Name	Her Excellency, Lyanna Harrington
Appearance
Title	Duchess of Radiance
Rank Nicknames	Grand Admiral Miss Radiance Defender of the Core
Service Years	1592 PD - ?
Commands	1st Armada H.M.S. Sphinx (current) H.M.S. Fearless (Death Squadron)
Wars/Battles	Velutarian War: Operation Lion Shield: - Battle of Sikhia - Fall of Sigo - Battle of Asteria - Battle of Thassos - Battle of Vesta - Fall of Nevada Operation Lion's Wrath: - Second Battle of Gagarin - Third Battle of Orphelin - Battle of Kurgan - Second Battle of Rostov - Second Battle of Saratov
Date of birth Father Mother Spouse Children	18th October 1574 PD Alfred McKinnon Marinela Lupescu William Harrington 3
Religion Ethnicity	Stoinian Orthodoxy Reachian
Age Hair colour Eye colour Height Species	46 T-years Brown Brown 1.82 m Terran

Lyanna Harrington, born as Lyanna McKinnon, is amongst the 13 Grand Admiral of the Stoinian Star Kingdom. She is the head of the Navy in the Core Sector and a respected veteran from the Velutarian War. She also has become a living idol for many women as she has risen to the prestigious command of the Core Sector from humble beginnings on a frontier world. Besides her military accomplishments, she is admired for her beauty across the Star Kingdom.

Early Life
Lyanna was born to a farmer family on the Reachian frontier world of Miridem. Miridem was a rather harsh planet with ferocious wildlife and a higher gravity of 12,92 m/s² and living of the untamed planet wasn't yet easy. Her family managed however as they cared for their youngest member in a family of 13 siblings. Like most of her siblings, she had grown taller than her parents, accustoming to the higher gravity with relative ease and gaining a larger and sturdier body. She learned the many skills of survival during her childhood and became a proud daughter of the family. However her peaceful life would be shattered as the Velutarian War erupted when she was eleven. In the beginning they still could live relatively peacefully with the elder brothers volunteering to fight in the Army and Navy. She too answered the Lion's call and at 17 T-years old, would enlist at East Point to become an Officer in the Navy.

East Point
At East Point she excelled and was amongst the top of her class. She gained the respect of many tutors and peers, though her study career wasn't without troubles. One day she was assaulted by rogue students which had just finished their training and wished to be thanked sexually before they went on to the frontlines. Lyanna was able to fight the students off with her larger size and reported the incident. According to strict military laws, the students were put before a firing squad as such insolence is unacceptable against fellow Terrans. A crime of the highest order in Stoinian society and she suffered many years from mental scars.
In her second year 1693 PD, Reach would fall and all the Star Kingdom was demoralized. Lyanna even more so as she had lost three brothers and a sister on Reach. Instead of falling into depression, she used her anger in duelling and become quite proficient in it. By 1595 PD she was assigned as a Lieutenant on board the Fearless and was part in the haltering defence in the Core Worlds. 

Velutarian War
It was a grim time for Stoinia when Lyanna had her first post. The Velutarian front was moving deeper into Stoinian territory and even Corillia and Elysium were within striking range. The Core as well was beginning to falter and the Velutarians could pierce the Stoinian defensive lines in the Core. Eventually that day would come in the battle of Sikhia, where the Stoinian vessels were overrun and the Fearless was nearly destroyed. Nearly all the Command Staff had died and Lyanna was left in charge of the destroyer. She was able to escape the butchering and when it was to be decided if the Fearless was to be decommissioned, she defended the ship and her crew. Command saw the potential in her and gave her the command of the Fearless and even promoted her to the rank of Commander. This high a jump in the command structure wasn't unheard of this long into the war, but Lyanna had earned it. After a month of repairing the Fearless she joined the defence of Sigo with the 22nd Fleet. During the defence, the Velutarians had destroyed most of the fleet and had even began glassing the planet. With the command structure seemingly thrown in disarray, Harrington took command of the remaining forces and retreated while escorting the remaining civilian ships.
It was then that she received another promotion to Commodore and put in charge of the remaining forces, making a squadron of destroyers. With this new squadron she was tasked in gaining intelligence on Velutarian ships. After five months, she was able to complete her mission and its intelligence proved valuable to the war effort. Her squadron had also earned the nickname of Death Squadron for they were notorious against the Velutarians and left no survivors as they made quick work of them. Death Squadron would join the 15th Fleet in the defence campaign of the Core and in the coming battles Lyanna and her squadron would gain fame and respect. Death Squadron was one of the few Stoinian elements that were able to bring rare victories through Lyanna's command and use of spacial terrain. Lyanna was even used as a poster girl for her accomplishments and portrayed as a true Defender of the Core.
Ultimately the Velutarian War would turn with the battle of the Line and Operation Lion's Wrath was put into motion. Death Squadron further helped to liberate the Gagarin Sector and link with the forces in the Paragon Sector. By the end of it, she was a veteran and war hero and was commissioned as a Vice Admiral during the MacArthur reforms. Her prowess during the war had even earned her the Duchy of Radiance in the Core Sector. Normally veterans who earned Duchies, won them in new territories and rarely were given existing Duchies. However, the Duchy of Radiance had lost its Viceroy lineage during the invasion. Lyanna accepted the honour and was inaugurated a few months after the declaration of victory.

Duchess and Grand Admiral Harrington
Coming from a humble family on the frontier, Lyanna had to take some time to accustom to her new role. Even the culture of Radiance was different than what was customary on Miridem. Here she would meet William Harrington and would even marry him within the year. Normally, Stoinian customs would allow Lyanna to maintain her family name as a Duchess and for her children, but instead she proved her devout nature and adopted the family name of her husband. From here she would learn about political life, which she had largely ignored up to that point, and even began to make a family of her own with William. 
She would also rise through the ranks and by the end of the Mardakii Crusade, she had earned the rank of High Admiral. Though as many crusaders, such as Grand Admiral Odiel Reymaekers, had retired after it and Lyanna was offered the position within the Royal War Council. Ever since, she has become a respected member and her input is highly valued.

Personality
While she still remains a popular figure within the Star Kingdom, she doesn't enjoy being in the spotlight. She has accustomed to it as her duties as a Duchy require it, but nevertheless she doesn't do more than what is necessary. Many young female recruits see her as a role model and look up to her. Lyanna knows of this and acknowledges her role as idol and in private conversations she will always have an open ear. This goes the same for her troops and Radiants, often caring about her subordinates. 
Having been assaulted at East Point, she still holds strong feelings on acts of sexual violence. To this day she has no mercy for criminals of sexual violence and is an activist on the Frontier worlds to raise awareness about female vulnerabilities. While some more radical activist having ousted her for not standing her ground with the whole adopting the name of her husband, she has shunned them and strongly advocates that woman can overcome those obstacles. All while more radical families will say that she hasn't done her duty as a woman as she only has three children. However, she has gained the respect of nearly all Stoinians when she stated that her first marriage was to Stoinia and her Star Kingdom and that she doesn't take life advice from those who fill their heads with radical beliefs and spill no blood for her country. She also has become a vocal critic of religious zealotry and won't back down to put her opinion bluntly on those matters.
Lyanna is also a rather humble person in private and doesn't like to boast about her beauty. When magazines and newspapers refer to her as Miss Radiance, allegedly because she if the most beautiful woman on Radiance, she will blush and try to divert the focus elsewhere. This however, is in strong contrast with the ferocity she can show during combat, even in duelling.