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Lillian is tall, athletic and beautiful with severe patrician features, flashing green eyes, pale skin, and straight black hair. She has a rich, husky voice. She prefers to dress in a well-cut black uniform, with royal blue insignia on the shoulder epaulettes. When she sits, she sits straight-backed.
She has walked the Pattern (the Tir-Na Nog'th one) and is known to have learnt the magical powers of Grand Sorcery and Empowerment. In terms of other capabilities, she was, initially, faster than anyone in Amber except Caitlin and Gerard. Her mind was not powerful enough to resist a mass Trump contact from the entire group, and, although strong she was not as strong as Godofos.
She carries a dagger and heavy pistol at her belt (both Empowered), along with several belt pouches. One of these contains both her Trump deck and a number of Empowered items, including her 'Wolf Pack' (cards each depicting a wolf that turns into real a wolf), weapons (with the cards depicting the weapons they turn into), barriers and other things.
Her personal flag is a silver wolf's head facing to the right on a black circle in a larger blue circle.
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Lillian is the only child of Finndo. She first appeared in command of some of Finndo's Trump-powered airship fleet. After several encounters (including a face-to-face meeting) she was captured by the group and effectively used as bait to draw in Finndo, who obliged, and was killed by Gerard. Lillian was devastated over her fathers death, but this didn't mean she was released. She was then thrown into a Trump-barred cell in the Amber dungeons, where is was thought she languished for the next five years. However, when the The Moonriders out of Ghenesh began their attack on Amber, it was discovered that at some point in that time the real Lillian had escaped, to be replaced by one of her shadows.
This led to her rapid re-capture by way of a mass Trumping, and her being put back into the cage next to the Pattern she was originally imprisoned in. It turned out that she was working for the Moonriders, having, after her escape, used the Pattern to seek out the best way to have her revenge upon Amber. Unfortunately, she underestimated the Moonriders and became their prisoner in all but name as she realised they were out to utterly destroy Amber and the Pattern, not just kill off all the Amber Royal Family as she wanted. So she was quite pleased to be dragged away by the group, and gave them assorted useful information about the Moonriders.
Once the Moonriders were dealt with, her release was discussed, as it was considered better to have her in sight than hidden away. There was a choice between house arrest and some other role, both requiring her to swear not to act against Amber again. She made it clear that house arrest would not work - she would be gone before too long - and instead chose a role for herself. She is now a roving explorer, ambassador, cartographer of shadow paths and trouble-shooter for Amber, having sworn upon her fathers grave not to act against Amber in the future.
It seems she has repented her Amber-hating ways and become a productive member of the Royal Family.
Psyche : 20 (plus some advancement) Strength : 11 (plus some advancement) Endurance : 10 Warfare : 41 Zero Stuff : 0 Sorcery : 10 Empowerment : 10
TRUMP DECK : Lillian's Trump Deck has become part of her Personal Reality. Her Trumps come in a variety of styles, including ones from the normal Amber Trump deck and some in Finndo's style, with his symbol on the back (see above). [Personal Trump Deck : 2]
WEAPON : A dagger, usually carried in a sheath on Lillian's belt, which also acts as a spell rack, and which can, on command, turn into a full-sized straight two-edged sword. Both forms have a mirrored chrome blade and cross-type hand-guard, a black leather grip, and a sapphire pommel. [Double Damage : 2, Rack Named And Numbered Spells : 2, Alternate Form : 1 = 5 points total]
'WOLF PACK' : A pack of magically-enhanced wolves which have alternate Trump-card-like forms and so are carried by Lillian in the same pack as her Trump Deck. The wolves are all much faster, stronger and tougher than normal wolves. They appear to be normal wolves other than the fact that the fur on each of their foreheads forms the symbols '1' to '12'. [Amber Vitality : 2, Chaos Stamina : 1, Amber Warfare : 2, Resistant to Normal Weapons : 1, Chaos Psyche : 1, Alternate Form : 1, Named and Numbered Quantity : x2 = 16 points total]
She also has a number of items of Empowered equipment, many of which have Alternate Forms as cards and so are carried along with her Trump Deck; these latter include a portable arsenal, assorted spy creatures and a set of portable barriers in various shapes. The most obvious of her Empowered items is the ship she has acquired since she began to work for, rather than against, Amber:
THE H.M.S. GUARDIAN WOLF : Lillian's ship. A black ironclad sailing ship with sails plus technological and magical propulsion, magically enhanced by Lillian, although the ship does not detect as at all magical (it is Magically Neutral). She sails extremely fast and can even fly, slowly. She repairs herself, is enchanted to be extremely tough, and is also enchanted so that all of the ships consumables (such as food, water and ammunition) never run out. Her sails are the Amber flag, but she flies Lillian's symbol at the masthead. She has a crew of hundreds, many of whom are from De'Alund, divided between sailors, marines and engineers. All of her weapons are ballistae, mounted both on deck and below decks, but the ballistae bolts have modular heads and tails of different types for use in different shadows (including technological and magical types, such as explosive, magical blasts, rocket motors, guidance systems and so on). The ship also has a large ram at the bow, and looks something like a cross between a Greek trireme and a pre-WWI Dreadnought. [Engine Speed : 4 (400 minutes), Resistant to Firearms : 2 (200 minutes), Double Damage : 2 (200 minutes), Magically Neutral : 2 (200 minutes), Self-Healing : 1 (600 minutes), Mould Shadow Stuff : 1 (600 minutes) = 12 points total (2200 minutes or 36 hours, 40 minutes to Empower)]
Since the start of the game Lillian's physical and mental strength have both increased. Since the death of Finndo she has also learnt the power of Trump Artistry. The Trumps in her deck are a mix of ones from the standard Amber deck (in Dworkin's style), ones in Finndo's style, and ones in her own style (which is very similar to Finndo's). The design on the back of her Trumps is the same as Finndo's - a scarlet ground with, in the centre, a white circle containing a black unicorn silhouette facing to the left.
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