Lily Nibelung
Lily Nibelung | |
"Welcome to my apothecary shop. Do you need a tincture?" | |
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Full Name | Lily Nibelung |
Race | Hyur |
Gender | Female |
Relationship Status | Single |
Nameday | 14th Sun of the Second Astral Moon |
Age | 24 |
Birthplace | Gridania |
Occupation | Apothecary/Conjurer |
General Information
Lily has had a fairly diverse set of experiences in her life for one who has not yet seen twenty-five summers. As a young adult she was inducted into the Wood Wailers as a fledging member of the Fifth Spears, much to her father's delight and pressed into service keeping the forest paths of Quarrymill safe. Surprisingly adept for one so inexperienced, she found herself able to keep up with most drills and exercises performed by the Fifth Spears. Her career as a wood wailer was not meant to be, however. During a fairly routine mission to cull the annually rutting antelopes on the forest paths, she fatally skewered and killed one such antelope. As the light left the animal's eyes, Lily felt a profound sense of sadness that touched her soul. A few days later, Lily resigned her commission as a Wood Wailer, putting up her lance, still stained crimson with the blood of the beast she killed. The next few weeks saw the woman lost, wandering Gridania without purpose, until she was approached by Master E-Sumi-Yan, the conjurer guildmaster.
Sensing the turmoil in the woman's soul and recognizing her inner potential, he introduced her to the soothing ways of the elementals and the healing power of white magic. Thus, did Lily begin her first tentative steps into the path of the Conjurer. In the years following, Lily continued to progress her skill to the point where she was recently honored to become one of a very small handful of non-padjal white magi. Under the careful guidance of the Padjal, she continues to nurture her mastery of the elements, though she still has a long way to go. Recently she has opened a small apothecary shop, where she uses the woodland skills she learned as a Wood Wailer to procure the herbs and plants needed for her potions, though she remains fiercely loyal to the conjurer's guild and treats the shop as a secondary venture.
Appearance
Lily has a somewhat average frame, very slightly trending towards the petite side. She is not very muscular, giving her the deceptive appearance of one who might be as delicate as the flowers she tends. Nevertheless, Lily has a surprising amount of resilience and spirit, perhaps as a result of the many exercises she participated in as a Wood Wailer.
She stands roughly 5'2", and has long flowing blonde hair that carries way beyond her shoulders. Her soft blue eyes exude an aura of serenity, and she meets most onlookers' gazes with a hesitant, timid smile.
Cheerful and optimistic most of the time, she almost always has some sort of flower or plant adorning her hair, a subtle reflection of the type of spirit she is inside. Her attire is generally brightly-colored or comprised of pastel pinks.
Personality
Personality Traits
- Conjurer
- Serene
- Innocent
- Quiet
- Shy
- Gullible
- Protective
- Unworldly
- Botanist
- Animal-loving
- Apothecary
Mannerisms
Lily can be socially awkward in new environments. Given the chance she would prefer the company of her bird Syl and her plants. Somewhat ignorant to the world at large, it is easy to take advantage of her naivety. When she is out in an unfamiliar place, she is often painfully shy and has difficulty opening up without first being approached. With the subtle urging of her friends, a friendly person to converse with, (and a healthy amount of alcohol), she generally relaxes throughout the night to hold a conversation.
She is a dilligent worker, and maintains a sense of responsibility to her fellow conjurers or guildmates. Her calm and serene nature is contagious, and those who spend more time with her typically tend to hesitate before doing anything rash. A nurturer, she finds herself fussing over the most trivial of injuries to her companions and she can be prone to being a bit of a worry-wart.
Philosophy & Ideals
Lily is nonviolent by nature, preferring to talk or bargain instead of resorting to blows. She is often quick to see the good in people, which can bite her when these people fail to deliver on promises or expectations.
She has a love of animals and those who cannot protect themselves. Though she shies from initiating conflict, she will not hesitate to protect those dear to her when they are endangered. Generally the only way to anger Lily is to inflict harm to her friends, and more than one hostile monster has been "thunked" by her stave for daring to strike her companions.
Though shy, Lily has begun to feel the urge to go out and see the world outside the doors of her apothecary shop. With the reassurances of those closest to her, she can be persuaded to go out into a social situations she otherwise would not go.
Personality Tidbits
- Behind the gentle smile and the petite frame lies a voracious appetite that puts even the largest Roegadyn to shame.
- Innuendo is often lost on the young woman, leading to situations and jokes at the oblivious girl's expense.
- She has a tendency to stammer when flustered or uncomfortable which can make understanding her difficult.
- Lily has a tough time traveling by Aetheryte. Prone to bouts of vertigo and nausea, she would rather take a long walk home than use an aetheryte crystal right next to her.
- Lily's tolerance for alcohol is quite low. As she often goes out drinking with her alcohol-loving friends, she can end up quite inebriated trying to keep up.
- Though she has done generally well for herself at her shop, Lily has trouble accumulating a substantial amount of wealth because she is always giving charity to virtually every cause she comes across.
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Early Life
Childhood
Lily was born to the Wood Wailer Commander Kelvothan and his wife, Cecilia. She is the youngest child in the family, having an older brother - Jeruh. With her father often-times missing due to his responsibilities in the Shroud, Lily spent most her childhood as a companion to her brother's various mischievious schemes. The two siblings were inseperable, despite the eight year difference in age between the two. Lily's first tragedy struck when she only seven years old, as Cecilia took ill. Despite the ministrations of the herbalists and conjurers in Gridania, her mother passed away one night peacefully in her bed. This loss was felt particularly hard by the young girl, as her older brother also left during this time to begin his apprenticeship in the Wood Wailers. Feeling lonely and isolated, she attempted to make friends with the other Gridanian children. Perhaps in part to her shy nature, she often found herself ostracized and teased by her peers until she simply stopped trying to fit in. Instead, she spent her time on the outskirts of Gridania, playing with the various critters that would happily accept the scraps of bread she would bring them.
One day, while traversing the woods as she normally would, Lily did what most children are like to do in the forest. She got lost. Wandering in what seemed like circles, the small child blundered her way straight into a morbol. Screaming in terror, Lily could only stare in fascinated horror as the beast closed on her, maw agape. Before she would be devoured though, a flash of white light lit up the woods as a winged horse crashed into the creature, battering it with its wings and bludgeoning it away with its hooves. Lily took the unexpected opportunity to flee. She would be found some time later by a Wood Wailer patrol, though they laughed off her explanation of a winged horse as the fancies of a young child.
Frustrated, Lily would often go into the woods looking for the horse that had saved her, though her efforts went unrewarded.
Adolescence
When Lily was 16, she formally entered the service of the Wood Wailers as a cadet in an effort to win her father's approval. Somewhat surprisingly, she was an able recruit, capable of matching up with most other Wood Wailer cadets in sparring matches and earning the respect of her trainers. Favoring the lance, she seemed to have a natural affinity with the weapon and often defeated other older Wood Wailers, which did nothing for her popularity among her peers.
By 18, she officially became a member of the Fifth Spears of the Wood Wailers. She became stationed in the South Shroud near Quarrymill and tasked with keeping the roads safe for travellers. During her tenure, things were relatively quiet, and so Lily spent many shifts observing and learning more about the woodlands around her. This fascination with the natural plants and animals of the Shroud grew into a lifelong passion that she still carries with her to this day.
Often left to her devices during offtimes, Lily spent a lot of time traversing the woodland and exploring. She discovered the hidden grove of Urth's Fount, where she would experience a life-changing event though she would not know it at the time. Spending time in the serenity of Urth's Fount's grove, she would begin to feel the energy of the elementals calling to her, tugging at her soul. During one particular such evening, she would experience a moment called "The Awakening". This moment is a time when a person's soul begins to attune itself to the rhythm of the elemental forces in the Shroud. Confused, but otherwise unaware of anything changing within her, Lily would continue to meditate in between shifts at Urth's Fount, slowly becoming attuned to the Shroud. It was also at this time when Lily once again sighted the winged horse from her youth. Touching down in the grove at one such opportunity, the creature allowed her to approach it. Falling in love with the incredible creature, Lily and the pegasus would share a powerful bond, though she did not tell anyone else of the creature's existance, content to allow it the freedom to live unharassed by the curiosity of man.
Life went on for the young wood wailer, though soon it would turn to tragedy. During one of her shifts, Lily and her squadron were sent on a mission to cull a pack of rutting antelopes that were running amok and hurting travellers. As Lily and her companions engaged the beasts, one of the animals charged at her. Instinct taking over, she deftly struck and skewered the animal through the heart. As the beast lie writhing at her feet in its death throes, Lily felt a powerful revulsion that shook her to her very foundation. She fell to her knees, dropping her lance and wept bitter tears as the light left the animal's eyes, cradling the antelope's head in her hands all the while. Soon after, the other animals had been driven off by the rest of her companions - but there had been a cost to Lily's inaction. Arthro, one of her Wood Wailer companions on her side, had been gouged by a flanking animal and gravely wounded. As Lily looked up with her blurry tear-streaked eyes at her Wood Wailer companions, she saw only scowls and disgust in their faces.
Lily never again raised her lance. Three days after the incident, she resigned her commission, and returned to Gridania in shame, blaming herself for Arthro's injuries. Too ashamed to return to her father who denounced her actions, she wandered the city in a daze seeking solace for the turmoil in her heart. One evening, sitting on the outskirts of the city as she did as a child, she was found by Master E-Sumi-Yan of the conjurer's guild who had taken a short walk in the early evening hours. He noticed the young woman's rapport with nature and recognized the potential within her for channeling white mana. Soothing Lily's wounded heart, he was able to convince her to return with him to the conjurer's guild where he took her in as an apprentice conjurer.
Adulthood
Lily has spent several years in the employ of the conjurer's guild where she practices her conjury daily on those petitioning for aid. Recently graduating from the guild as a full-fledged white mage, Lily has only just begun to explore the power of the elements within her. Moving to Mist to better represent the guild, Lily nevertheless was unable to bear leaving her beloved pegasus companion behind, and she took the creature with her to Mist, allowing the creature the freedom to soar among the La Noscean peaks. Too fearful to reveal the creature in public, Lily would nevertheless risk rides of joy upon her pegasi's back during foggy or otherwise concealing weather, later naming her pegasi friend Silmeria.
These days, Lily owns a small apothecary shop that operates in Mist, where she uses the knowledge she learned during those long nights as a Wood Wailer to brew all sorts of elixirs. Her lance, still stained crimson with the blood of the fallen antelope, sits above her mantle as a reminder to her of that fateful day. She is often contracted out through the Conjurer's guild to aid bands of adventurers who need a white mage for their ranks. She accepts these commissions without complaint seeing them as part of her dues to the guild, but is secretly terrified that she will make a mistake much like that one day that will cost a companion their life.
Recent Times
Most of the daytime hours, Lily operates her apothecary shop in the subdistrict of Mist where her potions are in high demand. With alchemy and botany not so common in the city of pirates, Lily often-times finds herself buried in work orders.
During the night-time, she has begun to venture out and seek places to try and socialize a bit. Generally this has been accomplished with the encouragement of her close friends Reina and Farah, though rarely Lily does venture out on her own. (Usually to sate her legendary appetite.)
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Relationship Status Key
- ☀ Loved One
- ❤ In Love
- ✿ Attraction
- § Complicated
- ♫ Friend
- ✔ Good Standing
- ✘ Poor Standing
- ● Neutral
- ✫ Uncertain
- ✞ Deceased
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RP Hooks
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Contracted White Mage
Lily is often contracted out on various jobs for adventurers with a need for mid-level guild support. She is a competent healer, a pleasant companion if a bit quiet, and more than capable in her own right.
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Need a Potion?
Lily is rapidly making a name for herself as a primary provider of alchemy and botany supplies in the Limsa-Lominsan region. Her prices are fair, and her goods are high quality. If you've a need of a potion, you've come to the right place!
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Child of Gridania
If you've grown up in Gridania, and are around Lily's age range, you might have vague memories of her as that "weird child" or the "animal girl".
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Wood Wailer
Lily's misadventure as a Wood Wailer is commonly known, especially to other members of the fifth. If you were a Wood Wailer in that part of the shroud, you might have even have been a part of the incident.
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Sketch Artist
If you're lucky, Lily will take a fancy to you, and you may find yourself the unaware subject of her night's charcoal sketch.
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Conjurer
Lily's is a mid-level white mage, and has graduated from the rank of Conjurer. If you are a lower-level conjurer, she might have tutored or aided you at one time. If you are a higher level white mage, you might have tutored her at one point.
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Out and About
With the assistance of her closest friends, Lily is taking her first tentative steps into the world outside of her potion shop. You might get lucky and see her sitting at a bar, or eating a meal alone at a restaurant she's never been to before. With the right approach and a little encouragement, you could probably open up a conversation, were you so inclined.
Preferences
RP Preferences:
I'm open to roleplaying with just about everyone - Veteran or novice RPer alike! Walkups are welcome and encouraged. My only three real requests are:
First - That you try to keep OOC and IC interactions separate when possible. I really prefer trying to keep character interactions in-character, and trying to differentiate when I'm talking to your character and *you* is difficult when someone constantly switches between the two without a warning. So trying to use "(( ))" tags when possible is greatly appreciated! :)
Second - I welcome almost all backstories and roleplays. If you'd like to do some sort of life-changing collaboration storyline involving Lily, please clear it with me first so I can think about the story a bit ahead of time and make it an awesome experience for both of us! That being said, I almost never turn down playing a role in your character's development.
Third - Regarding character relationships, while I am okay with Lily becoming - slowly - involved with somebody romantically, It would need to be something that would be built up upon many roleplaying sessions. I also want to stress that it would be strictly IC and would have it not bleed into the real world. Please respect that I prefer to keep the boundary in-game and will respond negatively if you try to make it go beyond that. Thank you! :)
Other Information | Credits | |
Last Updated: March, 2020 Lily's Journal: https://lilynibelung.tumblr.com/ |
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