Aya-Fae

**Aya-Fae** is a panda warrior and fan character created and owned by Ruby (RubyRedWasTaken). She resides within the Shang-Tu Royal Palace. She did not contribute during the Brevon Crisis nor the events of Freedom Planet 2. Aya's current set AU is the Trinity AU, however she is able to make appearances outside of it.

## Appearance

Aya's appearance bears a resemblance to Neera Li and Prince Dail with the exception of her outfit being almost entirely black. Her hair is black, with two tufts that curl up to the sides at the bottom, and two upward tufts of hair on the top right of her head. She wears a black leotard with the shoulders cut off and a low cut front with a mint green band. She dons matching mint green magnetic cuffs around her wrists and ankles. She also wears black thigh-high leggings that match with her leotard. She wears a mint green band around her waist that projects a translucent side-skirt on the right. She stand at roughly the same height as Neera Li. She makes no appearance in Freedom Planet 2.

## Personality

Aya's personality is that of a gruff, but caring and overall motherly figure. She cares for those she trusts, and would do anything to protect them. Even sacrificing herself, if it means saving those she loves.

## History

### Early Life

Aya-Fae was born within Shuigang to two parents whose names are unknown (Ruby hasn't created them yet.). Aya was quickly enlisted into the Shuigang Military and underwent Royal Guard training. She was a skilled weapons expert and was able to rise through the ranks relatively quickly.

### Freedom Planet 1

Aya's life during the Brevon Crisis was a chaotic one. During the Invasion of Shuigang, she was able to escape by the skin of her teeth, and was transferred to Shang Tu to complete her training. There she finished her training and was accepted as a Shang Tusian Royal Guard.

### Time Skip

In between the events of Freedom Planet 1 and the Trinity AU, Aya was administered into a highly experimental weapons program that sought to reverse engineer Brevon technology to use as weapons. This is where Aya obtained her magnetic cuffs and her Laser Cannon.

### Freedom planet Trinity

It is said that Aya played an important part during the events of the Shard Hunt, but as of now, that information is highly classified and hidden away within a Royal Palace vault.

## Relationships

### Neera

Aya has grown a close bond with Neera Li, a partnership that has the potential to go far.

### General Gong

General Gong was in charge of helping with finishing Aya's Royal Guard training, and during the time grew a strong bond with the panda warrior. The two consider themselves friends more than coworkers.

### Carol

Aya has a complex relationship with Carol Tea, one which she would describe as "confusing". Sometimes Aya enjoys the company of the Wildcat, especially when trying to relax, but other times Carol can really get on Aya's nerves.

### Lilac

Aya's only interactions with Lilac outside of missions were at the celebrations for completing missions. Safe to say she doesn't speak to the Water Dragon all that much.

### Milla

Aya always liked Milla. Despite not seeing her many times outside of missions, Aya enjoys the pup's energetic and curious personality.

### Prince Dail

Despite never truly serving the king of her home, she has an utmost respect for him, and has made many returns to her home to speak with him about all sorts of matters.

### The Magister

Aya has the highest amount of respect for The Magister, as he allowed the survivors of Brevon's invasion of her home into Shang Tu. She follows all orders from him without question. Sometimes this isn't always for the best.

## Trivia

* Aya was originally designed as the daughter of King Dail, hence the mint green to match that of Dail's lime green. This was scrapped early on in the development of the Trinity AU.
* Aya's magnetic wrist cuffs are used to secure her grip on her Plasma Cannon, especially when firing the weapon, due to the heavy recoil.
* Aya's creator, Ruby, used the name Aya for a time. She promises that the character came first, and that the name was taken from the character.
* Aya's Plasma Cannon was heavily inspired by that of the fire cannons that the character Fighting Fefnir uses in the Mega Man Zero series.
* An entire 21 chapters were written for Aya's original story, but was scrapped in favor of a complete reboot.
* It is said that Aya has a minor girl-crush on Neera Li, but Aya claims these to be rumors made by Carol.
* In an earlier draft of the original Trinity AU, Aya was supposed to sacrifice herself to save Avalice. This was scrapped in favor of her surviving.
* Aya was originally going to turn traitor as well, and become a part of Brevon's armada. In fact, an entire chapter was fully written and released before the idea was canned, so Ruby had to quickly fix up that little error with "mind control".
	+ This was also why her colors weren't changed from mint green to something else, and by the time the betrayal was scrapped, it was too late to change her colors. So Aya now remains the minty green she is today.

## Ruby's Art

The very first drawing of Aya.Aya's jump into the digital dimension.idea for Aya's design after she would've turned traitorA redesign that saw VERY little use.
## Fan Art

A drawing of Aya and HyperTails12's character, done by HyperTails12Aya's cameo in Scott King's Sonic and Freedom Planet crossover comic