As for dragoons, the way a buddy and I rp'd it (and I still do, since he's left the game seemingly permanently), is that there are more than one Dragoons. Doing the quests in Coerthas proves this. There is, however, only one Azure Dragoon (special snowflake for the PC). Neither of us were such. We were chosen to be dragoons, but aren't uber-uber dragoons.
Our characters did become accomplished enough to receive our Drachen mail, and mine enough to earn her Gae Bolg. Otherwise, we were just ordinary dragoons who were a little more accomplished than your typical foot-soldier type dragoon. Hope that helps!
Our characters did become accomplished enough to receive our Drachen mail, and mine enough to earn her Gae Bolg. Otherwise, we were just ordinary dragoons who were a little more accomplished than your typical foot-soldier type dragoon. Hope that helps!