Lacus Clyne: Pink Princess of Peace
Genetic Type: CoordinatorAge: 16 (18 at the start of Seed Destiny)
DOB: Cosmic Era February 5 55
Blood Type: B
Height: 158 cm (SEED) --> 160 cm (Destiny)
Weight: 53 (SEED) -> 46 kg (Destiny)
Allegiance: ZAFT -> Clyne Faction -> Three Ship Alliance -> United Emirates of Orb -> Terminal
Family: Father (Siegel Clyne), Mother (Name Unknown)
Love interests: Kira Yamato (current), Athrun Zala (former fiancee and Shukaku's preferred perrson for her)
Mobile suit: ZGMF-X19A Infinite Justice
Personality: An indomitable will lies behind a calm and poised demeanor. Cheerful and friendly, Lacus's optimism is often mistaken for innocence. Her serene presence and constant diplomacy are her trademarks. Lacus is gifted with the ability to connect with others, and her words of inspiration have helped many. A staunch believer in peace, she holds true to her beliefs and lets no one intimidate her into changing it.
Background in Gundam Seed: Lacus Clyne is the daughter of PLANT Supreme Council Chairman Siegel Clyne. She is a Coordinator whose career as an idol singer has brought her enormous popularity in the PLANTs. She is engaged to Athrun Zala mainly out of political expediency, although they do get along well. As the Bloody Valentine War goes on, Lacus meets and falls in love with Kira Yamato, pilot of the Earth Alliance's GAT-X105 Strike Gundam. (Even though in the little world called "Shukaku's Way" Lacus and Athrun end up together. =D)
When she is dispatched on the civilian space vessel Silverwind to the ruins of Junius Seven, her vessel is attacked by an Earth Alliance Nelson-class battleship led by information by Kenav Luchini to believe that the vessel is actually a military ship. A fight breaks out, but Lacus' lifepod makes it out because of the efforts of Junk Guild tech Lowe Guele and his MBF-P02 Astray Red Frame. Her lifepod is subsequently rescued by the GAT-X105 Strike Gundam and brought to the Archangel.Even though they are technically enemies, Lacus is kind and respectful towards everybody on board the Archangel, and most of them treat her the same way. (Sai Argyle does question whether the reason she has such a lovely singing voice is due to her genetic alterations.) However, Fllay Allster refuses to shake hands and scorns her kindness because she is a Coordinator.
Later, when Fllay's father's escort is attacked by ZAFT forces, Fllay drags Lacus to the bridge at gunpoint and says that she will kill Lacus if ZAFT does not cease their attack at once. Before anyone can react her father dies when his ship, the Montgomery, explodes. Lacus' expression shows compassion towards Fllay, despite being threatened by her. As the ZAFT forces continue their assault, Natarle Badgiruel informs them that the Archangel has Lacus onboard, thus prompting them to withdraw. When Kira nearly has an emotional breakdown on one of the observation decks due to Fllay's abusive words, Lacus does her best to comfort him and learns they both share a friendship with Athrun Zala.
Kira later smuggles Lacus off the Archangel and returns her to Athrun, who once again beseeches him to join ZAFT. As before, Kira turns him down because he wants to protect his friends onboard the Archangel. This saddens Lacus; she knows that Kira and Athrun are both good people and are forced to fight one another because of this war. As Athrun returns to the Vesalius with Lacus, Rau Le Creuset launches in his ZGMF-515 CGUE to begin an assault on the Archangel. Lacus quickly picks up the intercom and orders him to stop his aggression at once, due to her being a memorial representative of Junius Seven.
Late in the war, a badly-wounded Kira is brought to Lacus' home by Clyne family friend Reverend Malchio. Lacus nurses Kira back to health with the help of her father and Malchio, and assures him that he's welcome to stay as long as he wants and that he's safe in the Clyne home. However, when Siegel Clyne receives word that the Earth Alliance base JOSH-A is about to be attacked by the bulk of ZAFT's forces, Kira went to Earth and save his friends aboard the Archangel. In response, Lacus provides Kira with a ZAFT Redcoat uniform and helps him steal the ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam. Lacus also grants Kira "her strength" by means of a kiss to his cheek, showing him that he has her support and affections.Because of her helping Kira, Lacus and her father Siegel are declared as traitors. Both try to inform the people about the genocidal ambitions of Patrick Zala, and Siegel is gunned down by ZAFT soldiers under Patrick Zala's command. While in hiding, Lacus meets with Athrun, and her views of the war help lead to his final decision concerning who he wants to fight for.
Near the end of the Bloody Valentine War, she leaves the PLANTs with her stolen support ship Eternal and joins the Orb Union-owned Kusanagi and the recently defected Archangel to form the Three Ship Alliance, a group dedicated to stopping the war. Upon seeing Kira again, she tells him about the death of her father and weeps bitterly. When the Junk Guild vessel ReHOME joins the Three Ship Alliance as a tender ship, Lacus finally meets the man who saved Kira's life (as well as her own), none other than Junk Guild tech Lowe Guele himself.
When Kira discovers his origins as the product of the Ultimate Coordinator project and is depressed; Lacus comforts him by saying that meeting him has made her so happy despite all the sadness she has endured up to this point. Lacus finally admits her love for Kira to him when she gives him the ring that belonged to her mother before the final battle at Jachin Due and tells him to come back to her safely. Kira thanks her for this and seals his promise with a kiss to her cheek.Background in Gundam Seed Destiny: At the start of Gundam SEED Destiny, Lacus is living with Kira at Reverend Malchio's orphanage in the Marshall Islands until a disaster forces her, Kira, the Reverend, and their charges to move in with Andrew Waltfeld and Murrue Ramius at their shared mansion in Orb. Meanwhile, PLANT Supreme Council Chairman Gilbert Durandal, in need of political clout, showcases Meer Campbell as Lacus, using her to influence the populace. The real Lacus is almost killed in a would-be assassination attempt, but Kira fights off the assassins with the Freedom. She, along with Murrue Ramius, Kira, Andrew Waltfeld, Cagalli Yula Athha, and most of the Archangel's crew reunite hoping to stop the new war. Lacus acts as the CIC officer for the Archangel until Cagalli takes over. (Ultimately, Kira's old friend Miriallia Haw would take over this position).
Lacus, along with Andrew Waltfeld later hijacks a shuttle to go into space, to see what the situation is at the PLANTs. They rejoin the crew of the Eternal and the Terminal factory satellite. In the Special Edition, the scene is edited so that Kira begs her to let him come along. Despite her personal feelings for Kira, she tells him he must remain on Earth to help Cagalli and the Archangel. In the original Destiny, Kira made the choice of staying back himself.
When Lacus and the crew of the Eternal are discovered and attacked by ZAFT again (due to an intelligence-gathering error made by Martin DaCosta), she and the ship try to deliver the newly-built Strike Freedom and Infinite Justice mobile suits to Kira and Athrun on Earth. Kira arrives in space via Cagalli's Strike Rouge and is nearly killed when his mobile suit is severely damaged. Andy uses his new Gaia Gundam to provide Kira enough cover to retreat to Eternal, where his new unit is awaiting. Aboard, Kira and Lacus are reunited and share an emotional embrace and words of happiness at seeing each other again. Lacus then takes Kira to his new unit, the Strike Freedom; once again, she wears a worried expression, much like she did when Kira wanted to pilot the Freedom to save her in Orb. After Kira saves her and the Eternal, she takes the Infinite Justice to Orb herself, giving Kira the freedom to participate in the already-heated battle in Orb. She lands on the Archangel and her words again help Athrun decide on what he wants to do concerning the second war.Lacus then reveals her presence and the fact that Meer Campbell is an impostor when Meer interrupts Cagalli's broadcast following the Second Battle of Onogoro. Most people are shocked, including the Joule Team and the Minerva crew, and even Gilbert Durandal himself is perplexed that Lacus is in Orb. In her broadcast she also denounces Chairman Durandal's agenda, which will involve using genetics to assign behavioral genes to every human being in order to render war and conflict obsolete. Terminal vows to stop Chairman Durandal from implementing his radical "Destiny Plan".
After the sudden attack on PLANT by Lord Djibril's Requiem beam, Lacus goes back to space aboard the Archangel. She joins Athrun, Kira, and Meyrin Hawke in information gathering on the moon, where they are contacted by Meer. Even though Athrun and Meyrin think it is a trap, Lacus chooses to meet Meer. Lacus tries to convince Meer to stop working for Durandal; however, they are attacked. Athrun, Kira, and Meyrin deal with the attackers, but Meer ends up dying in Lacus' arms after taking the shot that was originally meant to kill Lacus. After a funeral on the Archangel, Lacus and the others read Meer's diary and are visibly moved.
During the final stages of Gundam SEED Destiny, Lacus leads Terminal and the bulk of the forces that stand in the way between Durandal and the implementing of the Destiny Plan.
After the death of Chairman Durandal, Lacus Clyne is invited back to the PLANTs to serve as a mediator between ZAFT and the other nations. At the end of Gundam SEED Destiny FINAL PLUS, she is shown walking towards the PLANT Supreme Council. It is still unclear whether she is a still just a mediator, a member of the Council, or the leader of the PLANTs (Chairwoman). In final the installment of the Destiny Special Edition, Kira is revealed in a ZAFT commander uniform reuniting with Lacus on PLANT. They share a romantic embrace showing their love and affection.