The vague bits I can recall that someone else can flesh out:
"Dragoon" refers to anyone in Ishgardian service who is recognized as having killed a dragon. The distinction isn't specifically the spear-wielders but it's likely that they adopt it, since it's a better weapon for use against a dragon.
Only the Azure Dragoon has access to the super-powers. I'm not sure how the lore on "Jump" and Spineshatter Dive work, but it's safe to say those are developed techniques unique to Ishgard, if they're available to footsoldiers at all. Dragonfire Dive is most certainly locked to the Azure Dragoon.
Oh, right. The Azure Dragoon. The first dragoon was "born" when tearing out the eye of Nidhogg ages ago. This dragoon used the artifact (?) to acquire those super powers and every generation, a new Azure Dragoon is chosen by the Eye. Ishgard is currently without a recognized AD because they refuse to recognize the Player Character as having been chosen in the quest line.
Gae Bolg's described as being not just a singular relic, but a mass-produced version. There's a specially-made one for every Azure Dragoon but a lot of the rank-and-files have one commissioned as well. The tapering on the spear is said to help aerial maneuvering used with Jump-based attacks.
http://www.ffxivinfo.com/job/dragoon.php
"Dragoon" refers to anyone in Ishgardian service who is recognized as having killed a dragon. The distinction isn't specifically the spear-wielders but it's likely that they adopt it, since it's a better weapon for use against a dragon.
Only the Azure Dragoon has access to the super-powers. I'm not sure how the lore on "Jump" and Spineshatter Dive work, but it's safe to say those are developed techniques unique to Ishgard, if they're available to footsoldiers at all. Dragonfire Dive is most certainly locked to the Azure Dragoon.
Oh, right. The Azure Dragoon. The first dragoon was "born" when tearing out the eye of Nidhogg ages ago. This dragoon used the artifact (?) to acquire those super powers and every generation, a new Azure Dragoon is chosen by the Eye. Ishgard is currently without a recognized AD because they refuse to recognize the Player Character as having been chosen in the quest line.
Gae Bolg's described as being not just a singular relic, but a mass-produced version. There's a specially-made one for every Azure Dragoon but a lot of the rank-and-files have one commissioned as well. The tapering on the spear is said to help aerial maneuvering used with Jump-based attacks.
(01-03-2014, 01:43 PM)Sounsyy Wrote: Gae Bolg - Multiple exist in lore. This is the functional and ceremonial weapon of the Dragoon throughout history. As such, one exists per Dragoon, along with the Drachen armor. In the Dragoon and Relic storyline your character has to pillage the Gae Bolg and the armor from previous dead real Dragoons.
Quote:Legend holds that the dragoon tradition was born a millennium past, when the founding fathers of the great nation of Ishgard were journeying to the land promised them by the Fury. Upon arriving in Coerthas, the intrepid settlers were set upon by the great wyrm Nidhogg, the then master of that demesne, and a fierce struggle ensued.
The confrontation came to an end when a young man named Haldrath, taking up his slain sire's lance, landed a mighty thrust that prized out Nidhogg's eye, prompting his colossal adversary to take wing and flee.
From that moment forth, Haldrath became known by the epithet of the Dragonseye, and is to this day revered by all Ishgardians as the first dragoon.
Patch 1.21 saw the introduction of jobs to FFXIV, which allows you to become one of the traditional jobs from the FF series after completing a quest. A Lancer can become a Dragoon by equipping the Soul of the Dragoon item after completing the first quest. The details for this quest are below.
http://www.ffxivinfo.com/job/dragoon.php
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