Dragoons

Dragoons in fiction are mostly known as people who can control or have a connection to dragons. Most of the time Dragoons take on the form of dragons with helmets and armor that resembles dragons.
I first came across a Dragoon in Final Fantasy IV when downloading fan translated roms were cool. Despite this being my first Final Fantasy game I played and the only turn base battle RPG I played was Chrono Trigger. So adjusting to something so different by comparison wasn't easy. Not to mention I never had troubles actually needing to grind with Chrono Trigger as I soon found out I needed to do with Final Fantasy IV. But I soon found my favorite character Kain, which was regrettable how he kept leaving the battle a lot of the times. I found Kain the most useful character, if it wasn't for his jump all characters would have died during the final fight. Though I didn't know at the time that Kains job was a dragoon.
I soon found a lot of games where Dragoons are either a small part or a big part in the game. In Eragon they are known as Dragon Riders which is the basic concept of Dragoons. Him spiritual linked to his dragon he is the only one who can communicate with her.
Dragoons can be mostly seen in Final Fantasy series, it started back in Final Fantasy III. When the job can use the strong ability Jump against their enemies. Jump makes the character jump into the air and can take at least one turn before they come down and attack the enemy. It's a strong attack and nothing can harm the character when he's jumping in the air. Dragoons also appear in Final Fantasy Tactics but they are known as lancers but have the same concept as Dragoons using spears and the ability to Jump. Then there is Final Fantasy IX the dragoon is known as a Dragon Knight job that Freya has. She can Jump as well as learn how to summon dragons to her help her.
Final Fantasy XI has probably the best story line for Dragoons out of all the jobs. It starts out with your character hearing of a man who is actually a dragoon despite Dragoons being a dead job. After doing a whole bunch of small quest including finding your very own dragon egg and getting it to hatch. A man comes to slay the dragon, thinking all dragons are evil and none of them will ever be good. After defending your dragon and killing another dragon, your dragon shares a bond with you and shows the signs of good. So that's basically how you become a dragoon in Final Fantasy XI. The only crappy thing about is that you have to choose from a list of names so there is a lot of Raidens running around my server. I hate the name Raiden mostly from MGS so I called mine Delphyne. The dragoons are considered a joke class in it, but from recent updates of the game. They are much better they previously were.