- “Welcome to the Dream Weavers, young one. While chasing Gnasty's minions in this world, you must expect the unexpected and prepare for what is not there.”
- —Lateef
Lateef is a dragon who is the leader of the Dream Weaver dragons in Spyro the Dragon. After Spyro freed him in the Dream Weavers realm, Lateef welcomed the young dragon's arrival and gave him advice on dealing with Gnasty Gnorc's minions in the Dream Weavers world. Lateef later went to confront Gnasty Gnorc along with several other dragons, but was imprisoned a second time. He was released by Spyro again in Gnorc Cove.
Appearance[]
Original Design (1998)[]
Lateef is a tall, cyan blue dragon with green eyes, brown horns, a near white, light green underbelly, light green wings with dark-colored membranes, a long wavy back fin running down his back, and hair in the form of a goatee, and side burns. He shares his character model with Mazi, Azizi, Useni, and Revilo.
Reignited Design (2018)[]
In the Spyro Reignited Trilogy, Lateef is portrayed as a monk.[1] His skin is a deeper shade of blue and he has two pieces of some kind of red cloth around his neck and waist trimmed with gold, a gold necklace with tassels and a rope belt. He eyes are now yellow, he also has ears, feathered wings, balances on his tail, and has a small pot with pink rocks emitting faint smoke. He seems to be dealing with the mystical arts as he talks in riddles.
Quotes[]
- “Keep up the good work, Spyro. I expect Gnasty's really starting to worry about you.”
- —Lateef, Spyro the Dragon (game)
Gallery[]
- Main article: Lateef/Gallery
Trivia[]
- In some early builds of the original game, and even fairly late in development, this dragon was missing his dialogue cutscene. Instead, releasing the dragon would cause the statue to instantly disappear.
- When being rescued again in Gnorc Cove in the original game, Lateef has a different voice.
- Lateef is an Arabic name, meaning "Gentle, kind".
- While Lateef and his friend Revilo both appear in the post-Gnasty Gnorc cutscene in the original game, they are absent from said sequence in Reignited.
- While in the actual Reignited game, he is a deeper shade of blue, his artwork for said game depicts him with the same blue that he has in the original.
- Lateef is mistakenly labelled as Mazi in The Art of Spyro: Reignited Trilogy.[2]
References[]
- ↑ Is Lateef supposed to be a monk here?" " Yep! I decided to get inspiration from them! Concentration is power!". (Date Posted - Aug. 16, 2019). Facebook.
- ↑ The Art of Spyro: Reignited Trilogy, page 84-85.
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