Reception ĭestructoid named Knight Solaire one of their favorite new video game characters of 2011, calling him "the embodiment of selfless camaraderie and generosity", as well as "bat-shit crazy". However, the Amiibo was exclusive to GameStop, causing heavy shortages in availability and making it rarer than usual. The Amiibo, featuring Solaire in a "Praise the Sun" pose, would cause the player's character to perform the gesture from the start of the game when tapped without any prerequisites. Merchandise ĭuring a Nintendo Direct on March 8, 2018, Nintendo announced a Solaire Amiibo that would be compatible with Dark Souls Remastered. According to Miyazaki, this is the "happiest ending, as he links the" flame in his own world and dies by "becoming the Sun". Miyazaki has stated that Solaire being taken over by the Sunlight Maggot was intended as "the general norm", but if Solaire is kept alive he fights alongside the player for the last boss. He is also Miyazaki's favorite character, with Miyazaki going as far as to design the Sun emblem that appears on Solaire's armor. Miyazaki created the character of Solaire to bring recognition to the gesture and make it more popular, purposely positioning him as a "champion" who is the first truly helpful NPC that most players see in the game. From then on, the pose gained personal significance to him, and he was determined to also include it in Dark Souls. The game's director, Hidetaka Miyazaki, secretly left the gesture in the game, despite being told by the game's publisher that the pose was not "cool enough" upon physically demonstrating it.
The "Praise the Sun" gesture was conceived prior to the character of Solaire, and was a rare holy gesture used in Demon's Souls upon casting a miracle while wearing the "Ring of Sincere Prayer". However, if the player opens a shortcut and kills the Maggot beforehand, Solaire retains his sanity and can be summoned for the final boss. The player typically last encounters Solaire in Lost Izalith, where he has gone insane and hostile upon donning a Sunlight Maggot, which he considers to be his "Sun". His armor and shield are also obtainable in Dark Souls III by trading various items. The sword reappears in Dark Souls II as the Sun Sword, and in Dark Souls III under its original name, where it does have the special power to boost the attack of allies. He uses a longsword called the Sunlight Straight Sword, which is described as a "featureless long sword contain the very power of the sun", as well as being "well-forged, and in good repair but unlikely to live up to its grandiose name". While he was theorized by some fans to be Gwyn's firstborn son in disguise, this was later proven not to be the case in Dark Souls III. His armor and shield are decorated with a hand-painted sun, reflecting his worship of the Sun, and by association, Lord Gwyn. Solaire is described as a skilled warrior who does not rely on any special powers to win beyond his signature miracles and rigorous training, as his equipment exhibits no special traits. The player may join the covenant upon meeting certain requirements, after which they can be summoned by a wider range of players, and gain the "Praise the Sun" gesture and "Lightning Spear" miracle.
His "summon sign" glows gold rather than the typical white, and he rewards the player with "Sunlight Medals" for a successful co-op fight, due to his membership in the covenant called the Warriors of Sunlight. He also offers to provide assistance for various bosses during the course of the game. His world and the player's come into contact at various times during the game, and he gives the player a White Soapstone item during his first meeting so that the player can be summoned into other worlds as a phantom and "engage in jolly cooperation". Like the player character, Solaire is an Undead who journeys to the land of Lordran from his homeland of Astora, albeit on a personal mission to "find his very own Sun".
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