Leyna Channing (The Orville)

Leyna Channing (Aily Kei) is a villainess from "Blood of Patriots," episode 2.10 of The Orville (airdate March 7, 2019). She was introduced as the daughter of Orrin Channing, an old friend of Lt. Gordon Malloy.
Orrin and Leyna has escaped after they were held captive in a Krill prison for 20 years, along with Orrin's wife (and Leyna's mother), Sophie, who was killed by the Krill. Throughout the episode, Leyna (who was an infant at the time she was captured) did not speak, with the Orville crew believing that the trauma of the imprisonment was a reason. The episode also had Captain Ed Mercer in the process of engaging peace talks with the Krill, though they were threatened with the allegations that Orrin had blown up four Krill ships.
Though Gordon refused to believe the claims, Orrin revealed them to be true and coearced Gordon to help him in his mission. Gordon even shot (non-fatally) Lt. Talla Keyali when she tried to stop him, though, Talla communicated with the crew and revealed that Gordon was actually undercover and attempting to find out the details of Orrin's mission. Talla went to check on Leyna and noticed puncture wounds on her arm, after which she called Dr. Claire Finn to inspect her, only for Leyna to suddenly hold Talla at knifepoint and tell her to belay the order--her first words in the episode. In response, Talla introduced Leyna to her Xelayan strength and toss her across the room, causing Leyna's nose to bleed. Both she and Claire noticed the blood's yellow texture, with Claire later telling Talla to leave the room quickly, only for the evil Leyna to inform both of them that they were too late.
Everything was revealed afterwards, including Claire uncovering that the woman inside the room was not Leyna. The villainess was actually an unnamed Envall, an alien race whose blood--if released in an atmosphere similar to Earth's--can be very explosive. As Orrin later revealed to Gordon, the real Leyna was killed along with Sophie, and the villainous Envall willingly posed as Leyna to go along with Orrin's plan, which included extracting her blood to use to blow up more Krill ships as part of a kamikaze mission--doing so during the planned peace talks. After Gordon's attempt to stop Orrin failed, Gordon escaped before the Envall blood bombs killed Orrin, and though the fate of "Leyna" wasn't revealed, it can be assumed that she was taken into custody for her collusion.
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Leyna Reveal.png|Leyna holding Talla at knifepoint; establishing her reveal
Leyna Envall.png|"Leyna" revealed as an Envall
Category:2010s
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