Talk:Arisen/@comment-37224224-20181017213501/@comment-24431732-20181102203159

"The Dragonforged can't be the relic of the ancient past cause he was made Arisen by the present Dragon, Grigori." Sure he can. The Dragonforged is 1000+ years old and Grigori is older. That's pretty ancient. Dragons can level entire nations, and if they kill off everyone in an area, technological progress gets set back for that area. There's ruins all over Gransys, and it's indicated by the Dragonforged and Grigori's dialogue that civilizations of the past have been totally wiped out by Grigori. The Dragonforged IS ancient, Grigori is just MORE ancient.

People not mentioning other dragon instances also makes sense, because if the Arisen fails to defeat the dragon after challenging him, Grigori states he will destroy your world. "Show that you possess power fit to best me, or your world is forfeit unto ruin." It would be more of a plothole to have people actually know about dragon attacks older than Leonart, since that would be bridging several hundred years of history, during some of which Grigori has destroyed entire civilizations. The fact that people know Leonart even existed is already impressive. IRL, the common person didn't know the history of the world spanning more than 500-2000 years until the last few hundred years, and we didn't know a lot about the ancient world until Archaeological research picked up in that same time frame. Also, citing the official CAPCOM description of the dragon once more, dragons can show up often or just be missing for hundreds of years at a time. "Dragons appear without warning, sometimes dozens, sometimes hundreds of years apart, bringing chaos in their wake and destroying men and nations without distinction." ​