Lyn

Lyn
Real Name	Lyndis
Species	Human
Affiliation	The Lorca, Lycian League
Hair color	Green
Eye color	Green
Weaponry	Mani Katti, Sol Katti
Base	Sacae Plains, Caelin
Relatives	Hausen (grandfather), Lyndis (grandmother), Lundgren (great uncle), Madelyn (mother), Hassar (father) Eliwood (possible husband), Roy (possible son) Hector (possible husband), Lilina (possible daughter) Rath (possible husband), Sue (possible daughter)
Debut	Fire Emblem

Lyndis is one of the three main characters of Fire Emblem. She is the only main character who is playable in Lyn's Tale (the first ten chapters). Afterwards she is also playable in Eliwood's Tale and Hector's Tale.

Background

Her father was Hassar, the chieftain of the Lorca Tribe, and her mother was Lady Madelyn, daughter of the Marquess of Caelin, Lord Hausen. The marquess had disapproved of Madelyn's romance with the nomad chieftain, causing Madelyn to elope with him and leave Caelin for the Sacae Plains. One year later, their daughter was born and named Lyndis after Marquess Caelin's deceased wife. However, her parents only called her Lyndis in private conversations to avoid suspicion, and publicly she was only called "Lyn".

Lyn grew up among the Lorca and became skilled with a sword. She also made several friends, including Florina, the Ilian Pegasus Knight-in-training. However, when Lyn was eighteen years old, the Lorca were massacred by Taliver bandits. Lyn's parents were among the casualties, and Lyn was one of the few survivors. Lyn found the remaining Lorca would not accept her as a leader, because she was a woman, and the Lorca had old-fashioned beliefs. Lyn spent the next six months training so that she could exact revenge on the bandits. In the game's prologue, "A Girl From the Plains", Lyn meets a young traveling apprentice tactician named Mark. They worked together to defeat Batta the Beast, and afterwards Lyn convinced Mark to let her travel with him, so that he could help with her training.

In "Chapter One: Footsteps of Fate", Lyn met with the knights Kent and Sain in Bulgar. They hailed from Caelin, and had come in search of Madelyn, who had tried opening communications with her father the marquess shortly before her death. Lyn discovered her Caelinian heritage from Kent and Sain, who decided to escort her and Mark to Caelin. However, they found the path there filled with obstacles. Not only did they deal with the Ganelon bandits, but they were also threatened by Lord Lundgren, the marquess's younger brother who sought the throne of Caelin by killing Hausen and Lyn.

Along the way, Lyn slowly gathered more and more followers into her group. This included her friend Florina, the archer Wil (who jokingly dubbed their group "Lyndis's Legion") and a fellow Sacaean named Rath. They also received indirect aid from Eliwood, a nobleman of Pharae who sympathised with Lyn's plight. Lyn also acquired the Mani Katti, a legendary sword that had chosen Lyn as its wielder. Additionally, they protected a young boy named Nils and his sister Ninian from a mysterious organization known as the Black Fang.

Finally in "Chapter 10: The Distant Plains", Lyn and her "legions" made their way to Castle Caelin. They reached the castle after a long battle with Lundgren and his best men. After Lundgren was slain, Lyn made her way to the room were Lord Hausen was lying bedridden and dying. Lyn and her grandfather were finally reunited, and she inspired Hausen to fight his illness and become well again. She remained in Caelin and bonded with her father. Wil and Florina also continue working with Lyn, and they took up jobs at the castle to be near her.

Lyn and Hausen lived in peace for a year. Then in "The Noblewoman of Sacae" (Eliwood Chapter 15, Hector Chapter 16), Marquess Laus led an attack on Castle Caelin. Lyn and her soldiers were reunited with Eliwood, who was on a quest to look for his father, and they teamed up to enter Castle Caelin and drive out the invaders. To Lyn's relief, Hausen was safe, having been saved by the Ostian spy Leila. Afterwards, Lyn decided to remain with Eliwood's band to battle Darin and the greater enemy, the Black Fang, in order to support her friends and prevent and possible threats to her homeland. During the final battle with Nergal and the dragons, Lyn was also granted a powerful weapon (but not one of the Eight Legendary Weapons), the Sol Katti so she could stand a chance against the deadly enemies.

Possible Fates

Lyn's life after the game is uncertain, due to her not appearing or being mentioned in Fire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsuguri. She has several alternate endings depending on her Support conversations with other players.

• Default Ending- Lyn entrusted control of Caelin to Ostia and left to live in the Sacae Plains.
• Eliwood and Lyn's Ending- Lyn and Eliwood are married immediately after the battle, although the controversy of the nobleman marrying a Sacaean nomad caused controversy and uproar among the people. Eliwood and Lyn did not mind. In this ending, Lyn becomes the mother of Roy.
• Hector and Lyn's Ending- Lyn helps Hector to recover from his grief after the death of his brother and his acension to Marquess Ostia. They are married, and Lyn becomes the mother of Lilina.

In all three of the following endings, after Hausen's death, Lyn puts Caelin under Ostian rule and then leaves to live in the Sacae Plains.

• Florina and Lyn's Ending- Florina comes with Lyn to Sacae. Florina later returns to Ilia, but their friendship lasts forever.
• Kent and Lyn's Ending- Kent comes with Lyn to Sacae, the two having formed a romance. They live happily there, having received blessings from the people of Caelin.
• Rath and Lyn's Ending- Lyn was reunited with Rath in the Sacae Plains. They live happily in the plains, and Lyn mother Sue with him.

Trivia

• In the English version of Fire Emblem, Lyn's age is given as 18 during the prologue. However, in the Japanese version she is instead said to be 15.