The Legend of Spyro: The Origin of Malefor

Book I: Prophecy's Child

Prologue I: The Twin Prophecies

The Prophecy of the Purple Dragon spoke of one to be born, one who would vanquish the greatest evil in the land. Spyro was told that he was the chosen one, that the great evil was the Dark Master...we were...slightly wrong. The Book of the Prophecy tells of two related prophecies, The Prophecy of the Purple Dragon, and the Prophecy of the Savior.

Spyro was not the fulfiller of the Prophecy of the Purple Dragon...he was the fulfiller of the Prophecy of the Savior. The great evil had been vanquished long ago...in a land so different from what is here now. The former Chronicler told us of Spyro's true prophecy. The great evil had fallen to the hands of a young, influential, tortured soul known as Malefor. Spyro's prophecy reveals that the fulfiller of the Purple Dragon would be the demise of the Savior.

I, Ignitus, have felt as much...the young dragon had a dark aura surrounding him. He had carried it since I first met him, but I had believed it was Cynder all along...no...since I became the Chronicler, I had seen how Spyro's demise is met...and then I had remembered the story of the Twin prophecies that Malefor himself had told me, many years ago...

Back in a time where the Dark Master was not evil, but was, in fact, a very good and dear friend...