Ayla (
Appearance[]
Ayla is a tall, beautiful woman with golden hair, blue eyes, and a well-endowed physique who greatly resembles Aylin, despite being cousins. During her diplomatic mission to Li, Ayla wore a western dress with a red hair accessory.
Personality[]
Of the two envoys, Ayla is the more bold of the pair. She was extremely prideful and confident in her appearance, which she thought would be enough to seduce the Emperor, until she saw the moon spirit.
Abilities[]
Diplomacy: Ayla represented Shaoh as one of its envoys and brokered an agreement with the Shi clan to sell them the latest feifas.
Background[]
Ayla and Aylin once served as apprentice shrine maidens to the Shrine Maiden of Shaoh until the age of 12, and received an education from her.[2] However, Ayla grew to hate the Shrine Maiden due to being jealous of her position, and plotted to bring her down.
At some point, Ayla took an albino girl and raised her to become one of her agents as part of her vendetta against the Shrine Maiden of Shaoh.[3]
Both Ayla and Aylin came to Li as envoys on a diplomatic mission to discuss trade with Shaoh and gifted glass mirrors to all four high consorts. When they were given a monitored building on the palace grounds, Ayla, with Aylin's help, was able to fool the guards into believing that she remained in the building while she temporarily left for a meeting with Shishou.[4]
During a banquet that was held to welcome them, Ayla was unimpressed with the performances and left her carriage to approach the Emperor's carriage to flirt with him. Before she was able to do anything more, Aylin stopped and convinced her to go back to her carriage. Ayla later watched the moon spirit performance her great-grandfather had witnessed several decades ago, which deeply moved her. Ayla exited her carriage and rapidly spoke to Maomao in Shaohnese, who mentioned the name of the Shaohnese moon goddess in response. Shocked, Ayla was again guided back by Aylin.[5] The events of the performance led to Ayla speaking less during trade meetings, with her pride in tatters.[6]
When Maomao was taken to a hot springs village in the Northern Province, she saw Ayla walking around.[7] Maomao later saw Ayla and Shenmei together, confirming that the Shi clan was working with Shaoh, and had supplied the feifas used in the imperial brother's assassination attempt.[8]
Ayla later joined the King of Shaoh's faction and ousted Aylin, leading to her fleeing to Li for asylum.[9]
Trivia[]
- Her name means "moonlight" or "halo of light around the moon" in Turkish.
- In Moon Fairy (season 2, episode 5), Ayla says "Bu ne böyle? Nereye kayboldu? Peki, o da kim?" in Turkish. This translates to "What is this? Where did it disappear to? Well, who is that?"
References[]
- ↑ Crunchyroll News - The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 Adds Yumi Hara and Lynn to Cast by Joseph Luster Feb 6, 2025 11:37 AM PST
- ↑ The Apothecary Diaries light novel: Volume 7, Chapter 17
- ↑ The Apothecary Diaries light novel: Volume 7, Chapter 21
- ↑ Mirrors (season 2, episode 4)
- ↑ The Apothecary Diaries light novel: Volume 3, Chapter 8
- ↑ The Apothecary Diaries light novel: Volume 3, Chapter 9
- ↑ The Apothecary Diaries light novel: Volume 4, Chapter 11
- ↑ The Apothecary Diaries light novel: Volume 4, Chapter 15
- ↑ The Apothecary Diaries light novel: Volume 6, Epilogue
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