Shyama Dali

## Associations

### Friends

Sash Lilac (Medusalac where applicable), Carol Tea, Candy Cottonwood, Ryusei (boyfriend)

## Out-of-Universe Information

### Creator

HyperTails12

**Shyama Dali** is a half water dragon and fan character created and owned by HyperTails12. She, like Lilac and Carol, lives by herself in a house near the outskirts of Dragon Valley, but doesn't contribute much during the Brevon Crisis nor the events of Freedom Planet 2. She just kind of does her own thing. She doesn't have a set AU, but predominantly exists in Hyper's Medusalac AU, but she can and does appear in other AUs of his and his friends (like Freedom Planet: Left For Revenge and the Umiverse).

## Appearance

In FP1, Shyama bears a strong resemblance to Lilac, with the big exception of her being two shades of green instead of purple. Her hair is down and rather long and sort of in a style of Lilac's if it were down and had more on her head, going down to around tail-length. She also has brown freckles on her cheeks. She wears a black crop-top with the shoulders cut off and a low front pair of overalls that are cuffed up to above her knees. she also wears some purple bracelets, a pair of black headphones, and a pair of black slides, due to her having feet that aren't compatible with normal shoes (but hyper doesn't portray her feet like Milla's actually are because he can't draw that good). she's also about a whole head taller than Lilac.
In FP2, Shyama's appearance has changed to accommodate everything else that changed with the main cast, including her gaining more hair, her freckes changing colors (that's an art style thing i swear), her crop top gaining complete shoulder coverage, her overalls becoming less "Sammy Lawrence" and more "Waluigi" and gaining a front pocket, and exchanging her slides for sandals. Her bracelets, cuffs on her overalls, and headphones stay the same. There's also a new pattern of scars on her just below her stomach.

## Personality

Shyama has a personality similar to Markiplier's, complete with being a chaotic dumbass at times. She cares for everyone she has encountered and wants nothing but the best for everyone. She's also incredibly passionate about her interests of gaming and trains. she's also one to do a little trolling.

## History

### Early Life

Shyama lived in a small trackside village with her parents as a young boy. here she inherited a fondness for her crafts from her parents, with her having a few friends. One night, under circumstances unknown to her, she was sent away in her sleep to live in her current house. Her village had been in a well known "danger zone" and was at threat to be raided/destroyed at any given time, so it's likely that this was the cause. While living by herself, she met new friends, including Carol, and would eventually make decisions that would define who she currently is. During this time, she began to teach herself to wield her father's handgun.

### Freedom Planet 1

Shyama didn't contribute to the Brevon Crisis much, nor did she know it was happening until she was told what happened.

### Time Skip

Sometime between FP1 and FP2, Shyama would get a pretty significant surgery done, finishing her transition. She found and took in Ryusei during this time, and also continued teaching herself to use her father's gun.

### Freedom Planet 2

It's unlikely Shyama would contribute much to FP2 outside of occasional conversations with Team Lilac from the sidelines.

## Relationships

### Carol

Shyama has the best relationship with Carol, seeing how they've been internet friends for a while and exist in the same area.

### Lilac

Shy sometimes talks to Lilac, but not as often as Shy might like. Her interest in getting to know her primarily stemming from both being girls *and* dragons.

#### Medusalac

Shy was a little put off by what Lilac "became" at first, but put it aside, since the transformation didn't alter Lilac's "dragon" status, and technically it's seven dragons. Besides, the Headlacs really like their aunt. she provides a good amount of concern for Meddy during the events post depressive slump, after losing contact for the majority of it.

### Milla

Shy doesn't know Milla as well as everyone else, and seeing how Milla's currently doing her own thing she probably won't know more about her until after or around FP2.

### Neera

it's unlikely Shyama will interact with Neera unless prompted.

### Libbie the Cyber Oryx

Since Libbie spends most of her time with Milla, Shy probably has only seen the robot a handful of times.

### Cory

That image was a shitpost, i swear. the only thing they have in common is their voice, aside from that they're strangers.

### Ryusei

someone Shy picked up from the streets and who now lives with her. he's a regular sight in her streams and videos following that, and her goal is to better orient himself with society. over time, feelings were caught, and the two are now in a committed relationship.

## Outside of FP canon relationships

### Astum the Basset-Fox

Shy's relationship with Astum is likely the same as everyone else's: precious child, must protect. she's often the one to explain to her things about the world, and does her best to explain things to her in a way she can understand

### Abby Evans

Abby's relationship with Shyama is similar to Carol's, being internet friends that share a hobby of gaming.

## Trivia

* Shyama calls people "darling" if she's known them for long enough. doesn't matter if they're a citizen or some high ranking official, they're getting called darling if they're seen as "cool" to her.
	+ if she calls you by your preferred name, chances are you either screwed up or you need a one-on-one talk with Shyama. she might be chill but she is serious.
* Shyama was male at birth.
	+ her wanting to be female technically benefited science, since her transition from beginning to end allowed research of stem cells and would eventually lead to being able to gather a better understanding of how dragons and half-dragons work, in addition to being able to grow more.
		- the resulting new halflings would more than likely look like mini-Shauns and mini-Shyamas, depending on their genders.
	+ Shy sounding like Cory was a complete coincidence on Shy's part, seeing how she trained it to sound like that. Carol occasionally makes comments on their voices sounding similar.
* it's likely that Shyama was modified to some extent before she was born, seeing her resemblance to Lilac, her ear fins working normally, and her having bat-like wings where no dragons have ever had wings like that, if any at all.
	+ this means she can hear without the need for hearing aids. the headphones are merely an aesthetic thing.
	+ Shy does have complete use of her wings, which can be of good use if she were experienced enough at combat.
* Shyama was aromantic for the longest time, but Ryusei was too cute to not have an affect on Hyper
* Shyama and Lilac aren't immediately related, nor is Shy immediately related to Merga either.
	+ Lilac is teaching Shyama to dragon boost though. Shy currently can execute it but needs more practice on making it powerful enough to do significant damage.
* Shyama had an unborn sister before she was separated from her family. Shy does hope one day she can find out what happened to her and potentially the rest of her family.
	+ it's likely that Shyama's family could still be alive to some degree in the context of Post-FP2 Meddy AU.
* Shyama in FP2, when she's not running her gaming channel, works for Tri Kingdom News as a camera woman, but has goals to volunteer for Trans Avalician, the railroad she remembers hearing so much about as a little boy.
	+ she later does in the post-FP2 part of the Medusalac AU.
* Shyama appears in the fangame Freedom Planet: Shang Mu Architect, and was one of the fangame's first NPCs.
	+ she was originally portrayed to be the same height as Lilac, but Hyper has since submitted new sprites to better show their size differences.
* Hyper won't confirm Shy has a place on the Autism spectrum, but he also won't deny it.

## Gallery

### Hyper's Art

Shyama in FP1, with wingsShyama in FP2Shyama working as a camerawoman during her down-timeShyama and Medusalac on a beach. note Shy's scars.Shy talking to Astum about what her life decisions mean for her and what they arethis is as close as it'll ever get to a Cory/Shyama interaction in canonShy with lots of hair, a Hedgehog, and a Basset-FoxShy and the rest of the FP: A designsMedusa!Shyama, as inevitable as everything elseShy and the original design of Sabrina's bat sona, Spaceya slight update to her freckles, making them more realistic in patterngoobersa young Shy meeting Hyper's self-insert for the first timeShy, trying not to laugh at the confusion Ryu is showing at a meme.tall shy tall shy tall shythe old SMA shy sprite (left) and the new one (right)smooch!
### Fan Art

By Gerald Sarault, with Astumby Certified-Dork, with their oc Percyby DBlastBy OnglongleA (aka Onion)by TSR\_ArtsMiss Dali streaming with her roommate, by Onionan AU interpretation of Shy by JJ MHcosplaying goobers, by Onion