User blog comment:Sky-Dragoon-Twilight/Dragons' disappearance theories/@comment-7418318-20140913115537

regarding #1: It would make sense if the Dragons tried to subtly steer the Dragon Slayers into meeting. Having the three first gen DS together would certainly minimize the risk of one of them being killed off by Acnologia before the others can get close enough to help.


 * And we've already seen that Grandeeney took Porlyuscia into her confidence, so it could well be that the herbalist knows a lot more about this whole affair than she let on so far, only slipping a few lines in confidence to Makarov that Makarov talked about at some point "3 DS in our guild. It's just as Porlyuscia said" or somesuch.

regaring #2 and #3: I doubt that Skiadrum and Weisslogie just faked their death, because Sting and Rogue have additional abilities that the 1st gen DS didn't have.

If a Dragon can drop his/her defense, or if their resilience is an "active ability" that requires conscious effort, they could still let their children kill them.... or if they were sufficiently weakened by age and/or sickness for their protection to be eroded by it.

I also hope that the Dragons can't just change between their bodies and Lacrima shape at will. I'd much prefer it if the Dragon Lacrima are their "crystalied souls" or somesuch, rather than them in their entirety.