Viranja

Viranja is the friendship between Benja and Virana from the Raya and the Last Dragon fandom.

Canon
Both Benja and Virana are single parents of warrior princesses and the leaders of their respected clans, Heart and Fang. With Fang struggling while the island of Heart is blessed with the power of the Dragon Gem, Virana felt that the rumors of Benja and his people using the gem's power for themselves was true and that seek to take the source of their good fortune away. Benja, however, was single guarding the gem out of duty and single wishes for the five divided clans to end the cycle of mistrust and greed, so Kumandra could become whole again. His daughter Raya was the reason for his wish, just as Virana's daughter Namaari has the Fang chief wanting to make things better for their people. When Benja invited the clans to Heart in hopes of bridging peace with them, Virana decides to take advantage of the Heart Chief's peace gathering. She makes Benja believe that she too wants peace for their children, while entrusting Namaari to trick Benja's daughter to reveal the location of the Dragon Gem. By the time Benja realised Fang's true motive for accepting his invitation it was already too late, the divided clans began to fight over the gem and as Benja tries to get them to see sense the gem shatters. Allowing the Druun to return, Virana and the other leaders seeing Benja fend off the Druun with one of its shards got her to order one of her men to grab a piece and then flee with it. While Virana manages to escape with her child and a hand full of her men, Benja was turned to stone by the Druun.

Unlike Benja who would have wanted the clans to come together in order to fight the Druun, Virana's main concern was for her people alone. After Fang's gem shard was taken by Namaari in an attempt to capture Sisu, Virana suffers the same fate as Benja as she too gets turn to stone. Luckily the two clan leaders were revived when Raya put her trust in Namaari to resemble the Dragon Gem, banishing the Druun and reviving all the humans and dragons that they turned to stone. With the dragons returned and learning how the Druun were defeated, Virana returns to Heart with true intentions to bring Benja's dream of making Kumandra whole again come to life. Seeing Virana, her family and the other clans standing side by side as friends and allies brought a smile to his face.

Fanon
Viranja is considered a rare ship within the Raya and the Last Dragon fandom. This is due to the fact that it gets overshadowed by the most popular ship in the fandom, Rayaari. Most fanfictions written about the ship are gen. Although most fans ship them platonically, there's a number of fans that still ship them romantically. They tend to pair the couple alongside Rayaari. In fan arts of the pair, Raya and Namaari help Virana and Benja get together.

Fandom

 * FAN FICTION