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Lyssa is Gweran the bard's wife living in Blaeddbyr in 698. She is a prior incarnation of Jill.



In the Books[]

Daggerspell (698)[]

Lyssa is the next incarnation of Brangwen, and lives in Dun Blaeddbyr with her husband and two young sons, Aderyn and Acern. She attracts the unwanted attention of Tanyc, a young warrior new to Lord Maroic's warband and Gerraent reincarnated. She also befriends Nevyn upon his arrival. Inspired by his advice and her own desire, she attempts to reject Tanyc, although she fears greatly that he might try to assault her. Nevyn knows but cannot tell her that Tanyc's obsession with her is due to Gerraent and Brangwen's incest tying their souls together. When Gweran finds out about Tanyc's interest in his wife, he provokes Tanyc into drawing his weapon on him in Lord Maroic's great hall. As it's against the law to draw on a bard, Tanyc is sentenced to hanging. Although Lyssa is relieved to be freed from his attentions, she expresses to Nevyn her resentment at being dependent on men. Shortly after this event, Lyssa allows her son Aderyn to be apprenticed to Nevyn.

A Time of Exile (718)[]

Sometime in the intervening years, Lyssa has had a daughter, Araena. She is happy to have Aderyn visit the family before he heads west.

Some years later, Lyssa and Gweran die of a plague.

Family and relationships[]

Lyssa is the wife of the bard Gweran. She has four children with him: Aderyn, Danigga (a daughter who died as a baby), Acern, and Araena. She lives in Lord Maroic's dun with her family and employs Cadda as a servant. She attracts the attention of Tanyc, who distresses Lyssa with his pursuit of her.

Personality and appearance[]

Lyssa is practical and subdued. She is for the most part very content with her life and with her relatively high status as a bard's wife.

In 698, "...she was a pretty woman, with raven-dark hair and large blue eyes....her greatest beauty was her voice, soft, husky, with a musical lilt to it like the wind in the trees." in 718, Lyssa "had grown stout, but was still beautiful, her raven-dark hair barely touched with gray, her wide blue eyes bright, her cheeks barely marked with wrinkles."

Other incarnations[]

Hwilli, Brangwen, Gweniver, Branoic, Morwen, Jill, Branna

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