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"The lesson will be taught in due time, Aloy. Until then, we wait." This article contains heavy spoilers for Horizon Zero Dawn. Read ahead with caution.
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Lansra is a character and minor antagonist in Horizon Zero Dawn.
History[]
A member of the Nora tribe, Lansra was a great-grandmother by the time of Aloy's birth, making her a High Matriarch by tribal law. While little about her early life is known, she appears to have been at odds with her fellow High Matriarch Teersa since at least the time of Aloy's birth.
One fateful day, the Matriarchs heard cries coming from All-Mother Mountain, discovering a newborn baby girl lying at the foot of the door to All-Mother. While Teersa believed the child was a gift from the goddess, Lansra believed that the child was the daughter of the Metal Devil; a curse that would bring doom upon the Nora.[1] Lansra's paranoia won out over Teersa's optimism among the Matriarchs, leaving the child an outcast from birth and preventing her from being raised within the tribe. The Matriarchs reached to an honorable outcast named Rost, who agreed to raise the child.[2]
Horizon Zero Dawn[]
Six months later, Teersa and Rost performed a naming ritual for the baby, whom Rost named Aloy. Lansra was furious upon discovering it, but was powerless to undo Teersa's blessing.[3]
As she grew up, Lansra was seen in a very negative light by Aloy,[4] who seemed to have some form of fear of Lansra.[5]
Once she was eighteen, Aloy returned to partake in the Proving, with Lansra muttering about her disapproval under her breath before they started the Blessing.[6] The Proving was met with tragedy, as an attack left most of the participants dead. Teersa ordered the gravely wounded Aloy to be nursed back to health in the sacred mountain. An incensed Lansra deemed the notion blasphemous,[5] but she was overridden by Jezza.[1]
When Teersa and Aloy both returned, Lansra was shocked and angered upon Teersa's suggestion that Aloy be anointed a Seeker, refusing to partake in it as she was overruled again by both Teersa and Jezza.[7]
When the Eclipse invaded the Sacred Lands to attack the Nora with the intention of wiping out the tribe with their force of corrupted machines, Teersa summoned the tribe into the safety of All-Mother Mountain, a right usually only reserved for Matriarchs. Lansra tried to stop them, but was powerless to stop the stampede.[8]
Lansra bowing down as Aloy returns from All-Mother.
After the attack had been repelled with the help of Aloy, Lansra remained antagonistic towards Aloy, blaming her as an ill omen for the cause of the Eclipse's attack and insisting that they must stop her from approaching All-Mother and finishing the destruction of the Nora. However, Aloy ignored her protests and approached the door with a fresh copy of the Alpha Registry, allowing the door to open for her. As Aloy returned, Lansra was the first to drop to her knees, begging Aloy to forgive her.[9]
Before Aloy left, she approached Lansra as she begged for forgiveness, admitting that she saw Aloy incorrectly. She followed Aloy's requests very literally, keeping her eyes open and mouth closed, leading her to attempt to speak without opening her mouth.[10]
Personality[]
Lansra is a stubborn and short-tempered woman, characterized by her sharp tongue and staunch traditionalism. She never shies away from making her opinion heard, and cares little for civility. She embodies many of the Nora's flaws, such as paranoia towards outsiders, placing tradition over reason, and later, religious idolization of Aloy.
Lansra saw Aloy with seething contempt, believing her to be the daughter of the Metal Devil of Nora legend on All-Mother Mountain, referring to Aloy as "it"[3] and "this thing",[7] and ignoring how she stood alongside the Nora and saved them from annihilation.[9] However, once she saw Aloy enter and return from All-Mother, Lansra's attitude towards Aloy became the polar opposite, worshipping her and following everything she said extremely literally, much to Aloy's annoyance.[9][10]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dialogue with Teersa during The Womb of the Mountain.
- ↑ Dialogue with Teersa after completing The Heart of the Nora.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Opening cutscene of Horizon Zero Dawn.
- ↑ As mentioned by Aloy in The Heart of the Nora.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 As seen in Aloy's nightmare in The Proving.
- ↑ Mother's Heart
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 The Womb of the Mountain
- ↑ Dialogue with Varl during The Heart of the Nora.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 The Heart of the Nora
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Dialogue with Lansra after completing The Heart of the Nora.
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| Nora | |
|---|---|
| High Matriarchs | Jezza - Teersa - Lansra |
| Braves | Aloy - Bast - Den - Dran - Ferl - Jarm - Marea - Muns - Resh - Sona - Teb's father - Vala - Varl |
| Seekers | Aloy - Sona - Teb - Varl |
| Outcasts | Brom - Cren - Grata - Jom - Kam - Kurnst - Nora Keeper - Rost - Yun |
| Other members | Alana - Arana - Dral - Enara - Fia - Grist - Jarg - Jun - Karst - Lut - Nakoa - Olara - Orn - Solai - Taim - Teb - Thok - Yan |