/spineshatter dives into thread.
-Dragoon Lore Compilation
-Soul Crystal Lore Compilation
Heavensward Leves filed under the Order of the Knights Dragoon training does make some mention about the Knight Dragoon learning jumping techniques, but does not say how. However, an interesting tidbit on the Wind-up Kain minion is that in order to make the automaton jump high, the crafters lined the springs with wind crystals. Perhaps they got the idea from the Knights Dragoon?
As for the soul crystal, I wasn't able to find any indication that retired dragoons bury their soul crystal, though it is possible because they do bury their Drachen Mail at the site of their most glorious battle with the Horde. What I was able to find was dialogue from Alberic saying he had no idea why he kept his soul crystal and that the soul crystal could be used to remove the wards upon buried Drachen Mail caches. (The wards are there to prevent pilfering.)
I also couldn't find a reference to any other dragoon besides the Azure Dragoon having a soul crystal, though that's not to say it's not possible. For instance, many dragoons wear the drachen mail and all are gifted a Gae Bolg, so when they die or retire, is their armor not also sealed in the fields of their valor? Would the seal require a soul crystal? So would all graduates of the Order of the Knights Dragoon training be gifted a soul of the dragoon to be a mark of their order? That seems most likely.
/elusive jumps out.
-Dragoon Lore Compilation
-Soul Crystal Lore Compilation
Heavensward Leves filed under the Order of the Knights Dragoon training does make some mention about the Knight Dragoon learning jumping techniques, but does not say how. However, an interesting tidbit on the Wind-up Kain minion is that in order to make the automaton jump high, the crafters lined the springs with wind crystals. Perhaps they got the idea from the Knights Dragoon?
Look Before You Leap Wrote:Among the aspiring Knights Dragoon are a talented few who practice jumping attacks in equipment crafted from adamantite, the weight of which will help them to crush a dragon's skull as an eggshell. Alas, one such youth misstepped during his training and landed among the crags, breaking both his legs and armor in the impact. Though his injuries will heal, he requires a new pair of leg guards, and I would entrust none other but a skilled craftsman with the task.
Wind-up Kain Wrote:The tale of Kain - the dragoon who abandoned his duty for honor - is well-known amongst Ishgardian children. To maximize height on his jumps, the craftsman of his clockwork automaton lined the main control springs with over-aspected wind crystals.
Encyclopedia Eorzea Wrote:A dragoon's signature technique, Jump targets a dragon where it is most vulnerable. Leaping high into the air, the dragoon shifts his posture at the apex of the jump so that the full weight of his body adds power to the plunging thrust.
As for the soul crystal, I wasn't able to find any indication that retired dragoons bury their soul crystal, though it is possible because they do bury their Drachen Mail at the site of their most glorious battle with the Horde. What I was able to find was dialogue from Alberic saying he had no idea why he kept his soul crystal and that the soul crystal could be used to remove the wards upon buried Drachen Mail caches. (The wards are there to prevent pilfering.)
Alberic Wrote:You may labor to believe it, but there can be no mistake. The Soul of the Dragoon I bear glows in your presence - irrefutable proof that you are chosen. What I can ill explain, however, is the why of it. Never before in Ishgard's long history has the Eye roused to more than one individual in a single generation. But it avails us naught to cudgel our brains about it. The fact of the matter is that you are now a vessel for the power of the dragon. That dragon lies yet in slumber, however, and you must needs possess the means to wake it: the Soul of the Dragoon. I would entrust you with mine, Sounsyy. Like Estinien, I once ruled the skies as the Azure Dragoon, although that power has since become lost to me. It was simply by force of habit that I have hitherto kept the soul upon my person.
Estinien Wrote:Behold the drachen mail, forged in the lifeblood of dragons. As blood calls to blood, so too does the armor call to the dragon within, redoubling the Azure Dragoon’s strength thereby. When an Azure Dragoon hangs up his lance, ancient custom decrees that he seal away his drachen mail at the fields of his valor. You must journey to such places and claim the armor for yourself. Your Soul of the Dragoon will serve as the key to lifting the seals.
I also couldn't find a reference to any other dragoon besides the Azure Dragoon having a soul crystal, though that's not to say it's not possible. For instance, many dragoons wear the drachen mail and all are gifted a Gae Bolg, so when they die or retire, is their armor not also sealed in the fields of their valor? Would the seal require a soul crystal? So would all graduates of the Order of the Knights Dragoon training be gifted a soul of the dragoon to be a mark of their order? That seems most likely.
/elusive jumps out.
