was amusing.
There is no way he would 'gain' anything in rekindling the flame. Also he wouldnt be rekindling the flame instead of the nameless undead, in his world he is the chosen undead. I want him to be the lost son too
relighting the First Flame doesn't make you more powerful. It drains your power, your soul(s) to fuel the new Age of Fire. So Solaire is most likely not the Nameless King, meaning he is also most likely not Gywn's firstborn. Instead he's like Oscar: the Chosen undead of another timeline. Except in Solaire's case, he can actually link the first flame (in his own timeline) thanks to your intervention
Well, the sword of the statue just ties everything together quite nicely, seeing he also only talks about the future and present, and never the probable forsaken past. Reincarnated as a mortal, turned undead so that he may redeem himself. A chance for redemption and to continue the age.
Everything kinda points towards Solaire being tje firstborn, but after DS3 we find out that's not the case. But I think this only makes Solaire even more awesome. He was no god of any sort, only a regular Undead, fighting his way through Lordran in order to find his own sun.
Solaire is just another chosen undead like you. To me I think he's considered the cannon hero who saved Olacile and defeated Gwyn. if you want someone to be that instead of a nameless unknown hero. Or actually he's just from a parallel world, we already actually travel to the past, so why not?
They should have added a secret ending. Where if you saved Solaire from the sunlight maggots, summoned him for the Gwyn fight, he survived the fight, and you chose the Dark Lord ending you would have to fight Solaire as a final end game boss. It would make sense; Solaire also believes he is the chosen undead, so if you just didnt link the flame then he would. But you would have to beat him and become the true Dark Lord.
Theory time: My theory is that YOU, the player, are his sun. He doesn't know it because he thinks it can't be an undead/human. In one of the endings, you sacrifice yourself to light a bonfire that continues the Age of Fire for a while longer. You are the most powerful thing in the game when you kill Lord Gwyn, and you use that power to continue the Age of Fire, the Age of the Sun. Because of your sacrifice, Solaire becomes the most powerful thing in the world, and he has helped the Chosen Undead light a fire that continues the Age of Fire and reawakens the sun. Solaire has helped this warrior become the sun, and he is a part of it, for he has helped you become it.
Well, that can't be true because you are not the only undead who links the fire. It happens time and time again. And, you only killed a husk of Gwyn. The real Gwyn was hundreds, if not thousands, of times stronger.
There are never happy endings in Lordran...maybe that's one of the reasons of why this game is so beautiful.It radically changes our perception of games and stories are and how much they can make us feel...Maybe that's one of the reasons of why this game shines like the Sun
If you save Solaire at Izalith, he gets up to Gwyn before the Chosen Undead, and fails to defeat him. With his last bit of hope of finding his goal, plus knowing he'll be there, he leaves his summon sign as a final attempt, with the true Chosen Undead. Once you're both victorious, and you link the fire, it comes to his mind that it really was fate that brought them both together in Undead Burg, so you can both help each other reach the goals, even when his was misguided slightly; you were the sun he had been searching for the entire time, as the Fire of the World.
Solaire, for the first time in his life, could not find the strength to fight. The arms that had hacked their way through everything from Hollows to Havel were frozen; the legs that had outrun a drake's flames would not propel him toward his foe. For when he looked into the charred, weary eyes of the husk that was no longer his father, he simply - couldn't. Tears of grief and shame stinging his eyes, he drew upon the power of the Homeward miracle. He did not rise from the Lordvessel for a very long time. What to do? All the muscle and shining bolts of the former God of War were in vain. The despair, incredibly, was even more overpowering than what he had felt at... At Lost Izalith. And then he had it. For he remembered the one whose companionship, inherent and uncomplicated, shook him out of his gloom. To undertake the task alone and friendless was beyond mighty Solaire. He needed moral support. He needed a light to go by. He needed... jolly cooperation.
This is what made Vaati shine since his early days, calm and mysterious voice, perfect narrative, so cautious in every detail. You can tell the audio and video are sometimes choppy, but I think it makes it a sort of a vintage setting.
Solaire's presence absolutely _trivialises_ Gwyn, even if you suck at parrying. It's so simple to shift Gwyn's aggro to Solaire, and the sunbro is _just so amazingly powerful_ that Gwyn can barely scratch him, making it a piece of cake for me to peel the Lord of Cinder's exposed back open with my Lifehunt Scythe.
Honest question, if you took the path that forced you to fight Solaire, how many of you went back to kill all the maggots while yelling furiously at them "Damn you! Damn you! Give me back my friend!" while crying true tears?
+Big Bang Sensei They took away our jolly cooperation, so we engage in some jolly genocide XD. Of course, I prayed over Solaire's corpse before doing that.
I think the most amazing part about this video, is the fact that you were capable of getting solaire to have the final blow on Gwynn Like it's really hard to see, but you can very clearly tell that when you block Gwynn's attack and he staggers from that, Solaire gets behind them and just shish kabobs him and it's beautiful
It's speculation, not trolling. If you save solaire you can summon him for the final boss. If you then chose the dark lord ending and leave the fire unkindled, it can be assumed that solaire will go ahead and light the first flame in your stead.
the Sacred Oath miracle from dark souls 3 says this, "Miracle of those chosen by the Sunlight covenant. Temporarily boosts attack and damage absorption for self and those in vicinity. This is the tale of the Sun's firstborn, his faithful first knight, and the brave dragonslayer who served them both." firstborn is nameless king and dragonslayer is probably ornstein. maybe solaire is the faithful first knight.
Leo Ring's description: " [...] Ornstein was the first knight of the sun's eldest born, and his cross spear is said to have pierced scales made of stone." So Ornstein is the first knight and the Dragonslayer may be the wielder of Dragonslayer Armour Boss, which is an empty armor (different from Ornstein's) who had a dragonslayer within.
Cant believe I've been watching this channel for 8 years. I remember the day this dropped and be so stoked that there was a way to save him because I could never find how.
I started playing my first Dark Souls game in Dec 2019. I went and watched all your lore videos and of course hearing the audio difference between ds1 and ds3 lore It sort of made me happy to know that even if the community was small it was loved sincerely for many years. But 3 years later, hearing the mic quality it just reminds me of all the fun and things i accomplished. It just sort of makes me sad to think i may never feel like that again for a long while...
Does anyone else remember watching this when it first came out, even all these years later Solaire still has such a shining reputation in the franchise.
Completely new to the series, this is like my 4th lore vid in and...the amount of martyrs....truly makes me happy. Really helps set the setting this is a dark world. Now if mangakas could only pick up on this kind of character development.
I just finished my second play through of DS1, and I spent the entirety of it searching for and fighting alongside Solaire. He was my boi. I had no idea what would happen to him if you didn't kill the buggies, and my heart just absolutely SHATTERED when I had to kill him. Good night, sweet prince
Oh man. Why can´t I give this a like again and again whenever I watch... It´s the best remainder to visit other worlds grossly incandescent and be a sunbro to those who put the joy in jolly cooperation.
He was like the knight of my childhood. A kind and heroic knight who came out of the darkness to whisk me away from reality. He was really my binding in the entire game and every time I tried desperately to save my sun bro. In the end, when he finally became the first flame... I couldn't help but cry for 20 minutes.
It was such a tragic moment to see him corrupted. I still remember it. Solaire! ...no! That is not your sun! Don't attack me! :backstap: NOO! "My sun is setting... it's....dark" :salutes: RIP Solaire Praise... praise the sun... praise it god damn it!
I just finished Dark Souls for the first time and I did regret summoning Solaire for the final fight, because it was too easy with him around. But now I regret nothing. It just got more epic thanks to this video. Thank you.
