(04-03-2015, 02:07 PM)Sounsyy Wrote: It's the exact same model as Estinien. So spirit Estinien vs thrall Estinien.
You actually don't take Estinien's form, as mentioned by Alberic you take on the form of Haldrath which emerges from your Dragoon Soul and bestows upon you the final piece (his own piece) of the Drachen Mail as well as the knowledge of the Dragonfire Dive.
Taken from the wiki
Quote:In the level 50 Dragoon quest "Into the Dragon's Maw," an image of Haldrath himself appears from the Adventurer's Soul of the Dragoon during the confrontation with Estinien. After banishing Nidhogg's aura from the Steel Vigil, the first Azure Dragoon left behind his original drachen mail for the Adventurer.
and from Alberic himself:
Alberic Wrote:When the being of darkness closed upon us, you appeared to me the spitting image of Haldrath the Dragonseye, just as he is depicted in the holy scriptures. I thought that mayhap the years had taken their toll on my mind, but behold─the Soul of the Dragoon shines as it never did in all the years I bore it. It would seem you have achieved that which was thought impossible: you have awakened to the ability that none but the first Azure Dragoon possessed. Truly, a momentous achievement. I can still scarce believe that you were able to summon the selfsame drachen mail worn by Haldrath! To think that it had been sealed within the soul crystal all this time...
I think people might be looking way to hard into what is simply a common case of "no body, no death." We believe that Estinien is vaporized, but there is even a shred of possibility he might still be alive created by the quest dialogue, so it's not a stretch to believe that he was not destroyed but merely blown away by the blast from the Dragonfire Dive, or that perhaps with the last of his power he managed to Jump away in time and escape. I'm sure they will explain it in Heavensward given that he appears to be poised to be a main character involved in the upcoming story.
Edit: there is also a possibility no one seems to be considering, that being that Aymeric is the only person aware that Estinien is alive and is covering it up because of how desperately they need him.
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