Duchess Xenia

Kaya, a character from the Blades of Light and Shadow series, was Tyril's former friend and lady of House Duskraven. Her impostor is first seen in Chapter 10.

Appearance
Kaya's impostor looks exactly like Kaya. She has black skin, gold eyes and black hair tied to a ponytail. She wears a golden and red dress, golden earings, a golden tiara and a golden bracelet.

Personality
An agent of the Shadow Court, "Kaya" is ambitious and manipulative.

Background
When the real Kaya Duskraven went in search of more knowledge and history behind the Shadow Court, she felt herself being drawn by an Onyx Shard. She wrote to her best friend, Tyril, telling him of her fear. A member of the Shadow Court drew her into the catacombs and used the Scepter to turn her into glass. Then, she took Kaya's place and returned to Undermount.

Chapters

 * Chapter 10: The City of Glimmering Lies
 * Chapter 11: What Lies Beneath (Mentioned)

Tyril Starfury
In Chapter 9, Tyril tells your party about Kaya. They became friends when her family traveled in the noble circles. She kept his ego in check and made him a better person. When she returned from her expeditions a year prior to the current events, her whole behavior and personality had changed. She challenged him to a duel and defeated him despite him being "the most skillful duelist in all of Undermount". He states that this was the most humiliating moment of his life which made him flee the city. If asked how she defeated him, he says her skills were unlike anything he'd ever seen: "Fast, ferocious, and with a magical finesse that stunned everyone." Her shift in behavior causes him to believe that she may have succumbed to the Shadow Court's influence much like the Mayor of Parnassus.

When Tyril returns to Undermount with your party, Kaya invites his house to the Ancestral Masquerade at Duskraven manor. She only invites him out of obligation, and tells him that Duskraven is now the House Ascendant, after House Starfury fell into ruin. During the year that Tyril had been gone, Kaya had brokered new alliances, secured trade agreements, and bought council votes. Tyril's father was unable to keep their influence as she convinced others that House Starfury was a "bad investment" and were useless.

In Chapter 11, Tyril realizes that it was an impostor who had returned in Kaya's place a year ago, leaving the real Kaya dead in the Shrine of the Eldest.

Trivia

 * In Chapter 11, it is revealed that the Kaya Duskraven met in Chapter 10 is actually an impostor. The real Kaya was killed and petrified.