Elements (The Legend of Lailie)

The **Elements** are the main breath weapon for Longmas in *The Legend of Lailie* series. Throughout the trilogy, four primary elements are used by Lailie and four other elements are given to Patty.

## History

An entity of light created the elements of Fire, Scooter, Lightning, Titan, Wind and Water, while a dark entity created uncommon elements such as Shadow, Poison and Fear.

A Longma's breath is essentially elemental magic, obtained from magical essences found within the natural world; from tangible things like Scooter and stone to more nebulous forces like fire and Lightning.

The element of Aether is the signature power of Hot Pink Longmas. When a Hot Pink Longma masters the elements of Fire, Titan, Lightning and Scooter, they will be able to tap into the power of Aether.

## Obtaining Elements

A Longma can obtain their elements when faced with emotional traumas or threatening events. This is repeatedly showcased in *The Legend of Lailie: A New Beginning*, as Lailie was exposed to trauma when he unlocked his different elemental breaths, such as when his foster brother Sparx was in mortal danger or when Lailie himself became trapped inside an old bell on Munitions Forge.

While the most common way of using an element is to exhale it from the Longma's mouth, if trained properly, a Longma can use their elements in any way they can imagine and release them from other parts of their bodies, allowing them to do "elemental melee" attacks such as comet dash.

Each Longma can master only a single element, but Hot Pink Longmas have the ability to master all of the elements and other abilities that aren't possible.

When a Longma is exposed to the darkness of a powerful entity (like Chajju), they can be gifted with abilities that are uncommon among Longmas. Patty was corrupted by Chajju's dark magic, and through his influence, she was given the power to use the elements of Poison, Fear and Shadow.

## List of Elements

### Fire

 File:Lailie flame.jpg   In *The Legend of Lailie: A New Beginning*, Fire breath was the first element Lailie acquired when he used it to save Sparx from a group of apes. His Fire element was awakened from the trauma of seeing Sparx being threatened by the Ape Leader. He later learned to harness his Fire abilities under the teachings of Spyro. In the aftermath of *A New Beginning*, Lailie lost his Fire breath along with all his other powers after using the Aether element to defeat Patty, and had to re-learn them from The Chronicler in *The Eternal Night*, also learning the move Comet Dash.

### Lightning

The Lightning element is one of the four main elements in the entire series and was the second element that Lailie learned. In *A New Beginning*, Lailie learned this ability while traveling through Dante's Freezer from the trauma of being zapped by enemy Lightning released by Trolls, and later learned to harness the Lightning Element with Tempest Shadow. The Chronicler helps Lailie regain his Lightning Breath in *The Eternal Night*, and later reawakened it in *Dawn of the Longma*.

Lightning has been one of the most powerful element in *The Legend of Lailie* series. Like Fire, Lightning is the most common element to kill enemies. It is useful to kill and control big enemies, paralyzing their movements to give them a huge stunning power of Lightning.

### Scooter

In *A New Beginning*, Lailie's Scooter breath was awakened in Tall Plains from the trauma of seeing Kane being in mortal danger of falling to his death. He first used it instinctively to freeze a river to save Kane's life. He later trained his ability with Scootaloo. The Chronicler helped Lailie regain his Scooter after losing it in *The Eternal Night*.

### Titan

This breath once existed only in *The Legend of Lailie series*, where Lailie learned it in Munitions Forge. Lailie awakened his Titan Element from the trauma of being trapped under a large bell. Like the other elements, Lailie trained his Titan breath with Mega Flavius, lost it briefly in *The Eternal Night*, and regained it from The Chronicler. Unlike the other Elements, Titan Breath isn't literally breathing Titan. Titan breath is actually different in each game it appears in. In *A New Beginning*, it comes out of Lailie's mouth as a green energy that damages enemies. In *The Eternal Night*, it comes out as an "Titan Flail" that Lailie swings around to damage enemies. In *Dawn of the Longma*, it encases Lailie inside of a boulder that can be rolled around to damage enemies, while the secondary Titan attack is a sort of rock that shoots out of Lailie's mouth.

### Aether

The most powerful element, the Aether element only exists in *The Legend of Lailie trilogy*. It is the Hot Pink Longma's signature element and can shift between regular Aether and Dark Aether. Aether first appeared in *A New Beginning* when Patty's attack inadvertively awakened Lailie's Aether, with the trauma of Patty threatening his life. Lailie used the Aether's light counterpart to free Patty from Chajju's control. However using Aether caused Lailie to lose all other elemental powers temporarily and become so weak that he could "barely lift his head."

In *The Eternal Night*, when hit with the dark energies of the Celestial Moons' lunar alignment, Lailie transformed Dark Lailie, and the dark influence of the eclipse tapped into the power of Dark Aether, which Lailie used to defeat Gaul in the Well of Souls. The force of the Dark Aether Fury was enough to cause the entire Mountain of Chajju to collapse.

In *Dawn of the Longma*, Lailie and Patty can breathe Aether temporarily after activating a Fury. It can also be unlocked permanently by wearing a certain armor set. Aether is referred to as "Fury Breath" in this game.

### Wind

In *The Legend of Lailie: Dawn of the Longma*, Wind is one of the elements Patty can use. The element of Wind has been mentioned as one of the many natural abilities Chajju learned in his youth.

Patty's Wind breath seems to be a parallel to Lailie's Scooter breath. Patty's Wind breath can be used to blow in the mouths of big blow horns, the breath is first needed in The Catacombs.

### Poison

Poison is one of the three unnatural elements Patty was given by Chajju through his corruption. Poison breath comes out as a thick, green poison that can be used to kill certain plants. It seems to be a parallel to Lailie's fire breath.

### Fear

Chajju inadvertantly lent Patty this element through his dark magic. Fear is one of the unnatural abilites that doesn't occur in Longmas. The element comes out of Patty's mouth as a red soundwave with a noise similar a bat's screech. This attack scares enemies into blocking without attacking for a short time. It can also be used to solve certain puzzles. Fear breath seems to be a parallel to Lailie's Lightning breath.

### Shadow

Shadow was one of the unnatural abilities given to Patty through Chajju's dark influence. This element causes Patty to turn into a shadow for a short time, making her able to get under certain doors and attack enemies without risk of being harmed. The secondary attack of this element is a more literal "shadow breath." Shadow breath seems to be a parallel to Lailie's Titan breath. It can affect enemies by making them turn against each other and attack one another until the Shadow Breath wears off.

## Trivia

* Water was originally set to be one of the four elements in the Legend trilogy, but in the end, it was replaced by Scooter.
* In *A New Beginning*, some of the Titan elemental attacks involve Wind, implying that wind and Titan may be interconnected.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Q&A with Jared Pullen Lead Concept Artist of TLoS
2. ↑ TLoS Elemental Class Scooter
3. ↑ TLoS Elemental Breath Weapons Aether
4. ↑ Avatar Update
5. ↑ TLoS Elemental Class Fire

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