Aya Drevis

## Voices

**Aya Drevis** (アヤ・ドレヴィス, *Aya Drevisu*) is the only daughter of Alfred Drevis and Monika Drevis who lived with in a large mansion.

## Appearance

Aya is a beautiful pale-skinned little girl with long black hair that has square bangs hanging over her forehead with a large pink ribbon tied in the back and light blue eyes.

she is seen wearing a white apron over a dark blue dress that has puffed sleeves, white cuffs, white socks, black Mary Jane shoes and a gold pendant around her neck.

## Personality

Aya is a compassionate and kindhearted little girl who truly loves her family and she values even things that previously belonged to one of her relatives, such as Monika Drevis' (Aya's mother) perfume. In fact, her love and protectiveness for her family is one of the most powerful driving forces in the game; this is what primarily aided her in persevering throughout the whole journey to save her father, despite witnessing numerous things that would usually drive even an adult to insanity. She is also level-headed and bright, being able to solve tricky puzzles and efficiently wield a chainsaw at a tender age.

Despite knowing what is going on in her father's basement, she chooses to feign ignorance, as she believes her father is a good person. The case goes the same for her mother when she plots her revenge; Aya does not believe her mother is deranged and is willing to save her from her suffering. Although she is definitely more mentally capable than an average person, she is still a child at heart who urgently hopes that her love will reach through to her parents and hinder the madness in the Drevis mansion, despite how far gone both Monika and Alfred Drevis (Aya's father) are.

Aya also doesn't limit her compassion merely to her family. When she encountered tormented spirits, she would occasionally help them, namely when she cooked ham for a hungry, little boy. She even extends it to Maria, whom Aya initially despised, as she felt that the maid was stealing her father from her and trying to take her mother's place. However, after having read her diary, she begins to understand her better. When Maria is betrayed and injured by Alfred, Aya patches her wounds up and reveals that, although she cannot live without her father's love, she would leave the mansion if she had to, but she also cannot live on her own. Aya then offers Maria to come with her, and from there, the two form a bond.

In the True Ending, her true nature is revealed as she continued her father's occupation of making dolls (though she opts for patients with terminal illnesses and uses sedatives so they wouldn't feel any pain, unlike her father). However, the remake heavily implies that this is simply her way of keeping her promise to her mother; that she would "always support [her] father," as opposed to simply her devolving into madness.

## Etymology

* The name **Aya** has many meanings depending on the different languages:
	+ In Japanese, it means "color" (彩), "design" (綾) or "brilliant fabric design, kimono design" (絢).
	+ In Akkadian, it means "Dawn".
		- In Akkadian mythology, Aya was a mother goddess, the consort of the sun god Shamash and associated strongly with the rising sun, sexual love and youth. The Babylonians sometimes called her kallatu meaning "the bride". She developed from the Sumerian goddess Sherida.
	+ In Modern Hebrew, it means "The Beautiful Land of Israel" (Hebrew: ארץ ישראל היפה)
	+ In Arabic, it means "Sign, evidence" or "verse" (**ayah**) as in one of the passages that make up the Quran.

## Trivia

* Although Alfred states that Aya will turn 11 soon at the beginning of Normal Mode, the description for the game on Steam, as well as Nintendo Switch, describes her as 11 years old. This could either be a mistake, or implies that Aya's birthday also happens to be on the day her mother passed away.
* The bookshelves in Aya's room contain books that are dark in nature for a young girl to read. *The Dark Quartet* features morbid themes about death and torture, while *Horus the Trader* and *The Red-Eyed Stranger* allude to the 'salesman' Ogre.
	+ As of Version 2, *The Dark Quartet* has been removed for unknown reasons.
* At the end of Normal Mode, if the player has managed to obtain all 21 Gems (*in the original/2.02 version*) or 20 Gems (*in the remake*), a bonus scene plays that reveals that her father - who has been taken to another world where Ogre hails from - has managed to make an older clone of her.