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Occupation: Genetic Engineer
Born In: Transylvania, Romania
Age: 28 (Born 2018)
Personal
Lyra Kovacs was born on a farm outside of Transylvania, Romania. Her parents loved her dearly, but they soon realized her restless curiosity would never be content with farm life.
Lyra developed an early fascination of all living things, at first it was just observation at a young age, and then as she grew to understand death and things outside she began dissecting and understanding how they worked. Her fellow students thought her morbid and gross but she didn't much care what they thought.
There was a time when her parents believed that Lyra would not make it through school until they pushed her up a few levels in her schooling and augmented it the best they could with online courses. Lyra gradated highschool at 16 but before she could continue on with her education at the University of Vienna she fell ill. She was sick for two weeks before recovering like nothing had been wrong.
She continued her education at an accelerated pace, discovering an uncanny affinity for understanding the inner workings of creatures and objects simply by thinking about them. It became part of her research.
One particular student before her, Kaelan Müller, haunted her. Her brilliance was constantly measured against his, causing a phantom ache of inadequacy.
Lyra continues on to get her PhD in Genetic Engineering from the Zurich Institute of Technology at the age of 26 all the while working with Vaia Plus on a secret project combining the DNA of other creatures to create super soldiers. Though the project ultimately fails the research was astounding and Lyra learned much about the combination of strange DNA and creatures that she never knew existed.
After the fall of Vaia Plus and the rumors of a Channeler who had caused the collapse, Lyra set out to design a creature that would seek out people who could do extra-ordinary things -- these Channelers.
Lyra stole a copy of the information gleaned from the Atharim bunker that Vaia Plus found and is using it to fuel her own personal research.
Whether out of fear, envy, or scientific curiosity, Lyra can’t decide. But she knows one thing — the world can’t survive power it doesn’t understand.
Professional
Dr. Lyra Kovacs is a geneticist whose quiet brilliance has long been overshadowed by louder, bolder minds. Trained at Zurich Institute of Technology several years after Kaelan Müller, she spent her early career striving to match his precision and innovation—often landing just behind his breakthroughs.
At Vaia Plus, Lyra served as a senior researcher on the _Creature: CxR Project_, integrating data from the recovered Atharim archives into genetic prototypes. She specialized in cross-species cellular integration and neurochemical stabilization of parasitic mutations—work that became both her legacy and her regret.
When Vaia Plus mysteriously imploded in Moscow, its foundations turning molten before solidifying into volcanic rock, all personnel survived thanks to a total evacuation triggered by simultaneous fire alarms. Lyra was among those standing in the street as the structure folded in on itself, leaving a crater of stone where the labs had been.
Rumors quickly spread that a rogue Channeler caused the event. Lyra, who had long observed unexplained energetic reactions in her specimens, began to suspect that the “magma bloom” wasn’t geological at all—but the resonance of unconfirmed power.
With Vaia Plus dissolved and its data lost, she was approached by Paragon Group under Kaelan Müller’s direction. Taking the offer, she steps once more into his shadow—determined this time not to be the one left behind.
Character Notes
Lyra channeled at the age of 16. She was performing a dissection of a rabbit and willed herself the knowledge of the inner workings/damage of the rabbit liver with a 'wishful thought'. "I wish I could see inside the liver without cutting it open."
Lyra does not know she can channel, and she can currently only delve at will as long as she's having that 'wishful thought'.
She uses this knowledge to push forward her genetics engineering and will continue to use it going forward to create a genetically modified creature to hunt and kill channelers.
Born In: Transylvania, Romania
Age: 28 (Born 2018)
Personal
Lyra Kovacs was born on a farm outside of Transylvania, Romania. Her parents loved her dearly, but they soon realized her restless curiosity would never be content with farm life.
Lyra developed an early fascination of all living things, at first it was just observation at a young age, and then as she grew to understand death and things outside she began dissecting and understanding how they worked. Her fellow students thought her morbid and gross but she didn't much care what they thought.
There was a time when her parents believed that Lyra would not make it through school until they pushed her up a few levels in her schooling and augmented it the best they could with online courses. Lyra gradated highschool at 16 but before she could continue on with her education at the University of Vienna she fell ill. She was sick for two weeks before recovering like nothing had been wrong.
She continued her education at an accelerated pace, discovering an uncanny affinity for understanding the inner workings of creatures and objects simply by thinking about them. It became part of her research.
One particular student before her, Kaelan Müller, haunted her. Her brilliance was constantly measured against his, causing a phantom ache of inadequacy.
Lyra continues on to get her PhD in Genetic Engineering from the Zurich Institute of Technology at the age of 26 all the while working with Vaia Plus on a secret project combining the DNA of other creatures to create super soldiers. Though the project ultimately fails the research was astounding and Lyra learned much about the combination of strange DNA and creatures that she never knew existed.
After the fall of Vaia Plus and the rumors of a Channeler who had caused the collapse, Lyra set out to design a creature that would seek out people who could do extra-ordinary things -- these Channelers.
Lyra stole a copy of the information gleaned from the Atharim bunker that Vaia Plus found and is using it to fuel her own personal research.
Whether out of fear, envy, or scientific curiosity, Lyra can’t decide. But she knows one thing — the world can’t survive power it doesn’t understand.
Professional
Dr. Lyra Kovacs is a geneticist whose quiet brilliance has long been overshadowed by louder, bolder minds. Trained at Zurich Institute of Technology several years after Kaelan Müller, she spent her early career striving to match his precision and innovation—often landing just behind his breakthroughs.
At Vaia Plus, Lyra served as a senior researcher on the _Creature: CxR Project_, integrating data from the recovered Atharim archives into genetic prototypes. She specialized in cross-species cellular integration and neurochemical stabilization of parasitic mutations—work that became both her legacy and her regret.
When Vaia Plus mysteriously imploded in Moscow, its foundations turning molten before solidifying into volcanic rock, all personnel survived thanks to a total evacuation triggered by simultaneous fire alarms. Lyra was among those standing in the street as the structure folded in on itself, leaving a crater of stone where the labs had been.
Rumors quickly spread that a rogue Channeler caused the event. Lyra, who had long observed unexplained energetic reactions in her specimens, began to suspect that the “magma bloom” wasn’t geological at all—but the resonance of unconfirmed power.
With Vaia Plus dissolved and its data lost, she was approached by Paragon Group under Kaelan Müller’s direction. Taking the offer, she steps once more into his shadow—determined this time not to be the one left behind.
Character Notes
Lyra channeled at the age of 16. She was performing a dissection of a rabbit and willed herself the knowledge of the inner workings/damage of the rabbit liver with a 'wishful thought'. "I wish I could see inside the liver without cutting it open."
Lyra does not know she can channel, and she can currently only delve at will as long as she's having that 'wishful thought'.
She uses this knowledge to push forward her genetics engineering and will continue to use it going forward to create a genetically modified creature to hunt and kill channelers.