Storyline Prior to Game

[Abraxai]

I didn't read all posts, but the dragon, the big one, is known as the "Keeper of the Land".. It's still there in Mor Dhona right in the center. It's not a summon but the "Dragon King" if you will, if you check the big cloth map that comes with the EU LTD Edition it tells you that.

Also, Ishgard doesn't summon dragons, they're a city that's at war with Dragons, the landmass above Coerthas, which isn't yet in the game, is dominated by dragons, Ishgard is ever at war, so much as to have a guild within the city that recruits hunters to traverse into these lands to slay them!

As far as the Summons go, I forgot their actual name, but they were summoned by a higher diety, not the dragon. You do come into contact with it VERY briefly in stories and a cut scene within the storylines Plot.

There's my 2 cents.

Edit:

Through the development of this game I was ALWAYS fascinated by the lore and the Ishgardians war with Dragons.. Far more an enticing prospect than the current situation between the 3 Nations and Garlemald... Which is staler than week old water.

I always imagined it to bring back content like FFXI back.

Battling Wyverns and Wyrms and Dragons and huge colossal Dragon NM's that take a full party and a massive headache, etc, etc.

Plus I'm super curious to see what their "Lair" looks like.. Dragon cave? Dragon caverns? Dragon CITY?

[whoopeeragon]

I didn't read all posts, but the dragon, the big one, is known as the "Keeper of the Land".. It's still there in Mor Dhona right in the center. It's not a summon but the "Dragon King" if you will, if you check the big cloth map that comes with the EU LTD Edition it tells you that.

Also, Ishgard doesn't summon dragons, they're a city that's at war with Dragons, the landmass above Coerthas, which isn't yet in the game, is dominated by dragons, Ishgard is ever at war, so much as to have a guild within the city that recruits hunters to traverse into these lands to slay them!

As far as the Summons go, I forgot their actual name, but they were summoned by a higher diety, not the dragon. You do come into contact with it VERY briefly in stories and a cut scene within the storylines Plot.

There's my 2 cents.

Abraxai, do you happen to have that cloth map? Because all versions of the map I have bear no justice to the transcript in the very bottom right, labeled under "In One are Twelve".

Summons are done by the beastmen tribes under influence by the aetherial crystals; the only currently known one is Ixal -> Ifrit. Speculation also surround the Sahagin and Leviathan.

I would say some advancement jobs will be located in Ishgard e.g. DRAGOON.