Wyra Yunja

**Wyra Yunja** is Friya's former vice-head in the Crystal Shield Guild.

## Appearance

Wyra is a young woman in her early 20's with a pixie cut and a round face. She would be considered cute, if not for her thick muscular build and square jaw. Coupled with her fierce eyes, they give her a cold demeanour, like a disgruntled drill sergeant ready to dish out a punishment.

## Background

Wyra Yunja had been born from a humble family, that had put all their hopes and dreams in her once her magical talent had bloomed. However, she failed to enroll in one of the six Great Academies and even even failed to join the Mage Association. Being a mercenary wasn't her dream job, only a last-ditch effort to escape from a mediocre life of servitude.

She only become a vice-head in the Crystal Shield Guild after Friya had kicked out the guild members from the Great Academies, and even if she was teaching them Wyra specializations, it wasn't enough. Wyra was a slow learner and Friya had to split her time to teach three different specializations, whereas Wyra would need individual lessons to make some real progress.

Lith reunites with Friya in Zantia, meeting Wyra and the rest of the Crystal Shield Guild. Wyra expresses her admiration for Lith having reached his current position from commoner origins.

The Crystal Shield guild acts as Phloria's auxiliary escort to the Feymar crystal mine expedition. Suspicious of motives and an exterior plot, Phloria has Friya order the guild members to keep tabs on ranking expedition members Captain Kortus Dast, Captain Lotta, and Royal Prospector Tlea Ormann. When the Ernas sisters venture into the caves to search for the mines and survive an undead ambush, Kallion Nuragor arrives with an undead army. After Tlea agrees to join Kallion and kills Kortus who refuses, Wyra pretends to turncoat but when asked to kill her friend Rotha, she cuts him free and the two attempt to run away.

They are easily caught by Lotta and Kallion, who have become thralls. Kallion breaks Wyra's neck and kills Rotha before tossing their bodies at Lith and taunting him with a replica of Phloria's lily pendant that Lith had gifted her. Lith revives them both with Invigoration and they reveal that Phloria is still alive and in the caves. They attempt to distract Kallion to let Lith leave for the caves, but Lith easily kills Kallion.

Nalrond rescues 5 other members of the guild, but the rest are killed. In the following aftermath, Wyra gives her testimony to Jirni, but as there is no proof of Archmage Deirus' involvement, Jirni is unable to accuse Deirus of orchestrating the ambush. Queen Sylpha privately interrogates Wyra and Rotha, learning of Kallion's betrayal.

Wyra later enters witness protection.

## Quotes

* *"It's an honour to meet you, Sir. You're a beacon of hope for us mages of commoner origin."* (Wyra to Lith, Chapter 557)
* *"If I refuse, they will just kill me. If I accept, at least I'll have an opportunity to tell the truth to Archon Ernas once we get back to the base."* (Chapter 1024)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 557
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Chapter 1024
3. ↑ Chapter 1015
4. ↑ Chapter 1029
5. ↑ Chapter 1033
6. ↑ Chapter 1045
7. ↑ Chapter 1086
8. ↑ Chapter 1147