Elyra: Echoes from the Void is a metroidvania indie game that combines action with the exploration of an abandoned world comprised of non-linear levels, delivered through an intriguing story based on a hand crafted sci-fi universe. You play as Aida Nebul, a Void Wanderer tasked to protect a scientific exploratory expedition on F-303, a new celestial body that misteriously appeared without any reasons on the orbit of the gas giant Farlorn emmiting a heat signal. The mission is interrupted by the Acrata, an opposing force in war with the Galactic Alliance. Problems arises as you and the expedition team get stranded on the surface of F-303 in the heat of the battle. Your mission changes, now you have to search for a way out. Furthermore your ship and even the Acrata’s stop working for a misterious reason. You’re forced to explore the deep caverns of F-303 where you discover an abandoned installation from an ancient race, that strangely is related to your past.
Only with a necklace, which is the only memory that remains of her parents, Aida Nebul lived much of his childhood in a clandestine orphanage of a space colony, this being a cold and unfriendly place to the human race, she was forced to learn to survive on his own at an early age, this made his life a disaster and almost without any friend, thus having to fight for his portion of food or a place to sleep. However, this also benefited her, building a strong character and learned how to defend himself from the fittest.
After some years, a battle took place between the Alliance and the Acrata, which ended up destroying the space station with most of the people who lived in it, however, almost by miracle and thanks to a little help, Aida managed to escape on a rescue ship. It was given for dead. However she did not give up and started looking for jobs to survive, she did everything from dishwashers, pickers, ship mechanics, cargo transporters to dangerous places and even to exterminating pests. All these jobs helped her to forge different skills, and she was becoming more and more sought after for dangerous jobs such as infiltration, information search of mafia and criminal gangs. Until one day she received a request to obtain military information from the Acrata, this mission was quite difficult, but she successfully completed it, which gave her a great reputation among the high commanders of the entire universe.
And now only two years later, at only 23 years old, Aida is a Void Wanderer, who roams the universe doing work for the great entities of the galaxy.