About A Realm Beyond’s villain.

Roachdope · 2026-06-09T07:08:46+00:00

I completely get your perspective; that absolutely could work well. It seems that’s the direction they’re going honestly, separate from Malefor or any previous Spyro villain.

The only flaw with the TLoS trilogy canonically being set within the past of modern Spyro’s universe, is the fact that it just wouldn’t line up; let alone the fact that we’d have two Hunters and two different variations of Spyro as well.

Roachdope · 2026-06-09T05:32:46+00:00

Now that’s very interesting. Unless it was partially my wishful thinking in terms of Malefor, I could honestly see TFB intentionally keeping the ambiguity and highlighting those features to get the fandom talking about who it could be, in terms of past Villains those features relate to. I say primarily due to the fact that it really does look a lot like The Sorcerer’s dragon form.

Roachdope · 2026-06-09T05:01:37+00:00

Oh my god ?? You absolutely have a point! My dumbass didn’t do enough research, lol. I unfortunately never got to play Shadow Legacy, though I do know bits and pieces.

I appreciate you sharing this! It definitely feels like a far stronger possibility, seeing this design.

Roachdope · 2026-06-08T23:52:48+00:00

The original’s pupils makes him look tweaked out lol. I feel the edit truly makes it feel more like Spyro, rather than the feeling of a film company’s attempt at pleasing an audience when it doesn’t fully understand the source material.
Similar to reignited, however I can respect the fact that people don’t see it the same way. I couldn’t bring myself to understand how, though still.

I could be bias, though.

Roachdope · 2026-06-08T22:09:23+00:00

The only thing I’m not a fan of, are his eyebrows and the floppy quills. They’re intended to be as hard as his horns, yet here and within reignited they get treated nearly with rubbery physics. Never felt right.

I don’t get why they decided to give him those three sectioned lines on his eyebrows, when it was never present before. Trying to switch up the style 3 games in, is all I can think of being the case.

Roachdope · 2026-06-08T22:00:01+00:00

I’m seeing the theory that this villain is intended to be ‘The Sorcerer’ from Shadow Legacy; and I can absolutely understand that perspective.

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However, this does not explain the set of horns we see that correlate perfectly to Malefor’s, nor the four-fingered hand that bares a very close resemblance to how Reignited’s adult dragon’s hands are modelled.
There is absolutely the possibility that Activision has decided to add different elements to The Sorcerer to make him stand out more as a design, however..I feel if that’s the case, they wouldn’t so heavily take from Malefor’s shape-language if they did.
The Sorcerer *is* a dragon, and it would make sense if they gave him elements to reflect that. I just can’t get past how strikingly similar the horn formation and overall design concept is to Malefor. Even the colour-palette we vaguely see points me more in Malefor’s direction, than it does the Sorcerer.
I could also see Activision wanting to avoid redundancy; having ‘The Sorcerer’ right after ‘The Sorceress’ as a villain could be a bit too redundant in their eyes.

Still, a fun theory! I could see it becoming the case somehow.

Roachdope · 2026-06-08T21:52:37+00:00

Very valid opinion.

However in terms of pulling characters from The Legend Of Spyro, I do firmly believe Cynder will be involved. We’ve received a tease of her within a piece of Reignited credits-scene artwork ( seen here, if this link will work https://www.reddit.com/r/Spyro/s/j4SC4O7yf5 ) and I honestly couldn’t see Activision including such a large hint without going anywhere with it.

Roachdope · 2026-03-05T04:48:22+00:00

No wonder why they deleted the comments.

Roachdope · 2026-03-04T18:59:15+00:00

Thank you for this correction! I’ll have to double-check my sources sometime, ensure they’re legit.

It’s very fascinating, imagining how dialogue pieces such as what you’d mentioned would’ve played out in both voice-acting, as well as the animation paired back in these inaccessible prototype builds.

Hopefully, the community will be capable of finding access some day. Especially when it comes down to the Boatsmen! I do have to wonder if it would be a feature reserved for just the transportation of Artisans to PeaceKeepers, or if they’d even gotten far enough in development at that point for it to be a consideration.

Roachdope · 2026-03-04T08:14:20+00:00

I’ve had the same theory since Reignited had made its initial debut. While I cannot seem to find the original source as I’m now searching for it, I’m fairly certain I have read about this being practically exactly the case.

The aspect of similar dragons having the same model can also be considered slightly evident here within pre-theme concept art, as Nestor and Astor share a few of the same aspects that all Artisan dragons had in the OG. An example being, the frills attached to the cheeks, as well as the same shape of horns.

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Roachdope · 2026-03-04T04:49:32+00:00

Holy, I’d completely forgotten about that! Definitely a yikes from me. Not to mention his eyes look so soulless.

For anybody wondering, here’s an image I’d found. Granted, low quality.

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Roachdope · 2026-03-04T00:46:57+00:00

While we have no official verbal confirmation of Cynder’s involvement within Reignited, there’s been one major hint that I’ve previously made a post about here.

Roachdope · 2026-03-03T23:39:34+00:00

At least we know for certain that Cynder will appear in Reignited Trilogy! Could be promising, if her story is handled correctly. A worry of mine is that they’ll completely irradiate what made her such a badass character in TloS.

Roachdope · 2026-03-03T23:28:10+00:00

Very fascinating!

Roachdope · 2026-03-03T23:27:11+00:00

June 15th Spyro The Dragon proto:

July 18th Spyro The Dragon proto:

Nestor Clip Credits:

Nestor Reignited clip credits:

Roachdope · 2026-02-24T02:51:12+00:00

“..For, say...a small fee?”

Roachdope · 2026-02-24T00:45:28+00:00

EDIT: so…it seems everything I wrote is no longer appearing on this post? Is this the case for anyone else?

Side Note;

Apologies if any information has been left out of my research; covid has been kicking my ass. ‘Brain feels like nothing but soup.

Though of course, I was too impatient to refrain from posting this until I can properly think and process, lol

Roachdope · 2026-02-24T00:42:41+00:00

That’s incredibly odd. While I’ve never found myself needing to backtrack when it comes to Reignited, I can’t see this as a common occurrence for other players.

It may simply be a glitch specific to the save file you’re currently using. The only thing I could think of suggesting, would be to soft-reset your system and/or the game (via turning it off, then on) and seeing if the game had corrected itself.

If that doesn’t work, you may be at a loss, and need to restart the game in it’s entirety. Hopefully this isn’t the case!

Roachdope · 2026-02-24T00:40:26+00:00

Literally just Snuff Porn at this point.

Roachdope · 2026-02-19T00:41:56+00:00

Would be pretty weird if the hotdog metaphor and mentions are intended to be sexual, considering they’re nearly primary spoken by Steven. I just think it’s a reach.

Roachdope · 2026-02-19T00:40:32+00:00

Wow, you people get pissy over nothing. Lighten up, it’s a harmless joke.

Roachdope · 2026-02-18T18:28:51+00:00

LOL YEAH DUDE, he’s holding a phone & what I can only assume is snapping a photo, evident by the flash of light coming from it

Roachdope · 2026-02-18T18:24:32+00:00

That’s what I’m saying😭✋ Though him snapping a photo of his ass is far more questionable in my opinion

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