Lyra Ash-Heart

Lyra Ash-Heart was only six years old when the Academy's scouts identified the radiant potential burning in her bloodline and severed her from everything she knew, including the mother whose face now visits her only in fragmented dreams. Raised within the sterile halls of the Academy of Flame Bearers as both prodigy and prisoner, she was systematically conditioned to believe that her unprecedented Grade 7 Incandescence was not a gift but a burden meant to be weaponized for the Council of Keepers' grand design—a living furnace whose emotions were meticulously trained away like impurities burned from ore. The scars of light that map her skin like frozen lightning and the golden embers that now replace the brown of her eyes are badges of her relentless refinement, physical proof of the countless times she was pushed beyond human limits in service of the Beacon's hunger. When her mentor Orin mysteriously vanished years ago, he left behind whispered doubts that took root in the cracks forming in her carefully constructed armor, questions about why the sacred flame demanded such brutal sacrifice from its own. Everything shifted when a routine mission into the Twilight Belt led her to a forbidden Velati journal hinting at an ancient truth—that the Beacon's power might be sustained not through burning those who carry it, but through a choice long forgotten by those who rule. Now Lyra carries treasonous knowledge that wars with her conditioning, harboring a dangerous hope that the flame need not consume its bearers, and knowing that pursuing this revelation could mark her as the Academy's most valuable asset or its most hunted heretic.

Strength

14, modifier +2

Dexterity

16, modifier +3

Constitution

20, modifier +5

Intelligence

12, modifier +1

Wisdom

18, modifier +4

Charisma

17, modifier +3

Blazing Blade

Make a melee spell attack. On a hit, deal 3d8 radiant damage and ignite the target, causing 1d6 fire damage at the start of its turn.

Searing Glance

Choose one creature within 60 feet. It must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or take 4d10 radiant damage and be blinded until the end of its next turn.

Wall of Radiance

Create a wall of light in a 30-foot line. Each creature in the area must make a DC 16 Dexterity saving throw, taking 6d6 radiant damage on a failed save, or half as much on a success.

Sacrificial Flame

As a bonus action, expend hit points equal to 10 to grant an ally within 30 feet temporary hit points equal to the amount sacrificed.

Beacon of Hope

As an action, restore 4d8 hit points to up to three allies within 30 feet. This ability can be used once per long rest.

Radiant Shield

Grants allies within 10 feet a +2 bonus to AC.

Ember's Glow

Illuminates a 30-foot radius in dim light.

strength

+6

dexterity

+7

constitution

+9

wisdom

+8

charisma

+6

Radiant