Talk:The Dragonforged/@comment-3582485-20130305093045/@comment-83.42.3.7-20130705035337

Yeah it is far more likely that if you're defeated by the Dragon and don't die you can basically just dust off and go merrily on your way, either to kill the Ur-Dragon later, to wait another Arisen to take your place instead, or even to fight the Dragon again. He became the Dragonforged because he sacrificed what he held dear in exchange for all his knowledge.

This is backed up by Sofiah looking elderly and Selene still being young. Their Soul Bestowal started working waaaay before yours will, and Sofiah likely failed to kill the Dragon and just backed out, without sacrificing her loved one, but survived anyway. Years later, while Selene was looking like a clone of her, Grigori, still as an Arisen, defeated the Dragon of his time, thus releasing her heart and making her age. Selene was still between pawn and human and did not age after her. Which also implies that Selene could be anywhere from several hundred years old to just a couple generations older than the PC.