“Endless”
Let me get this clear: Endless are NOT Gods and they are NOT dragons. As far as the game implies, any really powerful creature can be summoned to be an Endless, immortality is not even a requisite. Endless is a very… endless category.
Also, “God”, “Endless” and “Dragon” are used as synonyms. This is NOT correct. The only two certified Brood in the game are Ryu and Fou-Lu, I have my doubts about the summoned dragons, but Deis and Elina have NOTHING to do with the Brood.
“The Destined Child”
It’s pretty clear, for the first three games at least, the Destined Child is a god-sent Brood who has an enormous amount of power, higher than anybody else in the clan.
It would seem that they are not blood relatives of each other, but just appear at Ladon’s command upon the earth, with the same appearance and name each time (The Dragon God isn’t very original, methinks).
Each one of these children have the combined powers of all the Brood factions (Fire, Water, Thunder, Darkness, etc), an ultimate innate form (Kaiser) and the ultimate Brood Power (Infinity).
However, this concept is a bit compromised in BoF4. As I said before, the “Endless” are not really gods, just very powerful creatures with an extended longevity (It is stated that the Endless DO grow old, that’s why Fou-Lu had to put himself in stasis until Ryu appeared).
My take is that the Yorae Dragon is nothing more than the Destined Child, being Ryu and Fou-Lu it’s two halves. I’m basing this on the following facts
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[li]Together, they have all the elemental attributes (Ryu’s fire, Fou-Lu’s Water and the attributes they both share)
[/li][li]Separated, they can only go as high as their innate forms (Kaiser/Tyrant)
[/li][li]Ryu doesn’t have enough power to control Kaiser by himself, which makes him inferior to his predecessors (They were all fine with the Kaiser form).
[/li][li]You put the two together and you get the Infinity Dragon.
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So in BoF4, you don’t control one of the Destined Children, just half of it.
“The Power of The Dragon”
There are (Or at least were before the first war) several different kinds of factions inside the Brood, separated by their elemental proprieties. That’s how you have Thunder Dragons, Fire Dragons, Water Dragons, Black Dragons, Light Dragons, etc.
As I stated, The Destined Child (Who I will refer to as simply Ryu because it’s easier) can use the powers of all the dragon factions regardless of his own bloodline (Ryu1 and Ryu2 are the only ones that clarify what faction they belong to). They have, however, two special forms:
Ultimate Innate “Kaiser”
Named as:
BoF1: Rudra
BoF2: G.Dragon
BoF3: Kaiser
BoF4: Kaiser/Tyrant
Kaiser is Ryu’s ultimate innate default form. By innate, I mean that it’s only HIS power (In opposition to Infinity, which is the power of the whole clan) and by default, I mean that it’s his “real” form as a Brood (All the other ones are powers granted by Ladon to the Destined Child). You could even go as far to say that Ryu is a one-man (or four-man) faction of the clan, as he is the only one of the Kaiser species.
Ultimate Brood “Infinity”
Named as:
BoF1: Agni
BoF2: Anfini
BoF3: Berserker Kaiser/Ultimate Kaiser
BoF4: Infinity
Infinity is the combined power of the Brood which is even greater than most of the gods (Hence it being summoned as an Endless). Ryu is the only one capable of using this power.
You could say that Ryu fights by himself when he uses Kaiser, but he gets handicap from his whole clan when he uses Infinity.
“Two Worlds”
As far as I can see, the world is the same from BoF1 to 3. Here are my fundaments:
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[li]The progressive disappearance of the clans, beginning in BoF1 to the human-majority of BoF3.
[/li][li]The Fae’s slow but constant degeneration beginning with Ryu1 banging Nina1.
[/li][li]Myria’s grudge against the Brood. Why would she move to another world if the race she hates is right there?
[/li][li]Dragon Empire/Techno Age ruins.
[/li][li]Deis says in BoF4 that she wants to return to her world. WORLD. Singular word.
[/li][li]The mural in Dragnier showing the 8 Warriors from the legend. How would they know about that if they were on another planet?
[/li][li]Ladon “appears” in the first three games, but not in the fourth (Which IS on another world)
[/li][li]It is clearly stated that Myria changed the world’s shape to protect it from being swallowed by the Desert of Death.
[/li][li]There are several other reasons, but I think that I made my point.
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BoF4 however, is clearly set in another world, although I covered that on the previous post.
“Dragons”
This is just a list of the relevant Brood that appear in the four games, nothing special. I’m sorry but I forgot Ray’s last name (He had one, like all the BoF2 cast).
BoF1:
[ul]
[li]Ryu –Light Dragon-
[/li][li]Sara –Light Dragon-
[/li][li]Zog –Black Dragon-
[/li][li]Jade –Black Dragon-
[/li][/ul]
BoF2:
[ul]
[li]Ryu Bateson –Light Dragon-
[/li][li]Yua/Patty Bateson –Light Dragon-
[/li][li]Valerie Bateson –Light Dragon-
[/li][li]Ray –Black Dragon-
[/li][/ul]
BoF3
[ul]
[li]Ryu –Faction Unknown-
[/li][li]Teepo –Looks like a Black Dragon. Dunno-
[/li][/ul]
BoF4:
[ul]
[li]Ryu –Faction Unknown. Fire-Aligned half-
[/li][li]Fou-Lu –Faction Unknown. Water-Aligned half-
[/li][/ul]
I’m not sure about the summoned dragons from BoF4. They do give Ryu powers and stuff, but they don’t look like any other Dragon in the game, so they might just be random Endless from various races.
“Lookalikes”
I have little to no explanation for this. Ryu has an excuse for being in each game, but Nina is a different story. Nina2 is Nina1’s granddaughter, and Wyndia obviously is the same realm on the first three games, but I have no idea what excuse Nina3 has. Not even mention Wyndia and Nina4, which aren’t even on the same world.
Yes, I know this isn’t all, but I’m tired. So start asking your question and pointing mistakes so we finish polishing this up.