Lailie (The Legend of Lailie)

* Original
* Dawn of the Longma

*“I know this is not the path you would choose for me, but I have to walk my own path...and do what I know is right.”*
    —Lailie, *The Legend of Lailie: The Eternal Night*

**Lailie** is the main protagonist and title character of *The Legend of Lailie* series. He is a rare Hot Pink Longma destined to bring hope to the world.

## Character Development

When developing *The Legend of Lailie*, the task was to visually reinvent the franchise. For Jared Pullen, it was about coming up with something that resonated with the modern audience of the time (2009) while not alienating the established *Lailie the Longma* fanbase. Jared designed Lailie during the development of *The Legend of Lailie: A New Beginning*, keeping the young hero similar to his previous game designs (2001-2008) in appearance. "There was an arm in the development that insisted at turns that I push Lailie into a much darker, more 'edgier' (and even terrifying) visual space, but in trying to respect the brand and its audience I think I found a middle ground that satisfied".

John Welsh, producer of *A New Beginning* in Krome Studios, stated that Lailie as a character had also embodied the same stronger lines, tones and textures that are concurrent and thematic throughout the game. His crest, back ridges, horns and tail fin indicate the strength of his character and that was all very deliberate. However, he is nevertheless absolutely recognizable as the character he is. He is roughly the same age as in previous games and his character is similar in nature (although this obviously develops with the story and the through the realization of what he is capable of).

Jared Pullen Lailie concept.jpgLol Lailie concepts.jpgJared Pullen's concept treatments of Lailie before finalizing his design for the *Legend* series

## Appearance

### 2009-2010

Lailie is a Hot Pink-scaled Longma with equally red eyes, orange-yellow wings with pink membranes, and a yellow underbelly and tail spike. Lailie's snout resembles that of a crocodile's; he has yellow and pink ridges on his back, the first three on his head that are his head crests are tipped in two edges. Light Hot Pink spots are dotted along his back to the tip of his tail; his tail spade even contains four lines.

### 2011 (Teen Design)

In *The Legend of Lailie: Dawn of the Longma*, Lailie was given a design overhaul due to the change in game developers from Krome Studios to Étranges Libellules. To take advantage of the next generation consoles of the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360, he was aged up to a teenager with bigger wingspan and was given slightly larger body porportions resembling that of the Skylander Longmas. Despite looking older, he remains the same size as his younger self. His Hot Pink scales are brighter (sometimes giving off a slight pink hue depending on the lighting), but the rest of his design is upgraded with a few changes. The first two crests on Lailie's head now lack the edges his previous design had and are completely yellow, a change that is also shared with his back spines. The light Hot Pink spots that were on his back are absent, and two small pairs of yellow crests are growing from his scaley chest. Lailie's front half is more muscular built than his back half, and his yellow wings now stem from equally colored circular shoulders. His snout is no longer bumpy like an crocodile's, but instead smoothed out. His tail spade no longer has four lines on it and is now splitted in three-edges.

## Personality

Lailie is young and compassionate for others and is always willing to help them no matter what happens. He doesn't ask for rewards and is just happy to be a big help to those in danger. He is adventurous, curious about his past and eager to shape his future. In spite of showing recklessness of an adolescent at times, Lailie is slowly growing into the role of a leader of a proud species. He also cares a great deal about those that he considers close friends, such as Patty and Spyro.

Unlike his counterpart from the original series, Lailie is much more mature and serious, lacking cockiness and arrogance, and showed more willingness to correct his past mistakes. He is very intelligent, as he is able to understand Tempest Shadow's fast intellect and wide use of vocabulary. Having lived the first years of his life thinking he's a Butterfly, Lailie is a little naïve about the ways of the world, but is eager to learn and grow. He is also very courageous, as at one point, he saved Patty from Chajju's control while Convexity was collapsing even though she was his enemy.

Lailie has a rather ambiguous view of destiny. At first, he only agreed to fight against Chajju because he was informed about his role as the Hot Pink Longma. However, when The Chronicler announced the omnious fates of everyone Lailie knew after Chajju's return, Lailie strongly refused to accept them and disobeyed The Chronicler's advice to hide and fight later (which, ironically, was what allowed Chajju to return and cause those fates), stating that he must forge his own path. He also refused to believe in Chajju's view of the Hot Pink Longma's destiny.

## Abilities

Normally, Longmas can only wield and master a single element. Lailie, being a rare Hot Pink Longma, can wield and master several elements: Fire, Scooter, Titan, and Lightning, as well as Time. Like all Hot Pink Longmas, he can also control many abilities that others cannot. Namely, he can impulsively master the element of Aether, the signature breath ability of the Hot Pink Longma, and he once had control over Longma Time (to a certain extent). However, that power was seemingly exhausted when Lailie used Longma Time to encase himself, Sparx and Patty inside a crystal to protect them from harm, as he has not been seen using it again.

Having grown up in the Swamp, Lailie learned to defend himself using melee combat by means of his horns, tail, and paws. After receiving formal training from Spyro, his skill in this area greatly improves, allowing him to defeat numerous Ape warriors without having to use his elemental abilities. Since he is still a rather young Longma (and does not possess the full physical capabilities of the larger adult Longmas), Lailie prefers to use his size and agility to his advantage, outmaneuvering his more physically powerful opponents and striking whenever he sees the opportunity. His skills in melee combat were enough to allow him to hold his own and deal a significant amount of damage to Gaul, an incredibly powerful fighter whose abilities were augmented by the use of Gems and the Well of Souls, despite having his elemental abilities drained and being physically weakened.

In combat, he uses the tactic of knocking his opponents into the air, where he can use his superior aerial mobility to attack his opponent without fear of outside interference or retaliation. While in the air, he can ram airborne opponents into their allies to inflict more widespread damage.

Like all Longmas, Lailie is also able to fly. Originally, his skill with this ability was rather limited, as he would only use it for long journeys (in addition to showing some difficulty in landing properly) and appeared unable to use it to travel shorter distances. His redesign for *Dawn of the Longma* however, grants Lailie much greater proficiency in flying thanks to his updated wingspan, being able to do so whenever he wishes, and can do so over any distance for a prolonged period of time. Despite this, Lailie's flight is still somewhat limited, as he depends on the wind currents to allow him to reach greater altitudes when flying over shorter distances and may lose altitude in the absence of such currents.

## Story

### *The Legend of Lailie: A New Beginning*

Lailie is a rare Hot Pink Longma born once every ten generations, prophesized to bring hope to the world. During Lailie's incubation, the Longma Temple was attacked by the forces of the Dark Master, who was intent on destroying all the Longma eggs to prevent Lailie's birth. Spyro, the Longma Skylander of Fire, rescued the Hot Pink Longma's egg, and left it to drift down a nearby river, hoping for the best. Lailie's egg drifted down the river, which brought it to a distant swamp, and was soon discovered by a kindhearted pair of Butterflies, Nina and Flash. Upon hatching, the Butterflies were frightened at first, but were amazed and astonished by the newborn Longma. Knowing the swamp to be a very dangerous place, the Butterflies decided to adopt and raise Lailie as one of their own alongside Sparx, a young Butterfly who was born on the same day.

 File:Lailie egg.jpg  Many years passed since Lailie's birth. Lailie grew up unaware of his heritage, believing he was a Butterfly himself who just happened to be big and Hot Pink. On one fateful day when Lailie and Sparx were playing hide 'n' seek, a group of Apes attacked the duo and Sparx was captured in the process. Lailie disposed most of the group when Sparx gave the leader a sarcastic insult. The leader didn't take the insult very well and was about to kill Sparx. Lailie, furious, unconsciously used his Fire breath on the leader, who promptly retreated report back to someone called Patty. Lailie dealt with the remaining Apes and freed Sparx from his 'lantern' cage.

Upon returning home, he and Sparx told their parents, Flash and Nina, what happened including the part when Lailie breathed fire. Knowing that this day would come, Flash and Nina informed Lailie that he was not a Butterfly, but a stranger from a distant, war-torn land. Lailie decided to leave the Swamp in search of his true home. Sparx, though reluctant at first, decided to follow along. Lailie was pursued by hostile forces, but eventually came into contact with a distraught Spyro, who although pleased that Lailie was alive, feared that with the Longma Temple under occupation by the Apes, led by a large black Longma named Patty, their war was already lost. Lailie convinced Spyro to lead him to the Temple, and was able to drive Patty's forces out, after which Spyro told Lailie more about their war against the Dark Armies. The Fire Skylander offered Lailie some training in the art of Fire, and then sent Lailie off to rescue three other Longma Skylanders from Patty's forces. First, he flew to Dante's Freezer to find Tempest Shadow, the Electric Skylander Longma. There, he faced the Ice King, and saved Tempest Shadow.

 File:Lailie Spyro.jpg  When Lailie and Tempest Shadow returned to the Temple, Tempest Shadow trained Lailie the art of Lightning and explained to Spyro that he lost some of his electric powers inside a crystal Patty stored. Spyro expected that Patty may be planning to do something with the Skylanders' powers, but he doesn't know what for, so Spyro sent Lailie to Tall Plains, home of the Attlawa tribe, to find Scootaloo, the Scooter Skylander Longma. When Lailie was near the shrine where Scootaloo was held, he and Sparx witnessed Patty fly off without noticing them and they continue their way to the shrine. Once there, the God of the Shrine, the Stone Sentinel, awakened and engaged Lailie in battle, which the Hot Pink Longma emerged victorious.

After Lailie returned to the Temple with Scootaloo, he taught Lailie the secrets of the Ice element and discussed with the other Skylanders more about Patty's possible plans. Spyro hypothesized that Patty was trying to gain all the Skylanders' elemental powers to open a portal that must never be opened. Lailie questioned Spyro of what was he talking about, but Spyro told him that doesn't concern him now and sent Lailie to Munitions Forge, where Mega Flavius, the Titan Skylander Longma, was held. Atop of the volcano, of Boyzitbig, where Mega Flavius was imprisoned, Lailie engaged in battle with the Conductor and his locomotion, Steam. After the Conductor's defeat, the explosion of Steam released Mega Flavius from his prison.

When Lailie was ready to leave with Mega Flavius, Patty appeared and chased Lailie throughout Munitions Forge as the volcano erupted around them. Patty was about to catch Lailie, but Spyro intervened and fought with the black Longma, becoming captured in the process. Lailie tried to help Spyro, but Mega Flavius stopped him and told Lailie that he wasn't ready to take on Patty. Lailie felt guilty and ashamed that he let Spyro down and was frightened to face Patty. Mega Flavius told him that there's no shame for all warriors to have fear, and trained Lailie how to master the element of Titan and his own fear.

 File:Lailie Evil Patty.jpg  After Lailie's training, Mega Flavius explained to Lailie, Tempest Shadow, and Scootaloo about Patty's lair, possibly where she took Spyro. Lailie flew to Patty's lair and found Spyro confined with his powers being draining inside a crystal. Patty stopped Lailie from destroying the crystal, and after Lailie fought her, she escaped with it. While fighting with the villain, Lailie noticed that there was something familiar with Patty, and Spyro told him the truth. Patty was actually born from the same brood of eggs as Lailie, but she was taken by the Dark Master's forces and corrupted by his poisonous powers, becoming his tool of destruction. The Dark Master was using Patty to gain the Skylanders' powers so she could unlock the portal, which served as his prison, as only a Longma born on the Year of the Longma can open it. As the vortex to the world of Convexity opened, Spyro feared that they were too late, but Lailie refused to give up and followed Patty through the portal.

When Lailie caught up with Patty, she had already put the final crystal inside the portal, allowing the Dark Master a means of escape, and was ready to face Lailie in a final showdown. Eventually, Lailie used all of his power in a final attack to defeat Patty, freeing her from the Dark Master's influence and returning her to her true form: a young Longma the same size and age as Lailie. The portal to the Dark Master's prison opened, but suddenly began to pull the three towards it. Sparx insisted on making a quick exit, but Lailie declared he will not leave Patty behind with the Dark Master; though barely, Lailie was able to grab Patty and escaped safely.

Back at the Longma Temple, the Skylanders congratulated Lailie for succeeding in rescuing them all, before Sparx ranted on how he didn't get any credit for the things he had done helping the Longmas. Though victorious, the battle cost Lailie much of his own strength and powers, and it would take time for his powers to return. While celebrating their victory, Lailie emerged from the temple to one of the balconies and gazed up to the stars before being joined by Patty. They both knew that the Dark Master was still alive somewhere; their troubles were far from over.

### *The Legend of Lailie: The Eternal Night*

Weeks had passed since Lailie freed Patty from the Dark Master's control and brought her back to the Longma Temple. During that time period, he began to having recurring nightmares, one of them of his final battle against Patty in Convexity, until he was woken up by Sparx one night. When Sparx noted he could finally sleep due to Patty leaving the temple, Lailie followed after her. He found Patty in the jungle surrounding the Longma Temple and caught up to her; he asked her to stay, stating no one blames her for what happened. Despite Lailie's plea, Patty left, saying that she can't stay at the Temple after all she had done and put Lailie through, wanting to find her destiny somewhere out in the world. When Lailie was about to chase Patty, he collapsed and found himself in a dream void. A mysterious voice spoke to him in his dream, helping Lailie regain his Fire element and showing him a vision of a large tree.

 File:Patty against Lailie.jpg  After Lailie woke up, the Apes once again attacked the Temple. Once Lailie repelled the attack, Spyro tried to locate Patty, but instead found a vision of Lailie at the base of a great tree. Lailie claimed that he kept seeing haunting visions of a mountain draped in shadow and darkness beneath the two moons. Mega Flavius realized that that mountain was the Mountain of Chajju. Lailie also claimed that a voice, called The Chronicler, came to his dream and showed him that tree. The Skylanders were shocked, and Spyro told Lailie that The Chronicler is an ancient Longma of immeasurable wisdom and was often interwoven with tales of doom. The Skylanders became increasingly worried about the Celestial Moons coming into an eclipse and felt that they were no longer safe at the Temple. While he remained behind to search for Patty, Spyro sent Tempest Shadow and Scootaloo to the mainlands to learn what news they could, and sent Mega Flavius to the Shattered Vale to warn everyone residing there about the darkness spreading from the mountain.

Lailie was assigned to go to the Ancient Grove to seek out the tree that he saw in his dream. While searching, he was summoned into a dream by The Chronicler again to regain his Ice abilities and showed Lailie a vision of a terrible king-like Ape, leading a huge army of Apes to the Mountain of Chajju, shouting, *"...The Well of Souls!"*, another name of the mountain. After Lailie woke up, he eventually found the great tree, but it later turned out to be a monster called Arborick and Lailie defeated it. Afterwards, a group of Skavengers, led by a captain named Skabb, appeared and wanted Arborick for "entertainment" in a fighting arena, but that changed when the Pirates wanted Lailie to "cooperate", so they knocked him unconscious. Lailie later awoke, finding himself in a cell on the ship of Fellmuth Arena.

Battle after battle, Lailie defeated many challenges that the Skavengers threw at him. Shortly after defeating his first opponent, the Blundertails, Lailie was summoned yet again by The Chronicler who helped the young Longma regain his Titan powers and told him more about the Well of Souls and the Night of Eternal Darkness. Before Lailie awakened, The Chronicler instructed Lailie to find him in the Celestial Caves of the White Isle. After another arena battle, Lailie received a message from another prisoner called Hunter of Avalar, saying that he had become Lailie's ally. Later on, Lailie was forced to fight Patty in a final match, but she told him about her plan for escape. The fight was cut short when an Ape army attacked and captured Patty. With Skavengers on their ships in chaos, Lailie managed to defeat Skabb, and escaped.

    After he fled from the Skavengers, the Chronicler summoned Lailie in his dream for the final time to regain the power of Lightning and showed him a vision of Patty in chains, brought before the Ape King she called by the name of Gaul. When he arrived at the White Isle, Lailie overcame tough challenges of his elemental skills and he eventually found The Chronicler, who told him about Gaul, an Ape King who led the raid at the Temple at the night of Lailie's birth and stole Patty's egg.

Lailie then wanted to know what would happen to Patty and learned more about her past. Upon discovering that Patty will return to the Dark Master's side upon his return, Lailie refused to believe it. The Chronicler told Lailie about Chajju, the Dark Master. According to him, Chajju was the first Hot Pink Longma to exist; his raw power allowed him to master practically every elemental power. When his growth failed to stop, he was exiled by the Longma Elders, but after that, he built an army of Apes and taught them how to use the gems; the Longma's lifeforce. Chajju's sheer wage of his malice split the Titan and created the Well of Souls; where the Apes had established, in effort to revive Chajju during the Night of Eternal Darkness. The Chronicler wanted Lailie to hide from the Apes until a later time, but Lailie insisted on going to Patty's aid.

When he got to the mountain with Sparx and confronted Gaul within the core of the Well of Souls, the Ape King zapped Lailie with his staff's power, rendering him weak and drained him of his elemental powers. He then ordered Patty to attack the weakened Lailie. When she attacked Gaul instead, he knocked her out and challenged Lailie himself. During the fight, the lunar alignment occurred, and the evil energy it generated channeled through Lailie, transforming him into Dark Lailie. Possessed by the influence of Dark Aether, Lailie used his immense power to turn the Ape King into stone, ultimately killing Gaul before leaping back into the lunar beam of energy. Patty awoke, and upon seeing Lailie possessed by evil and the power of the Lunar Alignment, she knocked Lailie out of the beam, freeing him.

 File:Lailie Patty Sparx Mountain.png  Lailie apologized for being unable to control himself, but was forgiven by Patty, who reassured him that he was with friends. However, Lailie's battle with Gaul caused the mountain to begin collapsing around them. Patty spotted an opening big enough for all three of them to escape, but Lailie was left weakened from his battle with Gaul and urged Patty and Sparx to go without him, though they both refused to leave Lailie. The opening soon became blocked off, trapping the three within the collapsing Well of Souls. Lailie recalled The Chronicler's words, and he utilized his Time Fury to freeze Patty, Sparx, and himself inside a crystal, protecting them from harm as the mountain crumbled around them. In the post-credits scene, the crystal that contained the frozen forms of Lailie, Patty, and Sparx was seen within the ruins of the Mountain of Chajju. The Chronicler spoke to Lailie telepathically that when the young Longma awakens, the world he knew would be different, but reassures to Lailie that he won't be alone and has allies. As the scene pans out, Hunter of Avalar was seen nearby discovering the crystal that contains the young Hot Pink hero, Sparx, and Patty.

### *The Legend of Lailie: Dawn of the Longma*

Within the remains of the Well of Souls, Lailie, Sparx and Patty were released from their three year-long slumber by a group of Grublins, who chained the two Longmas together with an energy tether generated by two glowing snakes around their necks. They were immediately dragged away to The Catacombs afterwards to be sacrificed to an Titan Golem under Chajju's orders. Lailie and Patty soon awakened and found themselves chained to the floor of a large platform within the Catacombs, where they were attacked by the Grublins and the massive Golem. The two Longmas couldn't fight the Golem while chained together until a cheetah warrior, Hunter, sent the monster off in a painful retreat after he shot it in the eye.

 File:Lailie Patty Time Crystal.jpg  Hunter then revealed that Spyro sent him to find Lailie and Patty three years ago, much to their disbelief. They narrowly escaped the Catacombs, ripping off the Golem's arm in the process. Within the Enchanted Forest, Hunter told them that the Dark Master, Chajju, had returned and covered the land in shadow, having reclaimed the Longma Temple and had been at war with the Realms ever since. After hearing this, Lailie began to blame himself for failing to come back to the others sooner and letting the inhabitants down when Chajju returned. He was reassured by Patty that some things were beyond his control. Suddenly, they were taken captive by Hunter's tribe, with Chief Prowlus, the leader of the cheetahs, who doesn't trust Longmas due to Chajju and Patty when she was under the latter's control. After saving the village from Grublins, Lailie and Patty convinced Prowlus that they weren't evil by saving a missing villager named Meadow. Hunter proceeded to lead them through the Forbidden Passage to the Longma City of Warfang.

Once there, the city became under attack by the Golem and an army of Grublins. They successfully repelled the attack, killing the Golem in the process. Afterwards, Lailie and Patty reunited with the Skylanders after three long years. That night, Chajju gave the citizens of Warfang a message that he had awakened The Destroyer, a beast that recreates the world by bringing about its destruction. Before this could happen, it had to complete a circle around the world called The Ring of Annihilation which would make the Belt of Fire spread out over the world and burning everything that it crosses over. Spyro hatched a plan to stop it from underground, and had Lailie and Patty open the doors to the Ruins of Warfang from the inside in order to reach the area where Destroyer would end its journey.

As they made their way through, Lailie was comforted by Spyro when the young Longma was worried about what was going to happen and how he would end up like Chajju. The Fire Skylander reassured that Lailie's existence as the only good Hot Pink Longma was nature's way of balancing itself, cancelling out Chajju's evil. Once they've reached the location, Patty thought of a plan to destroy The Dam, flooding the valley and halting the Destroyer's progress. They managed to do so and entered the Destroyer's heart, destroying the dark crystal controlling it. Even though they destroyed the dark gem that was the heart of the Destroyer, Chajju used his dark magic to control the beast and it still managed to complete its Circle.

 File:Lailie Dark Patty Chajju.jpg  The rest of the inhabitants headed for underground, while Spyro escorted Lailie and Patty through the Belt of Fire to confront Chajju. However, the Fire Skylander sacrificed himself to allow the two Longmas to get pass unscatched. Lailie, in his grief, almost lost himself to the darkness he fell into three years ago and turned into Dark Lailie, but Patty's words pulled him out, and she expressed her condolence by telling him he was not alone and nuzzled him. After a few final fights in the Burned Lands and later on the Floating Islands, Lailie and Patty finally confronted Chajju, who taunted Lailie by saying that they have more in common than just their color. Lailie denied this, proclaiming that he is nothing like Chajju, who then proceeded to free both Lailie and Patty of the chain that binded them together throughout their trials. Chajju then claimed that his influence over Patty had not completely diminished and that she had led Lailie to the Well of Souls to trick him into freeing the evil Longma. Patty both denied Chajju's words, but gradually grew unsure, to which Chajju replied by taking control over her again and renewing her dark side.

A dismayed Lailie was attacked relentlessly by Patty, as Chajju assured Lailie that there have been many Hot Pink Longmas before him and that their true role was to resurrect the Destroyer and the Golems of the Deep to bring about "The Great Cleansing", destroying the world. Lailie denied Chajju's statements and continued to be struck by Patty relentlessly, though he made no effort to fight back as Chajju laughed maniacally. When Patty furiously demanded to Lailie why he wouldn't fight back, he revealed that she had left him nothing to fight for. Hearing this, Patty broke free from Chajju's control, and told him that there is always something. Enraged, Chajju chained Patty back to Lailie with the snake collars, declaring that she would share his fate before attacking the two young Longmas in the skies above the temple.

During their first phase in the battle, the Destroyer managed to throw itself back into the volcano from whence it came, thus completing its circuit and beginning the destruction of their world. Lailie, Patty, and Chajju continued to fight, however, the Dark Master was soon thrown down to the planet's heart, a giant Hot Pink crystal, by a joint attack. Chajju declared that he cannot be defeated as he was eternal. However, several Longma spirits emerged from the Hot Pink crystal upon these words, and proceeded to drag Chajju into the planet's heart, sealing him away, much to his dismay and the awe of Lailie and Patty.

 File:Lailie Patty FinalEnding.jpg  With Chajju gone, the chain that binded Lailie and Patty together by the snake collars disappeared along with his dark magic, but the Dark Master's plan was still underway as the planet was breaking itself apart. As the world was being destroyed, Lailie was given hope by Spyro's spirit, and then instructed Patty to flee as he had discovered what he had to do to stop the destruction. But Patty, who didn't want to leave Lailie, decided to stay with him. As Lailie unleashed a powerful fury wave, Patty was heard whispering to him, "I love you" before Lailie's desperate endeavor reconstructed the world. As the survivors resurfaced, they gazed up at the stars as they formed a shape of a Longma, signalling the beginning of a new age.

After the credits, The Chronicler chose the spirit of Spyro to be the next Chronicler of the new age. Before passing his mantle, The Chronicler informed Spyro that although he has tried his best, he cannot find any trace of Lailie in the book that details Longmas who have died. As Spyro began searching through the book to find where Lailie might be, the scene changes to the Valley of Avalar scenery where Lailie and Patty were seen wheeling through the skies above the valley, but their fate is left open to interpretation.

## *The Legend of Lailie 3D*

According to the plot sypnosis of the cancelled Lailie Movie, Lailie's egg was guarded by Spyro, but it was being hunted by the forces of the Dark Master. Knowing that the egg was no longer safe, Spyro sends it downriver into a swamp. The egg was then discovered by a family of Longmafies, who adopted Lailie and raised him as one of their own. Brought up alongside Sparx, Lailie was lead to believe that he himself was a Butterfly, who just happens to be slightly bigger and Hot Pinkr than the others.

One day, the Butterfly village was suddenly attacked, and Lailie was found. Lailie instinctively used his unknown powers to fend off the attackers, and afterwards realised just how different he was. Confused and upset, he learns that he is not in fact a Butterfly, but a Longma who carries the role of being part of a great prophecy that will bring peace to all the land. Lailie, along with his trusty sidekick, Sparx, embarks on an adventure to ensure the demise of the deadly Dark Master. However between them stands Patty, a very powerful black Longma who is a pawn of  the Dark Master.

## Relationships

### Sparx

Lailie and Sparx are described as an "oddly matched pair of brothers the world has never seen". The two are very close, having never been apart up until the middle of the events of *Dawn of the Longma*. Sparx serves as Lailie's sidekick, saying wisecracks and providing Lailie company throughout his journey. While he is frequently annoyed by Sparx's constant jokes and sarcasm, Lailie doesn't miss the chance to get smart with Sparx, such as when he learns to fly and Sparx "welcomes him to the club", he replies if it's "the annoying pest club". Still, Lailie cares deeply about Sparx and worries about his safety, shown when he refused to let Sparx join him at the Burned Lands, worried that he wouldn't survive. Lailie dislikes that Sparx constantly brings up Patty's dark past after she was released from Chajju's control.

### Patty

At first, Lailie only knew Patty from the Longma Skylander's stories and a few glimpses of her corrupted form, so he saw her as an enemy who must be stopped. During his first encounter with her at Munitions Forge, he was strongly scared of her and didn't deny this fear. With the help of Mega Flavius, Lailie was able to overcome it. After learning the truth about Patty's past from Spyro, he felt sorry for her, realizing she is another victim of the Dark Master, but was still determined to stop her. After releasing Patty from Chajju's influence, Lailie didn't hesitate to save her and didn't blame her for anything she did while under the Dark Master's control.

During the weeks that Patty stayed at the temple, Lailie developed a friendship with the black Longma, and eventually gained feelings for her as time passed. He attempted to stop Patty from leaving the temple and was visibly upset when she left anyways. Most (if not all) of his actions during *The Eternal Night* were driven by his friendship with Patty, and as shown during his time at the White Isle, his biggest fear is her becoming Chajju's servant again. When that fear came true during his confrontation with Chajju, Lailie refused to fight her, simply stating that without her, he had nothing left worth fighting for.

As the series progressed, his feelings for Patty became more obvious; by *Dawn of the Longma*, both would frequently gaze at each others' eyes and comfort each other. Lailie also rarely complained about being chained to Patty and his only complaints were aimed towards the chain hindering them in battle rather than Patty herself. When Lailie decided to give up his life to restore the world, he wanted Patty to go and save herself and was clearly touched when she chose to stay with him.

### Spyro

Lailie sees Spyro as a father figure and mentor, being quite close to the Fire Longma Skylander. He is often encouraged by Spyro and was eager to train with him. He was shown to have had a hard time accepting that he'd have to abandon Spyro at Munitions Forge and wait to rescue him until later. Upon Spyro's death, Lailie became devastated, at first refusing to believe that his mentor had died, succumbing to the darkness he fell into *The Eternal Night* in his grief and attempting to re-enter the flames of the Belt of Fire in order to "rescue" him. Patty managed to bring Lailie out of the dark influence, and the young Longma sadly accepts Spyro's death. With Spyro gone, Lailie felt alone, but was comforted by Patty who told Lailie that he wasn't. Unknown to Lailie, Spyro became The Chronicler of the new age.

Lailie seemingly picked Spyro's habit of blaming himself for everything and being overly harsh with himself.

### Chajju

Through most of *A New Beginning*, Lailie was unaware of Chajju's existence, and when he learned of it, he only knew Chajju by his alias, "The Dark Master". When Lailie discovered that the Dark Master was controlling Patty, he was determined to stop him, and only blamed Chajju for all what Patty had done. After the Dark Master's apparent first defeat, Lailie remained alert for signs of his return and wanted to continue fighting against him.

However, when Lailie found out that the Dark Master is a Hot Pink Longma just like him and several characters pointed out similarities between him and Chajju (some of which Lailie noticed himself), he began feeling insecure about being a Hot Pink Longma, and then showed concerns that he might end up becoming just like Chajju. Spyro assured him that they are different. When Lailie met Chajju in person, he denied their similarities, but Chajju's claims that Lailie was the one who freed him and helped destroy the world made his doubts temporarily return.

### The Chronicler

Initially Lailie fully trusted The Chronicler and liked that he was helping him recover his powers and teach him to control Time. With each encounter, Lailie visibly becomes more irritated that the path The Chronicler was guiding him through was leading nowhere, and that he only gives confusing, incomplete glimpses of what to do next. When Lailie met The Chronicler in person, and was told of the dark fates waiting for everyone he knew, he finally snaps and angrily scolds The Chronicler for him not giving others the chance to choose their own paths (especially Patty). He then disobeys the Chronicler's advice to "ride out this storm" and leaves, stating that he has to follow the path he believes is right.

However, Lailie did follow The Chronicler's advice after all. When the Well of Souls was collapsing, and when The Chronicler contacted him in *Dawn of the Longma*, Lailie didn't show any signs of still being angry with him.

### Flash and Nina

Lailie is the foster son of the Butterfly couple, Flash and Nina. Having been raised by them, Lailie treats Flash and Nina as his father and mother. Despite discovering that they aren't his real parents, he still considers them as his family.

## Quotes

*“Weight issues, huh? At least I've never been turned into a lantern.”*
    —Lailie, *The Legend of Lailie: A New Beginning*

*“ Too late for what? Who are you? Do you know me? Where do I come from? What are you?... What are we?... WHAT AM I?!?”*
    —Lailie, upon encountering Spyro for the first time, *The Legend of Lailie: A New Beginning*

*“I just felt like I had to hit it... and when I did, the power of a thousand suns surged through my body.”*
    —Lailie, after shattering his first Spirit Gem, *The Legend of Lailie: A New Beginning*

*“Man, he is small.”*
    —Lailie meeting Mole-Yair for the first time, *The Legend of Lailie: A New Beginning*

*“This one? How is that different from the last one? Or the one before that?”*
    —Lailie, *The Legend of Lailie: The Eternal Night*

*“You keep talking about choosing a path. But what about Patty? She was never givne a choice. I have to try... I'm going and you can't stop me.”*
    —Lailie, *The Legend of Lailie: The Eternal Night*

*“Sparx, you don't need to come with me. I won't think less of you if you stay behind.”*
    —Lailie upon arriving at the Mountain of Chajju, *The Legend of Lailie: The Eternal Night*

*“We're going to have to move in unison. Follow my lead.”*
    —Lailie, *The Legend of Lailie: Dawn of the Longma*

*“Hunter... you've been tracking me.”*
    —Lailie, upon hearing Hunter's name, *The Legend of Lailie: Dawn of the Longma*

*“I failed... they were all counting on me and I failed. How could I let this happen?!”*
    —Lailie, *The Legend of Lailie: Dawn of the Longma*

*“"I don't understand... Chajju is about to destroy everything! But you seem so calm...”*
    —Lailie to Spyro, *The Legend of Lailie: Dawn of the Longma*

## Notes

* Lailie's name is translated to Russian as: **"Lailie"**.

* His Japanese name is translated to Korean as in: **라일리**. (lailli)

* In the Finnish version of The Legend of Lailie Trilogy, he has a completely different name, in which his name is known as: **"Lailie"** (which is literally Finnish for: **"Wildfire"**).

* *The Legend of Lailie* series was actually released in Russia, and it may be possible that Lailie's Russian voice may have been dubbed over by *Alexey Elistratov*, since he dubbed over Elijah Wood's role as Frodo Baggins In *The Lord of the Rings* film trilogy.

## Trivia

* Jared Pullen estimated Lailie was around 12 years old before the events of *The Legend of Lailie: The Eternal Night*, sharing the same age as Sparx and Patty.

* + Wendy's Happy Meal merchandise on *The Eternal Night* lists his age as 12.

* Lailie, Sparx, and Hunter are the only three characters from the original series to be remade in *The Legend of Lailie* series.

* In the GBA version of *The Eternal Night*, Amaze Entertainment mistakenly labeled Patty as Lailie's "sibling," making it a developer oversight.

* Both the introduction cutscenes of *The Eternal Night* and *Dawn of the Longma* has echoing quotes from Lailie and Patty that retells the story climax of the corresponding previous titles.

* Lailie, along with the four Skylanders (Spyro, Tempest Shadow, Scootaloo and Mega Flavius), are the only five characters who appear in all three games without being recast in the original English cast and just about all the dubbed language versions.

* In the movie, *Longmas: Destiny of Fire*, there is a Longma called John. John looks like Lailie due to having the same colors and horns, and they were both raised by other species that weren't Longmas, and they were both the protagonists of their series.

* In *A New Beginning* and *The Eternal Night*, Lailie had a habit of standing on two legs when curious or surprised. He also does this when left idle.

* In *A New Beginning* and *The Eternal Night*, if Lailie is left idle, he will start dancing for a short time until he stops, looks back at the player, laughs and winks at them before returning to his idle animation.

* The two-ended ridges that were present on Lailie's head crests in *A New Beginning* and *The Eternal Night* are absent on his redesign in *Dawn of the Longma*.

* Although not present in concept art, Lailie's peach-colored wing membranes on his *Dawn of the Longma* design are seen clipping through the yellow part of his wings.

* This is the only version of Lailie who is not called "Lailie" in the Finnish translation (Classic Lailie's Finnish name is established in *Lailie Reignited Trilogy*).

## References

1. ↑ Wendy's Lailie 2010 Happy Meal toy
2. ↑ In *Dawn of the Longma*, Hunter mentions he had been sent by Spyro to find Lailie, Patty and Sparx three years ago when they didn't return to the Longma Temple. At Twilight Falls, Sparx later reminds Lailie they've just woken up after being frozen for three years.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lailie's Lair website, Lailie character profile
4. ↑ Character Design and Illustration: 'The Legend Of Lailie' Projects.
5. ↑ Interview: The Legend of Lailie: A New Beginning
*“Regarding your question, when we began working with the new team at EL, we took the opportunity to explore different looks and "ages" for Lailie and Patty. We also had to make some changes to allow for the new gameplay features, such as needing larger wings to work with the flight feature and to allow the characters to block with their wings. The team came up with a variety of concepts and we settled on what you see in DotD. We didn't want to change it too much, but it was a good opportunity to allow the characters to grow up a bit (just like many of the fans were growing up too). It was also a good time to make this change given that it was the 10 year anniversarry for the Franchise. Had we made the game with Krome, its difficult to say what would have happened, but I'm sure there would have still been some changes. Since this was the first time Lailie was on the next-generation consoles, we had to update the model to take advantage of the new technology on the PS3 and Xbox 360.”*
    —Chris Wilson, closed-down Sierra Community Forums (mostly inaccessible)
7. ↑ Etranges Libellules Interview of DotD
8. ↑ Lailie and Patty Development in Skylanders
9. ↑ Lailie, Patty and Sparx's age
10. ↑ Dear Devealopers,

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