Lyndara Xlayde

Baroness Lyndara Celeste Daragemon Xlayde [Willene 29th, 1725 - ] was a ward of St. Bassard's School and Home for Disadvantaged Youth from 1737. As of early 1742 she remained with the school where she specialized in writing with an interest in law and languages. She was also a member of the school's fencing club and the secretive St. Bassard's After-Class Exercise Club. 
== History ==
Lyndara was the child of Baron Renfeld and his wife Celeste Xlayde. Celeste died giving birth to Lyndara, and she was their only child. Her father raised her alone until 1745 when she was nine, and the baron was called to fight in the war of Gormann's Horde. He fought with conspicuous bravery and died at the climatic charge at the Battle of Heddenfields. She was raised by an uncle's family for several years, though they weren't close. As soon as she was of age, she was enrolled in St. Bassard's. In the school, she focused highly on what was of interest to her, writing, fencing, and the activities of the exercise club. Other academic classes she got by on natural ability. She was disinterested in anything else.
== Character ==
As of 1742, Lyndara was certain about the order of society in the Empire of Trynser, with her nobility (relatively low-level as it was) outranking all commoners. Perhaps fortunately, she felt a sense of noblesse oblige to do some good for commoners, like a caretaker helping dumb animals. She was determined to live, and perhaps honorably die, as a hero for the Empire of Trynser as a baroness of the house Xlayde should. This sense of honor and ability led her to take bold, sometimes reckless action.
She was a faithful follower of the Divine Circle, with a particular affinity towards Gondovor, the god of justice, in his guise as the Judge of Kings.
== Appearance ==
Lyndara Xlayde appeared to be a human female of her appropriate age. As of early 1742, Lyndara was 5'8" tall and weighed 125 lb, noteably tall and slender for her age and gender. She was relatively narrow of hip, shoulder and bust. Despite this (or perhaps more so for those so interested) she could be considered rather attractive. She had luxuriant light brown hair that naturally fell into a loose floof that reached the small of her back. She kept this in a ponytail when she was active. She had a clear voice with an aristocratic lilt.
== Relationships ==
At St. Bassard's she hung out with a clique of other noble girls, occasionally even including Princess Alarra Gormann. For her part, Lyndara bore no animosity towards Alarra, despite the history of their families, as Alarra's father gave her own the opportunity for a proud death. She would not casually associate with commoners in her typical school life. Otherwise she did not attempt to 'pull rank' on her classmates.
In After-Class Exercise Club activities, she considered it meaningless to let her status put her ahead of her teammates if her skills were not up to the task. Still she could be condescending to the others. Her and Rajzhela Carnelian shared a friendly rivalry and traded good-natured barbs in the context of the club. They did not otherwise associate with each other in school.
She did enjoy the company of some of the fine gentlemen of the school that were close to her age, even if they weren't of sufficient status to associate with her in public. Although they dated early on, her and Zack Macklerey were later known to have a bitter relationship. She'd shown some interest in Asric Nehonin, but his girlfriend Henna Brenefar good-naturedly but definitively squashed that. In the exercise club, Oscar Ragnar is known to have a strong interest in her, more than Rico Wylde whose interest was more broadly cast among all of the girls. Lyndara didn't reciprocate.
Lyndara and Minigallith Atakares and Fern the Siegemaster got off on the wrong foot when she was involved in stuffing Fern's assistant Turgan Tin-Finger in a bag and hanging him off a bridge over The Cut.
== Skills and Abilities ==
Lyndara was a remarkable fencer with natural talent and well-developed skill. She was physically agile, a good runner and climber, though an inept swimmer. She was well educated in modern Trynsern, as well as capable in Ancient Vennin and Arumelian. She was competent in certain bits of other languages.
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