If I'm reading that last quote right, that seems about right specifically for the Azure Dragoon. It's not so much "burying" it, though, as placing it behind various wards and seals to be retrieved by whoever might next take up the mantle. It's basically "resetting" the puzzle for the next challenger once he steps down.
... Though, if there's only one drachen mail specifically for the Azure Dragoon, you'd wonder how you'd ever actually have more than one (which is what happens in the DRG chain due to WoL Special Snowflakeyness).
As for the other Dragoons, I suppose it could either way. On the one hand, perhaps they are laid to rest with their armor as a sign of honor and respect. On the other, it could be stripped from them to be used by the next since they apparently were going through them rather quickly and thus can't be squandering resources having to reforge a whole new set of armor for the next Dragoon taking up the role. Maybe a combination of the two? Like, if they die in battle they're buried with their armor, but if they step down or retire they'd have to give it back?
Hard to say, really.
... Though, if there's only one drachen mail specifically for the Azure Dragoon, you'd wonder how you'd ever actually have more than one (which is what happens in the DRG chain due to WoL Special Snowflakeyness).
As for the other Dragoons, I suppose it could either way. On the one hand, perhaps they are laid to rest with their armor as a sign of honor and respect. On the other, it could be stripped from them to be used by the next since they apparently were going through them rather quickly and thus can't be squandering resources having to reforge a whole new set of armor for the next Dragoon taking up the role. Maybe a combination of the two? Like, if they die in battle they're buried with their armor, but if they step down or retire they'd have to give it back?
Hard to say, really.
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