Lyrha is an outgoing, sharp-eyed apprentice of Red Magic, who's history in Eorzea's criminal underbelly honed her instincts to a fine point, and now gives her valuable insight when called upon to help those in need.

Generally, she is an inquisitive person who knows how to bring energy into a room. But while her manners have improved somewhat in past years, she still swears like a sailor and her poor upbringing shows more often than she would like.

Lyrha is learning how to be genuine with others. It's not always instinctive for her to care about strangers, but her adherence to the principles of Red Mages give her a framework to build off of. She wants to be good, she hopes she has it in her.

She is extremely competitive, and can be quite aggressive - traits that drive her to excel at whatever she sets her mind to, especially the martial aspects of Red Magic. Being prone to an astral/dark state, she took quickly to the Red art of accelerating spells. Her offensive magicks both black and white are quite potent, but she struggles with more passive-state spells like healing.

Ultimately, Lyrha wants to do the noble thing. She does not always possess the wisdom to discern this, however, and has just enough slyness to get herself into trouble in spite, or because of, her good intentions.

Lyrha is slow to trust. She struggles to ask for help, even when it's obvious she needs it. Guilt over her past sins is a powerful motivator, and she will take on great personal risk in the name of helping those in need.

It should be noted that Lyrha is extremely superstitious, is quite fearful of voidsent, and though born left handed was forced to learn to use her right for most things to appease the equally superstitious pirates who raised her.

She speaks several languages, including Common and Sign. She eventually learns Huntspeak from Nahte'to, and though not entirely fluent, she can at least mostly understand her native tribal tongue, an analogue to Irish Gaelic.