Nyla Havelka

## Description

Nyla is already a prominent figure in Sanctus at a young age, due to her prestigious legacy, her position in the Syrnia unit, and her impressive battle-prowess. She already has influence in the highest circles of Rhukane, being close to General Lomidze and being personally acquainted with King Gynfrey himself.

## In Game Description

"The leader of the Syrnia unit, sanctioned by General Lomidze.

She is a descendant of Havelyn the Great Magus, a name that carries quite a bit of esteem.

Her mother is known as the Red Raven, the right hand of the Numinals."

## Appearance

Nyla is taller than average for a human female, She has dark skin and midback-length dark purple hair. Her eyes are purple and blue. She usually wears glasses, although they are for cosmetic purposes.

Nyla favors purple and blue tones in her clothing, her formal attire being a dim purple suit with a light blue ribbon.

## Personality

Nyla is an easy-going and amicable girl. With a strong sense of responsiblity and a desire to help others, she gets along with mostly everyone and has qualms about resorting to violence. Having a legacy to uphold, she had no choice but to be in a position she had no desire for, but her sense of duty leads her to diligently fulfilling her obligations and making the most of it to do something good for others. Despite admittedly being a terrible cook, her real desire would have been to open a bakery.

While Nyla is a hard-working girl, she knows how to take it easy and likes to lay back and hang out with Mira and Nero, though she can't do so as often as she would like. She has a tendency to school people, especially Nero.

## Powers

Nyla is arguably one of the strongest characters in the game. Her martial prowess comes both from natural talent but also hard and rigorous training. Her physical condition is above normal human level, and she's among the most skilled mages of Sanctus.

She fights with an imbued katana.

## Affiliation

#### Syrnia

Nyla is the captain of the Syrnia, while sometimes the pressure is getting hard for her to handle, she proves herself to be a competent leader and warrior. She sees her work in the Syrnia as her duty to help and protect others. In spite of the violent nature of her mission, she stills prefers not to harm people if she can avoid it. She is aware that there is foul play in the Government of Sanctus and does her best to use the Syrnia's ressources to remediate to the situation.

#### Rhukane

It can be reasonably assumed that Nyla is loyal to Rhukane given her position, however she begins to see the failings of Rhukane's system, and she's willing to go against Rhukane's law and authorities for the sake of Nero.

## Relationship with Other Characters

#### Nero

A doting older sister, Nyla can be overbearing of Nero at times, which greatly irked the original Nero. During their common childhood, they would often fight dur to Nero's abrasive nature, with Nyla always coming out on top. There are hints indicating that she has a brother fetish, in spite of this she tries to suppress her romantic feelings towards Nero, as them being related, even not by blood, is questioning her morals. She shows jealousy when other girls get close to Nero.

#### Mira

As Mira's older sister, Nyla is very close with Mira. The two of them get along fine, as Nero was the troublemaker in the family. Mira being degmiato and knowing how to defend herself, Nyla appears to feel less the need to protect her compared to Nero. Nyla regrets not being able to spend more time with Mira.

#### Eleanor

Nyla harbors resentment and bitterness towards her mother, for her rough treatment of Nyla after the death of Nyla's father. Eleanor put Nyla under a strict and grueling training regimen since childhood, making Nyla suffer but also making her strong. Nyla is concerned about her mother's true loyalties, especially regarding Nero.

#### Astrid

Nyla considers Astrid a friend and they hang out together outside of work. Despite that, she has no illusions concerning Astrid's deceitful nature, but she's holding back because of Astrid's usefulness and friendship. Nyla is still capable of going behind her back and is more and more wary of her.

#### Finley

Nyla and Finley can be considered friends as well as comrades in arms. Despite that, they are seldom seen hanging out together outside of work related matters. Nyla considers Finley to be her most loyal officer.

#### Tabitha

Nyla and Tabitha can be considered as friends, but Tabby states that her activities in the Syrnia are merely a job, and she describes the Syrnia as being "goobers".

#### Beatrice

Beatrice and Nyla have some sort of a rivalry, although it is pretty one sided, with Beatrice being antagonizing while Nyla prefers to ignore Bea most of the times . Nyla is not above goading Beatrice at times to aggravate her. Despite their relationship sounding hostile, Beatrice didn't hesitate to help Nyla when she was in trouble, and Nyla offered to help Bea with her training as thanks, voicing her wish to bury the hatchet.

#### Varsha

Nyla and Varsha have a friendly rapport, although they are not often seen interacting, it appears they sometimes train together. Nyla appears to take Varsha under her wing in later parts of the story, mainly to protect Varsha from her own naivete

#### Kalista

Kalista and Nyla seldom interact with each other, Nyla seems to prefer avoiding Kalista because Kalista makes her uneasy, likely due to Kalista being a witch. Despite that, Kalista shows no sign of hostility against Nyla.

#### Chelsey

Although Chelsey and Nyla seem to mostly get along, they sometimes argue because of opposing views on due process. Nyla seems to also harbor some prejudice over Chelsey's family. Nyla notes to Nero that she has no idea how to handle Chelsey

#### Lilac

Nyla is suspicious of Lilac since the get-go, as she thinks she remembers her from somewhere. Lilac being a member of the Orchis seems to have eased some of her suspicions. It is likely that her distrust of Lilac is also tied to Lilac being too close to Nero to her liking, playing into her jealousy.

#### Gwendolyn

Nyla is loyal and appreciative of the General, although she realizes that something is afoot. She ends up becoming more mistrusting of the General, even forgoing some of her orders.

#### Yulia

Yulia being quite atypical and aloof, Nyla was one of the few who where willing to associate with her. This turned into Yulia developing some admiration bordering to obsession towards Nyla.

#### Gynfrey

Gynfrey knows personally Nyla, initiating conversation with her in a respectful tone. Nyla on the other hand seems to be not too fond of him, especially his racial prejudice against degmiato.

#### Miss Arkada

Nyla appears to be a little intimidated by Miss Arkada, nonetheless, she uses her position as leader of the Syrnia and daughter or the Red Raven to prevent Nero being taken into custody for questionning. She used to admire Miss Arkada as a child because Mordred seemed to be more distinguished than her mother.

## Trivia

There are several possible etymologies for the name Nyla:

* In Celtic, *Nyla* means "(female) champion"
* In Arabic, it means "winner" or "the successful one"
* It could be derived from the river Nile
* Nyla can also originate from the latin *Natalis* which evolved in several European languages : *Noël, Natale, Navidad*, heavily evolved over the centuries

## References

1. ↑ Main Quest Event 11
2. ↑ Demons of the Hearth In Game Codex
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Demons of the Hearth Introduction
4. ↑ Nyla Character Event 11
5. ↑ Tabby Character Event 2
6. ↑ Nyla Character Event 10
7. ↑ Nyla Character Event 3
8. ↑ Demons of the Hearth Introduction
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Nyla Character Event 5
10. ↑ Main Quest Event 7
11. ↑ Nyla Character Event 9
12. ↑ Nyla Character Event 1