The Destroyer

The Destroyer
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Species:	Golem
Affiliation:	Malefor, Golems of the Deep
First appearance:	The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon (2008)

“The Destroyer has commenced its journey to form the ring of annihilation. At the end of its journey, the Belt of Fire will spread across the surface of this world in a torrent of fire and ash. There will be no escape.”

– Malefor

“The ancients believed that this creature brings about the birth of a new world... [..] ...by issuing its destruction.”

– Ignitus

The Destroyer is a massive ancient golem summoned by Malefor in The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon. It was said to be a legendary creature that would bring about the creation of a new world by destroying the old one. Because of its primary fuction, the Destroyer serves as one of the main antagonists in the game.

Abilities

The Destroyer has the ability to form a wall of fire wherever it walks known as the "Ring of Annihilation". Once it has completed its journey by crossing the Belt of Fire and returned to the volcano from whence it came, the massive golem would spread the Belt of Fire across the surface of the world in a torrent of fire and ash, issuing the planet's destruction: the Great Cleansing.

Story

The Destroyer, which had rested within the volcano beneath Malefor's Lair and the Floating Islands, emerged amidst a gigantic eruption of fire. Malefor announced the creature's resurrection to the citizens of Warfang the night of the Golem's defeat, and the Destroyer began to walk across the world, leaving behind a fiery trail known as the Ring of Annihilation. Determining that they would be unable to catch up to the titan, the Dragons, along with their army, set about ambushing the Destroyer as it neared the end of its journey.

When the Destroyer was crossing a canyon, Spyro and Cynder opened the floodgates at a nearby Dam, filling the canyon with millions of gallons of water from the sea to stall the titan. Once they had successfully stopped it, Spyro and Cynder flew in and attacked several key dark crystals on and inside the Destroyer's body that powered the creature. Unfortunately, even though the two had destroyed the titan's center crystal, this failed to stop the Destroyer as Malefor controlled the creature himself through his dark magic, and it reached the Belt of Fire to continue onwards. Despite Spyro and Cynder's efforts, the Destroyer completed its journey right as they engaged Malefor in battle, initiating the Great Cleansing and fracturing the planet below them.

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see The Destroyer/Gallery.

Trivia

• In the cutscene following the level The Destroyer, dark energy is seen emanating from within The Destroyer that reanimates it; the same dark energy is soon shown coming from Malefor's Lair. Through his dark magic, Malefor was able to control the Destroyer and kept it animated after Spyro and Cynder had destroyed the dark crystals inside and around its body that gave it life.
• It is unknown if the Destroyer came across large bodies of water during its journey around the world, since the planet has islands and continents surrounded by oceans.
• Despite being made of lava and molten rock, and having no organs, the Destroyer is capable of inhaling and exhaling, as shown when the player flies around its chest during the first section of the Destroyer level.
• The building structure on top of the Destroyer appear to be identical to the buildings in Warfang. Whether they are remnants of structures from the Catacombs or the Ruins of Warfang are currently unknown. This could imply that the Destroyer had been unleashed on the world in the past, perhaps supporting Malefor's statement that there have been purple dragons before him and that they have, like him, attempted to destroy the world. It is not likely that Malefor unleashed this creature in his first attempt at destroying the world, as the Destroyer is thought of as a legendary, if not mythical, creature, and if Malefor did unleash the creature the first time, its existence would have been recorded as fact.
• Out of all the characters in all the Spyro games, the Destroyer is by far the largest, being roughly the size of a mountain.
• The Destroyer can be seen attempting to scale the volcano in the background of the Burned Lands, but strangely cannot be seen below the Floating Islands when flying above the volcano.
• Although the Destroyer is considered an enemy, it has more of a neutral role; it does not destroy out of its own free will. As the legend claims, it can bring about the dawn of a new world.