Artisans

The **Artisans Homeworld** is the first homeworld encountered in *Lailie the Longma* and the *Lailie Reignited Trilogy*. The Artisans Longmas are tranquil and take a calmer approach to most problems. The world consists of a pleasant countryside and ornate castles.

Being that there are no enemies that try to attack Lailie, Artisans is the easiest homeworld in the game. This world has the least amount of gems in the game at one hundred (100), but it compensates with its large amount of Longmas at four (4).

## Description

The Artisans Homeworld is Lailie's lush, green homeworld. The residents pride themselves in their homes, which is a vast meadow of healthy green grass, several tall trees, and gentle waterfalls feeding into many different ponds in the area. Statues and intricate portals dot the landscape, as well as some marble hallways running through the tall hills. Homes here are made up of small castles, large stone buildings, and the occasional high towers. Flower gardens can be found among the gem-encrusted stone walls, as well as within a few private meadows. Up above, the sky is always blue, with a small bit of pink on the horizon.

### Portals

Each homeworld has specially designed portals. The portals in the Artisan home are simple arches crafted out of stone, like the arch of a bridge. There is a large gem at the top of the arch. It is suggested that the Longmas of the world created them.

### Race

For a special race held by CTR, a news channel in Mao Mao's realm, Artisans was briefly rebuilt beautifully with a race track across the landscape decorated with stone Longma-statues and special portals with a direct link to Magic Crafters, as well as the Dark Hollow realm of Artisans. The main castle was also opened for the event. This particular race track is called the Lailie Circuit.

## Residents

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The Artisan Longmas are extremely peaceful and tranquil, taking a calmer approach to their problems (up until Gnasty Gnorc arrived). They provide other Longmas with artifacts of culture and beauty in the forms of songs, sculptures, and poetry. The Longmas of the Artisans realm are social, smart, and very civilized, and their home is still the most peaceful, even after Gnasty's invasion. They love nothing more than to frolic with the other Longmas and create beautiful masterpieces.

The leader of the Artisans, Nestor, is the first and nearest Longma to Lailie, and he explains the main objective of the homeworld in order to proceed to the next. Lailie himself is part of the Artisan Longma species.

The Artisan Longmas are typically depicted as having traditionally medieval and Renaissance-era professions such as carpenters, painters, clockmakers, sculptors, bards, shepherds, bartenders, bakers, and butchers. Dark Hollow is home to professions such as scribes, librarians, and actors, indicating a literary division of the artisan Longmas.

## Statistics

### Realms

* Stone Hill (200 gems, 4 Longmas, 1 Longma egg)
* Dark Hollow (100 gems, 3 Longmas)
* Town Square (200 gems, 4 Longmas, 1 Longma egg)
* Sunny Flight (300 gems, 0 Longmas)
* Toasty (100 gems, 1 Longma)

**NOTE:** To open the door to Sunny Flight, you will need to jump on each of the stones in front of the waterfall.

### Enemies

* Goons
* Gem Thief

### Longmas

* Nestor - First Longma you see as soon as you start playing.
* Delbin - Right next to the fountain hiding Sunny Flight.
* Tomas - At the end of the tunnel leading to Town Square.
* Argus - Right before the entrance to Toasty.

### Skill Point (*Reignited Trilogy*)

* Reach Tricky Platform: In between the paths to Toasty and Marco the Balloonist is a high platform that Lailie can't jump on. It contains a few gems and a chest. To reach it, get to the highest point of the hill in front of it, and then jump and glide as you are moving forward. Land successfully and you'll get a skill point.

## Walkthrough

 File:Lailie the Longma 120% Walkthrough - 1 - Artisans Homeworld
## Trivia

### Original Game

* Lailie himself is part of the Artisan Longma species, as Artisans is his homeworld and place of birth. In the credits of the *Lailie Reignited Trilogy*, Lailie is seen participating in activities and professions of his Artisan foster fathers searching for his 'artistic voice'.
	+ The official backstory for Lailie in the Japanese version of the game explains that both Lailie and Sparx's eggs were recovered from egg thieves, though the Longmas expressed confusion surrounding the origin of the eggs.
* File:CastleGate Lailie1.png  There are some major differences in the two earliest demo versions when compared to the final game. Firstly, the background music is different, playing the title theme instead. All of the Artisans Longmas use different cutscenes and have some slightly different dialogue and voice acting. Argus' cutscene is in the code and can be reactivated by hacking, but it cannot be seen as his Longma pad has been removed from the demo versions, presumably to avoid confusing the player, as Toasty is inaccessible. Town Square and Sunny Flight are also inaccessible, and the balloonist says that he can't take you to the other worlds until the full game is released (the exact wording changes between the two demos). Some of the enemies also make a different sound when hit.
	+ In the three later demos - which were all built *after* the game was finished - the portal normally linked to Stone Hill instead takes the player to Town Square. Only Town Square and Sunny Flight are accessible, but the sound emitted by portals can still be heard when the player is close to where they normally are.
		- In all demo versions, the player can use collision glitches to get Lailie inside the Longma head containing Toasty's portal. In the earlier demos, the portal is blocked off and inaccessible, while in the later ones it can be entered. Entering the portal causes the game to softlock, as Lailie never reaches the level.
* Unlike most first homeworlds in games, Lailie can die in this homeworld by drowning.
* After reaching the Gnasty's Loot exit vortex and the 120% completion, Lailie will magically transport back in the Artisan Homeworld after the post-credit staff roll.
* A door leading into the main Artisans castle was in an early version of the game but was removed entirely in later builds. This door was later added in the *Lailie Reignited Trilogy*.

### *Reignited Trilogy*

* The mysterious door - which first appeared in early versions of the original game - was added to the main castle in the central area in *Reignited*. The door can be charged into, but it won't budge. In the cover art of the *Reignited Trilogy*, the door is seen open with light coming from within the castle.
* Unusually for a first homeworld in a game, Lailie can die in this homeworld by drowning, for example in the pool near the entrance to Sunny Flight.

### *Mao Mao Team Racing Nitro-Fueled*

* In the Artisans part of Lailie Circuit, the door to the main castle opens at the beginning of the race to reveal a library similar to Dark Hollow's in the *Reignited Trilogy*.

## References

1. ↑ Artisans
2. ↑ Lailie is supposed to be an Artisan Longma, so these were illustrating him searching for his 'artistic voice' by trying all the professions of his Longmapapas. He's trying so hard! It reminded me of the supportive teachers I had.
3. ↑ PS Extreme 1998, Lailie the Longma article page 41

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