Kyrie Canaan

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Kyrie Canaan [ˈkɪərieɪ] is a minor character in Final Fantasy VII Remake, and the female protagonist in The Kids Are Alright: A Turks Side Story. She is a former delinquent from Midgar's Sector 5 Slums who later serves as a detective alongside her boyfriend, Evan Townshend. Kyrie is a young woman with long, black hair with bangs and striking brown eyes inherited from her grandmother, Mireille Dudley. Being a tomboy, she wears sporty clothing: a cropped gray double-breasted vest with six buttons and a gray cropped undershirt; cutoff denim short shorts with black biker shorts underneath; long gray and black striped stockings; and black lace-up calf-high boots. Kyrie wears various unique accessories, including burnt sienna gloves, three wallet chains attached to her shorts, and a belt with a crescent moon-shaped buckle like the pin on Evan's hat. A dark teal gatsby hat and a blue scarf hanging from her belt were added to her outfit in Final Fantasy VII Remake. In The Kids Are Alright, Kyrie dons several outfits and accessories. Her main ensemble now includes a racing jacket with a design of a Bomb on the back turned into a sleeveless top by her friend and colleague, Leslie Kyle. During her tenure as a swindler and pickpocket, Kyrie was mischievous, spunky, and deceptive. She survived the poverty in the slums of Midgar, though it got her into trouble. She was an opportunist who'd use any angle she saw to get what she wanted, even if it meant attempting to cash in on the public's anxiety during a time of uncertainty. When Barret comments on her tenacity, he says that it's a miracle Kyrie has managed to stay alive. After Cloud, Barret, and Tifa go out of their way to help her out, the lesson Kyrie is supposed to learn ultimately goes over her head as she promises to "only steal from the right people". Despite her criminal behavior, Kyrie has a caring and playful relationship with her grandmother, her sole surviving relative. However, as Mireille points out, much to Kyrie's dismay, she tends to be nosy, get involved in others' business, and doesn't take responsibility for her actions. In Rebirth, Kyrie has shown to have not learned her lesson in Midgar, using her con artist skills to pass herself off as an experienced mercenary but in reality she lies about her experience and passes off Cloud's success as her own, which aggravates him to no end. Whenever her lying and con artist skills get herself into an actual job she has no true ability to complete, and into trouble, she wholly expects Cloud to clean up her mess, once again refusing to take responsibility for her actions and barely shows gratitude for his efforts. However, she does try to compensate Cloud for helping her. Kyrie's antics ultimately came to a head when the mayor of Costa del Sol hired Cloud to not only finish the job he originally hired Kyrie for but also "take care of her" which meant to kill her, leading Kyrie to panic for her life, knowing full well that she couldn't talk herself out the situation. Fortunately, her grandmother entered and once more scolded her for her lack of thinking things through and her poor judge of character, such as taking a job from someone as shady as Costa del Sol's mayor. This ultimately led Yuffie to speak up and call out on both of their behaviors, leading Kyrie to admit that while she admires her grandmother as the Guardian Angel of the Slums and what she does for the downtrodden, she feels she can't live up to her grandmother's name or even be the third Guardian Angel, stating that was her grandmother's identity and not her own. Mireille likewise admits she tended to push Kyrie into following her footsteps without considering what her granddaughter actually wanted. After making amends and understanding each other, Kyrie expressed happiness in becoming her grandmother's partner-in-crime, using both of their skills to help each other out and be the Guardian Angels of the Slums, thereby beginning to turn herself around. Meeting Evan inspires Kyrie to turn her life around; she leaves her life of crime, cuts ties with those trying to tempt her back, and acts more mature to gain Evan's approval. They form a complicated relationship as she knows he strives to do good things but puts up a front and acts like a tough guy. Likewise, Evan understands that Kyrie isn't a terrible person despite her criminal background but an irresponsible troublemaker. She is eager to assist him in his detective work to aid and support others in need. While working together, Kyrie and Evan develop feelings for each other, which they consummate by the novel's epilogue. As an investigator, Kyrie finds joy in making people happy. She helps Evan and, in some ways, herself, answer questions about the mysteries of Shinra's remnants and Meteorfall's impact on Edge's inhabitants. Kyrie suffers from pyrophobia, a fear of fire, ever since a friend of hers died in a fire. Reno and Rude say Kyrie reminds them of her old friend Aerith with how both women, despite their boldness, "underestimate" the Turks.