Aya

**Aya**, the High Priestess of the Demon Race, masquerading as a diplomat only to further the reach of her kin's, and consequently, her influence. Her power is not to be trifled with, but it is eclipsed by her temper and arrogance. Cruel, quick to rise to anger, manipulative, and sometimes too headstrong for her own safety, she is both a dangerous enemy and a bothersome fool.

## Appearance

Aya is a demon (bitch), most probably being a member of the highest castes in their society. She is a stunning beauty, who would charm onlooker with her presence alone - or by her tricks. She is a 2.47 meter tall woman, with blood red long, wavy hair, and pale skin. She prefers dark, elaborate garments, especially gowns.

## Personality and history

Nothing is known of her past, only rumours and fragments of information being available for common folk. At the end of the last Demon-Human War, she was the one who had interrogated and imprisoned Ayre, sparing no sympathy to the one she was supposed to marry. She stooped so low as to resort to the most forbidden of magic and remove from existence the goliath Lisaena only on baseless assumptions that she was in a relationship with Ayre, which proved to be false.

What is known about her in current times though, is that Aya holds a position of immense influence and power among demon kind, and is trusted with handling relations with other races, as proven by her presence in the Elf Kingdom as a diplomat - which was all a ruse. She systematically sowed distrust and charmed key people in the Elf palace to assure her plans come to fruition, having even poisoned, and killed, the former elf Queen. Aya's influence extends so much that she was able to send an assassin in the town of Ponia, and actively seek to eliminate the Ruby wielders.

After her past deeds were uncovered and she stood accused by Melithea for attempted murder over the elf queen and for torturing Ayre, she had vehemently tried to protect her position and turned violent, but it was all for naught, the proof of her use of Moonflower poison and suspicious communication with demon spies having her taken under arrest and put on trial. At the coronation banquet held for Kairos, she used her temporary freedom to gain information from Melithea over Ayre's whereabouts, but her lapse in composure had her become paralysed as a result of the goliath's anger, being thrown off a palace balcony.

She is held prisoner for now, still under elven jurisdiction. Who knows what her retaliation will be. But considering how neither Conah nor Ayre were the most thrilled to find her in the Elf capital palace. It is highly suggested that Conah had sped up her end.

## Trivia

* Aya[1] may mean "sword", "bird", "miracle" or "verse", among many others that are in opposition with her harsh character.
* She and Ayre were betrothed in an arranged marriage.
* Aya is the mother of a son, whose father is the King of the Demons.
* She has ties with the Cult of the Proclaimers of the Rising Sun, her and the Demon King being part of the reason of why Conah was held prisoner.
* She absolutely hates Melithea, as a result of her past disgust and extreme jealousy over the goliath's previous life as Lisaena.