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Lyria is an original character created for The Shannara Chronicles. She is a beautiful and mysterious young woman who is Eretria's girlfriend.
Biography
A year after Wil and Amberle left Eretria in Safehold, the Rover girl is living with Lyria in the ruins of San Francisco, scavenging Old World technology for Cogline and wondering why Wil and Amberle have not come looking for her.
Lyria and Eretria are out on a job together when they are found and chased after by Trolls. Eretria manages to kill two of the Trolls and leads her pursuers out to the ruins of the Golden Gate Bridge, where she is knocked into the water by a Troll. While under the waters of the bay, she sees a vision of Amberle, who tells her that a new darkness is coming and that she must find Wil.
Eretria wakes up in an old building, where she is being tended to by Lyria. Lyria says that she doesn't know how Eretria survived her fall of the bridge, and that Eretria kept saying "Amberle" while she was unconscious. Eretria goes to speak to Cogline, who urges her to let go of Wil and Amberle. Eretria, who does not know that Amberle has become the Ellcrys, believes that Wil and Amberle are living happily together in Arborlon.
Later, Lyria asks Eretria about Amberle and Wil. She asks if Amberle was her lover, which Eretria denies. When Lyria asks if Eretria loves Wil, Eretria says that she doesn't anymore, and says that it's Lyria who has her heart now. She says that she hopes Lyria will open up to her more instead of being so mysterious about herself.
They share a kiss, but Eretria's words make Lyria feel guilty, and she reveals a secret to her girlfriend: Cogline has been lying to Eretria. According to Lyria, Cogline told everyone in his group except for Eretria that people may be looking for her, and he ordered his people to prevent anyone from ever finding Eretria. Some time later, some people came to Cogline and said that "the Eretria problem" had been taken care of. Lyria, who had witnessed this, told Eretria they gave Cogline an item as proof that the problem had been taken care of. Although she didn't see what that item was, Cogline must still be holding onto it.
Lyria and Eretria search Cogline’s belongings, and eventually Eretria finds Wil's stone pendant. They are caught by Cogline, who reveals to Eretria that Wil searched for her for months and that he prevented Wil from finding Eretria because a scion of Shannara would only end up hurting her. He points out that he had promised Eretria's mother that he would guard her with his life, but Eretria counters by saying that wasn't his choice to make.
Eretria and Lyria leave Cogline and his people and head out to Arborlon. They are caught by Rovers while traversing Rover territory, but are saved by Garet Jax, who kills all the Rovers. Unfortunately Garet’s efforts were not altruistic: he tells them there's a bounty out for Lyria that he hopes to collect. When Eretria tries to stop Garet from taking Lyria, he knocks her out easily. Lyria agrees to go with him quietly if he leaves Eretria alone.
Garet Jax brings his captive back to Tamlin, Queen of Leah, revealing that Lyria is Tamlin’s daughter. Lyria argues with Tamlin, saying that she can't be changed. At a feast later in the day, Tamlin introduces Lyria to Ander Elessedil, King of the Elves, who had come to visit Leah. Tamlin announces to the crowd that although Leah refused to help the Elves when the Demons came, the reality was that they wouldn’t be alive it if wasn’t for the Elves. She praises Ander for coming to Leah to forge a new alliance, and later when Tamlin and Ander talk, Queen proposes an alliance by way of a marriage. She says that Lyria must be married to Ander and be on the throne in Arborlon if the Elves want to receive her assistance and secure their future.
At the royal bordello, a disguised Eretria finds Garet and confronts him, looking for Lyria. When Garet realizes that the Rover girl is in love with Lyria, he tells her who Lyria really is and where she can be found. An angry Eretria finds Lyria in her quarters and confronts her, asking her why she lied about her royal background. Lyria says she told Eretria only the truth, and that she hated the person she used to be, but Eretria is unmoved and questions whether their relationship was even real. Lyria insists that the person she was when she was with Eretria is her true self, and says that her mother only brought her back to marry Ander. Lyria goes on to explain that Tamlin hates the Elves so the marriage must be for a strategic maneuver of some sort.
Palace guards enter Lyria's quarters and seize Eretria, bringing her to Tamlin. The Queen claims that Lyria was only feeding Eretria lines, and that her daughter goes through lovers like outfits. Tamlin offers Eretria a bag of diamonds if she leaves Leah for good; Eretria refuses, but Tamlin warns that she’ll be killed if she doesn't accept.
In their quarters at the Palace of Leah, Ander and Catania are discussing the future when Lyria enters and alerts them to Eretria's presence in the palace. Ander and Catania find the Rover girl being taken away by the palace guards and orders them to to tell Tamlin that Eretria is under his protection. Ander takes Eretria to Allanon, who insists that Ander, Eretria, Catania, and the rest of the Elven delegation has to leave Leah to find Wil in Shady Vale.
Lyria catches up to Eretria as the Rover girl prepares to leave. The Princess of of Leah insists that Tamlin is lying and that although she had run off with lovers before, her feelings for Eretria were different and genuine. Eretria challenges Lyria to prove it by leaving Leah with her, but Lyria refuses, arguing that Tamlin would find them and kill Eretria. Eretria leaves, saying that there’s nothing left for her in Leah.
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