Lillian Costello-Holly

Lillian Costello-Holly

Aliases	Lily
Age	25 (appears 20ish)
Birthday	February 1
Birthplace	Dacquoi IV
Occupation	Photographer Outsider Agent
Race	Half-Elf
Gender	Female
Height	5'10"
Weight	145 lbs.
Hair Color	Brown
Eye Color	Amber
Relatives	Acuzio Costello-Holly (father) Sakura Costello-Holly (mother) Nailan Costello-Holly (brother) Reika Costello-Holly (sister) Kyreth Costello-Holly (brother) Iris Costello-Holly (sister)

Introduction

Lillian "Lily" Costello-Holly was a part-time photographer and mage-in-training. Unknown circumstances lead to her and her friends being sent to (what appears to be) an alternate reality and placed into a simulation. Upon escaping from the simulation, they were taken to the flying Catacomb fortress. Lily is currently researching information about inhabitants of the world they are in while awaiting to meet with a new companion who has associations with Jamie Curio.

Appearance

Lily is 5'10" tall, with a slender figure, weighing in at 145 lbs. Her hair, brown in color, reaches down to her shoulders. Her eyes are amber colored.

Lily's typical outfit consists of a short skirt with a belt (which contains a pouch for her camera), a short-sleeve v-neck shirt, low-heeled (usually 1/2" to 1" tall) shoes, light-colored pantyhose, a pair of white flower-shaped earrings, 2 silver bracelets on her right wrist, a silver watch on her left wrist, and flower hairclips in her hair.

Lily can be considered very attractive. While she is not drop-dead gorgeous, she is beautiful enough to not need makeup to keep up her appearance. This likely stems from the beauty of her mother.

Gallery

By Mr. Q Bear

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  Commissioned art

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Personality

Lily is generally a very kind person and tries to be a voice of reason. She tries her best not to let things get to her. She doesn't get angry very often, and even when she does, it is nowhere near as bad as when most people get angry.

Lily has a tendency to be truthful most of the time, a trait she picked up from her mother, but she is not above the occasional lie here and there, a trait she picked up from her father. She is very trusting of her family and close friends, but she has a hard time trusting others initially. The trustfulness she has towards her family and friends has given her a strong sense of duty towards them.

Lily is outgoing and playful, and while she does have her childish moments, she has enough maturity to keep it in check and only show off that side of her when it is necessary.

Lily is curious about things and will try to learn all she can when bitten by the curiosity bug. This is helped by her love of reading.

Lily's personality while drunk isn't currently known, as she has an intolerance for alcohol and cannot hold it in.

Relationships

Family

Acuzio Costello-Holly

Lily's father. Commander of the Nuo Police Department. Lily didn't spend as much time with him she did with her mother, mostly because of his job.

Sakura Costello-Holly

Lily's mother. Former Outside Agent, currently Secretariat of the Nuo Police Department. Lily thinks very highly of Sakura, having learned cosmic magic from her.

Nailan Costello-Holly

Lily's younger brother. Works in the Nuo Police Department. Lily wishes he would lighten up at times, and nowadays she only talks with him on occasion because he is usually occupied with his job.

Reika Costello-Holly

Lily's younger sister. Works part-time as an engineer and part-time as a librarian. Lily admires Reika's intelligence and would often stand up for her when her shyness would cause problems.

Kyreth Costello-Holly

Lily's younger brother. Took up dancing, following in Sakura's footsteps. Lily would often practice her white magic on Kyreth because of his clumsiness getting him hurt.

Iris Costello-Holly

Lily's younger sister. Still in school. Lily sometimes feels that Iris is a brat because of how she acts.

Comrades

Sir Afton Grant

Lily has yet to meet with Afton.

Friends

Corin Tart

Lily sees Corin as somewhat of an older brother, despite there being no blood relation between the two of them. She feels safe around him, except for in the case of him going berserk.

Estelle Tart

Lily sees Ellie as somewhat of an older sister, despite there being no blood relation between the two of them. She enjoys hanging out with Ellie, but wishes that Ellie would act more her age and less impulsive.

Katilline Luminous Entane

Lily often gets frustrated with Kat's childish behavior and constant need to poke fun at everything, but over time she has gotten used to it to the point of it not really phasing her much anymore.

Enemies

The Brotherhood

At first, Lily only had second-hand accounts of the Brotherhood from Sakura and Sakura's friends, but what she had heard of them made her dislike the actions they chose. This dislike turned into minor hatred upon meeting with the Brotherhood in the reality she and her friends are currently in. She doesn't understand why the Brotherhood is so hellbent on destroying existence, but she is also confused by the motives that some of their members have shown to them.

Abilities and Powers

Physical Abilities

Lily's physical abilities are average, at best. Having trained mostly as a mage, her physical strength is just a bit below average. However, she is extremely dexterous as a result of learning acrobatics as a hobby.

As a half-elf, Lily has the benefits of slightly better hearing and minor night vision.

Lily has slight farsightedness and requires glasses only while reading.

Lily sleeps more than most people, an unfortunate trait she gained from her father's laziness. She also has a tendency to sleepwalk.

Magical Abilities

Lily once commanded magic very similar to the cosmic magic that her mother used as well as the white magic that her "aunt" Dacquoise Tart used.

Currently Lily does not have access to magic and is in the process of learning about a new form of magic that has been bestowed upon her. She knows very little about the new magic she is gaining, but she has noticed that it appears to be based around the power of stars in the galaxy, based on the name of the star being invoked.

The star names that Lily currently knows are:

• Treyo

Lily doesn't know what power this word contains, but it appears to be associated with the current reality's versions of Allen and Wendy Horatio.

Mental Abilities

Lily has a remarkably sharp memory, also known as eidetic memory. While her memory is not in 100% perfect detail, she retains some level of information about anything she has come across. This lead to her breaking a memory block within the simulation when she realized that she was unable to remember events from prior to the start of the simulation.

Lily has an impeccable sense of time, a trait bestowed upon her from training with Sakura in cosmic magic. Sakura also instilled a high sense of honesty within Lily, although she is able to lie if she feels she needs to.

Lily sometimes hears annoying phantom voices. She does not know why she hears them or where they came from.

Fighting Style

Lily typically fights with her magic. In the event that she has to go into hand-to-hand combat, she prefers utilizing a staff as a bludgeoning weapon.

Lily also has minor knowledge of how to utilize firearms, mainly pistols, which she learned from her father.

History

Pre-O2

Lily was born in Nuo on the planet Dacquoi IV on February 1 to Acuzio and Sakura Costello-Holly, 10 years after Mr. Bear's departure from Dacquoi IV. She is their first born child. She lived a relatively normal and peaceful life.

Lily was taught cosmic magic as a teenager by Sakura. She also got some minor knowledge of white magic from Dacquoise Tart.

O2

Chapter 1: Retentia

When Lily was 25 years old, unknown circumstances caused her to end up in another reality than the one she knew. Along with 3 of her friends, she was unknowingly trapped inside a very complex simulation, where she believed she was only 15 years old. She was being raised in a village and had no knowledge of her real family, nor did she have any knowledge about how she got there.

Lily and Kat were being prepped to taking a trial known as The Trial of the Soul, one that Corin and Ellie had taken 5 years prior. When the village's elder started to summon the demon for the trial, Lily noticed that he wasn't actually casting any magic at all. A sudden burst of fire from the summoning ritual sent the village into a panic and Lily tried to help with her magic as best as she could. Along with her friends, Lily fell into a chasm that was caused by an invisible pyromancer, getting knocked unconscious from falling debris and nearly being killed. However, the pyromancer saved her life by transferring some vitality from Corin to her. It was not until Ellie used magic to speak the pyromancer's language that the group learned who he (and his female companion who showed up while they slept) was. The man was named Brother Incinerator and the woman was named Sister Historian, and the two had been sent to collect the children to meet with a "wizard".

Misc.

Etymology

Lillian

Probably originally a diminutive of Elizabeth. She was given this name by Acuzio, coming from the name of his friend Lillian Alegon. This is because Sakura was rather insistent on naming her Lily, but needed an alternative when Lilly Moonhowl was born.

Lily

From the name of the flower, a symbol of purity. Sakura chose the name originally to honor the loss of her own sister, Sayuri, whose name is Japanese in origin and means "Small Lily".

Costello-Holly

Costello ???. Holly comes from the name of the plant. The full surname comes from the hyphenation of both Acuzio's original surname (Costello) and Sakura's original surname (Holly).

Trivia

• The first born of the children of Acuzio and Sakura Costello-Holly.
• Enjoys acrobatics and singing (although her singing is nowhere near the level of Ellie Tart).
• Has a soft spot for chocolate (but with much less intensity than her mother).
• Likes to read.