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Overview

Lyra is the centaur merchant at the Village Market in the Medieval Village Outskirts. Her route combines ordinary friendship, a Commerce lesson, shared supply-run encounters with Gem, two personal Heart-to-Hearts and a lantern-market date. She also appears in a care scene with Amelia, four Fighters Guild contracts, an Alehouse performance reaction and a holiday activity.
This walkthrough gives the current requirements and useful choices while leaving her personal history and the scenes' resolutions to the game.

Quick Stats

Attribute Value
Age / era / alignment 29 / Medieval / Neutral
Ordinary portrait Village Market, 6 AM–9 PM, every game day
Favorite stats Intelligence 45; Commerce 40; Ability 45
Special relationship skill Animal Care
Ordinary gift Flowers, at Acknowledged
One-time lesson Market Wisdom: Commerce +1
Personal H2Hs Market Routes; Quiet Stride
Personal date Lantern Market, after Quiet Stride
Favorite-stat thresholds improve the shared relationship calculation; Animal Care doubles its multiplier. Lyra does not teach Animal Care through these actions. Flowers gives a fixed 5-base-point gift reward, although her character record does not designate a favorite gift.
Listed affection is base affection unless explicitly marked direct or final. Guild clout, bard clout and NPC intimacy experience are separate values.
  1. Meet Lyra at Village Market, 6 AM–9 PM. Talk up to five times daily, and give Flowers at Acknowledged, up to three times daily.
  2. At Known and Communication 42, claim Market Wisdom once for Commerce +1 and 8 direct affection.
  3. Complete Gem's Mining training scene, reach Gem Friend and Lyra Known, then visit Village Market, 7 AM–5 PM, for Short Legs, Long Road.
  4. At Lyra Friend, after the supply run, complete Market Routes from her market portrait. Separately, visit Mountain Foothills, 7 AM–6 PM, with Gem Friend and Lyra Friend, for The High Road.
  5. At Friend, optionally visit Village Market, 8 AM–8 PM, for The Crimson Bull, while Lyra is not vacationing; and Village Healer's Hut, 8 AM–7 PM, for Specialized Care, after Amelia's introduction at Amelia Acknowledged.
  6. Reach Crush, finish Market Routes, and choose Quiet Stride, Village Market, 6–9 PM.
  7. Reach Romantic, finish Quiet Stride, and choose Lantern Market, Village Market, 6–9 PM. This date completes once.
  8. Her Caravan Defense contracts, Alehouse reaction and holiday activity remain separate content, with their own requirements below. They are useful affection sources but are not extra romance gates.

Where to Find Her

Her ordinary portrait is in Village Market, Village Outskirts, 6 AM–9 PM every day. Talk, Flowers, Market Wisdom, both H2Hs and Lantern Market start there. The market's building hours match her regular portrait window.
Shared scenes at the Healer's Hut, Mountain Foothills, Caravan Rest Stop and Rowdy Alehouse use their own locations and hours. They do not add an ordinary portrait menu for Lyra there, and her market schedule is not an extra gate on those scenes.

Daily Talk and Flowers

Activity Requirement Cost before buffs Actual base affection Daily allowance
Talk to Lyra Stranger; market portrait 15 minutes 1 Five
Give Flowers Acknowledged; market portrait 10 minutes; one Flowers 5 Three
Talk's zero-point action field is a placeholder; its handler awards 1 base affection. Normal full allowances give 5 base affection in 75 minutes from Talk, and 15 base affection in 30 minutes from three Flowers, before relationship modifiers. There is no configured direct Energy or money charge on either beyond supplying Flowers.
Their counters are separate. Beyond either allowance, the handler submits negative base affection, and the shared relationship system can apply escalating over-limit penalties and Charm checks. Stay within the normal allowance for reliable positive rewards.

Market Wisdom

At her market portrait, reach Known and Communication 42, then choose Market Wisdom. It completes once, takes 30 minutes, and gives Commerce +1 and 8 direct Lyra affection, with no configured money, Energy or consumable cost.
The affection is added directly rather than multiplied. The lesson does not teach Animal Care and does not require a Gem scene, guild contract, H2H or date.

Shared Friendship Encounters

Each encounter below triggers automatically once when its location, time and requirements are satisfied.
Scene Location Starting window Requirements Fixed Lyra completion reward
Short Legs, Long Road Village Market 7 AM–5 PM Gem: Friend+; Lyra: Known+; The Dwarven Way completed 10 base
The High Road Mountain Foothills 7 AM–6 PM Gem: Friend+; Lyra: Friend+; Short Legs, Long Road completed 12 base
Specialized Care Village Healer's Hut 8 AM–7 PM Amelia: Acknowledged+; Lyra: Friend+; The Healer's Hut completed; Not away on vacation: Lyra 5 base
The Crimson Bull Village Market 8 AM–8 PM Lyra: Friend+; Not away on vacation: Lyra 10 base


The supply run requires Gem's completed Mining training scene, rather than merely owning a Mining skill or knowing Gem. The High Road requires the completed supply run and both characters at Friend. It is part of Gem's later progression, but is not an extra prerequisite on Lyra's Market Routes.
Specialized Care requires Amelia's introduction completed and Amelia Acknowledged, with Lyra Friend and not vacationing. The Crimson Bull is a separate Lyra-Friend encounter; it does not require either Gem scene or either personal H2H. Its history is left to the game.

Choice Rewards

Scene Lyra choice bonus Highest base Lyra total including completion
Short Legs, Long Road Respect both or Flirty team: 3; Goat joke: 2 13
The High Road Steady Gem or Handsome team: 4; Cavalry joke: 3 16
Specialized Care Value nearby or Community role: 2; Respect skill: 1 7
The Crimson Bull, first response Funny: 5; Caring or Flirty: 4 Combined with its second response below
The Crimson Bull, second response Funny or Flirty: 5; Caring: 4 20 with Funny first, then Funny or Flirty
The first supply scene gives 10 base Gem and 10 Lyra before the choice. Respect both or Flirty adds 3 each, while the goat joke adds Gem 4 / Lyra 2. The High Road gives 12 each before the choice: Steady Gem adds 4 each, Cavalry adds Gem 5 / Lyra 3, and Handsome team adds Gem 3 / Lyra 4.
In Specialized Care, completion gives Amelia 6 / Lyra 5. Respect skill adds Amelia 4 / Lyra 1, Value nearby 3 / 2, and Community role 4 / 2. Community role therefore gives Amelia 10 / Lyra 7 total.
All responses within these scenes converge on their normal completion. Their choice bonuses do not create a permanent route lock.

Heart-to-Hearts

Both conversations start from the Village Market portrait and complete once. They do not configure a paid-version, supporter-code or money gate. Costs and Calm effects are before player modifiers.
H2H Requirements Starting window Cost / effect Best ordinary base total
Market Routes Friend; Short Legs, Long Road completed 6 AM–9 PM 75 minutes; 15 Energy; restores 10 Calm 31
Quiet Stride Crush; Market Routes completed 6–9 PM 90 minutes; 15 Energy; restores 18 Calm 37
Both have four rounds. Use the highest-point choices below; special choices appear only with the stated stat or skill.

Market Routes

Round Highest base-point choice Base points
1 That sounds exhausting, having to calculate safety that way. 7
2 You deserved that courtesy long before Gem gave it. 7
3 I want to know you beyond what you provide. 9
4 No ledger. No spectacle. Just us. 8


Quiet Stride

Round Highest base-point choice Base points
1 Wanting this is allowed, Lyra. 9
2 I see you, not a problem to solve. 9
3 Yes. I want that too. 10
4 I like this version of brave on you. 9


Heart-to-heart choice points accumulate and use the shared relationship calculation at completion. The listed points are base values, not guaranteed final affection gains.
At Intelligence 45, Market Routes' round-1 special answer “You are optimizing risk, inventory, and dignity at once.” gives 8, rather than the best ordinary 7, raising the best base total to 32.
With Empathy, Quiet Stride's round-1 special answer “You do not have to make wanting smaller to make it safer.” gives 10, rather than the best ordinary 9, raising its best base total to 38.
The shared H2H completion adds 25 final affection if you know Romantic, separately from the round total and independently of the relationship stage. These conversations configure no NPC intimacy experience or player Erotic experience, including where the authored scene involves a kiss.
The Crimson Bull, The High Road, Specialized Care and guild contracts are not extra H2H gates. Quiet Stride's actual prerequisite is Market Routes.

Lantern Market Date

At Romantic, after Quiet Stride, choose Lantern Market from her Village Market portrait, 6–9 PM. It completes once and costs 120 minutes, $70 and 30 Energy, while restoring 18 Calm, before buffs.
Its best total is 23 base affection: 8 completion + 5 + 5 + 5. Choose Caring or Flirty in round 1, Flirty in round 2, and Caring or Flirty in round 3. A different answer still reaches normal completion.
Scene Highest base bonuses, in choice order
Lantern Market with Lyra Caring/Flirty +5 → Flirty +5 → Caring/Flirty +5


The date adds no separate Gem-friendship, High Road, guild-clout, paid-version or supporter-code requirement. It configures no NPC intimacy experience or player Erotic experience.

Four Caravan Defense Contracts

These are Fighters Guild contracts, separate from the personal romance. Use Quest Board at Fighters Guild in Kings Demesne, 10 AM–8 PM, choose Accept Contract, then complete the active contract and return to Claim Reward. The board itself takes zero minutes.
Contracts advance in order when their reward is claimed. Finish and claim contracts 1–3 before accepting 4; 5–8 before 9; 10–13 before 14; and 15–18 before 19. Reaching a higher guild rank or previously clearing a caravan scene does not skip the intervening contracts.
With the matching caravan contract active, visit Caravan Rest Stop, Village Outskirts, 9 PM–midnight. Its scene triggers automatically, even though Lyra's normal market portrait is absent. There is no Lyra-affection gate on these four encounters.
Contract number Encounter Consecutive combat scaling floors Base Lyra affection at scene completion Rewards claimed at the guild board
4 Caravan Defense 7, 7, 8: three fights 10 200 gold; Fighters Guild clout +3
9 Caravan Defense II 12, 12, 13, 14, 15: five fights 10 350 gold; clout +4
14 Caravan Defense III 18, 18, 20, 20, 22, 24: six fights 10 500 gold; clout +6; one Sylph
19 Caravan Defense IV 26, 26, 28, 30, 32, 33: six fights 12 700 gold; clout +7; two Sylphs
The floor numbers are the scaling levels used by these scripted fights at the Rest Stop, rather than instructions to find the scenes inside those dungeon floors. Prepare equipment and recovery supplies for the entire consecutive sequence. Later contracts use progressively stronger opponents.
On successful scene completion, its handler marks the active contract objective complete. Return to the guild to Claim Reward; the scene's Lyra affection and the board's gold, clout and Sylphs are separate awards. Claiming is necessary to advance to the next contract. These scenes have no response-choice affection bonuses.
The current guild contains 25 contracts in total, but these four are Lyra's caravan encounters. Later unrelated contracts are not extra prerequisites on her romance or lantern date.

Alehouse Performance Reaction

At Rowdy Alehouse in Kings Demesne, 8 PM–midnight or midnight–3 AM, choose Perform Song after composing at least one song. A performance takes 60 minutes and 30 Energy, with one performance per game day at this venue, before buffs.
A performance can trigger one of five randomly selected Alehouse reactions. The overall reaction chance starts at 25%, rises by 5 percentage points for each of Master Performer, Stage Presence, Musical Virtuosity and Storytelling, and another 5 for owning a Lute, capped at 50%. Lyra's reaction is one possible selection; you cannot choose her directly.
If selected, her reaction gives 8 base completion affection and Caring +4, Funny +1 or Flirty +2. Caring gives the highest total, 12 base affection. The reaction is repeatable on later performances, but the venue's once-daily performance allowance still applies.
This reaction has no Lyra-affection or portrait-presence requirement. Owning a Lute and the named performance skills improves the reaction chance but is not mandatory. Ordinary performance gold, valuables and bard-clout rewards are separate from her reaction affection.

Holiday Antlers Activity

During the active Christmas Village task event, choose Give Reindeer Antlers as a Village Market location activity, 6 AM–9 PM, at Lyra Known. This is Task 13, completing once for 25 minutes, one holiday Token and 10 direct Lyra affection.
Despite the activity's name, it configures no inventory-antlers requirement, consumable deduction, money cost, H2H gate or paid-version requirement. It gives no NPC intimacy or player Erotic experience. It is separate from ordinary Flowers and the personal romance.

Buying Market Supplies

The separate Village Market location activity Buy Supplies takes 20 minutes and 18 gold, restores 5 Health, and supplies one food unit and one common ingredient. It does not award Lyra affection or require her friendship. Market shopping does not replace Talk, gifts or the Gem supply-run encounter.

Troubleshooting

  • Portrait missing: check Village Market, 6 AM–9 PM. Other scenes do not move her ordinary portrait there.
  • Flowers missing: reach Acknowledged, carry Flowers and use her market portrait. The normal allowance is three daily.
  • Market Wisdom missing: check Known, Communication 42 and whether the once-only reward was already claimed.
  • Supply run missing: finish Gem's Mining training scene, reach Gem Friend and Lyra Known, and visit Village Market, 7 AM–5 PM.
  • Market Routes missing: reach Friend and complete the supply run. The High Road is not required.
  • Specialized Care missing: finish Amelia's introduction, reach Amelia Acknowledged and Lyra Friend, then visit Healer's Hut, 8 AM–7 PM, while Lyra is not vacationing.
  • Quiet Stride missing: reach Crush, complete Market Routes, and start 6–9 PM.
  • Lantern date missing: reach Romantic, finish Quiet Stride, and check the 6–9 PM window and its costs.
  • Caravan scene missing: accept the matching contract 4, 9, 14 or 19, then visit Rest Stop, 9 PM–midnight. The previous contracts must be claimed in order.
  • Next contract does not appear after a caravan victory: return to Quest Board, 10 AM–8 PM, and Claim Reward.
  • No Alehouse reaction: compose a song and use Perform Song during Alehouse hours. Reaction selection is random and may feature another NPC.
  • Antlers activity missing: check the active holiday event, Lyra Known and Village Market hours. It is a location activity.
Her current personal route has no configured private looping video, generic apartment visit, worker recruitment, resort invitation, Kupie date entry or pregnancy continuation. This guide covers every registered Lyra encounter and her separate holiday activity.

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