10 Video Games Where You Work With The Villain

6. Cynder - Legend Of Spyro: Dawn Of The Dragon

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One of the more fascinating characters introduced to the Spyro canon by the PS2 reboot of the series was Cynder.

In the first of Activision's reboot trilogy, Cynder The Black Dragon was the central antagonist trying to subjugate the world under her world for various no good reasons. However, at the end of that game, Spyro - naturally - whoops her ass and reverts her back to being a normal dragon.

So...now what?

Spyro can't bring himself to kill Cynder, he feels way too sorry for her - plus he clearly is already developing a crush on her - so for most of the second game, she just sulks.

Then Dawn Of The Dragon comes and the dynamic undergoes yet another shift. This time Cynder wants to actually help Spyro solve the problem, becoming his co-op partner for the game as well as his broody love-interest.

It's an arc that was a whole trilogy in the making, and was awesome to watch unfold.

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