Lynette

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Lynette

Game series	Soul series
First game	Soul Calibur III
Voice actor(s)	Kanako Tateno
In-Universe Information
Age	16
Birthplace	Kiev, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Birthdate	March 31, 1575
Blood type	A
Weapon	Dual Tambourines
Weapon name	Cepheus Seal
Fighting style	Li-Lin Battle Dance
Family	Cepheus and all that works at the store

Lynette (リネット, Rinetto^?) is a fictional character in Namco's Soul Series of fighting games. She is the shopkeeper created for the Armor Shop within Soul Calibur III, and an unlockable Bonus Character in the main game as well. She represents the "Tambourines" Create-a-Fighter discipline.

1 Biography
2 Weapon
3 Stages
4 Trivia
5 Series' Appearances
6 External links

[edit] Biography

Lynette's profile doesn't give too many details of her past or how she came to work with Cepheus. She's the one in charge of selling clothes and accessories, but she's in search of her life's calling.

She often saw her co-workers work hard to become what they've chosen as their careers, and usually compared herself to them. Even though she lived in a town of mixed east and west cultures, she was yet to find something she would focus her energies on.

One day Cepheus, realizing her suffering, came and told her to be patient, that she didn't need to be like the others, and that she should take her time and find her answer.

Since then Lynette has started to travel in search of an answer. She went from store to store, trying to work there while hearing others' experience and stories. She asked customers as well, and also took walks outside. Eventually she took other hobbies, like dancing and self-defense.

Still nothing seemed appealing to her. She would still search, for the world is wide and full of surprises.

[edit] Weapon

-- Cepheus Seal

A pair of tambourines Lynette uses normally. They are most probably lent or given by Cepheus to her when she learned to dance. Other than boasting a unique design, they don't have special effects.

-- Terpsichore

Lynette's Ultimate weapon. With a pure heart, she might have been able to find Soul Calibur, but she has no knowledge of it at all. The Terpsichore has some pretty unique special effects, mainly focused on staying alive. The Terpsichore can gradually recover Lynette's health, not only by letting time pass, but by attacking opponents and by using half of the opponent's dealt damage with each connecting attack. The Terpsichore is also made of a strong stone or iron, so it can easily break an opponent's guard.

[edit] Stages

Lynette has no stages of her own, but she appears on Tales of Souls mode as a "Prepare to Defend Yourself" challenge in the Lakeside Colliseum (caged version) among the other shopkeepers as the third opponent of a 3-characters Team Battle.

[edit] Trivia

Lynette appears first on the game's Shop, in charge of the Armor section of it. In her shop the player can buy various parts pertaining to Create-a-Fighter mode, both male and female parts.
Lynette's entire costume is made from Create-a-Fighter parts. However, her body build is unique.
The tambourines appeared first as Voldo's Joke weapon in Soul Calibur II. Even if Lynette has them as weapon, Voldo's joke isn't changed in Soul Calibur III.
Like the other shopkeepers, Lynette uses various retail-related taunts that have little to do with the battle taking place. Stranger still is the fact that some, such as "Are you actually gonna buy anything?" are never spoken while visiting her shop.
Lynette's Destined Battle (during Quick Play) is Talim.
Lynette is easily the most innocent minded and childish character in the Soul series.
Many of Lynette's techniques are from Capoeira.
Lynette's ultimate weapon, Terpsichore, is named after one of the Muses of Greek Mythology, specifically, the muse of Dance.