Shadow Ape

Template:Characterbox Template:Q The Shadow Apes are what remains of the Apes who served Malefor, only appearing in The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon. Gaul and his Ape minions only sought to use Malefor's powers in their fight for vengeance against the dragon race, with no intention of worshipping the evil purple dragon. After his return, Malefor repaid the Apes for their 'services' by cursing them into Shadow Apes.

Story

The Shadow Apes were first encountered at the Hermit's cave near the Valley of Avalar, where they ambushed Spyro and Cynder. After they were defeated, the Hermit explained to the young dragons that the creatures they defeated were, in fact, the Apes they faced three years prior, having been turned into ghostly skeletons for their disloyalty by Malefor. 

The Shadow Apes were later encountered in the Ruins of Warfang, where they dwelled and lurked within the shadows and holes of the ruins. Even though they are cursed, the Shadow Apes still proved themselves to be a nuisance, as one was seen pulling a switch that extended a wall that blocked Spyro and Cynder while they were making their way across the chasm in the Ruins, trying to prevent them from retrieving the red crystals used to open the gates to the Dragon City of Warfang. Another Shadow Ape later swiped a red crystal at an altar before Spyro and Cynder could reach it, before a horde of Shadow Apes appeared. If they killed that Ape and the red crystal hasn't been picked up, another Shadow Ape from the horde would swipe it and keep in its grasp until it is killed.

Gallery

• A Shadow Ape as seen in the DS version of Dawn of the Dragon
  A Shadow Ape as seen in the DS version of Dawn of the Dragon