Dragoon Lore Question

[NephthysVasudan]

Because of this guy.

No...its because of hildebrand (sp?) If he can do it..so can dragoons. *Strikes gentlemanly pose* Ok ill leave now.
But seriously - Id say the soul crystal has a great deal to do with that - much like why Black Mages can be incredibility destructive with spells like foul.

[Vanitas]

Maybe they're capable of altering the flow of aether in their bodies during and after the dragoon jump to uhh...lessen the pull of gravity on themselves?

[LynMars]

Lorewise, Dragoons are only in Ishgard because of that until-Heavensward-secret about all native Ishgardians having a bit of dragon blood in them (the WoL is special thanks to the Crystal). So likely that "blood of the dragon" that they harness and utilize magically is partially responsible, but it's still difficult--the lorebook, which goes up to the end of the Dragonsong War, lists 10 active knights dragoon (and that's including Estinien and Heustienne, despite their plotlines).

The headcanons about air-aspected aether manipulation also seems to fit; I mean, how do dragons of various sizes get around, given some body-to-wing ratios going on there? And wind is one of the major elemental aspects in and around Ishgard anyway, so makes sense.

[ObsidianFire]

Using Wind-aspected aether makes a lot of sense. The lore book goes into why all the different dragon types look like they do and one of the biggest indicators is if the individual dragon in question developed with an even amount of Wind and Earth aether or if their aether is heavily aspected to either Wind or Earth. Generally speaking, dragons that have four legs and two wings are balanced (Vidofnir), dragons with two legs and two wings are Wind-asptected (Twintania), and dragaons with four legs and underdeveloped or no wings are Earth-aspected (Lesser Dragaon, Brobinyak). That the dragoons would be taking advantage of that seems plausible.

To add to that, nearly everything the dragoons use originates with dragons in some way. Gae Bolg, the spear, is made out of dragon bone and the lore book says there's rumors that it's kept in vats of dragoon blood until it's needed. Drachen mail is forged with dragon blood and both Estinien and Alberic both say it's power is derived from the bond the dragon blood makes with the users inner dragon. And Nidhogg's Eye's influence is pretty much what started the job in the first place. So I'd say that most of the stuff that makes dragoons, dragoons and not just lancers has to do with a dragoons' inner dragon (whether they got it by Ratatosker's blood or Nidhogg giving them it) becoming powerful enough that dragoons have magic/abilities/strength that usually only dragons have.