Pyra

For fighter info, see Pyra (SSBU).

Pyra
Official artwork of Pyra from Xenoblade Chronicles 2.
Universe	Xenoblade Chronicles
Debut	Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (2017)
Smash Bros. appearances	Ultimate
Most recent non-Smash appearance	Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (2022, cameo)
Console/platform of origin	Nintendo Switch
Species	Blade
Gender	Female
Place of origin	Alrest
Created by	Tetsuya Takahashi
Designed by	Masatsugu Saito
English voice actor	Skye Bennett
Japanese voice actor	Shino Shimoji
Article on Xeno Series Wiki	Pyra

Pyra (ホムラ, Homura) is one of the main protagonists of Monolith Soft's Xenoblade Chronicles 2, the third entry in the 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 Fighters Pass Vol. 2.

Origin

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Pyra with Nia in Xenoblade Chronicles 2.

Pyra is a Blade, a personification of a weapon, whose purpose is to fight alongside a Driver in the world of Alrest. She is also the Aegis, a specific legendary Blade said to have much grander powers. The protagonist Rex within a sunken Ancient Ship on a salvaging mission, and in the following events, he becomes her Driver as they form a party searching for a way to reach Elysium, the fabled paradise atop the 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, 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.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

As a playable character

Pyra, as she appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

During Ultimate's development, Masahiro Sakurai considered adding characters from 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 posted on her Twitter that she had done recording for a game that has "lots of screaming". Three 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.

Spirits

Fighter spirit

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  1,458. Pyra (Fighter)

Support spirit

Prior to the release of the Pyra/Mythra fighters, Pyra appeared as a Legend-class support spirit.

Pyra uses a Lucina puppet fighter and is fought on the Halberd's Battlefield form. She is fought along a 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.

No.	Image	Name	Type	Class	Cost	Ability	Series
967		Pyra		★★★★	1	Assist Killer	Xenoblade Chronicles Series

Names in other languages

Language	Name
Japanese	ホムラ, Homura
English	Pyra
French	Pyra
German	Pyra
Spanish	Pyra
Italian	Pyra
Chinese	焰, Homura
Korean	호무라, Homura
Dutch	Pyra
Russian	Пайра

Trivia

• Pyra and Mythra are the only two-in-one DLC fighters.
• Pyra's fighter design has been censored in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate by giving her pantyhose underneath her shorts. This was likely done to avoid raising the game's age rating, as Xenoblade Chronicles 2 has a higher age rating than Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in most regions.
  • Unlike Mythra, neither of her spirits use this redesign for their artworks.
  • 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.
• Pyra and Mythra are the third and fourth fighters to have debuted on the Nintendo Switch. The first was Byleth (who properly debuted in Fire Emblem: Three Houses after they technically debuted in Fire Emblem Heroes) and the second was Min Min.