Lyra Blackwood

[Lyra Blackwood]

Name: Lyra Elizabeth Blackwood

Age: Seventeen


Appearance: Lyra isn’t one for standing out. With her long golden hair and her equally golden eyes, hidden among the crowd she could go unnoticed. Her skin isn’t terribly – or sickly - pale, but she’s usually paler than her peers. Her limbs are long and elegant, although some might describe them as thin. Coupled with her large eyes and her small stature, Lyra possesses most of the requirements that would make her a cute girl. However, Lyra cares not for such things and, more often than not, she tends to wear clothes that will hide her body, not for any specific reason other than feeling comfortable wearing them. It’s not uncommon to see her wearing her skinny black pants and some random oversized t-shirt. She’s also fond of boots. As the kind of person that mostly prefers to stay hidden in the background, Lyra tends to walk with an unsure, but calm step.


Personality: Many have thought Lyra to be an incurable airhead simply because she tends to drift off for long periods of time, giving people blank looks when they ask for her attention. This has happened with friends, family and even teachers. Sometimes it seems as if she’s not even there at all. However, this is not her behavior all the time. She does have a tendency to drift off, but that does not mean that she isn’t hearing or seeing what’s being said or what’s happening. Some things just bore her endlessly. She can often be found wandering the halls or reading in a quiet place. She appears to others as a closed person – not unfriendly or cold, but distant and reserved. Likewise, when Lyra feels comfortable around someone she’ll let them see another part of herself. She likes to laugh loudly and to be with her group of close friends, sharing jokes and telling stories (and sometimes causing trouble). She can be kind of silly at times. Although she’s a solitary creature by nature, she enjoys once in a while being surrounded by those whom she trusts.

Lyra has a mercilessly down-to-earth way to deal with most things, though. Although she appears to live with her head in the clouds, Lyra is actually pretty practical when faced with a situation she must deal with. Asking her for advice will not make a person feel better, but it will usually help them in the long run. She sometimes has a way to see things that most people do not share.

Lyra does not harbor strong beliefs when she is taught them. Rather, the beliefs she’ll come to trust are the ones she has learned and experienced by herself. She’s an independent girl that is, more often than not, too proud to ask for help. She believes that she must overcome everything that comes her way by herself, and that that will make her grow stronger. Lyra is very open-minded and does not have a problem accepting all sorts of strange things, mostly.

Likes: reading, coffee, tea, the sunrise, felines, stars, gardens, silence, history, steel Pokemon.
Dislikes: children, loud environments, cities, pollution, the summer, schedules, mushrooms, cute Pokemon.


History: Lyra is from the Hoenn region. Having lived there her entire life up until coming to the Pokemon Academy, she doesn’t feel very overwhelmed with the fact that she’ll be staying on an island. She grew up in Lilycove, the big city next to the sea. She had a very standard family. Her parents married at a rather late age, so she’s an only child and has always liked it that way. As an only child, she got her parents’ full attention, both in the good and in the bad way. She was spoiled rotten when she was a child and grew accustomed to having what she asked for. She never asked for much, however. Back then her wishes and desires had been simple and easy to achieve, and the ones that were impossible kept her awake at night, dreaming of a perfect world.

Pokemon always fascinated her, but not in the way it fascinated most children. She didn’t care for Pokemon battles much. What really had her turning her head and made her eyes brighten with curiosity was the strange creatures’ powers. Of course, one could observe those powers within a battle, but a battle was a controlled environment. What she did want to know was how those powers were used outside battles, either by wild Pokemon or to achieve other purposes. She was also interested by the folklore surrounding many of these Pokemon, most regarding strange abilities and behavior. Since those times, her dream is to become a Pokemon Researcher – and it still stands today.

Her childhood was very normal, and her adolescence wasn’t that different either. She was given a Pokemon when she was eleven: a Numel. She didn’t use him to battle, but he didn’t seem to mind it either. They became companions of sorts, sharing one-sided conversations and watching movies together late at night. Sometimes they would sneak out in the middle of the night just because. They would sit near the cliffs that overlooked the ocean and look at the stars. Lyra did this when she was especially stressed out about something.

When she was sixteen, she decided to do something with her life and to follow her ambitions and dreams. She asked for her parents to enroll her in the famous Pokemon Academy. It wasn’t easy, but she managed to do it. By the way, Prisoner B is a nice guy.


Classes:
History of Pokemon
Battle Tactics
Exploration Class
Pokemon Technology
Music Appreciation


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