Aria

> "I'm the Queen. I know if I'm ready."
>
> ARIA

**Aria** is a young girl and queen, from Kalador, Jupiter. She possess the element of lightning, and one of the main protagonists throughout the story. Along with Charlie of Lynx, she started *The royals .* She is considered to be the leader of The royals.

## Appearance

Aria has long, black hair, up to her back which she regularly ties into a neat bun at the top of her head. In Royalty, it was mentioned that Charlie was taller than her. She has an olive skin tone and long fingers, her eyes brown and her eyelashes long.

In combat, her weapon of choice is a spear. On other occasions, she would spark lightning between her fingers or hands. She is usually seen in a Kaldorian dress or fighting gear.

## Overview

Aria was born to the royal family of Kalador, where she grew up and learnt how to rule. Sometime after that, she went to Nevumberg High where she became quick friends with Charlie, Fiyeree of Kalamari and Lola of Quentenec. Years later, her mother was assassinated by CRANE- Protesters who disagreed with monarchies. A few weeks after, her best friend, Lola ran away from her city, resulting in the west region of Jupiter to be unguarded and it's demise.

Aria may be negative at times but chooses to do what she can to stop the war. She doesn't trust easily and suspects that Hayley is not 'some princess who's helping everyone.' She is very loyal to Kalador and to The Royals, especially when Julie was taken. She gets uncomfortable when people talk about their feelings and would rather fight than talk. She has a strong sense of leadership which she learnt from her parents when she was younger, hence her being the leader of The Royals. She laughs at the fact that Charlie was not such a great student and loves reuniting with her best-friends. As seen in Chapter 1 of Royalty: Prologue, Aria was in her room crying because of the 'death' of her best friend; Lola.

## In the books

### Royalty

Aria is introduced in the first chapter, where she is seen crying after the death of Lola. She is then interrupted by Charlie who tells her that they have a problem on Pluto. Aria wipes her tears and grabs her spear as she prepares to meet her team that would be assisting her in the mission; Julie and Atticus. The team travels to New Vaticus, Pluto, where they split up to cover more ground. Aria goes with Atticus where he talks about his feelings for Julie, making her uncomfortable. Later, at the rendezvous, Charlie and Julie do not appear, sparking concern. While they look for Charlie and Julie, Atticus asks Aria about Charlie, implying that he thought they were together. Aria brushes the thought aside, thinking that she had duties as a queen and she was an independent woman. They walk into a dark cave, where Aria sparks a lightning as light. They walk deeper into the cave, Aria struggling to clear her mind. As they walk deeper, they begin to hear distant rocks falling, but when they investigate the noise, they see Charlie on the floor.

They travel to Saroon, where Charlie needs urgent medical attention but when they reach there, Aria meets Charlie's long lost friend; Hayley. She shows signs of jealousy when Hayley walks in and holds Charlie's hand. Afterwards, an eavesdropping nurse told Aria that it was 'tough life being the third wheel'. She had a sudden urge to slap the Nurse but decided to hold it back and be the bigger person. When they finally left, Aria felt that Hayley was a bad and suspicious queen and hoped that she never had to return. She neglected her feelings of jealousy and pretended like nothing had happened.

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### Royalty 2

The story starts off with Aria reuniting with Lola, who was in The Phoenix, the large ship pulling The Nutcracker into it's cargo bay. She meets Lola's crew and together, they realise that CRANE has not been behind the recent attacks, but the Dark Order. They join forces to stop The Dark Order from breaking free The triplets from a prison of Venus. When they reach there, they encounter Tulip who is then captured and taken in for questioning.

Later in the next chapter, Aria says she needs to speak to Julie alone and asks her why she has been so distant lately. Julie replies that Atticus has been on her nerves, and so Aria invites her to investigate on The Mask of Decree in The ship's small library. After hours of searching, Julie makes a breakthrough and explains to Aria that the Mask is on Om. They head to Om with Ben and Lola on The Nutcracker, where Ben told Aria that she was pretty and powerful, resulting in Aria blushing. Aria quickly tells Ben that she has work to do but then, Ben turns their surroundings to a forest, making her smile. Afterwards, she sees Charlie frown at the sight of her and Ben, which she willingly pushes away. When they finally get past Om's security, they meet the King of Om who invites them to dinner. Later in the evening, she waits for Ben outside his room, where he reveals his past, making Aria teary. Ben then takes her hand and tells her that *they can do it* before putting on a smile and walking into the room. During the dinner, The King of Om's royal advisor asked Aria why Prince Ben was in the room in which she replies that he was her husband-to-be, making Charlie jealous.

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