

Per Moonshadow elven custom, Rayla and her fellow assassin literally bind themselves to their mission by tying ribbons round their wrists.

Fearful of Runaan's reaction, Rayla deceives him by staining her swords with deathberry juice. She is sent by Runaan to kill him, but although Rayla manages to corner the scout, she hesitates upon seeing his fear, allowing him to escape.


Soon after arriving in Harrow's kingdom, Katolis, Rayla's team is discovered by a scout. Ashamed of her parents' alleged cowardice, Rayla joins a small group of assassin on a mission to avenge the Dragon King and prince by killing Harrow and his son Ezran. This allows Viren to supposedly destroy the egg of the Dragon Prince. Frightened by this, the Dragonguard abandon their duty, apparently including Rayla's parents. įour months before the start of the series, the Dragon King, Avizandum is slain by King Harrow and Lord Viren. For years, Runaan trains Rayla to be an assassin like himself. As a result, she was taken in by the assassin Runaan and his husband Ethari. However, her parents are later recruited into the Dragonguard, an elite force of elven warriors sworn to protect the egg of the Dragon Prince. Rayla is born on the 31 of July to Lain and Tiadrin. In the course of the series, Rayla and Callum develop a romantic relationship. Sent on a mission to avenge the Dragon King and Prince, she ends up siding with the human princes and half-brothers Callum and Ezran in order to deliver the Dragon Prince back to his mother. Rayla is introduced as a prodigy, 15 year-old Moonshadow Elf assassin, and the apprentice of veteran Moonshadow elven assassin Runaan. The character was created by the show's co-creators Aaron Ehasz and Justin Richmond, and is voiced by Paula Burrows. Rayla is a fictional character in the American–Canadian fantasy computer-animated web television series The Dragon Prince, which has been aired on Netflix since 2018.
