Talk:Grigori/@comment-99.126.120.106-20151122165841/@comment-34922263-20180307012005

This is definitely a plot hole when unaddressed, but I expect it works one of two ways:

1 - The old dragon stays the dragon

2 - the Seneschal becomes the dragon

1 seems plausible, and I don't know that anything in the game contrdicts it. Dialogue with Grigori seems to indicate he either hasn't died as the dragon before (you were his first time), or it's been so long that he forgot, but that doesn't prevent it from being true. I doubt it's 2, as the dialogue with the Seneschal seems to indicate his/her role is complete (and seems odd/cruel considering the burden he/she has carried and that their Will is presumably spent).

If we assume 1, the Endless Chain would look something like this:

- Seneschal's Will guides the world, but will eventually weaken and give out

- Dragon creates/guides/tests new Arisen to potentially replace the Seneschal

- If they defeat the Dragon & the Seneschal, the Arisen becomes the Seneschal, releasing the previous one. Previous Dragon resumes hunt.

- If they defeat the Dragon but lose to the Seneschal, the Arisen becomes the Dragon, releasing the previous one.

- If the Arisen dies at/before reaching the Dragon, they become a drake/wyrm/wyvern?

This seems to have the added bonus of keeping around dragons who are good at selecting and training Arisen into successful Seneschals, while steadily replacing those whose Arisen fail to claim the throne. If the Drake bit is true, then Arisen who fail to defeat the Dragon hang around to help train the next Arisen to be even stronger.