Talk:Songwing/@comment-27624304-20190719223846/@comment-24413325-20190927084625

I don't understand how this dragon could be a Death Song, having been created years before RTTE was given green light. I'm certain they didn't make it so that it could later appear in a series that had only 50% chance of happening.

"reference in the canon" The dragon cards and drawings on maps are a references to it. Besides, the map dragons were confirmed to be real, just as I said above. Only because we are not introduced to a species, the staff may still very well consider it a part of the franchsie.

"out-of-universe source" It was first mentioned by Doug, who said "The Songwing was a dragon that already existed". That means it existed before RTTE, once again showing that it was made for Dragon 2 (by which time they didn't know RTTE would happen). After that, the "dubious-source-of-info" Hamilton confirmed it for a second time. If his word is enought to decanonize a dragon that had been part of the franchise for 5 years, then he can also canonize a dragon that only appeared in drawings.

It may not have physically appeared anywhere, but it still was cofirmed canon and part of the franchise. We also know a little more about it then what would count as "Unknown".