Lillia St. James [Adopted DeGraff]

[Lillia St. James]

Face Claim: Courtney Eaton
OOC Name:Aquila

CHARACTER NAME: Lillia St. James

AGE:21

CURRENT RESIDENCE (Which land in Elysium will they live?): Teronna

APPEARANCE (General info, Height/weight, Eye/Hair color, build, etc.): Despite having extremely similar facial features, it is not difficult to tell the twins Camille and Lillia apart. Where her sister is soft, Lillia is all muscle, from her time in the military. Where Camille wears her hair down, Lillia makes an effort to wear hers up, usually in a high ponytail or a top knot. Lillia has inherited her adoptive father's intense and commanding presence when walking into a room, often getting herself into trouble with her sharp tongue and daring to voice her opinions openly. Her demeanor is that of a woman who carries herself strongly with confidence and assertiveness.

MARITAL STATUS: Single

FAMILY MEMBERS: Adoptive Father - Jareth DeGraff Adoptive Mother - Maeve DeGraff Twin Sister - Camille St. James

POSITION/OCCUPATION: Army Private

GRAMARYE GIFT (if any):N/A

PERSONALITY: Lillia has a strong personality. She is a very much the type of woman that will eat you alive if you let her. She knows what she wants and how to get it, and she isn’t afraid to use force or womanly charms to get it. She’s fiercely loyal to her adoptive family and is not afraid to go out of her way to help them. She takes great pleasure and pride in being a solider. Oftentimes being considered a “devil woman,” it has been rumored that Lillia takes a little bit too much pleasure in sparring. She’s a fierce competitor and protector.

Likes: Knives, Sharp object, weapons, Flowers - Roses specifically, Cookies, the color blue, silk, horses. Her Twins sister, her youngest adopted siblings, pulling pranks on her cousins.

Dislikes: Liars, people who seek her family harm, Liver, eggplant, whole tomatoes, people who would pick on someone of a lower status.

HISTORY:
Camille and Lillia were born to less than average commoner parents in the countryside of Teronna. The twins have been close friends since birth. As young children, they were often mistaken for one another, although they have developed into different, but complementary, personalities as they matured. They lived on a farm during their early childhood, before the threat of rogue mystic attacks began to rise. Their farm was raided and burned, and the girls were hidden in the root cellar while their parents were killed in the house above. They hid there for ages before finally emerging to find nothing but rubble remained of their lives.

The two moved into the city in hopes of finding a new life for themselves, but they soon discovered that there was no welcoming place for a pair of near-children with only the basic farm skills to offer. With no other prospects, the two turned to thievery and lies to survive. Lillia became the defender (which she had always been, really, defending Camille from threats as small as spiders and as big as men). Camille rose up as the shining distraction, a smooth liar, and a charming damsel in distress. Lillia acted as the muscle, easily taking what they needed while Camille acted as the distraction. 

When they were 14, the twins picked the wrong (or perhaps the right) pair to pick-pocket--Maeve and Jareth DeGraff. The DeGraffs knew right away what was happening and captured the girls. When they found out why the young women had been stealing, they quickly decided that was the end of that. Before they knew it the girls were promising to behave; so long as they treated the DeGraffs as their family, they would be treated as family too.

It took time for the twins to understand that it was real. They pushed and tested their boundaries, acted out, fought with their 'parents,' and were general terrors for the first month or so. But once they realized that there wasn't a catch, that they truly were wanted there, they began to relax into their new lives. As honorary DeGraffs the girls had all their needs more than met, and their loyalty to their adoptive parents is unwavering.

With her new fathers help, Jareth managed to help Lillia fulfill her want of joining the army. She takes her job very seriously, wanting to make both living and dead parents proud of the woman she's become. Under Lillia's want to make them proud, is also an underlying rage for those that took the St. James' away from them. She struggles with accepting their death, thinking if she'd only been stronger, or had been bigger, they would still be alive. She takes out that anger by throwing herself into her work, and taking care of Camille. 

Now, the only time they try to steal from anyone is when they have orders...
[ Soleil ; Lunari ]