Lynx (Lydia Otheym)

## Lynx

**Lynx** also known as "**Lydia Otheym"** is an agent to the CAT-I Agency and ally to the Suits of Freedom, capable of hacking into a variety of computer systems, an adept in espionage and stealth, she is the perfect candidate for undercover operations in order to uncover the truth.

## **Description**

### **Appearance**

Lynx has light peach skin, black hair in a bowl cut, hazel eyes and is usually dressed in a maroon, skin tight suit with cat like features such as a tail and ears and a high collar.

## **History**

### **Origin**

Lydia is an orphan born girl, given a chance at a family by a mysterious woman known as "Myru" this individual taught the young Lydia the importance of knowledge and information, she learns the ways of espionage, computer hacking and more under the Myru's tutelage. Later on in life she is eventually recruited into the CAT-I Agency under the alias of "Lynx" along with other orphans such as Benjamin Fletcher under the alias of "Bengal" who she has grown up with and considers as a brother.

After some time it became clear that the family was tearing itself from the inside, the once children felt as if they were pawns in their "Mother's" plans instead of receiving the affection and love they desired from a parental figure. Many of the CAT-I Agency left for various reasons, while most turned their back on "Sphinx" it was Lynx who was left behind with a small group for she wished to prove to her siblings that "Mother's" way is the correct one

## **Powers and Abilities**

### **Powers**

* **EMP:** With her suit equipped Lynx can create a discharge of energy that shuts down all electronics in the vicinity.
* **Super-Hearing:** While wearing her sound amplifiers Lynx can hear the faint sounds that the average person cannot, even through thick, dense walls.

### **Abilities**

* **Master Hacker:** Lynx has trained in different forms of computer hacking, able to take whatever information she needs from an electronic device.
* **Multilingual:** Lynx can speak Common, Chuscian as well as some Dathrian.

### **Weaknesses**

* **High-Pitched Sound:** While wearing her sound amplifiers high pitch sounds such as alarms can be excruciatingly painful on the ears.
* **Charge:** Her technology and enhancements work on a built in power system that needs charging after some time, some abilities cause the power to drain more than others.

## **Paraphernalia**

### **Equipment:**

* **Sound Amplifiers:** Appearing as cat ears, Lynx can hear the faint sounds that the average person cannot, even through thick, dense walls.
* **Built-in Computer:** Lynx has a computer built into her glove that allows her to access into other devices for hacking purposes, it can also produce holographic messages with a stylus amongst other functions.

## **Appearances and Mentions**

* **Main Line Books:**
	+ Book 1: (main character)

## **Quotations**

* "I see them, they match the file description perfectly." (first appearance dialogue of Book 1: Pg2 within the prologue)

## **Trivia**

* Her MBTI is ISTP “The Virtuoso”
* "Lydia" is a self given name, a name she uses primarily for undercover work, while the name "Otheym" is Sphinx's real last name which many of the CAT-I Agency siblings chose as their own last name. "Lydia" is a name most of her other brothers and sisters referred to her as within the CAT-I Agency while off-duty.
* "Samantha Conrad" is one of many undercover names Lynx has used, this name in particular was originally going to be her real name.
* Like all other CAT-I Agency members, Lynx has a marking of the organisations symbol just below her left shoulder.
* Lynx first learnt to access system data through hacking at the age of 13 as it was required to be an agent.
* Her favourite time of day is Noon, she enjoys watching the sunset.
* Lynx's biggest claim is managing to sneak into a court room undetected when a Variant was placed on trial, she was able to collect forged incriminating evidence against said variant.