Dedicated Fans Continue to Produce New Art

By Solo Wing |

I’m very pleased to be adding three new pictures to the site’s fan art gallery. Snow Girl has sketched up a nice portrait of the character Azel. There are also two new pieces of art from B-R-E-T. The first is a cartoony sketch of Orta on the...

Going Forward

By Solo Wing |

After a four and a half month break from work, gaming, and a static lifestyle, I’m back. To an extent, anyway, another part of me is still off exploring Veliko Tarnovo’s ancient fortress. It was great to meet some of you in person during my...

Art of Art!

By Geoffrey |

Just here for a quick pit stop to add a new submission in the form of more artwork inspired by Panzer Dragoon Saga brought to us by Nattherat. Thanks Nat! In the artist’s own words: “an acrylic painting of Lagi’s base wing form done as practice”....

Small Update!

By Geoffrey |

It’s been a while since I updated the site here with anything myself, but I’ve been meaning to return to the Sega gaming community as a whole for a long time now. So I’ll be back! Eventually sooner or later anyway. In this update Chupacabra has...

An Artistic Update

An Artistic Update

By Solo Wing |

I had planned on adding more to the site for this update, but some of the content was so overdue I didn’t want to leave it any longer. So without further delay, the following has been added: Sketches of Azel and the Eye Wing dragon by...

Panzer Dragoon Prototypes... Released!

Panzer Dragoon Prototypes... Released!

By Solo Wing |

Hidden Palace has been updated with a torrent of the Panzer Dragoon prototypes. The prototypes included in the torrent are listed as follows: Panzer Dragoon Saga - Sep 16, 1997 prototype - Disc 1 (of only 1?) Panzer Dragoon Saga - Nov...

Panzer Dragoon Prototypes

Panzer Dragoon Prototypes

By Solo Wing |

Have you ever wondered what Panzer Dragoon Saga was like before it was completed? What changes were made prior to its release, what bugs were fixed? Well now this question has partially been answered. I recently had the opportunity to play through...

Vote For "The Zoah" to Appear in New Sonic RPG!

Vote For "The Zoah" to Appear in New Sonic RPG!

By Solo Wing |

Sega Europe are hosting a poll on what the name of the new enemy race should be called in the upcoming Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood. If you’re going to come up a name for an alien race in a Sonic the Hedgehog RPG, why not name it after a...

A Theory, a Link, and a Rumour

By Solo Wing |

Forum member Heretic Agnostic has submitted his first article to The Will of the Ancients, a theory which serves to put all other theories in their place. Okay, I exaggerate, but his theory does do a great job of offering an alternative...

Game Information Section Updated

Game Information Section Updated

By Solo Wing |

Lance has revamped the game information page for Sega Ages: Panzer Dragoon, the remake of the original Panzer Dragoon which was was released on the Playstation 2 last year. The page previously contained pre-release information about the game, but...

The Second Chapter of A Trial of Endurance

By Solo Wing |

As the title says, Chupacabra has submitted the second chapter of his fanfic, A Trial of Endurance, to the Fan Fiction section of this website. Chapter 2 continues off from where the first chapter concluded, with Flomu’s story colliding with...

A Brand New Story From an Imperial Perspective

By Solo Wing |

Chupacabra has written the first chapter of a new piece of fan fiction called A Trial of Endurance. The story is told from the perspective of an imperial technician aboard the Vermana (the first boss of Panzer Dragoon Orta), and sets the scene for...

Update: Orta Fully Playable on NTSC 360s

By Solo Wing |

It has come to my attention that the issue mentioned in the previous update (of Panzer Dragoon Orta crashing after the third episode when playing it on the Xbox 360) does not exist in the NTSC version of the game. According to a number of American...

Play Through Panzer Dragoon Orta on the Xbox 360

By Solo Wing |

Microsoft has recently updated their list of original Xbox games that run on the Xbox 360 and Panzer Dragoon Orta is among them! Some of us thought it would never come, but Microsoft’s latest update includes a number of the more highly acclaimed...

Panzer Dragoon on the Wii? Not Quite

By Solo Wing |

There isn’t a new Panzer Dragoon game coming out on the Wii (unfortunately), but the GlovePIE scripting community has come up with what just might be the next best thing. By connecting the Wii Remote to your PC, via bluetooth, and applying a...

A New Year, a New Dawn?

By Geoffrey |

As the new console war heats up to boiling point, we will see many new titles oozing with originality from every pore on both major next generation platforms to help seperate one another from the competition. Believe me when I say this is never a...

New Translation and Theory

By Solo Wing |

Recently there has been a bit of discussion on the forums regarding the identity of the dragon, that same tired old debate of it either being the same dragon or different dragons entirely. I have written a short theory that discusses a third...

A Couple of New Updates

By Solo Wing |

Kimimi has recently translated part of the Japanese Panzer Dragoon Zwei manual. This translation contains the information found in the part of the manual that discusses the game’s storyline. It’s mostly information that we already know, but it’s...

We're Back

By Solo Wing |

The Will of the Ancients was down for a few days, due to some problems with the domain, and my webhost changing owners. Everything seems to be up and running smoothly again now, but if you encounter any problems with the site please do let me...

The Will of the Ancients is Still Alive and Well

By Geoffrey |

We’ve added two new theories to the site provided by fans who never seem to lose their enthusiasm. Firstly, the founder of the site himself has carefully pieced together a theory speculating that the ruins found in Episode 6 of Panzer Dragoon Orta...

Pandora's Box in Panzer Dragoon for PS2

By Solo Wing |

Although this will probably be old news to you by now, I thought that I should mention this news here for those who don’t frequent the site’s forums. The PS2 release of the original game, Sega Ages 2500: Panzer Dragoon, will now feature a...

A Music Playing Music Box and More Music

By Solo Wing |

Sega recently revealed on their Sega Direct website that a DX Pack for Sega Ages 2500 Panzer Dragoon Volume 27 would be coming out. The deluxe version of the game includes a Panzer badge, as well as a music box that supposedly plays the main theme...

Two New Sections, One New Hosted Site

By Solo Wing |

Lance has updated the page about Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 27 - Panzer Dragoon. The update contains links Sega of Japan’s website, and Famitsu.com, both of which now feature information about the PS2 port of the original game. I’m also pleased...

The Will of the Ancients is Finally Back Online

By Solo Wing |

The Will of the Ancients and most of its content is now back online, having been down for almost a month from sometime in December last year. Due some problems with my last webhost, I decided that it was best to move the site once again, but...

The Physical Appearance of the Ancients

By Solo Wing |

Jeremy Prusak has written a new theory which comes up with some ideas regarding the identity of the Ancients. It’s common knowledge in the Panzer community that the Japanese versions of the Saturn trilogy do not state that the Ancients were human....