Elora

Elora is a Faun hailing from Avalar. Her debut was in the second game of the original series, in which she helps Spyro by giving him the Guidebook, and giving him helpful hints now and then as the guide of that realm, being an expert on Avalar's people and a strong leader in times of crisis. She also made a cameo in Spyro: Year of the Dragon.

Background

A week prior, Elora was in Winter Tundra with the Professor and Hunter working on the Super Portal. After Hunter typed in the coordinates of his birthday (22475) on the Portal to test it out, Ripto flew out of the portal, along with his minions Crushand Gulp. The tyrant then announced himself the new king of Avalar, and Elora quickly commanded Zoe and her fairy friends to take the orbs and scatter them around Avalar, in order to prevent Ripto from bringing more trouble from his unknown homeworld after he instructed Crush to pack his bags.

Hearing that Ripto disliked dragons, Elora asked if it was possible to catch one. After the Professor agreed on the possibility, she went with both the Professor and Hunter to Glimmer to try and summon a dragon who can defeat Ripto.

Personality

Elora is an expert on the people of Avalar, becoming the natural choice when it came to helping Spyro defeat the evil Ripto. She is a strong leader in times of crisis, being an essential force in keeping the peace between the worlds during Ripto's invasion. She also shows strong capabilities, providing informative advice whenever asked. Scrapped level dialogue heavily shows Elora expressing insight and concern for the realms in Avalar affected by Ripto's takeover or other conflicts.

In the Spyro Reignited Trilogy adaption, while Elora is still determined to help Spyro put an end to Ripto's reign of tyranny, she appears to have a more playful side, as she wasn't offended by Spyro's question if she was a goat, and instead responded to him kindly and playfully. She also provides a more personal emotional support when giving Spyro information of the Avalar worlds.

Trivia

• Originally, Elora was going to narrate the events surrounding the levels in Avalar, but her narration was scrapped in the end.
• Elora was originally planned to appear in Spyro: Attack of the Rhynocs as a playble character, but due to Digital Eclipse's work load, she was scrapped.
• Her original English voice actress, Melissa Disney, would later voice another character in an Insomiac game, Courtney Gears in Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal. However, Gears is an antagonist, unlike Elora, who is a protagonist.
• Elora makes a brief cameo in Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy as a trading card. There were plans to include her in some way in Spyro: Season of Ice and as a playable character in Spyro: Attack of the Rhynocs, but time constraints forced her out of both projects.
• She was originally going to be a centaur but it was determined that she was cuter with two legs instead of four.
• Elora's name was inspired by Caroline Trujillo, when Oliver Wade simply rearranged the letters in her first name.
• Elora's face was based on that of Caroline Trujillo.
• While her eyes are blue in-game, her eyes are green in the CGI model.
• Elora shares all of her English voice actresses with Handel.

Voice Actresses

• Japanese : Shinobu Adachi
• English : Melissa Disney (Spyro 2 Ripto’s Rage), Carolyn Lawrence (Spyro Year of the Dragon), Cassandra Lee Morris (Reignited Trilogy)