I allied myself with Furrante and had the help of the dragon as well, so the dragon can indeed be the source of the problem. The thing is, I don't want to change my approach just because the fight is bugged, because that's kind of ruining my immersion if I'm forced to do something not the way I like it just to get past a bug.
Hope it will be fixed soon and if so, would someone be so kind to let us know about the fix? Wouldn't want to go through the whole storm part everytime just to see if the guardian is back.