Malefor

Body(Large purple-scaled adult dragon.)

Personality(Calm and courteous, evil, cunning, extremely intelligent, manipulative, destructive, arrogant, sadist, psychopathic, unsympathetic, courageous, headstrong)

Likes(Power and domination, destruction and chaos, manipulation, achieving own goals, exploiting weakness, taking sick pleasure in misery, destruction, winning)

Dislikes(Being seriously challenged, friendship and love specifically its power to resist him, perceived weakness, his own kind banishing him makes them traitors)

Abilities(Extreme strength and resilience, possibly eternal. Can withstand even Aether fairly well. Can control Fire, Ice, Wind, Electricity, Aether, and potentially Fear and Time. Dark Aether forcefields. His evil is so great it has manifested as a pit reaching to the Underworld, the Well of Souls. He has full power over Dark Aether, allowing him to corrupt anything including minds.)

Eyes(Yellow with black reptilian slits)

Appearance(Horns growing on each cheeks with two pairs protruding around center horn, with the other two primary main horns growing from behind them. Long center horn. Sickled spikes grow from around the top of his shoulders, one growing on the back of each of his legs. Two row of spikes even protrude from the back of his head to the center of his tail. Three spikes extends down from his chin resembling a goatee, and his tail ends with a double-ended spade.

Malefor is depicted having violet scales with crimson red shades on his nose, paws and feet, and on his horns. A darker shade of purple scales run from the back of his head to his tail tip and his scaley underbelly is light brown. A fleshy white line is prominent from the center of his red-tipped snout to the crest of his central horn. His wings are in a dark coloration of red with lighter color membranes, and the spurs on his wings are light yellow. Unlike most dragons in the trilogy, Malefor is portrayed having yellow eyes with black reptilian pupils.)

Character(It was said he was the first purple dragon ever born. Malefor is, in many ways, the exact opposite of Spyro. As his name dictates and represents, he is completely malevolent; the unbalanced embodiment of evil after having gained full command over the dark side of Aether, a powerful element of the Purple Dragon that draws in the essence of the very universe itself. Despite being calm and courteous, Malefor is also cunning, highly intelligent and manipulative, being able to devise twisted plans. While Spyro does good and wishes to protect the world he lives in, Malefor seeks its destruction, and will use all he can to finish what he started.

Even after his corruption, Malefor retains his arrogance that contributed to his fall to darkness, mocking others in their attempts to stop him. Scrapped voice dialogue during his final battle with Spyro and Cynder shows Malefor's bloodthirtsty nature as he threatens to give the two dragons quick deaths while mentioning their friends won't be given the luxury. Judging from his pure ruthless sadism, he is, no doubt, a murderer as he killed millions of creatures in his "quest to fulfill the destiny of the purple dragon." Malefor is willing to exploit anything for the sake of his goals and destroy everything that stands in his way. He is also a skilled orator, able to strike doubt in the resolute and courageous minds and use it to his advantage. With this skill, he is very experienced at using his enemy's faults against them; an example being his use of Cynder's past deeds make her doubt herself long enough for him to take control of her.

Malefor seems to personify Lust, one of the Seven Deadly Sins, as his intense desire for power is what lead him to his corruption. Because of his deeply tainted state, he possesses a fatalistic philosophy that it is his fate and destiny as a destroyer; a Purple Dragon fated to purify the world by destroying it so a new world would be created for him to rule. Therefore he most likely does not perceive himself as evil, more so as an anti-hero; using questionable and lethally draconic means to accomplish a "noble" goal. But like many villains, Malefor undervalues the power of friendship, and ultimately love, when he tries to use Cynder to kill Spyro for his nonacceptance of the alleged truth and nature of the purple dragon race, only for her to break his bind over her when Spyro tells her that she has left him with nothing left to fight for, somewhat revealing a trace of his love for her.

Despite his current malevolent nature, it was implied that during his youth Malefor was somewhat like Spyro, caring and courageous. Chief Prowlus mentioned hearing about what people said about Malefor when he was young; as we learn later, he was viewed by the ancestors as the shining hope for Dragonkind, a benevolent and heroic figure beloved by all, 'the great protector' of an age that fell to tragedy.[9] Based on the ruins below Warfang, the ancestors had built the whole area as a training ground for Malefor, as well as a golden stone statue of him that was placed at the Dragon Temple.)

Background(Born in ancient times, Malefor was the first known purple dragon in recorded history, and a talented one at that. He first mastered the element of Fire, despite not being a fire dragon, and then harnessed the powers of Ice, Wind, Electricity, and many other elements none thought existed. Thus, Malefor was the first dragon to be able to use more than one element, which other Dragons were restricted to only one. Believing Malefor to be the shining hope of Dragonkind and the one to usher them into a new age, the Dragon race, the Moles and Cheetahs, worshipped Malefor as a beloved hero; a golden statue was erected at the Dragon Temple in his honor and a stone mural was constructed on the walls of the area where Malefor trained. He was encouraged by the Dragon Elders, who willingly passed down their secrets of elemental mastery to Malefor. However, his power was limitless, knowing no boundary. This allowed Malefor to gain a lust for power and consume everything. Fearing his lack of restraint, the Elders banished Malefor when he wouldn't stop.

Filled with hatred for his own kind, Malefor abandoned his true calling and embraced the darkness of the Aether element, the signature raw ability of the Purple Dragon. The dark power corrupted his physical appearance and altered his voice, but Malefor was able to gain full command over Dark Aether and not let it consume his consciousness. As a result, Malefor would take on the title as "The Dark Master" for his full mastery over the dark power he possessed. He built himself a great fortress within a mountain and afterwards recruited an army of Apes, teaching them how to artificially harness the power of the gems, which are the Dragons' lifeforce. It wasn't long before he sought more and greater power, waging a war against the Dragon race. His actions sent the world spiraling into chaos, ruining the peaceful reputation of the Dragons in the process. With his army established and growing by the day, Malefor lived in dark seclusion, staring out upon the lands. His sheer malice was so great, that it split the earth surrounding his mountain fortress and created a pit of despair called the Mountain of Malefor, also known as the Well of Souls, by the evil-hearted.)