User blog comment:Edrea/Why so many bad things happened because of Merlin?/@comment-10341849-20130620125247/@comment-5674726-20130625000420

''Dragoon behave himself like an old arrogant cruel cold selfish and also impolite man too. I mean does anybody notice that although Merlin might feel safe because he is not recognized but it doesn't mean he becomes somebody else entirely, it is still him just look older.''

I think that Dragoon was an opportunity for Merlin to act like a powerful warlock. Since he first came to Camelot, he heard all about how he was the Most Powerful Warlock Ever!, the fabled Emrys, with a great destiny before him, yet in his day to day life, he's just a servant, low on the social scale and often regarded as an idiot or a drunk. He can be quite arrogant and I'd say that it would have to grate on him to know that he has saved the day more than once but has to let others take the credit while he is seen as just a servant. In the guise of Dragoon, he can be open about his powers rather than overlooked so I'd say that it brings out his arrogant side.