Ayla

Ayla is a human born in the village of Delan. At age nine her family was killed by the Red Hoods and she survived. Years later she became a servant of the sovereign to get her revenge.

Early Life
Ayla was born in the village of Delan in the north of Rabu. When she was nine, the Sovereign's men raided her village, killing her family and most of the inhabitants of the village. Ayla only survived because her twin brother, Storme, hid her in the outhouse. It is later revealed that Storme also survived, unlike Ayla had long believed. After the raid, a young Ayla found herself in the village of Kalla-den, where she was found half-frozen and almost dead by the leader of the human resistance, Rowan. Rowan took her in and raised her, along with many other children, including Ayla's best friend, Benjy. Rowan found Ayla work in the palace as a servant once she was old enough and this was when Ayla first started planning to murder Lady Crier as revenge on the Sovereign. The raid on the village and the murder of her parents was a very formative point in Ayla's life as it led to her life as a servant and her exposure to the resistance.

Personality
Because of the death of her parents when she was a child, which forced her to grow up on the streets and fend for herself, Ayla has a hard time trusting people, and thinks love is just a way to get hurt. She is slowly learning that this is not always true, and that some people will not leave her. She built up a lot of anger over the years at the Sovereign and his men, and this is often directed at other things as well. She is very stubborn, but can be caring when she wants to. She loves music, as her mother would often sing to her as a child, and often sings herself.

Physical Description
Ayla is described short and compact, she has brown skin, a round face, curly dark hair, brown eyes and freckles on both her face and her back.

Relationships
Currently in a relationship with Crier.

Trivia
Ayla at the beginning of the book doesn’t know how to read, she can only recognize a few words.