Spyro the Dragon Forums / How long do dragons live in Spyro?

Re: How long do dragons live in Spyro?

dummy@example.com (thetruefan) — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 19:30:35 +0000

I think I know only one thing-

Elves are kind of fairies, and they live like 300+ years.

So fairy dragons live something like that too.

Re: How long do dragons live in Spyro?

dummy@example.com (LocoGuy107) — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 19:07:10 +0000

I was thinking that, on average, their age acceleration is ten times slower than ours, and that they can live to be around ten thousand years.

Re: How long do dragons live in Spyro?

dummy@example.com (WhimsicalWerecat) — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 11:44:33 +0000

36IStillLikeSpyro36 wrote:

how do you figure?

Oh, nothing to do with research or trying to figure out age based on the snippets of history and legend in the games. Since I do a lot of world-building myself (as a writer), I tend to work out the life-span of my fantastical creatures by their magical prowess and/ or gender.

For the dragons in the Spyro games, I just took a shot in the dark and made a complete guess.

For relatively powerful magical creatures, the 1000 year mark is a good average in fantasy world-building. It gives the creature a strong physical last-ability, but also allows for 'new cycles' of generations to grow and advance along with the passing centuries. And females generally live longer than males, since males, by nature (in most species), strive to defend their territories/ protect their families/ fight interlopers for sake of pride/ status etc, and so have a higher mortality rate.

Haha, basically, I'm thinking too hard about it.

Re: How long do dragons live in Spyro?

dummy@example.com (36IStillLikeSpyro36) — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 05:07:38 +0000

WhimsicalWerecat wrote:

And if I was to take a guess at how long dragons can live in the Spyro universe, I'd put it between 900 - 1200 years old, depending on the elemental type, and possibly gender.

how do you figure?

Re: How long do dragons live in Spyro?

dummy@example.com (WhimsicalWerecat) — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 04:48:25 +0000

The lifespan of dragons in games and fiction depend entirely on their creators. It's a shame the world-building for the Spyro games did not go more in-depth. But I guess the finer details are left for us (the audience) to make up our own minds on. Fair enough, I say. And if I was to take a guess at how long dragons can live in the Spyro universe, I'd put it between 900 - 1200 years old, depending on the elemental type, and possibly gender.

Re: How long do dragons live in Spyro?

dummy@example.com (thetruefan) — Sat, 30 Aug 2014 13:23:33 +0000

I think it depends on their type.

Re: How long do dragons live in Spyro?

dummy@example.com (paulf) — Sat, 30 Aug 2014 13:20:10 +0000

Hello everybody.
Read the posts on 'How long do dragons live'.
I recall Ignitus, mentioning one thousand years. (The Legend of Spyro: internet movie)
The passage went: "Every thousand years a purple dragon is born."
With this in mind, Ignitus is probably near or at this age. Dragons live about one thousand 'human years'.

paulf

Re: How long do dragons live in Spyro?

dummy@example.com (ccrogers15) — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 04:26:20 +0000

The thing is, in spyro 3, during when the big dragon was telling spyro about the forgotten worlds, it shows the sorceress clearly vanishing that old dragon from Spyro 1, in the stone hill exit area.

Thats clearly the same dragon from "A ten thousand years ago" as put by sheila the kangaroo. (She said the sorcerous banished them over ten thousand years ago)/.

Edit: His name is Astor: http://retrospyro.wikkii.com/wiki/File:Astor.png

Re: How long do dragons live in Spyro?

dummy@example.com (36IStillLikeSpyro36) — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 04:21:15 +0000

i remembered this thread the other day and Spyro's teeth are all jagged in Spyro 2. so carnivorous apparently.

Re: How long do dragons live in Spyro?

dummy@example.com (wisprsinthedrk) — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:07:00 +0000

Wow there is a lot more on here than the last time I looked at this post. I guess I imagine the Dragons of Spyro being somewhat omnivorous with a preference towards meat. Like you all said though it's hard to tell.

Re: How long do dragons live in Spyro?

dummy@example.com (Twingo) — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 04:09:01 +0000

36IStillLikeSpyro36 wrote:

i heard recently in a place or two that Spyro was twelve at the start of TLOS and during one of the original games. hope this helps in some way.

Wish I could've been as awesome as Spyro when I was 12

Re: How long do dragons live in Spyro?

dummy@example.com (36IStillLikeSpyro36) — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:31:57 +0000

i heard recently in a place or two that Spyro was twelve at the start of TLOS and during one of the original games. hope this helps in some way.

Re: How long do dragons live in Spyro?

dummy@example.com (Queen Cynder) — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:08:16 +0000

I've seen various-abet fictional-sources stating that they live anywhere from 200 to 1,000 years. For my own fanfic i attempt to feel in the details not present in the games by looking at these kinds of source material. My dragons are omnivores, but that is meant only to make the presence of large dragon-populated cities seem more practical. I'm sure that once your get a sizable population of them, hunting alone becomes inpractical.

Re: How long do dragons live in Spyro?

dummy@example.com (The Gnorcs) — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:27:21 +0000

Swaffy wrote:

"Okay, Spyro, time for your dental appointment."
*AAAAHHHHH!*

Image him using Electric or fire breath at the dentist?

Re: How long do dragons live in Spyro?

dummy@example.com (Swaffy) — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:34:47 +0000

"Okay, Spyro, time for your dental appointment."
*AAAAHHHHH!*

I guess one good thing about writing a fanfiction is that you have the ability to
create your own ideas. Since we really don't know the lifespan of a dragon
(though animals before the Great Flood lived to be 800 to 900 years, and also
humans due to the low amount of sun radiation) you can make up your own.