Yala (The First)

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Yala


Yala (left) attempting to attack Persha (right) - from The First #8

Publisher CrossGen Entertainment
First appearance The First
Created by Mark Alessi, Gina M. Villa
Characteristics
Alter ego Yala
Species Demi-God
Affiliations House Dexter
Abilities Super warrior, Super strength, Teleportation, Flight

Yala is a character from CrossGen Entertainment's Sigilverse. She appeared in The First, in Sigil and in Crux. She appears as a heroic female warrior, always armed and eager for battle. Yala is always happy, and nearly ecstatic about fighting.

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Yala was one of the seven key powers amoung The First, self-styled gods of their galaxy. Yala was intended to be the personification of joy but battle lust seems more accurate. She is a good friend of Pyrem but spends most of her time training the younger gods of House Dexter in fighting.

Yala is in love with Gannish, one of the other seven major gods. Yala and Gannish rarely meet because Gannish choose House Sinister instead of House Dexter. Yala seems content to fight or practice for battle and rarely seems interested in politics or complicated problems.

In episode #15 Yala goes with Pyrem to fight Seahn but escapes when Pyrem is captured. Later she comes back with Trenin to rescue Pyrem. They are successful in this effort.

caption=Yala as the Saurian warrior goddess Khyalhtua

In the Sigil series (episode #12), Yala decides Samandahl Rey is too powerful and the Saurians lack a champion of equal power. So she appears to the weaponmaster and Tchlusarud as their warrior goddes Khyalhtua. She offers great power to Tchlusarud but he declines her offer and so she gives the gift of some of her power to the Weaponmaster. With the new power in him the Weaponmaster takes a new name: Khyradon. Yala intervenes again and gives Khyradon even more power but Sam Ray is still able to defeat him "too easily". Yala then teleports Sam Rey to a different part of the galaxy.

In the Crux series (episode #20), Yala and Gannish appear in as two western cowboys. They seem to be part of a scheme to test the members of Crux but the situation is confused.

Yala as a character seems nearly crazy. For example she attacks Trenin for getting several of her students to "break training". Granting a small measure of her power to the Khyradon does drive him insane and this forces Tchlusarud to turn against him. Finally, for all her skill in battle, she is unable to defeat Seahn, Ingra or Solusandra.