Mayari

Mayari, real name Maya De Silva, is a supporting character in the Crusaders of the Constellations.

## Character History

Born an only child to a businesswoman, Maya was tired of her boring life. Cerynitis, her foster mother, arrived in Manila to give her the silver pendant. The second time she appeared to Maya, it is to explain what the silver pendant does: it's a trinket she can use to become Mayari, the Silver Deer Warrior. She never disliked her Silver Deer Warrior form but was afraid that it would be uncontrollable, so she barely transformed into it. Her mother adopted her younger brother sometime later. Even when she entered Aether World Cosmic University and became the Hall of the Moon's Leader, she rarely used the silver pendant to become Mayari, the Silver Deer Warrior except in some Dimensional Missions. She and Ranald are prophesized to seal the Devourer away. After one mission, Ranald spent time with her during a school break. She got to meet Ranald's parents in Special Episode: New Year's Eve. During the final battle, when the Devourer of Worlds injured them with this attack, the Moon shone and struck her with moonlight, upgrading her Silver Deer form to the Silver Deer Warrior of the Changing Moon.

After sealing the Devourer away with Ranald, she gained her current title and met Ranald's parent's Dimensional Mates in A New Generation of Protectors (Part 2). Now, she has become AWCU's archery instructor, Literature professor, leader of the Lunar Mansion Knights, and Counsellor to the Hall of the Moon, having passed the position of Hall Leader to the next generation.

## Appearance

Her civilian form is willowy, and she has black hair and eyes. She wears either white dresses or white shirts with blue pants or shorts, with the silver pendant that Cerynitis gave her worn around her neck. She also wears the silver gloves that her mother's Dimensional Mate gave her. In her Silver Deer form, she wore a white suit with a silver breastplate shaped like a deer head, with antlers on her shoulders, and shoes resembling deer hooves and a tiara on her head.

Her evolved form, the Silver Deer Warrior of the Changing Moon gives her a silver bodysuit with light blue swirls and a deer tail, and new white Pearl Steel armor with a white cape with fur trim that she can use to glide or turn into wings. Her deer's head torso armor has a crescent moon on it, and her tiara and silver pendant has golden deer antlers made of moonlight. In this form, her eyes glow white, like the full moon at night while a silver orb of moonlight floats above her head.

## Personality

Not much is known about Maya's personality, but she seems reserved and gentle. She is implied to have excelled in academics and is friendly to Ranald and his buddies. She shows concern for Ranald's safety in some chapters such as Gemini: Double Weapon Style and even was happy for him when he helped his classmates. She has a cautious nature, preferring to think first and then do something later. She is also implied to have a bit of a temper, though. She also gets along with her fellow classmates such as Delmare and Kibahime and is quite adaptable in every situations.

Maya is just as graceful in her Silver Deer Warrior form and its evolved form. She, however, has a deer's tendency to freeze when a light is shone on her, a trait not seen in the novel.

## Powers

* Enhanced Intelligence: She excels in academics
* Weapon Proficiency (Bow): As an archery student before her time in AWCU, she has become good with the bow.

### As the Silver Deer Warrior

* Enhanced Senses: She gains the senses of a deer.
* Lunakinesis: Her special moves, even when upgraded, involve manipulations of the Moon's attributes, such as
	+ Lunar Weaponry: She can form the Net of Diana to catch anyone or rescue people.
		- Lunar Artillery: As the Silver Deer Warrior, she can shoot arrows of light. When her form upgraded to the Silver Deer Warrior of the Changing Moon, her Bow of the Moon shoots arrows of moonlight (Arrows of Artemis) and arrows with various effects on targets (see below).
* Photokinesis: Most moves have to do with moonlight.
* Cryokinesis: Others, with ice.
* Madness Inducement: Shoots an arrow that induces rage in the target (Full Moon Arrow: Werewolf's Rage)
* Illusion Manipulation: Shoots an arrow that alters a target's perception, causing him to hallucinate (Gibbous Moon Arrow: Moonlight Mirage)
* Confusion Inducement: Shoots an arrow that causes confusion in a target. The arrow in question explodes and spreads a gas that interferes with the target's mind (Half Moon Arrow: Disorientation)
* Sleep Inducement: Shoots an arrow that causes a target to sleep (Crescent Moon Arrow: Lullaby)
* Emotion Manipulation: Shoots an arrow that induces sadness in the target (New Moon Arrow: Melancholy Night)

## Forms

* Silver Deer Warrior, Mayari
* Silver Deer Warrior of the Changing Moon

Maya's first and basic form.

**Arsenal**

* **Mayari's Silver Pendant**: A silver pendant that Cerynitis gave her when she was a child. It gives her access to her Silver Deer Warrior Form.
* An ordinary bow that she brought from Earth to AWCU. When she's in this form, she shoots arrows of Moonlight from it.
	+ **Lunarrows**: The bows of moonlight fired from the bow when Maya's in Silver Deer Warrior Form.

Mayari's second form. As it's the evolution of her Silver Deer Form, it is most likely a permanent transformation.

**Arsenal**

* **Mayari's Silver Pendant**: Looks the same, but with golden deer antlers made of moonlight, having absorbed the star-power of the Moon. It can produce streams of silver light to seal a being's powers, and silver and blue light to produce one half of the seal to the Obsidian Gate that is the entrance to the Dark Side of the Universe.
* **Bow of the Moon**: A silver bow in the shape of a deer's head, it enables Mayari to perform her new special moves.
* **Argent Lunarrows**: An upgrade of the Lunarrows, these arrows of moonlight have various special effects based on the phases of the moon.

**Move, Special Moves, and Hyper Moves**

* **Tsukuyomi Hoof** ( ●  ● ): A swift upper kick energized by lunar energy.
* **Net of Diana** ( ●  ● ): Forms a net of moonlight to catch enemies or rescue people.
* **Light of Selene** ( ●  ●  ● ): Shoots rays of moonlight from the silver moonlight orb above her head.
* **Lunar Pillar**( ●  ●  ●  ● ): With a punch, karate chop, or a foot stomp on the ground, produces a light pillar below a target. Allies targeted by Lunar Pillar get healed, while creatures of darkness (Nightmare Realm creatures, vampires) get burn damage.
* **Winter Moon Ring** ( ●  ●  ●  ● ): Spins around to form a halo around her body, and fires it from herself at enemies within her circular hit radius.

**Martial Arts**

* **Silver Deer Style**: A style focusing on graceful movements, speed, and precision.
	+ With the Bow of the Moon
		- **Artemis Arrows** ( ●  ● ): Shoots many Argent Lunarrows at a target or a group of them
		- **Full Moon Arrow: Werewolf's Rage** ( ●  ●  ● ): Shoots an arrow that induces rage in a target she hits
		- **Gibbous Moon Arrow: Moonlight Mirage** ( ●  ●  ● ): Shoots an arrow that alters a target's perception, causing him to hallucinate
		- **Half Moon Arrow: Disorientation** ( ●  ●  ● ): Shoots an arrow that causes confusion in a target. The arrow in question explodes when in contact with target and spreads a gas that interferes with the target's mind.
		- **Crescent Moon Arrow: Lullaby** ( ●  ●  ● ): Shoots an arrow that causes a target to sleep.
		- **New Moon Arrow: Melancholy Night** ( ●  ●  ● ): Shoots an arrow that induces sadness in the target.

## Trivia

* Like Ra's moves, Maya's special moves have a theme to their names, specifically that of lunar deities and lunar natural phenomena.
* Winter Moon Ring and Lunar Pillar are the only Hyper Moves that are not featured in the novel.

## References

1. ↑ https://tapas.io/episode/1548471
2. ↑ https://tapas.io/episode/1592151
3. ↑ https://tapas.io/episode/1592146
4. ↑ https://tapas.io/episode/1590331
5. ↑ https://tapas.io/episode/1599202
6. ↑ https://tapas.io/episode/1599217