Lyra

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**Lyra** is an Eladrin Druid who appeared in the Tyranny of Dragons campaign and currently appears in the Return of the Giants. She is played by Ally.

## **Description**

### **Appearance**

#### Tyranny of Dragons

When the party first met Lyra she had a slight elven appearance with soft pointed ears, light red hair, one green and one blue eye and delicate features. She mainly wore a blue tunic and dark blue leggings with layers of darg green cloth draped over the top, with a leather breastplate, greaves and armguards decorated with vine leaves. She carried a long staff made which appeared to be made of a willow like twisted wooden branch, and a satchel containing many items and ingredients for her spells. After her resurrection her appearance had changed due to the use of decay based nature magic; her eyes were now both a hazel-green, her staff had become overgrown with bracket fungus, her leather armour had been replaced with tough mycelium strands, and small sections of her skin sprouted with tiny mushroom spores. In addition her time in the Fey Wilds has heightened her elven appearance; her ears are much longer and more pointed and her mood can alter her appearance similar to an Eladrin.

#### Return of the Giants

At the start of Return of the Giants Lyra looks much the same as after her resurrection; her eyes are now both a hazel-green, and small sections of her skin sprouted with tiny mushroom spores, her ears are long and pointed, and her mood can alter her appearance similar to an Eladrin. She wears armour made up of red and black mycelium strands and carries a staff overgrown with bracket fungus.

### **Personality**

Lyra is bubbly and outgoing, often the first to introduce herself and her companions to any creature they happen to meet. She has a great love of the natural world, often taking time to examine and try to understand the elements of her environment. This curiosity can sometimes het her into trouble; Lyra can be oblivious to danger and unintentionally put herself or others in harms way.

## **Biography**

### **Background**

#### Early Life

Lyrshana (Lyra for short) began her journey in this world like all others of her kind. Born into one of the many temples of Adar, Lyra developed a deep bond with the natural world- often retreating into it to reconcile her human halves' sensibilities with her own chaotic Quori soul, in order to keep the near-by insanity of her dual minds at bay. The calling of the moon became louder and louder until Lyrshana was unable to ignore its voice any longer. She packed up some supplies and ventured into the forest, with no intention of returning to the temple. As she ventured, Lyra was comforted by the guiding light of the moon (Il-Yannah) and felt called to protect the natural world and all who lives in it from the evils that plague this land, hoping to protect this world that she has grown to love from experiencing the same pain and fate of that the Quori had encountered. Friends were made, parties formed and Lyrshanna and her party were tasked with investigating cult activity. Unfortunately her party died, and she was trapped in the dragon's horded treasure at the top of the sky castle. -

Lyra had 2 personalities Lyra and "Lyrshana/ Shana". Lyra is the small forest girl in the big town. Shana is the Quori soul that inhabits her. Shana is an extremely old soul, mentally damaged from the darkness that killed off her race. She's very calm, but also will take her own way if she believes that's what's right. (Like at the end of the Howell industries battle.) Somewhat overbearing and "strict"? For the most part they work together with Lyra as the dominant personality. During combat or obviously dangerous situations Shana takes over and is indicated by Lyra's glowing blue eye. (Otherwise normally the green and blue eyes are of similar hue and not glowing).

During the events of Tyranny of Dragons, Shana and Lyra were separated into two separate entities again. Lyra's body was shifted into that of a Yuan Ti with Shana's soul in control, while Lyra's soul was banished to the Fey Wild. While trapped in the Fey Wilds, Lyra began to learn a new form of nature magic from some of the Fey. Her use of this magic slowly changed Lyra, her eyes took on a hazel green colour and fungus began to grow across her body and clothes. When the party successfully resurrected Lyra into a new body, freeing her spirit from the Fey Wild, her appearance retained these fungus traits.

## **Character Information**

### **Return of the Giants**

#### Eladrin

* Eladrin Season - Lyra can change her appearance subtly to reflect the four seasons, doing so slightly affects her mood as well. This also alters her Fey Step ability to match the chosen season effect.
* Fey Step - as a bonus action Lyra can teleport to point up to 30ft away she can see, doing so triggers a season affect based on her current Eladrin Season.
	+ Summer - each creature of Lyra's choice within 5ft takes fire damage equal to her proficiency bonus
	+ Autumn - up to two creatures of Lyra's choice within 10ft must succeed on a Wis save or be charmed for 1 min
	+ Winter - one creature of Lyra's choice within 5ft must succeed on a Wis save or be frightened until the end of her next go
	+ Spring - one creature within touch range of Lyra is teleported instead of her
* Fey Ancestry - Lyra has advantage against being charmed

##### Druid - Circle of Spores

* Wild Companion - Lyra can use a wild shape charge to cast the *Find Familiar* spell, the familiar disappears after 1 hour
* Wild Shape - Lyra can use a wild shape charge to transform into a beast
* Halo of Spores - Lyra can use her reaction to force a creature to make a Con save or take necrotic damage when it moves within or starts its turn with 10ft of her
* Symbiotic Entity - Lyra can use a wild shape charge to awaken the spores living inside her to awaken them, the spores immediately grown into a large fungal mass which surrounds her and takes on the appearance of large hulking shape made of moss and fungus. This entity grants her temporary hit points and doubles the damage from her Halo of Spores feature.

#### **Notable Items**

* Decanter of Endless Water (or decanter of abuse water)

### **Tyranny of Dragons**

##### Druid - Circle of the Moon

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## Gallery

Character Art - Lyra (Kalashtar Druid Circle of the Moon)Character Art - Lyra (Eladrin Druid Circle of Spores)