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'''Lyn''' is an [[Alethi]] scout and, later, a
== Appearance and Personality ==
{{image|Lyn by Shuravf.jpg|side=left|width=200px}}
Lyn is a short, "solid-looking" [[darkeyes|darkeyed]] [[Alethi]] woman with long black hair, which she wears in a ponytail or a braid.{{book ref|sa2|81}}{{book ref|sa3|29}}
She's interested in pursuing the masculine arts, and dislikes being treated as incapable of fighting just because she's a woman. She's disappointed when [[Shallan]] informs her that a [[Knights Radiant|Radiant]] can be feminine, and when Kaladin suggests that Lyn can serve as a secretary, she's furious with him.{{book ref|sa3|8}}{{book ref|sa3|35}} She's impatient and eager, and wants to take the fight to the enemy rather than wait for it to come to her.{{book ref|sa3|35}}{{book ref|sa3|46}} She's also good at making friends, sliding into the [[Bridge Four]] group without any problems, and appreciates good art.{{book ref|sa3|111}}{{book ref|sa3|8}} She can keep a cool head in stressful situations, and take charge when necessary.{{book ref|sa3|29}}{{book ref|sa3|i|14}}
=== Windrunner ===
Lyn was on one of the missions initially sent to [[Akinah]] to scout prior to [[Rysn]]'s [[Expedition to Akinah|expedition]]. Although this expedition was a failure, she and [[Sigzil]] rescued [[Leyten]] after his Stormlight was sucked away by a [[Sleepless]].{{book ref
She swore her ideal and is now a full Windrunner. {{book ref
She was part of the team that went back to Hearthstone and rescue its people including Kaladin’s family.{{book ref
Lyn left with Dalinar to fight the [[Emul]] campaign. There she led scouting to [[Urithiru]]. She talked to the soldiers that were sent by the Fused pretending to be from the queen, they used the correct passwords and had the correct language. Urithiru’s soldiers had to hike for hours to meet them and the scouts were only able to see through spyglasses and saw what they thought were windrunners flying over the tower trying to ask for patience.{{book ref
She did try to to the tower herself, but due to Urithiru’s barrier she fell unconscious. The tower’s soldier dragged back her to the others.{{book ref
Lyn is part of the most trusted winrunners, this is proven by the fact that she was the responsible of lashing Dalinar to meet the Herald [[Ishar]].{{book ref
Lyn also participated on the scouting team that came back after [[Ishar]] and his army left to the cognitive realm. There she found a killed cultivationspren, along with the other killed spren found by the other members of team.{{book ref
== Relationships ==
=== Kaladin ===
Kaladin was able to understand that Lyn had been running messages to Bridge four because she wanted to be part of the team, however he assumed she would be a scribe and offered her that role. She did speak her mind and was then invited by him to join the tryouts.{{book ref
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Adolin and Syl conspired on getting Kaladin to date Lyn. Though the relationship hadn’t worked out, they’d both grown because of it. They went together to Skar’s wedding shortly before they broke up.{{book ref
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