Raphael Lau(AYA Character)

Raphael Lau is the main protagonist of A Young Alliance. He is a young boy from Hong Kong and is the only one to be born outside Bangkok and is the second oldest of his group. He, along with Zoe, Aidan, Yuto, Thaiyo and Ankit are the founders of The Young Alliance Organisation consisting of foreign, half foreign and Thai-Chinese students from school.

Appearance
He has short dark brown hair, brown eyes and tanned skin. He is on permanent supplemental oxygen due to lung damage. When he is in school, he brings a black school bag. When he is outside school, he wears a variety of clothing. At home, he wears a red t-shirt and black shorts. When he goes outside, he wears his casual clothing. They consist of a red shirt, black jeans and black and white Adidas shoes. During the rainy season, he wears an unzipped dark blue hoodie over a white shirt, blue jeans and black and white Adidas shoes. In cooler months, he wears a dark blue short-sleeved shirt over a white long-sleeved shirt, black jeans and black and white high-cut converse shoes. In special events, he wears a rolled sleeved unbuttoned white dress shirt over a white shirt, blue jeans and white Adidas shoes. In some events, he wears a red hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans and white high-cut converse shoes. In Singapore, he wears a dark blue denim jacket over a white shirt, blue jeans and white Adidas shoes. When he goes to school, his school uniform consists of a white short-sleeved shirt, blue shorts with a brown belt with a gold buckle, white socks and black low-cut sneakers. His scout uniform consists of a tan short-sleeved dress shirt with pockets, tan shorts, dark red and black beret with a gold scout symbol on it, his name on the right pocket, a purple global scout symbol on his left pocket along with a blue and gold boy scout symbol and 3 red stars indicating he's in Grade 9, a brown belt with a gold buckle, tan socks and brown low-cut sneakers. He has 2 PE outfits, one consists of a red and white polo shirt, black and red jogging pants, white socks and white low-cut shoes and the other is the same but he has a bright blue polo shirt indicating he is in the blue team like his classmates. He stands on average 14-year-old height.

Personality
Not much of his personality is known in the series since he was absent for the first 11 episodes. However, we can conclude that he is sporty, smart, tough, studious, energetic, trilingual, prankster and slightly depressed.

Etymology
His first name, Raphael is a name of Hebrew origin meaning "God has healed", from rāp̄ā (רָפָא "he has healed") and ēl (אֵל "God") and as shown in Season 4, he stated that he was named after an angel 'that just came down from heaven' which is stated to be Raphael the archangel

Lau is a Chinese name that is written in many Chinese characters.

Abilities
Not much of his abilities is known in the series. However, it is shown that he is good at sports. Especially hockey, basketball and gymnastics. He is also a good swordsman which means he can wield a sword.

Trivia

 * Raphael is the only member of his group who was born outside Bangkok
 * Like Zoe, Raphael likes to find places to hang out with his friends to keep to themselves
 * Raphael is of Cantonese descent
 * He is non-religious
 * He is 14-years-old but will turn 15 in Season 3