Quote Originally Posted by Vidu View Post
Seeing hoe dragoons arent heavy-spellcasters, my guess would be that they're mostly using their own aether for all of their more magic-like things, which the azure dragoon being able to draw aether from the Eye (as long as it exists, at least).
Actually, some dragons, and Nidhogg in particular, ARE potent spellcasters. Hraesvalgr says as much when he tests us at Sohr Khai, and promises to bring his own not-insignificant spellcasting ability to bear against us to make sure we have a chance against his brother. Whether use of magic is something exclusive to the First Brood or if any interested dragon could learn if they wanted to is unclear. Dragoons, however, explicitly attune to Nidhogg, and he has no shortage of magical might.

But yeah, considering that DRGs can continue to DRG after Nidhogg and his eyes were destroyed, I'd say the power from them was a crutch, at best. Either that, or attuning with the Eye implanted a permanent and regenerating pool of dragon-aether into each Azure Dragoon, and we draw upon that even now that Niddy's gone. I, personally, like the latter explanation better, as it feels more unique.