Talk:The Dragonforged/@comment-35964033-20180623121514

i don't know if it's just me, but i really don't see the Dragonforged being Leonart. with all due respect to the king who may not have even really existed, i see things like this:

- a great dragon attacked Leonart's nation - he becomes an Arisen of his time - he goes and confronts the great dragon - he gets offered a bargain, his most treasured "something" for worldly power - he chooses to accept the bargain - the great dragon leaves without a peep, makes it look like it got killed - Leonart gets crowmed as the new sovereign, the people bowing to his "might", gathers power and influence, and then unites the whole continent

if he was a contemporary of Savan, he must be like Duke Edmun F. Dragonsbane (F stands for fraud, btw). of course we know Savan destroyed the dragon. if Leonart was a contemporary of Savan, the cycle will have been complete, or at least partially, if we were to include in that cycle the choices and decisions of the individuals highly involved in the matter (the great dragon and the Arisen(s) it made). this scenario would greatly mirror what our PC would go through. maybe not the same identical incidents, but basically the same ones. this is supported by the fact that: 1) we know Savan is NOT the first Arisen to have ever existed, and 2) we know from the mouth of the Seneschal that the cycle has gone on and on for a very long time.

the city we see beyond the Tainted Mountain's background and the city where Grigori fights us could well be Leonart's former nation. this is something we cannot truly know, as the temple and the city have both been destroyed by the time Savan heads up to his dragon.

the destruction of the temple may be explained without relation to Leonart. it could have been destroyed by a dragon attack in the past. it could also have been subject to numerous monster attacks either before the Savan's time, or during. the "before" theory could be suplorted by the fact that there are numerous skeletal remains in it, all of which have been yellowing, an effect of the bones' exposure to the weather.

this game gives SO MUCH room for speculation and little answers to the questions it inspires in one's head. may i suggest a "theories page" be made? the lore needs to be fleshed out as much as possible, and we can only do so much theorizing. i'm surprised there hasn't been much fanfic of the game's backstory, even after all these years. soooooooo much plot potential...