Spoilers: my speculation, character analysis, and general summary of Zeno

aaaaa I’m going to explore what I think about Zeno.

Spoilers: my speculation, character analysis, and general summary of Zeno

Logically he could’ve waited until Yona and the dragons were older to do this plan but like he said the dragons were severely injured outside of their country so he thought he was saving them from a painful dead or saving a future reincarnation from being born. Living so long and knowing his dragon brothers existed out there but would never bond with him without the existence of the Red Dragon must have been soul crushing. His original brothers died and the original Red Dragon died and he had to watch them grow old while he survived, massive guilt plus the deaths of those closest to him. He also had a difficult relationship with the Red Dragon because he wanted to use his power to protect others and the Red Dragon knew what it meant but never really had a conversation with him about it. He waited to the reincarnation to feel whole again but his waiting made him resentful of the dragon gods and tired of being alive having to forget those he bonds with just to be able to keep on going. Zeno’s story is kinda an inverse of the Red Dragon who gave up immortality to peruse a completely human life and his brothers cursed innocent people and bloodlines with short life spans and a legacy that made others fear them. I don’t blame Zeno for just wanting to rest because even though he’s gotten close to Yona and the bunch he is still emotionally distant because he already had to watch so many people disappear. He believes he is saving the dragons from the reincarnation cycle, he also just wants to finally rest.

I really hope they can be reincarnated as humans like the original Red Dragon did.