Atlawa

Atlawa
World	Tall Plains
First appearance	The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning (2006)
Notable member(s) Kane

“Tall Plains was once home to a proud ancient tribe called the Atlawa. [...] The Atlawa were a people in tune with the rhythms of the seasons, focused on their relationship with crops, their surroundings, their gods.”

– Ignitus, The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning

The Atlawa, also called Atlawas, are the camelid natives that reside in Tall Plains who only appeared in The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning.

Charactertistics

Physical Appearance

The Atlawa resemble bipedal llamas or llamas wearing sparse, colorful attire in brown, blue and yellow.

Lifestyle

The Atlawa are a proud people who lived in tune with the rhythm of the seasons. Each day, the Atlawa thrive to improve their relationship with their land, crops, and their gods.

Story

The Atlawas were driven underground when Cynder and her minions took over Tall Plains. They were later freed after Spyro was forced to fight the Stone Sentinel, a creature worshiped by the native Atlawas as a god that became angered at having its resting place disturbed by Cynder. In response, the Atlawas wanted to worship Spyro for saving them, but the young dragon rejected the offer, and the inhabitants in turn accepted Spyro as one of them. 

Trivia

• One of the captured Atlawas, called Luggs by the Krome Studios development team, was notably the Atlawa who was carried off by one of Cynder's Tall Plains Dreadwings.
• The Atlawas were largely inspired by Aztecs.
  • Their name also comes from the words "alpaca" and "llama".
  • Jared Pullen also called them "chicken-llamas".