Guardia's Royal Crest

[Shrimpaholic]

I don't think it's a dragon you guys, I think it's supposed to be a representation of a dactyl. This would make more sense given that Ayla and Kino are Guardia's oldest ancestors and dactyl's were important to their society. I know it's not a big deal, but dragon could be just any old dragon, but if it is dactyls specifically then it seems a whole lot more significant and cooler =)

[Dark Serge]

Indeed it resembles a Dactyl. Good point.

[maggiekarp]

I heard somewhere that it's a wyvern

[Dark Serge]

Yeah that's basically the same thing.

[utunnels]

BTW, what about Zeal's?

[maggiekarp]

Dinos and dragons are very similar, but the thing on the crest looks too noodly to be a Dactyl outright. It's a cool idea though, maybe it started out as a Dactyl but slowly stylized over time, like evolution!


The thing on the purple posters all over Zeal looks like the Mammon Machine to me.

[edit]Forgot a picture, there also looks to be some angel-type influence here.

[utunnels]

Thanks. I didn't notice Mammon Machine before.
Maybe we'd say the mammon Machine looks like the Crest, not vice versa(but who knows).

[Shadow D. Darkman]

Maggie, what about the crest seen in front of Zeal's Throne Room and in Bangor, Trann, Arris, and Keeper's Domes?

[Dark Serge]

All those seal doors have the same Mammon Machine crest on them

[Radical_Dreamer]

Indeed. Note my avatar.

[utunnels]

It reminds me of this boss from Castlevania:

HERE  AND  HERE

[Shadow D. Darkman]

Graham Jones from Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow for GBA. That's his second form. He's the boss that determines which ending you get. If you equipped the right souls and defeated him, you'd go on to the canon ending, which can be changed depending on if you got ALL the souls or not.

In the first pic, which is a gameplay screenshot of the second form battle, I just have to say that Soma is so fucked that it's not funny.