>>724890446
>The variety of skeletons on the surface differs from the variety of skeletons in the catacombs.
Yes, the latter have been stripped of their clothes
>>724890117
>The helmet hair is based on the ancient dragons, not Maliketh
They are both based on the Sun Realm
>Castle Sol relates to a different sun-related thing
No, it's the exact same down to having the same decorations as Farum Azula
>and the Farum Azula ones are trying to pillage drake remains for power or were stationed there by Morgott
Headcanon
>Stormveil's main merlons might be trying to emulate the Gate of Divinity
No they aren't. In fact it's the other way around. The Stormveil Sun Gate was imitated by the Hornsent because both were created to reach divinity and are made of corpses
>but Stormveil notably lacks every other thing possible to actually have something like the Gate of Divinity
No it does not. In fact it was a sacred burial site where a Godwyn follower planted a pustule of Godwyn. In the DLC, the Death Knights do the same in 2 more Catacombs (the third one died). This proves that
1. Godwyn isn't randomly spreading through the Lands Between growing random faces from the ground
2. Stormveil is effectively a Catacomb, from which a pustule of Godwyn can draw Death to grow into a body.