<table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>(http://th02.deviantart.net/images/300W/i/2003/36/5/0/Autumns_Handmaiden.jpg)</td><td><strong>1) Name:</strong> Lyranna<br/><strong>2) Alternate Name(s):</strong> Lyra<br/><strong>3) Current Title:</strong> First Maiden of the Bedchamber<br/><strong>4) Physical Description:</strong><br/>   ---<strong>Hair Color:</strong> Red-orange<br/>   ---<strong>Eye Color:</strong> Red inside Blue inside Grey<br/>   ---<strong>Skin Color:</strong> Alabaster<br/>   ---<strong>Gown Color:</strong> All pure white lace<br/>   ---<strong>Age:</strong> 22<br/>   ---<strong>Height:</strong> 5'7"<br/>   ---<strong>Ancestry:</strong> Lowborn Sidhe<br/>   ---<strong>Marks of Power:</strong><br/><strong>5)Hand(s) of Power:</strong> Wild emphatic powers as she is attuned with all the emotions and thoughts around her.<br/><strong>6) Additional Power(s), if known:</strong><br/><strong>7) Court:</strong> Seelie<br/><strong>8) Godhead, if known:</strong> Unknown<br/><strong>9) Place in Story:</strong> Seelie Princess's Protector<br/><strong>10) Special Stuff:</strong> The Tear of Water, a mystical gem that was given to her by the sorcerers of the Sect.  Legend has it that the gem has a particular kind of healing ability that will sustain only those very near to death.</td></tr></tbody></table><br/><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>(http://api.ning.com/files/9vzSjr6c1-A*BrGoXQ*qiJumQN1dBdV034Kx5uonRdphOrLBvbHVRqKDbxedF1qjoIQko16*kj2b0lWzgOb9c7mZroG1s4JI/handmaiden1.jpg)</td><td><strong>History:</strong>  Lyranna never knew her parents, or anything about where she came from.  She was selected at birth by a sect of mystics because she was a possible heiress to a portion of Godhead power, though this fact was never revealed to Lira.  This faction had, using means that are not entirely savory, discerned that there would some day be a great upheaval and the fate of the Sidhe rested on a Princess of the Realm.  It was Lyranna’s duty from birth to make sure that fated princess was able to fulfill her destiny.<br/>   The years passed and Lyranna was taught the prophecies, so that she would be able to recognize the coming of the Fated One, subtlety, so she could watch over her, politics, that she could instruct her, and above all war, so the girl would be protected at all times.  In recent years, Lyranna lost touch with the Sect that created her but not with the mission they instilled.  When the signs came, she recognized them and made the long journey to be at her Princess's side.  Perhaps, had the Sect still been around, she would have realized the situation was far more complicated than the prophecy lead her to believed that there were, in fact, two princesses born under the proper signs.  As Fate would have it, the first one she came across was in the Court of Seelie.<br/>   When the child was moved to the Moral World, Lira followed.  She never interfered or acted directly in the Princess's life, but she was always there, watching.  With help from the Queen, Lira joined the princess at a school in the area of the mortal surrogate parents and quickly became endearing friends to the royal being.  Acting as a true friend of sorts, she was able to guide the young girl while protecting her all the while.  When the King finally returned for his daughter, Lira followed them back to the Seelie Court.  Hiding her identity once more, she arranged to have herself instated as a handmaiden to the newly returned Princess.</td></tr></tbody></table>