- “Twists of Fury!”
- —Whirlwind's official catchphrase
Whirlwind is a unicorn/dragon hybrid Skylander from Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure. She is of the Air element. Her winter counterpart is called Polar Whirlwind, and her Series 3 counterpart is called Horn Blast Whirlwind.
Background
Personality
Whirlwind is as brave as she is graceful. Her mood swings can be as changeable as the weather, but since becoming a Skylander, she has tried to keep her temper in check.[1] However, she doesn't keep a calm head when provoked.[2] Whirlwind is strong-winged, wild and ferocious. But deep down, she is pure of heart, having held no grudge against the dragons and unicorns for shunning her.
Biography
Whirlwind is an air dragon with unicorn ancestry – two species that could not be more opposite in nature, which made her never quite fit in with either group. Other dragons were envious of her beauty, while unicorns shunned her for her ability to fly. But Whirlwind found peace within the dark and stormy clouds, where she learned to harness the tempest power within her. Despite her turbulent youth, she was the first to defend both dragons and unicorns when the trolls began hunting them, unleashing her ferocity in a brilliant and powerful rainbow that could be seen throughout many regions of Skylands. From that day forward, evil-doers would quake when dark clouds brewed, and run from the rainbow that followed the storm.
Story
History
Born of both unicorn and dragon descent, Whirlwind often felt like an oddball outsider. Unicorns were unimpressed with her wings and dragons disliked the horn on her head. Shunned and seeking solace, Whirlwind retreated to the cover of storm clouds, where she learned to harness her tempest power. When a troublesome troupe of trolls came searching for unicorn tails and dragon scales, Whirlwind burst from her cover and unleashed a blinding rainbow to send them fleeing. From that day on, unicorns and dragons saw her in a new light. Seeing her purity of heart, Master Eon made her a Skylander. Today, nothing makes a troll tremble like a small, stormy cloud moving speedily towards him.[3]
Years later, Whirlwind rescued the Frost Elves of Winter Keep from a curse of eternal midnight by enchanting a crystal horn called the Illuminator to grant eternal daylight to the elves. This not only helped break the curse, but also protected the Keep and gave the elves courage during their fight against potential attacks.
Gameplay
As a result of spending time within dark storm clouds, Whirlwind gained the ability to shoot rainbow energy from her horn, which can also be used to heal her allies. She can launch storm clouds at her enemies with a single clap of her wings. Being part dragon, Whirlwind has the ability to fly.
She holds the ability to enchant an object with her power, as evident when she empowered the Illuminator in Winter Keep.
Stats
These are the starting and maximum Statistics for this Skylander in the Skylanders games.
- Health: 270 (max. 540)
- Speed: 50 (max. 98)
- Armor: 18 (max. 48)
- Critical Hit: 50 (max. 100)
- Elemental Power: 39 (max. 89)
Warning: These stats are not used in any of the Skylander games. They are only listed for completeness reasons.
- Strength: 65
- Defense: 30
- Agility: 65
- Luck: 75
These are the starting and maximum Statistics for this Skylander in the Skylanders games.
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- Speed: ??
- Armor: ??
- Critical Hit: ??
- Elemental Power: ??
Warning: These stats are not used in any of the Skylander games. They are only listed for completeness reasons.
- Strength: 70
- Defense: 40
- Agility: 65
- Luck: 95
These are the starting and maximum Statistics for this Skylander in the Skylanders games.
- Health: 270 (max. 540)
- Speed: 50 (max. 98)
- Armor: 18 (max. 48)
- Critical Hit: 10 (max. 60)
- Elemental Power: 25 (max. 75)
Warning: These stats are not used in any of the Skylander games. They are only listed for completeness reasons.
- Strength: 75
- Defense: 40
- Agility: 65
- Luck: 150
Abilities
| Basic Abilities These abilities are available from the start of the game. |
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| Rainbow of Doom | Tempest Cloud |
Rainbow of Healing
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 A arced blast of rainbow energy. |
 Send forth clouds that electrocute nearby enemies. |
 Rainbows heal your allies. | ||||
| Basic Upgrades Skylanders can buy new abilities from Persephone/Power Pods. | ||||||
| Rainbow Chain | Triple Tempest | Dragon Flight | Dual Rainbows | |||
 Rainbows do extra damage. Shoot a Tempest Cloud and a second rainbow comes off of it. |
 Have 3 Tempest Clouds active. Tempest Clouds do extra damage as well. |
 Allows Whirlwind to fly. |
 Shoot a Tempest Cloud and two rainbows will chain off it. | |||
| Ultimate Rainbower |
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| Double Dose of Doom | Atomic Rainbow | Rainbow Singularity | ||
 Shoot two Rainbows of Doom at once. |
 Rainbow of Doom attack does increased damage. |
 Charge up a super powerful Rainbow of Doom. |
| Tempest Dragon |
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| Triple Rainbow, It's Full On | Tempest Tantrum | Tempest Matrix | ||
 Shoot a Tempest Cloud and 3 rainbows will chain off of it. |
 Biggest Tempest Cloud does increased damage with increased range. |
 Electricity forms between Tempest Clouds that hurt enemies. |
Quotes
Battle Cries
- "Twists of Fury!"
- "Natural power!"
- "Away we go!"
- "Skyward!"
- "Hmmm... Impressive!"
- "Bow to my beauty!"
- "The wind howls victory!"
- "Quite a gust!"
- "How majestic!"
- "I will adore this with pride!"
- "A name worthy of me!"
- "The wind whispers my name!"
- "I shall proceed!"
- "Throw caution to the wind!" When opening an air elemental zone
- "Gale force!" - when leveling up
- "Felt the wind on my back!"
Character Trailers
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Skylanders Giants - Meet the Skylanders - Series 2 Whirlwind (Twists of Fury)
Skylanders Swap Force - Meet the Skylanders - Horn Blast Whirlwind (Twists of Fury)
See also
Gallery
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Trivia
- Whirlwind was originally called Stormee.
- She is currently the only Skylander to be mentioned in a story chapter and a Story Scroll, as Winter Keep seems to be a level dedicated to the unicorn/dragon Skylander.[4]
- Her early promotional title in her Toy Fair 2011 debut was called "Tempest Dragon."
- Like Cynder and Flashwing, Whirlwind has no visible teeth.
- Incidentally, they are all the only dragon Skylanders in the games who are female.
- When Whirlwind revealed that one of her attacks was called the Rainbow of Doom, Flynn laughed, which proved to be a mistake when Whirlwind lashed out at him. Afterwards Flynn was back on his feet after just a few weeks, implying that Whirlwind went easy on him than she normally would when angered.[5]
- Her catchphrase is a play on "Fists of Fury!".
- Whirlwind can also use her rainbow energy to heal her friends in battle.
- She bears a few similarities to the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic character, Rainbow Dash (both possess rainbow and storm manipulation).
- When shooting a rainbow once the Rainbow of Healing uprade is purchased and as a Series 2 figure, Whirlwind's unicorn horn is colored from yellow and pink.
- When she obtains the Wow-Pow ability, Whirlwind's horn begins glowing in colors of the rainbow. In Swap Force, she cannot anymore. However, if the Rainbow Singularity isn't charged all the way, then her horn will glow colorfully until it is fully charged and then shot.
- The Tempest Matrix upgrade resembles the attacks of the Arkeyan Blasters from Spyro's Adventure.
- There is a glitch that Whirlwind is still able to fly even after jumping.
- Ironically, Whirlwind has no wind-based powers, nor does her Series 3 counterpart's Wow Pow ability affect her horn's powers.
References
- ↑ Skylanders Official Annual 2013, page 14
- ↑ Skylanders Universe: The Complete Collection, page 9
- ↑ Skylanders Official Sticker Book: Meet the Skylanders
- ↑ Winter Keep's Story Scroll
- ↑ Skylanders: Universe - Book of Elements: Air & Earth, page 20
