Lyric Weft

"Oh, I love it, don't you? This is supposedly a sketch that Queen Estelle drew - well, Princess Estelle, actually. This is just a copy - I think the origanal might have gotten destroyed in the great flood, about one hundred and fifty years after the war."

- Lyric to Claire in the third book

Lyric Weft is a minor character in The Unicorn Quest and so far has only appeared in Fire in the Star. She will be the main character of The Unicorn Academy.

She saved Claire from the Spyden. Her older sister, Kleo Weft (who she calls Kay), is a Spinner journeyman and storyteller who read Claire the poem The Queen And The Unicorn.

The Unicorn Quest trilogy
Lyric Weft is the younger sister of Kleo Weft.

Fire in the Star
She saved Claire from the Spyden.

The Unicorn Academy
TBA

Appearance
Although not given an exact age, Lyric is implied to be a few years longer than Claire. We know she has dark skin, and has her done up in spinner fashion, having various, ribbons, and such braided into her hair.

Personality
Personality wise, Lyric is a friendly girl. As noted by how in the beginning of Fire in the Stars when she helps Claire againest the Spyden, despite having only just met her. However, she gets lost easily. Towards the end of the Fire in the Stars, she gets a ball of yarn, which behaves similarly to a GPS. Helping her to combat this issue. She also dreams of being a historian, and hoped she could be at Queen Estelle's re-coronation, in the Fire in the Stars, so that she could write a historical account of it.

Skills and Abilities

 * Spinner magic: as a spinner Lyric can perform spinner-based magic.
 * Intelligence: Lyric is smart for her age. As she knew that you can only ask a Spyden one question, and that Spydens can be commanded by speaking to them in rhymes.

Claire Martinson
Lyric has a good relationship with Claire. When they first met, Claire pretended not to remember anything. Lyric felt sorry for her, so she provided a home for Claire.

Trivia

 * In regards to her name, her first name, "Lyric", is a word, that as noun referes to the words of a song. As an adjective, it's used to describe poetry that's full of emotion, and in singing it's used to express "light" sounding voices. Her last name, "Weft", is a term in weaving used to desrcibe the thread a weaver passes under and over the warp (vertical threads that you weave on), horizontally.
 * Lyric's mother, Mistress Weft, may be a single mom, since Lyric and Kleo's father is never in the Unicorn Quest trilogy.