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The '''Year of the Dragon''' is a recurring event in the [[Spyro (series)|''Spyro the Dragon'' series]]. It is notably used as a time when new [[Dragon Egg|dragon eggs]] are brought into the [[Spyro]]'s world to bring about the new generation of [[dragon]]s.

==[[Spyro (series)|Original series]]==
===History===
[[File:Spyro3Manual_YearOfTheDragonLore.png|thumb|200px|An explanation of the Year of the Dragon from ''Spyro: Year of the Dragon''<nowiki/>'s manual.]]Every twelve years, the Dragon Kingdom hosts its most precious event, the Year of the Dragon Festival. Dancing, feasting, and frolicking surrounded the delivery of 150 dazzling dragon eggs by the [[Fairy|Fairies]].

===''[[Spyro: Year of the Dragon]]'' ===
In ''Spyro: Year of the Dragon'', the Year of the Dragon took place during the entire setting of this game. Fairies deliver new dragon eggs into the Dragon Realms, and the eggs hatch only at this time. However, after the festival left the dragons, including Spyro and [[Hunter]], exhausted, [[Bianca]] and the [[Rhynoc]]s stole all of the dragon eggs from under the Dragons' noses while they were sleeping, leading to the events of the game.

==[[The Legend of Spyro (series)|''The Legend of Spyro'' series]]==
Around the introduction of ''[[The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning]]'', the Year of the Dragon was taking place as [[Ignitus]] and the other remaining [[Dragon Guardian]]s were watching over a clutch of [[Dragon Egg (The Legend of Spyro)|dragon eggs]] inside the [[Dragon Temple]], including the egg that contained the next [[Purple Dragon (The Legend of Spyro)|purple dragon]], [[Spyro (The Legend of Spyro)|Spyro]].

However the Dark Master, [[Malefor]], heard of the prophecy of the next purple dragon and sent his [[Ape]] army to the Dragon Temple to destroy the eggs to prevent Spyro's birth. He also ordered [[Gaul]], the Ape King, to steal one of the dragon eggs as Malefor needed a dragon born in the Year of the Dragon to open the gateway that served as his prison. While Spyro's egg was safely rescued by Ignitus, the other Guardians were unfortunately overwhelmed. By the time Ignitus returned to the Temple, the dragon eggs were smashed by the Apes, while [[Cynder]]'s egg was taken by Gaul to be corrupted by Malefor's influence as ordered.

==Gallery==
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Skylanders_YearoftheDragon_Celebration_PromoPic.jpg|A Skylanders picture promoting the Year of the Dragon in 2012
</gallery>

==Trivia==
*The game, ''Spyro: Year of the Dragon'', was released during the Year of the Dragon in real life in the year 2000.
*[[Dragon's Peak]], an Adventure Pack for ''[[Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure]]'' that was released during the Year of the Dragon in 2012, has dragons as the main NPC characters and is also a dragon-themed realm. This Adventure Pack was most likely made for the Year of the Dragon.
*It is unknown how many years the Year of the Dragon takes place in ''The Legend of Spyro'' series.
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