Milla Basset

Freedom Planet 2

Torque

Mr. Stumpy

Neera Li

General Gong

Royal Magister

Pangu

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> "*I'll fly real high in the clouds so I can find my mommy and daddy, and we'll live happily ever after, like in the stories!*"
> ― Milla
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**Milla Basset** is an orphaned basset hound and character in the Freedom Planet games. She originally lived in a forest with an imaginary friend called Mr. Stumpy. She never knew her parents, but believes she will be able to see them one day.

In Freedom Planet, she meets Lilac and Carol after she rescues Carol from a cave-in in Relic Maze, and they invite her to their treehouse in order to thank her. When Lilac and Carol learn of Torque's origins and mission, Milla overhears the three of them and asks to help them out, which they accept. Near the end of the game, Brevon captures and mutates Milla, forcing her to fight Lilac and Carol. After the fight, Milla is severely injured, but is taken back down her team's base camp and recovers.

In Petal Crash, Milla appears as a hidden playable character.

Milla was originally designed by Ziyo Ling as a Sonic the Hedgehog fan character who was an ally of Lilac and Carol.

## Appearance

Milla is hush basset with ivory white fur and short orange hair. She has bright green eyes and large ears with green discs on them.

She wears a tan, sleeveless unitard with a bright green zipper. She wears bracelet-like objects that are orange and green to match her hair and eyes.

## Personality

Milla has a big imagination, as shown by the creation her imaginary friend Mr. Stumpy as well as her idea of collecting crystal shards to be able to fly through the sky and spot them from afar. She is initially shy around new people, but when she gets to know someone, she remains loyal to them to the end. Milla is very kind-hearted and is always thinking of others. Even when talking about her missing parents, she tries to maintain the hope of seeing them one day. Milla gets easily upset over violence and anger, as shown when she begins to cry in a corner when Lilac and Carol get into a heated argument.

## Abilities

* **Heightened Senses**: Milla has shown that her senses are above that of the average Avalician. She was able to sniff out the location of General Gong when her team was trying to meet up with him.
* **Digging**: Milla can detect and dig up objects from underground.
* **Agility**: Milla can control herself in midair due by flapping her large ears as if they were wings.
* **Alchemy**: Milla is able to summon shields and throwable cubes seemingly from nothing. It is explained that this is due to her skill in alchemy.

## As a Playable Character

Milla has several defensive and long range option when compared to the other characters in Freedom Planet, but this comes at the trade-off of her lacking in health and speed. She also has no energy meter. Because Milla is not a great offensive character, some stages make minor changes to make the journey easier for her, such as not turning off the air in Final Dreadnought 2.

### Moveset

Milla can generate and green cube and throw it. She can also pick up and throw other objects, such as crystal clusters, health clusters, fuel tanks, and elemental shields.
Milla can create a shield that reflects projectiles back at her enemies. It can be held indefinitely, but she can not move while holding it. Can be used on ground or in midair.
Milla can turn her shield into a small laser that deals slight damage. Because it doesn't need to be charged, it is her quickest attack. Can be used on ground or in midair.
When using her shield button while holding a cube, Milla can generate a larger shield that fires a powerful laser.
Milla has second jump gives her more midair control and slows her movement for precise landings.
When Milla is over dirt, she can dig into it to find items such as crystal shards, health petals, and elemental shields. If there is nothing below her to find, then she lets out a light whimpering sound.

## Relationships

### Sash Lilac

Milla first met Lilac when she saw her running towards Relic Maze. She was amazed at how Lilac was a dragon and wanted to get a closer look at her. When Lilac invites Milla to her and Carol's secret treehouse, she was overjoyed at the prospect of getting to spend time with them. Milla looks up to Lilac almost as an older sister. When Brevon mutates her to fight Lilac, Milla cries over how she almost killed Lilac as she comforts her.

### Carol Tea

Carol met Milla after she saved her from a cave-in. When Lilac invited Milla to their treehouse, Carol was not initially in support of the idea. Milla tells Carol about her past as an orphan, and Carol tells her that she hopes she will see her parents someday. Eventually Carol tells Milla about bits of her own past and promises to tell Milla her whole past one day if Milla is good. When Milla is mutated by Brevon and cries over how she almost killed her friends, Carol cries as well while Lilac reassures Milla that she did nothing wrong.

### Mr. Stumpy

Mr. Stumpy is Milla's imaginary friend and likely the only friend Milla had before meeting Lilac and Carol. She likes to discuss hers plans to find her parents with him. She says she always finds the fact that he never says anything to be very funny.

## Quotes

*"I'll fly real high in the clouds so I can find my mommy and daddy, and we'll all live happily ever after, like in the stories!"* -to Mr. Stumpy while talking about finding her parents

*"A dragon? I always wanted to meet a dragon!"* -to herself after seeing Lilac run past her

*"I was playing over here, and then those people came. They're not very nice."* -to Lilac and Carol describing the Shang Mu army

*"Wow! We're really strong as a team!"* -to Lilac, Carol, and Torque after defeating Serpentine's robopanther

*"We'll be stronger together!"* -to Torque before she runs off to help Lilac fight Brevon in her exclusive ending