 In fact, the dragons' lot turns out to be quite tragic, and Arlian had done quite a bit to make it more tragic.In this final struggle with these dragons Arlian becomes badly injured by dragon venom (the only substance that can harm a dragonheart) so mages cut open his heart and remove the dragon within him.He then awakens to find the young god has healed him and at long last ends his quest for vengeance.