Baruch (His Dark Materials)

This is a list of characters from Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy and its successor, the Book of Dust trilogy.

Lyra Belacqua, later known as Lyra Silvertongue, is the central character of His Dark Materials, a key character in The Book of Dust. Together with her dæmon Pantalaimon, she is introduced as a baby in La Belle Sauvage, where she is being protected from the Magisterium. She is protected by the nuns of the Priory of Saint Rosamund, and then brought up by the scholars of Jordan College. As she leaves Jordan in the company of her mother, Mrs. Coulter, the Master of the college gives her an alethiometer, which allows her to receive answers on any subject. Searching for a kidnapped friend of hers, she ends up travelling to the far north of her world, and then across the multiverse, where she plays a part in a cosmic war between forces led by an angel named The Authority and her father, Lord Asriel. Lyra is prophesied by the witches to play the part of Eve, bringing about a second fall; this is accomplished when she reaches maturity and starts attracting Dust, halting its loss from the multiverse.

By the events of Lyra's Oxford, Lyra is living in Jordan college and studying at St. Sophie's. Pantalaimon has settled into the form of a pine marten. In The Secret Commonwealth, Lyra is 20 and an undergraduate.

In the unabridged audiobooks, Lyra is voiced by Joanna Wyatt, and in the BBC Radio dramatisation she is voiced by Lulu Popplewell. In the 2008 movie adaption, she is played by Dakota Blue Richards.

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