User blog comment:Soldierscuzzy/Got Questions? The Dragon's Dogma Developers Have Answers/@comment-97.93.102.19-20120624031441/@comment-5132978-20120624152423

the dragon is an arisen that chose to fight for the power of the seneschal but failed to win, so then he must choose and guide another arisen on the path to being the seneschal, the world of dragon's dogma revolves around the fact that there are worlds infinate and the cycle never ends, the dragon knows things because he was an arisen and came so far to almost the very end presuming he was very powerful and wise, however not powerful or wise enough to defeat the seneschal.