Originally Posted by danutz_plusplus 
I'm guessing there was a dragon above, but I got no frikkin hint as to its presence. When I came back the second time, it was on the other side of the bridge. So, that was just a random death the developers wanted to include? Or did I just miss the "there's a dragon above" hint.
IIRC, the bridge looks pretty scorched and itīs possible to outrun the flame if one is fast enough.
Originally Posted by danutz_plusplus
Mostly the guys with spears.
For what itīs worth, kicking these dudes makes them trivial.
Originally Posted by JDR13
The armored boar is easy if you have any kind of ranged attack.
Itīs even easier (well, faster, at least) if you use the alluring skulls found on the ledge (dropping them into one of the fires lures the beast in).