Of her mundane senses, Lyla would say touch. It's definitely not sight
Her senses of smell, taste, and hearing are keen, but it's easier for her to filter input to those than her sense of touch. Part of that's due to training, but she'd say most of it's due to how the sense of touch works
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Lyla both has mentor figures and is the mentor figure
She's a famous mage, healer, crafter, etc who's a member of various guilds. She doesn't have an official apprentice (and isn't sure if she ever wants one), but she occasionally teaches others and then those others go on to teach more
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Lyla doesn't plan to (and if asked if she'd share all her knowledge, she'd say no, for not all of it is meant to be, nor is it safe to), but she already shares some stuff and sort of has disciples, so maybe?
There's also a timeline in which her teachings are shared to dedicated students
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Lyla's the type who says she doesn't dance and people just believe her because she brings books to parties
Ranaa Mihgo and others rate her higher than 7, but Lyla's comparing herself to dancers like her aunt Fheli and uncle Rhea'to (she shouldn't, but does), both famous for it
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some more #Lylalore on that:
Fun #Lylaverse fact:
Shtola and Mhitra were not the first ones to tell Sohnjin of Lyla and any of her gear, not even the dress.
Qih Aliapoh was, due to her learning a lot about Lyla from regular correspondence with Zhloe, Khloe, Jihli, Leih, and several others. Lyla was surprised
#Lylalore #🌙💎 #🌙🐚
Yes, both of those 😌
I don't have all of Lyla's life envisioned aside from some ideas in a potential timeline, but it'll be happy overall and full of love. She will eventually fade into legend and myth, but she won't be gone. There will be signs visible to those who know where to look
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more on Lyla's gender
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Lyla's Anima is one of the handfuls of minions who travel everywhere with her, and they help around the house too.
Something Lyla appreciates about them is that they don't let their curiosity doesn't overtake their courtesy, and she hopes that means she's been a good role model for them.
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Lyla calls herself more spiritual than faithful. She keeps the Twelve close, but they're not the only ones
Myriad deities and beings exist. She knows, respects, befriends, aids, works with, fights, etc. She's a thaumaturge of the Order of Nald'thal, Hearer of Stillglade Fane, and more
#Lylalore #🌙🌌
Yes, Lyla does know a safeword is, and it concerns her when others don't. She keeps a private notebook of hers and her partners'
In her clan, they're also called terms (as in "terminate")
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Lyla needs lenses to see clearly. She prefers to wear glasses and has several pairs. They're enchanted for durability (and they're expensive)
One exception to needing lenses is via the Enshroud of her voidsent Fret, who's able to alter and adjust her vision and keep it clear regardless
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Since the winter solstice is upon us, here's a bit of #Lylalore about a few of her clan's traditions. The winter solstice is their biggest holiday, full of festivals and such. Lyla's often in and around (or at least easily summoned to) the Black Shroud throughout autumn and winter due to it all
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(It's very easy for her to overdo it and rely too much on her magic to help her push through pain and deal with consequences later, even though she knows she really shouldn't do that)
She also likes her Miqo'te clan's catnip and other substances for pain relief. She keeps different kinds
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Lyla's non-binary. Her identity is important to her and part of who she is. She'd say it's background info like set dressing
She doesn't always mind being perceived as a woman, she often presents as femme, but she doesn't feel very attached to gender and she doesn't call herself a girl
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Shroud antelope are important to Lyla, so the thought of them and others regaining some of their pre-Calamity distribution range etc, especially with the climate change, is exciting. Her Keeper great-clan and their allies in Coerthas and Abalathia also keep and use antelope as mounts
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For Lyla, it's telling loved ones and others that she's leaving
She often starts and ends that announcement trip at her village in the Black Shroud, especially if it's for a long journey. The first visit is to inform everyone, including bees and elementals, and the last is to be seen off
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Lyla has a northeastern Black Shroud Moon Keeper accent, but in Aldenard, she's habitually changed it to a more standard Eorzean one
Some have never heard her Shroud accent. In HW, her Eorzean one started sounding more Ishgardian (but sounded implacable to Ishgardians and Coerthans)
#Lylalore #🌙🌳
Lyla's a Calamity warrior of light (Legacy mark and all) and her Echo lets her walk memories and mindscapes, interact and interfere with things, etc, just as it did in 1.0
She gave him goggles in his mind. Her Echo just let her actively break Louisoix's spell. It was a rare moment for her
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For Lyla, learning it existed didn't surprise her. She sees why iconography is so appealing. As a whole, she thinks it's interesting, sensical, and of course sensual. Where she's from in the Black Shroud, it's holy and most associated with worship of Nophica, Halone, and Nald'thal
#🌙💓 #🌙🐈⬛ #Lylalore
It's basically two weeks of parties
Each season traditionally has its own life stage association in her clan, and winter honors the younger generations due to ice and Menphina (and it's auspicious to conceive and/or be born in winter). New adults are also recognized at solstice gatherings
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(there's a lot of #Lylalore packed into that answer but I'm too sleepy to detail it right now so I'll just leave some tags that lead to relevant threads)
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"May the moon light your way"
It's a saying in Lyla's Moon Keeper clan. There're variations of it but that's the one Lyla says the most. I like its simplicity. It works on its own as a farewell phrase and it has deeper meaning in the context of her culture (similarly to "Be as moonlight")
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Lyla cleans off, changes into comfortable loungewear, and relaxes. She'll be curled up with a nice book, working on a project, and so on
Caffeine is a frequent companion (it calms her). If she comes home in need of heavy decompression, she might try to meditate or just go straight to bed
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If she's free to do so, Lyla rests on her own terms. She basically stays inside and indirectly tells everyone to leave her alone until she says otherwise
Her friends know to let her rest (and those who know her well encourage that rest, as Lyla is prone to overspending her energy in work)
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Some more #Lylalore on her color preferences, which also extends to and influences her esteems' appearances
One of Lyla's happened when she was a kid
It was realizing that most of the people she'd meet in her life couldn't perceive and interact with spirits and other energies of the world like she could. For her, it explained why some acted the way they did and why they didn't understand her
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(Serena's Nymian ancestors brought knowledge and soul crystals with them when they fled during the War of the Magi)
I have a whole lore document on Lyla's clan and some of their customs, unique techniques (which come up in Lyla's MSQ/job quest canon), etc
Here's a #Lylalore starting point thread:
random #Lylalore:
Lyla says "draught" like "drawt" (like fraught with a d), not like draft. Zhai'a says it like draft
When they wrote draught and asked Lalai how she says it, Lalai, who knows it's said as draft, says "Drawt" to tease Zhai'a, but later on their tea quest, she reads it aloud as draft
Lyla got hers from her mom Naja. She's named for lilac flowers and Naja's mother Lalah. Her name's also a reference to one of their prominent direct ancestors, Nyla Sulaej (she struck herself with lightning to save someone, succeeded, and went on to found their branch of the family tree)
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