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|world=Roshar
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|first appeared=[[Words of Radiance]]
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{{quote
|I want to help! I want to do something other than stand around, waiting for the enemy to come to us!
|Lyn on why she wants to become a [[Windrunner]]{{book ref|sa3|46}}
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'''Lyn''' is an [[Alethi]] scout and, later, a [[Windrunner
== 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}}
|Lyn on her own combat ability{{book ref|sa3|111}}
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Lyn is a [[Windrunner]], allowing her to heal herself with [[stormlight]], as well as use the [[Surge]]s of [[Gravitation]] and [[Adhesion]].{{book ref|sa3.5|3}} While she's not shown using the latter, she is capable of flying by the time of the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]].{{book ref|sa3|120}} As a scout, she was armed with a knife, and presumably knew how to use it.{{book ref|sa3|70}} After joining Bridge Four, she begins to use a spear, although she
== History ==
{{image|Joining the Windrunners by Marie Seeberger.jpg|side=left|width=250px|Asking [[Kaladin]] if she can join the Windrunners}}
=== Windrunner Squire ===
When [[Kaladin]] returned and Bridge Four began to recruit [[squire]]s, Lyn attempted to join. Kaladin initially thought she wanted to be a scribe, but after the situation was cleared up, he allowed her and four other scout women to join.{{book ref|sa3|35}} Lyn initially had problems breathing in [[
From then on, Lyn easily slid into Bridge Four's structure, becoming fast
After [[Teft]] managed to swear his Third Ideal, Lyn came to [[Thaylen City]] along with the rest of Bridge Four, carrying Rock until he was close enough to Kaladin to start healing himself with Stormlight. Afterwards, she participated in the fighting.{{book ref|sa3|120}} She survived the battle, and was last seen listening to [[Lopen]]'s story of how he lost his arm.{{book ref|sa3|121}}
=== 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 third 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
She did try to
Lyn is
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
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|Kaladin to himself on breaking up with Lyn.{{book ref |sa4|5}}
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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
== Trivia ==
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