Ly the Fairy

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Ly
Alignment	Good
Appears in	R2, R2: Revolution, RM, 3, RRR (GBA)
Sex	Female
Species	Fairy
Status	Power provider

Ly the Fairy is a character in the Rayman series that makes her début in Rayman 2: The Great Escape and its remakes, followed by shorter appearances in the Game Boy Advance versions of Rayman 3 and Rayman Raving Rabbids. Along with her fellow fairies, she is an emissary of her creator, Polokus, and it is her job to provide information about him and the Four Masks, as well as using her magical powers to create Silver Lums.

Video game appearances

Rayman 2

Ly as she appears in Rayman 2: The Great Escape. She had just been released from her prison in the Fairy Glade.

Ly's story begins in Rayman's mind, when she tells him that the Robo-Pirates have broken the Heart of the World into 1000 Yellow Lums and that it has weakened her, before he gets captured. She is then consulted by Globox, who she gives a Silver Lum to give to Rayman before they are both captured. While Globox is taken to the Buccaneer, Ly is held prisoner in an electrified forcefield in one of the pirate strongholds, deep in the Fairy Glade. The Silver Lum she created gives Rayman the ability to shoot balls of energy, and it is put to good use as he eventually finds her and destroys the machine that controlled the forcefield, freeing her. By then, she only has enough energy to create one Silver Lum, which upgrades Rayman's shooting ability to be used with Purple Lums. Before leaving to gather more energy, she passes her knowledge about Polokus and his four masks to him.

Later on, Ly makes more Silver Lums that make Rayman even more powerful, and by the time he reaches 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 the robot Admiral 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.

Additionally, Ly offers Rayman to join her in a race through the Walk of Life and the Walk of Power, in which extra Yellow Lums are found, and offer him to have his health and power maximised. Despite it being a race, Ly does not have to be beaten.

Rayman Revolution

In Rayman Revolution, it is revealed that Ly resides in a house built in a giant tree somewhere in the East Plain, and it is there that she offers Rayman to play some mini games that top up his health and power, provided that he frees and brings to her enough Familiar Spirits for each game. She also meditates from a stone in the area of Globox's House, and a stele in Rainbow Creek. She is also a playable character in the unlockable mini game Missile Dogfight.

Rayman 3 GBA

She plays the same role as Betilla in Rayman 1. 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.

Rayman Raving Rabbids GBA

Ly makes some brief appearances in the Game Boy Advance version of Rayman Raving Rabbids, where she gives Rayman a costume medallion everytime he defeats a boss. While the game uses the same sprites as Rayman 3 for the GBA, 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.

Character Description

Ly as she appears in Rayman Revolution.

Appearance

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, but unlike other fairies, 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. Because of her tail, it is speculated that she may have some animal - most likely feline - characteristics. Early concept artwork for Rayman 2 that depicted her shows that she may have been originally an anthropomorphic cat, as she appeared to have cat ears and a non-human nose. In the Walks of Life and Power, she sometimes runs on all fours.

Physical

Ly shows great athletic and gymnastic skills, perhaps more so than Rayman's, as she can run faster and jump much higher than he can. In fact, she can cross very large gaps, such as on the river in the Walk of Power, while Rayman would have to use his Helicopter. However, it is possible for the player to outrun her in the Walk of Life, though in all versions of the game apart from Rayman Revolution, she will simply teleport herself to the finishing point if she is too far behind. Despite being thin, she has enough strength to juggle with Rayman's body parts with ease, if she wanted to. She can also shoot energy spheres, like Rayman's, as a method of defence.

Personality

Akin to Betilla the Fairy, she is a calm and very meditative character, even in her captivity at the Fairy Glade, and spends most of her time meditating deep in the forest. Rayman says that the Woods of Light is one of her favourite places to be. When she is not meditating, she is a fun-loving and friendly character that puts a lot of faith and trust in the heroes of the world, and is willing to help Rayman defeat Razorbeard and the Robo-Pirate Army.

It is unknown if she is at all related to Tily the Fairy, a much younger fairy that shares some of her features.

Trivia

Ly juggling

Ly as she appears in Rayman Raving Rabbids for the GBA

• 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 the Fairy.
• 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 likes to juggle - several Rayman 2 images depicted her to have juggled with at least 3 red balls, and even Rayman's body parts.
• Ly's voice in Rayman 2 is an echoing, feminine voice. In 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.
• In the Japanese version of Rayman 2 for the Dreamcast and Rayman Revolution, Ly's entire appearance had been changed to suit the preferences of the Japanese market. Her eyes were rounder, her pupils were bigger and a lighter shade of green in colour, she was given thin eyebrows the same colour as her hair, and instead of green lips, they were now pink. Her clothes also became purple and white. She is known as "Rai" (ﾗｲ) in all Japanese versions of the game.

Cameos

• Rayman M: In Ly's Palace, an ice sculpture of Ly is found the centre of the room.
• Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc: In a stage in the Longest Shortcut, another statue of Ly is hidden behind a painting.

Gallery

Artwork

Ly charging up an energy sphere. You can see here her cat-like ears and oddly shaped nose.	Using her powers to restore Rayman's health and power.	Ly and Rayman spend some time together on a warship.	Ly loves to juggle, and does so with Rayman's body parts!
This sketch shows a romantic link between Rayman and Ly, though this couple is unconfirmed.	Ly demonstrates her "feline" traits by standing on all fours.	A few promotional posters for Rayman M show Ly.	This one was even used as part of the final back cover for said game.

Screenshots

Rayman3LyGBA.PNG Ly's appearance in the GBA version of Rayman 3. For some reason, her tail became a ponytail here.	Ly taking part in the band at the credits of Rayman Revolution.	About to start a race with Rayman.	Trapped in the electric forcefield in the Fairy Glade.
Ly is a playable character in the Dogfight minigame in Rayman Revolution.	Giving Rayman his Super helicopter power Beneath the Sanctuary of Rock and Lava.	In the GBC version of Rayman 2, Ly also hosts the bonus levels.	In the final version of Rayman M, a statue of Ly can be found.
Another Ly statue is hidden in the Longest Shortcut in Rayman 3.	Ly's tail somehow returns to its normal position here in the GBA version of Rayman 3.

See Also

• Tily the Fairy
• Betilla the Fairy