Cynder the Dragon

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Cynder the Dragon is black dragon who would support Team Purple, and after the Jump eventually officially joins their team.

As a young girl, Cynder was captured by The Dark Master Malefor, and was forcefully corrupted in order to serve as his powerful and loyal general. Eventually, Cynder was confronted by a younger Spyro and after a fierce battle was eventually defeated, finally freeing her from her former master's influence. Seeing that she was the victim in all of this, Spyro risks his life to save her and they manage to escape with their lives. With the fight over for a little while, Spyro introduces her to her new home, the Dragon Temple.

Cynder initially has difficulty adjusting, especially considering the constant presence of Team Purple, as she was not sure where they even came from. Her guilt over the things she did while under Malefor's control still haunts her, not helped by the fact that many of the townspeople despise her and still believe her to be a monster. She is able to feel more hopeful about the world with the love and support of Spyro, as the two began a relationhip.

After Spyro's death at the hands of Hush, Cynder began to spiral into depression and self-destructive habits, with her only source of emotional support now gone. Eventually, Cynder is forced to learn how to open up to others around and learn how to be happy without Spyro their, and she joins Team Purple, becoming one of their strongest members due to her unstable ability to channel the corrupted energy Malefor charged her with.

## Personality

Due to a combination of her intense guilt over her past actions and her mistreatment by many of the townspeople, Cynder does whatever she can to avoid conversation with anyone she isn't familiar with. According to Spyro, after first arriving at the Dragon Temple, it took her 6 months just to be able to have full conversations with him and the Guardians. Despite her intimidating appearance considered to be one of the strongest dragons in the world, Cynder is incredibly easy to push around.

The only person she shows her true personality to is her boyfriend Spyro, where she will become surprisingly opinionated and assertive about a variety of different topics. Cynder is secretly incredibly jealous of Spyro, as he is the confident, strong, capable leader and friend she wanted to be. While she loved Spyro, Cynder wished that he wasn't the only person she could open up to. Using her powers, Cynder would often sneak around and watch the various members of Team Purple on various escapades, wishing that she had the courage to be a part of that.

After Spyro's death, Cynder took it the hardest and locked herself away refusing to speak to anyone. Realizing that Spyro was literally the only part of her life that made her happy, Cynder began to spiral down into severe depression and self-destruction for 6 months. Eventually, she just resigned herself to watching Stitch's TV, with the rest of Team Purple now gone after too many attempts to get Cynder to come out. One day while walking through town so disheveled that no one realized who she was, she eventually talks with an old fruit seller who realizes who she is and begins sympathizing with her and comparing her to his own war stories. Stunned by this sudden act of kindness, Cynder walks back home as more people realize who she is, and for the first time in her life does not immediately run away and instead allows the mob to catch up to her. Expecting the people to beat her down, they instead start arguing with each other about the severity of her crimes, and after going completely off-topic the people simply leave her there. After a random boy comes and asks her if she ever got to drive the train while being Malefor's servant, she starts laughing hysterically as she comes to realize how stupid and funny the town that she feard so much actually is.

Coming to terms with Spyro's death and tired of being alone, Cynder manages to track down Team Purple, decides to dedicate herself to taking down Hush and become the woman she dreamed of being.

## Trivia

* According to the author, Cynder in her Corrupted Form is the strongest member of Team Purple, putting her at the same level as Spyro.