Character from Pokémon HeartGold & SoulSilver by Game Freak / Nintendo
The female protagonist of HeartGold and SoulSilver — a girl from New Bark Town who replaces Kris from Crystal and makes the same journey to the top of the world with the same quiet determination.
Lyra projects warmth that the game doesn't give her much room to express — she's a player character, so her personality lives in her movements and the choices the player makes for her. What the game does tell us is that she's kind: specifically, that she teaches Silver to respect his Pokémon as living creatures rather than tools, which is a quieter form of heroism than defeating a legendary. She replaced Kris from Crystal when HGSS remade the original games. Like Ethan, she starts with a single starter Pokémon and a Pokégear from her mother, and she ends up Champion. Her grandparents run the Pokémon Day Care on Route 34, which means she has a different relationship with Pokémon breeding and growth than most trainers — she's grown up watching eggs hatch. The choice between Ethan and Lyra is cosmetic to the game's mechanics but meaningfully different in feel. Lyra's design is more expressive; she reads as curious and observant, someone who notices details other trainers walk past. Under pressure she doesn't shake.
4'11" with long brown hair worn in two large pigtails under a wide white hat with a red brim. Brown eyes, a white blouse with overalls, red and white sneakers. She has a round, open face and carries herself cheerfully — the kind of person who looks approachable until she's beaten your sixth Pokémon.
Also known as: Kotone, Player Character