Lyriah Karnelle

Captain, Merchant & Daughter of the Sun

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General Information

Full Name: Lyriah A. Karnelle
Aliases: Captain Karnelle, Goblin Wife, Freckles, Banshee, Ice Queen, Lyr
Race: Midlander, Hyur
Nationality: Born in Thanalan, Resides in Vylbrand.
Affiliations: Maelstrom, The Daughters of the Sun
Age: Appears to be in her early thirties.
Namesday: 29th Sun of the 1st Astral Moon
Height: 5'6 / 170cm
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Personality: INTJ-T - Architect
Vices: Alcohol, Smoking
Orientation: Bi-sexual
Relationship Status: Single (Divorced)
Mental State: C-PTSD, Depression, Anxiety.

Personality

Years of war and and a life of instability made their impact on Lyriah and how she interacts with people. Usually she is described as cold, prickly, and distrusting; even under casual conversation, she rarely goes beyond polite responses unless a stiff drink is involved.People who seek out Lyriah for company or a friendly chat will not be rebuffed wholly, however, she tends to redirect more personal subjects back to the speaker rather than answer them.Those who stir up trouble to spite her will quickly find themselves at the other end of a weapon.

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Notable Features

Common Appearance

Physically she is well built for the life of a lancer, lean muscle and a thin frame for the benefit of speed and endurance while being only an average height. She has auburn hair that, in the past, was tightly bound into a ponytail to keep it out of the way. Lately, however, she has worn it loose and short as a more preferred style. Many have noted that her complexion is rather pale for someone born in Thanalan.

Scars & Markings

Lyriah has a constellation of freckles over her nose and cheeks given her fair skin. Other scars are usually well hidden by her clothes, a diamond-shaped scar on her sternum, a larger scar on her left side just under the rib cage and various other battle scars she's achieved over the years.

Voice

Lyriah is usually well spoken, confident sounding, and only holds the slightest hint of an Ul'dahn accent. Over the years in service to the Maelstrom, she has picked up quiet an extensive vocabulary to add to it.

Clothing

Lyriah dressed as most adventurers did, wearing clothing that would allow ease of movement and was appropriate for the climate. Usually, her attire consisted of jackboots, linen shirts, and buffalo leather pants which in most cases would be considered incredibly masculine. She rarely dressed to impress unless her job required it of her believing that the waste of gil was not worth the benefits, the only exception being an amethyst necklace her mother gave to her before she passed away.

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• ♡ = Old fling

• ❤ = Romantic Interest

• ♢ = Dead

• ✔ = Friend

• ✬ = Best Friend

• ✕ = Enemy

• ? = Uncertain

• ¥ = Business Associate

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Background

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Background

Childhood

Lyriah's parents came from very different lifestyles; her father, Weston Karnelle, grew up on the docks of Limsa as a fisherman's son before taking up music and dashing off to begin life as a wandering minstrel. Lyriah's mother, Flarah Piper, grew up in a middle-class family with two older sisters in one of Gridanias more successful merchant families.
Weston met her mother when he took a detour to Gridania and played for the ladies who attended at Mih Khettos Amphitheatre. When they met, a love bloomed that ultimately led to the couple eloping after much resistance from Flarah's father. They made a pilgrimage to the then dilapidated ruins of the Sanctum of the Twelve and exchanged vows at Menphina's marker.
When Lyriah got a little older Weston made arrangements with an adventurer acquaintance of his, a lancer hailing from far off Coerthas, to teach Lyriah the fundamentals of the spear. While Flarah initially opposed the idea of her daughter taking up arms, Weston was ultimately able to persuade her of the merits of martial training early on, even if only for self defense.
Sadly, a few years later Flarah was stricken with an illness that swept through the hamlets bordering the Twelveswood. As an outsider, Weston was unable to secure treatment from the Stillglade Fane so he turned to the doctors of Frondale's Phronistery in Ul'dah. However such alchemical remedies were prohibitory expensive for the earnings of a mere traveling minstrel, so he was forced to take up as an indentured laborer in the Nanawa Mines to continue to pay for Flarah's medicine. Tragedy would strike when Weston was lost during a mineshaft collapse, and without him to fund Flarah's treatments she too passed soon after.
Without either of her parents, Lyriah was left with the debt her father gave his life to pay off and little else. She took the lessons she learned from her parents and made for the Adventurer's Guild to start earning gil

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Before Dalamud

Lyriah grew with her experiences, working odd jobs here and there to earn enough gil to feed herself and cover the expenses needed to pay for a grave stone with her parents names on it. She learned to sleep outside, make her own meals, and even how to treat wounds and scapes from other more experienced adventurers passing through. Through trial and error, Lyriah became self sufficient and when her eighteenth name day approached she set her eyes towards Limsa for more work.
Limsa was a wonder to behold and she fell in love with it instantly. While exploring the city, Lyriah stumbled upon an altercation between a larger Roegadyn and a Highlander woman later revealed as Alona Rhys. Lyriah came to the woman's defense and once the situation was resolved, Alona offered the newcommer a place among her crew.
Now tasked with watching over Alona's prized ship and her cargo, Lyriah took her duty seriously and started to inspire others to help with the security efforts that were needed. Over that span of time, she came to regard Alona and her first mate, Sterne, as very close friends and would do anything that Alona asked of her.
Several moons passed before things started changing at the company; disagreements between members of a militarized group of mercenaries and Sanctus Refero which landed Lyriah a promotion to Head of Security. The resulting chaos kept Lyriah busy while her then fiancé went behind her back and took a lover.
The betrayal was revealed when the woman flaunted the affair to Lyriah, causing her to respond in anger by drawing her lance. They fought for a time but in the end, Lyriah dealt a killing blow. The intentions of her actions did not meet the reality of what she had done. Instead of reporting the kill, she rolled the body off the dock, tossed the ring into the ocean and immediately put in her resignation with the company.

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Military Career

Ever since the Grand Companies were reinstated in the wake of the Garlean Invasion, Lyriah signed up first with the Maelstrom. Limsa was her home by that point and the Admiral not only raised the spirits of the people of Limsa, but her speech spoke to Lyriah about what it means to protect one’s homeland. She fought in minor skirmishes against Garlean infiltrators and eventually joined in the Battle of Cartenaeu at the wake of the Calamity.Due to unforseen circumstances, Lyriah transferred to the Immortal Flames for a time. However, her battalion was disbanded after Ala Mhigo’s liberation and Lyriah found herself returning to the Maelstrom as part of a specialized unit where her skillsets could be utilized.

Notable Battles & Skirmishes

- Carteneau
- Larks Call
- Baelsars Wall
- The Ghimlyt Dark
- The Liberation of Ala Mhigo
- Pagl'than

Merchant Career

For several years, Lyriah has operated a small business trading goods between the city states and Ishgard. Thanks to the more recent restoration project that Ishgard took part in, Lyriah's business has gained recognition and wealth enough for her to expand her operations to the Far East. During her time operating her trade company, she’s befriended several high ranking officials in the Holy See as well gained access to areas not normally granted to your average adventurer to further her gains.

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