Beneath the veil

• She's voiced by Paula Burrows, who also voices Opeli, Berto the parrot, and Queen Annika.
• She's named after Rayla Heide, a close friend of the Wonderstorm staff.
• Her signature "Naruto-run" was storyboard artist Giancarlo Volpe's idea, "with encouragement from Lulu Younes."
• Early concept art gave her an extra forehead marking and a too-confident expression that had to be toned down. As a child, her markings extended over her eyebrows.
• The drooping pinkies on her human-disguise gloves were a fun storyboard-team addition — part of why "Human Rayla" is a fan-favourite.
• In Book Six she calls Callum "Snoozles," a nod to Avatar: The Last Airbender — Toph's nickname for Sokka, who, like Callum, is voiced by Jack De Sena.
• She appears in 53 episodes — the second-most of any character — absent only from the Book Four premiere.
• Her parents used to send her birthday letters about their life on the Dragonguard.

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