They used the villainess's reference in terms of her lithe, sinuous form, which they adopted for Cynder's overall body structure. Bruno Rime, Cynder's character designer and art lead of the project in Krome Studios, determined that this villain be female and a black dragon, as the previous dragon villain in the earlier Spyro titles ( Red) was generally red coloured.įor both Bruno Rime and Jared Pullen, another artist who worked on A New Beginning, from the get go presence was most important, and the black dragon Maleficent from the Disney movie Sleeping Beauty had that in spades. The story for the first installment of the trilogy, A New Beginning, called for 'a powerful and shadowy dark dragon' to be Spyro's nemesis, beyond that no specification was given and the starting point was very loose.
However, they also felt as if she had been a part of the Spyro mythology for quite some time. 5.3 The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the DragonĬynder was one of the rare opportunities for Krome Studios to create a female villain character in The Legend of Spyro series that was both unique and fresh design wise.5.2 The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night.5.1 The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning.4.1 Enhanced Abilities under Malefor's Corruption.
