Virana is the overarching character of Raya and the Last Dragon. She is Namaari's mother and the Chief of Fang who cares for her people above all others.
Personality[]
Virana believes that the prosperity of her people depends on them making smart choices rather than emotional ones. To her, this means doing whatever is necessary to do what will most benefit her people even at the expense of all others. She is even willing to do shady and immoral things such as planning to have her daughter manipulate the daughter of the chief of the Heart tribe to steal the dragon gem despite having been invited into the kingdom to discuss peace. The release of the Druun due to her actions did not change this mind set as she ordered her daughter to steal the dragon pieces back from Raya so that Fang could get credit for saving the world. This was specifically so that the rest of the tribes would not come after them for revenge (even stating that Fangs survival is more important than the rest of the world's).
Despite her ruthless apathy to the other tribes, she is a loving mother and wise leader of her people and everything she does is to do what she thinks is best for both. She also encourages the young children of her tribe to always help each other for the good of their society (though once again only meaning to help other people of Fang rather than anyone else).
Appearances[]
Raya and the Last Dragon[]
After being informed of Sisu's existence, she starts to fear that restoring Kumandra will lead to being ultimately blamed for their original betrayal and the return of the Druun. She then gives her daughter the gem and orders her to capture Sisu and forcefully take the Dragon Gem fragments from Raya. She hopes to claim the credit of Kumandra's salvation for her tribe, as well as a living dragon, and thus be forgiven. However, Namaari's hesitation, and the deeply-rooted distrust from Raya, ends up with Namaari involuntarily firing her crossbow at Sisu. This kills the dragon, causing all the water in the world to dry up, thus allowing the Druun to break through and assault the citizens. Virana finds herself turned into stone in the process.
During the film's finale, she is restored to life, along with the rest of Kumandra, and is then seen attending the celebration along with her daughter in the finale scene.
Trivia[]
- Virana is voiced by Sandra Oh.
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