Lyria Emerith

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### Allies

Shay Hanamura, Yuna Hanamura, Damion Halloreen, Fēng Xu, Hideko Inazuma, Hikage Ishuko, Veena Lu, Nabi Haluška, Shizuka Ikami, Cherry Amana, Windflower Amana, Ashton Khanh, Ferox Amata, Aka Asako, Caius Astrada (formerly)

### Enemies

Caius Astrada, Acacius I, Etheric IV

**Lyria Emerith** is the current ruler of Misterin, and was the second eldest daughter in the Emerith Clan. Being raised in a mainly matriarchal society, Lyria is the only matriarch out of the Five Kingdoms. As she is the queen of the richest kingdom, she proved to have strong connections to other kingdoms because of exports of valuable resources. Lyria once had the status of being the last Emerith after the assassination of a majority of the royal family, leaving Lyria as the sole survivor and last heiress to the throne, becoming the queen at sixteen and having to handle conflict at a young age and remained unwed for a while due to her being a teenager when she ascended to the throne. Because of her age, she was surrounded by a council that would aid her in ruling, educating her on geopolitics and economics while also gently persuading her to try marrying due to the succession crisis.

## History

Lyria was born in the Royal Family of Misterin, known as the Emerith Clan. She was the second eldest out of many brothers and sisters. From an early age, Lyria’s time was spent traveling between kingdoms in order to form strong alliances and to find eligible suitors for her and her older sister, both being the next heiresses. Though immense pressure was faced on her, she was given necessary breaks so she was not overworked and was able to continue her studies when she pleased. She had a close relationship with her mother and often talked to her about her struggles, along with her older sister, Illiya. It is noted by her mother that her and Illiya had a strong relationship and often played pranks on the younger siblings in their youth, along with gossiping about other kingdoms secretly.

While in Lyakon to form negotiations on exports, she befriended Caius Astrada, the future ruler of Lyakon, and had many interests in common with her. According to Caius, she was one of the few people that was not critical of him because of the pressure put on by his family members. At some point, Caius was betrothed to Lyria in order to make a strong alliance, though the marriage was annulled for unknown reasons. Lyria still agreed to be his friend and was often invited to gatherings, where the two would often play with each other in the meadows, along with some of Lyria’s brothers. However, after two years, the Emerith clan stopped visiting for unknown reasons as the older siblings had to resume studies.

Unfortunately, one of Lyria's older sisters, Illiya caught an extreme case of malign vapor, having to be isolated from her family and surrounded by many nurses. Lyria was allowed to visit under extreme circumstances and often manifested that Illiya would make a recovery. However, after two weeks of fighting the sickness, Illiya died because of the sweating sicknesses severity.

Lyria's personality began to shift, having a hard time dealing with the loss of her older sister, with her mother and father attempting to comfort her through her grieving. After six months of grief, Lyria attempted to resume her studies and managed to find solace when reading, reminding her of the times she used to study besides Illiya and reminisicing about the times. After two years of grieving, she started to improve mentally and became more active in her studies, starting to spend time with her brothers and other siblings and improving on the bonds with her parents.

Her period of recovery would soon shatter when she was sixteen, where her parents, her sisters, and brothers were murdered by two assassins, both of which having the desire to overthrow the Emerith Clan by exterminating them. Lyria witnessed her family being murdered while hiding behind a tall column, and was left as the only survivor, becoming the queen of Misterin at a young age and forced herself to mature, having the weight of many socioeconomic issues within Misterin and used her knowledge to rule efficiently and was supported by the people because of being the last Emerith.

For the first years in her reign, she remained unwed and a succession crisis grew within her council, though Lyria attempted to sought the issue by getting married when she was prepared to marry. In her reign, she was a charismatic ruler and managed to sway those around her with ease and listened to her people, building shelters and homes to ensure a stable population and reduce poverty and built infrastructure in many provinces, winning the hearts of the population in Misterin.

As she grew older, the topic of marriage circled in her mind: Her parliament attempted to find suitors, but she had a difficult time resonating with her suitors and had difficulty finding a suitable husband for her. While in a marketplace, she ran into Hiro, a middle class man, who became enamored with her. Lyria was rather distrusting, but started to talk to him and became close with him, sharing the same interests and similar personality traits. Eventually Lyria would propose to him and both were subsequently married, though did not have a child until three years into their marriage, where they would have a daughter.

Around four years into her reign, she received word that Lyakon’s then ruler, Silas, was overthrown and murdered by Caius Astrada, causing her to be put in danger because of their past. Reminiscing about her family's murder, soldiers began to accompany her because of Lyakon once having a close relationship with Misterin because of the frequent export deals during the rule of Silas. Lyria swiftly cut ties with Lyakon and had a confrontation with Caius, where she got into a physical fight with him was nearly killed after she exposed him for overthrowing his brother, threatening to destroy her and her kingdom, along with murdering the rest of her family. As a result, she became paranoid of traveling for meetings and had a fear of being murdered because of the murder of her damily.

Lyria began taking extreme precautions in protecting her people and herself, She began to recruit men and women who were willing to protect their kingdom and enacted a law, where any defectors from Lyakon would be able to claim sanction and Lyakon would, in no way, be able to deport them and managed to house hundreds of defectors without problem. She formed strong alliances with Elveria and Myria that would aid in attempting to turn others against Lyakon, though Etherin and Leiden still remain particularly friendly with Caius and the kingdom.

### Escape from Lyakon arc

After Team Strelitzia manages to escape Lyakon, Ashton pulls out a map and tosses it to Fēng while he carries Locaster on his back. As Fēng once resided in Misterin, she managed to lead them to the gates of the Emerith Palace and communicated with the guards for a request to see Lyria, which they approved of. After questioning Strelitzia, they allow them in to have a word with Lyria herself as they were deemed trustworthy.

Lyria was handling important export businesses before her advisor came into her study, saying that escapees from Lyakon requested a word with her. Curious, she leaves her study and meets Team Strelitzia. They begin to explain to Lyria that they were imprisoned wrongfully and managed to escape, requesting sanction in Misterin for the time being. Ashton later on explains how he was mistreated by Lyakon and how one of the soldiers had given Locaster a drug-induced brownie, causing him to fall unconscious after Yuna injected him with an anecdote to reverse the majority of it, but very little was left. Lyria grants them sanctuary and sends in royal doctors to remove and trace down any access drug left in his body.

After leaving Team Strelitzia with a room, Lyria rushes to see Locaster, who’s hallucinations appear to warp into something progressively worse. She orders for the doctors to try their hardest to remove any leftover drug that was caused by the brownie. Unfortunately, despite their efforts, his brain was shown to be permanently warped. Though, the treatment he went under managed to lessen the effects of the drugs.

Upon Locaster waking up, Lyria greets him and asks about his wellness, which he answers that he felt better than he did before, and tells him that the rest of Team Strelitzia was in a room in the west wing, helping him up and leading him to the room where everyone greets him warmly and asks about his well being. She later on informs that she was notified about a chest arriving at port, saying it will be delivered to them in two days. Realizing it was potentially the Demon Gems, the team gloated while Locaster was spaced out, still confused about what happened to him and attempted to ask Lyria what occurred. Lyria explains that Yuna explained about him being given a brownie, which was later revealed to have alarmingly high amounts of Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).

## Appearance

Lyria is described as a tall woman with a slender build with brown skin. She has long, light blue hair with a slightly darker blue ombre that extends to her back and light blue eyes with mute pink lips. Around her head is the crown of Misterin, a metal string suspending four jewels and dangling in front of her head.

Lyria wears a light blue dress that have puffy sleeves with mute blue detailing with a light blue corset-esque belt around her waist. She dons a long, mute blue cloak with layered scarves that is detailed with many Misteric symbols. She additionally sports white tights with blue heels, though during the winter, her cloak has white fur around it and swaps her heels for tall, mute blue boots.

## Personality

Despite being a queen, Lyria is described to be reclusive, witty, yet somewhat pessimistic. She takes her duties rather seriously and manages to keep her pessimism to herself, despite utilizing it in a playful manner towards Ferox Amata, and sometimes Aka Asako. She has proven to be blunt and straight to the point of matters, ordering Caius to not set foot into Misterin because of his actions and swiftly calling him out for his misdeeds before cutting him off. Because of her serious and rather witty nature, other rulers perceive her in a neutral manner, but do not disrespect her due to her status as the matriarch of Misterin. Being born into the Emerith clan, Lyria was mostly sheltered and has a hobby of traveling occasionally with her family. Her roles on gendered are seen as neutral, perceiving both men and women equal to one another, regardless of how other societies perceive gender. Though she is affectionate towards others with her words, Lyria proves to be a touch-sensitive person and seems to have a disdain for hugs.

Lyria is exceptionally charismatic, being able to sway those around her without difficulty and manages to maintain a crowd without any violence. Despite her charm, she can become rather serious during urgent times and is often alert after Caius, her former childhood friend and fianceé, threatened to kill her after she formally cut ties with him when he demanded a truce. It is noted by Etheric IV that Lyria is tough, unwilling to back down from any given scenario and challenged Caius to a fight, which proved her combat skills she learned from her brothers. Unlike Acacius, Caius, and Etheric, Lyria shows to be helpful and incredibly generous, housing escapees from unsafe kingdoms and accommodating to their needs. Her taking in many Lyakonian defectors and housing them, demonstrates this, added on by her defending them when Lyakonian soldiers attempted to deport them back, despite Misterin's sanctuary law. She also proves to be exceptionally intelligent, not falling for any of Caius’ manipulation after cutting Misterin’s alliance with Lyakon and managing to further stabilize their economy. Being the ruler of the richest kingdom, Lyria considers herself to be equal to her people and wants them to perceive her as both their ruler and a person.

Unlike Caius, who shows little to no remorse for his people, Lyria shows an unlimited amount of care for hers, listening to their opinions and what they needed to be improved and often cared about how the people viewed her above others, along with caring how her family viewed her as both a person and a ruler. Though, she has a paranoia of being overthrown after receiving word that Silas was overthrown, causing a six month long period of paranoia, having a difficult time showing herself in public or leaving her palace because of it while attempting to maintain peace with other neighboring kingdoms. However, Lyria can sometimes take situations to a further extent, approaching Caius in his palace to announce Misterin's ties being cut because of his actions, nearly resulting in her being murdered.

Out of the ruling scene, Lyria is much more comfortable around her family and acts affectionate around Hiro, often showing him her love and affection while also showing her love for her daughter. She also proved to be extremely protective of her family, threatening Caius that if he went near her family, he would have him dead.

## Abilities

**Overall Abilities:** As a human, Lyria has no supernatural abilities. However, she proves to be a proficient leader after stabilizing most of Misterin and building its infrastructure. Being vigorously trained alongside her older sister, she shows to have a high intellect level, being able to keep the economy stable and managing to form strong alliances with other kingdoms. Because of her leadership skills, she managed to create an alliance between kingdoms because of the exports she imposes on coal and iron.

**Tactical Intellect:** Lyria displays to have an incredibly high intelligence level, outwitting Caius in his tracks and skillfully planning her relation tie because of him overthrowing Silas. She was able to strengthen ties with other kingdoms by using her wits and charm and was able to evade conflict with Lyakon after she broke her ties from them because of the corruption. Her intelligence also allowed her to expand on Misterin’s infrastructure and managed to help those through her skillful planning. She puts her intelligence to further use while she was in her state of paranoia, hiding her identity without anyone knowing who she was in public places and stayed in isolation without having her people worrying about her.

**Enhanced Strength:** When in a brawl with Caius after trying to cut all relations with Lyakon, Lyria proved to have above average strength, managing to land several hits on Caius while he attempted to kill her, punching him in the stomach as a result before she was nearly choked to death by him. Her strength is further proven when she was seen shoving a door down while rushing to Locaster's aid, nearly breaking it in the process.

**Leadership Skills:** Lyria proves to have excellent leadership skills, so much so that her people are loyal to her to a fanatical extent. Because of her dedication and vigorous training, she managed to sway thousands of people with ease and used her charm and motivation to lead Misterin to allow the economy to flourish and become the kingdom it is in the present.

## Relationships

### Caius Astrada

Caius was one of Lyria’s childhood friends and former fiancé during early childhood and their teenage years. When they were children, the two had a fairly good relationship, playing with the meadows alongside their siblings and overall getting along. Lyria once perceived him as a humorous individual who never failed to make her smile and supported and comforted her. In Caius’ perspective, he saw her positively and perceived her as the only person who never judged him, often aiding her in her studies with her doing the same..

However, after she got word of Caius overthrowing Silas, Lyria perceived him negatively and started to loathe him, cutting her relations with the kingdom and stopped exports, with Myria and Elveria doing the same. Caius was, at first, saddened to lose one of his childhood friends, but later on despised her for what she did, causing them to have a strained relationship with one another. Additionally, Caius further proved his hatred to Lyria when she came to Lyakon to inform him about cutting ties, leading him to nearly kill Lyria in a fight.

### Ferox Amata

Ferox Amata is the current ruler of Myria. Though their interactions are fairly limited, Lyria sees him positively, complimenting his ruling style and his personality of being a polite man who is easy to please and serve, having multiple meetings with him discussing allyship and exports, being one of their biggest importers of cods and fabric. Ferox views her in the same light, pleasing and charming while also being witty and pessimistic around him due to sharing a similar sense of humor.

### Team Strelitzia

Lyria first encounters the team after they requested asylum. Lyria, while having limited interactions with them, finds them polite individuals and gives them a room in the west wing, assisting them and caring for them when needed. She thinks of them as sweet individuals who escaped from a corrupt kingdom and concerns over their health, having nurses check on them constantly to ensure that they would be in good health and safe under Misterin’s sanctuary laws.

### Locaster Helios

Lyria’s first encounter with Locaster was when he awakened in the Misterin medical room, being treated after he was given a laced brownie by Akuji. During their interaction, Lyria worried for Locaster because of the high intake of a certain drug, Lysergic acid diethylamide, which the brownie contained high amounts of in order to revert Locaster’s perception. Locaster appreciated her care and found her a caring woman, opposed to Caius’ cruel, intimidating nature he placed on the rest of the group.

### Aka Asako

Aka is the king of Elveria and was once Lyria’s advisor. Lyria sees him as one of her most trusted acquaintances and often confides in him about kingdom matters, having prolonged discussions about negotiations and often contracts in many deals with her because of their strong allyship.

### Etheric IV

Etheric and Lyria’s relations are unknown. However, it is implied that her kingdom has strained ties with Etherin due to threats of having bombs dropped on their soil because of a miscommunication. Etheric viewed Lyria as a great leader, though the corruption within his kingdom is apparent and refuses to fix any of it, and Lyria has a hard time communicating with him when attempting to fix the corruption problem within his kingdom’s walls.

### Acacius I

Acacius and Lyria have a strained relationship because of the Leiden-Myria conflict. Lyria sees him as an evil individual and has a hard time talking with him due to his temperamental demeanor. Acacius perceives her as beautiful, but found her personality unfit for a ruler because of her pessimism. Because of their extreme opposing sides, both have cut contact and never spoke after.

## Trivia

• Lyria is the only matriarchal ruler and queen of a kingdom, while the rest are mainly patriarchal.

* The etymology of Lyria’s name is derived from Greek, meaning “lyre” or “just.” Her last name, Emerith, means "caring, master of their own destiny, charisma." Her surname is also prevalent in Mauritius.
* According to Hiro, Lyria’s hair is long, long enough to a point where she needs assistance to simply brush it, often having maids surrounding her to brush her hair because of her struggle in brushing it.
* Lyria’s hobbies are reading, writing and learning about other languages. Because of her intense studying in culture and the arts, she takes pride and curiosity in learning about other's cultures.
* According to Aka Asako, the ruler of Elveria, Lyria is one of his closest companions and both often talk about kingdom problems with one another.
* Lyria is said to have a beautiful voice and enjoys singing as a hobby.
* Lyria likes reading, writing and painting, while she dislikes corruption, people who lie and bugs.