Ellarian 'Lyra' Ostoroth

Lyra is a high elf samurai, cleric of Helm, a member of the Fiery Five and the Black Lily, and the wife of Dante.

Appearance
Lyra is of moon elven descent. Her hair is black and has a blue sheen to it. Her eyes are blue, flecked with gold, and her skin is pale with an icy blue hue. She wears medium armour, and traditional samurai clothing. Faithfully at her side, she carries a katana at the waist.

Lyra lost her right leg from above the knee down after a teleportation spell had not been fully prepared to get out of Star Mountain. Until Garret requested Bud the Bard to regenerate the leg, Lyra walked around with a prosthesis.

After the fight with the Ancient Green Dragon, Lyra wears the legendary armour of invulnerability. While in the beginning she still wears the traditional clothing, she later sheds it.

During the fight with Vaalmor, Lyra was dragged into the Nine Hells. As of her time there, her hair is now shoulder length, partly braided back. Two sets of claw marks run across her face. On the right side, the marks run across her eye toward a chipped ear. On the left, the marks run down her jaw, throat, and ends at the collarbone. Her ribcage is heavily scarred as well, and more claw marks cover her right arm.

Personality
Lyra is strong-willed, a leader by heart, and a bit awkward in social situations.

Youth
Lyra was born in the southwest of the Green Glades, in the Moon Elven city of Felaern. Her early years were quiet as she grew up in a loving family on a farm. While her father Hadarai Ostoroth was a farmer, her mother Chaedi Ostoroth was a soldier. Her mother was honourably discharged from the army after she decided to focus on her family. When Lyra and her younger brother Eldrin were old enough to go to school, the mother became a war strategy teacher for new soldiers within the city.

When Lyra started school, she came in contact with the army and the news of ongoing wars, but also with her primal memories. Coincidentally, the remnants of her past life showed a warrior fighting for what's right. That’s when she developed her dream to fight for justice, just like the warrior in the lingering memories. But also because of her mother, who had always been her hero. When Lyra reached adulthood at the age of 96, she chose the name Ellarian, and left her childhood behind as she joined the forces.

Military
Lyra’s desire to fight for her people and the good in the world laid foundation for her motivation to climb in military rank at a decent pace. She struggled often as she climbed, because she had the tendency to clash with authority. Lyra never really saw eye to eye with the ideals of general of the army Carric Firahel and his right hand lieutenant general Naivara Lathalas. Especially how they abused their authority over lower ranked soldiers.

However, Lyra remained within the acceptable boundaries. She questioned herself a lot if she was doing the right thing by staying in the army and fighting against enemy forces. As a lower ranked soldier, she fought in the goblin wars near the borders of the Green Glades. After climbing a couple ranks, she led a part of the army against the trolls in the mountains. She fought, trying to reach one goal: climb high enough so she could weed out the pests in the national army. Which did not go as planned.

While wars near the borders raged, there was also an ongoing cold war within the Green Glades. Lyra received an order of her superior Harvey Aloro to run a couple black ops into other territories. This included assassinations, gaining information by all means possible, or kidnapping. Lyra put together her own squad of specialists, whom were from both the national army and outsiders. While Lyra's squad seemed to be fully trusting  of their superiors, Lyra picked up bits and pieces that it wasn’t at all as it seemed.

She discovered the intentions of her superiors too late, and her squad and herself got captured. During their escape, Lucan Leigh died, Py Beravan and Reddlepop Nackle were left behind, and Nim Beravan and Katerina Stone escaped with Lyra after weeks of imprisonment and torture. Lyra does not remember how they had managed to pull it off. It was a haze of panic and acting fast as the opportunity arose out of nothing. The three of them travelled into the star mountains, leaving each other along the way.

Lyari Vasar
Lyari Vasar was the name of the squad Lyra put together for these above mentioned missions. In the name of her past life, the remnants of her primal memories, she recruited soldiers of whom she had heard certain rumours. Rumours also connecting to Lyari Vasar. Lucan's elven side of the family were descendants of Lyari, while Nim and Ly's grandfather fought alongside the elf. Reddlepop's community had close ties with Lyari after he had saved them from aberrations threatening this community. Lastly, Katerina had a vision when she was a child after a near-death experience. She does not know who had given her the vision, but she ended up using the alias Lyari in the criminal underworld as a rogue.

Lucan, Nim, and Py had already been recruited into the national army. Lyra met Nim and Py during the goblin wars, and Lucan during the war with the trolls. Reddlepop and Katerina weren't recruited by the national army initially. Lyra took it upon herself to recruit them in her new squad after she'd heard the rumours of a gnome community that had held off hobgoblins in the name of Lyari with extreme explosive power. Here she found Reddlepop, the one who'd made those explosives, and recruited him. During Lyra's travels to the gnome community, she picked up on Katerina (by the alias Lyari). After tracking her down, Lyra met Katerina and offered her an escape from the underworld.

After training together for a while, the ragtag team started their missions as the squad: Lyari Vasar (literal translation: Lyari's Veil). Their squad was known, however, as the Phantoms. Civilians of the Green Glades knew of them. There was conversation that some had seen, heard, or sensed them, but there never was any proof of their existence. Lyari Vasar seemed to have no physical reality, only a phantom of the mind.

Among themselves they had code to proof they weren't compromised (for example). This included codewords, or particular questions and answers with different meanings.

Tsuriai
Lyra roamed the Star Mountains and Sun Spike after that. She shed the name 'Ellarian', and chose to go under the new name of Lyra. Closely listening to rumours traveling the lands about the wars and the army in the Green Glades. Those rumours told her about the death of her squad, and how the bodies had never been found. Knowing her superiors were aware of the fact that Kat, Nim, and herself had escaped.

Forty years Lyra had served her nation, but now she'd become a deserter. And she was all alone. Lyra traveled deeper into Sun Spike, away from the Green Glades and the surrounding borders. For around two or three years she picked up small quests and odd jobs. In those years a secret society, the Tsuriai, took interest in her - especially in her sword wielding skills. They were everywhere in Sun Spike, and they caught her scent when she crossed the border. Stumbling on Lyra's part, a very calculated move on their part, Lyra came across this society.

Lyra learned about the Tsuriai as a samurai clan. A clan upholding centuries of old traditions and wisdom. Unlike the other clans located in Sun Spike, they welcomed anyone with a darkened soul, seeking the missing light in their inner balance. Lyra was chosen to be trained by an elder when she was initiated into the clan. Her training took place over the next fifteen years, given by her mentor Pallas. Pallas was a half elven man, who greyed in front of Lyra as she trained. And when she was deemed ready, she forged her sword and learned how to wield it under the watchful eye of Pallas the two years after.

After a long seventeen years, she completed her training and became a true samurai initiate. Now she had to face her demons, and find peace. Once an initiate's soul was able to find peace, they would be allowed back into the clan and become a full-fledged member. Return without that peace? You'd be killed on the spot. There was more honor in dying during your journey still fighting for your soul, than to return and admitting your failure and weak heart.

Relationships
Relationships with other characters.

Personal

 * Reveal the wrongdoings and sinister plans of Carric Fiharel
 * Return to the Tsuriai to become a full-fledged member

Fiery Five
Quests of the Fiery Five.

Black Lily
Quests from the Black Lily.

Current Items

 * Holy Symbol (Helm)
 * Ikari (Katana)
 * Sword of Life Stealing
 * Armour of Invulnerability
 * Ring of Mind Shielding
 * Dragon Orb Chest
 * Red dragon orb
 * Black dragon orb
 * Blue dragon orb
 * Ice rose with Dante's vine
 * Fiery Five brass ring
 * Sending Stones
 * Fiery Five sending stone
 * Solomon's sending stone
 * Component Pouch
 * Powdered silver (100 gp worth)
 * Parchment (5)
 * Bag of Holding
 * Chain devil's book
 * Chime of Opening
 * Potion of flying / gas form

Former Items

 * Rank insignia (taken in Emarius)
 * Robe of Useful Items
 * Fiery Five brass ring (old design)
 * Earrings of Communication
 * Rope of Climbing
 * Prosthetic leg

Feats

 * Charger
 * Savage Attacker
 * Observant
 * Mage Slayer

Elf Abilities

 * Darkvision
 * Fey Ancestry
 * Trance
 * Keen Senses
 * Cantrip: Blade Ward (intelligence-based)
 * Elf Weapon Training

Fighter Abilities

 * Fighting Style
 * Second Wind
 * Action Surge
 * Extra Attack (2)
 * Indomitable
 * Martial Archetype: Samurai
 * Fighting Spirit
 * Tireless Spirit
 * Elegant Courtier

Cleric Abilities

 * Channel Divinity (once per short rest)
 * Turn Undead
 * Divine Domain: Life Domain
 * Disciple of Life
 * Preserve Life
 * Ritual Casting
 * Spellcasting (Wisdom-based ability)

1st-level

 * Bless
 * Cure Wounds

2nd-level

 * Lesser Restoration
 * Spiritual Weapon

Cantrips

 * Sacred Flame
 * Spare the Dying
 * Thaumaturgy
 * Word of Radiance

1st-level

 * Ceremony
 * Healing Word
 * Sanctuary
 * Shield of Faith

2nd-level

 * Locate Object