Book - Daughter of the Elf King
The first content from the Bayala world that was published was the German book, published in 2008, by Gecko Keck; Bayala: The Daughters Of The Elf King. This book was written alongside the Schleich toy line being created. Enriching the world which these toy characters inhabit. It centers around Eyela who is on an adventure to turn her fate around. Her luck has been bad ever since her little sister Surah was kidnapped by the Shadow elves. This storyline is first introduced here but plays a central role in most Bayala based stories that appear after. The book is full of magical creatures, interesting places and most importantly; adventure (Keck, 2008).
Movie - A Magical Adventure
In 2019 a movie was made, Bayala: A Magical Adventure. Based on the book by Keck and the general story created through the toys, this movie centers around the twins Sera and Surah going on an adventure to bring a dragon egg to bring it back to its parents. This act would restore magic to the kingdom of Bayala. However the shadow queen tries to stop them and they have to use Surah's friendship with shadow elves to deliver the egg safely. This ultimately ends up healing the rift between the shadow elves and the rest of Bayala. Eyela herself does not play a big role in this movie, at the start of the she has a coronation leading to some struggles with her first days of being queen (Jarvine et al., 2019). It does however transform her and Bayala into yet another medium.
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Game - Bayala the Game
In 2019, shortly after the release of the movie set in Bayala a video game was created to give watchers the opportunity to further discover the elven kingdom. Its storyline is similar to that of the movie, however adapting it to fit a more linear storyline focussed on just Surah. She has to go through many of the same obstacles as in the movie and some extra ones, to defeat the shadow queen and restore magic to Bayala (Nintendo America, n.d.; Steam Store, n.d.). Eyela serves as a side character who gives Surah different tasks to fulfill to help out the kingdom. She is a static, non player character and merely stands there and asks for Surah to do everything for her. The game is available for purchase on both desktop and Nintendo switch.
