Lily Python

## Lilyanna "Lily" Python

"*Someday, I will be his Queen*." - The Feeble King (IV)

**Lilyanna Python**, better known as **Lily**, is the eldest daughter of Lord Berwick Python, the head of the Junior branch of the Python House during the late 15th century, and Lady Winona Windwaker. She is a supporting character in the first part of *Wars of Frozen Flames*, "The Feeble King", being the mistress of Tobias Koopa. She is the older sister of Rose Python and the niece of Sir Torrence Python and Sir Jorgon Python.

Lily has a contrasting personality to that of her sister Rose, presenting herself as an excitable and somewhat immature girl that hides a more mischievous and cunning side. Lily is known for being a very promiscuous young woman, being the mistress of Tobias Koopa, as well as having several affair with many other men behind her parents' back. While seemingly a devoted mistress who does everything she is told to, Lily is shown to be intelligent and manipulative, being aware of what men think of her and actively using her looks to her advantage, especially in the case of Tobias.

Lily is based on Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence, and just like her sister Rose, is named after a flower.

## History

### Backstory

Lily was born in the year 1456, being the first-born of Lord Berwick Python's two daughters. Unlike Rose, not much of Lily's childhood has been revealed, but it's known that Berwick was very strict towards his two daughters, not even allowing them to drink wine, though this didn't stop Lily from developing a promiscuous side, seducing and sleeping around with many men, sometimes to benefit herself from said men. It is mentioned that Berwick has been trying to marry Lily and Rose off to someone powerful for a long time, but seems to prioritize Rose's marriage over Lily's.

At some point, Lily meet Tobias Koopa, and became his mistress. While it is shown that Tobias enjoys Lily's company, he doesn't seem to see her as anything other than mistress, being the complete opposite to his brothers Robert with Joanna Tyebolt. Lily on the other hand, was quick to catch on to Tobias' attitude towards her, and willingly decided to go along with it, knowing that it made him easy to manipulate and benefit herself from it.

### The Feeble King

#### Part I

Lily is introduced in the Sherbet Castle, witnessing the practise sword fight between Sir Robert and Tobias, having been dropped off there by her mother alongside her younger sister Rose so that they could celebrate Lord Richard becoming King's Claw along with his family, only to learn that the job was given to Lord Sigmund Phoenix. Later on in the episode, Lily attends the Loveday feast, being disappointed at King John Koopa VI's childishness and incompetence, fetching Tobias a mug of wine and then making out with him during the dinner, and thus both of them miss John VI's mental breakdown and fall into a vegetative state.

#### Part II

After hearing how Tobias and Rickon will be accompanying Lord Richard to Bright Valley, Lily goes there to meet up with Tobias, though Rose's dialogue states that in reality both sisters were brought there by Berwick to try and marry them off to a nobleman. Lily approaches Tobias and invites him over to her private room in the Koopa Castle. Lily and Rose then attend the wedding of Lady Jane Phoenix and Korrin Sylver, where they come across Tobias and Rickon. Here Lily badmouths Jane and discreetly calls her a whore for being married twice, mentioning how she was initially supposed to marry John De La Korde, but the King's chamberlain found her having an intimate moment with Lord Edrick Solberg, which caused the wedding to be called off and Jane and Edrick to marry. Rose however, tells Lily not to insult Jane and be more understanding of her situation. It's implied that Lily and Tobias spend the night together after the ceremony is over, leaving Rickon and Rose alone.

#### Part III

Lily is first seen at the Sherbet's residence, along with Halbert and Rose. She states that Rose misses her friend from the Valley. She also badmouths her uncle Jorgon by saying he stinks of fish when Halbert says it's not his fault that they had to leave but is called out by Rose for being mad that he stopped her making out with a squire, to which Lily claims was a knight. When Richard, along with Sir Edrick and Lord Thornton, arrive back at the castle, Lily cheers for Edrick's arrival. She then asks Edrick if he was hurt as Richard was explaining what happened. Later, she is then mentioned by Rose that she prefers the company of boys, with Torrence adding that he always sees her hanging around with stable boys. She is also heard giggling by Torrence and Rose.

#### Part IV

In this episode, Lily is first seen mourning Sir Edrick, crying as two of Edrick's fellow knights try to console her, saying that they will avenge Edrick next time they meet up with the Kayenne forces on the battlefield. Lily is also quick to get over her grieving after one of the knights invites her to a private encounter. As seen by her mother Winona's conversation with Rose, Winona seems to believe that Lily is looking for a husband. Later in the episode, Lily, alongside her sister Rose, her mother Winona, and her uncles Jefford and Taylor to greet Lady Tulisa Python and her three youngest children when they arrive to stay at Twinsy Tropics Castle. Lily spends most of her time with Ursula, who confronts her over her relationship with Tobias, who doesn't exactly treat her the best. Lily tells Ursula that she is aware of Tobias' behaviour and what she thinks of her overall, and that she actively uses it to her advantage as it makes him easy for her to manipulate him, adding that she is convinced that, thanks to it, she will become his queen in the future.

## Appearance and Character

Lily is a female draconic Koopa whose appearance resembles that of a wealthy young woman in the 15th century. She has yellow skin and long purple hair, which appears to be shaped like the head of a cobra snake, with two of her hair bangs being tied into braids that resemble snake-tails, referencing her paternal heritage and her father Berwick. She has light blue eyes with yellow sclera, with the signature Python birthmark surrounding one of her eyes. Lily's color scheme mainly consists of purple and blue, representing her Python heritage: She wears a purple spiked shell, the spikes being yellow and surrounding by blue rings. Lily also wears many silver accesories, likely representing her mother Winona and her heritage: she wears a silver tiara on her head, a silver necklace on her neck, silver bracelets on her arms and legs, and silver high-heeled shoes. The tiara, necklace and shoes all have blue jewels on them, with the ones on the tiara and necklace having an X-shape. She also wears purple lipstick. Overall, Lily mainly takes after her father Berwick in terms of appearance.

Lily presents herself as a bubbly and excitable girl, having a contrasting personality to that of her sister Rose, who is much more calm and rational. She is shown to be much more immature than Rose, often giving the wrong impression that she is the younger sister. Lily is known for being very promiscuous, not only being the mistress of Tobias, but also having many sexual encounters with other men, especially knights, though it appears her parents are unaware of this fact, seemingly being under the assumption that she is just looking for a suitable husband. Lily also appears to have a calculating and mischievous side, as she is stated to have played pranks on her sister Rose when they were younger, as well as admitting to Ursula that, unlike what her behaviour may suggest, she is completely aware of Tobias' ego and how often he mistreats her, but that she goes along with it because it makes him an easy target for manipulation, being convinced that she can reach many of her goals if she exploits Tobias in the right way. It can also be assumed that Lily's promiscuous personality may go further than just sexual pleasure, and that she may very well be using her looks and status as a way to manipulate men into giving her what she wants, possibly indicating that Lily puts on a naive and immature persona to hide her more intelligent and cunning side.