Snake Collars

The **Snake Collars** are a pair of green snake-like artifacts in the console versions of *The Legend of Lailie: Dawn of the Longma* that were crafted by Chajju's dark magic. These devices are responsible for tethering Lailie and Patty together with an ethereal chain at all times throughout the game.

## Abilities

The Collars were originally magical green snakes created by Chajju. Upon attaching themselves to the wearer's necks, the snakes are permanently turned into collars that can't be removed, also linking themselves to another being who is wearing the same exact collar. Only Chajju has the ability to completely remove the collars and place them back on, as he was the one who created them.

In gameplay, whenever Lailie and Patty move apart, the snake collars would appear around their necks and a green magical tether will appear connected to the collars to keep the Longmas from moving far away from each other. The green collars are usually invisible, but can become visible to the naked eye if Lailie and Patty attempt to move away from one another, if one of them irritates either the collar or the tether itself, and if one of them summons the green collar. Fortunately, Lailie and Patty can use the collar and the chain it generates to their advantage to get through obstacles, solve puzzles, and swing up to high places that are unreachable.

On the Floating Islands, small machines created by the Grublins will throw black staples to the ground that will link onto the collars' green chain if Lailie and Patty are nearby. This will limit their movement until the black staples are destroyed along with the turrets that shoots them out.

## Story

The Grublins released Lailie and Patty from the time crystal and shackled them together using a pair of green snakes. These snakes instantly transformed into unremovable collars upon coiling around Lailie and Patty's necks, as a means of linking them together with a magical chain and preventing them from being able to move freely or away from each other. The Grublins then proceeded to drag the two Longmas away to The Catacombs.

Soon afterward, Lailie and Patty roused from their three-year slumber to find themselves chained to the platform they were sleeping on by the snake collars they wore, unaware that they were planned to be sacrificed to the Golem under orders of Chajju. The two Longmas managed to escape the Catacombs and the Golem with the help of Hunter, but remained tethered together because of the collars. Along the way to safety, Patty attempted to bite at the tether generated by the collars in an attempt free herself and Lailie to no avail. Lailie suggested twisting the chain, only to receive a sharp retort from Patty stating that the tether was magic, displaying her irritation, much to Sparx's amusement.

 File:Lailie Patty GreenCollars2.jpg  When they were soon taken captive by the Cheetah tribe along with Hunter, the green collars acted as Lailie and Patty's shackles connected to a magic-infused lookout post in the Cheetah Village to keep the two Longmas restrained.

After Lailie and Patty saved the City of Warfang from Chajju's army and the Golem, Patty showed Spyro the collars she and Lailie still wore. After inspecting one of the collars with a mole named Mason, the Fire Guardian responded that it was irremovable. As Lailie and Patty wondered on how they would fight back if they were forced to fight tethered together, Spyro added that the chain was more than a hindrance, but a reminder of the bond Lailie and Patty shared, and that their destinies became intertwined as a result.

On their way through the Burned Lands, Patty claimed to Lailie that she would face Chajju with him only because she wanted to get rid of the chain that binded her to Lailie. However, it was evident that this wasn't the only reason.

When they reached Chajju's Lair, Chajju dismissed the collars completely off Lailie and Patty to make them feel "more comfortable". After Patty, who was turned Dark again by Chajju to attack Lailie, broke free from his control to be with Lailie, Chajju became enraged and shackled Patty back to Lailie with the green collars in order to kill them both at once. Upon Chajju's defeat at the power of the spirits of the Ancestors, the green collars that binded Lailie and Patty together disappeared completely along with Chajju's magic, freeing the two Longmas at last.

## Gallery

Green Chain.jpgConcept art by Yan Le Pon of the green snakes that would turn into green collarsLailie - Coffre-02.jpgConcept art by Yan Le Pon of the chest that contains the snake collars seen in the introduction cutscene to *Dawn of the Longma*GreenSnakes Chest.jpgThe green snakes as seen in the cinematic introduction cutsceneGrublins SnakeCollars.jpgA Grublin holding one of the green snakesLailie GreenCollar Grublin.jpgAn unconscious Lailie being shackled with the snake collar by the GrublinsLailie Patty GreenCollars.jpgLailie and Patty discovering they've been chainedSnakeCollars LailiePatty CheetahVillage.jpgLailie and Patty chained to one of the Cheetah Village lookout posts by their snake collarsSnakeCollars Close.jpgA close up at one of the snake collarsSnakeCollars LailiePatty.jpgThe Snake Collars shortly after being materiallized back on Lailie and Patty's necksSnakeCollars LailiePatty2.jpgThe Snake Collars disappearing upon Chajju's defeatSnakeCollars Staples.jpgLailie and Patty chained down by their snake collars by a turretTurrets.jpg
## Trivia

* It is displayed throughout *Dawn of the Longma* that Patty was the only one of the two Longmas who was greatly irritated that she was tethered to Lailie, and wanted to get the green collars off as soon as possible.
* In the Cheetah Village, there is a green device on a lookout post where Lailie and Patty were chained to, having the same kind of magic as the green collars Chajju created since it binded them to the post. It is unknown how the Cheetahs acquired this, as the green collars were created by Chajju's dark magic. It is possible that the Cheetahs use these devices to restrain intruders through magical means, until they are released by Chief Prowlus, who is the only one in the tribe who has the key to release prisoners.
* Though the green crackling tether linking to the snake collars on Lailie and Patty's necks is supposed to be magically ethereal, Patty is seen biting the chain in the cutscene in Twilight Falls when she tries to get it off.
* The design of the chest containing the snake collars, referred to as « *le coffre de jade* » (French for “the jade chest”) by the concept artist, is most likely based on the description of the Ark of the Covenant found in the Biblical book of Exodus.

## References

1. ↑ Etranges Libellules Interview of DotD
2. ↑ LES PAGES DE YAN [Sketchbook 01

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