Dragon Warrior

 is a subclass in Elder Tale. It was originally a special subclass reserved for Ancients, like Andrew the Dragon Warrior, and was later implemented for Adventurers.

Overview
The Dragon Warrior is a warrior who carries the power of a species of high-ranking dragons called “True Dragons”.

Dragon Warriors can harness the power of a dragon with a skill called Dragon Dive, which makes them attain a Dragonized Form. While they will not turn into a dragon (the character model stays the same because it is way too costly to prepare a dragonized body for every character model in the game), they will get an aura that will shape itself into draconic attributes, such as wings and claws, or simulate draconic power, like a breath.

However, unlike the original Ancients, Dragon Warrior is considered by the game only as a subclass and had its numerical bonuses suppressed. What’s even more contradictory is that the game treats becoming a Dragon Warrior as akin to a race change, which means Adventurers will get weaknesses related to the attributes of the dragon they made a pact with, increases in critical rate and critical damage due to the presence of reverse scales and a vulnerability to all kind of anti-dragon effects, be it dragon-effective weapons, items or skills, or the very existence of the Dragonslayer.

All in all, players treat Dragon Warrior as a very class subclass that only looks cool but brings nothing but hurdles.

To get this subclass, an Adventurer must either find one of the remaining Earthling Dragon Warriors and get them to be their mentor or directly make a pact with a True Dragon to gain its power. Both choices will lead to the Dragon Sanctuary, a high-level and dangerous zone, and the fact that the quest is shaped from some of the raids that take place there make the acquisition all the more difficult.

Like the Vampanella and the Outlaw, it has a subclass-removal quest one needs to complete if they wish to get rid of their current subclass.

Dragon Warriors in Theldesia
There was in times past a Dragon Warrior Order lead by Dragon Warrior Ancients in the region of Owari. However, during the alven rebellion, the order was trapped and destroyed in the Battle of Owari when Andrew betrayed it and became the Knight of Hades. Nowadays, only a handful of survivors remain and their existence is spoken as a legend of a past long lost.

The Theldesia Gazette Vol. 30 has a related article on the Knight of Hades, or Andrew the Supreme Dragon.

Known s

 * Andrew