Laylea

Not to be confused with Layla, an NPC in Fates, or with Leila, an NPC in Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade.

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Gender Female Race Human Family Charlot (younger brother) Starting class Dancer Appearance(s) Genealogy of the Holy War

“	Sometimes I have to dance for disgusting men, but that's a part of my job! We do what we do to survive!	”	— Laylea

Laylea (Japanese: レイリア Laylea) is a travelling Jugdrali dancer and the elder sister of Charlot, Hannibal's adopted son. While working in the city of Darna, she became close with Ares, the prince of Agustria, and later accompanied him in fighting for Seliph's liberation army against the Grannvale Empire.

Laylea is Lene's substitute character, filling her role in the story and gameplay if Silvia died or failed to be married in the course of the first generation.

Biography

Little is known of Laylea's origins or upbringing, save that she likely grew up in an orphanage like Charlot did before Hannibal adopted him. She took to dancing as a way to earn money to survive.

Her work as a dancer eventually took her to Darna around Grann 777, where she met Ares, who was there with Javarro's mercenaries serving a job with the city's Count Bramsel. The two quickly established a friendship, and when Bramsel made a lecherous advance at her, Ares stepped in to force him to back down from his solicitations. However, the two soon fought over Ares needing to go fight Seliph's army at Melgen. After he left, Bramsel attempted to approach her again, and Leaylea's resistance to his actions led to her imprisonment in the Darna dungeons. Following Seliph's capture of Darna, she was freed from imprisonment by one of his soldiers, and upon meeting Ares - now with Seliph's army - she joined him in the army, wishing to stay close to him in future.

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

Role

Laylea is a playable character in the second generation, as Lene's substitute.

Starting stats and growth rates

Dancer Level 3 Holy Blood -- Movement 6

Recruitment: Chapter 7, have Ares enter Darna Castle after it has been seized Stats Growth Rates Max HP 24 Speed 13 Strength 4 Luck 4 Magic 0 Defense 1 Skill 1 Resistance 4 Max HP 50% Speed 40% Strength 50% Luck 30% Magic 10% Defense 20% Skill 20% Resistance 20% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Skills 3,000 Gold Dance Charm Weapon Levels C -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Analysis

This character analysis section may not be accurate to every player's experience.

Laylea is a level 3 Dancer who joins in Chapter 7 of Genealogy, in the second generation. With a C-rank in swords, inability to promote, extreme frailty and low movement, Laylea is not a combat unit. Her strength lies in... dancing, as one would expect from a dancer. Dancers have the unique utility of refreshing another unit's turn. This lets the target act again, even if they have already acted this turn. Genealogy 's dancers are better than the average dancer, because they refresh four units at a time. Laylea can refresh every unit in her 1-range at the same time, which is incredibly useful. She also lacks competitors, since no other unit in the second generation can dance.

Laylea has a major disadvantage compared to the unit she substitutes, Lene. She cannot receive any inheritance. This is a problem, because this means she cannot inherit the Knight Ring or the Leg Ring. While she can still buy both, it costs a lot of money, money Laylea cannot easily obtain. Her best bet is either visiting villages or gathering gifts from the player's thief. It would be better and more convenient for her to join with inheritance, but as a substitute unit, she cannot.

Why are the Knight Ring and Leg Ring relevant? They are incredible items to have on a dancer. With the Knight Ring, Laylea can dance for a group of units, then move a few squares. This help her to keep up with the units she dances for, and also to stay out of danger. Laylea is also the second best recipient of the Leg Ring after Seliph. With the Leg Ring, Laylea can cover more ground and easily keep up with the player's mounted frontline. Combining the Leg Ring and Knight Ring turns her into a superdancer with the movement of a mounted unit. That version of Laylea is arguably the best unit in the second generation next to Seliph.

Laylea compensates for the lack of inheritance with one thing - her skillset. Instead of Adept and Miracle, she has Charm. Adept and Miracle are both bad skills on a dancer, because they involve fighting with your dancer. Charm, on the other hand, can be useful. It makes Laylea increase the hit and avoid of allied units within three squares of her by 10%. It can be difficult to make use of, since three squares is not much. Getting Laylea in Charm range will usually involve moving her into enemy range as well. It is also harder to use Charm when Laylea does not have the Knight Ring or the Leg Ring. Why? It is tough to get into position with base Dancer movement and no Canto. That said, once Laylea finally receives both items, or even only the Knight Ring, she can use Charm well.

Overall, Laylea has one advantage over Lene, that being Charm. Lene's skills are unsuitable for her, but Laylea's one skill is quite good with the right setup. However, Laylea cannot inherit any items, while Lene can - and dancer inheritance is useful to have. For that reason, Lene is a better unit than Laylea, but they are both incredible assets and should always be used.

Personality and character

Laylea tends to be flirtatious, particularly liking to tease those who are embarrassed and flustered. Because of the demands of her own job as a dancer, Laylea believes that holding grudges based on somebody's job, no matter what it led to, is foolish. She was very attached to Ares, and was outright angry when he needed to leave to fight for Javarro, even blaming him for the fact that she felt Javarro was using him.

Love growths and events

Laylea Dancer Seliph Initial: 0 Per turn: 2 File:Ma snes02 myrmidon playable.gif File:Ma snes02 myrmidon playable.gif Scáthach/Dalvin Initial: 0 Per turn: 2 Oifey Initial: 0 Per turn: 2 Diarmuid/Tristan Initial: 0 Per turn: 2 Lester/Deimne Initial: 0 Per turn: 2 Lester/Deimne Initial: 0 Per turn: 2 Arthur/Amid Initial: 0 Per turn: 2 Iuchar Initial: 0 Per turn: 2 File:Ma snes02 fighter playable.gif Iucharba Initial: 0 Per turn: 2 Shannan Initial: 0 Per turn: 2 Leif Initial: 0 Per turn: 2 File:Ma snes02 fighter playable.gif Iucharba Initial: 0 Per turn: 2 Shannan Initial: 0 Per turn: 2 Leif Initial: 0 Per turn: 2 Ares Initial: 300 Per turn: 1 Febail/Asaello Initial: 0 Per turn: 2 Ced/Hawk Initial: 0 Per turn: 2 Charlot Initial: -- Per turn: --

See love for more details on the love system.

• In Chapter 7, Laylea can talk to Seliph after she has been recruited, yielding no reward.
• In Chapter 9, Laylea can talk to Charlot after he has been recruited, granting him +1 luck.

Endings

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Quotes

Battle quotes

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Death quotes

“	Ares... I'm sorry...	”	— Laylea, in Genealogy of the Holy War.

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Trading Card Game

Laylea was featured on three TCG cards.

Fire Emblem Trading Card Game data for Laylea
	Class: Dancer	Level 1 Infantry	Direct Attack
	Energy: 2	Atk.: 1 / Counter: 1	WLv.: C
	Equip: Slim Sword	Skills: Dance
	Card #078 • Rarity: ★★ • Artist: Mayumi Hirota
	Class: Dancer	Level 10 Infantry	Direct Attack
	Energy: 3	Atk.: 2 / Counter: 1	WLv.: C
	Equip: Iron Sword	Skills: Dance
	Card #2-053 • Rarity: ★★ • Artist: Katsuyoshi Koya
	Class: Dancer	Level 15 Infantry	Direct Attack
	Energy: 3	Atk.: 1 / Counter: 1	WLv.: C
	Equip: Barrier Blade	Skills: Dance
	Card #P034 • Rarity: ☆★★ • Artist: Osamu Kine
Card scans and information translation provided by Aquantis.

Fire Emblem Cipher

Laylea is currently featured on one card in Fire Emblem Cipher.

This card's epithet is still in raw, untranslated Japanese; it needs translation.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Laylea
	護剣の踊り子, Laylea
		"Y'know, I think we've got a bit of time to spare. How would you like to see some dancing?"
		Attack: 20	Support: 10	Range: 1	Deploy Cost: 2
		Class: Dancer		Tier: Base	Class Change Cost: --
		Holy Dance: [Activate] [] [] Choose 1 ally who has attacked in this turn, and untap them. Barrier Blade: [Always] If this unit is being attacked by a enemy, this unit gains +50 attack.
	Card #B15-086HN • Artist: cuboon
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, see their TCG wiki article on Leylia .

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Laylea	Used in the Choose Your Legends polls for Fire Emblem Heroes; has yet to be corroborated by other sources.
English (unofficial)	Laylea	Used in the Genealogy of the Holy War fan translation.

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Dancer Dancing Sword (Iron Sword)

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  Artwork of Laylea from Genealogy of the Holy War.

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  Artwork of Laylea and Charlot from Treasure.

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  Laylea's portrait in Genealogy of the Holy War.

References

This article is part of Project Characters, a project focused on writing articles for every character present in the Fire Emblem series.