Rayna Cruz

==Summary==
Rayna Cruz is the main antagonist of the seventh season of Vampire Diaries.
A Shamanic Huntress hailing around the 19th Century, the daughter of Vicente Cruz, who was a member of the Brotherhood of the Five, and was a fierce vampire huntress whose sole purpose was to eradicate and incarcerate vampires within the Phoenix Stone.
After being forced to kill her father by Julian, she became enhanced by a tribe of shamans to get vengeance on Julian, his Heretic family, and all vampires. Her main target was Stefan Salvatore who was stabbed by her when she attempted to kill Damon. The wound from her sword marked him allowing her to find Stefan anywhere and compelling her to kill him. She was willing to kill anyone of any species who dared to stand in her way.
After the Phoenix Stone was destroyed, she writes down the names of all the vampires that escaped and has the gang go after them. She later agrees to give her remaining life to Bonnie Bennett to save her and while the ritual to transfer is almost completed, Rayna reveals that Bonnie will become like her and stabs herself, thereby dying for the final time.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: At least , up to 
Name: Rayna Cruz 
Origin: The Vampire Diaries 
Gender: Female 
Age: Over 190 years old (Was born during the 1800s in New Orleans) 
Classification: Supernatural Huntress 
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Longevity & Immortality (Type 4, each time Rayna dies, her body combusts and she is brought back from the dead at her peak, a total of eight times), Accelerated Development (Passive, each resurrection makes Rayna stronger than she was), Telepathy, Clairvoyance & Extrasensory Perception (By stabbing someone with the Phoenix Stone, Rayna can mark them, enabling them to sense and track them down and see their every move and thought and feel their emotions), Poison Manipulation (Her blood is poisonous to witches, even those that are immortal such as a vampire-witch hybrid), Master Combatant, Master Swordswoman, Master Tactician and Strategist, Stealth Mastery, Vehicular Mastery, Immunity to Magic (Has been rendered immune to Magic by the shamans), Soul Manipulation with the Phoenix Stone Sword (The Sword traps the soul of any vampire she killed within the Phoenix Stone) 
Attack Potency: At least Wall level (Has defeated and killed thousands of vampires over time, with even Julian, a powerful vampire well over 400 years old, being utterly terrified at the prospect of having to face her. Casually overpowered Damon and slaughtered multiple Strix vampires), up to Small Building level (By her last lives, she has become stronger than most vampires) 
Speed: At least Subsonic, likely up to Hypersonic (Capable of easily catching vampires off-guard even when they're using their full speed. Shot several of Julian's vampires without them even being able to react) 
Lifting Strength: At least Class 1 (Strong enough to toss Damon through the air with just one hand in a seated position) 
Striking Strength: At least Wall level, up to Small Building level 
Durability: At least Wall level (Can take multiple hits from several vampires at the same time) 
Stamina: High (Can fight vampires, including large numbers of them, for an extended period of time and take multiple hits from them) 
Range: Standard Melee Range 
Standard Equipment: The Phoenix Stone Sword 
Intelligence: Gifted. Is an extremely skilled martial artist and tracker and displays good knowledge of the supernatural and occult lore. 
Standard Tactics: Rayna will directly go for the kill in every confrontation, catching her preys unaware and brutally overpowering them before delivering the killing blow. She will adapt her strategies to her targets and the circumstances, from using the environment to weaken or kill them, set up traps or taking hostages. 
Weaknesses: Only has eight lives and will die permanently if she dies eight times. The more vampires she kills, the stronger her urges to kill them become. Should all of the bodies of the Eight Everlastings be destroyed, the spell that keeps her as a Supernatural Huntress would unravel and she would revert to as they were before.
==Notable Matchups==
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==References==
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