Kyle


By Neil

Picture of Kyle from Panzer Dragoon end credits. Picture taken from Lagi: The artwerk of Panzer Dragoon, link available on the links page

Kyle Fluge( sometimes spelled 'Keil Fluge') was one of the Heresy Dragon's riders and the rider in the first Panzer Dragoon game. We first saw the hunter Kyle in the PD1 intro, where he and a few of his co-hunters were riding Coolias, as a massive ship flies overhead. As they stood staring at the ship puzzled, a burrower creature ambushes from behind, killing one of the other hunters. As Kyle chased the burrower, he stumbled into a cave where he saw two dragons fighting. The fighting continued outside, and then Kyle sees the rider of the Blue Dragon( Sky Rider) get hit by a fatal wound from the other dragon, the Dark Dragon. In the rider's last strength, he connects with Kyle telepathically and pleads that he stop the Dark Dragon from reaching the Tower.

In the game, Kyle rides the Blue Dragon while in pursuit by the Empire, and encounters the Dark Dragon several times in the game. His weapon, Sky Rider's gun, fires shots that are quicker, yet less effective than the homing lasers of the dragon. Not much is known about what happened to Kyle after PD1. The last we see of him is in the ending FMV of the game, where the dragon incases him in a protective shield-bubble, then places him on a beach. There are many theories about what happened to him, none of which have been proven yet.