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After [[Lavos]] hits the planet, dust blasts into the atmosphere and blocks out the sun. This causes an ice age and the extinction of the Reptites; Ayla subsequently retires from her duties as chief. Ayla cannot use magic because she was born before humans became genetically capable of doing so (as further explained through human evolution in [[Chrono Cross]]). She relies on unarmed combat and physical prowess in battle. Interestingly, in the original Japanese and the re-translated English version, she makes a potentially bisexual comment upon meeting the party (which was censored to "respect" in the original English translation). In the new re-translation in Chrono Trigger DS there seems to be subtle hints that she is in the very early stages of pregnancy, commenting that upon having a child, or being killed, Kino will become chief of the Ioka, and becoming ill after the defeat of Nizbel in the Reptite Lair.

Ayla is first introduced to the party when [[Crono]] and his friends visit the [[Prehistory|prehistoric era]] to repair [[Frog]]'s sword, The [[Masamune]], to assist in their battle against [[Magus]], leader of the [[Mystic]]s and murderer of Frog's bestfriend [[Cyrus]]. The broken pieces of the Masamune are acquired after the party defeats [[Masa & Mune|Masa and Mune]], guardians of the blade. The shards are taken to [[Melchior]], a swordsmith and [[Guru]], who cannot repair the blade without [[Dreamstone]], a crimson-colored rock of ancient origin--so ancient that the party must travel millions of years into the past to recover a sample. Upon their arrival in [[Mystic Mountains|Mystic Mountain]], they are ambushed by a seemingly ceaseless swarms of [[Reptite]]. Ayla shows up to fight them off and invites the time-travelers to her village for a party. Ayla, as chieftan due to her strength and will, is keeper of the [[Dreamstone]], and during the party, if Chrono beats Ayla at a soup-chugging competition, she willingly forks it over. However, when the sun rises the next day, they find the camp has been ransacked by Reptites and the [[Gate Key]] stolen. Tracking the reptilian maurauders to [[Forest Maze]], Ayla convinces[[ Kino]] to admit he had stolen the Gate Key out of jealousy, afterwhich point the Reptites stole it from him. Ayla, Crono, and the others invade the [[Reptite Lair]], defeat [[Nizbel]], and take the Gate Key from [[Azala]] so they can return to the present and repair the sword.

Departing from the usual role of female characters in RPGs, Ayla is a physical damage dealer. Physically, she is the strongest character in Chrono Trigger, and is able to take the most damage next to [[Robo]]. Unlike the other characters, Ayla doesn't equip a weapon, though she does still equip armor, she instead fights with her bare hands, and her hands upgrade as weapons as she levels up. This makes her cheaper to equip than other characters, since she only needs to equip armor. All of her techs focus on dealing physical damage, except her Charm tech, which is used to steal items, and Kiss which heals one character. This also makes Ayla the game's "thief" character, because her charm ability is the only way to obtain items from enemies.

Ayla has no element, and so she isn't weak to any elemental attacks.