Lord Malefor

## Malefor the Dark Master

**Notable Aliases:** Dark Master, Undead Dragon King, Far Realm Sorcerer, Dread Seeker, Nightmare King, Crystal-Maker, Outcasted Dragon, Great Destroyer, Eternal Foe, Wicked Tyrant, Servant of Strykore, Draconic Dark Lord

**First Appearance:** The Legend of Spyro (September, 2006)

Malefor was touted to be the first Purple Dragon and is referred to mainly as "The Dark Master". He is also the evil Dragon King of the Cadaverous Crypts and father of Cynder.

## Tropes

* A-F
* G-L
* M-R
* S-Z

* **The Ace:** He learned how to use the fire element even though he wasn't born a fire dragon, and then learned how to use every other element, including an unspecified number that nobody even knew existed until he discovered them.
* **Ambition Is Evil:** Malefor's descent into evil came from being consumed by his own megalomania after being trained by the dragon elders from the past.
* **Ancient Evil:** He's at a bare minimum ten generations older than Spyro, but it's implied while he's the first one before Spyro, there were more between them, meaning he's likely much older than that.
* **Apocalypse Maiden:** Claims the fate of all Purple Dragons is to destroy and remake the world, and that even if Spyro defeats him the cycle will continue.
* **Arch-Enemy:** While Ripto was probably this originally, Spyro eclipsed him a long time ago and Malefor was in most senses his master anyway. The war between Spyro and the Dark Master is much more personal, and Malefor is a much more formidable foe.
* **Ax-Crazy:** While a relatively composed individual, under that exterior is a maniacial monster who has had millions slaughtered in his mad quest of omnicide.
* **Breaking Speech:** Malefor is a master of it. He even managed to nearly crush Cynder's resolve with but a few words and nearly convince Spyro he'd done nothing but play into Malefor's clutches, driving both over the Despair Event Horizon in one speech! Even more effective is it's almost all true.
* **Card-Carrying Villain:** A rare dead serious example. The Dark Master is his self-appointed title, but he's not the least bit comical, and he's more than earned it due to his mastery over darkness.
* **Classic Villain:** He's a power-hungry dragon who delights in breaking dragon eggs just because he thinks that Because Destiny Says So. His ambition is to "purify" the whole world by destroying and remaking it. In the end, he gets done in by his own disbelief in The Power of Friendship when he is defeated by Spyro and Cynder, just before being sealed away again.
* **The Chessmaster:** While Ax-Crazy, he's a clever schemer.
* **Composite Character:** Malefor himself is not based on any one canon iteration. Instead, he's based on all three of his past iterations. He takes the most influence from his classic self, having kickstarted the Calamity, but he also has the elemental powers and legendary status of his Legends incarnation, being the first in a long line of Purple Dragons. He also notably rules the Underworld, and is Cynder's father.
* **Dark Is Evil:** He has a dark appearance that fits his personality.
* **The Dreaded:** Anybody who knows who he is is terrified of him. Even when he was allied with the Gnorcs they were still afraid of him and feared the possibility of his betrayal.
* **Evil Counterpart:** Like Spyro, Malefor is a sorcerer first and foremost, though a much more powerful one. More importantly, Malefor's greatest flaw is his Pride, which is what Spyro had to overcome to get the help and tutorship of Master Eon. Though Spyro was never as psychopathic as the Dark Master, he was every bit as arrogant.
* **Eviler than Thou:** Compared to other villains in the Angus-verse.
* **Fantastic Racism:** Malefor wants to wipe out all non-dragon life.

I Have Many Names: Does he ever! His true name is Beltran. He's later called Malefor the Dark, Malefor the Vile, Malefor the Destroyer, Malefor the Eternal, the Dark One, the Aspect of Darkness, the Calamity, Darkness Incarnate, and the Unmaker of Worlds. High Elves call him The Undead Dragon King, and the other Dragons call him the Dark Master.

* **The Man Behind the Man:** Malefor is the power behind Gnasty Gnorc and Ripto, and is frequently the patron of Kaos and several other dastardly villains.
* **Physical God:** He is essentially this.
* **Purple Is Powerful:** Carries immense power as per his status as a legendary purple dragon.
* **Reality Warper:** At times, he has been shown to be capable of this on a universal or even multiversal scale.

- **Satanic Archetype:** The Legacy of Dragons often treats Malefor as the stand-in for the Devil.

- **Super Weight:** Level 6 (Cosmic)