spyro the dragon is a video game character from the video game series with the same name, where he is the main hero. he is a purple dragon who goes on missions to help protect his home world which is the dragon realms. he is usually followed by a yellow dragonfly named sparx and in the earlier games sparx would be spyro's health bar. his main attack in the games are ramming enemies with his horns. he also has 5 breath abilities: fire, water, bubbles, electricity and ice.