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.

The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon

The Shadow Apes are first encountered at the Hermit's cave near the Valley of Avalar. After they are defeated, the Hermit explains to Spyro and Cynder that the creatures they defeated were, in fact, the Apes they faced three years ago, who have been turned into ghostly skeletons for serving Malefor more for their greed instead of true loyalty to him. They are later encountered in the Ruins of Warfang, where they dwell and lurk within holes of the ruins.

Even though they are cursed, the Shadow Apes still proved themselves to be a nuisance, as one is seen pulling a switch that extends a wall that blocks Spyro and Cynder while they were making their way across the chasm, trying to prevent them from retrieving the red crystals used to open the gates to the Dragon City of Warfang. Another Shadow Ape later swipes a red crystal at an altar before Spyro and Cynder could reach it, before a horde of Shadow Apes appears. If they kill that Ape and the red crystal isn't picked up, another Shadow Ape from the horde will swipe it and keep in its grasp until it is killed.

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• 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