The Exceeder

Warning, big huge massive spoilers ahead.

Lyris, also known as the Exceeder by most individuals, is an alien Entity responsible for the existence of Exceed Skills on planet Earth.

## Visual Appearance

The form Lyris takes in most of her public appearances is not her true form, but a puppet created using one of her many Exceed Skills.

Lyris' puppet form resembles a Troll from the webcomic series Homestuck, with grey skin, white hair, orange horns, and a generally "demonic" appearance not to similar to beings natively born in Hell. Her snout is described as short yet defined, and her tail is thin and whip-like, ending in a blade shapes like a rhombus or diamond.

Typically, Lyris appears to people dressed in her "God-Tier" costume (a black seamless bodysuit with a green scarf/hood and a sparkling green emblem resembling a vortex on the chest).

Lyris has no nipples or reproductive organs, but still has breasts and generally feminine body proportions that serve no practical purpose.

## Personality Traits

Lyris is most commonly described as oddly relatable, having familiarized herself with the various cultures and customs of Earth through the Internet for over 30 years since she first arrived at the planet. As her appearance implies, Lyris is a devout fan of the webcomic series Homestuck, whose continued popularity in the 2030s was indirectly caused by her decision to take on a form inspired by its characters.

## Plot Contributions

### 2009-2011

Lyris and Eli were lured to planet Earth in late 2009 by Abaddon with the intent of having them complete the cycle that Abaddon and Yahweh never could. The two new Entities, unaware of Abaddon's presence or what previously took place on the planet, remained dormant to earn the SCP Foundation and Hunter Association's trust until early 2011, when Lyris pretended that Eli had betrayed her, and the two unleashed their X-Seeds across the world in a mock battle that earned Lyris her reputation as the first real superhero.

### 2012-2020

In her first few years of operation, Lyris saw the rapid destruction of the SCP Foundation's "masquerade" policy due to the mass amounts of Parautilitarians born from her X-Seeds, and the Foundation's subsequent allegiance with the United States government, which ultimately produced the current Federal Bureau of Control. During this time, she also publicly rejected membership into the Hunter Association, claiming that her powers would "make things unfair" for other members.

### 2021-2030

After Eli rescued Volcano High's Class of 2021 from Dr. Ferdinand and initiated phase 2 of the cycle, Lyris began appearing in public less and less frequently to make Titan battles more challenging for normal superheroes. When SCP-610 attempted to subsume the Lightning Titan, Lyris unlocked Captain Marvel's X-Seed and allowed her to fly 610's source to the Moon alongside herself. During this time, Lyris recruited the Time Titan and the Hidden Titan, and organized their efforts at repairing collateral damage caused by Titan battles.

Lyris discovered the existence of Cauldron and their super-formula project in 2024 after one of Legend's homing beams attacked her by accident during a Titan battle, but decided to do nothing about it seeing as none of the artificial Exceed Skills the project could produce at the time were potent enough to meaningfully damage her or Eli.

### 2031-2040

Lyris was mainly uninvolved in the events that transpired during the summer of 3034, save for observing and collecting data from them as she and Eli would do with any supernatural occerences on Earth. It was during this time that she discovered the existence of magic, and formulated a plan to replicate its powers using President Valentine's ability to traverse between worlds.

## Notable Abilities

### Internet Connection

Lyris can connect to the Internet at will by establishing a wireless signal through her Prime X-Seed (her equivalent of a brain), which she used to read Homestuck and run a tumblr blog before the official beginning of her cycle.

### Sympathy For Lesser Beings

Lyris' exposure to the Internet caused her to develop a new perspective for the mortal beings of Earth, and essentially allowed her to truly understand emotions, which other Entities of her kind lacked. Because of this, Lyris decided to alter her and Eli's cycle so that life on Earth would survive by the end of it, and hopefully join forces with them in the Final Battle.

### Combat Data Collection

Lyris can collect data from the minds of individuals by granting them her X-Seeds, which she and Eli use to improve their own combat abilities. Essentially, she would learn how other people might interpret and use her powers, and grow stronger from that knowledge. All Entities have this ability, and it's in fact their primary purpose of existing as part of a plan to destroy the Anti-Fractal.

### Multiple Exceed Skills

Unlike most PUTs, Lyris has access to several hundreds of Exceed Skills instead of a few. This is understandable, however, seeing as she is the source of their existence. Below is a list of the primary Exceed Skills Lyris has demonstrated:

#### Avatar Projection

Lyris is capable of creating an extra-dimensional puppet that serves as her "face" when appearing to normal people. She can usually manipulate this puppet with as much precision and dexterity as an average person can with their own body, and she can create a new one within a few hours of a previous avatar being damaged or destroyed.

Because her avatar isn't technically "real," she's immune to anything from Nen Hatsu to reality warping to mundane physical attacks. From the perspective of most other beings, Lyris can fly at supersonic speeds, teleport, "phase" through obstacles, and become inperceptible at will all thanks to the fact that they mistake her for her avatar, which she can freely move through 3D space and activate/deactivate at any time.

#### Exceed Immunity

Exceed Skills created by Lyris will not target her or her avatar with any automatic homing effects, and any other effects that require deliberate targeting will simply not activate at all when directed at her.

#### Exceed Activation

Lyris can grant other individual Exceed Skills, though this is mainly an automated process that detects severe emotional distress on Earth and grants the individual feeling said distress an X-Seed whose abilities can theoretically mitigate whatever problem they're facing.

#### Full Open

Lyris and Eli's X-Seeds have deliberate and arbitrary limitations placed on their abilities that prevent them from being used to harm their source Entities, travel through outer space, harm their own users, or cause mass destruction that would eliminate all life on Earth. These limitations can be removed in part or completely, however, such as in the case of Captain Marvel and the Titans. A fully unlimited X-Seed has more power than an average organic body can handle, so fully opening an X-Seed's power will force its user to transform into a Titan.

#### Stilling

Lyris possesses control over an energy that overwrites all other kinetic activity in the space that it occupies, allowing her to stop the movement of anything, from projectiles and energy to people's vital organs, within a range around her avatar's body.

#### All Other Exceed Skills

Lyris is actually capable of using every single Exceed Skill she's responsible for creating, but chooses not to do so most of the time as to not arouse suspicion.

### Nen Awareness

Lyris does not use Nen because she does not believe she needs to, but she is aware of Nen's existence and the fact that creatures who live on Earth produce Aura. Because of this, many of Lyris' later X-Seeds have abilities inspired by her observations of Nen usage, and grant their users the ability to percieve Aura.

## FBC Exceed Skill Threat Level Ratings

* **Bruiser** 10: Seemingly invulnerable to all forms of damage.
* **Mover** 10: Omnidirectional flight unaffected by wind resistance.
* **Trump** 10: Immunity to certain other Exceed Skills.
* **Thinker** 5: Ability to perceive aura.
* **Blaster** 7: Ability to fire some sort of energy beam that interrupts motion.