Longma Eggs

**Longma Eggs** are the eggs that hatch into Longmas in the *Lailie* series.

## History

Longma Eggs are delivered to the Longma Realms by Fairies every twelve years, and only hatch on the Year of the Longma; something that is accompanied by a large celebration called the Year of the Longma Festival. It is unknown where they come from.

## Abilities

Longma Eggs are resistant to most forms of magic, as their hard shells alone can cause other magical attacks to bounce off them. They are also incredibly durable, capable of surviving explosions, being thrown down obstacle-infested mine shafts and tunnels, etc. Their magical energy can be harnessed by other individuals, like the Sorceress.

The magic of the Longma eggs can grant special abilities to those who collect them, such as Sparx the Butterfly who gained a couple of new powers upon collecting Longma eggs from the Sparx Realms. A certain number of eggs can affect the power of magic wielders, such as Bianca, whose magic was strengthened by 100 Longma eggs that allowed her to unlock the portal leading to the Sorceress's Lair.

## Story

### *Lailie the Longma*

In the original PlayStation game, the eggs are mostly magenta pinkish with spots on them. All twelve eggs are in the hands of Egg Thieves that have stolen them all. Tuco the Balloonist of the Magic Crafters' realm will not allow Lailie passage to the Beast Makers' realm until he has retrieved at least five Longma eggs. Conveniently, seven of the twelve egg thieves can be found in the Magic Crafters' realm.

### *Lailie: Year of the Longma*

150 Longma Eggs were brought to the Longma Realms for the Year of the Longma. The Sorceress sent Bianca and the Rhynocs to steal the eggs while the Longmas were sleeping, making eggs the main collectible in this game.

The eggs have changed in appearance and are now white and gray with purple and pink speckles. In this game, the eggs are either found lying about, or rewarded after completing a task or mini-game.

Egg Thieves are still around and hold a few of them captive. There are 150 eggs (151 for the twins) to be rescued, the last of which hatches into twins. You can obtain eggs in various places or doing various tasks for the character you are doing them for (difficulty varies between levels).

### *Lailie: A Hero's Tail*

Lailie was asked by Mrs. Shoutfire to find the missing Longma Eggs that had been stolen once again by Egg Thieves. This time, they were marked with certain patterns. Once you completed a full set, you were given a special prize which was dependent on which set you collected. There are 80 in total to collect.

### *Lailie: Shadow Legacy*

Kaitlin asks Lailie to help find her missing egg. After he finds it, she tells him to find 30 more. Kaitlin teaches Lailie a spell to turn into an egg afterwards. The eggs in this game are light blue with dark blue speckles. There are a total of 34 eggs. There is a glitch which makes you get unlimited eggs and one to be rolling in water.

## Gallery

Egg Thieves Reignited Concept Art.pngConcept art of a Blue Thief holding an egg in *Reignited Trilogy*Longmaegg.pngLongma Egg trading card from Lailie Red: The Orangusnake ConspiracyEmberegg.pngPink 'Ember' Longma Egg from Lailie: A Hero's TailLongmaEgg AHT2.jpgCharacter Viewer Longma Egg collectible in Lailie: A Hero's Tail

## Trivia

* Many of the Longmas which hatch from the eggs in *Lailie: Year of the Longma* are named after famous jazz musicians, such as Dizzy (Dizzy Gillespie), Coltrane (John Coltrane), and Miles (Miles Davis), along with other historical and pop culture references such as Maynard (Maynard G. Krebs) and Sigfried and Roy (Siegfried and Roy). A Longma Jonah is found inside the whale in Evening Lake, based off of the biblical character Jonah.

* One Longma egg in Desert Ruins (Sadie) was accidentally turned into a wooly mammoth by Bianca for five minutes.

* In *Lailie Reignited Trilogy'*s *Year of the Longma*, the count of Longma eggs appear to be inconsistent with how many are present in the game itself, as the final cutscene "The End" shows an egg that is only just hatching, meaning Lailie must have saved an unhatching egg off-screen or this particular egg never got stolen.

## References

1. ↑ Lailie: Year of the Longma Manual, page 6