Tilly Thornblume

**Tilly Thornblume** is a character played by Bubellche

## General

Tilly Thornblume, a 25 year old university student, was born into a rather unique family. Her parents were environmental documentarians, shooting nature documentaries and shows all over the world. Their goal was to preserve nature and show the public the risks and threats of global warming and how it is destroying our planet. Because of her parents ambitions she spent most of her childhood in places like Nairobi, South Africa, Jordan, and more, where she formed a deep connection with the flora & fauna in said places.

## Early Life & Pre-Apocalypse

Tilly was educated on outdoor survival, botany, conservation and science from a very early age and her parents made sure to instill her with a sense of responsibility to care and preserve nature and all its wonders.

However, because of her parents' rather unique and bohemian lifestyle she never had a true place to call home than their Camper. Even though Tilly knew her parents loved her dearly, she never fully accepted and connected with her parents choices regarding herself and wished for a normal childhood, with normal peers, a normal home, a normal school and a normal environment. She was yearning for a sense of normalcy. This led to Tilly putting her foot down when she became of age and moving to Los Santos to finish school and to attend University. Obviously her parents were not the most approving of her choice, since they believed that the educational system and city life stifles individuality and creativity, but Tilly was determined to widen her horizons and to finally live her own life and not be a footnote in the life of her parents.

A few days before disaster struck,  her parents decided to visit her in Los Santos. Tilly was excited at first, but soon learned the true reason for their arrival. They had some meetings scheduled with investors and were planning to appear on a TV Show at the Richard Majestic Studios for documentary-related business. She was disappointed but tried to enjoy her time with her parents nonetheless.

## Apocalypse

When the incident happened and in the aftermath of the EMP, Tilly and her parents sought shelter at the University. Unfortunately Tilly’s parents were more interested in the documentation of changes in the environment and the plight of the people trying to survive. They didn’t quite understand the scope of the disaster and what was about to come.

So unfortunately it didn’t take long for misfortune to befall her family too. While out on a shoot, her mother and father got attacked by aggresive, sickly-looking individuals and they barely made it back alive. Her father was roughed up and he went down with a bad fever after a few hours. Tilly tried desperately to help her dad but no antibiotics, medicine or care would help bring the fever down. Tilly went out to look for more medicine, while her mother cared for her father. After hours and hours of searching she returned to the University being in shambles. It didn’t take long for her to get a picture of what was going on, the infection spreading like a wildfire between the university refugees, being the main reason. Panicked she tried to find her parents and went from door to door in desperation. She found them in on of the laboratories. Her father was holding her mother in his arms. At first she thought all was okay and he was feeling better, but when she came closer she saw the Monster her father has become. Holding her mothers corpse in his grasp. In utter shock the fled the university and was picked up by one of the Janitors. He guided her through the sewers into the Underground Bunker, where she remained most of the 4 months.

She realized that the world was not how it was before and she had no Idea how far this calamity spread. All she knew was that she had to rely on her wits, her upbringing and love & knowledge of nature to survive. Her knowledge of botany and ecology proved invaluable and it kept her alive to this day.

Tilly Thornblume is a gentle and caring person, but since the tragedy she has been a nervous wreck. She yearns for a sense of community and normalcy, just as she did when she was little. The young woman promised her dead father that she would upkeep their legacy and honor their wish to protect and preserve nature. So inspired by their work, she was determined to create a sustainable settlement in harmony with nature, where the mistakes of the old world would not be repeated.

In the ever changing landscape of Los Santos, Tilly seeks like-minded individuals who share her vision and have not lost their social, empathetic ways. She knows that to build a new society, she must navigate the dangers of the city and be smart whom she trusts. She might seem naive to some, but Tilly is dead set on to fulfill her promise and creating a safe haven for humans and nature alike.