Lilith/Relationships

## Relationships

### Paisley

Ashley seemed to resent her adoptive sister Paisley, who was viewed as the much more beautiful girl of the two. After years of enduring Paisley's abusive words and actions, Ashley started the fire in Starheaven that ended up seriously hurting Paisley.

### Nightbane

Nightbane the devil is the creator of Ashley and it was also he who transformed Ashley to Lilith. He appeared to be very loyal to Lilith, but he was actually doing so to serve the Goddess of Desire all the time.

### Nolan

Nolan was an extremely gifted violinist. When he was fourteen and played his violin in the countryside, he met Lilith. Lilith liked his music a lot and Nolan also fell for Lilith's beauty. Lilith then took him back to the Royal Palace of Ninir and gave him the finest violin in the country as a gift. Lilith often asked him to play the piece by Old Hendrill. Nolan loved and worshipped Lilith dearly, and swore that he would be Lilith's forever. However, as the Queen, Lilith was busy with the affairs of the Kingdom and Nolan could seldom see her. He was tormented by his love. He then decided to be more active and serenaded under her window no matter she was in the palace or not. When Lilith finally had the time and went to see him, Nolan was overjoyed, but also exhausted his last breath and died. Lilith then discovered that what she wanted was not love from everyone, but everlasting love.

### The Nightingale Poet

The Nightingale Poet was a very talented but poor poet who traveled all around Miraland with his friend, a nightingale. When Lilith came across him one day in Ninir Kingdom, she was attracted by his poetry and invited him to her palace to compose an song for the kingdom. The Poet was stunned by Lilith's beauty and agreed to it. When he finally finished the song, Lilith was very happy with it and the Poet explained that this song was second to only a single, unfinished work, which he wrote after hearing a girl singing by Lake Silvermoon in Starheaven. He said that it was most beautiful scene he and the nightingale had ever behold, even though he did not saw the girl's face. Lilith realized that the girl he mentioned was Ashley and was shocked. She asked if he would still liked the girl if she had an extremely ugly face. The Poet answered that no matter how she looked, it wouldn't change his mind.

When the Poet was ready to leave the court, Lilith stopped him and offered him a position in the court and specially wrote poems for her. He was tempted by Lilith's beauty and all the luxuries promised to him, but for the sake of his nightingale companion, the Poet refused the invitation. However, Lilith tempted the nightingale into a beautiful cage and also a mechanic bird as its companion that she prepared beforehand. She kept the cage in her bedroom, and every night she begged the nightingale to sing for her, but the nightingale never did.

After he was separated from his companion and became the official court poet, the Poet could no longer write even a single line. He was so sad and troubled, but Lilith comforted him that his talent was just hibernating like the winter, when spring arrived everything would be fine. However, the Poet grew desperate and finally decided to escape in the winter. One night, he climbed up to the balcony where Lilith kept the Nightingale and tried to run away with it. He futilely tried to remove the cage but was unsuccessful and made too much noise. Out of despair, he abandoned the nightingale to escape and promised the nightingale that he would come back for it when the spring came.

Lilith was sad that the Poet left her and the nightingale still wouldn't sing for her. As days went by, the nightingale grew weaker and weaker. Lilith tried to warm it as much as she could but the Nightingale still felt cold and weak. Before the nightingale lost conscious, it seemed to hear the girl by Lake Silvermoon sang again. It was so happy and exhausted its last strength to sing with her.

## References

1. ↑ *Shining Nikki* Main Story: V1: Stage 2-7
2. ↑ *Shining Nikki* Fan Translation(s): Main Story Volume 1; translated by athena#2202 and Tawaki#4145
3. ↑ *Shining Nikki* Ark Designer's Reflection: Nightbane: Soul Magic Enter Memory
4. ↑ *Shining Nikki* Ark Designer's Reflection: Goddess of Desire: A Gloomy Start Enter Memory
5. ↑ *Shining Nikki* Ark Designer's Reflection: Lilith: Abyss of Stars Enter Memory
6. ↑ *Shining Nikki* Ark Designer's Reflection: Lilith: Nightingale and Mist Enter Memory