User blog:SiRenfield/Kyla (Lenfield/Mistress of the Heavenly Yard Amalgam)

Kyla is a reincarnated human and former forest spirit of Held. She is a disciple of Elluki Clockworker, helping her collect the Seven Deadly Sins, and a close friend of Geist. She succeeds Held as the New Millennium Tree.

Early Life
About 528 years before EC 0, the god Held created the forest spirits of Held's Forest, including Kyla. Forbidden from leaving the forest by the deity, Kyla obeyed. At some point, the forest spirit met Elluki Clockworker and the two became familiar with each other. In EC 001, Kyla, using her robin form, witnessed Adam Moonlit commit the Original Sin, seeing him crying with the infant Hänsel and Gretel in his arms and return home to his wife, Eve Moonlit.

Forest Encounter
Around the turn of the fifth century EC, Kyla learned much about the humans living in the area from the nearby village, and Pant, a woodcutter. In early EC 499, Kyla, along with Geist, saw the sleeping Held being attacked by her old friend, Elluki. After Geist threw a fruit at the sorcerer, the spirit chastised him for "bullying" the god while in his animal form. Soon after, the sorcerer began to leave and the robin flew to his shoulder, stating the lack of humans in the area was a good thing. Questioned about this, the spirit explained how people didn't come by and noted that a Lucifenian mage shouldn't be hanging around them. Asked by Elluki, Kyla explained where the robin learned about them. Kyla, asked if the spirit was interested in humanity, expressed a fascination with humans but that Held didn't let them leave. Agreeing with Elluki that the god was a stubborn, old woman, the robin laughed before Elluki said goodbye and left.

With Held asleep, Kyla decided to gather some trauben from a orchard by the Lake of peace. After tasting the fruit, the spirit began to fly back when a black bird attacked. Painfully grasped by the large bird, Kyla dropped the fruit in the robin's claws and was freed. Bleeding from the wing, the forest spirit spiraled down and fell to the ground, knocked unconscious. Soon after, the robin was rescued by Germanus and he took Kyla home to treat the bird's broken wing. Awaking to find himself on a table, the forest spirit tried to escape before noticing his bandages. At that moment, Germanus' mother carrying a box entered and redid the bandages, apologizing to the bird for how poorly done they were. Germanus returned right after and, curious, Kyla took the chance to look inside the box, disgusted by the worms within. Refusing to eat them, Germanus gave the spirit some trauben he picked and the robin gladly ate it.

After Germanus and his mother argued about his work, he left and the man resigned to feeding Kyla more trauben, asking he please forgive her; he then explained that Germanus was the one who saved her. Over the course of two weeks, the brown-haired man fed Kyla and spoke to her everyday of his bad work experiences. At some point, he built the robin a badly-made bird cage and, grateful for his dedication, Kyla used it. Sitting near the window each day, the robin watched Germanus work and saw how he only smiled when at home.

The following day, Kyla heard a sound and realized someone was throwing stones at the window. In the form of a chipmunk, Geist climbed up and squeezed through the broken window, and urged Kyla to escape after he opened the cage. Revealing he knew about spirits, Germanus' mother explained that she had been a sorceress. Kyla thanked her for her hospitality and the former mage thanked her in kind for making Germanus happy. The woman then commented that the robin was her only friend and told the spirit about the Conchita family's discrimination and Germanus' cruel circumstances, much to Kyla's confusion. Saying the spirit wouldn't understand why Germanus was bullied, the woman gave him some trauben. Kyla thanked the woman and accepted her gift before leaving, wishing the spirit could thank Germanus for his kindness.

Upon her return, Kyla was greeted by Held's roar and the god lectured the spirit for breaking his regulations. The next day, the robin cried and was comforted by Geist. Although trying to justify the situation, Geist lectured Kyla for leaving in the first place and not understanding that the spirit could have died. After explaining how awful the chipmunk would feel if the robin died, Kyla apologized to Geist and said it wouldn't happen again. Repeating the apology to Held, the god said it was fine for her "most precious child" to learn from mistakes but not to worry her. The earth god then fell asleep and Kyla saw Germanus approach the Millennium Tree and heard his despair of being alone once his mother was gone, begging to have a friend.

Reincarnation
A few days later, Kyla consulted Held on the matter, since the god had been sleeping during Germanus' visit. While the god forbid her from interfering with the affairs of humans, Elluki arrived and interrupted their conversation. Agreeing to help the sorcerer with his mission to gather the Seven Deadly Sins, the deity offered Geist and Kyla to assist him in finding one of the sin fragments as reincarnated humans, with Kyla as Elluki's tracker. Surprised, Kyla was told the spirit had three years to learn about humans while helping Elluki. The three traveled West through the forest in search of a good place to perform the ritual. On their journey, Elluki told Kyla to not be afraid of becoming a human and follow instinct.

Once the ritual site was prepared, Elluki told the two of them to imagine beautiful women from Marlon, preferably those who weren’t currently alive. Kyla discussed the names with Geist and they agreed on whose appearance they would have. Imagining the visage of Eve Moonlit, Kyla reincarnated as a human in her image. Upon seeing her visage, Elluki commented about her choice of appearance. The sorcerer then took the two humans to an abandoned house, using it as a shelter from the rain where they could study magic and the basics of being human. One day, Kyla woke Elluki up early, hurrying the sorcerer to eat breakfast outside with them. Staring at his face, the sorcerer told Kyla how a woman's charm was in her eyes and that she should remember to wash her face from time to time. Heading outside, she greeted Geist and explained she was going to wash her face. At the nearby spring, she stared at her reflection and smiled. During the third month they trained with him, the sorcerer taught Kyla the Clockwork Lullaby. Sometime later, Elluki asked her to demonstrated what she learned and the girl complied, singing the spell song.

After answering Elluki that he heard the sound of Sin north of the forest, Elluki ended the practice lesson and said she just need to repeatedly practice in order to master the spell and find the vessel's exact location. The sorcerer then spoke of Geist's greater magical potential and ability to predict the weather and revitalized flowers earlier that day. During dinner later that night, Elluki told Kyla to go to Bariti for easier information gathering and that the vessel was likely possessed by someone unique such as Queen Antoinette Marlon, Duchess Parkage Meld, or Keela Sfarz, who all lived in the capital. Feeling a headache, Kyla snapped that she knew and earned Elluki's concern. After explaining she felt hot, Elluki suspected the girl was sick and lectured her about not taking care of herself. Given a herb and told to go to bed early, the former spirit took the medicine and went to bed.

When she awoke the next day, Elluki and Geist were about to leave and she thanked the sorcerer for the short time they spent together. Saying the medicine worked and she felt better, she looked at Geist and grabbed her hand to sooth her worries, explaining she would be close to Held while Geist's future in Lucifenia was unknown. After Geist promised to rescue her if something happened, Kyla reciprocated the sentiment and they hugged. With Elluki's send off that they would meet again in three years, the two left while Kyla headed towards Bariti. Taking a detour to see Held first, Kyla collapsed near the Millennium Tree due to her illness. Germanus found her later on and carried her back to Aspel to heal.

Residence in Aspel
After Kyla regained consciousness, Germanus said she still had a fever and told her to continue laying down before replacing the towel on her forehead with a new one. After Germanus explained what had happened, Kyla sighed in relief and thanked him, struggling to get up. Once she learned they were in the village, she expressed her appreciation for the Beelzenian's help and introduced herself. When Germanus asked why she fainted there, Kyla hastily explained she was heading to Bariti from Lucifenia. The brown-haired man noted he never heard of such a thing and the former forest spirit said that the country was inhabited by lots of different races. Germanus, after Kyla stared at her in silence, burst out in apologies when his mother arrived and offered the sick Marlon a bowl of soup.

When the village mayor threatened to evict Germanus and his mother from their home since they haven't paid their rent, Kyla offered to pay the rent with the money Elluki gave her and asked if she could stay here for a while. All of the townsfolk adored Kyla due to her wonderful personality, but she was distraught about how Germanus is discriminated by the rest of the village due to his brown hair. When Germanus' stepmother died, Kyla suggested that she and Germanus leave Aspel and told him that he is the nicest person she had ever met. Germanus, with renewed happiness, wholeheartedly agreed. Kyla and Germanus left Aspel to start a new life in Bariti, capital of Marlon.

Flight to Bariti
There, the two of them began working for Keela Sfarz, head of the trading guild. One day, Michael Elphen paid a visit to the Sfarz Mansion and he fell in love with Kyla, giving her a shell pendant to prove his love for her. Kyla took it, believing that it was just a friendly gesture. Michael did admit his betrothal to Alenrice Lucifen d'Autriche and when he asked Kyla about the possibility of "leaving everything behind" and running away with her, Kyla was shocked.

One day, Kyla was in town, singing and there she met Rinto Avadonia. Rinto too fell in love with her, but Kyla did admit to herself that she couldn't return those feelings. Rinto delivered to Kyla a bowl from Geist which is revealed to have the power to communicate to other people, notably Elluki and Geist.

Blue Hunting
News traveled fast about Michael Elphen's supposed "affair" with Kyla to Alenrice, prompting Alenrice to spark the invasion of Marlon known as the "Blue Hunting". Elluki and Geist attempted to persuade Kyla to leave indefinitely, but Kyla refused to leave her human friends behind and revealed to them that she intends to live as a human permanently. Kyla and Germanus then fled into the forest, pursued by the Lucifenian army. Kyla didn't want to abandon Germanus but she was forced to when she was unwittingly slipped sleeping pills earlier. She was then delivered to a shelter under a well. Rinto finds Kyla and promises to help her escape once the coast is clear. Unfortunately, Kyla was stabbed by Nate Futapie, who was disguised as Rinto. In her last moments, she wished for Germanus to be safe. Kyla died, not before seeing Rinto one last time.

However, death didn't come by so easily, for Kyla's spirit transformed into a tree sapling and she was recovered by Elluki Clockworker and Geist. The two of them revealed Kyla's identity to Germanus and asked her to take care of Kyla until she matures, for she has been chosen to be Held's successor. Kyla then appears in her spirit form and says her final goodbyes to Germanus, not before saying, "I love you". Kyla was finally planted in Held's Forest by Germanus and Alenrice.

Praeludium of White
When Michael attacked Yukino Sfarz, Geist, and Albin, Held persuaded Kyla to help. Kyla felt doubtful, since she had lost her human body. However, Held told Kyla that she didn't need a body or a voice; what mattered was her heart. Determined to save everyone, Kyla sung a song that helped to incapacitate Michael and return him to normal. Michael's shell pendant, which was identical to the one that Kyla used to wear, had shone brightly that night.

Aftermath
From the ashes of old, Kyla quickly grew up into the new guardian of the forest, succeeding Held,although a completely different forest, and was soon accepted by the inhabitants of Elphegort as the "New Millennium Tree" and was well loved by the populace in place of her creator. Kyla's life afterwards is unclear until the last years of Evillious. Evil's Theater did not go unnoticed by Kyla due to it's corrupting influence on the forest. The theater inhabitants have taken precaution that Kyla may intervene since she can directly influence the theater.

Personality and Traits
Kyla was a kind, friendly, and curious person, fascinated with human behavior and everyday life. As a result of her curiosity, she could sometimes act disobedient. Similarly, she found many actions and habits of humans odd and had little understanding of many human emotions, such as romantic affection or love. Because she was originally a forest spirit, Kyla looked down upon the rash and emotional actions of humans, although later succumbing to such behavior herself. Due to her time spent as a human with Germanus, she grew to understand these feelings and behaviors, learning to love, hate, and feel jealousy.

Skills and Abilities
As a forest spirit, Kyla was immortal, able to heal from any wound almost instantly while in Held's Forest. Similarly, she could freely transform into an animal, usually a blue robin. After becoming a human, she became vulnerable to death but relatively quick to learn human habits and customs. As a mage, Kyla was not as adept as Geist but learned the necessary song spells as she searched for the sin fragments. Among the songs she learned was the Clockwork Lullaby, used to track the Sins, and Recollective Musicbox, to communicate their location to Elluki. Despite this, she did not understand the songs themselves as Elluki never taught her their meaning.

Kyla was skilled at labor and was quite capable at her menial tasks as a maid. Having a naturally melodious voice and talent for singing, Keela refined Kyla's technique with tutors before having her perform. Because of her amazing singing voice, she became a popular idol to the people of Marlon. She was also illiterate due to Elluki's belief that she would learn along the way, which became impossible for her as a peasant farmer in Aspel.

Character Connections

 * Eve Moonlit: The inspiration for Kyla's human body. She observed her husband committing the Original Sin and returning to his home, peeking in and seeing Eve's horrified face. She thought her to have a suitably beautiful appearance, although Kyla was frightened by the event. She believed Eve to be, other than Adam, a very gentle person.


 * Geist: A fellow forest spirit. Kyla and Geist were very close, with the former often spending time with the latter before they became human. Kyla asked for Geist's progress in Lucifenia whenever she could, asking Rinto about her and using the Ice Cream Bowl, and became most concerned for her well-being during the Blue Hunting.


 * Elluki Clockworker: Kyla's mentor. Kyla initially knew him as a friend of Held, and a powerful sorcerer with his secrets to keep. Kyla became grateful to the magi for giving her a chance to help Germanus and followed all his instructions on being human, although finding him to be rather lackadaisical in nature. In the end, Kyla was grateful to Elluki for all the sorcerer had done for her.


 * Held: Kyla's creator and predecessor. Kyla respected Held deeply and saw her as a mother figure, although sometimes she would disobey her orders due to her curious nature. She was deeply worried about her during the Blue Hunting when Lucifenia attempted to burn down the forest. She later returned to her tutelage when becoming the replacement Millennium Tree.


 * Germanus: Kyla's best friend. Kyla was initially filled with gratitude for Germanus due to the aid he gave her as a robin, and wished to protect him from the abuses of the other villagers. She saw him as a wonderful person and friend, and eventually he even came to love him, for as much as he understood love. Kyla resolved to remain as a human for the sake of staying with Germanus.


 * Rinto Avadonia: A friend of Kyla's. Kyla was initially uncomfortable with Rinto's serious, formal speech, but after he amended his words, she took pleasure in conversing with him over many subjects. She was happy to see him again during the Blue Hunting, and told him about her fears for Germanus and herself. Kyla trusted and liked Rinto, although she did not reciprocate his feelings of love for her and thought him foolish because of them.


 * Mihcael Elphen: A suitor of Kyla. Kyla viewed Kyla with a mild affection, feeling sympathy for his relationship with his mother. She did not understand his advances and did not reciprocate them, although she accepted his offer of friendship. Nonetheless, Kyla was angry to discover he was already engaged, believing he was just teasing her. She was vexed by his insistence on loving her even to disastrous results, believing him to be foolish.


 * Keela Sfarz: Kyla's employer. Kyla treated Keela with respect and viewed her as caring, as well as a confident individual. She came to care about her as family and it pained her to flee from her employ during the Blue Hunting, though she was grateful that she provided her with a hiding place.

Alternate Universe Counterparts
 * Mikino Sfarz: Kyla's other employer. Kyla was fascinated by Mikino's appearance and respectable nature, though initially cautious due to the man's dislike of Marlons. After singing for Keela's banquets, their relationship became warmer, with Kyla considering Mikino to be a very caring person
 * Kyle Marlon: Canon Counterpart
 * Kyla Marlon: Lenfield-verse
 * Kyle: Fem!Mothy-verse

Conceptialization and Origin

 * The name Kyla is derived from the name Kyle, Scottish Gaelic term for channel, straight, or narrow.
 * Kyla's name is partially inspired by the name of his representative Fanloid, KAIKO, with Kyla's romanization containing "Kai" in it.

Curiosities

 * The Very Amazing Ice Cream Bowl is a direct reference to Kyla's Fanloid counterpart.