Lysian Grier

Lysian Grier is a Kepian historian and leading figure of the Kepian Archaeological Society. She is most notably credited with the discovery of the Kres Jah peoples, one of the 10 known prehistoric Kepian civilizations. Her primary base of operations is the Pandeli Museum, where she leads research projects into prehistoric Kepia.

## History

Born in the city of Selean, Lysian grew up right next to the Jure Continental Lift, and spent most of her childhood exploring the paths surrounding it.

Originally intending to become a doctor, Lysian took on an apprenticeship under a doctor called Tanick at the age of 12. The two intended to travel throughout Kepia as doctors, but both of them ended up joining a large group of medical practitioners traveling to Fikiri to study and attempt to cure the residents of Soren. As there are no living members of Soren today, they evidently failed.

Lysian's first archaeological achievement was at the age of 17, when she accidentally discovered the tunneled city of Verick while exploring her childhood stomping grounds during a break. The subsequent fame combined with her disillusionment of the medical field after Soren convinced her to instead pursue archaeology at the KUI, leading to her current position and achievements.

## Personality

### Public Speaker

Lysian is a very good public speaker, having worked for a number of years as a lecturer in the KUI. Her experience in academia has made her very good at conveying her ideas and the art of debate. She is articulate, focused, and generally a very capable individual.

### Arrogant and Loyal

Lysian's high fluency in debate in conversation does make her somewhat arrogant however, and she generally believes herself to be superior in intellect compared to others. This isn't to say that she purposely goes about spurring others though, only that she unconsciously tends to place herself on a pedestal relative to her peers. This has led to her becoming a somewhat isolated figure in her field of work, which makes her highly value the few friendships she does have. She will tend to blindly follow along with the ideas of those she likes, often without stopping to fully analyze their viewpoints critically.

### Sweet Talker

As a historian, her various outings to rural villages in search of prehistoric ruins has made her extremely skilled in info gathering. She is attentive to the underlying meaning of others' words, and is often able to coax out what she wants from them just from casual conversation.

## Kepia-Fikiri Conflict

Lysian is pro-war regarding the Kepia-Fikiri War, and is in favor of Kepia reconquering Fikiri. She claims that her primary reason behind this belief is because Fikiri has a number of ruins belonging to the prehistoric civilizations of Vasia and Wolanski, which Kepia is now cut off from. As long as Fikiri remains independent of Kepia, the Kepian Archaeological Society would no longer "own" the ruins. Should the Fikiri government achieve independence and then declare itself isolationist from Kepia, which is what it seems to want to do, it would become very difficult for a Kepian historian to enter Fikiri.

In reality however, Lysian's stated views on the conflict are more of an attempt to remain on good terms with Kloanoa, a close friend of hers currently residing in Pandeli. Although she does find the sudden lock down of archaeological areas annoying, she would not have gone public about her views without the encouragement of Kloanoa, who is strongly against Fikiri.