Lavie Head
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Lavie Head (Λαβη Εαδ) (ラヴィ・ヘッド?) is one of the main characters from the 2003 anime series Last Exile.
Lavie is Claus Valca's navigator and vanship mechanic. The moody, outspoken redhead is proud of her lineage as seen in her protectiveness of her vanship (thought to have belonged to their fathers). Unlike Claus, she is relatively reluctant to stay on the Silvana and favors the freedom of the vanship lifestyle. She abhors the use of vanships for military purposes, and deplores Claus' interest in becoming a combat pilot. Along with her friendly nature, she can hold grudges with others. Her feelings for Claus are obviously conflicted. She treats Claus mostly like a dear friend and sibling, sometimes acts the part of nagging but caring wife, insofar as she cooks for him and rustles him out of bed. She seems to have repressed romantic feelings for Claus, judging by the somewhat simmering jealously she feels when Tatiana Wisla starts showing an interest in Claus. This most prominently appears when Tatiana is seen wearing Claus' pilot suit. Lavie had made the suit with her own hands. Vanship fluid had spilled onto Tatiana's suit but Lavie was too afraid to ask what had really happened.
As the events of the series unfold, the emphasis of the story began to shift away from her and Claus, instead focusing on the plights of the two countries in Prester, and the treachery of the Guild. However, she and Claus bore witness to Alvis's release of EXILE, and in the end, chose to settle in the "new world".
[edit] Trivia
- If one were to break up Lavie's name in two, la and vie, it produces, in French, "the life" or "life."
- Lavie's Japanese voice actor was Chiwa Saito. Her American voice actor was Kari Wahlgren.
