Lyer

Appearance
Lyer, a French-Russian being, is 187cm tall (6'2") demon-like creature. He sports a stylish black suit with long coat tails, black suit pants, and shiny boots. On his suit collar he wears a red ribbon. He has black hair and red eyes and is the tallest amongst all the characters of Mias World. He also has a pair of black wings which he can hide and reveal at will, often times to assert dominance.

He looks like he is in thirties but is implied by the creator to be over a hundred years old.

In Mias World, Lyer is a shadowed stick figure with a black and white striped censor bar over his eyes.

His human design has not been revealed in comic however it has been shown in the animatics Trumma Trumma, MPU, as well as the Turn The Lights Off MAP. The logic of the switching of designs has not been explained yet.

Personality
Lyer, called by Mia as John, is the main antagonist of the story. He is an ambivalent being and his motives are still unknown. He seems to enjoy confusing and teasing Michael. He has sadistic tendencies as shown in his first encounter with Michael was an attempted murder, as well as when he slammed a cupboard open on Mike's face. He also seems to have a growing interest in Mia.

Lyer radiates a lot of confidence as shown by his performative antics. He enjoys dancing and almost usually breaks into a musical number.

Abilities
Lyer is seen to have a few powers.


 * Influence - Lyer's iconic red strings called Influence are electric strings which he can use to manipulate his subject to do whatever he wants.
 * Illusion Manipulation - Lyer is seen to be able to distort the reality of the pages as shown in page 27 where the painting of a boat is replaced by a painting of Lyer.
 * Shape Shifting - In page 23, 37, 51, and 70 Lyer is shown to be able to shape shift and change form.

Other Facts

 * Lyer was once a living person although the creator Mogry331 said that there are currently no plans to reveal his backstory in the comic as it is not directly relevant to the plot. He was implied to be a Russian soldier in his past life.
 * The name that was supposed to be given to Lyer was the French name Jean but was changed to John due to the former being mispronounced as [Jeen].
 * Lyer is quite literally covered in shadows which is why he is often drawn as a black stick figure. The white demon in The Mind Electric is indeed Lyer only without the shadows enveloping him.
 * Lyer's headcanon voice is Professor Venomous from OK. K.O.