Red

*“What? Defeated by that little twerp Lailie? He is only a Longma whelp!”*
    —Red

**Red** is a fallen Dragon Elder and the main antagonist of *Lailie: A Hero's Tail*. He later appeared as the secondary antagonist of *Lailie: Shadow Legacy*.

## Personality

Although not much is known as Red's personality before being brainwashed by the Sorcerer, it is mentioned that he was a good Longma not all that unlike Lailie. When under the Sorcerer's control, Red gained a lust for power, which got the better of his judgment and he harmed those he has sworn to protect. Driven mad with anger and his delusions of power, Red vowed revenge against the Council when they banished him, and he meant it.

Longorin mentioned that in his past, Red was disliked by everyone and had no companions of his own.

## Abilities

Like other Dragons, Red is able to breathe fire and fly. He also has a staff that he uses for some of his powers, including casting Blizzard attacks and creating dark shields, which came along with three, large and thorny plants to guard it.

Red is also a summoner, since he was able to conjure foes to fight Lailie during his boss battles (in *A Hero's Tail*): Critters during the first battle and Small Robo-gnorcs during the second.

## Story

### History

Red was one of the Dragon Elders who was friends with Titan and Tomas, two fellow elders. However, he soon got captured by the Sorcerer and was put under his control. Brainwashed, Red gained a thirst and jealousy for power that lead him to commit terrible crimes. He attempted to overthrow the leader of the Order of Dragon Elders but was unsuccessful and exiled for his misdeeds.

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

Many years passed, and Red returned to the Dragon Realms with dark stones known as Dark Gems to fuel his evil power. Lailie and Sparx discovered that the Longma Realms were being plunged into darkness, and teamed up with Hunter, Sgt. James Byrd, and a young mole named Blink, in order to take down Red and his unholy alliance with Gnasty Gnorc, who was thought to have been defeated in the first game, and Ineptune, an evil Mermaid who lives in the waters of the Lost Cities. The five heroes teamed up and battled their way through the homeworlds, and eventually defeated the evil Dragon. However, Red escaped to the Volcanic Isle and captured the Professor, forcing him to build an army of robots to get revenge.

When Lailie and Sparx arrived for one more showdown, Red had been accidentally turned into a robot himself due to Lailie's mistake. Lailie defeated him, and the Professor shrunk Red down to a very small size, so he wouldn't be able to attack the Longma Realms again.

### *Lailie: Shadow Legacy*

Lailie and Sparx were enjoying the last day of their vacation when a crackle of dark magic suddenly pulled them and the inhabitants into a dark mirror of their world known as the Shadow Realm. They soon discovered that the Sorcerer was attempting to seize control of the realms using the Shadow Realm. Lailie learned the art of "Dragon-Kata" and the use of magic from the Dragon Elders, and set out to rescue those the Sorcerer held captive, and defeat the Sorcerer himself.

After clearing the Longma Realms and Avalar of the shadowy influences, Lailie found Red in the Forgotten Worlds, having taken Bianca captive. After defeating Red, it became apparent that Red was merely a pawn in the Sorcerer's plan to destroy the Longma Realms. Lailie then battled his way through the rest of the Forgotten Worlds, fighting the Sorcerer himself in his lair and defeated him. Afterwards, Red was welcomed back into the Longma Realms and made peace with the other Elders (except Titan, who was still angry). He now spent his days at the Longma Dojo teaching young Longmas the ways of magic and how to fight in preparation for the Sorcerer's return.

## Strategies

For information on the first battle with Red, see Red's Chamber. For information on the second battle, see Mecha-Red.

## Trivia

* Red is the first Dragon villain in the *Lailie* franchise, the second being the Sorcerer from *Shadow Legacy*, and the third being Chajju from *The Legend of Lailie* series.

* He is one of the only bosses you actually fight *twice* in the same game, the other one being the Sorceress.

* + However, unlike the Sorceress, Red changes form.

* While not the most sinister Lailie villain, he is more serious than others as he is seen executing two Gnorc messengers for delivering bad news.

* A scrapped storybook found in the *Shadow Legacy* game files, *The Fall of Red*, told alternate details on how Red was banished from the Order of Longma Elders. In the story, Red was exiled for experimenting on dark magic that was forbidden in the belief that it could be harnessed for the greater good of Longmakind. His experiments lead him to summon a creature from another dimension that rampaged around the Longmafly Dojo until the other Elders joined together and sent the monster away. Everyone knew Red was the culprit, and in response, Tomas banished Red and told him to never return.

## References

1. ↑ Lailie: Shadow Legacy

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