Ly: Difference between revisions

| name = Ly

| alignment = Good

| appears in = ''[[Rayman 2]]'', ''[[Rayman M]]'' (cameo), ''[[Rayman 3]]'' (cameo), [[Rayman Raving Rabbids (Game Boy Advance)|''Rayman Raving Rabbids'' (Game Boy Advance)]]

==Appearance and design==

[[File:Ly_juggling_animation.gif|thumb|Ly juggling.]]

While she is of a very thin build, Ly shares some typical [[fairy]] attributes, such as her long elven ears, her magical powers, and the ability to float in mid-air. Like [[Betilla]] the Fairy, she does not have wings. She has short purple hair and a long, bushy tail of the same colour, while having green eyes and lips. Contrary to popular belief, she is not naked, but wears a yellow suit with [[plum]] stripes and swirls all over; according to one of the earliest ''[[Rayman 2]]'' websites, she 'dresses like the [[People of Prhys]]',<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20000303195426/http://www.rayman2.com/en/story/story_txt3.html</ref> though it is not known who these people are. The same website initially describes her as an "intriguing feline creature", suggesting that she may have indeed been such originally, though it is unknown as to why she had been redesigned as mostly elven; what remains in her final design is her tail. Early concept artwork for ''[[Rayman 2]]'' that depicted her shows that she had most likely been originally an anthropomorphic cat, as she appeared to have cat ears and a non-human nose. In both [[the Walk of Life]] and [[the Walk of Power]], she sometimes runs on all fours.

Later on, Ly makes more [[Silver Lum]]s that make [[Rayman]] even more powerful, and by the time he reaches [[Admiral Razorbeard]] in [[the Crow's Nest]], she uses one to save him from falling into the vast body of lava, and using telepathy, encourages him to fight until [[Admiral Razorbeard|Razorbeard]] is defeated. When the battle is over, at first she was made to believe that [[Rayman]] did not survive the explosion high in the sky, until he turns up alive.

LyFairyGlade.jpg|Ly as seen in ''[[Rayman 2]]''.

R2TGE-PC-TheWalkOfLife-HallOfDoors.jpg|A hologram of Ly is used to represent [[the Walk of Life]] and [[the Walk of Power]] in [[the Hall of Doors]].

===In ''[[Rayman Revolution]]''===

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===In ''[[Rayman 2 Forever]]''===

Ly plays a similar role in ''[[Rayman 2 Forever]]'', the Game Boy Color version of ''[[Rayman 2]]'', but like most characters her part is reduced due to the limitations of the Game Boy Color. She is not captured in [[the Fairy Glade]] and is simply encountered there. She does not give [[Rayman]] the power to swing from [[Purple Lum]]s on screen, although the rings (the equivalent to the [[Purple Lum]]s in this version) do not appear until after her meeting with [[Rayman]] in [[the Fairy Glade]], suggesting she may have given him this power after all and it was simply not shown. She tells [[Rayman]] to gather the [[Four Masks of Polokus]] as always, but offers no explanation as to what they are. She appears several times throughout the game to give [[Rayman]] the temporary [[Super helicopter]] power, and instructs him to destroy [[Admiral Razorbeard|Razorbeard]] before the final battle. She congratulates [[Rayman]] upon his victory.

==In ''[[Rayman M]]''==

Ly does not appear as a playable character in ''[[Rayman M]]'', but in [[Ly's Palace]], a statue of her can be found in the centre of the room.

==In ''[[Rayman 3]]''==

Concept art of ''[[Rayman 3]]'' shows what appears to be a scrapped character design for Ly's appearance in the game; it can still be found in the ''[[Rayman 3 Print Studio]]''. A statue of Ly, in her original design, still appears as a cameo in the third phase of [[the Longest Shortcut]], hidden behind a painting.

===In [[Rayman 3 (Game Boy Advance)|''Rayman 3'' (Game Boy Advance)]]===

In [[Rayman 3 (Game Boy Advance)|the Game Boy Advance version of ''Rayman 3'']], Ly plays largely the same role as [[Betilla]] the Fairy in [[Rayman 1|the original ''Rayman'' game]]. Oddly enough, Ly's sprite in this game shows that her tail is missing, and is now replaced a large ponytail at the back of her head, though in a cut-scene she still has her original tail and short hair.

==In [[Rayman Raving Rabbids (Game Boy Advance)|the Game Boy Advance version of ''Rayman Raving Rabbids'']]==

Ly makes some brief appearances in [[Rayman Raving Rabbids (Game Boy Advance)|the Game Boy Advance version of ''Rayman Raving Rabbids'']], where she gives [[Rayman]] a costume [[medallion]] every time he defeats a boss. While the game uses the same sprites as [[Rayman 3 (Game Boy Advance)|the Game Boy Advance version of ''Rayman 3'']], she has a new appearance in the cut-scenes, where the front of her hair is curlier than before, she has pale blue lipstick, and her suit reveals her shoulders.

*Ly was originally going to appear in ''[[Rayman M]]'', as several promotional pictures and even the back cover of the game showed, but was in the end replaced by [[Tily]].

* There was a concept artwork for ''[[Rayman 3]]'' which may have depicted Ly with a totally different appearance. She had no tail, but instead had huge dragonfly-like wings, her hair and lips were now phthalo blue instead of purple, and she wore a new outfit of the same colour, as well as a pair of elbow length gloves, while also having blue dots over her face and arms. This design was dropped from the final game, though it can be found as a printable in the ''[[Rayman 3 Print Studio]]''.

* Ly's voice in ''[[Rayman 2]]'' is an echoing, feminine voice. In ''[[Rayman Revolution|Revolution]]'', although Ly spoke English, this echoing voice is still heard in the background.

* She takes part of a music band in the credits of ''[[Rayman Revolution]]'', where she plays the banjo.

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