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When Cynder, the Terror of the Skies, released the Dark Master's soul from his prison in the Convexity, and allowed it to reunite with his body in the Well of Souls, everybody believed the Dark Master had truly returned and would finish what he had started: destroying the world.

They were wrong.

Malefor, the Dark Master, believed that Cynder was completely under his control, nothing more of a puppet who would obey his orders without question or hesitation.

He couldn't have been more wrong.

Cynder was very much in charge of herself the entire time and, unbeknownst to the Dark Master, had developed plans of her own, which didn't involve her being at Malefor's beck and call at all.

So, when Malefor fully came back, instead of pledging loyalty to him, Cynder betrayed him and siphoned off his immense power all for herself, just like he had done with the Guardians', becoming an unstoppable force of nature: the Empress of Darkness.

She enslaved Malefor and turned him into her personal magic battery, to recharge herself and power herself up even more.

Spyro was the only one who could stand up to her, but, after defeating Gaul, the Ape King, he imprisoned himself in a Time Crystal to escape the collapse of the Well of Souls, and there he remained for a very long time.

So, Cynder took this opportunity to raise a vast army of dark dragons, or rather dragonesses, each with the power of a fully-grown purple dragon and more and with it, set her sight on conquering of the world.

When Spyro finally woke up with the help of Hunter, from his slumber, most of the word had fallen under Cynder's rule.

Spyro eventually reunited with the Guardians, helped raise an army made of the remaining free dragons and species that didn't succumb to Cynder's war machine, and waged war against the Empress of Darkness.

However, they lost battle after battle, territory after territory, city after city, winning only very minor skirmishes that had no effect on the overall outcome.

In a last, desperate move, Spyro tried to enlist the help of the Apes, but ever since the death of Gaul, they had completely lost their unity and were more interested in fighting each other than stopping Cynder.

Besides, they had no interest in helping the dragon who killed Gaul, their great King, even if it was for a noble cause.

Spyro made one last stand at Warfang, the city of dragons. He fought bravely. However, the battle was lost. His army was destroyed and the city fell.

Spyro himself was captured during the fighting and enslaved by Cynder, forced to become a battery to be drained whenever Cynder needed, just like Malefor.

With the power of two, amazingly powerful slaves behind her, Cynder had no trouble destroying the last remnants of resistance and conquering the entire world.

Every single species left eventually submitted to Cynder, accepted the dark way of life and became her faithful vassals.

She changed her title into "Goddess of Darkness", turned the world into a utopia for dark dragonesses such as her, where male dragons were nothing more than living batteries for the dark dragonesses.

The old Order of the Guardians was dismantled and replaced with a new one made out of the most powerful and trustworthy dark dragonesses in Cynder's army. They would later become the Dark Guardians, Cynder's royal entourage.

The Chronicler, after his passing, was replaced with one of her dragonesses. She later founded the "Order of the Dark Chroniclers" who would act as Cynder's propaganda machine.

Every aspect of dragon-kind fell under Cynder's control. It was no longer possible to evade her power. And thus, she has been ruling unopposed for more than ten generations.

The only ones who didn't were the Apes. However, after so much infighting, feuds and internal strife, they had grown much weaker since the passing of Gaul.

Now though, after ten generation, a purple dragon egg was produced. The Apes, now unified under the rule of the charismatic and energetic Harmaul, tried to steal it from Cynder but during the attempted theft, it was lost.

The new purple dragon was eventually born in a swamp, just like Spyro was. However, instead of being raised by dragonflies, he was raised by Pyriar, the last free dragon left.

He gave him a name: Pyroar.

He grew him, taught him how to breathe fire, how to survive, how to hunt and how to evade capture by Cynder's dark army.

One day, though, when Pyroar was still young, they were discovered by Cynder's army. They managed to escape, but Pyriar sustained crippling injuries.

It was at that point that Pyroar met the Apes. Harmaul welcomed him, despite the other Apes' objections.

He offered Pyroar a deal: he would take care of Pyriar and he would help the Apes defeat Cynder.

He accepted without question.

Unfortunately, without a master like Ignitus to teach him how to use his powers, Pyroar could only improve his Fire Breath and never learned any of the melee techniques used by dragons.

Still, even in his state, his power was undeniable, equal to that of Spyro and, despite his lack of knowledge, would still make a formidable opponent to Cynder's rule.

He eventually grew into an adult, and the time had come to take on Cynder's forces. Unfortunately, the Apes were nowhere near as united as they used to be. Harmaul's grip on his power had weakened, and there were no other species who could join the fight.

Moreover, Pyriar didn't get any better. In fact, as time went on, he got worse and worse, and none of the Apes' healing methods worked.

Still, Pyroar was determined to take on Cynder. He led some small raids on Cynder's forces, which earned him plenty of respect from the Apes, and secret resentment from Harmaul, who now saw him as a rival and a threat.

Eventually, he decided to attack one of Cynder's army outposts in the region, to send a strong message to the Goddess of Darkness. The Apes approved the plan, despite Harmaul's objections.

Unfortunately, before the attack could be launched, they were ambushed by Cynder's army. The Apes were quickly overwhelmed and destroyed. Pyroar tried to escape but he was captured.

Now, Pyroar lies all chained up in the dungeons below Cynder's lair, awaiting his destiny and wondering what happened to Pyriar and Harmaul...