The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night (2007 Video Game)

Martin Jarvis: The Chronicler

Quotes 

• The Chronicler : You have done well... and now it is time for you to return. But be careful, Spyro, the enemy approaches.

  Spyro : Wait! you still haven't told me who you are!

  The Chronicler : You shall know me as the Chronicler. Seek me out...

• The Chronicler : I haven't had any visitors... in my solitude... for over a thousand years.

  Sparx : Shocker! Try getting rid of the psychedelic dragon outside!

• Spyro : What is it you want me to do? I think I'm entitled to know what's happening.

  The Chronicler : You already know what is happening... of the great evil that is awakening. But there is more that you must understand.

  [a vision of the Mountain of Malefor appears] 

  Spyro : I've seen this place before. It frightens me.

  The Chronicler : This is an evil place Spyro. It is called the Mountain of Malefor... asylum to the wandering phantoms and lost spirits of those who had turned to darkness. But to the spirits themselves and the black hearted, it goes by another name...

  Gaul : The Well of Souls.

• The Chronicler : You've come far, young dragon.

  Spyro : What?! Ignitus said you would help, but you've only led me on a path to nowhere!

  The Chronicler : Our path through life is not always the path we chose. Sometimes our paths are chosen for us... and it is our destiny to follow it. Wherever it may lead.

• Sparx : [Seeing a giant hourglass]  Ooooh... what's this?... I think it's a magic wishing lamp.

  [whispers] 

  Sparx : Hello? Genie? You in there?

  Spyro : This is incredible! The entire history of the dragon race... It looks like it's all here.

  The Chronicler : [offscreen]  It is. Well, most of it.

  Sparx : [in awe]  Did you hear that? It spoke to me!

  The Chronicler : The records in this hall date back to the beginning of time... nearly.

  Spyro : The Chronicler!

  The Chronicler : Yes, Spyro... It is I... And I've been waiting for you.

  Sparx : Oh, well... I hope we didn't keep you waiting too long. We got a little held up back there... with the uh... well, you know... Riddles Of Doom!

  The Chronicler : It was a necessary evil. I had to be sure, Spyro.

• The Chronicler : [Showing Spyro and Sparx into Spyro's Book. a picture of Gaul shows up]  You've seen this hideous creature before...

  Spyro : Why is he in my book?

  The Chronicler : It was Gaul who led the raid of the temple the night of your birth... when Ignitus rescued your egg...

  Spyro : ...and when they took Cynder's.

  The Chronicler : Yes... that was most unfortunate.

  [shows a picture of babt Sparx] 

  The Chronicler : Oh! And look... here is little Sparx.

  Sparx : He-hey! Nobody needs to see that... ever.

• The Chronicler : Spyro, you must understand, when she was taken by Gaul, she was poisoned and corrupted, made to do the Dark Master's bidding. Her entire life has been spent in shadow. She knows no other way. And when the Dark Master returns... she will concede. No one can resist the temptation... not even the strongest among us.

  Spyro : I don't believe that.

  The Chronicler : Spyro, let me tell you another story.

  Sparx : Oooh, oooh, oooh! Can I pick the story this time?

  The Chronicler : There was once a dragon, long ago, whose raw power was far greater than anyone had ever seen or... could imagine. At first, he mastered fire... which was odd because he was not a fire dragon. Then came ice and wind... and other abilities none not possible. Is this story sounding familiar?

  Spyro : It was a purple dragon... like me.

  The Chronicler : The first purple dragon... In the beginning, he was encouraged... and secrets of elemental mastery were passed onto him willingly by the elders. But his power... was limitless... it knew no boundary. He consumed... everything. When he would not stop, he was cast into exile. And from his new fortress within the mountain, he built an army... not of dragons, but of apes... and taught them to artificially harness the power of the gems... Our life force.

  Spyro : You're talking about the Dark Master...

  The Chronicler : Yes. And in his dark seclusion, the sheer weight of his malice cracked the very foundation of the mountain, splitting the earth, creating a pit of despair... Where the lost souls of this world could reside.

  Spyro : The Well of Souls!

  The Chronicler : ...created by the very beast who now seeks to escape it.