Originally Posted by
Valameer
I don't know what your plans were for that dragon fight, but I think it would be awesome if the gold dragon lost the fight because duty forced him to save the weaker paladin. Essentially, the paladin hampers the gold dragon's ability to fight because he is just a liability in the battle. But the gold dragon, being a paladin, must risk his life to save the paladin.
Have the gold dragon chidingly give the paladin words of wisdom along the lines of "you must choose your battles with more wisdom, oh foolish young one..." as he lays dying, if you can work it in.