SOLAIRE’S TRAGIC ENDING

Whether you’ve played Dark Souls or not, you’ve likely seen the image of a gallant knight with a stern-faced sun on his chest, his arms outstretched towards the sun like he’s trying to give it a big hug. “Praise the sun!” His iconic tagline, beaming optimism and effervescent joy might be the most eminent iconography to come out of a series otherwise defined by its dying world and oppressive difficulty.

This giant goofball, Solaire of Astora, is arguably the point of . He’s a human-shaped reminder that other people are all we have. It’s Solaire that introduces summoning feature and Solaire that encourages the player to “engage in jolly cooperation!”.