Dragon Temple

The Dragon Temple is an ancient Swamp structure in The Legend of Spyro series where the Dragon elders train and take care of young dragons. During the two first Legend installments, it serves as a refuge to the main characters, and its dojo is often used as a training ground for young heroes. Inside there is a room near the dojo where there is a pool of water known as the Pool of Visions, in which certain dragons, such as Ignitus, can see visions.
==Story==
===The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning===
In the prologue of the game, the dragon eggs were kept in the Dragon Temple's grotto. After the war between the Dark Master's forces and the Dragons, the Dragon Temple was overtaken by Cynder's forces. It was reclaimed years later when Spyro eventually drove the Apes out, accompanied by Ignitus and Sparx. The Temple had since served as a shelter and home to the Guardians, and eventually Spyro and Sparx.
===The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night===
The Dragon Temple appeared again as the current home for the Guardians, Spyro, and Sparx, and also served as a temporary shelter for Cynder before she left. The temple came under attack by the Apes once again, and Spyro battled his way through the temple grounds to get back to the Guardians. After driving off the forces of the Ape King Gaul, the Dragon Temple was damaged during the surprise assault. Terrador and the other Guardians feared that the Apes' surprise attack would be first of many and that they were no longer safe at the Temple. The structure wasn't seen again for the remainder of the game after Ignitus sent Spyro off to the Ancient Grove where the Chronicler was supposedly hiding. 
It is unknown what happened to the Dragon Temple after the events of The Eternal Night. It is presumed to have been abandoned after the attack, as the Guardians had since moved to the Dragon City of Warfang.
==Gallery==
::Main article: Dragon Temple/Gallery
==Trivia==
*In the Dragon Dojo, a statue of a great dragon stands proudly in the center of the room, which was later revealed to be Malefor before his corruption. The statue can sink into the floor to allow the dojo to be more expansive for young dragons to train.
**According to the art lead Jared Pullen, the image of the Dragon Statue was a homage to general Dragon culture but more specifically a stately and regal representation of the last Purple Dragon before Spyro's time, who was an ancient hero. It was Jared's intention to have the statue foreshadow Spyro's future, and set down a clue as to what he may even look like in the coming decades. From the very outset he wanted to portray what a fully grown adult Purple Dragon would look like, how it might stand and carry itself, and Jared pitched the idea that the statue itself was actually a representation of the Dark Master before he renounced the path of good. This shows that the players had already caught a glimpse of the Dark Master right from the beginning, which Jared thought was a very fitting and 'full circle' type thing to do.The Dragon's Vault Opened Once More.... (Date Posted - Mar. 31, 2011). Blogger.
**The statue of Malefor was intended to be crafted from gold stone, but the final look fell short due to technical constraints and the statue instead became simple stone. "The idea was to create the notion that the statue's 'stone' had somehow been bonded with precious metals, and wasn't merely stone at all, but rather something that could be forged and tempered using the elemental gifts of all four Dragon Guardians."TLoS GreatGuardianStatue. (Date Posted - May 12, 2016). DeviantArt.
**The statue was to serve as a window to a forgotten past and as an aspirational device for Spyro.TLoS GreatGuardianStatue, comments. (Date Posted - May 12, 2016). DeviantArt.
*In The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night, a new doorway was added to the Pool of Visions room that leads to another part of the temple and the garden. This doorway was not present in the previous game.
*A story mistranslation or error in dialogue in The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon has Hunter of Avalar heavily imply that the temple Malefor took over was the Dragon Temple."He struck quickly, fueled by hatred and malice, reclaiming the throne at the temple, which through some dark magic he now suspends above the land... a symbol of his dominance.". Hunter of Avalar, The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon This isn't the case, as it was revealed by a Dawn of the Dragon concept artist that Malefor actually tore a fraction of Warfang along with its city temple above the land, with the scenery of the region below the Floating Islands supporting this fact."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. However because of this error, fans believed that the Dragon Temple was made into Malefor's new stronghold and the surrounding land was the same region as the Swamp.
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