Little Lyri grew up at Katz Field Hold, a small hold a little ways away from Igen Weyr. She had your basic family, mum & dad (Yria and Lannyk) and [unfortunately?] two older brothers (Rannyl and Klian). Her family raises runners, sort of The Family Business, if you will, and the oldest brother is off studying as a Herder with his mentor somewhere. Now her oooother brother, the middle brother, he had higher aspirations than simply becoming a Herder and continue on with the family. The seventeen year old Klian was a bit of a romantic, spending his days wandering around the fields with his runner and reading and playing his little set of pipes. Young Lyri, of course, followed him around, shuffling around the fields, sleeping out on a hill, stargazing when she could convince her parents to let her stay out late. The one day a Girl came to the hold. A Harper Girl, to be exact, one right about Klians age. She was visiting from Ista. And this being the little romance story that it is, she and Klian quickly fell in love. So Klian decided to pick up and follow her to Ista. Lyrianna just /had/ to be like her Big Bro, and also decided to follow him. They went with their parents consent, with the plan that Lyri would settle down at a craft and her brother would make sure and visit often. After a while, Lyrianna settled down at the Starcraft Hall at Gar, with plenty of books to bury herself in and plenty of stars to gaze at; And she doesnt even have to ask her parents to stay out late!