Lavie Head
From Last Exile
Lavie's seiyū in the original Japanese anime is Chiwa Saito, and she is voiced by Kari Wahlgren in the English adaptation.
[edit] Character Outline
[edit] Background
The same day that Lavie was born, her mother passed away, leaving Lavie to be raised by her father George. Lavie has no idea what her mother looks like, never having seen even a photo of her. When the Valca family moved in next door, she and Claus were raised together, and became best friends.
One day, Claus' and Lavie's fathers depart on a ten-star mission, to cross the Grand Stream, from which neither of them ever return. This news is brought to them by an unknown man who was a friend of their fathers. Lavie is orphaned, and one year later Claus' mother dies from stress and exhaustion, orphaning him also. Claus at this time makes the resolution with Lavie to one day cross the Grand Stream together. Claus and Lavie have the houses, and the vanship of their fathers, and little else. They learn to fly the vanship together, Claus as pilot, and Lavie as navi. They sold their houses to protect their father's vanship, then used the vanship to make a living as sky couriers, as their fathers were.
Lavie is rather reluctantly dragged along with Claus into his seven-star mission.
[edit] Personality
The moody, outspoken redhead is proud of her lineage as seen in her protectiveness of her father's vanship. 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's 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 Claus and Tatiana return to the Silvana with Tatiana wearing Claus's pilot suit.
