Lilium Cartier

### Nicknames

Lilium, Lilie, Flowerbud/Angelcake/Moops(By: Jack), Sis(By: Irina & Lange), Snickerdoodle/Squishyface(By: Garrett)

## BIOLOGICAL INFOMATION

### Eye Color

Honey Yellow(Left), Light Lavender(Right)

### Hair Color

Lace White with Salmon Pink & Peach Highlights

### Relatives

River Cartier(Father)Teresa Cartier(Mother;Deceased)

Clair Cartier(Paternal Aunt)

Cressida & Ricky Cartier(Older Cousin)

Lazslo Cartier(Younger Cousin)

## ADDITIONAL INFORMATON

### Friends

Jack Astōr (Best-friend/Beneficial Partner/Love-Interest)Irina Olenyeva (Best-Friend)

Mariella Baquiran (Best-Friend)

Joseph Baquiran (Best-Friend)

Lange Reichmann (Best-friend)

Mercedes Medley (Close-friend)

Garrett Brandt (Friend and ex boyfriend)

Alyssa Schachbrett (Friend)

Connor Charcoles (Close-friend)

## ❉Introduction

Lilium Cartier, or simply known as Lilium, is the female protagonist of the ongoing in-development series Whispers of a Ghost. Lilium writes her days away, yearning for a deep connection with someone, coming from a traumatic past which twists her ideology to become a habitual liar. She is shown to be friends with the group Royals and attends Auctoritas Academy, she is sorted to Class Capella but was moved to Class Vega. She is shown to be the lead character alongside Jack Astōr.

> "Thank you for saving me.. On that day... And if I ever die, I want you to be my last.. I know that you might think I'm lying, and it's okay.. But I just want to express how I feel about you..." - Lilium Cartier to Jack Astōr
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## ❉Appearance

Lilium is a pretty young albino girl with a short stature and a slightly thin pear body-shape, due to albinism she lacks a lot of pigmentation mostly in her skin and hair. She has medium-length wavy lace white hair that falls to her elbow with shaggy bangs. She has heterochromia eyes with lavender at the right and honey yellow at the left. She has a round face with pale pink lips and white eyelashes. She often dyes her hair with warm colors but the color doesn't last very long, she often dyes her hair whenever she wants to express something. In the series, Lilium always wore light frilly dresses or outfits that are conservative, her fashion sense is more experimental. With her layering different clothes on and experimenting with accessories.

When attending Auctoritas Academy, she wore a modified and custom made uniform for her as she is one of the Uppers.

## ❉Personality

Lilium is overall a kind, meek and creative person who tries to see the good in others, she always did her best to be very understanding of her family, peers and even strangers. She is shown to be optimistic and an outgoing person who often went out of her way to help others, even if it would initially break her apart in some cases. Due to her sickness and the shift of her perspective towards life and the people that surrounded her, she believed that lies will make the world better. She convinced herself that lies can save anyone from potential harm, as she observed it from other liars. What she was not prepared for, was the aftermath of the dishonesty, most of the time whenever she fabricated reality, she would face the consequences much sooner than she initially thought.

Lilium is shown to be slightly naïve and at times feels like she is alien to societal customs, yet she does her best to fit in. She is also presented to be very shy around others and would at times, rarely reach out to make friends due to her upbringing. While she can be sheepish, she has a strong desire to form a meaningful and connection with people. She is shown to be concerned over her loved ones' future, dignity and relationships with others, where it's shown at the time when she broke off with Garrett due to the negative effects and how she didn't want her to be a burden to him and stopping him on his desires for the future. And even with Jack, whom she understood to struggle with schizophrenia and his bad habits but she helps and voices out her concerns.

Lilium is shown to put up an act whenever she was with her clients, trying to make sure that everyone fell for it despite not really loving the client herself.

## ❉Relationships

#### Jack Astōr

> "Why did you have to save me?.. I-I'm such a mess... But I have to thank you.. I never thought that someone would be willing to save me..." - Lilium to Jack
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Lilium met Jack for the first time in the school bus, yet their first conversation was when they arrived at Capella. They were distant to each other, in Lilium's dismay, they attended classes together and often were in each other's company as they felt like they were the only ones who got along with each other. Lilium often gave him small tokens of gratitude, (ie. A small citrus lollipop and a tiny box of Tarte Tatin) which Jack appreciates. During their time in Capella, they felt like they were the only ones who were able to understand each other and resorted to always picking each other as they felt it was easier than most.

#### River Cartier

> "I love you dad.. I really do but just please don't be overprotective of me.. If things happen, it happens. No matter how many preventative measures you've took to help.." - Lilium to River
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River is shown to be a stern yet loving father to Lilium, he always wanted what's best for the both of them and that's why he can be very strict and cold at times. While Lilium mostly followed her father's decisions, she sometimes had her doubts and her disagreements with his ideology, yet she kept this to herself in hopes of relieving and helping him and in fear of getting hurt or getting him hurt.

In her past until the present, Lilium always remembered how overprotective her father could be and it only became stronger and over evident after the death of her mother and with her entering her teenage years. River used to say that Lilium was their only child after years of miscarriages and intended to raise and protect her as her mother would've wanted that.

#### Garrett Brandt

> "I did love you back then but I didn't want you to force yourself onto taking care of me just because of the things that happened. I want you to have a great life just without you forcing yourself to be with me.." - Lilium to Garrett
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Lilium and Garrett had been friends ever since their elementary days, Garrett was the outgoing and extroverted one while Lilium was the sheepish and introverted one. They were the opposites of one another but it didn't stop them from having a good friendship. The former could be quite clingy to the latter and often reminds her that if she was free, they could have a voice call.

#### Irina Olenyeva

> "Not everyone is perfect Irina and you really can't force anyone to play along, but hey.. I'm here for you, our friends are here for you.. And we'll do our best to support you as long as you don't force your ideas on us.." - Lilium to Irina.
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## ❉Abilities & Mutation

##### Average Human Strength(Weakened):

Lilium displays an average human strength, although slightly weaker due to her disease. This forces her to carry pepper sprays or self-defense tools by her father, She is able to at least fight off an assailant by spraying her pepper spray or stabbing a small part of their body.

##### Aura Reading:

Lilium's mutation is Aura Reading, which is the ability to see and read the auras of people around her. Unlike other Aura-Readers around the world, she could see the color of the auras in people's hearts. In her point of view, whenever she was through a crowd of people it feels like different colors of light were blurred. Whenever she focuses on her aura reading, the surroundings fade into duller shades while the auras surrounding were more vibrant and strong. She is able to tell a person's emotions even if they're hiding them, with lies and even checking of their health and well-being as well.

## ❉Character Illustrations Gallery

Illustration of Lilium holding chamomile flowersAn old screenshot of Lilium alongside Irina, Mercedes & Mariella
## ❉Etymology

* Lilium's first name comes from the word ***Lilium** which* is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs, all with large prominent flowers. They are the true **lilies.**
* Her second name Viktorija, is girl's name is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Viktorija is "victory". Viktorija is related to the name Victoria.
* Her last name Cartier, is a modern-day gender-neutral name that has its roots in Britain, the meaning of Cartier is; “one who transports goods.”

## ❉Trivia

* The creator stated that Lilium was one of the three characters that didn't have a lot of character modifications appearance-wise.
	+ In the early stages of developing the story, Lilium's former name was Lilium Chamomile, with the other characters possessing flower surnames. Later on, Lilium's surname was changed to "Cartier".
	+ Unlike the other main characters, the creator had a difficult time to give Lilium flaws, as she still wants the viewers to still love the character but still give pity to her situation. Later on, the creator stumbled upon Oshi no Ko, which inspired her to give LIlium a lying flaw that people knew to this day.
* Lilium's Birthday, which is September 17th is a reference to the release of the movie of A Silent Voice
* The disease that she had since she was a child is unknown, the disease could be related to her albinism and the genes that she carries.
* She is shown to have adopted 6 stray cats, their names are based off condiments, they are named respectively as; Maple, Chocola, Cream, Honey, Hollandaise and Miso.
* Her favorite flower is the Chamomile. They carry the symbolic meaning of rest, peace, poise, calmness. The flower is also a sign of renewal and rebirth.
	+ The reason why her favorite flower is the Chamomile is because her mother used to brew teas with the flowers. Lilium's favorite is chamomile tea because of her late mother.
* According to the author, Lilium would smell like citrucey honey or a soft sweet and floral scent. The author would compare it to sweet honey or the smell of scented wax candles.
* Lilium loves food that involves citrus(I.e lemon pie, key lime pie etc.). She developed this fondness in childhood as her mother would give her an orange lollipop after surgery(due to it being the flavor that's always left out yet Lilium didn't mind this).
* Lilium hates strong broth(As seen in the first chapter where she adds milk in her ramen to lighten the strength of the broth).
* If Lilium was given a voice, she would sound like Barbara from Genshin Impact.
* Lilium gives food nicknames to the members of the Royals, with the nickname being their favorite food(With the exception of Jack).
* Her favorite cookies are Amaretti Cookies from the Honorarium Carnival.
* Her favorite animals are fawns and cats.
* In the post-timeskip she becomes a veterinarian, using her aura-reading to see the status and health of the animals.