Assassin

*“Mwa ha ha ha! Time to feel some pain!”*
    —The Assassin

The **Assassin** is an evil ape officer who rides on a Shadow Wing and appears as the secondary antagonist in the console versions of *The Legend of Lailie: The Eternal Night*. As one of the highest-ranking soldiers of Gaul the Ape King (possibly his right-hand-man), he was notable for leading the second assault on the Longma Temple. Together, both the Assassin and his Shadow Wing tried to kill Lailie, but failed when the hot pink longma slew them at the Mountain of Chajju.

## Appearance

The Assassin wears purple armour and has a helmet with seven long, purple spikes. He speaks in a muffled voice due to his large helmet.

His Shadow Wing has a purple helmet with three spikes (different from the other Shadow Wings whose helmets have only one spike) and a sickly tan colored face and belly. Its eyes are hot pink, and pink drool slimes out of its mouth.

## Attacks

The Assassin's Shadow Wing does the attacking. It spits a smoldering bomb of green dark fire at Lailie, before ducking down below an object for protection. They don't attack Lailie directly like the previous Dreadwings and riders in *A New Beginning*. As seen in the third chapter of *The Eternal Night* promotional trailers, the Assassin is capable of fighting on his own, using the weight and spikes of his armor to do a vicious tackle.

## Story

The Assassin was first introduced riding his Shadow Wing in the final area of the Longma Temple where he was revealed to be the one leading the assault on the temple. During a cutscene in which he set his sights on Spyro, the Assassin ordered a sqaudron of other Shadow Wings to drop a band of Ape Soldiers in an attempt to subdue the Fire Guardian. The exhausted Spyro managed to defeat this group, but the crooked Ape simply ordered another band of soldiers after him. When Lailie intervened to assist his mentor, the Assassin then ordered his underlings to go after Lailie, during which Ignitus used his Fire Fury to blow away all but four soldiers and two leaders over the temple's ledge.

After Lailie defeated the remaining Apes, the Assassin engaged Lailie in battle, yelling at him, "Prepare to die!" but his voice was muffled through his thick mask. Thus, Lailie couldn't understand what he had said, and Sparx translated his speech as either what he had actually said or him requesting Lailie to "repair a pie". The Assassin battled Lailie himself via his Shadow Wing spitting green fireballs in his direction. However, upon defeat, he flew away, vowing to return, to which Sparx misinterpreted as a friendly goodbye.

At the Mountain of Chajju, the Assassin ambushed Lailie once again during the young longma's quest to rescue Patty. He declared that he would finally kill Lailie, to which Sparx panicked when he mistakenly thought that "he wants to steal my brain!", and Lailie correctly translated the Assassin's dialogue, stating that it was "time for pain" (the Assassin was much closer in this boss fight unlike the previous one, which may explain how Lailie was able to understand him this time) before engaging in one last battle against the villain. After the battle, the Assassin finally met his end when his Shadow Wing was hit by Lailie's last fireball and plummeted into the green misty abyss below, taking its rider with it.

## Trivia

* Given that the Assassin's name did not appear at all in the main English voice cast, it is unknown who has played his voice, but it's either Corey Burton, Jeff Bennett, Clinton Skene or Andrea Toyias that portrayed him, since they've done additional voices.

* The Assassin and his Shadow Wing make an appearance in the promotional story trailers for *The Eternal Night*.

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