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Possessing the skill known as the Ryuuseiken (Meteor Hit), which some Fire Emblem fans call "overpowered", has significantly contributed to Ayra's popularity. Ayra is considered one of the most versatile characters of Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu, and vies in competition with Levin the prince of Silesia.
Princess Ayra, daughter of King Mananan (named after a mythical figure Manannan mac Lir), 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. In the Gran Calendar year 757, Prince Kult made the decision to have Sigurd's Kingdom of Grandbell to subdue the Kingdom Isaac. That conflict forced Ayra and her nephew Shanan, son of her older brother Mariccle, to flee to the Kingdom of Verdane, the kingdom on the exact opposite side of Jugdral, and ended up working for Kinbois as a mercenary. She also has an iron will to protect Shanan. Despite her strict exterior, she is really very nice. Therefore, behind her strict and tough exterior is a smooth, soft, and caring heart.
Relationship:
Common ancestor: Odo
Father: Mananan
Mother: unknown
Brother: Mariccle
Husband: depends on the Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu love system (canonically Holyn)
Distant cousin: Holyn
Nephew: Shanan
Son: Skasaher
Daughter: Lakche
Daughter-in-law: depends on the Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu love system (most likely Yuria)
Son-in-law: depends on the Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu love system (most likely either Johan or Johalva)
Around the Prologue chapter of Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu, Prince Kult from Barhara Castle, Grandbell, makes the decision that the Grandbellian army invades Ayra's country the Kingdom of Isaac, because of public outcry involving the Isaacian barbarians from Rivough subduing Darna. Darna was once a peaceful dukedom, but there were reports of massive slaughter caused by the Rivough army. As her brother Mariccle has ordered, Ayra flees with Shanan from Isaac to Verdane, through Manster and then through Miletos, in order to escape Isaac's war with Grandbell. Mariccle does not want her to go all through this Grandbellian massacre the other Isaacians have to suffer. Ayra and Shanan spent three weeks in Miletos. Then they sneaked through the south tip of Grandbell near Jungby and then arrived to Verdane. Upon arrival to Verdane, she had no choice but to work for Kinbois, son of King Bator and brother of Jamka, as a mercenary. Ayra shows up with Kinbois in Chapter 1 of Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu, taking place in the Kingdom of Verdane, the southwesternmost country in Jugdral. Then she talks with Shanan. After that, talking to Kinbois again, she says no to double-crossing, for she would not take double-crossing too lightly. If Kinbois double-crosses her, she would decapitate him and put his head to and pierce it with a stick. Kinbois says that Ayra has a pretty face. In order to avoid threat to have Shanan cut off, she was forced to do as Kinbois wishes, which is to guard Genoa Castle and fight against her will. She stands there with three Axefighters.
When Sigurd and his forces come too close to her, Ayra says that she would kill anyone coming near her, and therefore she begans to fight against her will. Sigurd has to kill the Axefighter guarding Genoa Castle, and then conquered the castle, rescuing Shanan. Shanan says to Sigurd that Ayra was fighting against her iron will and tells him to help and recruit her. Immediately, Ayra comes and talks to Sigurd, and then Sigurd gains her allegiance in return for rescuing Shanan. Sigurd tells her that her nephew Shanan said that she would be hostile towards him and his people since he is from Grandbell. Later, after Sigurd is through talking with her, Ayra talks with Cuan about the political situation between Isaac and Grandbell. She knew Cuan before she knew Sigurd. Cuan's father King Lenster, who is ill due to the attached curse of the Gayborg, had a high opinion of Ayra's father Mananan. Mananan was assassinated by Reptor, father of Tiltyu (or Tailto), on the Grandbellian front during the declaration of Isaac's war with Grandbell about five or six years before the time of the game. Ayra's brother Mariccle entrusted Shanan to her, because Mariccle was prepared for death during Isaac's conflict with Grandbell. Even after she joins Sigurd's party, Ayra still views Grandbell as her sworn enemy, but Sigurd tells her that he does not want to split sides with her, and he does not care too much about the war with Isaac.
In Chapter 2, Ayra beats Holyn in the arena, and then he joins her and Sigurd's army. In Chapter 3, either Lex or Holyn would give her the Yuusha (or Heroes) Sword, since things are going to harder as the player advances through the game. Most players give her a class promotion, from Swordfighter to Swordmaster, either in Chapter 3 or 4. In Chapter 5, after Sigurd conquers Lubeck Castle, Ayra's children flee with Shanan, Oifey, and Celice to her kingdom Isaac, but to Tilnanogue Castle. After that Ayra talks with Sigurd again, and informs him that she has finished her duties to raise Shanan and that she wants to stay with Sigurd until the Battle of Barhara. The game Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu is unclear on Ayra's situation concerning the tragedy of the Battle of Barhara at the end of Chapter 5. Ayra was not mentioned in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776.