Lydia

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## Name

**Lydia** (リディア, *Ridia*?) is a supporting character in the Shadows House series and the Shadow living under the care of the "Living Doll" Liddy.

## Appearance

Like the rest of the Shadows in the house, Lydia is completely black and appears to be a silhouette of her "Face", Liddy. She wears a dark-green dress reminiscent of office attire with puffed sleeves and a pencil-skirt. Under the dress she appears to be wearing a cream shirt with a high collar and chain-clasps. She also wears black shoes with silver buckles and round earrings.

## Personality

Lydia is noted to be sharp-tongued and has a no-nonsense attitude. She expresses interest in perfume, knowing a lot about it and it's properties. She is passionate about her craft and will go on tangents if anyone dares to disrespect it. She is curious but isn't keen on testing silly ideas.

## Plot

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### Master Robe Arc

On first appearance, she threatens to slit John's throat if he doesn't quiet down, which he promply does. After Kate asks if her friends can sample the available perfumes, she takes this as them wanting a change, and sets them out on the table. Upon being inquired on one, she informs John about its availability and then fiercely scolds him when he asks if he could change his current to that one. Lydia, again, scolds the main group after Kate asks if there's any way to pin point a Shadow based on their scent, laughing in their faces and saying it's almost impossible due to the nature of the oils used, an indivdual's own body odour and the fact Adults use perfume from a different building.

Lydia is also mentioned to be out doing research, requiring Anna's help with it in Chapter 64.

### Soot Ivy Incident Arc

Lydia accompanied Oliver on the Mobile Soot Collector model MK3 to observe the situation of the incident. They landed near Patrick and Ricky, and began to discuss things. Oliver says that they can rely on Lydia's Soot Power to help them, Lydia seeing she doesn't have a choice, agrees to help. She doesn't want to touch the soot ivy since she doesn't know its true nature, she tells Patrick to hand her a sample. She began analyzing the soot, she even got mad and scolded Patrick for trying to interrupt her.

After Patrick figured out that Margaret was the culprit, she noticed a heart shaped soot emitted from Patrick as they were escaping the Ivy. She suspected he could have some kind of soot power. The all rode the MK3 and regrouped downstairs with Jeremiah and Anna. Patrick yells and tries to tell them not to abandon Margaret, Lydia yells back at him saying what can he even do as a newly appointed Star Bearer and powerless. After Patrick explaining his views, Lydia noticed he was determined and decided to hear his plan.

After Patrick rescued Margaret, causing her to remove all her soot Ivy, Lydia recalled how her powers were nullified when she touched Patrick's heart shaped soot, suggesting he awakened a powerful soot power that nullifies other soot powers.

### Master Robe Arc

On first appearance, she threatens to slit John's throat if he doesn't quiet down, which he promply does. After Kate asks if her friends can sample the available perfumes, she takes this as them wanting a change, and sets them out on the table. Upon being inquired on one, she informs John about its availability and then fiercely scolds him when he asks if he could change his current to that one. Lydia, again, scolds the main group after Kate asks if there's any way to pin point a Shadow based on their scent, laughing in their faces and saying it's almost impossible due to the nature of the oils used, an indivdual's own body odour and the fact Adults use perfume from a different building.
## Relationships

### Liddy

Currently, there has been no info on how her relation to Lydia is. It can be assumed their relationship is like most others in the Research Team, with Liddy being treated better than most Living Dolls, but not to the extent of any of the main characters.

## Power & Abilities

### Soot Power

Lydia's soot ability is analyzing the soot of others. The best results are achieved when she has the shadow in question present, but it's not a requirement. She is able to analyze the composition of soot, it's consistency (sticky, starchy, etc), emotions it formed from and even slight things like traces of perfume of the shadow the soot came from. Downsides are that she needs to have physical contact with the soot in question and be quick at her job as soot quickly looses it's emotional components.

## Etymology

* **Lydia** is a feminine first name. It derives from the Greek *λυδία* ("Ludía") meaning "beautiful one", "noble one".

## Gallery

**Image Gallery of Lydia**

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Threatening John (Chapter 60)Full view of dress (Chapter 60)