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Long have we waited, long have we suffered! But soon, our master will return, and his coming shall bring forth a new age of power for the Apes, and we shall have our revenge!
~ Gaul

Gaul the Ape King is the secondary antagonist of The Legend of Spyro trilogy.

He serves as one of the two overarching antagonists of The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning (alongside Malefor), the main antagonist of The Legend Of Spyro: The Eternal Night, and a posthumous antagonist in The Legend Of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon.

He is Malefor's second-in-command and the king of Ape Army. He is depicted as far more competent and dangerous than his bumbling subjects.

He was voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson.

Appearance[]

Gaul is a huge baboon-like ape around six meters high, clad in purple armor with a horned helmet. His face is covered in scars and his right eye is replaced by an emerald, evidencing his fierce warrior's past.

Personality[]

Gaul is cold and collected but arrogant, hateful, violent, vindictive, merciless, greedy and power-hungry. He wants revenge for his people against the Dragon kind and wishes to use Malefor's power to do so, as like the rest of his kind, he has no true loyalty to the dark Purple Dragon, even insulting his species to Spyro at the Well of Souls.

Biography[]

Past[]

Several years before the course of Spyro: A New Beginning, Malefor ordered Gaul to attack the Dragon Temple during the Year of the Dragon, to prevent the birth of the Purple Dragon who could stand against the Dark Master. Gaul led his armies to the temple and had all the eggs destroyed, save from one hidden away from him and his armies by the Fire Guardian Ignitus, and another one that Gaul took away.

Fully aware that a Dragon was needed to set Malefor free, Gaul hatched and raised Cynder, whom he turned into an immensely powerful evil dragoness by exposing her to Malefor's evil energy.

The Legend Of Spyro: The Eternal Night[]

Gaul

Gaul, leader of the Ape Army.

After Cynder succeeded in opening the Convexity Portal, but was defeated and returned to normal by Spyro, Gaul bases himself on the Mountain of Malefor and takes the matter in hand; preparing for the return of his master on the Night of Eternal Darkness.

In The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night, it was Gaul who launched an attack on the Dragon Temple and later placed a bounty on all of the dragons including Spyro. After Spyro and a repentant Cynder are abducted by Skavengers, Gaul's Ape minions attack the Pirate Arena and forcibly takes Cynder to the Well of Souls. Once Cynder was brought before him, Gaul proclaims that nothing will prevent the Dark Master's return and reassures Cynder that Malefor would either take her back for being a faithful servant to Malefor or kill her.

When Spyro reaches the Well of Souls, Gaul renders the purple dragon useless of his elemental abilities and orchestrates a fight to the death between Spyro and Cynder. However she attacks Gaul instead, only to get caught and thrown away like an afterthought. Gaul volunteers to fight Spyro one-on-one, engaging Spyro in battle in the mountain area, until the battle unexpectedly took them down to another floor of the mountain. During the fall, Spyro enters the pillar of demonic light generated by the eclipse of the Celestial Moons and turns momentarily evil, coldly killing the Ape King and freeing Malefor in the process. Cynder manages to revert Spyro back to normal, and when they became trapped in the Well of Souls, the young dragon uses his power over Time to protect himself, Cynder and Sparx from the collapse of the Mountain.

Shortly after the Night of Eternal Darkness passed, Malefor was set free and proceeded to lay waste to the land. In return for the Apes' 'loyalty', Malefor turned them into shadowy creatures needing to constantly feed on the power of others to survive.

Boss Battle[]

Playstation 2 and Nintendo Wii[]

Gaul (boss)

Gaul's battle pose.

Before the beginning of the final battle, Gaul casts a spell on Spyro with his magical staff, preventing him to use magic and furies. The Ape King is slow but highly powerful. His strongest attacks can kill Spyro with a single hit, while the others can kill Spyro with two hits, so be very cautious.

First, Gaul will attack with two huge scimitars. At close range, he delivers either powerful blows or a flurry of devastating slashes. Gaul can also use his scimitars to hurl a green fireball, which must be dodged with a jump ahead. He teleports often and repeatedly jumps to stab the ground with his blades, creating a huge, green shockwave. Spyro must always be as far away from him as possible, and dodge the shockwaves with a double jump. The fifth jumping stab is the strongest and can kill Spyro in one hit. After this, Gaul will stop for a short while, and Spyro must freeze time and attack his belly until time restarts. Most of the time, Gaul teleports out of reach but if he does not, his counterattack will be fearsome so be prepared. If Spyro destroys all the green fires disposed all around the throne room, Gaul's power will decrease significantly and his attacks will no longer be a one-hit-kill, though they remain very strong.

When Gaul is defeated, he falls on the room below the throne room, losing his scimitars, his magical staff and his helmet, and Spyro gets corrupted by Malefor's evil energy.

At close range, Gaul delivers swifts, fast blows with his gauntlets, which can kill Spyro in three hits. Gaul can still teleport, and he most often surrounds himself with a huge tornado and charges across the room. This attack can vacuum Spyro next to Gaul, (who will deal crippling damage with his gauntlets) but with the right timing, it simply expels Spyro backwards. When he is done attacking with his tornado, Gaul will cause a long-lasting rain of explosive fireballs, (Spyro musts be far away from Gaul to avoid them) then fire three green rays from his emerald-eye, one after another; (Spyro must dodge it with double jumps.) This is the only moment when Gaul can be harmed. Spyro must attack him with his breath, as no other attack will work.

When Gaul is defeated for the second time, the only thing left is to unleash a final fury to finish him off and to watch the ending.

Nintendo DS[]

Gaul combines his two scimitars to make a double-edged spear which he uses to deliver powerful blows or throws in the room like a boomerang. His attacks won't hit Spyro if he remains on the right side next to Gaul. After three "boomerang" attacks, many green ghosts will appear and began to circle around the center of the room. Spyro must stay as close as possible to Gaul at first, while remaining out of the Ape King's reach, and then head towards the center. Then, Spyro must attack Gaul with an elemental fury, the best one being Ice, and repeat this course of action until the end of the game.

Game Boy Advance[]

Gaul attacks by jumping, by punching Spyro and by landing a powerful ground smash, which must be dodged as it deals big damage. The best way to deal with Gaul is to attack him with melee strikes at close range, then get away from him and restart. Gaul's attacks deal more damage as the battle progress so beware. After a while, Gaul will start to channel purple energy into his arm and replenish his life bar. After another while, Gaul will start to jump more and more and will now be able to fire a big, purple, pulsating energy ball, which Spyro can destroy with his Fire breath. If Spyro cannot destroy the energy ball, he must avoid it by jumping. Spyro must attack Gaul repeatedly without letting him make a move, or else things can get tricky. When Spyro turns into Dark Spyro, his health gets restored and his attack power increases, which make the final part of the fight rather easy. Once Gaul is dead, Dark Spyro will have to defeat many Apes before finishing the game.

Powers and Abilities[]

Gaul is an extremely powerful warrior, immensely fast, strong, spry and proficient in the use of many weapons or hand-to-hand fighting. He mostly fights with two huge scimitars, which he can assemble into a long spear that can be thrown like a boomerang. He was also seen wielding a huge hammer. He also have vast magic power, probably granted by his lord, being able to use powerful attacks from his weapons, green fireballs from sparks when he rubs his blades to green energy shockwaves when he stomps the ground, and energy beams from his emerald eye. He can also use magic attacks without weapons and spell cast from a staff.

Trivia[]

  • Gaul is named after the Roman province of the same name, which is modern day France, Belgium, and Holland.
  • Gaul is the only primary Legend of Spyro villain to not be a dragon.

Navigation[]

           Spyro Logo Villains

Original
Spyro the Dragon
Gnasty Gnorc | Toasty | Doctor Shemp | Blowhard | Metalhead | Jacques | Gnorcs
Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage
Ripto | Gulp | Crush | Bombo
Spyro: Year of the Dragon
The Sorceress | Buzz | Spike | Scorch | Sleepyhead | Rhynocs | Moneybags
Spyro: Season of Ice
Grendor
Spyro: A Hero's Tail
Red | Gnasty Gnorc | Ineptune
Spyro: Shadow Legacy
The Sorcerer

The Legend of Spyro
Cynder | Gaul | Elemental Dragon | Dark Spyro | Arborick | Skabb | Scratch and Sniff | Malefor | Golem | Destroyer

See Also
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