"Come on, let’s go! There’s no way I’m missing out!"

Upfront, genuine, and perhaps too trusting at times, Jayla’s someone who’s easy to befriend. She always believes in the good in people and is quick to forgive, rarely ever holding onto a grudge. She exuberates optimism and joy, lighting up any room she’s in.

Jayla won’t turn down an invitation to anything. She wants to make the most out of every moment and hates the idea of missing out, even when she already has too much on her plate. Her days are often packed and she’s rarely ever found sitting still. For anyone not used to her levels of energy, she can be quite overwhelming.

Acting on instinct rather than careful thought, Jayla’s often the first to make decisions and take action. However, she can be short-sighted and her lack of planning regularly leads to unintended consequences.

As a ranger, she patrols the forests around her home, helping wayward travellers who got lost trying to use it as a shortcut find their way back out. It’s an important job for the peace of the village – tensions are currently quite high between the beastkin and humans, so it’s in her best interest to prevent them from sending search parties into her home territory, especially when many humans see beastkin as vicious man-eating beasts. Additionally, she’s on the lookout for voidbeasts, mindless beings of corrupted mana, who have been steadily appearing in increasing frequency over the years.

Jayla believes she’s been cursed with bad luck. Her family has a history of misfortune, with unexpected tragedy always taking something important away from its members. She’s witnessed it happen several times already – first to her parents, then to her sister. Jayla’s scared of when it’ll happen again and is worried about unpredictable harm befalling her loved ones, so she often collects and gifts lucky charms to ward off bad luck. She tries to run away sometimes to take away the misfortune, but loneliness always makes her return.