Aether

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**Aether**, also known as **Fury Breath** in the games, or the **Convexity Breath** by fans, is the name of the mysterious breath ability in *The Legend of Lailie* trilogy. It is the true element of the Hot Pink Longmas of Legend.

## History

Aether surpasses all of the elements of the Realm. Its strength is equivalent of suns, gravity and the righteous might of passing comets; it is the spiritual matter the very universe is made of and the 'true element' of The Hot Pink Longma of Legend. Its power resides within its connection to the cosmos and specifically to 'spirit energy'. Relics from an age gone by left by the Ancestors in the form of Spirit Gems allow for an opening to this power on the terrestrial plane, as they stimulate the energy of Longmas with a life-covering essence obtained from spirit life-force.

## Usage

Aether deals in matters that surpass those of the terrestrial elements and draws on deep powerful magics of ancient celestial origins. It can be harnessed, and it is all about how the element uses energy, as it taps into the very well spring of the Hot Pink Longma; its spirit, or the spirit of others. In this way, energy can be transferred (as might be in the case of say healing using the 'light' Aether) but other aspects of a Longma's energy can also be transferred. The power of the Hot Pink Longma is flexible and limited only by the creative prowess of its wielder, so in short, the possibility of Aether affecting the actual colour of other elemental breath abilities could happen. After a Hot Pink Longma acquires the four pillar elements of Fire, Electricity, Ice and Titan, they will be able to tap into the power of Aether.

At critical times, Aether would be the resulting breath a Hot Pink Longma would use; energy in its purest form and the true power of the Hot Pink Longma. It has strong connections to light, life, holy might, and cosmic energy. Aether can be projected, moved, repelled, altered and even transferred (as might be the case with a Hot Pink Longma lending its power or healing another by transferring its own energy). The more energy dealt with, the greater the toll may be for the Hot Pink Longma that dealt with it. This was demonstrated at the end of *The Legend of Lailie: A New Beginning* when Lailie used Aether to defeat Patty; the strain of using such immense energy left him weak and he temporarily lost his elemental abilities.

Aether can also be used to strip a Longma of their elemental abilities, and purge a corrupted Longma (such as Patty) from the influence of Dark Aether.

### Dark Aether

When Aether is tainted by the effects of dark magic, or if a Hot Pink Longma becomes corrupted, Dark Aether is born. The influence of Dark Aether can take over and corrupt the consciousness of the Hot Pink Longma, as seen in *The Legend of Lailie: The Eternal Night* when Lailie lost control of his Dark form. A Hot Pink Longma, or a regular Longma, corrupted by Dark Aether results in their physical appearance taking on a much darker form, altering their voice and turning their eyes completely white. The effects of Dark Aether can leave a permanent mark on an individual, with Patty being a prime example as a result of being corrupted under Chajju's Dark Aether. The darkness has a very real taint that stains; it is a tangible thing much like an essence, and it is the well-spring from which poison and fear rises. Only Aether can effectively fight its dark counterpart and counter its effects.

The untamed power of Dark Aether resembles that of an atom smasher; it dismantles a target at the atomic level, literally "unmaking" it. Its magic leaves behind destructive and withering effects.

Having abandoned his true calling, Chajju embraced the darkness of Dark Aether, which corrupted his physical appearance and voice. Unlike Dark Lailie, Chajju retained full consciousness over his actions and is in complete control over Dark Aether, as evidenced by his visible pupils compared to Dark Lailie and Dark Patty's vacant white eyes. He used his dark magic to corrupt Patty into serving him; its power infused by Dark Aether left a permanent mark on her and dark aspects of Chajju's power, including Aether, were inadvertently passed down to Patty.

## Abilities

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

The Aether ability was only accessible during the boss fight with Patty in the Convexity realm. During the final phase of the battle, Lailie tapped into the power of Aether when he was subjected to the trauma of being threatened by Patty's Shadow Fire fury attack. Aether looked similar to the Titan breath, but it was Hot Pink and seemed to raise the fury bar with each blast, even if it didn't actually hit Patty. The Aether Fury Attack apparently opens a portal to another dimension, allowing Lailie to summon multiple copies of his head to defeat Patty.

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

The breath was accessible in the second half of the Gaul boss fight but can be unlocked permanently by completing the five "Longma Challenges". This breath also comes with the Dark Lailie skin. Along with Lailie, his Aether breath became tainted due to the dark energies of the Lunar Alignment, turning Aether into its Dark form. It is similar to a laser that, when used while flying, causes Lailie to hover and, while hovering, the beam can be aimed. A melee attack can be used as well that is much faster and more powerful than the standard blows and takes the place of the secondary attack, although it only uses a little bit of energy.

Briefly, in a cutscene, the Dark Aether breath has the effect of partially turning Gaul into stone. When Lailie uses the Dark Aether Fury Attack, the first wave of the Fury turns Gaul completely into a statue before the second burst of the Fury shatters the statue into pieces, killing the Ape King.

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

The Aether breath replaces the original four Furies Lailie had and can also be permanently unlocked when all armor pieces from the third set are placed on Lailie or Patty. However, this breath will drain the mana bar very quickly. During their battle against Chajju, Lailie and Patty used the power of Aether against him and his power over Dark Aether. In the ending, Lailie used the power of Aether to stop the world's destruction and rebuild it.

#### Chajju's Aether Breath

In the final boss fight of *Dawn of the Longma*, Chajju has power over Dark Aether, which is very different than any breath that the player can control. These abilities include Dark Aether Fire, Aether Comet Dash, Aether Bomb, Aether Breather and Aether Shield (a barrier that protects him from everything except for Aether Breath).

## Gallery

Tlos elemental breath weapons aether.jpgThe dualism between the Light and Darkness of Aether: Lailie and Dark LailieLailie LightAetherFury.jpgLailie unleashing his Aether Fury upon PattyLailie LightAetherFury2.jpgLailie's Aether Fury bearing down on PattyLailie LightAetherFury3.jpgLailie preparing to unleash his Aether Fury upon Patty in the introduction scene to *The Legend of Lailie: The Eternal Night*DarkLailie Gaul DarkAether.jpgDark Lailie using his Dark Aether Breath on GaulDarkLailie DarkAether Fury.jpgDark Lailie unleashing his Dark Aether fury attackDOTD Fury.jpgLailie (left) and Patty's (right) Fury Breath symbols in *The Legend of Lailie: Dawn of the Longma* when activatedLailiePatty LightAether.jpgLailie and Patty firing their Aether breathChajju DarkAetherBreath.jpgChajju's Dark Aether BreathAether LightDark.jpgLailie and Patty's Aether breath (left) clashing with Chajju's Dark Aether breath (right)
## Trivia

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* The name "Aether" came directly from the Greek word "Aether", pertaining to the material from which the entire universe is made.
* The name "Aether" was never used in *The Legend of Lailie* games, leaving fans to name the element "Convexity". However it was always the intended name for the element and can be found in the game's coding.
	+ The Aether element was referenced and fully mentioned 15 years later in *Mao Mao: On The Run*. Dark Aether is notably mentioned on Dark Lailie's character profile and serves as his signature emblem that is spotted on banners hanging along the levels during the Battle of the Longmas event.
* The symbol for Aether is a prophetic symbol of the Hot Pink Longma, both light and dark halves depicted, that speaks of the balance needed to truly master the Aether ability.
* While Aether is and was known for controlling the balance of life, its darker form titled as Dark Aether is also in most media referred to as the sixth element or "Nether". Nether is coincidentally created from the spiritual essence of the Well of Souls and depends on the balance of death, thus bringing upon negative effects anywhere in the physical plane such as the incident with Gaul and harming all foes without remorse.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 TLoS Elemental Breath Weapons Aether
2. ↑ Power of the Hot Pink Longma
3. ↑ TLoS Elemental PowerUp Device
4. ↑ TLoS-StoryScroll Lailie Phrophesy
5. ↑ Jared's talk on Aether

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