Burned Lands

The Burned Lands is a large, desolate wasteland that surrounds the ground level of Malefor's Lair in The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon. It was once another area of Warfang before Malefor attacked the city and uprooted a fraction of it, turning its temple and the surrounding buildings into his personal domain."The first rough on the parts suspended above the volcanoes of Dragon City. Made in the first days when I worked on "SPYRO". Dragon city is devastated on the surface, but Spyro discovers the remains of the city above the clouds.", translated. (Date Posted - Jan. 21, 2009). Blogger. The Belt of Fire circles around the Burned Lands and serves as its barrier. Within it are multiple ambush areas for enemies Spyro and Cynder have faced before, as they attempt to stop the two dragons from reaching Malefor.
At the heart of this burning wasteland is a massive volcano, which serves as a harbringer of doom and an image of menace. Malefor's dark magic suspends the several islands pulled from Warfang above this volcano, including his Lair.
==Objective==
*Reach the Volcano
==Purple Light Checkpoints==
*Burned Lands
*Top of the Lava Waterfall
==Story==
Before the events of The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon, Malefor attacked the city of Warfang upon his return, tearing its temple and nearby city structures from the ground with his dark magic and suspending them above the land as a symbol of his dominance. This caused the ravaged area of Warfang and the nearby land to become a fiery, uninhabitable wasteland filled with lava streams, mini volcanoes, and a massive volcano at the very center from where the city temple was pulled up. The city inhabitants had since moved far from the now Burned Lands and built a new wall around the city areas left untouched to separate them from Malefor's forces.
After failing to stop the Destroyer, Ignitus escorted Spyro and Cynder to the Belt of Fire to confront Malefor. When they attempted to cross through it, the dark power of the Belt of Fire began to overwhelm Ignitus's barrier that protected them from the heat. As he struggled to keep the barrier around them up, Ignitus apologized to both Spyro and Cynder for everything that had happened to them by his failures. Sacrificing himself, he threw Spyro and Cynder through the fire; his death having a deep, almost devastating impact on Spyro. Saddened by his mentor's fate, Spyro continued on his journey to Malefor's Lair with Cynder, who comforted him that he wasn't alone. They would later use the updraft from the Burned Lands' volcano to reach the Floating Islands above.
==Gallery==
Burnedlands_concept_spyro.jpg|Early concept art of the Burned Lands by Darren Johnson
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Spyro-Concept-bg-terres-bulées12b.jpg|The Burned Lands Spyro concept by Yan Le Pon
Spyro-Concept-bg-terres-bulés12a.jpg|The Burned Lands Spyro concept by Yan Le Pon
Spyro-Concept-bg-terres-bulés11a.jpg|The Burned Lands concept by Yan Le Pon
Spyro-Concept-bg-terres-bulées11b.jpg|The Burned Lands concept by Yan Le Pon
Yan-Burnt-lands-volano.jpg|The Burned Lands concept by Yan Le Pon
BurnedLands ThomasGirard.jpg|By Thomas Girard
BurnedLands Warfang.png|Background art of the Burned Lands
DawnoftheDragon wallpaper.jpg|The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon wallpaper of the Burned Lands
Burned Lands Warfang FloatingIslands.jpg|The view of the Burned Lands and Warfang from the Floating Islands
==Trivia==
*While venturing through the Burned Lands, one can see the Destroyer scaling the volcano in order to complete its journey.
*Burned trees, broken bridges and statues from Warfang can be found by the rivers of lava before the Lava Waterfall savepoint.
==References==
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