So as I was playing the Brave New World dungeons I remembered a little story detail from Underworld. Possible spoilers if you haven't completed Underworld BTW.
Basically, I think there might be a connection between The Beast and the Dragon Kings. My argument is based on the story level 'The Demon's Seed'. I copied it down below for ease of reference:
I think the Dragon King is the primordial creature in league with The Beast. Why?The Clairvoyant: have you noticed all these strange objects lying around?
Eddie:…
The Clairvoyant: Yes, they do almost do look like scales. (sic)
The Prisoner: What you see are just empty husks – those have already been used. The Dark Lord uses them to power his army of demons. They are called “Talismans”
The Clairvoyant: What!? You’re saying Talismans come from… these things!?
The Prisoner: There are tales of an enormous, primordial creature in league with the Dark Lord… It is believed the Talismans come from the hide of that beast.
The Clairvoyant: I don’t know of any God or Eternal like what you describe… Let’s hope we don’t meet the creature these scales came from!
- It's truly enormous. The biggest enemy in the game by a long shot.
- BNW drops Talismans as loot. You could argue that Talismans you pick up from BNW levels are loot taken from the Dragon King's body. We know for a fact the Dragon King is corrupting and enslaving the people (and Droids) of the BNW Gardens. The Dragon King even grants them some of his Talismans for them to use on higher levels.
- Not only do you fight corrupted and undead people and droids in BNW, but also Demon Spawn. These Demon Spawn are another connection to The Beast. Either The Beast granted them, or they spawned from the Dragon King itself, establishing his demonic nature, even if the Dragon King and Demon Spawn aren't too related visually.
Of course, one easy counter argument to all this though is that there's three Dragon Kings instead of one, but for the rest I think this theory adds up.
Thoughts?