Amaya (The Dragon Prince)

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## Amaya

### Relatives

Sarai † (sister)
Unnamed † (brother-in-law)
Harrow † (brother-in-law)
Callum (nephew)
Ezran (nephew)

### Home

Katolis (formerly)
Sunfire Elves' camp

### Affiliation

Royal Family of Katolis
Standing Battalion

## Appearances

### Debut

"Echoes of Thunder" (flashback)
"Bloodthirsty" (official debut)

**Amaya** is a character from the animated series *The Dragon Prince*.

## Background

Amaya is the younger sister of Queen Sarai, the sister-in-law of King Harrow, as well as the maternal aunt of Callum and Ezran. She is the general and the leader of the Standing Battalion, one of Katolis's most powerful armies, keeping vigilant guard at the Border. She is currently engaged to Janai.

## Appearance

Amaya is a muscular woman with short, dark brown hair that used to reach to her ear on the right side while a thicker part was brushed to the right side of her head, slightly reaching past her ear. She is physically fit, as she starts every day with a workout. Being of Asian-equivalent Katolian heritage, she has slim, dark brown eyes and a fair complexion. Her right cheek is marked by a scar left by an attack of a Magma Titan. When off-duty, she would wear a blue shirt sporting golden Katolian symbols on its shoulders and bottom seam in combination with long, dark blue gloves, and pants of the same color. Her knee-high boots came in a brown shade with darker parts at the front and top. During duty, this attire was topped by the armor of the Standing Batallion, a set of heavy, silver plates combined with brown leather parts and straps, and sharp, blue shoulder plates adorned with golden details. Her weapon of choice, a sharp-edged shield in the same silver, blue, and golden shades of her equipment, is usually carried on her back.

Two years later, Amaya's hairstyle changed to a side undercut on the right, while the thicker part of her hair on the left has significantly grown longer, now reaching past her chin. Lux Aurean plating has been added onto her armor, and the silver parts of her shield have taken on a shade of brown instead.

## Personality

Amaya is a warm, caring, and strong woman who deeply cares about her family and is willing to fight to protect them. She is also incredibly loyal to her late older sister, Sarai, acting as a mother-like figure to Callum and Ezran in Sarai's place, placing their safety and well being above all else.

She is an iron-fisted commander with a deep hatred for Xadia. In battle, she adopts a confident and intimidating nature - an attribute best demonstrated in her fight with Rayla, during which she mercilessly attacked the elf with her shield. This hatred may stem from her sister Sarai's death at the hands of the Dragon King Avizandum. However, she put aside her hatred when she remembered that Viren is the true enemy. She also has a sense of humility when admitting her own mistakes, similar to her nephews, and changed her opinions about elves when she saw their true colors. She also has a good intuition, as she suspected that Viren's betrayal of the kingdom would happen someday.

## Disability

Amaya was born deaf and communicates through sign language. Her close friend and trusted lieutenant Gren is her primary sign language interpreter. She communicates with others using Katolian sign language and is highly skilled at reading lips, as shown by her ability to understand others without the use of sign language.

To shape her character authentically, the creators and showrunners spent a lot of time talking with people they know are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as contacting several organizations that raise awareness around deafness or support deaf people. When they produced the episodes, they used two ASL interpreters, Lucy Farley and Darcie Kerr, to make sure that Amaya's communication was accurate, authentic and emotional.

### Reception

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## Notes and trivia

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## See Also

Amaya on the The Dragon Prince Wiki
Amaya on the LGBTQIA+ Characters Wiki
## References

1. ↑ Katolian sing lenguage alphabet
2. ↑ Amaya can read lips
3. ↑ Creator Q&A