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Ape
The Apes are soldiers in service of the Dark Master, Malefor, in the Legend of Spyro series.
Ranks
The Apes seem to have ranks, but the Ape King, Gaul, rules the Apes of all ranks. When Cynder was under the influence of the Dark Master, she served as the Ape's general. Among Gaul's forces is another Ape called the Assassin. He wears a mask like his underlings who pilot the Dreadwings or man the elemental cannons, but his is thick and heavy, muffling his words whenever he speaks. It is possible that he is Gaul's second in command.
The Ape army consists of soldiers, leaders and commanders, etc.
Additional Forces of the Apes
Apes can also mount on the bat-like Dread Wings for aerial transport or assaults. Two varieties of Death Hounds also serve as the Apes' attack dogs but only appear in The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night.
Story
Service to the Dark Master
After the Dark Master was cast out of the Dragon Realms, he built an army of Apes and taught them how to artificially harness the power of the gems, the dragons' life source. It was then that the Apes served as the perfect army for the Dark Master (for the time being). The ruler and king of the Apes was Gaul, a loyal servant of the Dark Master. The duties of his army were to fight battles against the dragons, win battles in order to gain ground, occupate the Dragon Realms and destroy Spyro's egg. They did not find Spyro's egg, but instead took the egg that would later be Cynder, a black she-dragon.
Attack on the Dragon Temple
Under Malefor's orders, Gaul`s forces infiltrated the Dragon Temple and destroyed the dragon eggs in order to prevent the birth of the purple dragon, but Spyro's egg was saved by Ignitus. The Dark Master also needed a dragon who was born on the Year of the Dragon to free him from Convexity. Cynder's egg was captured and she was poisoned by the Dark Master's powers, turning her into an evil dark dragon to help him spread destruction throughout the world and becoming a general to the Apes.
The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning
Apes first apeared in this game when a group of Swamp Apes captured Sparx as means of using him as a lantern. Spyro killed the apes and freed Sparx, the leader of the Ape group having escaped to alert Cynder of the young dragon. After leaving his home to find out who he truly is, Spyro is chased by Apes in the Swamp. They later appeared, having overruned the Dragon Temple, but Spyro, along with Ignitus, wiped them all out.
From that point on, the Apes would become the main enemy Spyro would encounter. They apear in Dante's Freezer, Tall Plains, Munitions Forge and finally Cynder's Lair. There is one particular Ape in Munitions Forge called the Conductor, who drives a steam engine called Steam. Apes can jump out of hiding anywhere and attempt to help Malefor fulfill his sinister plot by killing Spyro, yet they never succeed.
The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night
Apes appear in the second part of the trilogy in on several occasions, but you do not fight them primarily. They first appeared when they launched an all-out attack on the Dragon Temple lead by an Ape called the Assassin, riding on a Dreadwing, but Spyro and the Guardians foiled their plans. They are mentioned when a letter from Hunter of Avalar explains that the Ape King, Gaul, has placed a bounty on all of the dragons, including Spyro. The Apes appeared again after attacking Fellmuth Arena, capturing Cynder in the process, and they appeared lastly in the end, on the Mountain of Malefor.
The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon
In Dawn of the Dragon, the cheetah hermit in the Valley of Avalar reveals that the skeletons that attacked Spyro and Cynder are the Apes. According to him, they only served Malefor because they were greedy and wanted his power, and they showed no true loyalty to him. For those reasons, Malefor, upon his return to the Realms, repaid the Apes by turning them into Shadow Apes. They appear as skeletons covered in mist-like shadow. They are doomed to dwell in the shadows until Spyro and Cynder find and defeat them. They are like mere ghosts of their former selves, no longer the main minions of Malefor. Other foes have taken their place in the battle, leaving the Shadow Apes to attack stragglers from the shadows.
Gallery
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Gaul leading his army of Apes
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The Ape Army under the command of Malefor
