
After a tough training, he declares his daughter as the Guardian of the Dragon Gem. In order to prepare Raya for her adventure, Benja trains with his daughter to help her practice becoming protector of the Gem by engaging in a combat. Thankfully, by the end, after making everything worse for a while thanks to their continued fighting and everything only being fixed after Raya, Namaari and several others learn to trust each other and unite the pieces of the Dragon Gem to make it whole again, everyone seems to now appreciate his perspective enough to willingly come together again.Īs a young Raya enters a cave containing the sacred Dragon Gem, Benja prevents his daughter from touching. Overall, he represents the kind of attitude that if everyone shared, they could have reunited back into Kumandra without the entire plot needing to happen. He even tries to reason with everyone again after they all started fighting for the Gem upon noticing Fang's attempt to steal it, demonstrating that even in tense and stressful situations, he is capable of maintaining a levelheaded and calm disposition.Īs to be expected, he also loves his daughter very much and prioritized her safety over his own, as demonstrated when he makes sure to get her safely away from the Druun and accepts his fate of being petrified due to believing he won't be much help in his injured state. Therefore, he tries to teach his daughter how important it is to take the first step towards building trust with them, hence why he arranges a banquet and invites all the other tribes, hoping it will go a long way towards allowing them to rebuild the positive and unified relationship they once had. He is an extremely skilled fighter, but despite this, he prefers not resorting to violence and seeks to come up with diplomatic solutions so that the Heart tribe can put their differences with the others aside and come together to be one again, rather than keep finding reasons to hate each other. PersonalityĬhief Benja is a selfless, protective and wise chief. Benja seeks to reunite the fractured kingdom of Kumandra and restore harmony.


As Chief of Heart, he’s an idealistic and bold visionary who believes that Kumandra is broken because the people of the different lands don’t trust each other. Background Official Description Known as “the baddest blade in the five lands,” Benja is Raya’s beloved father and legendary Guardian of the Dragon Gem.
