Lyra Statesgard

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Ombra

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Luciana

Luci

Lucia

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### Relatives

Three Statesgard (manifestation, brother) Pax Statesgard (host, brother, acting son)

Vix Statesgard (manifestation)

Malia Statesgard (manifestation)

### Occupation

Super Villain (former)Hotel Oblivion Staff (future)

## Description

### Defining Characteristics

Scar on/over her right eyeElectricity burns on her backInmate tattoo on the back of their neckProperty of HO tattoo on their left wrist

## Other Information

### Powers

Shadow manipulation (umbrakinesis)
Making shadows tangible

Turning into shadows

Puppeting/possession

### Writer

Jayme/Nessa/Kit

> I've got it under control.
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**Lyra Statesgard** is a fan-made original character portrayed on Twitter under the handle @lyrastatesgard. Neither the character nor the writer have any true affiliation with the Umbrella Academy franchise or with model Hannah Kleit.

## Biography

### Childhood

Lyra Maria Perez-Marcos was born on October 1st of 1989 in Barranquilla Colombia. Her parents, Luciana Maria Perez and Julian Marcos were not expecting any child but decided to keep her nonetheless. Eventually when she was 4 they decided it was too overwhelming to have a child and they moved to Los Angeles to put her up for adoption but they stayed in the city to be close because they could never really leave her. The adoption center was underfunded and in the more poor area of LA. All the kids were relatively older than her or infants and no one really talked to her. One day she met this one kid her age named Daniel, he seemed like a leader so she decided to try and get to know him. They became friends- or so she thought. She began recognizing her powers at 5 years old by disappearing and reappearing in places or growing/shrinking shadows. Out of pressure of her 'friendship' and life Lyra accidentally manifested a shadow being to help her cope with stress. This manifestation was named Luciana- a vague recollection of her mom. This manifestation would talk to Lyra and encourage her and help work through her growing anxiety at a very young age. Sometimes when things were difficult Luci would take over Lyra’s body in order to give her a break. Growing up together Lyra followed Daniel around and when he figured out her powers he would pressure her/use his powers against her/manipulate her to do things for him- one of those was to stalk the Sparrow Academy. Lyra was very uncomfortable and it only brought the use of Luci more and more. Daniel often would threaten Luci (being in Lyra's body)- he rarely followed through with it until one time she tried standing up for herself and got her arm broken. This triggered something in Luci that she now was Lyra. She dubbed it unsafe for Lyra to continue in control. This led to Luci gaining permanent control of Lyra’s body just in sheer protection. During this possession Luci forgot who she was and thought SHE was Lyra and so did the original Lyra-turned-shadow manifestation who was stuck at 4 years old. Luci-turned-Lyra named this manifestation Pax (trans icon).

### *The Shadow*

Daniel continued to have Lyra commit crimes and convince her that it was for the greater good. One day she spilled all her resentment that she had toward her family that abandoned her and Daniel simply suggested she just kills them as revenge. Lyra did just that. She hunted her old family down and on November 10th 2002 she sent them into the shadow realm to die. Little did she know that her parents adopted another child to replace her and the guilt they had. Denny was only 7 and in the middle of a hide and seek with his family when Lyra came in (see Denny for more info). Regardless, this event accidentally triggered another manifestation. Subconsciously, Lyra's mind gathered all the rage and murderous energy she had and created another shadow manifestation named Three (Three as in Pax (og lyra) is "one" and Lyra (og Luciana) is "two"). After this event Lyra cut off all contact with everyone, she left school and never went back "home" again. Three was essentially a replacement of Daniel and manipulated her into doing even worse things. He started off with petty theft and worked his way up to murder. Lyra changed her last name to "Statesgard" in order to protect her identity and wore a cloak to hide her face. The Sparrow Academy caught on to this new growing supervillain and decided to take action. After many battles and encounters Lyra kept getting away and was dubbed "The Shadow" by the press. One day Reginald Hargreeves decided to send Ben on a mission alone to stop her. Lyra was highly unstable and in a panic injured him, leaving a scar on his face. After this she was a bit shaken up and continued to spiral and began to seek revenge against the world (per Three’s request). When they were 18 she almost succeeded in her plan to take over the world but in the end was so out of her depth and incredibly unstable that she was caught by The Sparrow Academy and sent to Hotel Oblivion.

### **Incarceration**

Lyra was the first inmate in Hotel Oblivion meaning she was often experimented on for new things the Hotel would later do to other inmates. She spent her time in an 8x8 room with high powered lights to weaken her and when she was let out was blindfolded as to not see any shadows to escape from. Soon after her admission another inmate was admitted. This was former vigilante Rosetta Parisi. Although the two had very different histories they became close during their twelve years of imprisonment. Lyra nicknamed Rose 'Luce' meaning 'light' and Rose nicknamed Lyra 'Ombra' meaning 'shadow'. They talked about their lives prior to incarceration and eventually became friends. Years passed and the torture and pain of the hotel became a routine but Three stayed alive in the Shadow Realm, waiting for the right moment. That moment came on March 29th when there was a 7 second blackout in the hotel. Three seized this moment, merged back in Lyra and went absolutely feral. They escaped their cell, took out multiple guards and a few inmates during their rampage. Then they went to the files of the superhuman kids and picked out the one that would possibly be best suited to aid in their new world domination plan. Soon after, they took an escape pod and fled to Earth.

### The Return to Earth

Lyra and Three eventually split once again after the hotel rampage and began to adjust to Earth again. The word of her escape spread quickly and reached the Sparrows who prepared for her arrival. Instead of going directly to the Sparrows she went to Zel Morsenove who was the file she chose back at the hotel. Lyra believed that with their connection to the Sparrows they could distract them long enough to carry out her plan. Zel, with some good old-fashioned manipulation, agreed to the plan with promises that they would get recognition and power upgrades. The plan was going smoothly and the two even developed a close friendship.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Umbrakinesis**: The ability to manipulate shadows or the absence of light. She can’t create shadows but can grow and shrink them. This is her main and original power.
	+ **Tangible shadows**: By channeling the shadows or darkness a certain way she can make them tangible or 3D. She only makes simple objects where she knows the internal structure.
		- **Manifestations**: Manifestations are another person or humanoid shadow created on purpose or subconsciously. There are different types like conscious and controlled. Pax (og Lyra) manifested Luci on purpose, Lyra (Luci) manifested Three unconsciously so they have their own consciousness. She also has created multiple others that disappear after they do the job she wants them to.

* **Turning into Shadows**: They can sort of dissolve their human identity and become a 2D shadow. They can also become a tangible shadow which looks like a sorta see-through dark figure.
	+ **Shadow Travel**: Turning into shadows allows access to the Shadow Realm [more info on it later]. She and her manifestations can travel through here across the globe.
	+ **Shape Shifting**: Can only happen in shadow form but it does not happen often of not at all because it is a lot of work. Mostly used by Three Statesgard as a scare tactic.
	+ **Night Vision:** Being a shadow or at least part shadow gives them the ability to see in the dark because they are the dark.
	+ **Puppetting/Possession**: Puppetting is when they go into someones shadow and control their movements from there. Possession is possession of the mind, she can find and exploit the "shadows" of peoples minds and their dark thoughts. She can control them from there. Lyra doesn't use this at all but Three does.
* **Shadowfication**: Can turn living things into shadows by possessing them and rearranging their mind. This does not happen often and has only been used by Three and the effect is permanent unless you can find a replacement body.
	+ If they know someone well enough they can pull out someone's "darkest self" which leaves the person's body behind but are conscious in shadow form.

\*more info and explanation to how these powers work under this power section\*

## Alternate Timelines

**Timeline B**: Three from TL A was able to travel back in time and tell Lyra (who went by Luci in this TL) all about how she took over Pax's body. With this information she escaped the hotel and did anything it took to protect him. Instead of recruiting Zel like in TL A she recruited Five as an attempt to distract his family as she took over the world. She had a small relationship with Ana (TL B Cat) but was ultimatley killed by Five as she was about to end the world because she lost control.

**Timeline C**: In this timeline Luciana never took over Pax's body and stayed in her shadow form protecting him. She got hired by the hotel and spends her life battling Three and trying to hunt him down.

## Trivia

- Lyra is allergic to cat's and peanut butter

- She once had a pet bird named "Juni" and a fish without an eye called "Fsh"

- She has a beach she would run away to whenever things got stressful and introduced to Five so now it is both their comfort place. (it's Cannon Beach in Oregon but is more commonly known as Lyra's Beach in rp)

- They have a poor habit of eating cornstarch and flour because that's what the hotel fed her.