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{{Infobox Character General
|name        = Pyra
|name        = Pyra
|image        = [[File:XC2 Pyra artwork.png|250px]]
|image        = [[File:Pyra.png|250px]]
|caption      = [[File:XenobladeSymbol.svg|50px|class=invert-dark]]
|caption      = [[File:XenobladeSymbol.svg|50px]]
Official artwork of Pyra from<br> ''Xenoblade Chronicles 2''.
Official artwork of Pyra from<br> ''Xenoblade Chronicles 2''.
|universe    = {{uv|Xenoblade Chronicles}}
|universe    = {{uv|Xenoblade Chronicles}}
|firstgame    = ''{{iw|xenoserieswiki|Xenoblade Chronicles 2}}'' (2017)
|firstgame    = ''{{s|wikipedia|Xenoblade Chronicles 2}}'' (2017)
|lastappearance = ''{{iw|xenoserieswiki|Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed}}'' (2023, cameo)
|lastappearance=''{{s|wikipedia|Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna – The Golden Country}}'' (2018)
|games        = ''[[Ultimate]]''
|games        = ''[[Ultimate]]''
|console      = [[Nintendo Switch]]
|console      = [[Nintendo Switch]]
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|gender      = Female
|gender      = Female
|homeworld    = Alrest
|homeworld    = Alrest
|creator      = {{iw|wikipedia|Tetsuya Takahashi}}
|creator      = {{s|wikipedia|Tetsuya Takahashi}}
|artist      = Masatsugu Saito
|artist      = Masatsugu Saito
|englishactor = Skye Bennett
|englishactor = Skye Bennett
|japanactor  = {{iw|wikipedia|Shino Shimoji}}
|japanactor  = {{s|wikipedia|Shino Shimoji}}
|interwiki    = xenoserieswiki
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|interwikiname= Xeno Series Wiki
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|interwikipage= Pyra
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'''Pyra''' ({{ja|ホムラ|Homura}}, ''Homura'') is one of the main protagonists of [[Monolith Soft]]'s ''{{iw|xenoserieswiki|Xenoblade Chronicles 2}}'', the third entry in the {{uv|Xenoblade Chronicles}} series.
'''Pyra''' ({{ja|ホムラ|Homura}}, ''Homura'') is one of the main protagonists of [[Monolith Soft]]'s ''{{s|wikipedia|Xenoblade Chronicles 2}}'', the third entry in the {{uv|Xenoblade Chronicles}} series.


After making a cameo as a [[spirit]] in the base version of ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', Pyra transitioned into a playable character in ''Ultimate'' as the fourth character of {{h2|Downloadable content (SSBU)|Fighters Pass Vol. 2}}.
==Origin==
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Pyra is a Blade, which are personifications of weapons used by Drivers. Pyra specifically is the Aegis, a legendary Blade with fire elemental abilities. [[Rex]], the protagonist of ''Xenoblade Chronicles 2'', becomes the Driver to Pyra and their life forces are connected. If either were to die in combat, the other were to die with them. Rex vows to protect Pyra on their shared quest to find the paradise land of Elysium.
 
Pyra is a split personality of [[Mythra]], who created and transformed into Pyra to cope with the grief of her involvement in the Aegis war and the destruction of Auresco. Addam, her Driver at the time, put Pyra in stasis on the Ancient Ship and sank it under the Cloud Sea to prevent her from reawakening and losing control. 500 years later, Rex, a Leftherian salvager, was involved on a salvaging expedition that found the Ancient Ship and brought it above the water for investigation. Rex accidentally touches the core crystal of Aegis and is promptly killed by Jin, the antagonist of the game. Just before Rex died, his mind is transported to an astral version of Elysium, where he meets Pyra for the first time. Rex agrees to become Pyra's Driver, and their newly shared life force resurrects him. The two managed to escape Jin and go on an adventure to find Elysium. Along the way, they amass a party of other Blades and Drivers that have similar goals.


==Origin==
After both have a near death experience at the hands of Obrona, a secondary antagonist, Mythra is forced to reawaken and save Rex. After a while of reluctantly allowing herself to used in battles, Mythra becomes more open and willing to work with Rex, and the two eventually learn to swap between each other during a battle.
Pyra is a {{iw|xsw|Blade|XC2}}, a personification of a weapon, whose purpose is to fight alongside a {{iw|xsw|Driver}} in the world of {{iw|xsw|Alrest}}. She is also the {{iw|xsw|Aegis}}, a specific legendary Blade said to have much grander powers. The protagonist [[Rex]] awakens her while he's within a sunken {{iw|xsw|Ancient Ship}} on a salvaging mission, and in the following events, he becomes her Driver. They form a party searching for a way to reach {{iw|xsw|Elysium}}, the fabled paradise atop the {{iw|xsw|World Tree}} said to hold a way to avoid the world's sinking continents. Over the course of her adventure with Rex, much of Pyra's past is revealed - most importantly, she is actually an alternate personality of [[Mythra]], the true form of the Aegis who locked herself away for the guilt and regret over what she did to Alrest in the war five hundred years ago. Eventually, Rex connects with both Pyra and Mythra well enough that their trust produces a third form, {{iw|xsw|Pneuma}}, who is able to bestow Rex with additional "Master Driver" powers over Blades and the world at large.


Pyra's personality is mostly a reflection of the person Mythra wishes she was: sweet, caring, graceful, and an excellent cook. While she seems softer on the surface, she is actually the more stubborn one, and tends to take the lead more often once they begin swapping freely. Like Mythra, she is afraid of her powers, and is willing to go a long way to ensure they cannot be misused.
The party learns that Malos, another antagonist, requires Pyra's memories to regain his lost powers. Pyra offers herself in exchange for the safety of her friends. After her memories were taken, Pyra becomes unusable as a Blade, but suffers no physical effects. The party comes to rescue Pyra, with Rex fighting without the Aegis due Malos taking his powers away. Pyra and Mythra urge Rex to flee and leave them to die, but he refuses, saying that he is still their protector and will take them to Elysium. The sheer amount of willpower Rex displays causes Pyra and Mythra to merge together and form Pneuma, the ultimate form of Aegis. The party then confronts Malos and kill him in a final battle. Pneuma sacrifices herself to save the party from the collapsing world tree, dying in an explosion. However, after the rebirth of the world, the core crystal of Aegis glows again. Rex touches it and Pyra and Mythra appear in seperate bodies. It is left ambiguous if the two retained their memories from their previous life.
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==In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''==
==In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''==
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{{main|Pyra (SSBU)}}
{{main|Pyra (SSBU)}}
[[File:Pyra SSBU.png|thumb|left|Pyra, as she appears in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''.]]
[[File:Pyra SSBU.png|thumb|left|Pyra, as she appears in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''.]]
During ''Ultimate''{{'}}s development, [[Masahiro Sakurai]] considered adding characters from {{uv|ARMS}} and ''Xenoblade Chronicles 2''; however, as their games were announced after he completed the roster early in development in order to secure all returning fighters, he passed them over, and Sakurai chose to have Pyra be a spirit instead. Like Shulk's English voice actor Adam Howden for ''Super Smash Bros. 4'', on June 29, 2020, before her official reveal, Pyra's English voice actress, Skye Bennett, had [https://twitter.com/sdsjb/status/1277657292654153728 posted on her Twitter] that she had done recording for a game that has "lots of screaming". A little over two years after the game's release, Pyra would be announced as the tenth DLC fighter alongside Mythra in the February 17, 2021 Nintendo Direct. A character showcase was streamed March 4th, 2021 (March 5th in some time zones), with Pyra being released later that same day.
During ''Ultimate''{{'}}s development, [[Masahiro Sakurai]] had considered adding characters from {{uv|ARMS}} and ''Xenoblade Chronicles 2'', however as their games were announced after he completed the roster early in development in order to secure all returning fighters, he passed them over. Years later, Pyra would be announced as the tenth DLC fighter alongside Mythra in the February 17th, 2021 Nintendo Direct. She will be released sometime in March 2021.
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===Spirits===
===Spirit===
====Fighter spirit====
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SSBU spirit Pyra (Fighter).png|1,458. '''''Pyra (Fighter)'''''
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====Support spirit====
Prior to the release of the Pyra/Mythra fighters, Pyra appeared as a Legend-class [[support spirit]].
 
Pyra uses a {{SSBU|Lucina}} puppet fighter and is fought on the [[Halberd]]'s [[Battlefield form]]. She is fought along a {{SSBU|Shulk}} puppet fighter representing Rex. During the battle, the floor is lava and the [[Fire Bar]] items appear, referencing Pyra's status as a Fire Blade with the ability to engulf the battlefield in flames.
 
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! No. !! Image !! Name !! Type !! Class !! Cost !! Ability !! Series
! No. !! Image !! Name !! Type !! Class !! Cost !! Ability !! Series
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|nl=Pyra
|ru={{rollover|Пайра|Payra|?}}
|ru={{rollover|Пайра|Payra|?}}
|ko={{rollover|호무라|Homura|?}}, ''Homura''
|ko={{rollover|호무라|Homula|?}}, ''Homura''
|zh={{rollover|焰|Yàn|?}}, ''Homura''
|zh={{rollover|焰|Yàn|?}}, ''Homura''
}}
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Pyra and [[Mythra]] are the only two-in-one DLC fighters.
*Pyra's design as fighter is slightly altered from its original appearance, adding clothing to cover up her hips and thighs; this was likely done to avoid raising the game's age rating, as Xenoblade Chronicles 2 has a higher age rating than Ultimate in most regions. But it is strange that artwork for her spirit has not been so modified.
*Pyra's fighter design has been censored in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' by giving her pantyhose underneath her shorts, and adding an additional gold plate to cover the uppermost part of her buttocks. This was likely done to avoid raising the game's age rating in Japan, as ''Xenoblade Chronicles 2'' has a higher age rating than ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' there.
 
**Unlike Mythra, neither of her spirits use this redesign for their artworks.
==External links==
**Additionally, Pyra's redesign does not appear as a costume in ''Xenoblade Chronicles 2'', whereas Mythra would gain the "Massive Melee Mythra" costume in her respective game.
*Article on the [http://xenoblade.wikia.com/wiki/Pyra Xenoblade Wiki].
*Pyra and Mythra are the third and fourth fighters to have debuted on the Nintendo Switch. The first was [[Byleth]] (who properly debuted in ''{{iw|fireemblemwiki|Fire Emblem: Three Houses}}'' after they technically debuted in ''{{iw|fireemblemwiki|Fire Emblem Heroes}}'') and the second was [[Min Min]].
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