Heropedia: Solaire of Astora

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  @Drakon_Minaka · 5 years ago

  What I love about Solaire is his gear. It's described as having no real power. Just normal equipment. And that's why I love the idea of him just being a normal person. Because he's a normal person with the power to persevere and, even more, win.

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  @lillebror1567 · 5 years ago

  Solaire is a paladin, perhaps not in title but surely in strength, faith and virtue

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  @AvrahRSLore · 5 years ago

  &quot;If I didn&apos;t know better I&apos;d say you have feelings for me...he he he he he&quot;<br><br>Yes Solaire, Yes I do. xD

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  @saki255 · 4 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b49WODE18s&amp;t=1136">18:56</a><br>theres also the fact that you can find solaire&apos;s items in ds2 and ds3, and they mention solaire as &quot;a hero of the yore&quot;. even after so much time has passed, solaire&apos;s magnificence is still widely known :)

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• SI

  @SirVyre · 5 years ago

  Personal anecdote:<br>When Dark Souls came out I was in my first year of serving the U.S. Navy. When you get promoted to Petty Officer Third Class as an automatic deal, they make you go through a little counseling thing to try and make you a better person/service member. It&apos;s a week long once a day class with a psychologist type guy, asking you personal questions, having you reflect on tobacco use/alcohol use/etc. <br><br>Mine told us at the beginning of the week that over the course of the week he wanted us to reflect on who we are right now, and what negative qualities we may possess. At the end of the week, he wanted us to use visual aids to represent our present and our goal. <br><br>Now, I hadn&apos;t had the time to play Dark Souls yet, and I actually hadn&apos;t heard of it yet. For my show and tell, more or less, I decided that I was best represented by a D battery, able to provide energy and utility, but I had a strict limit after which I stopped working completely. That was how I saw myself. For my goal visual aid, I used the cover of a recent copy of National Geographic... a colorized picture of the sun. I said that I wanted to be boundless, able to provide, and that my goal in life was to father a child. The psych guy was like, &quot;Oh, that&apos;s nice... next person.&quot; He got bleary eyed at a guy who saw himself as a spilled drink and wanted to become a towel... oh well lol.<br><br>Fast forward about 3 months. I&apos;m sitting in Nuclear Field Power School, and I keep hearing these two guys in front of me talk about, &quot;Yeah, I took the key and I ran down there right away, and found out you can ring the second bell first!&quot; So my curiosity pulled me in, a couple of days later, I&apos;m playing Dark Souls. When I got to Solaire I really felt like someone had been spying on me lol. <br><br>&quot;Do you think that&apos;s strange?&quot; No, Solaire, I do not. More than you could ever know; I do not.

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  @GasparGa · 4 years ago

  The fact that everyone thought he was Gwynn&apos;s son and it turned out he was &quot;just a guy&quot; makes his story even better in my opinion. Its still interesting that he uses the lightning bolts tho. There still may be some kind of connection...

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  @montablanc1 · 4 years ago

  When I first saw his summon sign sitting outside of Gwyn&apos;s boss fog I cried tears of Sunlight. After all the chaos and mayhem in lordran this man is basically waiting for me at the finish line like: &quot;Come on bro, we&apos;ll cross together&quot;<br><br>That was the day I threw away my Red eye orb and joined the warriors of sunlight. &nbsp; <br> \[T]/ Praise The Sun!

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  @Jack-lo5me · 4 years ago

  “Is Solare really a hero?”<br><br><b>crying</b> You take that back. This pure man deserves to never be questioned. He is goodness incarnate.

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  @SunnyBoi58 · 5 years ago (edited)

  Solaire is a character that has left a big impression on me for just being a random NPC. I first played Dark Souls years ago probably when I was like 12. before then, I didn&apos;t really have much of an understanding for character archetypes. Whenever I played games, like Skyrim for example, I just sorta did whatever. However, when I encountered Solaire, he resonated really strongly with me. Ever since then, any kind of faith-based warrior, like paladins or knights, have been my go to choice.

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• NO

  @Novanoir · 4 years ago

  My favorite thing about Solaire is how innately transparent and good-natured he is. The fact his character’s entire calling card for being memorable isn’t incredible nuance or outstanding power, just that… he really is just a good natured guy who wants to find positivity in the most desolate of places. And despite all odds, somehow… he not only found it, but had it rub off on every single person he met.<br><br>In such a depressing, grim game such as Dark Souls, he stands out, not for immense power or total might… But just cause he’s genuinely a really nice dude. It’s so heartwarming to see how this character who, at his core, is incredibly basic and simple, has a following that persists beyond anything else in the entire series.<br><br>All he had to be was be jolly and positive. And that simple act resounded with every fan and every player. <br><br>You really were the sun. And you didn’t need to wear a bug on your head to shine warmth on every single one of us.<br><br>Praise the sun. \[T]/

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  @MAG_agent1337 · 4 years ago

  Solaire is just one of those characters that radiate chad energy. Like Sgt. Johnson from Halo

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  @lordofgnomes1230 · 5 years ago

  When you said &quot;gonk squads&quot; I imagined some guy being mugged by a bunch of gonk droids, made my night thanks lmao

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