Lilayah

Lilayah is a rockerboy and a close friend of Trace Santiago, both whom in 2045 were part of a group of six edgerunners. She is one of the main characters of the Black Dog adventure from.

Biography
Like a lot of rockerboys, Lilayah used to call Seattle home; that is until she moved to Night City. She sticks to her roots, though, and plays a style she likes to think of as cybergrunge. Her music pays homage to the greats from her hometown but adds in new styles and 2045 sensibilities.

Always looking for inspiration, Lilayah hangs with a group of edgerunners, sometimes helping them pull jobs. After all, she knows she won't change the world if all she does is smile for the camera and make music vids.

Black Dog
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Development
Lilayah was created by Mike Pondsmith with the help of Amelia Kołat, one of "The Cyber6" - as Pondsmith likes to think - and community manager for.

While writing the story, Mike realized it was missing something. Specifically, it was missing a Rockerboy. As a way to help create a new music legend for a new era, the writers of turned to Amelia, who was already an influencer in real life by being the video game's community manager.


 * As Mike Pondsmith was working on this story, he realized he needed a Rockerboy to bring it together. That's why he asked Amelia Kołat, a friend whose posts influence hundreds of thousands of people daily, to help him make Lilayah. The grunge was entirely her idea. She's a big fan of it as well as of WoW. Amelia lives in Poland with her gorgeous cat.