Aya Delanis

Aya inDovo Delanis is the wife of Jiano Delanis and the second cousin once removed of Cliopher Mdang.

Appearance
"a woman in her early thirties or so... She was pretty, her skin a richer brown than most of the Ikialo villagers'. She wore her hair in a high pouf caught with carved shell combs, a style Cliopher recognized as coming from the western Vangavaye-ve, as had the bright floral print of her sarong... Her voice was lightly accented, sounding to Cliopher's ears much like his own beloved grandmother's."

Biography
Aya's great-grandmother was sister to Aurenia Mdang and Buru Tovo. Aya grew up on Loaloa, the ancestral island of the Mdangs. When she was young, she had sat at Tovo's feet and learned the Lays and part of the fire dance. At some point she moved to Ikiano village on the island of Lesuia and married Jiano Delanis. They have multiple children together.

Aya is an author of a series of mystery novels.