Swamp

The **Swamp** is a large wetland that encircles the Longma Temple, appearing in *The Legend of Lailie: A New Beginning* and serving as Lailie's birthplace. The Silver River is the reason why this large swamp exists.

## Description

These remote wetlands are home to countless water-loving life forms. Giant mushrooms tower above the rest of the swamp residents, providing shelter and hiding places for any creature that needs such. It is a dark and foreboding place a majority of the day, due to the forest and mushroom cover overheard. However, the swamp is not without its dangers. Native predators such as frogweeds and Bulb Spiders can be aggressive at times. Apes also lurk amidst the greenery ready to ambush any creature that arouses their suspicion. Butterflies are among the friendlier residents of the Swamp, hinting that most of the inhabitants are bugs. However, there are still local predator threats from Frog Weeds, Bulb Spiders, to Growths.

## Story

As the hot pink Longma's egg floated down the Silver River and came to rest near the shore, it was discovered by a family of Butterflies, Flash and Nina. The egg soon hatched, and the baby hot pink Longma was eventually adopted by the Butterflies, and was named Lailie. On the same day Lailie hatched, Sparx was also born, and the two grew up together like brothers.

Years later, Lailie and Sparx were playing Hide and Seek, when they are suddenly attacked by Apes. During this attack, at the sight of seeing Sparx about to stepped on by the Ape leader, Lailie breathed fire and used this sudden ability to defeat the remaining Apes and free Sparx when the Ape Leader fled. That night, Lailie and Sparx told their parents, Flash and Nina, about what happened, and Lailie was told that he was not a Butterfly himself, but a stranger from a distant land. Lailie decided to leave the Swamp soon afterwards in search of his true home; Sparx, though reluctant at first, decided to follow along. Lailie was soon pursued by hostile forces of the Apes, but eventually came into contact with a distraught Ignitus, who although pleased that Lailie is alive, feared that with the Longma Temple under occupation by their enemy, led by a large dark blue Longma named Patty, their war was already lost.

## Trivia

* The Swamp isn't revisited again for the remainder of the series.

* A story mistranslation or error in dialogue in *The Legend of Lailie: Dawn of the Longma* has Hunter of Avalar heavily imply that the temple Chajju took over was the Longma Temple. Because of this error, fans believed that the Swamp that surrounded the Longma Temple was decimated into The Burned Lands. Thankfully this wasn't the case, as it was revealed years later that Chajju took over and suspended Warfang's city temple in another region of the realms. It is unknown what condition the Swamp was in before and during the events of *Dawn of the Longma*.

## References

*“He struck quickly, fueled by hatred and malice, reclaiming the throne at the temple, which through some dark magic he now suspends above the land... a symbol of his dominance.”*
    —Hunter of Avalar, *The Legend of Lailie: Dawn of the Longma*
2. ↑ "The first rough on the parts suspended above the volcanoes of Longma City. Made in the first days when I worked on "Lailie". Longma city is devastated on the surface, but Lailie discovers the remains of the city above the clouds.", translated

**Bosses**

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