"Cynder was...is...monstrous, horrific, ferocious, a black dragon that fills the skies with terror, an unstoppable force of nature..."
- Everything about Malefor.
- He was such a threat in the distant past that the ancient dragons not only managed to stop him, but they killed him, locked away his spirit in a realm between worlds with four elemental energies as keys and only a dragon born on the Year of the Dragon can open his prison.
- When moving through Convexity in the console versions of A New Beginning to reach Cynder, one can hear a mysterious voice calling Spyro's name through the level ambience. It's the spirit of Malefor observing Spyro as he makes his way to stop Cynder.
- He's a gigantic and evil dragon who speaks in a deep, demonic voice, is a very clever Chessmaster, and can deliver a chilling Breaking Speech like no one's business, as Cynder can attest to. Not to mention Mark Hamill and his terrifying performance, amped up via Voice of the Legion.
- An intended draft for the story would've had Malefor be corrupted by something far more powerful than him. Yes, there would've been something or someone out there that is worse/more evil than Malefor. Also terrifying is the possibility that this entity resides in or is perhaps imprisoned in the Dark Realms beyond the Convexity dimension which acts as an airlock between them and the Dragon Realms.
- Dragons capable of Poison, Fear and Shadow breaths exist but are not natural and are the result of a "dark magic".
- What the apes could have possibly done to Cynder to make her into an Ax-Crazy monster. What's worse is that she killed numerous other dragons during and after the war before she was 12.
- The console game menu of The Eternal Night. While the console game menu of A New Beginning has a light and hopeful theme, The Eternal Night has a dark and menacing theme. The scary Ominous Latin Chanting while the Mountain of Malefor sits in the background makes the scenario feel like one is about to enter the gates of hell. And then right when the chant ends, Malefor's silhouette appears during a brief moment during a thunder strike!
- The Golem from Dawn of the Dragon is pretty horrific, especially when Spyro and Cynder are escaping the catacombs and encounter it during several quick time sequences. If you fail to press the correct button, you're treated to a scene of Spyro and Cynder either getting crushed to a pulp or devoured whole, complete with chomping sound effects.
- What Malefor did to the Apes for their disloyalty sometime after his resurrection, using his dark magic strip them of their flesh and turn them into living skeletons that now survive by attacking stragglers from the shadows.
- In the Nintendo DS version of Dawn of the Dragon, after you bested Malefor in the first phase of the final battle, he somehow initiates the world's destruction, and through some power, he transforms into a massive, dark and horrifying monstrous version of himself that towers over both Spyro and Cynder. It doesn't help that the fiery inferno around them is making Malefor look like a frightening shadow.
- The Hermit in Dawn of the Dragon is downright unsettling; speaking in a reedy, gurgling voice, delivering sinister warnings whilst ominous music and drumbeats play in the background.
