User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter: World Discussion/@comment-6050823-20180909061347

In the Monster Hunter Official Chronicles book (10th Anni, pg. 59-60), the producers and directors of the MH series talked about the Black Dragons. They say it is pretty much up to the hunters, players, to decide whether the abilities of those monsters are just a mere legend or true. They wanted to treat them like this sort of "fantasy" part in MH, rather than the animal-like stuff we're used to in the series (Something to break the norm if you will).

My Input

A lot of the legends about some of these disasters, cataclysms, etc. that happened in the past usually have a lot of truth to them in the series (Look back at some games in the series where we meet [insert legendary monster] for the first time).