Lyra is a human wizard, a member of the Slayer's Take guild in Vasselheim, and an ally of Vox Machina. She is played by Felicia Day.
Fan art of _Lyra, by Lady Rossë.[art 1]
Contents
Description[edit | edit source]
Appearance[edit | edit source]
Personality[edit | edit source]
Physically and socially awkward, naïve to the grave danger of a slayer's life, and lacking practical combat experience, Lyra was a curious choice for leading the party on such a perilous contract as slaying an adult white dragon. Nevertheless, she tenuously attempted to make leadership decisions and was ultimately essential to her party's success in slaying Rimefang.[3]
Biography[edit | edit source]
Background[edit | edit source]
Lyra's membership to the Slayer's Take was remarked upon as being "a technicality", and she was regarded as an unproven member of the guild. Upon meeting Vox Machina, she claimed that her biggest kill to date was a worg that was threatening Aldor, another member of the guild and her crush.[4] That kill might have secured her place in the guild.[presumed]
Lyra has an uncle in Vasselheim, whom she calls Uncle Randy. He is a trade ambassador and owns several warehouses within the city. Lyra stated that she was originally from Vasselheim, but studied "the wizardly arts" in Emon.[5] Despite this, she had not heard of Vox Machina prior to their introduction.
"Trial of the Take: Part 1" (1x18)[edit | edit source]
Lyra was one of the two team leaders when Vox Machina was divided into teams for initiation into the Slayer's Take, a monster-hunting guild in Vasselheim. Lyra's team, including Zahra Hydris, was tasked with fulfilling the contract for body parts from an adult white dragon.
"Trial of the Take: Part 2" (1x19)[edit | edit source]
Lyra helped to slay Rimefang.
Relationships[edit | edit source]
Aldor[edit | edit source]
Throughout her adventure with Vox Machina, Lyra made frequent reference to Aldor and her amorous and unrequited feelings toward him. Her party members, including Zahra, attempted to persuade Lyra that she should forget about Aldor and expand her romantic horizons.
Scanlan Shorthalt[edit | edit source]
Scanlan was often flirtatious and duplicitous toward Lyra. He went so far as to assume the form of her beloved, Aldor, after she was revived from the dragon fight.[6] Lyra also states that she considers Scanlan a friend, and that he helped her realize that Aldor may not love her because she is not experienced enough sexually.
Character Information[edit | edit source]
Abilities[edit | edit source]
Wizard Abilities[edit | edit source]
- Arcane Recovery
- Arcane Tradition: School of Transmutation
- Minor Alchemy
- Shapechanger
- Transmutation Savant
- Transmuter's Stone
- Ritual Casting
- Spellcasting (Intelligence-based ability)
Wizard Spells[edit | edit source]
Cantrips[edit | edit source]
- Fire Bolt[7]
- Friends
1st-level[edit | edit source]
- Feather Fall
2nd-level[edit | edit source]
3rd-level[edit | edit source]
- Fireball[8]
4th-level[edit | edit source]
5th-level[edit | edit source]
6th-level[edit | edit source]
Notable Items[edit | edit source]
- Transmuter's Stone
Quotations[edit | edit source]
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Lyra has the lowest dexterity score of any player character to appear on Critical Role thus far.
- Lyra shares the highest intelligence stat of any player character with Percy, Caleb and Lillith.
- In the Critical Role Major Arcana Tarot Card Set, she represents III - The Empress.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lyra's stat card was shown onscreen. Her spell DC was calculated from the D&D Player's Handbook, 5th ed., p. 114, and does not account for potential DC-modifying items or blessings. See "Trial of the Take: Part 2" (1x19) at 0:20:00.
- ↑ See "Trial of the Take: Part 1" (1x18) from 25:24 through 25:44.
- ↑ See "Trial of the Take: Part 2" (1x19).
- ↑ See "Trial of the Take: Part 1" (1x18) at 42:45.
- ↑ See "Trial of the Take: Part 1" (1x18) at 29:07.
- ↑ See "Trial of the Take: Part 2" (1x19) at 3:26:23.
- ↑ See "Trial of the Take: Part 2" (1x19) at 1:02:45. Lyra casts Fire Bolt.
- ↑ See "Trial of the Take: Part 2" (1x19) at 3:17:02. Lyra casts Fireball.
- ↑ Transmutation wizards automatically gain Polymorph at 10th level if they don't already have it in their spellbooks. See D&D: Player's Handbook, 5th ed., p. 119, available online at D&D Beyond.
- ↑ See "Trial of the Take: Part 2" (1x19) at 1:18:20. Lyra casts Stoneskin.
- ↑ See "Trial of the Take: Part 2" (1x19) at 2:40:59. Lyra casts Hold Monster.
- ↑ See "Trial of the Take: Part 2" (1x19) at 0:51:35. Lyra casts Legend Lore.
- ↑ See "Trial of the Take: Part 1" (1x18) at 2:02:08. Lyra casts Chain Lightning.
- ↑ See "Trial of the Take: Part 2" (1x19) at 0:19:51. Lyra casts Disintegrate.
- ↑ See "Trial of the Take: Part 1" (1x18) from 24:31 through 25:17.
- ↑ See "Trial of the Take: Part 1" (1x18) from 31:06 through 31:29.
- ↑ See "Trial of the Take: Part 1" (1x18) from 1:07:22 through 1:07:58.
- ↑ See "Trial of the Take: Part 2" (1x19) from 1:02:45 through 1:02:59.
Art:
- ↑ Fan art of _Lyra, by Lady Rossë (source). Used with permission.
| |||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
