Thyra-B208

Lieutenant Commander Thyra-B208 is a SPARTAN-III commando of the UNSC Naval Special Warfare Command, attached to the Office of Naval Intelligence Section-3 Theta-6 division. Thyra serves in Fireteam Artemis under the designation HUNTRESS-2, operating as their reluctant second-in-command and sniper. A long-ranged killer and scout, Thyra sports the highest kill count of her peers and position as one of the best snipers in the UNSC.
After the war, Fireteam Artemis's commander, Elek-B105, retired to join the newly formed Spartan Operations, and Thyra was placed in command despite her protests. She led the fireteam for about a year and a half until Elek's return, when she happily stepped down and relinquished command back to her old friend.
== Biography ==
=== Early Life ===
==== Pre-War ====
Thyra-B208 was born in Monastir on the Outer Colony planet of New Harmony and raised by single father Dem Orvik. As a child, many described Thyra as intelligent and creative for her age. Despite what little money Dem had, he tried to nurture his daughter's gifts. Using what little money he had, he got her in a prestigious Pre-K to Year 13 Academy. 
Thyra loved school. She had friends and her teachers knew exactly how to nurture her. She could read at three-years-old with a photographic memory. Her father often got angry with her for rereading a book in her head past her bedtime.
Sadly, everything would change in 2537 when the Covenant attacked New Harmony. She was at school when it happened, seeing her home city burn. She tried running home to find her dad, but she witnessed her building crumbling from a distance. She made it to a fallout shelter, where she stayed with hundreds of other survivors for days. When they emerged, they were in the middle of dust and ruins.
Thyra was a refugee for about a year on Earth until she was approached by a woman in black. She sat and spoke to Thyra, asking about her situation. Once she had everything she needed, she offered Thyra a chance to avenge her father and home, to get back at the creatures that took everything from her. Angry and bitter, Thyra happily accepted. 
==== SPARTAN-III Program ====
At 8-years-old in 2539, Thyra with the rest of Beta Company began their six-year training under the watchful eyes of Lieutenant Commander Kurt Ambrose and Senior Chief Petty Officer Franklin Mendez. Thyra was an angry child, constantly lashing out at her instructors and picking fights with her fellow SPARTAN candidates. This left her alienated from the others, afraid they'd be her next target. 
Little did they know, this was her intent. The lost of her father overwhelmed the young girl. She was afraid to let anyone close out of fear of losing them too. Her instructors deemed her problematic. She worked poorly with teams and most wanted her out, but one saw through Thyra's front. A young Lieutenant named Mackenzie Miller, one of the SPARTANs' caretakers in charge of teaching them non-combat related matters, saw Thyra's fear. How she wanted relationships with her fellow trainees but scared to loose them. Miller helped Thyra overcome her fear, helping her cope with the lost of her father and home. She never quite got over it, but she began opening up in time for her new assignment: Team Delta with Elek-B105, Hunter-B126, and Lambert-B263.
Thyra initially kept her guard up around the three, but eventually found herself opening up.
=== Human-Covenant War ===
==== Battle of Iotov ====
==== Operation: RED WAVE ====
==== Battle of Balmoris ====
==== Odin's Raven ====
=== HUNTRESS Initiative ===
==== Fireteam Artemis ====
==== Operation: BROKEN ARROW ====
==== Operation: BLACK FLAG ====
==== Battle of New Athens ====
==== Operation: STARGAZER ====
=== Post-War Era ===
==== Command of Artemis ====
== Relationships ==
Elek-B105 -
Hunter-B126 -
Adriana-G238 -
Jaxon-G239 -
Orion -
Miller -
== Personality and traits ==
Thyra is cold and distant from everyone she meets. Bitter and rude with a dark sense of humor, Thyra has often been described as cruel by those of whom she works with. However, only herself and those she trusts (and Orion after entering her mind) know it's just a front she puts up. Protective walls she built to defend herself. 
In reality, Thyra is a very caring and emotional person. Her brash and coarse attitude is meant to push people away as Thyra is unable to stomach the thought of losing anyone, especially after the loss of one childhood friend, Lambert-B263, and the subsequent injury of another, Elek-B105.
Thyra's high kill count doesn't help her mental state either. In 2551, Thyra confided with Elek-B105 the pain she feels whenever she pulls trigger on another human being, admitting she sees herself as a monster.
== Physical characteristics ==
Thyra has blonde hair she keeps long and in many braids with brilliant blue eyes. When she was younger, her hair was straight and fell to her lower back, but curled as she got older after having her head shaved numerous times. Without her armor, Thyra stands at six feet and five inches. Many who work with her describe her as intimidating without her MJOLNIR. She's muscular from her years of training and augmentations with dozens of scars over her body, many from Hunter-B126 and their training sessions. Elek-B105 would go as far as to describe her as beautiful, despite her "resting bitch face," and could've been a model if she never became a SPARTAN. 
== Equipment ==
=== Armor ===
Thyra's first set of armor was a set of military green SPI MK II armor with the Greek letter Delta on the left shoulder pad. She'd customize the armor to her liking, adding a rain cape, several ammunition pouches, flares, and a M11 combat knife on the left side of her chest, concealed by the cape. Eventually, after the disbandment of Team Delta, her armor would be painted all black. However, she kept her personalization.
After joining the HUNTRESS Initiative in 2551, Thyra would obtain a set of solid green MJOLNIR MK V armor. She too would customize the armor to her liking, adding a Hardened Uplink to her helmet, a patrol hood, pouches for ammunition, and three 14.5x114mm rounds on her left shoulder. After joining Fireteam Artemis, she'd follow Elek's lead and give her armor grey accents .
After Elek's retirement from combat in 2553, Thyra and Fireteam Artemis received GEN2 MJOLNIR armor. Thyra received SCOUT-class MJOLNIR and they all immediately painted it Fireteam Artemis's colors. She wouldn't customize this set any further, enjoying the intimidating look and feel it naturally had, plus its functionality. It would become her favorite set.
=== Weapons ===
As a sniper, Thyra uses the SRS99 series of sniper rifles, preferring the original SRS99-AM platform. However, she did migrate to the SRS99-S5 AM platform when it became standard issue. Her favorite secondary is the M7 platform, never seen without an M7S attached to her hip, even out of uniform. She'll occasionally switch to the M6C/SOCOM if she needs to travel as light as possible.
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