Headcanons on the Young Dragons

[Gnephrite_Gnorc]

Young Dragons - General Headcanons
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A little, and I mean little, side project to help me cool off from writing about all of Spyro's uncles, brothers, and fathers. I've absolutely got more Spyro headcanons in the works, but for now have this complete set of headcanons about Spyro's generation. In the distant future, I'm planning on doing headcanons on the following Spyro related topics:

• Dragon Kingdom - General Headcanons
  
• Spyro Allies - General Headcanons (Well Underway!)
  
• Classic Bosses - General Headcanons
  

A Sample of Chapter 1:

Cynder:

• Too independent for her own good. And the term stoic doesn't quite suit her either, it's more like emotionally stunted, as in she can't express or understand emotions properly. Though, the more she interacts with the others, the easier communication gets, but the 'Lone Wolf' mindset is so ingrained into her psyche that it can slow progression to a snail's pace. It doesn't help that she was never a people person to begin with and quite irritable, too, with an odd tendency to brood when left alone for too long.
  
• Dream Weaver, there's no doubt about it. She has the perception and sixth sense of one, not to mention her innate ability to physically interact with people's dreams. She mainly uses her status as a Dream Weaver to eat and create nightmares, which she prefers to do over obliterating them. She cannot bring herself to care for regular dreams because they're 'boring', geez, it's clear why she gets along with Kasiya so well.
  
• She has yet to meet Spyro, Sparx, or anyone that wasn't a Dream Weaver or a Fairy and frankly, she's indifferent about it. 'Cairo, was it? I'm going to have to decline the 'playdate' you set up for us, Bakari, because I'm sure we both have better things to be doing'. In a scenario where she and him do finally meet, she's going to be standoffish and cold towards him while he gives a ridiculous amount of sass right back at her, it would be a disaster.
  

• She doesn't like talking about how she got her cuffs, and, by extension, her past. 'Let's... Not talk about it. All you need to know... Is that it was bad'. She hates dreaming with a passion as they bring forth memories thought to have been suppressed. The one, singular story to leave her mind was about her birth, how she stayed in her egg past infancy slowly absorbing the magic within the air. The first face to greet her was one of a dragon full of malice and rapacity... He's no longer in this world... And that's where her story stopped.
  
• She uses two particular elements that would take lifetimes to master, Shadow and Fear. The only way she'd be able to get that kind of power is if it was bestowed to her or if she was born with it, a one in a billion chance. The origins of her powers are dubious at best, but with Shadow she can dive into her own shadow and surprise enemies with sneak attack, and with Fear she can paralyze her enemies and cause hallucinations. She's strong, no debate, but relies heavily on magic rather than physical skill to win her battles.
  
• She resides in Dark Passage, where she acts quite hostile to perceived threats when they get too close to the territory she's guarding. A few months ago, she had been rescued by Bakari after being found unconscious near the 'Return Home' portal in Dark Passage. Her first instinct was to attack the old man who swiftly put her to sleep. Several grueling weeks passed, but she eventually warmed up to all the Dream Weavers, and quietly swore to protect them alone with her life.
  
• Claustrophobic and will instantly grow anxious if confined to a small space without any natural lighting. Any room she's in needs at least one window or she'll be on edge, more than usual, for the remainder of her stay. 'Give me a minute, it's stuffy in here... It's hard to breathe'. It got bad once when she fell into a Fool's trap, an empty spring box, and she was hysterical in the pitch-black dimension. If Obasi hadn't been there to soothe and release her, she would've unleashed her second form in a blind panic.
  
• She can manifest herself as an intimidating dragoness but can't keep that form for long. It's all an illusion, a combination of the Shadow and Fear elements that doesn't improve her strength in any way. She takes this form when dealing with the extremely aggressive Fools and Devil Dogs. Hmm, her transformation is quite similar to theirs, it must definitely be from overexposure to the twisted magic of the Dream Weaver Realms.
  

[Gnephrite_Gnorc]

I'm planning on working on something that includes the Reignited Balloonists, but I'm having trouble finding  videos solely about them. Specifically, I really need their voicelines to help with characterization, so I was wondering if anyone already has their cutscenes/ voicelines sitting somewhere on the internet and I just missed them. If so, please let me know, you would be my hero, and, if not, don't sweat it.

[CrystalBlazier]

I like your idea for a Reignited/Classic Cynder as a Dream Weaver dragon. I actually had a similar idea in mind for a way to reference her adult corrupted form in ANB, but it's not used as an illusion.

[Gnephrite_Gnorc]

Writing for Cynder and Spyro was fairly simple. But for Flame and Ember? They took a bit more time than the others, I'm still not quite sure I like where my Flame is at, but I know I got a good grasp on who I want Ember to be.