She was in the game sprites, but her first artworks of her in Mega Drive cover and manual book is depicting her with blonde hair.
![](https://segaretro.org/images/thumb/1/10/Goldenaxe_md_jp_manual.pdf/page1-348px-Goldenaxe_md_jp_manual.pdf.jpg)
.. before US version changed her hair into ... black ![Huh? ???](http://www.segabits.com/forums/Smileys/default/huh.gif)
![](https://segaretro.org/images/thumb/3/3d/GoldenAxe_MD_US_Manual.pdf/page1-350px-GoldenAxe_MD_US_Manual.pdf.jpg)
Oh dear, how inconsistant.
I always regarded the "team colours" as:
Ax Battler = Blue
Tyris Flare = Red
Gillius Thunderhead = Green
So it would make sense if Tyris had more warmer colours in her design scheme.
Then again, she wears a bikini in battle. It doesn't evne look like
bikini armour.