WARNING: This article contains spoilers and solutions to puzzles in The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon. Please read only if you have completed the game, or would like some advice on progressing through the game.

This is a guide to help those of you DOTD fans get the most out of your game while playing as Cynder. Whether you play on your own, or in co-op mode as Cynder, I hope this article will give you a bit of inspiration next time you play!

The Basics
While two player mode is optional in DOTD, Cynder is always playable. When you are in single player mode, you will find yourself switching between Spyro and Cynder to complete certain tasks that require their unique elements.

Personally, I play the game as Cynder in co-op mode with my brother. We have reached the end of story mode and are currently replaying chapters to complete everything we missed the first time round (I believe we're up to 97% now). Maybe once we've finished, I'll replay the whole game in single player mode to see how that goes! But for now, I am compiling a guide of Cynder's elements and abilities based on the experiences I've had with...

The reasons why Cynder from the Legend of Spyro series doesn’t deserve all the hating she gets.

Let me start off by making one thing clear, the purpose of this paper is not to troll or to incite flame wars. The title of this paper says it all.

First a little background; Cynder is a young female dragon from the Legend of Spyro series. She’s the main villain in the first of the series, A New Beginning, a, more or less, sideline character in the second of the series, The Eternal Night (by which she only makes scarce and brief appearances), and is a heroine alongside Spyro in the third and final installment of the series, Dawn of the Dragon.
Her character history starts off by being stolen from the Dragon Temple as an egg by the primary antagonist of the series, Malefor. Using his dark powers, Malefor infused little Cynder with so much dark power that she literally grew, instantly, to an adult. Her mind warped by Malefor and the dark powers he had given her, Cynder served as Malefor’s agent in doing his evil biddings, until she was defeated in battle by none other than Spyro at the end of A New Beginning. Weakened by her battle with Spyro, a large...

Dear Cynder haters,
You are dumb and stupid if you hate Cynder. She is not proud of the things she did for Malefor. That wasn't even her fault, that was Malefor who poisoned her to be like that. Cynder rocks you haters are just jealous of her because you're not as powerful or as pretty as her.

Dear Cynder fans,
Thankyou for accepting Cynder as who she is. She is cool like all of you Cynder fans. She is awesome, powerful, pretty, cute and so on. Her life was quite like mine. My old friend he was a bully. I saw him as good though and started to bully people for him. Then my new friend came along. She stopped me from doing all bad and now I don't bully anymore. I'm not proud of things I've done and if any of you people that I bullyed use this website Im sorry.
- Cynder rocks still