real Yda, and not Lyse-masquerading-as-her-sister (and even then, it was only through the Echo, given that the 1.0 starting city stories were actually mostly Echo scenes the player was experiencing of events that happened 10 years previously. For one thing, the real Yda had short hair, which was revealed in a 1.0 cutscene)
Which is something of a downer - even though even at the start of ARR it seemed something about 'Yda' didn't quite add up, she didn't seem like the Yda I remembered, like... she was someone else. It still makes me sad though.