Lyria Wintona

Fractures Series
Storyline by Rainimator and the Production Team

> "*Blizzard?! Commander, I don't get how that's any good for us. If anything our army will starve or even freeze to death!*"
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> Gotta Get Outta Here
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### Aliases

* The Wind Walker
* Captain Lyria
* Bean

### Faction

* Frostbourne
* Elytra Corps (captain)

## Out-of-universe information

### Speaking debut

*Gotta Get Outta Here*

**Lyria Wintona**, the **Wind Walker**, is a captain in the Elytra Corps and a scout for the  Frostbourne frontier outposts. A scientist, Lyria was apprenticed by Azura and rose to her position for her flying talent, despite her youth and inexpertise with battle. She first appeared in *Gotta Get Outta Here* and is voiced by Rachel Thompson.

Lyria's older sister is Doraine Wintona, who was killed in Cold as Ice: The Remake.

## Design

Lyria is a sixteen-year-old girl with light pink eyes, long, pink hair and a light complexion. She wears the Elytra Corps uniform with a small, blue necklace and an elytra on her back. Fireworks are strapped to her hip for flight and she wields similar armblades to Lady Azura.

### History

Lyria is an apprentice of Azura, a scientist with incredible flying skills. At some point during the formation of the Elytra Corps, she joined their ranks, following in the steps of her sister. During this time, Azura saw that she 'had better flying skills than her older peers, and was the most outstanding student in her flying school and science class', likely scoring her the apprenticeship in the first place.

Following the Battle of the Far Plains, she was named a temporary commander of the Elytra Corps, and was recruited to Hilda's side as a scout, collecting information for the war effort.

### Fractures

#### *Gotta Get Outta Here*

Lyria flies into the outpost, slowly landing next to Hilda. She reports to Hilda about Hogsworth leading the Nether Horde northwest, heading straight to their domain. Upon hearing of Lyria's findings, Hilda decides that they'll end his "happy little conquest".

Lyria is doubtful, suggesting to surrender and regrouping with the main army. Hilda refuses, stating that Lord Patrick will be sending in reinforcements whilst claiming that a blizzard will be coming their way, meaning that the war will be in their favour. When Lyria questions how a blizzard will do them any good, Hilda chuckles, saying she has much to learn. Hilda walks off, leaving Lyria to ponder as Hilda rallies the Frostbourne soldiers nearby to give a speech to increase their courage and hope.

As the Horde charges at them, Frostbourne Archers send a volley of arrows upon Hilda's signal. While the footsoldiers are fighting on the ground, Lyria and members of the Elytra Corps attack ghasts in the air until Hilda orders everyone to retreat.

After setting up a makeshift camp, the remaining army forces slowly lose their hope and courage. Lyria then notices a change in the weather, telling Hilda to look up whilst pointing. The blizzard begins to fall, sparking up hope that the Frostbourne can win.

Whilst Hogsworth and his army are trudging through the snow, Lyria waves a signal for soldiers and an iron golem to cut down trees, which collapse and fall onto his army. Several pigmen are killed, while Hogsworth is almost squashed.

When Hogsworth is about to kill Hilda, Lyria suddenly attacks him and knocks him down, disarming his weapons. She holds onto Hilda, checking that she is alright and not too hurt. She stares angrily at Hogsworth as he slowly raises his arms up in defeat.

#### *Back into Darkness*

In *Back into Darkness*, Lyria took part in the battle of the Far Plains, as a leader of the Elytra Corps and one of the soldiers. Young Lyria alone challenged the Giant Wither Skeleton, and won, successfully killing it after a few blade smashes. When Naeus destroys one of the Elytra Corps's airships, she seems to try to save a brown-haired soldier from falling from a great height.

## Personality

―Rainimator on Twitter

Lyria is a compassionate and inquisitive young girl, with a love for flying and a soft spot for her sister. She is quite cheery despite her situation, perhaps leading for a more naïve sort of character. Due to her inexperience, she is seemingly still uncertain of her performance in actual battle. She is afraid of the Nether Horde - potentially due to the fate of her sister as well as her young age and the war - but is willing to protect Hilda from Hogsworth without much thought for her own safety. Despite this fear, Dexter Kronos has stated she signed up for the army voluntarily, due to her sister's demise making things personal with the Horde.

Underneath her compassionate side, there has been hints from the Production Team that Lyria is actually a lonely and sad individual, not over the death of her sister, and solely driven by rage against the Horde. This may hint at some self worth issues that are hidden beneath her smile, sometimes appearing when fearful.

## Skills

―Rainimator on Twitter

Lyria is known to be a master of flight, potentially being able to fly as if she is one with the wind (hence her title of 'Wind Walker'). Besides this, she is equipped with a single slip down arm-blade on her right arm, giving her an edge in short range combat like Lady Azura. The full extent of her power has been revealed during *Back into Darkness* when she, without major help, slayed the Giant Wither Skeleton. Her skill alone also aids against the Nether Horde's ground troops, being able to kill a pigmen in one stab.

### Equipment

Lyria uses the same blade sword Azura used in Goodbye and Wings of Salvation. In addition, she also uses fireworks to boost her flying as her elytra is not like Azura's.

Unlike the normal elytra however, Lyria's elytra is able to flap like the wings of a humming bird or a butterfly. It is unknown how she is capable of doing this.

## Trivia

* Lyria and Doraine were created and designed by Dexter Kronos of the Rainimator Production Team.
* Lyria's birthday was originally stated to be March 26th, however was later changed to March 3rd.
	+ The March 26th date was a reference to the audio release of the song *Christmas in June* by AJR.
* Lyria is the second youngest known character currently in the series, being only 16 years of age.
	+ Riyu, the youngest, is roughly 7 ~ 11 years of age on estimate.
	+ Lyria may be the youngest person enlisted by the Frostbourne Army.
* Lyria is the ninth female character introduced in the series, and the fifth character with unnaturally colored hair.
	+ In extension to the latter point, Lyria is the first Fractures character with fully pink hair, as opposed to Ceris who only has pink highlights.
		- The first character with fully pink hair across all of Rainimator's projects was Cynthia Rose, however, she is an Our Song character.
* Lyria and Doraine are the first sibling duo in the series, with an age gap of seven years.
	+ This also makes them the first confirmed family within the series.
	+ They were later followed between Flame-Eye and Pearl from the War of the Ender Kingdoms (which is a technical prequel series).
* Lyria's name is of Greek origins, meaning 'Lyre'.
	+ The last name 'Wintona' is likely a slight edit of the English name 'Winton', which means 'friend's farm'.
		- Dexter did say it was more meant to allude to the Winter season, but is 'just rolling with what happened'.
* Doraine and Lyria's dynamic bears a relevant significance to Paige and Rose Tico from the *Star Wars* sequel trilogy.
	+ Doraine and Paige are the elder sisters of Lyria and Rose respectively, with an age gap of 7 years.
	+ Both sets of sisters fight on their respective Rebellions (Doraine/Lyria for the Frostbourne and Paige/Rose for the Resistance.
	+ Both elder sisters died early into their debuts, going down in explosions that helped hinder enemy forces so their allies could retreat.
		- Both were in control of said explosions.
	+ Both siblings were then left to take the fight to their enemies on their own, with little time to grieve.
		- However whilst Lyria became the new Elytra Corps captain, Rose Tico remained a maintenance worker.
	+ Curiously enough, both Rose and Lyria have gained hate from their respective communities, however for vastly incomparable reasons.
		- Whilst Lyria gains controversy due to her vocal performance, Rose gained racist remarks aimed towards her actor and character instead.
* Lyria's vocal performance has been stated by Dexter Kronos to be based on Venti from *Genshin Impact,* influenced by her age.
* Lyria's conception has been hinted at for several years, being first conceptualized on September 28, 2018 within the Rainimator Discord.
	+ Her original design was to be based on her designer, Dexter Kronos' own character (Dex), but was later changed to a more unique design nearly two years later. It was once more changed for inclusion into the series.
		- This second design was for a roleplay, therefore is not canon to the series.
		- The original design idea was recycled instead for Doraine, exchanging pink hair for a brown-teal ombre.
* Lyria is the third named character who belongs to Elytra Corps, being preceded by Azura and Doraine.
* Lyria is Dexter Kronos' second OC to be introduced to the series, following Doraine, who was also an Elytra Corps' captain.
* Lyria like Agatha, Virmir and Syphion are one of the few named members of the Frostbourne Army to not have a unique outfit for themself.
	+ Her clothes are a standard Elytra Corps uniform.
* Lyria's fight against the Giant Wither Skeleton in Back into Darkness was similar to Azura's in Wings of Salvation.
	+ Also, similar to Doraine, she fought against the Nether Horde in the Far Plains, surviving whilst her sister fell.
* It was hinted at in a prompt by Dexter Kronos that Lyria has kept all of Doraine's belongings post death, including a plushee made by their parents that matches her own.
	+ It was also stated Azura and a few other Elytra Corps members do visit Lyria after Doraine's death, but Lyria 'never really had her own unique group'.
	+ The canoncity of both of these prompts is not certain, however, due to not being confirmed by Rain.

## Gallery

#### Conceptual

Lyria's turnaround sheet in a conceptual render.
#### Promotional

Azura complementing Lyria in a promotional render.Lyria saluting the Elytra Corps in a promotional render for *Gotta Get Outta Here*.Lyria saluting the Elytra Corps in a promotional icon for *Gotta Get Outta Here*.Lyria alongside Hilda, Agatha, Virmir and Syphion in a promotional render for *Gotta Get Outta Here*.Lyria charging towards some Ghasts in a promotional render for *Gotta Get Outta Here*.Lyria and Hilda in a promotional render for *Gotta Get Outta Here*.A close up of Lyria in a promotional render for *Gotta Get Outta Here*.
#### Joke Renders

Lyria's angry face in a joke render.Buff Lyria in a joke render.

#### Back into Darkness

Lyria heading towards the giant wither in a promotional render for Back into Darkness.Lyria flying in Back into Darkness.Lyria looking through a telescope in Back into Darkness.Lyria about to take flight.
## References

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1. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/478232666781646889/795858792143257631/933966888516595752
2. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/478232666781646889/795858792143257631/1012174921876652154
3. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/478232666781646889/795858792143257631/1067945617965449277
4. ↑ https://discord.com/channels/478232666781646889/795858792143257631/1067945982232363058

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