History FanFic / TheLegendOfSpyroANewDawn

** Cyros has had two, really short songs. One is a version of "Rock A Bye Baby" detailing her bitterness for her brother and intent to dispose of him. Another of "Three Blind Mice" telling how she intends to use {{The Hero}}es' upcoming confrontation with Empress Tyrania to her own ends.

* [[NotInFrontOfTheKid Not In Front Of The Eggs]]: When Volteer is about to give TheTalk to Cynder, Cyril stops him because the eggs can hear him. Understanding him is a different matter.

* YourWorstNightmare: Deadlock during the "Restless Night" chapter. She makes Cynder experience hearing the voices of all the dragons she killed as [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Dark Cynder]] and relive killing her mother (as well as earlier making her relive being turned into Dark Cynder). Spyro is faced with being accused of the temple raid and seeing himself turned into Malefor.

* AuthorityGrantsAsskicking: Drake is the leader of his band [[spoiler:of Apes]], and is effectively their most badass member.

** Deadlock, the Queen of the Naga and TheHeavy of the three, as she's the central villain with a direct grudge on the heroes. Technically, she's a BigBadDuumvirate, as her three heads are actually three conjoined triplets, though the ice head (Permafrost) seems to be the most dominiant.

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Deadlock has this to the Naga, who view her as the best queen they've ever had, and certainly better than their previous queen. In the penultimate chapter, this is proven when [[spoiler: Deadlock successfully persuades them not to side with Grendel's RevengeBeforeReason against the Dragon Realms.]]

* MegaManning: [[spoiler:Cyros follows around after Spyro's group, stealing the powers of their defeated enemies, which was her plan from the beginning. However, while she absorbed Venti's, she's still not sure if she'll absorb Tyrania's, due to being warned EvilIsNotAToy.]]

* NobleDemon: [[spoiler: Despite her grudge against Spyro and Cynder, Deadlock ensures that they arrive in time to stop her from performing the ritual she needed the eggs for, wanting to give them the chance to fight for their children because she herself did not get the same chance and couldn't bring herself to do the same to Spyro and Cynder.]]

* NoodleIncident: Spyro, Cynder, Sparx Nova, and Volt go with Delilah to the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' universe so the kids can enjoy Halloween (well, Nightmare Night). When they return, bits and pieces are dropped, the most fitting for this trope being Sparx having somehow ticked Rarity off enough for her to forceibly dress him up like a princess.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Drake is the leader of his band [[spoiler:of Apes]], and is effectively their most badass member.

* BigDamnVillains: [[spoiler:Commander Venti survives his fight with Dark Spyro and manages to emerge several hours later. Before he can make good on his plot to kill Pyrus, Cyros and Kage show up and kill him, Cyros to steal his power and Kage because he never liked Venti in the first place for his sadism.]]

** "The Cupcakes Incident". Apparently, whatever Delilah witnessed has left her deathly afraid of cupcakes, an alternate universe version of someone she knows, and an unfortunate Pegasus. Those who know of [[Fanfic/{{Cupcakes}} a certain, infamous grimdark fanfic]] that this is a reference to will probably understand why.

** Delilah shows up at the therapist's office in chapter one, citing a fear of Fanfic/{{Cupcakes}}.

** [[spoiler:Deadlock gets several of these to General Grendel during their confrontation prior to the FinalBattle. Perhaps the biggest is convincing the ''entire Naga army'' to perform a HeelFaceTurn, spitting in the face of his belief that his revenge is so important.

* TheAtoner: Cyros

* OverlyLongGag: After Cyros agress to let Volt stay with her, the infant dragon jumps around her happily with gleeful cries for awhile before Cyros stops her by putting her paw on her head... Then continues when she's let go... ''Twice''.

* RedundantRescue: Spyro and company break into the Gargoyle mines to rescue Ember, sendings Sparx ahead to let her know they're on the way. Ember had already TookALevelInBadass and was waiting for word they were coming, revealing she could've escaped the cage at anytime thanks to Siria, but wanted to wait for them to be coming just incase her plan failed. [[spoiler:When Spyro and Cynder get there, they're greeted by TheDragon to Tyrania being blasted through a wall before Ember finishes him off, Sparx and Ember having already freed the slaves themselves.]]

* {{Kitsune}}: Delilah, a friend that Pyrus meets, is a 5 tailed Kitsune. However, since she doesn't have nine tails, she's not extremely strong.

* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler:Surprisingly for the ''BigBad'', Deadlock tries to invoke the ''good'' version with Nina and Flash, pointing out that as parents, they're not too different from her in her primary motivation, to avenge the harm done to her children and mate, in an attempt to find someone that could understand how she feels. They agree that if anything happened to their children, they'd probably [[MamaBear go]] [[PapaWolf berserk]], but that she needs to stop the CycleOfRevenge now while she still has a chance. Deadlock honestly wishes she could believe them...]]

* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: [[spoiler:Pyrus gives one at the end of his fight with Boss Kaze, stating his determination to protect his best friend from Kaze and overcoming his fear of Kaze. This also gives him the HeroicResolve needed to blow Kaze away with an Ice Fury.]]

* InTheBlood: Spyro and Cynder are afraid this trope is true when it comes to their {{Super Powered Evil Side}}s. They chose not to have children of their own on the Year Of The Dragon out of fear their child would suffer with the darkness Malefor infused with them.

* AllYourPowersCombined: Unlike Spyro and Cynder, who can only use one element at a time, Deadlock, due to her three heads, can freely mix and match [[FireIceLightning fire, ice, and electricity]].

* AllPeriodsArePMS: Played with. It's dragon mating season and Cynder is a good bit more aggressive because of it. Being reptiles and the context of the story, not much more is said than that.

** Cynder learns new powers for her elements, including Furies for each of them.

''The Legend Of Spyro: A New Dawn'' is a ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyro'' fanfiction written by Kendell. It can be read [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6835233/1/The_Legend_Of_Spyro_A_New_Dawn here]].

--> '''Delilah''': Dude, that's the second craziest justification for [[spoiler:genocide]] I've ever heard!
--> '''Sparx''': Second?
--> '''Delilah''': Trust me, villains have some nuts justifications for what they do. But this one is pretty high up there.

* IveComeTooFar: Deadlock turns Pyrus' plea for her to stop down because she believes she can't turn back anymore.

* AllPeriodsArePMS: Played with. It's dragon mating season and Cynder is a good bit more aggressive because of it. Being reptiles and the context of the story, not much more is said than that.

* QuirkyMiniBossSquad: Boss Kaze's trio of Weasels.

* [[HeWhoFightsMonsters She Who Fights Monsters]]: Deadlock's motivation for revenge is the temple raid and the deaths of her children. Her thrist for vengeance ultimately lead her to commit a second (though less horrific) temple raid and try to do the same to Spyro and Cynder as happened to her.

* SuperStrength: Demi is revealed to have this due to training her physical strength by headbutting trees... until they fell over...
* SwordOverHead: [[spoiler:Cynder cuts Grendel's sword in half and holds her tail blade to his neck, poised to kill him. However, after giving him a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, she lets him go and permits the Naga to arrest him, as she knows that to him, [[CruelMercy that's far worse than her killing him.]]]]
* SwordPlant: [[spoiler:Drake plants his swords in the ground, not as a threat or anything, but as a sign he means the group no harm.]]
* SwordCane: Kaze is armed with one.

** [[spoiler:Cyros becomes Dark Cyros when she absorbs Empress Tyrania's magic, similar to Dark Cynder from ''A New Beginning'', being an adult, superpowerful version of the original person. Tyrania's evil pretty much drives her completely insane. Thankfully for her, Ember and Pyrus manage to completely drain the darkness out of her, restoring her body and her sanity.]]

* StartOfDarkness: Deadlock's was seeing her mate and second clutch of eggs killed the same night, driving her insane.
* StopCopyingMe: When they reach the border to the Unknown Realms, the group encounters a parrot who mimics Sparx, annoying him to no end. He even tries to trick it into calling itself an idiot, but it doesn't fall for it.

* TheCameo: The dragon in Ember's flashback who gave her a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech that resulted in her low self-esteem is Red, the BigBad of ''Spyro: A Hero's Tail''. Considering the writer has announced this is the first in a trilogy, it's open as to rather this is a [[EarlyBirdCameo special kind of cameo]] or just a MythologyGag.
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Ember. She's a ''big'' fangirl to Spyro and Cynder and gushes over them when she first meets them. She's more subdued most of the time, but can't help but {{Squee}} whenever they do something ''really'' cool.
* TheManBehindTheMan: Turns out [[spoiler:[[DragonWithAnAgenda General Grendel]] is behind Tyrania's invasion of the Dragon Realms. He is also connected to Boss Kaze kidnapping Pyrus due to seeing the peaceful prince as a roadblock to his plans. In the end, it turns out everything was part of his plan to take genocidal revenge on the Dragons with a civilization destroying EldritchAbomination. In a twist, the reader finds out after the deaths of Tyrania and Kaze that Grendel is the one pulling the strings, but the characters themselves don't find out until the very end.]]
* ThePhoenix: The previous inhabitants of Empress Tyrania's kingdom whom she drove into extinction. Siria, their queen, appears as a spirit and acts as Ember's SpiritAdvisor and tells her how to revive the Phoenix race by defeating Tyrania.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: [[spoiler:Pyrus uses this as a ShutUpHannibal to counter Kaze's HannibalLecture, citing that despite everything else, Pyrus has one thing he doesn't, a friend. His desire to save Delilah's life allows him to perform an Ice Fury, something he couldn't before.]]
* TheTalk: Sparx revealed his father had this with him before he left, but refuses to talk about it with Spyro. Volteer starts to give it to Cynder, but Cyril cuts him off because there are eggs in the room.

* TheStarscream: Cyros to Deadlock. At least she ''tries'' to be this.
** General Grendel. Delilah even lampshades it and mentions the TropeNamer.

* ADayInTheLimelight: Cyros, one of the main antagonists from "A New Dawn" is the main character after having performed a HeelFaceTurn at the climax of the previous fic.

* TheLastOfHisKind: Empress Tyrania is the last true Gargoyle. Don't feel sorry for her though, she did this ''on purpose''.

** Deadlock, the Queen of the Naga and TheHeavy of the three, as she's the central villain with a direct grudge on the heroes.

* [[ConjoinedTwins Conjoined Triplets]]: Deadlock, who is actually three dragons who were born conjoined.

* AdaptationalBadass: In the games, the Naga was a boss only in the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance version of ''The Legend Of Spyro: The Eternal Night'', and not even canon at that. Here they're an ancient warrior race who nearly conquered the entire Dragon Realms eons ago.

** [[spoiler:As part of his LastVillainStand, Boss Kaze undergoes the BeholdMyTrueForm version and assumes his Kamaitachi form for the final battle. Complete with BodyHorror TransformationSequence.]]

* YourWorstNightmare: Deadlock during the "Restless Night" chapter. She makes Cynder experience hearing the voices of all the dragons she killed as [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Dark Cynder]] and relive killing her mother (as well as earlier making her relive being turned into Dark Cynder). Spyro is faced with being accused of the temple raid and seeing himself turned into Malefor. Cynder's is especially chilling as she [[NightmareFuel finds blood dripping from her claws]] and can't get it off. Thankfully, Ignitus found out a way to stop her.

** [[spoiler:Deadlock gets several of these to General Grendel during their confrontation prior to the FinalBattle. Perhaps the biggest is convincing the ''entire Naga army'' to perform a HeelFaceTurn, spitting in the face of his belief that his revenge is so important.]]
* SingleStrokeBattle: [[spoiler:General Grendel vs. Cynder in the penultimate chapter ends this way. Grendel charges to kill a weakened and helpless Spyro, only for Cynder to charge him and slice his sword in half as he attempts to strike, stopping [[SwordOverHead just short of slitting his throat.]]]]