Keiko Ayano - Sword Art Online
Given Name: Keiko [珪子]
Family Name: Ayano [綾野]
Alias: Silica [シリカ]
Gender: Female
Birthday: October 4th, 2010
Height: <<Unknown>>
Voice Actors: Rina Hidaka [日高 里菜] (Japanese), Christine Marie Cabanos (English)
Ayano Keiko, otherwise known as Silica is a supporting cast member of the Sword Art Online series. She was only 12 years old upon being trapped with the 10,000 players in Aincrad during the first arc in the series. Her popularity within the game is attributed to her accomplishment as a Beast Tamer, as this is not a selectable class within the game, thus making players that had the Beast Tamer status quite a rare occurrence.
Silica's avatar in Sword Art Online matches her appearance in the real world, with light brown hair tied up with ribbons into short twin-tails. However her online avatar has red eyes, while they are normally brown in the real world. Upon transferring to ALfheim Online, Silica's avatar kept most of its appearance, but as she had chosen the Cait Sith as her playable race, most recognised as the class suited for Beast Taming, her avatar also dons a set of cat ears and tail.
Pina
Pina [ピナ] is the name of Silica's pet dragon, the first recorded tamed monster in Sword Art Online. It can be identified by it's light blue appearance and long feathered wings. Silica gave it this name after Munchkin cat in the real world with the same name.
Pina's Abilities
- Healing - Pina can heal targets though it only restores a small amount of HP.
- Bubble Breath - Pina fires a stream of bubbles at an enemy target.
History
Being a relatively young child, Silica was only 12 when she entered Sword Art Online, the first VRMMO that she played. She became the worlds first Beast Tamer after feeding peanuts to a Feathered Little Dragon, becoming the source of many a players attention, good and bad, as this was a technique that was not well known throughout Aincrad. Many parties attempted to use her fame and glory for their own benefits, teaming up with her for bragging rights and treating her as a mascot for the party.
Silica had a dispute regarding healing items with one of these parties, Rosalia, who also leads the Titan's Hand guild, thought best that Pina had adequate healing abilities for Silica. Due to this dispute, Silica left the party and ran away on her own. Wondering alone and ending up lost within the Forest of Wandering, due to extensive battles with the dungeon's monsters, her supply of healing items had been exhausted, and she had become weary. Unable to fight to the best of her abilities, her hit points had reached critical levels. In an encounter with multiple Drunk Apes, she was pushed to her limits. Seeing that she was about to die, Pina sacrificed itself by taking a fatal attack meant for Silica.
Bereft with anger, she lashed out and managed to kill that one Ape, but was hopelessly outclassed by the remaining monsters. At this point Kirito, the story's protagonist stepped in and saved her life by killing the remaining mobs. As she mourned the death of her companion Pina, he informed her of the existence of a rare revival item, the Pneuma Flower, can be found on the 47th floor and has the ability for Beast Tamers to revive their fallen monsters, however there is a three day time limit for this action to be completed. She despaired that she wasn't strong enough to make the journey with her current strength level but Kirito offered to accompany her. Together they managed to obtain the revival item and promised to one day meet in the real world.
Relationships
- Kirigaya Kazuto [桐ヶ谷 和人] / Kirito [キリト] - The two first met in the Forest of Wandering. He saved her from a swarm of Drunk Apes.
- Kirigaya Suguha [桐ヶ谷 直葉] / Leafa [リーファ] - Kirito's Cousin who plays in the same party in ALfheim Online.
- Shinozaki Rika [篠崎 里香] / Lisbeth [リズベット] - Fellow Sword Art Online player and blacksmith.
Stats
Sword Art Online
| Name | Skill Points |
|---|---|
| One Handed Dagger | 710/1000 |
| Light Metal Equipment | 644/1000 |
| Familiar Recovery | 681/1000 |
| Familiar Communication | 597/1000 |
| Acrobatics | 623/1000 |
| Musical Instrument | 749/1000 |
| Sewing | 606/1000 |
| Cooking | 560/1000 |