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Cynder (Skylanders Academy)
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- This article is about the character within the Skylanders Academy continuity. For the Skylander canon to the main storyline, see {{{3}}}.
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| Element: | Undead |
| Species: | Violet Dragon |
| Gender: | Female |
| Role: | Cadet |
| Abilities: | Shadow Dash Spectral Lightning |
| First Appearance: | Return to Cynder |
- “Knock-knock. Who's there? The unexpected? I've been expecting you!”
- – Cynder, Return to Cynder
Cynder is a violet dragon who is a new cadet in Season 2 of Skylanders Academy. She is a violet dragon, coming from a line of dragons who are evil overlords, but she desires to become a Skylander. She is also part of the B Team.
Background
Personality
Cynder is much more energetic than her game counterpart, with her body language immediately expressing her happier state of mind through acrobatics and a neck flexibility that can barely keep up with her excitement when meeting her idols, Team Spyro. Despite her evil family history, she desires to become a force for good by becoming a Skylander and not follow in her father's footsteps. After her meeting with Spyro and joining Skylanders Academy, Cynder becomes more confident in her abilities and the choices she makes, but retains hesitation when confronting evil doers.
Biography
- For reasons unknown, Cynder's official biography does not reflect her actual story in the show. Please refer to the Story section.
Think Spyro is the only purple-skinned, wisecracking, devil-may-care dragon in the Skylands? Well, actually he is. But there’s also Cynder, an ambitious, violet-scaled dragon who arrived at the Academy with a mysterious past that she refuses to talk about. Maybe it has something to do with how preternaturally talented she is in the dark arts, with awesome—and sinister—powers like her spectral lightning and shadow dash. Or how she’s always taking those weekend trips down to the Underworld. Until the Skylanders can get to the bottom of what’s really driving Cynder, she’s content to be the brooding ying to Spyro’s carefree yang, adding a much-needed edge to the Skylanders’ fight for good.
Abilities
Cynder can fly and fire an electric blue breath, and unlike Spyro or other users of projectiles, it can cause recoil. She can also use the Shadow Dash, turning into an intangible dark cloud to pass through objects and move much quicker.
Story
History
Cynder is the daughter of the evil dragon king Malefor, who attempted to groom her to become his sucessor in ruling the Cadaverous Crypts with cruelty. However, because of their disagreements, she fled the realm to Skylanders Academy in an attempt to become a force of good.
Season 2
In Return to Cynder, Cynder came to Skylanders Academy as a new cadet and eagerly became acquainted with Team Spyro. The violet dragon was soon placed under Spyro's tutelage to train for her Academy admissions test and he taught her how to utilize powers she never knew she had. During a fight between a group of Greebles and Team Spyro, Spyro's strong insistence of good guys being good and bad guys being bad made Cynder lash out, striking both friend and fore. Irritated, Cynder revealed that she is the daughter of the evil dragon king Malefor, but believed she would be different if she became a Skylander. Because of Spyro's good and bad philosophy, Cynder became convinced that she can never be good, and she fled after unleashing another electrical attack on all within range.
Back in the Cadavarous Crypts, Cynder began half-heartedly practicing her evil laughter in preparation to live up to her father's expectations. Spyro soon arrived with his Skylander team to bring Cynder back and convince her that he was wrong. Suddenly Malefor appeared, having been looking for Cynder and attacked the Skylanders when he spotted them. As Spyro fought with Malefor, he told Cynder that being born bad doesn't make her evil and meeting her made Spyro realize she has the power to choose to be good.
When Malefor was about to kill Spyro, Cynder saved her mentor by deflecting her father's firebreath with her Spectral Lightning. The violet dragon then stood up to her father about wanting to be a Skylander and not follow in his footsteps. While fleeing with Team Spyro, Malefor declared that Cynder is no longer his daughter, but an enemy. Back at Skylanders Academy, Cynder passed her admissions test, thanking Spyro for his help before being guided to cadet housing.
In Split Decision, Cynder was one of the Skylander cadets brainwashed by Hex's dark magic when her familiar Skull broke their familiar bond, inadvertantly allowing dark forces to take control of Hex. In the same episode, it is revealed Cynder has started hanging out with Roller Brawl and Hex in afterschool Undead club meetings.
When Team Spyro and Master Eon were quarantined, Cynder, Hex, Skull, Food Fight and Roller Brawl were assembled by Hugo in One Flu Over the Skylander's Nest as an experienced Skylander cadet group called the B Team. However, Hugo used his leadership opportunity to "protect" the Skylands from the surrounding sheep, leaving the group confused until they eventually left him to his own devices offscreen.
In Belly of the Beast, Cynder and the other cadets were paired with senior supervisors from Team Spyro, with Cynder immediately choosing Spyro as her senior supervisor. Cy soon came in with urgent news of Fire Viper holding King Pen hostage at Arctic Isle, Team Spyro and the cadets were tasked with rescuing him. During the mission, the plan went wrong, ending with Team Spyro, Cy, and the cadets being eaten alive by Fire Viper. While Team Spyro went to search for a way out, the fustrated cadets along with Cynder began to blame Cy for the situation they were in, but were reprimanded for their behavior by Bad Breath.
When Team Spyro returned, Cynder and the cadets expressed their jealousy of Cy's easy ascension to Skylander status. Spyro, along with Stealth Elf, shared his experience of earning his Skylander status and both encouraged the cadets to give Cy and Bad Breath a chance to prove themslves. After escaping from Fire Viper's stomach, the cadets worked together with Bad Breath to defeat the villain.
Relationships
Spyro
Cynder became fast friends with Spyro, who learned from her that being born bad doesn't make anyone evil by default. She looks up to Spyro as a mentor and a friend.
Malefor
Cynder has an uneasy relationship with her father Malefor, who wants her to follow in his footsteps. When she renounced being evil, she is heartbroken when Malefor declared that she is no longer his daughter but an enemy. However despite being on different sides, Cynder still cares for her father.
Undead Club
Cynder hangs out with fellow Undead Skylander cadets, Hex and Roller Brawl, at their afterschool Undead Club meetings.
Cy
Like the other cadets, Cynder felt jealous of Cy for not going through Skylander training like they have and becoming a Skylander without graduating. After the events of Belly of the Beast, the cadets grew to accept Cy as a true Skylander.
Gallery
Trivia
- Unlike in the games, Cynder has a longer neck and body, teeth, wider collar, and a white-colored altered Brand of the Undead. She is one of the few characters with major design changes, along with Snap Shot and King Pen.
- The addition of teeth also makes her the only female dragon in the series to possess them.
- Like Spyro, she now also has paw pads, though hers are a much brighter pink than her wings and scale plates.
- Cynder's Brand and wingtips glow white before she uses her electric breath, possibly as a reference to her Series 3 figure, which has a glowing Brand and wing symbols.
- Strangely, Cynder's official backstory is entirely inaccurate to her Season 2 arc. She only leaves to Cadaverous Crypts once willingly, develops her powers through arduous training, and gets over her brooding once Spyro apologizes for his outburst.
- Before the events of Touch of Evil, Cynder got the lead role in the Skylanders Academy's Spring Musical.
- This is later supported due to the fact that brilliant acting runs in Cynder's family.
