Since “Sestren was always meant to create the dragon”, what was the trigger? We already ruled out the Heresy dragon being some kind of fail-safe – activated if the ancients ever lost control of their Towers, so what does that leave us with?
Being activated after a certain duration of time had lapsed (in this case 10 000 years) seems like the only logical trigger in my mind. However, if the “people” who worked towards destroying the Towers could somehow activate the Heresy dragon, why not do it sooner? Why wait?
What if the trigger for the Heresy dragon’s activation was in fact the death of the ancient ones who went into hibernation? After all, if they couldn’t return to the world why allow the Towers to create a paradise they will never live to see? Sestren, therefore, would’ve been literally obeying nothing more than the will of the ancients after the Heresy dragon awoke to fulfill its own purpose. Why? Well, because Sestren knew no other purpose.
Another relevant event that can shed light on this affair is the Tower in Panzer Dragoon. As we know, a mysterious voice activates two separate units:
“Unit 01, activated. Unit 02, activated. Commence final programme sequence”.
If these units were dragon units similar to or exactly the same as the ones referred to in Panzer Dragoon Orta’s Pandora’s Box, then this could be all the proof we need to support the theory that Sestren itself was the one who activated the Heresy dragon. Yes, I know: the Heresy dragon entered the world long before the events of Panzer Dragoon took place, so by my reasoning the Tower was merely confirming the activation of two units.
However, if the voice of the Tower, or the Tower itself was activating two dragon units, including the Dark Dragon, then another issue arises: how could both Sestren (in a memory orb) and the Tower activate the Dark Dragon, if the voice heard coming from the Tower wasn’t the voice of Sestren? They couldn’t both activate the dragon. Also bear in mind that some outside force is telling the Tower what to do (“Commence final programme sequence…”, “…initiate operations and secure the area…”).
Also, I think the designation D-Type 01, or Prototype dragon was Sestren’s designation for the Dark Dragon’s final form.
Thoughts?
Personally, I think the Heresy dragon was either a rogue guardian dragon, or a rebellious dragon someone programmed Sestren to create.