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Ayra (Japanese: アイラ) is a young female swordfighter from the Fire Emblem series, more specifically Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu. Her name is spelt Ira in Japanese products such as the book, Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu: TREASURE, and in the Fire Emblem Trading Card Game, however most english-speaking players call her Ayra as she was named in an early translation. She was the first popular female swordfighter in Fire Emblem history, and a 'Nabarl' character of Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu. She was the first female Nabarl character, and she was also the first Nabarl to be a member of royalty (later followed by Joshua of Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones). She was also the first recruitable Myrmidon and Swordmaster. She also possesses the special skill known as Ryuuseiken, or Meteor Sword. Due to the difficulty of recruiting her, Ayra may be killed off as an enemy by players who are new to Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu, but she is very highly praised by more knowledgeable fans of the game and is one of the more popular Nabarl characters.

Possessing the skill Ryuuseiken (Meteor Sword), which several Fire Emblem fans call "overpowered", has significantly contributed to Ayra's popularity. Ayra also has the Pursuit and Nihil skills. She is considered one of the more versatile characters of Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu, and vies in competition with Levin, the prince of Silesia, and Brigid, lord of Jungby, among others, for this title. She is a great suitor for just about any playable male character in Sigurd's tale other than Sigurd and Cuan, being arguably the best suitor of Holyn, Lex, Dew, or Noish. However, since she does not let Levin pass the Holsety spell or Claude pass the Valkyrie staff on to Celice's generation, pairings with those two are rarely considered. Holyn and Lex tend to be most often dubbed her best suitors, both due to the skillsets they provide her children and because either of them can give her a Hero Sword, one of the better weapons in the game. However, it is possible to pair her with someone else after having one of them give her the sword.

Ayra has been immensely popular with gamers both in Japan through the original game cartridge since the game's release and with gamers outside Japan through console emulation since the release of Super Smash Bros. Melee where fellow Fire Emblem characters Marth and Roy are playable. The inclusion of Marth and Roy in Super Smash Bros. Melee partially influenced Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu to begin to be somewhat widely played through emulation outside Japan, and that indirectly led Ayra becoming known outside Japan. Of any Fire Emblem character, Ayra is one of the most likely to be overly obsessed about.

Biography

Princess Ayra, a descendant of Odo, one of the 12 Jugdral Crusaders, was born and raised in the Kingdom of Isaac, the northeasternmost country in the continent of Judgral. She has long, jet black hair with bangs. She was born to King Mananan (named after the mythical figure Manannan mac Lir) and an unknown deceased queen. According to unofficial manga, she was born in the Gran Calendar year 738; she stands 169 centimeters tall, weighs 53 kilograms, and her blood type is AB. In the Gran Calendar year 757, Prince Kult made the decision to have the Kingdom of Grandbell subdue the Kingdom Isaac. This came about due to the leader of Rivough, one of the major cities of Isaac, invading the city of Darna which was under Grandbellian protection. That conflict forced Ayra and her nephew Shanan, son of her older brother Mariccle, to flee the country. Mariccle foresaw that he would not survive the war, and wanted his son to be safe so he could return to Isaac and take the throne in the future. They eventually came to the Kingdom of Verdane and ended up working for Prince Kinbois as a mercenary.

Family

Crusader ancestor: Odo
Father: Mananan
Mother: unknown
Brother: Mariccle
Husband: depends on the Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu love system
Distant cousin: Holyn
Nephew: Shanan
Son: Skasaha
Daughter: Lakche
Daughter-in-law: depends on the Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu love system
Son-in-law: depends on the Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu love system

Her story

In Gran 757, the Kingdom of Isaac was on the verge of destruction. In the meantime of the Prologue chapter of Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu, Prince Kult from Barhara Castle, Grandbell, makes the decision for the Grandbellian army to invade Ayra's country, the Kingdom of Isaac, because of public outcry involving the Isaacian barbarians from Rivough attacking Darna. Darna was once a peaceful dukedom and was cooperating with Grandbell, but there were reports of massive slaughter being caused by the Rivough army. Ayra's father Mananan was going to reveal to Prince Kult that Isaacian royality was not involved in the attack on Darna, but he was assassinated by Duke Reptor of Freege under Manfroy's influence. At the time, the defeated men and children of Isaacian royalty were to be executed, and although the case for women was instead slavery, this would usually end up with rape and torture to death. Mariccle did not want Ayra or Shanan to go through this suffering. Therefore, he ordered Ayra and Shanan to flee from Isaac, through Manster (which includes Lenster), through Miletos, through the south tip of Grandbell, and eventually to Verdane, in order to escape Isaac's conflict with Grandbell. At the time, Verdane was the only country that was not under Grandbellian influence. Even if Ayra and Shanan were to stay, with peaceful relations to Grandbell, in any of the countries that are under Grandbellian influence, they could be presented as prisoners to Grandbell if their identity was revealed to Barhara royalty at the time.

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