Laya Yidagé

Laya Yidagé was the interpreter for the Golden Empress on the ship The Pursuit in the Fleet of the Tiger Eye.

Appearance
Yidagé is described as 'a thickset woman with freckled brown skin and lines around her mouth' (p 352), with 'a cloud of dark hair, marbled with grey' which 'sprang in tiny curls around her face. A band of silk kept it out of her eyes,' (p 376).

Backstory
Yidagé was captured by the Fleet after bribing pirates in the Sea of Carmentum to take her to Seiiki in pursuit of her father. Everyone was slain, but Yidagé pleaded for her life in Lacustrine, and so Golden Empress used her as a tool to make the her enemies underestimate her.

The Priory of the Orange Tree
Yidagé befriended Niclays Roos when he was captured by The Pursuit, and she orchestrated an attempted escape for them both on the island of Komoridu. Both Yidagé and Roos were transported from Komoridu to the Dreadmount in Yscalin, where Yidagé was imprisoned until Fýredel and Kalyba's defeat. She was taken to Nzene, Lasia, by the High Ruler Kagudo.