Lillian Armfeldt

> I'm happy that Mai's been making more friends! To be honest, I was worried that she had trouble socialising outside of us, but... I'm glad she has you, Tanner.
>
> Lillian Armfeldt to Tanner Ackerman

## Media

### First Appearance

"Dearly Beloved"

Lillian Armfeldt is a side character in Team OPRA's story. She is a former student at Beacon Academy and was a member of Team TLIP with Ignis Artifex as her partner. Her weapons are a pair of lightweight dust-conducting gloves called A Woman's Touch.

She first appears in "Dearly Beloved" watching Mai Phan fight Tanner Ackerman in a combat training spar. She later appears at the Beacon Formal.

Lillian and her team later participate in the 40th Biannual Vytal Festival in Volume 3. She and her team progress into the Singles round with Mai representing and move further in after Mai defeats Tanner. The festival is later interrupted by the grimm invasion and Mai flees in the chaos after revealing herself as a white fang agent.

After the fall, Lillian and her remaining team are transferred to Shade Academy.

## Appearance

### Physical

Standing at 6’0, Lillian has a slender frame. She has sandy skin with brown eyes and dark cool brown hair that is wavy and measures down to her waist with a part on the right and no fringe. She has a semi ovular head shape and commonly wears make up like foundation, blush, blue eyeshadow, eyeliner and red lipstick.

### Attire

Lillian’s initial attire consists of a light blue sleeveless top with a high collar and gap between with two straps attaching the collar to the bodice. The top also features an open back. On her arms, Lillian wears two detached sleeves that are fur-trimmed at the ends and also hides her weapons. On her legs, Lillian wears a pair of tight black leather pants and on her feet, a pair of knee-length black and brown high heeled boots that are steel capped.

## Personality

Lillian is a graceful, sophisticated and feminine young woman. Despite being a bastard daughter, Lillian’s exposure to the high societies of Remnants have caused her to develop a level of sophistication to her personality. She is polite and well mannered. Along with her Team leader, Tin Toulouse, Lillian acts as a big sister to her other team mates and those around her. Deep down though, Lillian feels conflicted as to who she is and struggles with her identity as a bastard child, causing her to often feel out of place and as if everyone in her life secretly despises her for the circumstances of her birth.

Like the other remaining members of TLIP, Lillian was deeply affected by Mai's betrayal at the Fall of Beacon. After the 6-8 months that had passed, she travels to Shade with other now deserted students at Beacon to restart their hunting education. Lillian becomes confused as to why Mai, such a close friend, would betray them, but lacks the courage to address it with Ignis and Tin. However, deep down Lillian knows that this can't be left unaddressed any longer.

## Background

Lillian was born as the bastard daughter of famed actress Helena Armfeldt and an unknown bachelor. She comes from Atlas but was sent to Mistral to become a huntress and attend Sanctum Academy for basic training. She was later accepted into Beacon.

During the initiation, Lillian saved Ignis from a King Taijitu and later became partners with him. Afterwards, she and Ignis were formed into Team TLIP with Tin Toulouse and Mai Pembe.

In Volume 2, she watches Mai fight Tanner and makes acquaintances with the latter's team mates.

Lillian later participates in the 40th Biannual Vytal Festival with her team, making it into the singles round with Mai representing. They then move further into the round after Mai beats Tanner. The tournament is then interrupted and later on, Lillian finds out about Mai's status as a white fang agent.

After the fall, Lillian is transferred to Shade Academy.

## Abilities and Powers

Lillian is a strong dust-user in battle. Her knowledge and application of dust allows her to perform a variety of elemental-based attacks. In conjunction with this, Lillian can combine dust elements for other effects in combat. Despite her feminine appearance, Lillian is also very knowledgable in hand to hand combat, being able to take on opponents from closer ranges and utilise dust in her attacks at that range too.

### Weakness

Lillian is stated to have a weaker aura reserve, thus making it easier to break.

### Weapon

Lillian’s weapons are called *A Woman’s Touch.* They are the *Light Weight Dust Gloves.* A Woman’s Touch are a pair of black dust gloves that measure to Lillian’s elbows. On the dorsal side of the gloves are silver metal dials with six dust gems attached that allow Lillian to conduct a variety of dust based attacks with just the flick of the wrist. Lillian commonly uses: Fire, Electricity, Wind, Ice, Earth and Gravity dust.

### Semblance

Lillian's semblance is called *Pressure Points*. By charing her aura into the tips of her fingers, Lillian can attack an opponent by striking their pressure points. Her aura will then charge through her opponent and paralyse them for a certain amount of time. This allows Lillian to temporarily immobilise enemies by either their individual limbs or their entire bodies. Currently, Lillian can paralyse an enemy for 3 minutes. Depending on the limbs/locations of the point, Lillian will sacrifice a varying level of aura to immobilise them. Those with greater control of their aura can also reject the paralysis. Her semblance also does not work on grimm due to their lack of aura.

## Trivia

### Allusion

* Lillian Armfeldt is inspired by the character of Fredrika Armfeldt from the 1973 musical *A Little Night Music* by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler.
	+ Both Lillian and Fredrika share similar circumstances: Both are bastard children as the result of an extra-marital affair and both are the daughters of a famous actress.
	+ Lillian is also partly inspired by the musical *Mamma Mia*, which uses the music from the swedish music group ABBA. In the musical, a young girl is trying to find out the identity of her biological father and has pinpointed it to three men. Lillian shares this by deducting three possible men that could be her father.

### Colour Naming Rule

* Lillian is a latin name meaning Lilium, the latin word for Lily. Lillies are a type of flower that are commonly white.
* Armfeldt is a Swedish last name that translates to a combination of the Swedish words for ‘Arm’ and ‘Field.’

### Miscellaneous

* A Woman's Touch, the name of her weapon, is a phrase referencing to the way that women can change the environment around them using their stylistic knowledge, mainly on homes and people. This is evident through how Lillian's weapon can literally alter the environment around her through dust.
* Lillian's zodiac sign is Aries.