(10-10-2015, 08:45 AM)LiadansWhisper Wrote: The only thing about what Yulmheric (sp? On my phone) says is that he is an iffy witness. The elementals being unwilling to "suffer" the presence of "such a creature" could just mean they don't allow them in the Twelveswood rather than that they accrue woodsin by being within its borders (i.e. instant Greenwrath as opposed to a gradual build - of course that could also mean they just get all their woodsin at onceÂÂ ).
On the other hand, the person in question HATES dragons and firmly believes them to be evil. We now know this is an inaccurate view of dragons perpetuated by a corrupt and deceptive Holy See. So it's possible that he's just saying what HE believes to be true about dragons (after all, why would the Elementals suffer the presence of evildoers?).
Just my thoughts.
Pretty much this. He's a very unreliable and biased source. So we must take it with a grain of salt.
That said, Ser Yuhelmeric is demonstrated as being very much unlike his typical Ishgardian fanatics. He respects the Wood and the Elementals unlike many of the soldiers under his command.
Compare:
Soileine Wrote:As you may or may not know, the nation of Ishgard lies far to the north and west of here, down the Furline. Long have her gates been closed to the world, and it seems the irreverence of her knights has fermented within their confines. They enter the wood as they see fit, hacking and slashing with reckless abandon, paying no heed to what their plate and chain crushes underfoot.
Yuhelmeric Wrote:Lower your weapons. We will shed no blood here. The eyes of the Wood are upon us.
While that doesn't necessarily absolve him of his Ishgardian bias, it does support the idea that he might actually speak with the conjurers enough to know what can and cannot be done in the Wood, since in 1.0 it was his duty as Lord Commander of the Knights of House Durendaire to protect the border between Coerthas and the Black Shroud from dragons and heretic fugitives.
Yairemont Wrote:You bring word from the Gods' Quiver? I see... the heretics... Ser! Send word to Lord Yuhelmeric. We march for the Black Shroud! It grieves me that the people of Gridania have suffered for our negligence. You may be assured Lord Yuhelmeric will issue a formal apology on behalf of us all. I pray the Twelve see you safely home.
Additionally, Gridania's close alliance with Ishgard may also paint policy. Heretics are not allowed within the Black Shroud either and are promptly whisked back to Ishgard - I imagine a dragon would meet similar wariness.
And one final point to bring up, is that the Dravanians are a beast race, just like the Ixal and the Sylphs. If the latter two can accrue woodsin, I don't see feasibly why a dragon could not also under the right conditions. Perhaps it would not immediately be steeped in the greenwrath like Yuhelmeric suggests, but I imagine if he harmed a tree or set fire to the Irmin Hedge the Elementals would not have been pleased.
