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→ HISTORY.
Lily doesn't have much history due to the combination of having essentially missing out on early childhood by having her memory wiped around the age of thirteen by Angelica Einstellsehn, and by dying before she turned fifteen.
What she does have is fairly straightforward: she was modified into a DOG (a super-soldier with a collar that both caused manic violent episodes and hyper-strength), 'woke up' in Einstellsehn's Underground at around the age of thirteen, and from there was thrust head-first into the society of her new home, which consisted of a heavy pack dynamic while at the same time being a dog-eat-dog world, literally. She was made to fight both mutant creatures called 'Kennys' and her own siblings, and, it is implied, brutally trained in order to become, in Einstellsehn's words, a 'powerful weapon'.
It's quite possible to infer that Lily, whose 'spine' worked from her first awakening, was one of the better children in her series, perhaps even surpassing Heine. This, in turn, likely made her life easier, free of the virulence that was sometimes employed to prompt the less perfect children into action.
Unfortunately (or perhaps mercifully), Lily's time in the underground would be called to an abrupt stop when her brother Heine snapped under the influence of his own neckring, killing many of the other children and finally attacking and dismembering her. She might have survived even this if Heine had remained delirious.
Instead, it seemed that attacking Lily (and her lack of violence in return; she chose instead simply to brush his face and tell him it was all right) caused him to snap out of the state; realising then what he had done, he intentionally broke her spine and killed her.
→ PERSONALITY.
Lily is foremost curious and adaptable. These traits define her.
Calm in many circumstances and able to function even under extremely strange scenarios, Lily is outwardly affectionate to those her age and perhaps slightly inclined towards 'clinging' in desperate situations, readily taking Heine as her 'onii-chan' (affectionate, respectful: brother) without having known him for very long at all. She's somewhat afraid of paternal authority figures.
At times Lily is prone to overwhelming fear of a situation to the point of emotional breakdown; this fear, though, is much more likely to take over after the adrenaline rush caused by said events has faded.
While only a young teenager, Lily has been forced to both kill those marked as enemies and to fight her own siblings; the impact this on her that this has is decidedly detrimental in the aftermath, but while engaged in acts of violence she has been shown to show little to no hesitation, or, more importantly, awareness of what she is doing.
Finally, Lily is ultimately forgiving, telling the one who killed her (her own brother) that it was all right and smiling as she died: it didn't hurt any more.
→ ABILITIES.
Like Heine and Giovanni, her brothers, who are part of the same 'series' she is, Lily has a 'spine' (also called a 'collar', a 'neckring', or, more clumsily, 'that thing around your neck') which enables her to both perform feats beyond her normal physical strength, and also to heal from injuries very rapidly. It also grants advanced disease resistance.\
When threatened, Lily may shift entirely into a maniacal 'dog' state, mindlessly ripping up whatever might be in her path, apparently quite delighted at her acts while actually performing them. Coming down from this state results in a powerful emotional crash.
Whether or not it's triggered, in Lily, seems to depend on whether or not she's under threat, however, when Heine attacked her it does not seem that she fought back, and for her, there may be some element of control as to whether or not she becomes overpowered by its influence.
→ RELATIONSHIPS.
There are only three people that Lily definitely knows, within canon:
→ Heine Rammsteiner.
Dear brother. She treasures him more than anyone or thing else in existence, to the point of allowing him to kill her rather than fight against him. She would do anything for him even still.
→ Giovanni.
Little brother. Somewhat concerned by his lack of spine (no pun intended). Has some affection for him... or perhaps it's better called a pack bond.
→ Angelica Einstellsehn.
Mother. Afraid of her, but respects her in a tremulous way. Her word does not override Heine's.
What are they bringing to Nuadoria?:
- Wire-bound sketchbook (standard Underground issue, seen being used by most of the children there)
- Box of crayons
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