Skylanders: Ring of Heroes
The Air element is one of the eight original elements in Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure.
Core Skylanders
Debuting in Spyro's Adventure
Whirlwind
Whirlwind is half-dragon, half-unicorn; unfortunately, both races' jealousy makes her an outsider (the dragons covet her beauty, the unicorns envy her ability to fly). Nonetheless, when trolls hunted both species, she jumped to their defense. The result... well, let's just say that evil beings are now terrified of rainbows.
- Action Girl: There's a reason why evil beings are terrified of rainbows.
- All of the Other Reindeer: Got this treatment from both of her species.
- Badass Adorable: She's part unicorn, she shoots rainbows, she has feathery wings... even her giggles are adorable!
- Combat Medic:
- Her Soul Gem ability, “Rainbow of Healing” makes her rainbows able to heal her teammates. This is only available in multiplayer, however.
- Many of her unique cards in Battlecast involve healing her team.
- The Dreaded: The trolls invoked Whirlwind's wrath by hunting both of the races she's descended from. The resulting Roaring Rampage of Rescue was so great that she's now feared quite greatly by the forces of evil. Yes, the dragon/unicorn hybrid who shoots rainbows (of DOOM) from her horn is The Dreaded!
- Everything's Better with Rainbows: Heck, even a black hole (the "Rainbow Singularity" upgrade) is better with rainbows! Her enemies call it the "Rainbow Of Doom"note for a reason.
- Fantastic Racism: Justifiably, towards trolls, seeing as they attacked her dragon and unicorn brethren. Despite this, the image of her soul gem ability “Rainbow of Healing” has her healing Boomer, who is a troll.
- Half-Breed Discrimination: Wasn't accepted by either species due to her hybrid nature. This did not stop her from going on a Roaring Rampage of Rescue against the trolls for hunting them though.
- Healing Shiv: After acquiring her Soul Gem upgrade, Whirlwind's Rainbow of Doom doubles as a Rainbow of Healing in two-player co-op.
- Hybrid Monster: She's a dragon/unicorn hybrid.
- Killer Rabbit: Is far more deadly than you'd expect from something that's half-unicorn and shoots rainbows.
- Mood-Swinger: She has the grace of a unicorn, and the fury of a dragon; but she's been trying to curb her temper since becoming a Skylander.
- Offscreen Moment of Awesome: Her unseen adventure in the Frostfest Mountain, which led to the Frost Elves erecting an immense golden statue of her that doubles as a handy storage platform for The Illuminator.
- Roaring Rampage of Rescue: When the trolls started hunting the two races she's a hybrid of, she went on one of these that made her The Dreaded to evildoers.
- Shock and Awe: Whirlwind's secondary attack is a "tempest cloud" that electrocutes nearby enemies.
- Unrealistic Black Hole: One of her strongest attacks involves creating a rainbow black hole to attack her enemies.
- Useless Useful Spell: Her Soul Gem ability allows her rainbows to heal her fellow Skylanders. This means however, that she won’t get any use out of it outside of two players mode.
- Winged Unicorn: Whirlwind is a half dragon, half unicorn, but for some reason has feathered wings instead of dragon ones, giving her the look of one of these.
A gryphon who hoped to protect her hatchlings, but a wizard was able to find her and curse her eggs; the chicks would hatch, but return to being eggs within moments and hatch again in an endless cycle. Making the best of a bad situation, she taught her chicks how to fight when hatched, and joined the Skylanders to protect others from suffering this kind of evil.
- Action Girl: She fits the bill.
- Action Mom: She's even able to get an assist from her chicks.
- Area of Effect: Her Roar attack does damage in an area in front of her. Even more so when supplemented by her "Siren Griffin" path upgrades and/or her Soul Gem ability.
- Cursed with Awesome: She trained her cursed hatchlings to assist her in battle anytime she needs them with effectively no risk to them. Sure, probably not pleasant for her, but certainly helpful.
- Fusion Dance: Sonic Boom's Wow Pow ability allows her to combine her hatchlings into one "Super Baby" with a much stronger bite.
- One-Hit-Point Wonder: Sonic Boom's hatchlings vanish in a puff of baby feathers the moment they take any damage, and the player must toss them again.
- Our Gryphons Are Different: Sonic Boom resembles an opinicus, with her eagle's head and wings, but lion's tail, and four clawed legs. This also applies to her (normal) hatchlings; the Super Baby looks distinctly more dinosaur-like, with scrawny front arms and wings but a large head, back legs and long tail.
- Splash Damage: Her "Echolocation" upgrade causes her sonic blasts to send out secondary shockwaves upon impact, which inflict additional damage.
- Spread Shot: Her sonic breath already has a wide area of effect, but the "Medea Griffin" path of upgrades enables Sonic Boom to toss all of her eggs simultaneously, in a spread pattern.
- Super-Scream: Her primary attack is a blast of sonic energy.
- Weaponized Offspring: Her hatchlings can fight alongside her.
Warnado
A turtle hatched in a rare Enchanted Twister, Warnado eventually adapted to it and learned how to use the wind. Now he only gets dizzy when standing still.
- Blow You Away: His secondary attack is to launch a tornado that sucks up nearby enemies.
- Instant Flight: Just Add Spinning!: His Whirlwind Flight.
- Player-Guided Missile: His "Guided Twister" upgrade is fully steerable.
- Power Glows: Lightcore Warnado's shell lights up.
- Spectacular Spinning: His moveset runs on this trope. In fact, Warnado is so used to spinning that he only gets dizzy from standing still.
- Spin Attack: Has one for his primary ability.
Lightning Rod
Lightning Rod once lived in the Cloud Kingdom, beloved for his heroic deeds and good looks. But it wasn't enough for him. He eventually met Spyro, whose stories of his adventures in faraway lands inspired him to seek out Eon and join the Skylanders.
- Big Eater: According to the Official 2013 Skylanders Annual, Lightning Rod consumes an amount of food considered overboard for a human diet. 400 eggs for breakfast, 25 whole livestock for lunch, and several sheep for dinner, anyone?
- A Day in the Limelight: He's the main focus character in the tie-in novel "Lightning Rod Faces the Cyclops Queen".
- Expy: Bearded lightning-bolt-slinger? Talk about Zeus.
- Flying on a Cloud: His entire lower half is cloud.
- Fog Feet: As pointed out by Quigley in Spyro's Adventure.Quigley: You have a cloudy butt! Hahahaha!
- Hunk: Particularly in-universe, where he's apparently nicknamed "Rod the Bod".
- No Indoor Voice: He never drops below a drawn out, echoing shout.
- Shock and Awe: Throws lightning bolts.
- Walking Shirtless Scene: All the time.
Debuting in Giants
Jet-Vac
Jet-Vac was a daring flying ace from the land of Windham. Like all Sky Barons, he received a set of magical wings when he was young, but when Windham was attacked he gave them up to a young mother so she and her children could escape. Eon was moved by this story enough to seek Jet-Vac out and give him a vacuum device to replace his lost wings.
In SuperChargers, he comes in contact with a Rift Engine and gets promoted to a SuperCharger as Hurricane Jet-Vac.
- Ace Pilot: Well, he flies himself instead of needing a plane, but close enough. Fully qualifies as a Supercharger, where he even gets his own Ace Custom plane.
- Bird People: His race, the Sky Barons, are this.
- Blow You Away: His vaccuum cannon also fires bullets of compressed air.
- Butt-Monkey: Courtesy of Eruptor, he spends the whole "Just Like Swap-Force" trailer
in pain. - Charged Attack: One of Jet-Vac's upgrades enables him to fire a super shot every time he defeats an enemy by vaccuuming it up.
- Do a Barrel Roll: If you take Jet-Vac down the Vac-Packeteer upgrade path, one of the attacks you can purchase is the "Flying Corkscrew", which allows him to literally barrel roll while hovering in the air.
- Jet Pack: Allows Jet-Vac to move quickly, but takes time to recharge. It can be recharged more quickly by using his vaccuum cannon.
- Mister Seahorse: Although he's a male, Jet-Vac has laid an egg in every promotional trailer he appears in.
- One-Hit Polykill: His "Piercing Winds" upgrade allows his shots to hit multiple enemies.
- Power Glows: LightCore Jet-Vac's vaccuum cannon glows, as does a central jewel on his armor.
- Weapons That Suck: His primary weapon is a vaccuum cannon.
Debuting in Swap Force
Pop Thorn
Pop Thorn hails from a race of creatures known as Pufferthorns. Often considered one of the cutest creatures in all of Skylands, they are generally quite timid and puff out sharp spines when scared. It is this ability that long ago led to the unfortunate legacy of being used as combs by giant trolls everywhere, being the sharp spines are perfect for brushing out tangles from their long, matted hair. But not long ago, one Pufferthorn took a stand. Tired of his race being used for nothing more than good grooming, Pop Thorn used his naturally thorny abilities to stand up and fight back against the giant trolls. Soon after, Master Eon made Pop Thorn a Skylander. And to this day, no trolls dare to comb their hair.
- Blow You Away: His Breath Weapon.
- Cute Little Fangs: A Ridiculously Cute Critter, and with little fangs while puffed up, it gives him a rather adorable underbite.
- Killer Rabbit: After Pop Thorn drove them off, the trolls learned to stay away from Pop Thorn and his kind.
- Macross Missile Massacre: Pop Thorn, while puffed up, launches his spines as homing missiles.
- Ridiculously Cute Critter: He's a Pufferthorn, said to be one of the cutest creatures in Skylands.
- Stance System: By inflating and deflating, he can switch between Mighty Glacier and Fragile Speedster stances.
Scratch
Scratch spent her youth soaring in the clouds around her floating city of gold and jewels, until Pirate Greebles came to steal the city's magic crystals. Donning specially made armor, she fought off the pirates.
- Cool Mask: Hers can fire laser beams.
Debuting in Trap Team
Blades
Blades hailed from a long line of dragon guardians that stood watch over dungeon where the Golden Fear Serpent slumbered. When the serpent awakened, Blades fought through the wave of fear that was released and confronted the beast. The Golden Fear Serpent made an offer that he would leave the kingdom and sleep for another hundred years if Blades took his place and remain in the dungeon for eternity. Blades accepted the offer for the safety of the kingdom, and by facing his fear, the serpent vanished. Word of his bravery reached Master Eon, who made Blades a Skylander.
- Awesome Ego: Initially believes he can do missions on his own and doesn't need anyone's help. During most of I Am Legendary, he taunts his enemies as he bests him and proudly boasts about his victory to his team over likely taking down the only lead to the Machine Magus.
- Blade Below the Shoulder: Not just below the shoulder, his entire armor is bladed.
- Blow You Away: Can summon a whirlwind that damages enemies and even follow him around if upgraded further. The whirlwind can also pick up his blade shards and spin them around, causing increased damage.
- Break the Haughty: In I Am Legendary, he's hit with this after being overwhelmed by the Machine Magus, stripped of his ability to summon his Legendary armor, and outnumbered by Drow villains.
- Character Development: Blades spent most of I Am Legendary endangering the mission with his recklessness and talking down to Bouncer, Night Shift, and Trigger Happy (who are experienced Skylanders), calling them "old timers" and "slow". Being injured, unable to call for assistance, and surrounded by enemies causes him to realize how much of a jerk he was to his team, and he considered surrendering his Legendary status to earn it back someday by proving that he can be part of a team. Luckily, Bouncer encouraged Blades to keep it after seeing how much the dragon has changed and officially became part of the Skylander team in the process.
- It's All About Me: In I Am Legendary, he was incredibly arrogant and reckless after becoming the youngest Skylander-in training to ever achieve Legendary status. Blades believed he could take on threats by himself without help to prove himself to be the best Legendary Skylander ever.
- Knight in Shining Armor: He is clad in knight-like armor, and was willing to sacrifice his dreams of becoming a knight for all eternity if it meant keeping his kingdom safe.
- Storm of Blades: His secondary ability has him throw blade shards at enemies.
Fling Kong
As a royal protector of the legendary monkey idol Kubla-Wa, Fling Kong trained seriously in the mysterious art of Monk-Ru, a form of fighting using the power of air. He was a devoted student, always the first to arrive to training and the last to leave. One day, a troop of foul-smelling, well-armed Gorilla-Goos appeared, led by the infamous General Snot. Snot had heard stories about the idol, particularly that it was made of solid gold. The villains quickly seized control of the temple that housed the idol and were on the verge of taking it. But suddenly the smelly gorillas found themselves face to face with Fling Kong – who attacked with the power of a true Monk-Ru master! Using his flying rug and powerful vortex discs, he expertly defeated the Gorilla-Goos and saved the idol. Soon after, word of his actions spread to Master Eon.
- Deadly Disc: His primary means of attack. With upgrades, shuriken blades can be added for extra oomph.
- Magic Carpet: He flies around on one.
Giant
Swarm
Born a prince of insect warriors, Swarm (like the other 9,000 members of the royal family) was never allowed to leave the hive. But some magical quirk led him to grow much larger than the other bees so that he could no longer fit with his people, leading him to step out into the world where he joined the fight against the Arkeyans.
- Bee Afraid: He's a massive been who packs a punch.
- Blade Below the Shoulder: They can even be shot like a bullet.
- Crazy-Prepared: Always has a plan bee
- Dual Wielding: Wields a blade each on his arms.
- Gratuitous Spanish: Showed with his rolling Rs and calling himself "Eswarm" when listening to the music player on Flynn's ship.
- Massive Numbered Siblings: One of 9,000.
- One to Million to One: He can split into a ton of smaller bees that attack enemies.
- Royals Who Actually Do Something: A prince of a hive who fights bad guys and assorted evil.
- Stance System: Swarm has a total of three stances. His normal form focuses on melee combos, flight mode is faster and uses missile attacks, and Swarm Form turns him into a walking cloud of area damage.
- The Worm That Walks: His Swarm Form splits him into a bunch of smaller bees.
Swap Force
Free Ranger
From the moment he was hatched — in a storm, with his egg struck by lighting — Free Ranger has loved exploring extreme weather. But the Darkness is no mere storm, and Eon stopped him from jumping into the maelstrom to request his help in fighting it.
- Dual Wielding: Wields two "stormblades" in combat.
- Shock and Awe: One of his attacks is shooting lightning from his eyes.
- Tornado Move: His secondary attack turns him into a tornado.
Boom Jet
Boom Jet was an extremely competitive and daring sky surfer, but when the Darkness came he put his ego aside and used his skills to evacuate his village before it was destroyed.
- Big Ego, Hidden Depths: Put his ego aside to save everyone from his village before the Darkness destroyed it.
- Death from Above: Can call in a machine gun airstrike directly in front of him. (That can be upgraded to drop bombs as well.)
- Throw Down the Bomblet: Some of his attacks involve throwing bombs.
Trap Masters
Gusto
Once a cloud wrangler in the peaceful Thunderclap Kingdom, Gusto learned to master the wind under the guidance of the Cloud Dragon. When a fleet of dragon hunters came to capture the creature, Gusto stepped in to defend it. He surprised his foes by repeatedly hitting them with his large "curved stick" until they surrendered & retreated. For protecting the Cloud Dragon, Gusto was given a new Traptanium Boomerang and became parts of the Trap Team.
- Balloon Belly: His Inhaler move allows him to suck in large amounts of air & enemies, giving him a distended stomach. He isn't any slower and can still attack.
- Battle Boomerang: He uses a large Traptanium Boomerang.
Thunderbolt
Epically strong and heroically competitive, Thunderbolt grew up on legendary Mount Cloudpierce. Every year, his people held a contest to determine who would wield the Storm Sword – a legendary blade with the power to change the seasons in Skylands. To Thunderbolt, this would be a great honor. But on the day he won the contest and was about to be presented with the sword, a Frost Mage snatched it and plunged all of Skylands into a wintery deep-freeze. Undaunted, Thunderbolt bravely took chase. Riding twin bolts of chained lightning, he overtook the mage, reclaimed the sword, and restored balance to the weather systems in Skylands. For his heroic actions, Thunderbolt was made a member of the Trap Team, and he now uses his Traptanium Storm Sword to strike evil at every turn!
- Fog Feet. Has a mass of clouds in the place of legs, much like Lightning Rod.
- Oddly Shaped Sword: Be it the electricity motif of the normal version or the tuning-fork shape of the fully-upgraded version, his sword's shape is rather unorthodox, to say the least.
- Shock and Awe: He can summon storm clouds and his Soul Gem ability lets him call down lightning bolts from the sky.
SuperCharger
Stormblade
From the moment she left the nest, Stormblade had always pushed the boundaries, seeking to travel further than anyone had ever gone. At a young age, she made the bold leap off of her home island and plummeted through the deep blue sky in an attempt to find the bottom of Skylands – only to find no such bottom existed. This did not fulfill her curiosity, nor did it sway her belief there was something else beyond the limits of her world. Soon she built a custom ship, the Sky Slicer, and raced to the furthest reaches of Skylands in search of its end – but no end could be found. She wanted answers, and so she came to the one person that could help her – Master Eon. The Portal Master instantly saw the unquenchable thirst for exploration that resided in Stormblade, and asked her to join the Skylanders on a very special mission that would take her through the uncharted rifts between worlds!
- Artistic License – Biology: Within the development of her, at least, which is what led to her final design. She was originally a light-blue peacock with purple feathers and was of the Life element. During the testing of her, a little girl told the developers that female peacocks aren't colorful and instead are brown. After that, Stormblade was planned to be a raven of the Dark element before finally becoming a lark of the Air element.
- Feather Flechettes: Uses throwing knives that look like a cross between kunai knives and feathers. Her wings are lined with them.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The Red to Nightfall's Blue, but the Blue to Ghost Roaster's Red in the comic arc "Secret Agent Secrets".
Senseis
Air Strike
Before he began training Brawlers, Air Strike trained birds – especially the rare Blue Zephyr Falcons. They were once one of Skylands’ most endangered species, but Air Strike taught them how to defend themselves from predators... and not fly into windows. Birds would come from all over Skylands to learn his proven techniques. But despite their new defensive skills, the Blue Zephyr Falcons continued to be hunted by a band of evil trolls, who liked to use their eggs in blue-bacon omelets. So it was time for Air Strike to strike back! He journeyed to the peak of the Zephyr Mountain and single-handedly took down the trolls, rescuing the stolen eggs. After returning them to their mother, one of the eggs hatched, revealing a very energetic Falcon that would not leave his side. Air Strike named him “Birdie” – and together, they now use their skills to train Skylanders, despite Master Eon’s crippling fear of falcons.
- Attack Animal: He fights alongside his falcon, Birdie.
Wild Storm
By the time he was 10 years old, Wild Storm had already mastered the Air Blade. With no family of his own, he spent much of his youth traveling throughout Skylands, offering his combat services to the highest bidder as a soldier of fortune. On one such occasion, he was hired by Kaos to break into a pirate outpost in Skyhighlands to steal their legendary gold detector. But little did Wild Storm know, he was only being used by Kaos to scout their defenses – and he was captured by the pirates! While imprisoned in the highest tower, the powerful winds blew through his cell, fueling his anger. But Wild Storm would not be contained! Harnessing the storm’s energy, he grew 3 times his size and exploded out of his prison – vowing to put a stop to Kaos once and for all. Soon after, he met Master Eon, who agreed to help him, provided Wild Storm would share his skills in swordsmanship with other Skylanders, as a Sensei of the Knight Class!
- The Faceless: Nobody knows what's under his hood.
