Ignitus

Template:Characterbox Template:Q Ignitus is a Fire Guardian dragon, who appears in The Legend of Spyro series. He is the leader of the remaining four dragon Guardians, and serves as the father-figure to Spyro, providing him with words of wisdom and leads him onto the right path, as well as teaching him about the element of fire training.

Personality

As the leader of the Guardians, Ignitus has unquestionable ability within range of attack power, second only to Terrador in military strategy. He is often calm and collected but has been known to break out into fits of fury, using his fire ability to great effect. He blames himself for everything that has happened to Spyro and Cynder and carries that guilt throughout the series. His faith in Spyro is utterly unwavering and he is a devout believer in the Ancestors, truly believing that Spyro is nature's way of balancing itself against evil.

Ignitus is the leader and most dedicated of the four Guardians; he is still haunted by failures of his past and seeks to redeem himself. Equally capable of warmth, rage, and long smoldering bouts of shame, resentment, and regret, he keeps his distance from the other three Guardians, Volteer, Cyril, and Terrador. However, when the time comes, he is only too glad to enlighten others and stoke the embers of hope and stand in the face of fire that others might burn even brighter. Ignitus is also seen as a father figure to Spyro.

Abilities

As a Master of Fire, Ignitus is competent in all fire techniques and can quickly dispatch his enemies with little effort. His ability to explode in rage makes him a perfect berserker for the blazing heat of burning battles. He is known to be one of a few dragons who can see visions in the Pool of Visions and can also provide protection from fire and other sources of heat by generating a blue barrier around himself and any others in the near vicinity of him.

Apearence

Ignitus is a large red dragon with purple (dark red and dark purple in Dawn of the Dragon) spikes jutting out of his back and other parts of his body including his shoulders, and tan horns that are similar to Spyro's in shape and length. His eyes have red irises. In the concept art of The Legend of Spyro the Eternal Night there is a picture of Ignitus wearing armour, and his wings ar more damaged looking.

Story

A New Beginning

During the wars between the Dark Master's army, Ignitus was a general who led a company of war dragons into battle against the Apes. After a fierce struggle in which many Guardians were lost, Ignitus' forces were driven back until only the four Guardians remained. Ignitus was one of the Guardians in charge of protecting the eggs in the Dragon Temple when the temple was attacked. Fearing for the purple dragon's safety and the ancient prophecy that foretells the coming of a new age, he takes the purple dragon's egg and sends it down a stream, hoping for the best. When Ignitus returns to the temple, he finds that the other Guardians have been overwhelmed and all the other eggs had been smashed.

Many years later, Ignitus was the last free Guardian when he and Spyro crossed paths in the Swamp. The Guardian is amazed to see Spyro alive and well, but it takes the persistent questions from Spyro to lift Ignitus out of his despair. He informs Spyro of what has happened to their race and about the dark dragon, Cynder. When he told Spyro about their home, Spyro expressed an interest to see it which Ignitus at first refused. But Spyro would not take no for an answer and together they reclaimed the Temple.

Once there, Ignitus showed Spyro what Cynder had done to the nearby islands, and after teaching him how to fly and use his fire abilities more effectively, he sent Spyro to rescue the other guardians that were being kept on the other islands in the clutches of Cynder's forces.

When Spyro rescued the last guardian, Terrador, in Munitions Forge, Cynder attacked Spyro and it was only by Ignitus' intervention did Spyro escape. However, Cynder overcame Ignitus and took the last Guardian to her fortress in Concurrent Skies to drain his element into the last crystal needed to free her master, the Dark Master.

When Spyro arrived to rescue him, Cynder fought the purple dragon to give time for the powering of the crystal to be completed. When it was finally infused with Ignitus' power, Cynder took the crystal and fled to Convexity to carry out her plan. A weakened Ignitus explains to Spyro that Cynder was stolen from the Temple on the night of the raid and was in fact a dragon just like Spyro, but was twisted by the Dark Master's influence. It was these words that led to Spyro rescuing Cynder after her transformation back to her true self upon her defeat and he brought her to the Temple with him. Ignitus was overjoyed at the outcome and expressed a sincere apology to Cynder, blaming himself for everything that happened on the night of the raid, but was reassured by the other Guardians.

The Eternal Night

Ignitus and the other Guardians were asleep when Cynder left the temple out of guilt. As such, they were all present when the Apes attacked the temple again and were able to repel the attack. Spyro, who had left the temple momentarily to stop Cynder from leaving, made his way back to the main body of the temple and witnessed Ignitus battling Apes alone. The Fire Guardian asked for Spyro's help, and when the apes began to focus their attention on Spyro, Ignitus used his fire fury to destroy most of the Apes before entering the temple. When Spyro defeated the last of them on the balcony, (including the Assassin, who led the attack on the Temple) Ignitus returned and asked where Cynder was.

When Spyro told him she'd left, Igntius gathered everyone around the Pool of Visions to search for her but to no avail. Ignitus then forsaw a vision of Spyro standing before a great tree, and Spyro told the Fire Guardian about his dreams and the Chronicler. Ignitus then fears that the Dark Master may return and sends Spyro on his journey to the Chronicler whilst he stays behind to search for Cynder.

Dawn of the Dragon

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Ignitus in Dawn of the Dragon

During the three years that Spyro and Cynder went missing, Ignitus led the Guardians and the other dragons in the war against Malefor. Despite his best efforts, he could not hold the Dragon Temple and it fell into Malefor's control, who tore it from the ground and raised it above the volcano that formed as a symbol of his power. Ignitus moved to the dragon city of Warfang and waited for Hunter, whom he sent to find Spyro and Cynder after they disappeared.

He defended the city when it was sieged by Malefor's army and led the attack on the Golem when it appeared. Despite his best efforts, however, he was knocked out of the sky by the Golem and collided with a building, rendering him unconscious until after the battle. Ignitus was relieved to see Spyro when he finally had the chance to talk to him and was present when Malefor declared his plan to destroy the world. Ignitus ordered everyone to venture underneath Warfang to reach the Destroyer before it completes its circle around the globe and then comforts Spyro when the young dragon worries about what was going to happen. When Cynder thought of a plan to stop the Destroyer, Ignitus ordered everyone else to buy her and Spyro some time by any means necessary.

When the plan failed, Ignitus took Spyro and Cynder to the Belt of Fire to confront Malefor. Upon arriving, he generated a barrier around them to protect him, Spyro, and Cynder from the heat as they began to cross through it. However, the dark power of the Belt of Fire's flames was beginning to overpower Ignitus. As he struggled to keep his barrier around them up, the Fire Guardian apologized to both Spyro and Cynder for everything that had happened to them by his failures. Ignitus, with the last ounce of his strength, threw Spyro and Cynder through the Belt of Fire safely to the other side, sacrificing himself, his death having a deep and almost devastating impact on Spyro. Ignitus' spirit appears briefly after Spyro and Cynder's battle against Malefor at the heart of the world, lending Spyro his final words of wisdom and giving the young dragon the realization of his true destiny as the purple dragon.

After the world was restored by Spyro's power, Ignitus' spirit had been chosen by the Chronicler to become the new Chronicler of the new age. He then asks the Chronicler what became of Spyro. The old dragon explained to Ignitus that each time a dragon dies, a new page is written in the Book of Death, but he can't seem to find any trace of Spyro among the pages, revealing to Ignitus that the two young dragons are alive. The Chronicler then disappears, with Ignitus donning the Chronicler's appearance, his scales turning a shade of blue and wielding the Chronicler's various objects. He then looks into the book, wondering where Spyro and Cynder might be, keeping his eye on their futures.

International Voice Actors

• Danish = Stig Hoffmeyer
  
• Finnish = Sasu Moilanen
  
• Norwegian = Nils Ole Oftebro
  
• Swedish = Sture Ström
  
• Dutch = Ruud Drupsteen
  
• French = Marc Alfos
  
• German = Udo Schenk
  
• Italian = Slivaro Piccardi
  
• Spanish = Pere Molina
  
• Russian = (unsure)

This character is missing some voice actors. Please help fill in the correct voice actor within the correct languages.

Gallery

• Ignitus Dawn of the Dragon concept art
  Ignitus Dawn of the Dragon concept art
• Ignitus in his battle armor
  Ignitus in his battle armor
• Ignitus in his in-game model in ANB and TEN
  Ignitus in his in-game model in ANB and TEN
• Ignitus in his battle against the Dark Master's Army
  Ignitus in his battle against the Dark Master's Army
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  Ignitus' Helmet
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  Ignitus' battle lance
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  Ignitus' Shield

Notes

• If the Legend of Spyro trilogy was translated in Japan, then Ignitus would be known as イグナイタス Igunaitasu in Japanese.
• Ignitus's name translated in Russia as "Игнутус"

• His Japanese name translates to Korean as in: 이구니쯔스 Igunijjeuseu.

• If The Legend of Spyro series had a Japanese release, then Ignitus's Japanese voice would have probably been done by Hōchū Ōtsuka, in which he Japanese-dubbed over many various roles that Gary Oldman performed. It's possible that he may be one of the official Japanese dub-over artists of Gary Oldman. Others would be Masane Tsukayama, Tsutomu Isobe and also possibly Rokura Naya.

• If The Legend of Spyro series had a Korean release, then Ignitus's Korean voice would have probably been done by Gang Guhen, in which he dubbed over Gary Oldman's role as Sirius Black in Korean from the Harry Potter series.

• If The Legend of Spyro series had a Czech translation for the European release, Then Ignitus's Czech voice would have been voiced by the Official Czech Dub-over artist for Gary Oldman, Alexej Pyško.

• If the Legend of Spyro series had a Slovak translation for the European release, Then Ignitus's Slovak voice would have been voiced by the Official Slovak Dub-over artist for Gary Oldman. Dušan Szabó.

Trivia

• Ignitus is the only red dragon to appear in the series other than Red and Flame from the original series.
• According to people and most Spyro fans, It's most likely possibly true that Ignitus can be the father to Spyro, due to his appearance being a fatherly-like figure.
• Ignitus, being the new Chronicler at the end of Dawn of the Dragon, would explain why he was narrating the beginning of A New Beginning and the beginning of Dawn of the Dragon. It's possible that he was reading the whole trilogy the whole time to the viewers after the events of Dawn of the Dragon.

• The original English voice of Ignitus is played by Gary Oldman, who also played famous roles such as Count Dracula in the 1992 Bram Stoker's Dracula film, Sgt. Reznov in Call of Duty: World at War and Black ops, also including Sirius Black in Harry Potter 3, 4, and 5, as well as the main antagonist in the Book of Eli.

• In A New Beginning, there was actually going to be a mini-quest for Spyro to go on to collect Ignitus' helmet, shield and lance in the Swamp level, but this was later cancelled due to limited time. However, 3D props were made of the items and can be seen throughout the Swamp.