History Characters / RayaAndTheLastDragon

* AmazonianBeauty: Grows up to be very muscular, broad-shouldered, and attractive. Her outfits show off much more skin than Raya's, allowing her to show off how muscular she is.

* AdultFear: His entire village, including his wife and child, were petrified by the Druun, and he's been living alone ever since.

* DaddysGirl: Raya adores her single father Benja, and reviving him is her motivation throughout the film.

* MyGreatestFailure: She blames herself for letting Namaari see the Dragon Gem, as Fang attempting to steal it were what resulted in its shattering and the destruction of her home and family.

* AmazonianBeauty: Grows up to be very muscular, broad-shouldered, and attractive.

* HereditaryHairstyle: Her hair is styled the same as her mother's, only hanging on the right side of her face instead of the left.

%% InkSuitActor: Human Sisu has some similarity with Awkwafina but it's not an ink-suite actor situation. It is common for Disney to incorporate general physical traits, facial tics, mannerisms, etc of an actor into the animated character they are providing the voice for. Whereas, InkSuitActor is when the animated character is an exact representation of the voice actor.

* ThePowerOfHate: In her first fight with Namaari as a young woman, she's only stalling her and is constantly talking to get under her skin. [[spoiler: She loses the fight]]. In their final fight, [[spoiler: after Sisu's accidental death]], Raya is fully trying to kill Namaari, and fights with extreme ferocity and says not a single word. [[spoiler: She wins and comes very close to killing Namaari, only choosing not to at the last moment.]]

* BitchInSheepsClothing: She pretended to be Raya's [[FalseFriend friend]] in order to claim the Dragon Gem for Fang. Subverted afterwards, as she's implied to be [[spoiler: harboring intense guilt for what she did as a child, and yearns to make up for it]].

* AHeroToHerHometown: Despite how the rest of the world sees her as a villain, her people adore her, as the children get excited when she returns to Fang, and she is shown to care deeply about her people.

* MyGreatestSecondChance: A dark example. [[spoiler: Partially due to her mother's influence, and partially due to her own guilt, the idea of Fang being able to restore the world becomes this to her. Unfortunately, she chooses to betray Raya a second time trying to force her and her crew to give her the Dragon Gem shards and have Sisu come back with her to Fang.]]

* PeerPressureMakesYouEvil: It's implied that her mother's upbringing and the Fang tribe's pragmatism ideology played a large part in converting her into who she is, even though deep down she feels remorseful about the cruel actions taken to ensure the safety of the tribe. Best shown in the third act when she learns the existence of Sisu and realizes that Raya is trying to save the world. She informs her mother about it and suggests cooperation, but her mother points out that when everyone returns the Fang tribe would be the target of their resentment... unless they could become the ones to save the world and redeem themselves in the eyes of the other tribes. To add to the pressure, when Namaari asks what to do next, her mother dismisses her with "it's no longer your concern... you've done enough". It's implied that [[spoiler: Namaari ends up pulling a crossbow on Raya and Sisu and tries to take the Gem shards from them, even though she doesn't really want to do it in the hopes of restoring herself in her mother's eyes and ensuring the survival of her people. It doesn't end well.]]
* RightForTheWrongReasons: A certainly unintentional case of this by the film's creators. [[spoiler: Namaari accidentally shoots Sisu and kills her because Raya attempts to knock the crossbow out of her hand with her whip sword. Namaari says, and the film frames it, that Raya didn't trust Sisu, but the scene doesn't support that interpretation. Namaari is right that Raya was a part of Sisu's death, but it wasn't because of lack of trust, so much as reacting to an obvious threat the best way Raya had available but unfortunately it turns out worse.]]

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: With her mother gone and the Druun having finally managed to invade Fang, a grief-stricken Namaari turns on Raya and engages her in a vicious sword duel to the death. When Raya stands victorious, Namaari begs her to go ahead and finish her off.]]

* AllLovingHero: She genuinely believes the best in everyone, wanting to trade for the Gem rather than steal it and appeal to the goodness in others. She's the first to believe that Namaari can be worthy of trust.

* BigLittleBrother: In this case it's played straight with her sister Amba. Sisu mentions that glowing was her "little sister" Amba's magic, but later on a flashback shows that Sisu was the smallest out of all her siblings.

* HeroicSelfDeprecation: The entire world sees her as the hero who slayed the Druun, but Sisu puts all the credit to her siblings for sacrificing their lives to empower the Dragon Gem. She compares herself to a kid who didn't do anything in a group project except turn it in.

* HumbleHero: She readily admits to not being the best and has several FishOutOfWater misfortunes, however she continues to inspire the main cast with her desire to see the best in people. However, she never sees herself as a role model, and always places credit on her brothers and sisters.

* LastOfTheirKind: She is the only surviving dragon, her siblings having [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificed]] themselves to create the Dragon Gem to banish the Druun. [[spoiler:After the Dragon Gem is reconstructed, all the petrified Dragons are revived and she returns to life.]]
* MakingASplash: The dragons have a connection to water and it's life-bringing aspects. Sisu is a remarkably gifted swimmer who can move through water with effortless beauty and flexibility. [[spoiler: As the last dragon, when she is killed, all the water in the land dries up, giving the Druun the opportunity to invade Fang]].

* LastOfTheirKind: He is the only surviving member of his tribe.

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->'''Voiced by:''' Jon Park
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* MulticoloredHair: In human form, her hair is blue and violet. In a dark-haired Southeast Asian population, it does cause her to stand out but no one seems to comment on it.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: She sports bright blue hair in her human form.

* DarkIsEvil: They're malevolent dark spirits that float around like black and purple clouds.

->'''Voiced by:''' Thalia Tran

* NearVillainVictory: At the climax, [[spoiler:Sisu's death causes all the world's water to dry up, removing the one last defense mankind had against the Druun. The city of Fang is quickly overrun and while Raya's team helps some of the population escape, without water it's only a matter of time before all of humanity is petrified. In the end, Raya and her team trust Namaari with all their gem pieces and are petrified. Namaari chooses to reassemble the gem and we watch the gem cracks "heal" but its inner glow fades and Namaari is also petrified. For 30 seconds, the Druun have won and the world is in darkness, before the gem reignites sending out wave after wave of energy that summons a life-giving rain that restores the petrified people, recalls water into the world, and brings back the dragons.]]

* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: He sells shrimp, congee, and a shrimp congee that won't quit.

* TheReveal: Raya remembers Dang Hai as the chief of Talon, a land "of fast deals and fighters with even faster hands". In her recap she envisions him doing a mid-air somersault while cutting fruit in half then giving a smug aside glance. However, after her six year search for Sisu, when Raya sneaks into his palace to steal his Gem fragment, she learns that he's been petrified by the Druun.

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[[caption-width-right:275:"I'm not the ''best'' dragon."]]

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: In the present day, no one likes her due to her actions leading to the Dragon Gem being shattered, causing the Druun to be released and the tribes to suffer more than before.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: When Sisu sees Raya threatened by Namaari, instead of fleeing as ordered, she charges out of the gate to scare Namaari so badly she goes into terrified shock at the sight of a dragon roaring and growling at her.

* GoodIsNotSoft: Peace-loving or not, she can be ''fierce'' when she wants to. She's a dragon, after all. [[spoiler:When Raya is at Namaari's mercy, she doesn't hesitate to show herself in her dragon form and go to Raya's aid and scare the living daylights out of Namaari and her Fang soldiers. She quickly softens up after she sees Namaari's terrified expression up close, though, showing that while she is capable of being scary, she prefers not to.]]

The last surviving dragon, and one of five siblings who combined their magic to banish the Druun 500 years before the start of the film.

A "con baby" from Talon.

The last surviving dragon.

* LastOfTheirKind: She is the only surviving dragon, her siblings having [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificed]] themselves to create the Dragon Gem to banish the Druun. [[spoiler:After the Dragon Gem is reconstructed, all the petrified Dragons are revived.]]

The daughter of the Heartlands' Chief Benja, having been trained to be the Guardian of the Dragon Gem. After the Druun returned following the shattering and theft of the Dragon Gem, Raya set out on a quest to find the Last Dragon to help her reclaim and reunite the pieces of the Dragon Gem.

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Like all the dragons in Raya's world, they're based on the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaya_Naga Phaya Naga]]'', a type of naga that are believed to be divine and are associated with rivers. Furthermore, each dragon has a different appearance and ability, ranging from LightEmUp to HumanDisguise.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: They are a mindless force of evil, lacking personalities, emotions, or any motivation beyond a primal hunger for souls.

* EmotionEater: They can only return when human discord and mistrust reaches its peak, and it's hinted that their hunger is amplified in the presence of hatred and wrath [[spoiler:such Raya and Namaari's fight after the death of Sisu]].

* EvilOnlyHasToWinOnce: There's no higher power shown than the Dragons who are the bringers of life and water. If the Druun successfully spread and petrify everyone, including them, then all the water dries up and the whole world dies.
* GenericDoomsdayVillain: They're mindless spirits of literal evil whose only purpose is to consume life, and function more as a constant background threat than a real character. Hence, the story focuses far more on the hardships brought on by their existence than the Druun themselves.

* PurpleIsTheNewBlack: They’re an amorphous blob of black and purple evil energy.

* WouldHurtAChild: '''Nobody''' is safe from their clutches, not even children. We actually see them petrify [[spoiler:Noi and Boun onscreen during the climax, though it isn't permanent]].
* YourSoulIsMine: They do this while turning their victims to stone. [[spoiler:All their victims get better.]]

* TheSoulless: Sisu states that, [[ItMakesSenseInContext just like]] [[CatsAreMean cats]], the Druun have no souls.