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Rafayel is the third love interest introduced inLove And Deepspace.
He is an eccentric artist who lives on the beach of Whitesand Bay.
All about Onychinus' shady leader.
Rafayel is a loving (if clingy) partner who will constantly remind you how missed you are.
This article contains spoilers for the main storyline and many of Rafayel’s Memory cards.
Who Is Rafayel?
Lemurians are a race ofimmortal merpeoplefrom the fabled underwater city of Lemuria.
Occasionally, he’ll recite Lemurian poems and phrases or sing Lemurian songs to the MC.
Rafayel claims he did havea few Wanderers appearin his studio at late hours.
Outside of spending time with the MC, Rafayel israrely seen outside of his house.
On top of being a talented young artist, the24-year-oldRafayel is also popular in the media for hisgood looks.
Rafayel’s birthday isMarch 6.
Fittingly for a Lemurian, he is aPisces.
But painting is not the only skill he has mastered.
Rafayel’sEvol is fire manipulation, and he can summon flames hot enough to split tidal waves.
Personality
Rafayel’s personality isbold, to say the least.
He’s not afraid todish out insults and complimentsalike.
He’s been known to makeeye-catching entrances and exitsalike, even going so far as tojump out of windows.
For instance, hereally dislikes catsand doesn’t care who knows it.
He’s alsoafraid of heights.
This land-walking fishie is also a bit of ananimal whisperer so long as the animals are aquatic.
He’s been known toconverse with Octopi, goldfish,and evenanemones.
But Rafayel is much more than witty one-liners and unexpected outbursts.
Deep down, Rafayelstruggles with abandonment issuesthat lead him to seek frequent validation from the MC.
Work Life
Rafayel is one of themost popular young artistsin Linkon and is already a household name.
Rafayeldoesn’t caremuch about his clients, but hewon’t turn down the money.
There arevery few glimpsesinto his past in the main story.
However, one moment in Rafayel’s past stands out as themost formative.
When he was a young Lemurian boy who hadwashed up on the shore, he met the MC.
The MC helped Rafayel and the two talked and played on the beach for a long time.
She hadpromised that she would always remember himand that she would visit him at the same time each year.
Unfortunately, due to circumstances out of either of their control, the MClost all memory of her promise.
She never returned to that beach.
They reunited years later when they were both adults.
Rafayelmeets her at a fountainand helps her capture a little red fish, which they then nameReddietogether.
She possesses a special heart thatgrants the people of Philos immortalityand protects the planet itself.
However, the Princess mustsacrifice her freedomto protect her precious heart.
She isforbidden from leaving the palace, except to visit the gardens.
Under the water, she is trapped by seaweed.
Confused and afraid of drowning, the Princess panics until avoice tells her to order the guards to leave.
The guards disperse, thinking that the Princess must have tried to escape elsewhere.
The city is onhigh alertas an intruder has recently begunkilling nobles.
The intruder was none other thanRafayel, the man who spoke to her in the water.
She convinces him to help her escape.
Herefuses to give itto her, and she instead starts calling himMr.
Rafayel is irritated by this andgives her his namebefore she keeps calling him a god.
Little does the Princess know that Rafayeltruly was a former Sea God.
In a past life, hegave up his godhood, people, and domain just for her.
She also learns that many of the items in style were supposedly favorites of ‘Her Highness.’
This stuns her, as she hasnever even heard of most of these things.
She laments that the only reason people care about her is because of hergod-blessed heart.
She couldn’t care less about her heart or the value it brings Philos.
Rafayelseems surprisedshe would want to go to the ocean at all.
Before they can discuss it more, the Princess’s maid, Miss Natasha approaches.
Rafayelseems even more surprisedthat the Princess doesn’t seem to remember him at all.
In an aside, Rafayel speaks with a man calledElder Amund.
It is revealed that theyneed the Princess’s heart a complete Sea God’s heart to save Lemuria.
They cannot simply cut out her heart as sheneeds to offer it willinglyfor the sacrifice to work.
Back at the palace, the Princess prepares for herComing of Ageceremony.
She recalls that on her birthday years ago,she was gifted a Lemurian.
That same Lemurian had given her the blue fish.
She realizes that the Lemurian from her birthday wasRafayel.
She had been given him as a gift because Lemurians were consideredpowerful magical servants.
Rather than keep Rafayelas a birthday gift, she had escaped to the lake andset him free.
However, Rafayel hadvowed to returnand find her again someday.
He seals his vow by giving her the magical blue fish.
An arrow lands on her balcony, pulling her from her memories.
She would come to find him at night.
However,Rafayel beats her to itand shows up on her bed.
She is not related to the royal family.
She claims that shewoke up at the core of the planetwhen others discovered the special properties of her heart.
They head for the dunes, leaving the Princess’s maid to take on her identity for the ball.
Rafayel then goes quiet, seemingly lost in an unpleasant memory.
She admits that she has only ever seen the sea in unpleasant dreams.
In those dreams, she istrapped in a hut on an islanddeep in the ocean.
In her dreams, she knows thatone day the tide will swallow herand reclaim her heart.
She wants to see the island in person so that she might piece together who she really is.
Rafayel seemsuneasy with her requestand the Princess quickly rescinds it.
She then asks himif he would like anything in returnfor being so kind to her.
He responds that since she is his master, he can’t go against her wishes.
Anything she asks of him, he must do.
Rafayel insists that they were bonded longbefore the sea dried up.
Rafayel takes her back to the palace, and they take a moment to talk out on Moonbath Lake.
It’s his birthday gift to her.
When it’s time to retire, thePrincess returns to her bedroom.
Meanwhile, Elder Amund reappears by the water and hands Rafayel aceremonial dagger.
He is meant to carve out the Princess’s heart with it.
Days later, the Princess meets Rafayel and Elder Amund on the outskirts of the city.
Amund seems irritated to be in her presence and is quite disrespectful.
Lemurians don’t call it dying.
To them,death is just a long ‘slumber.’
That night, Rafayel tells the Princess that the Lemurians have beenkilling nobles to free themselves.
They need to be free so that they canreawaken the seasand return to their homeland.
Later, Rafayel takes the Princess to their destination:The Island of Songs.
The Princess recognizes the ruins as the building from her dreams of the sea.
Rafayel reminds her thatonly those who share a bond with the God of the Seacan read the slab.
Rafayel uses the Fishtail Beacon tocut their handsand use their mixed blood to awaken the slab.
It was special becauseit was his.
She’d rather he have it and save his people as itwas always meant to be his.
However, unsatisfied with the prophecy,Rafayel refusesher heart, stating:
A god must protect his followers.
If the legend pertaining to the god of the sea is inevitable…
Shouldn’t the god of the sea himself change the story?
Despite her fervent protests, Rafayeluses his magic to erase the Princessfrom the Tome of the Sea God entirely.
As she is erased from the tome, sheloses all memory of himand the past they shared.
In the end, it isas if they had never met at all.
Rafayel erases her from his story andbids his beloved bride goodbye.
Back at the palace, the Princess is ashell of her former self.
She feels the thread of memories just beyond her grasp, butcan’t place the gnawing emptinessinside her.
However, no matter how hard she tries,the Princess cannot rememberwho that person is.
Her depression deepens until Natasha informs her that theking plans to execute all Lemurianswho had plotted against the nobility.
At that moment, the Princess remembers Rafayel anduses the Fishtail Beacon to summon him.
She catches him just before he leaves for good.
Together,they ride away for Whalefall City.
The Sea God’s hearthas returnedto him, just never in the way anyone would have expected.
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