Because Callum now has a Primal Stone (an orb containing magical energy), Rayla educates the prince on the six Primal Sources of nature. As they escape, however, one of Rayla's ribbons falls off, symbolizing Harrow's demise, but Rayla doesn't tell the princes. Rayla, Callum, Ezran and Bait (Ezran's pet Glow Toad) flee the castle, resolving to take the Dragon Prince egg home together. The two seem evenly matched, but Runaan deserts the fight to focus on killing Harrow. However, even when shown the egg, Runaan refuses to back down and Rayla engages her former mentor in a duel to protect the princes. Rayla abandons her mission to kill Harrow and Ezran, deciding that since the Dragon Prince's egg survives, revenge is unnecessary. The two princes lead Rayla to Viren's secret underground room, where he has hidden the egg of the Dragon Prince. To protect his younger brother, Callum lies that he is Ezran, but his deception is soon revealed when Ezran shows up. Determined to make up for her mistake, Rayla sneaks into the castle to kill Harrow and Ezran, but finds Callum instead. Her deception is later revealed and Runaan takes her off the mission. 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.
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Some of the strongest moments in these first two episodes grapple with themes that touch on the cycle of violence and how it can be broken.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. The story of two rivaling factions of humans and elves locked in a perpetual war with no one willing to call a truce or try to understand one another is solid. It’s an absolute shame this huge issue hangs over the series because the rest is very engaging. The actions aren’t fluid and it makes you wonder if you need to reset your Internet connection. While shots of sweeping vistas and action scenes are mostly animated very well, the all-important character scenes where everyone is talking are tough to watch. The biggest problem is it’s very hard to enjoy all that when the animation is perplexingly stuttering.Īs you may have noticed from various trailers for the series, much of the animation in The Dragon Prince is… off. A rich world, captivating characters, a beautiful score, and a central conflict that can drive season’s worth of stories. The Dragon Prince is a series with a ton of potential.