Yda

Yda

Title

Archon

Gender

Female ♀

Race

Hyur (Highlander)

Class

Pugilist

Zone

East Shroud (32.0,15.4)

Birthplace

Ala Mhigo

Organization

Circle of Knowing
The Scions of the Seventh Dawn

Relatives

Curtis Hext (father),
Lyse Hext (sister)

Services

Quest NPC

Patch

2.0

Voiced by (JP)

Aya Endō

Voiced by (EN)

Mela Lee (ARR)
Laura Aikman

Voiced by (FR)

Isabelle Volpé

Voiced by (DE)

Henrike Krügener

"No need to overthink things!"

A young woman with the skills of a pugilist, Yda is always seen with her companion, Papalymo, as they go about their enigmatic business in the verdant Black Shroud. Though appearing carefree and almost flippant at times, the depth of her focus is revealed in battle, where she stands ever ready to protect her comrades.

— In-game description

Yda Hext is a Hyur in East Shroud.

Quests Started

Quest	Level	Quest Giver	Questline
Dance Dance Diplomacy	21	Yda	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
Fly Free, My Pretty	60	Yda	Post-Dragonsong Main Scenario Quests ┗ Post-Dragonsong War Quests

Quests Involved In

Quest	Level	Quest Giver	Questline
Chasing Shadows	5	Galfrid	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
Spirithold Broken	9	Galfrid	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
To Guard a Guardian	14	Mother Miounne	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
A Starlight Story	15	Damielliot	Starlight Celebration (2016)
Into a Copper Hell	17	Momodi	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
The Scions of the Seventh Dawn	17	Momodi	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
A Wild Rose by Any Other Name	17	Minfilia	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
A Hero in the Making	20	Minfilia	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
Wood's Will Be Done	20	Serpent Personnel Officer	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
Till Sea Swallows All	20	Storm Personnel Officer	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
For Coin and Country	20	Flame Personnel Officer	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
Sylph-management	20	Minfilia	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
We Come in Peace	20	Vorsaile Heuloix	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
First Contact	21	Rolfe Hawthorne	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
Brotherly Love	22	Komuxio	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
Spirited Away	22	Komuxio	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
Into the Beast's Maw	24	Buscarron	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
Believe in Your Sylph	24	Komuxio	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
Back from the Wood	24	Vorsaile Heuloix	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
Reclamation	44	Alphinaud	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
Casing the Castrum	44	Y'shtola	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
Notorious Biggs	44	Wedge	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
Come-Into-My-Castrum	44	Cid	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
Escape from Castrum Centri	46	Cid	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
The Black Wolf's Ultimatum	46	Minfilia	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
Operation Archon	49	Minfilia	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
The Price of Principles	50	Minfilia	Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
Laying the Foundation	50	Minfilia	Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
Hail to the King, Kupo	50	Vorsaile Heuloix	Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
On the Properties of Primals	50	Raya-O-Senna	Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
Build on the Stone	50	Minfilia	Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
All Due Respect	50	Alphinaud	Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
The Sea Rises	50	Minfilia	Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
Through the Maelstrom	50	Yugiri	Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
Lord of Levin	50	Minfilia	Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
Levin an Impression	50	Serpent Lieutenant	Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
What Little Gods Are Made Of	50	Serpent Lieutenant	Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
Guardian of Eorzea	50	Minfilia	Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
Traitor in the Midst	50	Minfilia	Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
Coming to Terms	50	Alphinaud	Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
The Path of the Righteous	50	Drillemont	Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
Tendrils of Intrigue	50	Alphinaud	Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
In Flagrante Delicto	50	Ilberd	Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
A Simple Plan	50	Minfilia	Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
Eyes Unclouded	50	Alphinaud	Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
Let Us Cling Together	50	Alphinaud	Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
Good Intentions	50	Minfilia	Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
Best-laid Schemes	50	Ilberd	Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
The Rising Chorus	50	Tataru	Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
Aether on Demand	50	Alphinaud	Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
On the Counteroffensive	50	Edelstein	Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
An Uninvited Ascian	50	Edelstein	Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
In Memory of Moenbryda	50	Minfilia	Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
Mask of Grief	50	Minfilia	Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
Committed to the Cause	50	Alphinaud	Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
The Steps of Faith	50	Marcelain	Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
Administrative Decision	50	Minfilia	Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
A Time to Every Purpose	50	Minfilia	Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
Come, but Not Gone	50	Minfilia	Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
The Parting Glass	50	Momodi	Seventh Astral Era Main Scenario Quests
The Ultimate Weapon	50	Raubahn	Seventh Umbral Era Main Scenario Quests
A Recurring Problem	50	Minfilia	Primals Quests ┗ Primal Quests
As Goes Light, So Goes Darkness	60	Lucia	Dragonsong Main Scenario Quests ┗ Dragonsong War Quests
When We Were Free	60	Alphinaud	Post-Dragonsong Main Scenario Quests ┗ Post-Dragonsong War Quests
Honorable Heroes	60	Papalymo	Post-Dragonsong Main Scenario Quests ┗ Post-Dragonsong War Quests
An Ending to Mark a New Beginning	60	Alphinaud	Post-Dragonsong Main Scenario Quests ┗ Post-Dragonsong War Quests
Tidings from Gyr Abania	60	Tataru	Post-Dragonsong Main Scenario Quests ┗ Post-Dragonsong War Quests
Griffin, Griffin on the Wall	60	Alisaie	Post-Dragonsong Main Scenario Quests ┗ Post-Dragonsong War Quests
Louisoix's Finest Student	60	Alphinaud	Post-Dragonsong Main Scenario Quests ┗ Post-Dragonsong War Quests
The Greater Obeisance	60	Alphinaud	Post-Dragonsong Main Scenario Quests ┗ Post-Dragonsong War Quests
The Far Edge of Fate	60	Alphinaud	Post-Dragonsong Main Scenario Quests ┗ Post-Dragonsong War Quests
Beyond the Great Wall	60	Alphinaud	Stormblood Main Scenario Quests

Additional Information

See also: Lyse Hext

Born in Ala Mhigo, Yda is a Highlander woman about whom much remains a mystery, despite her high profile. What little is known, however, paints a colorful picture of an equally colorful individual.
Yda fled her homeland following the invasion of Garlemald in the year 1557 of the Sixth Astral Era. She and her sister first came to the Twelveswood seeking succor, but were forced to leave after being rejected by the elementals. After moons of wandering and foraging off the land, they found their way to the Dravanian hinterlands. With the aid of her future bosom companion, Papalymo, Yda was given a chance to begin her formal education in Sharlayan proper.
At first, this did not proceed smoothly, given her aversion to the study of letters. All too often, she could be found sating her hunger for lemoncakes rather than books. What Yda lacked in wit, however, she made up with her amazing physical prowess, and in time would channel this talent into becoming an expert pugilist.
Though a long-time member of the Circle of Knowing and the Scions of the Seventh Dawn, Yda has never forsaken her one true wish: wresting her homeland from the iron clutches of Garlemald.
Gut Wrenchers: Forged from a hardened darksteel alloy, these cesti-like knuckles are sturdy enough to withstand the incredible force with which Yda wields them. She is also believed to have christened them herself, explaining their nonsensical name.

— Encyclopaedia Eorzea: Volume I, page 191

Though canonically a Highlander, female Highlanders weren't playable during the 1.x era of Final Fantasy XIV. Given that, Minfilia and Yda use Midlander models, emotes, and gear textures.

Lore

Though she had earned the title of Archon, Yda still longed to free her homeland from the grip of the Garlean Empire. Eventually she left Sharlayan and returned home at the behest of Louisoix Leveilleur as part of his mission to save Eorzea. For several years, she and Papalymo fought against the Empire, protecting the people of Ala Mhigo and smuggling them out to Eorzea. Yda eventually met a young girl named Fordola, an Ala Mhigan youth mistreated by her own people. The two grew closer over time and eventually became friends. On the night before her mission ended, she offered to smuggle Fordola and her friends out of Ala Mhigo. The day of, Fordola was followed by Imperial Soldiers and ambushed Yda when she appeared. Yda feigned ignorance to Fordola, pretending not to know her to save her life. She asked Papalymo to look after her sister, Lyse Hext. She battled against the Imperials to give the girl a chance to escape, and was eventually cut down.

Papalymo gave her signature mask to Lyse to remember her by. Eventually, Lyse decided to fight to keep her sister's ideals alive, by taking her name and hiding her face. She joined Papalymo and convinced him to help her uphold the charade, invoking a Glamour on her neck of the Archon tattoos. Upon returning to Sharlayan, the members of the Circle of Knowing immediately recognized that she wasn't Yda, but agreed to remain silent after Papalymo explained what had happened.

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