Headscratchers / Dragonheart

• How come Draco couldn’t kill himself to stop Einon? If Draco was the life source and had already accepted what had to be done to bring an end to Einon’s evil, then how come he had to ask Bowen to slay him instead of simply killing himself if he was already prepared to sacrifice himself?, why couldn’t he have simply taken his own life rather than force Bowen to live with the guilt that he killed not only the last dragon on earth, but also his friend?
  • Many cultures believed that suicide was sin or crime against nature, regardless of the reason and those that committed it were doomed to suffer in someway in the afterlife. Draco despite being a dragon possibly held these beliefs and it's already been shown that he fears for his soul.
• Gilbert tells Bowen he is on a pilgrimage, but the film doesn't explain what it is or why? Early scripts and the novelization explain that Gilbert is searching for Avalon to pray to the spirits of King Arthur and his knights to bring the Old Code and chivalry back to the land. The screenplay and book also have a deleted scene showing Gilbert's excitement arriving in Avalon.
  • The movie introduces Gilbert reciting a poem about how he's questing for Avalon, but that seems to be the only confirmation on the matter.
• How do Bowen and Gilbert end up at the waterfall where Draco is hiding? While discussing Einon the day after their campfire discussion about their goals, Gilbert falls into a large hole that Bowen realizes is a dragon track. Then he parts ways with Gilbert to follow a trail of prints to the waterfall, where Gilbert catches up with Bowen.
• Why does Draco suggest performing fake dragon slaying with Bowen? Besides getting more time in the sun, Draco uses the scams to prick Bowen's conscience and test his morality to see if Bowen is the kind of man he needs. As the scams progress and Bowen sees the peasants suffer under Einon's rule, he finds it harder and harder to justify the cons as a way to be a thorn in Einon's side until he no longer can when arriving at the swamp village where the people are starving and beyond poor, unable to pay with money.
• When Gilbert reappears at the swamp village, he is surprised to see Bowen alive and in one piece. The morning after Draco and Bowen resolve their stalemate, Gilbert wakes up, finds Sir Eglamore's decomposed arm, and mistakes it for Bowen's.
• It seems like dumb luck for Brok to stumble upon the rebel camp. An early script has Brok find the camp after releasing and following his falcon. In the novelization, Brok and his hunting party, including Felton, follow the falcon after Gilbert inadvertently shoots it down. Hewe severs Felton's hand, prompting Brok and his men to chase Gilbert and the peasants, leading to his discovery of the rebel camp.
• Why didn't Einon suspect Aislinn of helping Kara escape and trying to kill him through the dragonslayers, given her Celtic heritage? A deleted scene from an early screenplay and the novel describes Einon as suspicious of Aislinn, staring at her for a while after wondering how Kara learned about the secret passage. The book depicts Einon returning to Draco's cave after the swamp village scheme. He finds Aislinn there and asks why Draco didn't kill him at the waterfall despite breaking his promise to the dragon, feeling that his mother knows more than she seems.