Name: Lyra Stintave
six: Female
Age: 19
Race: Imperial
Appearance
Height: 5’7”
Weight: 57Kg
General Appearance: Lyra’s build is probably best described as ‘stink insect’. While she does have some muscle on her limbs it is pretty much invisible. Her skin is very pale, to the point of her looking ill most of the time, but she does have a large number of freckles on her nose and across her cheekbones as well as a pink scar that curves from the edge of her lips to her left cheek. She has one grey eye and one blue, but unless you are very near they look to be the same colour. Her hair is ginger and normally done up in a plait but when it is loose it is naturally curly and goes down to the middle of her back.
Clothing: Lyra wears a white monk’s robe and brown leather boots. She carries a steel mace in a leather holster belt across her back.
Magical Major: Restoration
Strength Major: Blunt
Stealth Major: Sneak
Rank: Journeyman
Personality: Lyra can be a bit shy when she first meets people, but soon becomes happy to talk to them. However, she is quite socially awkward, and has a tendency to put her foot in it. While she’s quite confident with healing, in battles which require her to attack people she can be a bit more nervous. Along with being very good at ‘blending in’ (either with people or shadows) she has a slightly increased hearing range compared to most people, and therefore sometimes overhears things she is not meant to, but often doesn’t realise she shouldn’t have heard it.
History: Lyra was born in Pell’s Gate, a small village south of the Imperial City. Her parents were farmers who had moved from the city when they were young, and were some of the few, who despite having no farming blood, managed to make a decent amount of money out of it. While she showed a slight ability in restoration during her school years, due to the limited magic supplies available in a small village she wasn’t able to do much about it, until she left school at 14. A family friend, who lived in Anvil agreed to take her in, so she could study at the Mage’s Guild there.
A few miles away from Anvil the cart she was traveling on was attacked by Necromancers, who had turned to robbery for money. While she managed to hide in a tree before they captured her, the man driving the cart was captured. He refused to tell them where she was hiding (as he himself didn’t know) so once he was dead and the necromancers had stripped him of anything valuable their leader re-animated his body and made it slit its own throat.
When she reached Anvil, as well as studying magic, Lyra also decided to learn how to use a weapon, so that if she was attacked again, she would have an option other than to hide. When she reached Apprentice rank she applied to be transferred to the Arcane University and was accepted.
Motives/Agenda: While Lyra isn’t really interested in power for herself, she wants the ban on Necromancy to be upheld.