Rather old interview by now and most frequenters have already discussed this in length. To sum it up, there’s really two issues with Angel’s wording. She says it’s their “natural role” but… how so?
There’s no indication that magic would rise with them dead – after all, it’s stated that magic rises as the Elder Dragons hibernate because, as we learned even back in GW1, they radiate magic while asleep. If their corpses function like Glint’s, then even their dead bodies will.
So the questions become:
- What happens when magic g ets really high? There’s no indication that magic, on its own, in high concentrations is a bad thing. Though, maybe it is.
- Does the magic of the world increase even without the Elder Dragons? If it doesn’t, then the Elder Dragons’ death just means that magic stabilizes.
And back to the “natural role” bit – is it like they’re part of the world itself, born with it? Or is it no different than saying a wolf’s natural role is to be a carnivore (so that’d make the Elder Dragons what, magivores?).
The sad thing is, we have no real indication to say what happens if magic builds up too high, thus no indication of what would happen to the world if they’re killed off. Magic is said to be finite resource, so presuming it doesn’t rise in quantity in the world without the Elder Dragons’ hibernation, then people using it would theoretically reduce it (but in a very slower state) until its gone. Though even with the ED awake, this should happen so it’s likely that magic, whether it’s stored within Elder Dragon or Bloodstone, is always constant in the world.
As to the last question: Lobsters taste better than crab legs, but crab legs give more meat per crab than lobster tail per lobster.
