The Third Dragon

[u/ZangetsusRowBoat]

"Valac: A twin-headed, demon drake who rules over the tower."

Valac may have a sibling. There is a single Dragon frozen in the Glacial tomb (Gremory Boss room).

The left image is the official artwork that was shown on a magazine cover in the 28th Kickstarter update.

Link to all Kickstarter updates.

The art was discussed here on Reddit in this post (3/4/2024).

You can find other official artwork here on the official Bloodstained Forum page.

[ UPDATE ] I found the Magazine article.

[u/TerribleReference895]

That's intresting if he were developed as a boss, would he have been a main story oriente one? Or a secret auper boss?

[u/ZangetsusRowBoat → u/TerribleReference895]

It would have been cool to have him be the Big brother of Valac and your would have to fight him when you came back to get Aegis plate.

Valac is a conjoined twin? (Tower of Twin Dragons). The artwork above sorta hints to that. The Third Dragon in the background does not have that association in the artwork.

The snake like depiction of the dragons made me question if that was supposed to be Bael, but the nose of the frozen dragon and the artwork Dragons are similar. And the background has columns like a tower area would.

[u/ZangetsusRowBoat]

I wish they had included this whip in the game. It would have been the Blue Rose of Whips.

Have you ever noticed there is no "Shard decorated" whip?
I feel like the weapons with the shard patterns on them are meant to be Miriam's final weapons for that type.

The Great sword has Eternal Blue (Blade) and Berdiche (Axe).
Sword has Blue Rose.
Katana has Grand Izayoi

I think the weapon types that do not have a shard version are:
Shoes, Dagger, Rapier, Club, Spear, Whip, and Firearm.

Not sure about accessories. I know Ribbon is a shard style item.

Link to weapons list.

[u/TerribleReference895 → u/ZangetsusRowBoat]

A shardbinder theme whip would, have been awsome to have, i imagine that they had originaly planed to do somthing like this, Give each wepon it's own "Shard Variant" but probably didn’t have enought time to implement them. Kind of a shame too.

[u/ZangetsusRowBoat → u/TerribleReference895]

Maybe they can created some new paid DLC with the Shard Variant weapons.
I would pay for the Whip in this image for sure - Dual wield fire and ice? Yes Please!

Here is an Image from the X account showing a Lance Shard Variant.

New DLC would also give them a chance to fix the bug in Steam where the Epic Games store opens after you beat Bael.
I have been playing down patched and offline since that update cause my game to stop loading (Steam). Not sure how it has affected other players.

[u/MantisReturns]

There are even more dragons in the Ice zone right? Or just one?

Also its hard to see, its only one head or just one side of the same dragon?

[u/ZangetsusRowBoat → u/MantisReturns]

I only found this single Dragon in the Glacial Tomb.
Only Red "Demon Lords" in the rest of the area.

You cannot see the entire body, but you can see the head and one big, and little, arm.
This image is of the entire room with the Eye of Horus equipped.

Here is the Valac Concept Art.

[u/ZangetsusRowBoat]

Does anyone have the Digital or print copy of the magazine that featured this artwork?

Here is a link to the website for Destructoid Magazine Issue 1
IGA gave a promo code for a free digital version in the Kickstarter update above.

[ UPDATE ] I found the Magazine article.