Ayana

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## Biographical Information

### Occupation

* Village Prophet  (Formerly)
* Healer
* Mentor of Esther Mikaelson
* Member of The Spirits  (Formerly)
* Member of the Bennett Coven  (as a Ghost)

### Species

* Witch
* Ghost  (Formerly)
* Spirit  (Currently)

## Family Information

### Family Members

* Qetsiyah †  (Ancestor)
* Qetsiyah's Unnamed Child/ren †  (Ancestor)
* Unnamed Child/ren †
* The Witch of The Five †  (Descendant)
* The Witch of The Five's Unnamed Child/ren †  (Descendant)
* Beatrice's Mother †  (Descendant)
* Beatrice Bennett †  (Descendant)
* Emily Bennett †  (Descendant)
* Emily's Unnamed Brother †  (Descendant)
* Emily's Unnamed Children †  (Descendant)
* Marie Bennett †  (Descendant)
* Rose Bennett †  (Descendant)
* Ernestine Bennett †  (Descendant)
* Amelia Bennett †  (Descendant)
* Sheila Bennett †  (Descendant)
* Sheila's Unnamed Sibling †  (Descendant)
* Abby Bennett Wilson  (Descendant)
* Pauline Bennett †  (Descendant)
* Pauline's Unnamed Sibling †  (Descendant)
* Joanna's Mother †  (Descendant)
* Joanna Bennett †  (Descendant)
* Lucy Bennett †  (Descendant)
* Bonnie Bennett  (Descendant)
* Lia Bennett  (Descendant)
* Lucy Bennett (Descendant)

## Supernatural Information

### Significant Spells

* Healing Spells
* Preservation Spell  (on Esther)
* Blood Knot Sealing Spell  (on Esther's Coffin)
* Sealed Boundary Spell  (presumably)
* Hellfire Manipulation Spell  (with Bonnie and Bennett Ancestral Witches)

## Appearance

### Last Seen

* *I Was Feeling Epic*  (Spirit)

**Ayana** was a a powerful witch who first appeared in the eighth episode of the third season of *The Vampire Diaries*. She's a descendant of Qetsiyah, the creator of the first immortality spell. She was also the best friend and mentor of Esther Mikaelson, with whom she moved to the New World in the late 10th century, along with the rest of Esther's family.

**Ayana** was a member of the **Bennett Family**.

## Early History

Born during the Middle Ages in Northern Europe, Ayana became a dear friend and mentor of another witch named Esther in the Kingdom of Norway. After Esther experienced what was believed to be the untimely death of her firstborn child, Ayana told Esther and her husband, Mikael, about a mystical land far away in the New World where the inhabitants experienced good health, speed and strength. After they arrived in the New World, Ayana became known as the healer and prophet of their new village due to her frequent communion with the Spirits and her insight into the metaphysical and spiritual realms of the universe.

When Esther lost her son Henrik , who had snuck out to witness the wolves turning on a full moon, Esther pleaded with her to save her son. However, Ayana stated that the Spirits would not give them a way and that he was gone.

One night, shortly after the brutal death of their son, both Esther and Mikael begged Ayana to call upon the Spirits before the next full moon to protect her children, to transform their family into a superior species. However, as a devout believer and follower of the Spirits, Ayana refused to help Esther, as she knew what Esther was planning violated the fundamental laws of Nature, that the magic Esther spoke about bred consequence. She believed that it was the makings of a plague and that the Spirits would turn on her.

After Esther's death at the hands of Niklaus, she preserved her body with a spell and sealed her coffin with the blood knot sealing spell so that only two generational descendants of her bloodline could open it.

## Throughout the Vampire Diaries Series

### Season Three

In *Ordinary People*, Athena and Rebekah tells Elena, Alex, and Ariana of the Originals' origin.

In *All My Children*, Esther reveals to Bonnie and Abby that she draws power from the entirety of her mentor's bloodline, the Bennett ancestors, including Ayana. Having both Bonnie and Abby, the bloodline was made manifest and made the connection easier to maintain. Together, they would bring peace to the Spirits of Nature that they served by destroying all vampires.

In *Heart of Darkness*, it is revealed that Rebekah knew that Ayana had preserved Esther's body when she approached her daughter telling her that the spell had weakened and that she was dying when her connection to the Bennett bloodline was severed with Abby's death.

### Season Eight

In *I Was Feeling Epic*, Ayana, returned from peace and, alongside other Bennett witch spirits, helped Bonnie save Mystic Falls from being destroyed by Hellfire.

## Personality

She had a calm demeanor and cared greatly about the balance in nature as she didn't want any part in helping the Mikaelsons in resurrecting Henrik or turn them immortal.

## Physical Appearance

She had a small stature compared to Mikael and a slim build. She wore reddish-brown dress and a necklace with medium sized beads. She had brown eyes and black hair that looked similar to dreads when she was still alive.

When she appeared as a spirit alongside her family, her hair was noticeably more looser and curled, while near her neck it was wrapped around tight, similar to a pigtail.

## Powers and Abilities

Ayana was said to be the mentor of Esther who was one of the most powerful witches in history, meaning she taught Esther many of the things she knew about witchcraft, especially after Esther had lost Freya to Dahlia.

Ayana was said to be the creator of Esther's Talisman, allowing Esther to focus her powers, making Esther more able to direct her energy. Given that she seemed to be regarding the Spirits, she most likely would have also taught Esther Spirit Magic, as Esther used it when she returned to life.

She was said to be the village healer, which implies that she would have specialized in Healing Spells. However, because it was also confirmed that healing spells were very hard to master, and took very powerful witches like Emily Bennett years to even perfect, should point to the fact that she was a very skilled and proficient witch.

When Henrik was murdered by the werewolves, Esther and Mikael came to Ayana for help to cast the Immortality Spell, which not only implied that she had access to it, because she was a descendant of the witch who invented immortality, but also that she somehow had the power to execute it as well, which points to her power and skill as a witch. She was also the witch who was responsible for preserving Esther's corpse as well as sealing her coffin with a Blood-Knot Sealing Spell; both spells lasted for more than a millennium, which is a testament to her skills at spell casting.

## Weaknesses

Ayana had the typical weaknesses of a witch.

## Appearances

* *Ordinary People* (Flashback)
* *Dangerous Liaisons* (Mentioned)
* *All My Children* (Mentioned)
* *Heart of Darkness* (Mentioned)
* *I Was Feeling Epic* (Spirit)

## Name

* **Ayana** is from African-American origin and the meaning is "a pretty flower."