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Oh, sorry for the confusion, this is not stated directly! But also... nothing in these games is? Personally, it is how the eyes are treated in Dark Souls 3:

Whereas Gwyndolin's face was not rendered more than necessarily in Dark Souls 1, in 3 they not only grew up but also got their eyes modelled! You can see the eyes are 'blind', missing any pupils!

To preface the possible confusion: this is not Aldrich! Aldrich is the black goop that pilots Gwyndolin's body that is only halfway-eaten! Ingame model omits it by hiding it with a very large gown but the art makes it more apparent:

Unfortunately, Gwyndolin is a Snickers bar. You are not yourself when you are hungry I guess dhdfsdsdf

Also seeing how Lorian's eye texture is rendered for comparison, I really do not think Gwyndolin's eyes are like this because of Aldrich! Compare clearly collapsed pupil, or perhaps a cataract, with an eye that looks as if never had a pupil to begin with!

For fairness' sake I want to cower being Seath's child as an argument! It is worth to note that Seath has three other children whose eyes are alright:

*Shira's being Seath's daughter is not instantly on the surface, but she calls herself 'daughter of the Duke and descendant of Gods'! Seath is a 外戚 which means he is an in-law and was married to a female relative of Gwyn at some point! Had to happen very long time ago since Shira went together with Filianore. Shira has white hair on her concept art and same hair as Yorshka's in the game; both are correct as Gwyndolin also changes hair color from DS1's grey (Gwyn's) to DS3's white ("moonlight" hair)!

Buuuuuuut? Gwyndolin could be the only Seath's child with some biological gender differences!

It is implied that Gwyndolin was either born biologically male or is metaphor for an intersexual child whose parents simply felt inclined to "pick" a gender and the one they chose ended up not aligning with Gwyndolin in the later life as they've learned more about themselves! Him being given Reversal Ring implies the former, ie "Gwyndolin was able to perform the so-called 'female' actions because of this ring"!

Maybe they've got stronger facial structure and lost their breasts due to no longer using this power! At the same time, he had a rather masculine voice despite having been high on his Moon estrogen by DS1's times. It can go both ways.

MY POINT IS! I get an impression that not being born strictly biologically female AND having Moonlight affinity might unfortunately conflict with each other! Heck, Seath is a male Dragon with Moonlight affinity and he is very disabled in multiple ways! So maybe Gwyndolin also had unfortunate disabilities conflicting with their body? Whereas Sun is very malleable (look at Nameless King vs Gwynevere), Moon is TOO darn demanding!

I also want to address that Gwyndolin and Priscilla were the early blueprint of the same doomed siblings as Messmer and Melina! And, coincidentally, with other similarities, Messmer is also blind:

He was born with a single cursed eye devoid of Grace's light, which is how Base Serpent that lives in lightless space was able to curse him! He had that eye replaced with Marika's Seal and Winged Serpent was placed on his body to further restrict Base Serpent! Messmer now can only see through Winged Serpent's eyes (though nothing even says his birth eye was a seeing one?)

I know "blueprint" doesn't mean characters have to be treated with 1:1 accuracy, but just think about it! The character who is born with something conflicting and prompting their parents to perform a rather cruel urgent """healthcare""" that also has living snakes as a part of their body? Gwyndolin might be seeing through his snakes as well, in fact, similarly to Messmer!

Heck, what if Gwyndolin was born without snakes as well? But again, if Seath having tentacles for legs is of any indication, Gwyndolin had very weak legs so if anything the snakes were a more functional replacement rather than a liability?

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