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GoldenDragoonSpiritKongol

Kongol inherits the Golden Dragoon Spirit from his brother Indora

A Dragoon Spirit (ドラグーンスピリット, Doragūn Supiritto) is the essence of a Dragon that emanates its power from a crystallized colored stone. It allows a being of its choice to become a Dragoon. There are only eight Dragoon Spirits in existence – specifically, seven original spirits and one new spirit.

When its previous owner dies or loses the spirit's strength in presence of the next owner, the stone glows brightly, rises into the air toward its new owner, and gently levitates downward to the latter. When the Dragoon Spirit does this, it is said to be choosing, or recognizing a prospective host.

The Nature of Dragoon Spirits[]

Meru is recognized

Upon Lenus' death, Meru is filled with pride as she is recognized as a new host by the Blue-Sea Dragoon Spirit

For all that is known about Dragoon powers, the Spirits themselves remain an enigma that is more likely to draw out articles of faith and inventions of magical storytelling than factual reporting.

Rose explains that war is not part of Human nature. Humans fight by making themselves enter insanity, and that "Battle Rage" is the source of power for the Dragoons. Thus transformation into Dragoon form outside of battle is extremely difficult. Measured with a Spirit Gauge, when enough Spirit Points have been accumulated, a Dragoon Transformation is possible. 

Dragoon Spirits merge with the host to create a fusion of Dragon and Human, with their strength and power webbed wings and resilient, heavy armor. They are subtle, too, having a different appearance with different people. For example, the Jade Dragoon Spirit, which chose (or was claimed by) the most Humans, each with a different appearance. Known Dragoon Spirits and their respective owners include:

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"As I expected, it doesn't sparkle in my hands" Lloyd holds the Divine Dragoon Spirit.

Lloyd was not recognized by the Divine Dragoon Spirit. Although Lloyd obtained from the Divine Dragon the Divine Spirit Stone, it did not react to him, as he had expected, and himself said at the time.

Despite the fact that the Wingly race was enemy to the dragoons' cause during the Dragon Campaign, Winglies Lenus and Meru were chosen to be Dragoons. This suggests that the Dragoon Spirits hold no prejudice to race or alignment. Kongol (A Giganto), Damia (Half-Mermaid), Lenus (Wingly), and Meru (Wingly), are all non-humans who are also Dragoons. Greham, Doel, and Lenus are also villainous characters, implying the Dragoon Spirit does not hold itself to a heroic standard, either. The Blue-Sea Dragoon Spirit has never chosen a fully-human wielder. Damia, the original Blue-Sea Dragoon, was half Human, half Mermaid. Lenus and Meru, the others chosen by it, are both Winglies.

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The Jade Dragoon Spirit passes to Albert after Lavitz' death.

As "The Legend of Dragoon" is similar to the sentai genre of anime in Japan, the Red-Eye Dragoon may be the destined leader of the seven Dragoons. The Divine Dragon Spirit never chooses a host other than Dart, although it had a great deal of opportunity to choose Lloyd. Even by the end of the game, it has not, making Dart the only wielder of the Divine Dragon Spirit.

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With Zieg, who has his Spirit already, in attendance, Rose draws the Dark Dragoon Spirit from the Darkness Dragon. This happened over 11,000 years ago, at the time of the Dragon Campaign

Dragoon Spirits are indestructible and eternal. The death of one wielder could be a time of renewal for the Spirit's source of energy, effectively giving birth to a new Spirit. But the Dark Dragoon Spirit never chooses a replacement for Rose. It is the only spirit whose wielder remains unchanged from the time of the Dragon Campaign until the present. Rose is also the only warrior that comes with her Dragoon Spirit when she joins the party. Clearly seen in the ending FMV after the Moon-That-Never-Sets exploded, killing Zieg and Rose, the Red-eyed and Dark Spirit Stones lie on the ground, apparently unharmed.

JadeDragoonSpirit

When Greham dies, the Jade Dragoon Spirit passes to Lavitz.

There certainly seems to be similarities between the magics of the Dragoon hosts of a given Dragoon Spirit, but there are many differences also, leading to speculation about whether it is in the individual that the potential for the type of magic rests, or whether the Dragoon Spirit itself is changing to create new abilities of the host. For example, Greham's "Dragon Crucification", Doel's "Judgment Storm", and Lenus' "Pillar Break" are abilities which none of the inheritors in the party have, nor do they have any abilities like them.

RedEyedDragoonSpiritZieg

Filled with the power drawn from others that dominated all of Endiness, Frahma/Zieg steals the Red-Eyed Dragoon Spirit from Dart.

Players may well be skeptical of the character's insistence that there is fate and destiny involved in the choosing of new Dragoons. As soon as one is released from an owner, it immediately chooses another person in the same room. Lloyd is a clear exception, though.

It is known that the developers authorized the Japanese version of the guidebook to state that, during the course of the Dragon Campaign there had been Dragoons and Dragoon Spirits other than the seven.[1] A translation from the guide:

"In the era of the Dragon Campaign, it is said that there were many Dragoons, including the legendary seven, but they disappeared with the conclusion of the Dragon Campaign.
When transforming, the consciousness of the subject and the Dragon are fused, and a dispute occurs as to which one dominates the body. Therefore, even though people of weak conscience can become a Dragoon, they will be dominated by the Dragon.
The Dragon, which the Creator Soa believes not to have intelligence, is strongly destructive and the Dragoon dominated by the Dragon instinctively tries to destroy everything in the surrounding area."
VioletDragoonSpiritHaschel

The Violet Dragoon Spirit chooses Haschel.

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WhiteSilverDragoonSpiritShana

Shana is recognized by the White Silver Dragoon Spirit which neutralizes the poison inside her body.

The discrepancies and contradictions between hypotheses entirely revolve around the motivation of the Dragoon Spirit entity and the nature of those upon whom it chooses to bestow its power. Every single hypothesis about Dragoon Spirits assumes that they have power and a will of their own with which to choose, or choose not to interfere with, the ways it is manifested. This, in the end, is the single most important fact about the Spirits, as it is the one and only utterly indisputable one.

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The White Silver Dragoon Spirit leaves Shana for Miranda.

Melbu Frahma and the Red Spirit exemplify the power struggle between this will and evil. Filled with the power drawn from others that dominated all of Endiness, Frahma/Zieg could not only control the Red-Eyed Dragoon Spirit, but break its bond with Dart as well.

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Trivia[]

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  • The Golden Dragoon Spirit is the only Dragoon Spirit with more than one location, and is the only one that can be purchased. You can obtain this in Disc 2 at Lohan after obtaining Kongol, or near the end of the game in Disc 4 after defeating Indora.
  • Dragoon Spirits are listed as key items, and from the beginning of the game until the events in Hoax, Dart's Red-Eye Dragoon Spirit is named "Father's Stone".
  • The Jade Dragoon Spirit has the most chosen wielders of any spirit, at 4 total (Syviel, Greham, Lavitz, and Albert).
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