Red

Red
Spyro: A Hero's Tail artwork
Species:	Dragon
Gender:	Male
Affiliation:	Gnasty Gnorc, Ineptune, Sorcerer
First appearance:	Spyro: A Hero's Tail (2004)
Latest appearance:	Spyro: Shadow Legacy (2005)
Portrayed by:	Jess Harnell

Red is an evil Dragon Elder and the main antagonist of Spyro: A Hero's Tail. He later appeared as the secondary antagonist of Spyro: Shadow Legacy.

Personality

Red was introduced as a power-hungry dragon who sought to take over the world using Dark Gems that he created to fuel his evil power. During his quest for world domination, Red showed zero tolerance for failure and would not hesitate to kill any minion for bringing him bad news. His evil and lust for power was not of his own choice however, as it was revealed that Red had been brainwashed by an evil mage called the Sorcerer. Warped by the Sorcerer's thrall, Red was driven mad with anger and delusions of power that got the better of his judgment and he harmed those he has sworn to protect.

In Spyro: Shadow Legacy, Longorin mentioned that, in his past, Red was disliked by everyone and had no companions of his own.

Story

History

Red was one of the Dragon Elders who was friends with Titan and Tomas, two fellow elders. However, he soon got captured by the Sorcerer and was put under his control. Brainwashed, Red gained a thirst and jealousy for power that lead him to commit terrible crimes. He notably attempted to overthrow the leader of the Order of Dragon Elders, but was unsuccessful and exiled for his misdeeds.

Spyro: A Hero's Tail

Many years passed, and Red returned to the Dragon Realms planting around dark stones known as Dark Gems to fuel his power. He enlisted the help of Gnasty Gnorc and his army to help him in his mad quest for domination. Spyro and Sparx discovered that the world was being plunged into darkness, and teamed up with Hunter, Sgt. Byrd, and a young mole named Blink, in order to take down Red and his unholy alliance with Gnasty Gnorc and Ineptune, an evil Mermaid who lives in the waters of the Lost Cities. The five heroes teamed up and battled their way through the home worlds, and eventually defeated the evil dragon. However, Red escaped to the Volcanic Isle and captured the Professor, forcing him to build an army of robots to get revenge.

When Spyro and Sparx arrived for one more showdown, Red had been accidentally turned into a robot himself due to Spyro's mistake. Spyro defeated him, and the Professor shrunk Red down to a very small size, so he wouldn't be able to attack the world again.

Spyro: Shadow Legacy

Red in Spyro: Shadow Legacy

Spyro and Sparx were enjoying the last day of their vacation when a crackle of dark magic suddenly pulled them and all the inhabitants into a dark mirror of their world known as the Shadow Realm. Red was suspected to be the culprit behind the Calamity, having possibly escaped from his imprisonment in the Professor's Lab. To combat this new threat, Spyro learned the art of "Dragon-Kata" and the use of magic from the Dragon Elders, and set out to rescue the captured inhabitants and find the one responsible for trapping them in the Shadow Realm.

After clearing the Dragon Realms and Avalar of the shadowy influences, Spyro found Red in the Forgotten Worlds, having taken Bianca captive. After defeating Red, Bianca revealed to Spyro that Red wasn't the one behind the Calamity, but was merely a pawn placed under the control of the Sorcerer, who was responsible for all the evil things Red had done, including the events of A Hero's Tail. The Sorcerer was attempting to seize control of the world with the Shadow Realm using his Shadow Ampifiers, and used the brainwashed Red to help him. Red regained consciousness, now freed from the Sorcerer's control, and apologized for his actions. In an attempt to make amends, he taught Spyro the Banish spell that was effective against shadow creatures including the Sorcerer, before returning to the Dragon Dojo to rest.

Spyro then battled his way through the Sorcerer's Land, fighting the Sorcerer himself in his lair and defeated him. Afterwards, Red was welcomed back into the Dragon Realms and made peace with the other Elders (except Titan, who was still angry). He now spends his days at the Dragon Dojo teaching young dragons the ways of magic and how to fight in preparation for the Sorcerer's return.

Profile

“This powerful new foe is behind the creation of the Dark Gems, which are laying waste to the Dragon Realms. Spyro will have to muster his most powerful abilities to defeat this mighty opponent!”

– Spyro: A Hero's Tail game manual

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
French	La Sorcière	N/A
German	Die Zauberin	N/A
Russian	تîëنَيüے	N/A
Spanish	La Hechicera	N/A

Voice portrayals

Voice Actor	Appearance
Jess Harnell	Spyro: A Hero's Tail Spyro: Shadow Legacy

Voice portrayals in other languages

Language	Voice Actor
French	Lorenzo Pancino

Gallery

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

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  Mecha-Red

Trivia

• Red is the first dragon villain in the Spyro franchise, the second being the Sorcerer from Shadow Legacy, and the third being Malefor from The Legend of Spyro series.
• He is one of the only bosses in the classic series you actually fight twice in the same game, the other one being the Sorceress.
  • However, unlike the Sorceress, Red changes form.
• While not the most sinister Spyro villain, he is more serious than others as he is seen executing two Gnorc messengers for delivering bad news.
• A scrapped storybook found in the Shadow Legacy game files, The Fall of Red, told alternate details on how Red was banished from the Order of Dragon Elders. In the story, Red was exiled for experimenting on dark magic that was forbidden in the belief that it could be harnessed for the greater good of dragonkind. His experiments lead him to summon a creature from another dimension that rampaged around the Dragonfly Dojo until the other Elders joined together and sent the monster away. Everyone knew Red was the culprit, and in response, Tomas banished Red and told him to never return.
• Despite Tomas saying in Shadow Legacy that Red was previously kept in the Professor's lab in Avalar, A Hero's Tail had the Professor's Lab in the Dragon Kingdom.