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I suppose part of my point was that, regardless of getting into the Order, a lot of people tried and failed to be accepted. They still had training toward being a Dragoon. Call it a Lancer, effectively, if you wish, but there would have to be bodies readily available to backfill the ranks of Dragoons who've been killed or crippled in the line of duty.Â
If a Dragoon happens to die somewhere unfortunately, too, like picked up and dropped into a chasm somewhere which can't be easily traversed, it's unlikely that soul stone is going to be reclaimed. Trying to maintain the same number of soul stones at all times would be problematic. They would have to have others in case some fall beyond reach. This also doesn't mean the stone can't be somehow reclaimed by someone at another time.
I'm not saying to ignore the hard 30 of the Order, I'm not saying everyone gets a soul stone, but there are more people who have the training than the text would have us believe. There are ways to work around it.
If a Dragoon happens to die somewhere unfortunately, too, like picked up and dropped into a chasm somewhere which can't be easily traversed, it's unlikely that soul stone is going to be reclaimed. Trying to maintain the same number of soul stones at all times would be problematic. They would have to have others in case some fall beyond reach. This also doesn't mean the stone can't be somehow reclaimed by someone at another time.
I'm not saying to ignore the hard 30 of the Order, I'm not saying everyone gets a soul stone, but there are more people who have the training than the text would have us believe. There are ways to work around it.