Exia

### Rank

Queen of Jayto, Captain (formerly), Guildwoman (formerly), ‘street rat’ (formerly), princess (formerly)

Exia is a Liay female Vorpal master and the Queen of Jayto from 0 ADM onwards. Before this, she was a captain who served under General Deuce in the Vorpal Legions. She has a shady past, due to running away from her birthright, although is a confident and determined soldier. She fought many Victrons and killed Lord Supreme Vrachos, despite his resurrection later on. She also fought against the Darkening Mind and was able to liberate her homeworld.

Exia was born as Princess Xyla, and was second in line to the throne after being the only child of the King and Queen of Jayto. For 16 years, she lived in the Jayto Palace, being censored and shielded from the social issues relating to poverty that were plaguing her planet. Eventually, due to boredom in the palace, she snuck down to the lower levels where she saw her fathers neglect for his citizens and bore witness to the extreme poverty and injustices taking place at her home. She met a group of freedom protesters, lead by Loar, who educated her on the issues on Jayto due to her parents lack of action. When she returned to the palace, she tried to persuade her father to make things better for the poor, to little avail. Due to feeling guilt because of this, she decided to stage her own kidnapping and escaped to live with the poor. This caused her to join Loar’s gang, which she was a part of until she was 18. She also used experimental technology to mask over her DNA to ensure that nobody would find out that she was the princess. This is also when she changed her name to Exia.

When she was 18, she accidentally caused her friend Loar to be injured, which forced her to become a cyborg. Due to this, she was expelled from the gang. She later was living on her own when she discovered that she had been gifted by Vorpal Powers. This caused her to be recruited by Vorpal Monkey himself. She trained with the army for a year, where, half a year into the Victron War, she joined as a captain under General Deuce. Guildsman Nioas was her mentor. During her time with Deuce, she befriended his two commanders, Mar Hesron and Ama Felsen. She completed many missions and fought many battles with theses, such as transporting Gorran Senator Maro to important negotiations, fighting at the battle of satellite X2 and evading Rygll pirates.

It was shortly after that when she was summoned back home by Loar, as many Liay were disappearing with little help from authorities. She went home with Deuce to find out what was going on, and the pair stopped a mass Victron conversion scheme. Loar began to forgive Exia at this point also. Shortly after this, she discovered living Lundrans with Deuce’s squad. She also failed to prevent the capture of Xebec Hawk by the hands of Vrachos, however she was key in his rescue. She later went to assist Felsen in her journey home before returning to Jayto again, where she had to protect her father. She tried to keep her identity a secret to no avail, as both her parents and Deuce’s squad discovered that she was Princess Xyla. After saving her father, he pledged to listen to her complaints and begin to improve the situation on Jayto. Exia then hinted that she may rejoin her father as the princess when the war ends.

After this, Exia befriended disgraced Vitron Samurai Sacrator, who she helped save a colony of Dargolian farmers with. She later helped her friend Nioas and fought in other battles, before killing Lord Supreme Vrachos at the Victron Battle of Gorra. This feat caused her to get new, golden armour and allowed her to be able to use her powers without the assist of a blade in a series of Vorpal Appraisals.  She later saved Colonel Fortan and fought at the Battle of the Conversion Station, where she was deeply impacted by the loss of her friend, Mar Herson. This prompted her to paint a shoulder pad blue in his honour. She then returned home to reunite with Loar for temporary leave (under Deuce’s recommendation) with the help of Cabe Dorian, who she bonded with. During her time with Loar’s Gang, she encountered a now rogue Ama Felsen, who explained how Deuce had suppressed her piers. She later confronted Deuce, and the pair’s relationship became somewhat strained.

She then met and befriended Deuce’s new commander, Ioras Shard, on a mission to help Victrons who were rebelling. She later went on a few more missions, including finding the decryption key and shutting down the Victron Factory, where Fortan was lost. This caused her to paint half her armour in black, to respect him. She then was able to remove a Victron blockade over her homeworld, and gained the Praecitus Unity Blade off of Karbak on Votum Mortis, although she had to leave Cabe behind. She gave the blade to Nioas.

She then fought in the War of the Abominations, tackling the revived Vrachos and the final abomination. She lost her mentor, Nioas, to Vrachos, deeply upsetting her. This caused her to take up both his blade and his helmet in battle. She was able to fight the Third Abomination, although she lost the bottom half of her leg to this.

In the last six months of the war, as it was winding down, Loar (who had become the bodyguard to the king) approached Exia and informed her that her father had been assassinated and she had to ascend to the throne. After heavy consideration, Exia accepted when she found out her mother was the murderer. This meant she had to leave the Vorpal Army. Before she left, due to his respect for her, Deuce revealed his true identity as a Cato to her.

Six months after she became Queen, in the last days of the war, Victron Lord Halkr escaped to Jayto with valuable information regarding the Darkening Mind. Shortly after relaying this information, Halkr was assassinated. After the assassination, a fleet of Darkening Mind troops lead by Vrachos invaded the planet. Exia ordered an immediate evacuation of the planet. She fought with assistance from the Vorpal Legion, and was able to evacuate 4/5ths of the population, with the assistance of Felsen and Cabe from a newly liberated Votum Mortis. She lost her friend, Loar, in the battle, due to her cyborg mother which Exia later eliminated. After duelling with Vrachos, Exia was saved by Felsen when she moved her people to Votum Mortis, the new temporary home of the Liay species.

Towards the end of the Darkening Mind war, alongside the people of Votum Mortis and those in the Vorpal Legions, she successfully liberated Jayto after a decade of trying to reclaim it. Upon gaining this territory, Exia had to split some systems off to the locals of Votum Mortis, who wanted to expand their reaches.

## Physical Appearance

Exia has white skin with two purple triangles on her cheeks which show that she is a Liay. When she was a princess, she had large spiky purple hair. In the first two seasons, she had short and spiky brown hair, and she had short wavy brown hair from seasons 3-6. After fighting the Third Abomination, she lost the back half off of one of her legs, causing for her to get a metallic replacement. She also gained a large scar across her face after fighting Vrachos at the Invasion of Jayto.

By the time of 60 ADM, Exia had grown older, resembling a middle aged human woman despite being in her eighties. Her hair had also grown longer, with streaks of her initial purple hair shown amidst the brown. Her more youthful appearance at 82 is due to the prolonged lives of the Liay, who often live past 200.

## Personality

Exia is headstrong and determined, with a strong heart. She often can be laid back but, when the situation demands, can be very serious and effective in battle. She also has a burning rage, which has caused her to make some errors on the battlefield.

## Appearances

### Age of Legions: The Animated Series

#### **Season One**

101 - Ball of Fire

102 - Escape from the Victrons

103 - Infiltrated

104 - Blaze of Glory

105 - The Pirate Scavengers

107 - The Grim Underhive

108 - Deuce Wanted!

109 - The Master Plan

115 - Ruins of Lundra

116 - The Survivors

117 - The Library

118 - Ashes to Ashes

#### Season Two

201 - Rescue Mission

204 - Home

207 - Fears on Jayto

208 - Old Wounds

209 - Royalty

210 - Sacrator

211 - Victron Attack

212 - Noon at the Dead City

213 - Air Strike

214 - The Extraction Chamber

215 - Vital Information

217 - Defence of Gorra

218 - March on Gorra

219 - Relics of Gorra

#### Season Three

301 - The Vorpal Appraisals

302 - Transference

305 - Getaway

307 - The Medical Station

308 - Escape

309 - Discovery

310 - Reckoning

311 - Visia Saecula Saeculorum

312 - Most Wanted

315 - Reflection

#### Season Four

401 - Ioras Shard

402 - A Call for Help

403 - Judgment

404 - Endangered

406 - The War that Never Was

409 - The Decryption Key

411 - Freedom

414 - Stealth Mission

415 - Deadly Attack

416 - The Victron Gene

417 - Deuce Captured!

418 - Breakout Plan

419 - Sacrifice

#### Season Five

503 - The Victron Blockade

504 - King in Crisis

505 - Helping Hand

506 - Voutum Mortis

507 - Champion

509 - Legacy of the Vitrons

510 - Dynasties

511 - Confronting Destiny

512 - Enter the Abominations

515 - Vengeance

516 - Fire on the Ruins

517 - One to Go

518 - Wipeout

#### Season Six

601 - News from Home

602 - Destiny

603 - Deception

604 - Queen of Jayto

608 - Dark is Right

609 - Heart of Iron

610 - Per Aspera Ad Astra

611 - The Dying of the Light

Additionally, Exia has been confirmed to be returning in Part Two, although in a reduced role.

## Trivia

* Exia is the character who appears in the second most amount of episodes of the first part of *Age of Legions,* at 70.
* Exia is the eighth known weirder of the Praecitus Unity Blade.

* Her backstory is similar to that of Emsie, as she is a princess who ran away due to social issues and eventually joined the current universal military.

* Exia is the second major character of the Liay race, as Marie from VA8 was the first.
* Exia is the third person alive to find out Deuce’s true identity, behind Ferren and Xebec.
* Exia is the third character to be scared on her face onscreen, with Smith Smithington and Richmond Clay being the first and second respectively.

* She is the second major character to loose a considerable section of her leg, with James Hill being the first.

* According to John Ryder, Exia is the fourth most powerful JTV character, behind Vorpal Monkey in his prime, The Darkening Mind and Richmond Clay.