Raya Vale

Raya Vale is a lady knight for the Lord Protector of the Northern Kingdom of Valley Pines, Falk Osmont. She is a notable character in A Death at Dawn.

Appearance and Personality
Raya is a member of the Solamar people. Her looks and behaviors mimic that of the Solamar. She has an athletic body type and a pretty face. She has long black hair and bronze-colored skin.

History
Raya was born in Steephorn, the Kingdom of Valley Pines, on the twenty-nineth day of the Harvest Moon during the four hundred and eighty-seventh year after the Secession of Man. She is the daughter of Lord Yansa Vale and Lady Pelipa Elki; protectors of the Northwestern Range in the Northern Kingdom of Valley Pines. Raya has three siblings: two brothers named Huritt and Balsam; and one sister named Wyome. She had a brother named Javan, but after he went missing, the family didn't mention him anymore.

Before Lord Falk Osmont leaves for Maryere, he knights Raya to be one of his personal lord knights.

A Death at Dawn
Raya Vale makes her first appearance when Victoria Osmont suffers from an anxiety attack in the middle of Kingment. Grateful for Raya's kindness and understanding Victoria assigns Raya to protect her instead of Falk. Alice Wayward arrives in Kingment and Raya is very friendly to her and understands how Alice must feel alone. When Alice shows Myra's decapitated head, Raya knows that Alice will soon need to leave Kingment. She plans with Rosert Osmont on how to send Alice to Ihphy's Archipelago. Alice accidently murders Falk, forcing Raya to leave Kingment along with Alice and Rosert as a fugitive.