Lyle

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## Description

At first, Lyle is described as an Irian merchant who has recently opened up a shop on Isle of Colde. Lyle's shop sells things that come from all over the world like trinkets, tools, and old books of various genres. Later, it is revealed that Lyle is a member of the Resistance who is trying to get revenge against Lance for killing his brother Lutz.

## History

The Resistance is an anti-royal rebel group. The Resistance is trying to change the status quo of the Kingdom of Ira in order to help the less fortunate live better lives. Lyle is a member of the Resistance. The group was planning a large-scale uprising against the Kingdom of Ira with his brother Lutz at the heart of that rebellion. However, the plans failed when magically-powered automatas, which are used as war machines, were unleashed against the rebels. This lead to the death of about half of the Resistance members and Lutz which lead to the Resistance falling apart for some time. It is said that the magically-powered automatas can only be set in motion by the royal family of Ira. Lyle believes that Lance purposefully befriended Lutz in order to destroy the Resistance. Lyle also blames Lance for Lutz's death as he
believes that Lance was the person who set the automatas in motion since only the royal family of Ira can activate them.

## Personality

At first, Lyle's personality can be described as mild-mannered and approachable. Later on, it is revealed that his previous personality was all an act to get closer to MC in order to take her as a hostage. His true personality is shown to be scheming and ruthless as he tricked MC and took her hostage in order to get his revenge against Lance. He also told his men to just leave Professor Hawke to die in the desert after having his men severely injure him.

## Relationships

### Lance Ira

Lyle actually knew about Lance before MC had brought Lance along to Lyle's shop. He knew that Lance was on the Isle of Colde, so he snuck into the Isle of Colde disguised as a merchant in order to get his revenge against Lance for his brother Lutz's death. Lyle had gotten close to MC after seeing how she was close to Lance and planned to take her hostage to get revenge against Lance. He states that Lance betrayed his kingdom and all its subjects. During the attack of the Isle of Colde, Lyle attacks Lance after he is weakened from stopping all of the automata. While he was fighing with Lance, his magical wind storm goes out of control and throws him off the cliff. Lance grabs his hand in time and hangs on to him despite Lyle resisting and asking Lance why he would save him. Lance tells him that since he is Lutz's younger brother, he is also like a brother to him. This causes Lyle to stop resisting and then MC calls for help. The other princes help levitate Lance and Lyle away to safety. Lance then tells Lyle his determination to fulfill the promise he and Lutz made to better the Kingdom of Ira. Seeing his determination, Lyle no longer wants to get revenge against Lance.

### MC

MC first meets Lyle when she was out buying some items for Professor Hawke. MC is distracted while thinking about all the things she needs to buy and ends up lost in the back alleys of the town. A ruffian purposely bumps into her and demands that she pay with her body for injuring his shoulder. MC refuses and states that the ruffian purposely bumped into her which riles him up. The ruffian tries to hit MC, but Lyle comes to her rescue and defeats 2 of the ruffians and the third one runs away. Lyle ends up injuring his hand and MC offers to bandage it up, so he takes her to shop which is close by. Afterwards, MC offers to help him clean up his shop to repay him. He and MC get close and he even lets her borrow books from his shop to take back and read.

When King Addis refuses to return Lance back to the academy, MC and Professor Hawke decide to travel to Ira in order to get Lance back. They both meet Lyle at the port who asks to accompany them. When they arrive in Ira, Lyle tricks them into thinking that he is going to lead them to his friend's lodging, but instead has his fellow members of the Resistance attack both of them. It turns out that Lyle planned to take MC as a hostage. Lyle leaves Professor Hawke on the side of the road after having his men severly injure Professor Hawke and kidnaps MC by having his men knock MC unconscious with a chemical. MC wakes up in a room with her hands tied together. Lyle then tells her that he got close to her on purpose in order to get revenge against Lance who killed his brother Lutz. He explains that the ruffians he had saved her from when they first met were ruffians that he hired to threaten her. Lyle also tells her that the way he acted towards her before was all an act in order to take her as a hostage.