Cheerleader/Lore

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## Story Details

### Connected Characters

Minor:* Count Barriere
* Simon Barriere
* Reger Barriere
* Rosa Barriere

### Connected Locations

* Kreiburg Racecourse

This page is a compilation of story content and Lore for the Survivor **Lily Barriere**, also known as the **Cheerleader**. She is one of **43** playable Survivors added to Identity V.

## Backstory

### Character Introduction

Lily Barriere comes from an ancient family.

While her father was the unheralded and unloved second son of the family, he still had considerable wealth to support her rich childhood. Lily's parents and brother both loved sports, and her father dreamed of organizing legendary horse races, while her brother became a jockey with high expectations as soon as he became an adult.

Being the only daughter in a sports family, Lily was loved by her parents and older brother, and developed a naive, arrogant and paranoid personality.

However, all happiness ended abruptly when she was 16 years old. On the opening day of her father's expensive new horse racing series, a horse lost control and caused a serious accident. Her brother fell off a horse unfortunately and suffered severe trauma to his brain and body, regressing his intelligence to a toddler. Afterwards, he was placed in a care home by his parents.

As a result of this accident, the race meeting, which should have established his father's prestige in the family, turned into a scandal that banished him from the family completely.

The father, unwilling to face the fact, spent days with alcoholism, beating Lily and her mother, and then blaming himself and repenting when he was sober.The once happy family turned into a hell.

The only respite for Lily at that period was visiting her brother and she always cheered him on, like she used to. Even though her brother no longer gave any response, at least he would show a happy face that didn't contain an ounce of impurity - which used to belong to the Lily .

She met a peer child here, who offered Lily some "peer" advice after learning what she was going through.

Shortly afterward, Lily's father finally breaks his neck while drunkenly returning home. And her mother never came back after going to the police morgue to identify the body.

Lily wrote to her grandfather and uncle in the hope of seeking financial assistance to support herself into adulthood, as well as to pay for medical care in a care home.

Her uncle ignored it, while her grandfather sent her enough cash to support them for two years, and a strange IOU that changed the creditor from her grandfather to her, and the debtor lived in a manor house called Oletus.

### Weibo Post

Lily Barriere comes from an old family.

Even though her father was only the unheralded and unloved second son of the family, he still had considerable wealth to support her well-clothed childhood.

Lily's parents and older siblings both loved sports, with her father dreaming of organizing a world-famous horse race and her older brother becoming a jockey as soon as he was old enough to be expected to do so.

Born into a sporting family and the only daughter in the family, Lily was doted on by her parents and older brother and developed a naive, arrogant and paranoid personality.

But all that happiness came to an abrupt end when she was 16. On the opening day of her father's expensive new Jockey Club series, her brother fell off a horse and suffered severe brain and body trauma, becoming paraplegic, mentally regressed to a toddler, demented, and unable to speak, and was sent to a nursing home by his parents.

Because of this accident, the race meeting that was supposed to build up his father's prestige in the family turned into a scandal that drove him out of the family completely.

Unable to accept this fact, his father spends his days drinking, beating Lily and his mother when he is drunk, and then blaming himself when he is sober.

The once happy family is turned into an inferno.

The only respite for Lily at this point is when she goes to the care home to look after her brother, whom she always cheers on, as she once did at the racecourse, and even though he no longer gives any response, at least he shows a happy expression that doesn't contain a trace of impurity - an expression that belonged to the Lily of old.

Here, she also met a child her own age, who, knowing what Lily was going through, offered her some "peer" advice.

Soon after, Lily's father finally breaks his neck on his drunken way home. Her mother went to the police morgue to identify the body and never returned.

Lily writes to her grandfather and great-uncle in the hope of receiving financial support to support herself into adulthood, as well as to pay the medical bills for the nursing home.

Her uncle ignored them. Instead, her grandfather sends her a sum of cash that will last the siblings two years, and a strange IOU that changes the creditor from her grandfather to her, and the debtor to a manor house called "Oletus".

### Character Trailer

Identity V - Cheerleader Background Story
#### Trailer Transcript

*"Simon! You can do it!"*

*I once thought there was only laughter in the castle.*

*Until that monster appeared,*

*Growling at me with the face of our father.*

*Simon,*

*Can you hear me?*

*Luckily, you can't.*

*And I no longer hear.*

## Deduction Quests

*All completed Objectives reward the player with +335 Logic points for the Logic Path. After the character's deductions are completed, their Worn Clothes will be available.*

## Character Resources

The additional in-game and external documents for this character include:

* Character Relations
* Quotes & Media
* Event Appearances
* Mentions

The Character Relations menu shows how certain characters are connected and how they feel about each other. It also contains other personal information on characters that cannot be found anywhere else. It can be found in the Notebook, under the "Clues" tab.

As the Cheerleader's Character Relation's menu has not yet been released, there is not enough information to create a table.

### Reply Web Events

#### Japanese Twitter Replies

Please press "Expand" to see in-character replies from the official Japanese Twitter.

**Cheerleader** has been mentioned in the following documents for other characters:

## Canon Manor Game

We can gather who was in a canon Manor Game together by information in Letters and Diaries, and very occasionally from character quotes during events. However, there is currently not enough information to determine which Manor Game the Cheerleader participated in.

## Compiled Overview

The following section contains an overview based on canon information.Please note that some information may be missing as it may not have been provided from official sources. See the given references for further information.
### Backstory

Lily was born to Reger and Rosa Barriere, and had an older brother, Simon Barriere. She was born "with the first snow", implying she was most likely born between late November to early December. The Barriere family is an old, wealthy family, and her father, Reger, was the second son of Count Barriere, and even though he was an unloved and unheraleded son, he was still extremely wealthy, and Lily's family lived in a castle.

Her brother, Simon, became a jockey when he became an adult, and with his horse, Lillium, he competed in various competitions, which even resulted Count Barriere, who hasn't made an appearance in public in a long time, come to celebrate his grandson's victory. This seemed like a sign that Reger could return home, and be accepted by his father.

When Lily was 16, another competition was hosted by Reger in Kreiburg Racecourse, which had a series of races involving numerous famous horses, including Lillium and Cyanus. However, in this event, Simon was a victim to the fatal stampede that injured him, causing a spinal injury, brain damage, and a loss of speech for Simon. Lily was one of the many people who witnessed the incident.

This event was meant to bring good reputation to the Barriere family, but it turned into a scandal, which banished Reger from the family completely, and he couldn't take this fact. Reger resorted to alcholicism, and was abusive to his wife, Rosa, and his daughter, Lily, one of her few scars being on her nose. He later blamed himself when he was sober.

The family used to frequently visit Simon in the hospital, but later on, Reger stopped visiting his son, and then Rosa as well. Lily would spend time with her brother, even if he couldn't speak, he smiled at her. In this same hospital, Lily met a child around her age, who gave her advice that could stop the abuse and pain she and her mother went through, which probably was taken. Shortly afterwards, Reger broke his neck on his way home while drunk. Rosa was called by the police to identify and confirm if the body was his, but never returned.

With Lily being left all alone, and nobody being able to pay the medical bills for Simon's treatment, Lily asked her uncle and grandfather for help. While her uncle ignored her, Count Barriere sent her money, enough for 2 years, and a strange IOU, which changed her to be the creditor, and the debtor lived in the Oletus Manor. Lily came to the manor to bring back what was her grandfather's.

### Alternate Theories and Conclusions

The below article or section(s) contains speculation, analysis, or theories which may include unconfirmed information.When adding content, use references to link or explain **legitimate/official** supportive evidence for specific theories, otherwise it may be removed.
* It is likely that the peer Lily met while visiting Simon was Galatea Claude. In Lily's trailer she is shown speaking to a person in a wheelchair with a similar appearance to Galatea.
	+ This may also mean that Simon was staying at White Sand Street Asylum, as this is where Galatea was sent after her accident.

## References

1. ↑ She is stated to be 16 at the time of her brother's accident and it is unknown how much time passed before she went to the Manor. She was given enough money for her and her brother to live for 2 years by Count Barriere, meaning she likely went to the manor before the money ran out. She cannot drink Barmaid's Dovlin, making her under 21.
2. ↑ The Biography for the Cheerleader is compiled from various official sources such as her Letters, Birthday event, and official Art Reference Book. The official Biography will be updated once her Character Relations menu is added to the game.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Translated from the official 2024 Character Days announcement post on Weibo https://weibo.com/6140485374/4985311753405780
4. ↑ Backstory from the official Identity V website - https://idv.163.com/character/index.html
5. ↑ https://weibo.com/6140485374/NeygxqH8P
6. ↑ In the 2023 re-release of the event, the text of the Day 1 newspaper was changed to likely be Cheerleader, when it was previously Lucky Guy as The Final.

### Translation Notes

1. ↑ The name "Sainz" is a mistranslation of Cyanus. In Chinese, Ashes of Memory and the Deduction both use the name "塞恩勒斯" for the horse.