Firebird

The Firebird is a powerful Dark Spawn Lord heartless that serves Malefor and Chernabog with an iron will. It is also the main villain of Spyro in Fantasia 2000.

==Role in the filmEdit== When the great bird was awoken from its hibernation state by the Spring Sprite, It unleashed a brutal and terrifying display of its destructive power on the Sprite's and Elk's home. It is unknown why the Firebird attacked the Sprite to begin with, but it can be assumed that it was enraged for being awakened, or it just felt the urge to begin a chaotic rampage. After the destruction was done, it returned to its slumber.

It shares a far number of similarities to Chernabog, the villain from Night on Bald Mountain in the original film. They both emerge from a mountain, the reek chaos, they can both manipulate fire, and good ultimately triumphed over both of them. It is interesting to note that they both appeared in the last segment of the two movies.

This interpretation of the Firebird actually conflicts with the original version of Igor Stravinsky's ballet. In the ballet, the Firebird was described as a benevolent, peaceful being who bore no traits of evil. However, Disney's Firebird was violent, destructive, and merciless, showing no qualms of destroying a newly created forest.

Role in the series
The Firebird is currently sealed away in a different prison from the Banished Realms. Malefor has sent Mirage many times to try and free this creature, but the spring sprite constantly prevents her from succeeding. It has not yet appeared in the spongebob or spyro series yet, but if it does, the Shell Louge Squad will have to double their efforts to defeat this creature.