Lilia Volkova

Name story:

Lilia from Lily flowers - it fits her innocent and pure nature.

Character age:

19 (at the start of the book series)

Character gender:

Female

Offsite roleplay:

This doll's character is not available for offsite roleplay.

Lilia Volkova is a poor girl who lives outside the town in a modest wooden shack. She works as a seamstress for the rich people to support her mother, who is a farmer, and her older sister who stepped in an abandoned mine and lost her ability to do physical work. Lilia has a great passion towards art, and she was wishing to go to art academy when she was younger. That was when her father still lived and supported the family with his salary. Lilia’s father was a high-ranking officer in the navy, but he died at the sea, leaving the family all alone and without any income. It forced Lilia to give up her passions and begin sewing for money.

One day, Lilia forgets to buy ink for her mom. Lilia is in a hurry and already on her way home, so she stops at Opal’s bookstore where she has never been before. Inside, no one is to be found. Lilia hears scraping sounds from the backroom, so she wanders in and finds Opal carving artwork onto a wooden block. His oil paintings are hung all over the tiny workspace, and in the corner stands a large object covered by a white sheet. Lilia challenges Opal, asking if this is how Opal treats paying customers. Opal responds by giving her a quick glance and noting how Lilia obviously isn’t a paying customer, indicating that he can see from Lilia’s clothes that Lilia is poor. Lilia strikes back by telling Opal he paints boring things and criticizing his techniques, which gets Opal’s attention. The girl obviously knows something about painting. Opal ends up getting up and gifting Lilia the ink she needs, and the two chat a little. Opal feels comfortable enough to show Lilia what’s under the white sheet in his workspace. It’s a life-size marble sculpture of a naked woman. That's when Lilia realizes how skilled Opal is at reflecting emotions in cold stone.

Lilia tries hard to impress Opal and get under his thick shell, because she wants to see the gentle and lonely man underneath his black, blood-drenched robes. Opal keeps withdrawing and rejecting Lilia. Lilia senses that Opal is too scared to let her in on his true self and secrets. She realizes Opal probably never had any friends. When Opal finally reveals to her that instead of a human, he's a monster and a killer and works for the most feared man in town, Lilia realizes she wants to help him. Lilia refuses to believe this is who Opal truly wants to be, and decides to show Opal kindness he's never felt from anyone before. She wants to set Opal free, but she realizes that she stands no chance against someone like Opal's master, Full Moon, who is said to be capable of ripping armies apart by just looking at them. Lilia understands that even if Opal wanted to change, it's not up to him to decide, because Full Moon would never let him go. This is why Lilia does not believe Opal really likes his lifestyle. He just says he does, because it's easier to face the fact that he has no choice.

Later in the story, Lilia learns that she is actually not a human herself but a descendant of the gods. Therefore, she has hidden powers. Her father is not the man she always thought he was, but instead, a powerful god controlling a very special power that Lilia inherited. When a war between gods and humans breaks out and Opal is too much of a coward to step up against Full Moon, Lilia decides to do so for him instead. Over time, she turns from a young, innocent and naïve girl into a powerful, strong willed goddess whose powers are strong enough to match those of Full Moon's. Unfortunately, Lilia also learns that since she's a strong goddess, it's likely she does not age past young adulthood. She is too young to know for certain, but if she's immortal, that means Opal will eventually get old and die and leave her behind.

Lilia Volkova

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