Kaya

"I...want to grow up to be like my sister. [sic]"

- Kaya

Kaya (カヤ) is a civilian living within Wall Rose. She was saved by Sasha Blouse from a Titan during the Wall Rose invasion, and now lives with the Blouse family.

Appearance
Kaya is of average height with light hair. She is seen wearing a simple tunic.

Personality
Not much of her personality is seen as for the majority of her appearance she stays in a closed-off state due to the trauma she went through when Titans attacked her village.

Clash of the Titans arc
When Titans appear in Wall Rose, the village does not receive warning. When a Titan attacks the village, Kaya and her mother are left behind, due to her mother having bad legs. As the Titan begins devouring her mother, Kaya is left in a state of shock, and is unable to flee. She is rescued when Sasha Blouse arrives at the village and leads her away. However, Sasha's horse flees without them, and so they are forced to flee the Titan on foot. Sasha has Kaya continue on alone so that she can stay and attempt to fend off the Titan.

Kaya eventually runs into a group of survivors from another village, and directs them to Sasha so they can aid her.

Marley arc
Following Sasha's death in the year 854, Kaya and Sasha's parents visit her grave to pay their respects.

Later, while walking the Blouse family's dogs, Kaya overhears two children arguing and goes to check on them. Assuming that they are hungry, Kaya invites them to her home to eat.

After introducing them to the Blouses and eating, the children begin doing chores around the farm. They take a break to eat lunch, and Kaya explains that all of the children on the farm are orphans, who are being supported by the queen as they have nowhere else to go. Gabi accuses them of trying to forget the sins that they committed against the world, and Kaya bemusedly asks if that is what she was taught in Marley. The two are shocked to learn that she knows their identities; Kaya mentions she overheard them arguing earlier, but claims she has no interest in turning them in.

Kaya takes the two to the ruins of her village, and recounts the story of her mother's death at a Titan's hands. Kaya asks them to explain what her mother did to deserve the fate she got, and although Gabi claims that the Eldians have oppressed the world for thousands of years, Kaya repeatedly reminds her that her mother never left the island of Paradis her entire life. As Kaya begins to grow agitated at Gabi's repeated accusations, Falco interrupts and reveals that the invasion was a byproduct of Marley's infiltration of Paradis, and the deaths caused in the process were only incidental. Falco apologizes, but Kaya claims that he does not have to apologize for something his country did. He was just born there.

Kaya tells Gabi and Falco of how she was rescued by Sasha, who put herself in danger so that Kaya could escape. Knowing that the Blouse family has been invited to dine at a restaurant where a Marleyan works, Kaya offers to take them as well to see if there is a way for them to return home. When asked why she would agree to help them, Kaya simply explains that she wants to be like Sasha.

Relationships

 * Sasha Blouse - Kaya was saved from a Titan by Sasha and took in by the Blouses after the destruction of her village and the death of her mother. Kaya looks up to Sasha, saying that her bravery is what inspired her to help Gabi and Falco despite them being enemies. Her death affected her, as she was seen with the Blouses mourning Sasha.


 * Gabi Braun and Falco Grice - Despite knowing all along that they are from Marley, Kaya took them to her home and spent some time with the two.

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