Lily Information

From Ars Magica

Lily is a handsome woman with black hair and blue eyes. She has an athletic physique and a quick wit, and has a generous smile. Her cheerful exterior belies an inner sadness which she takes great pains to conceal.

While she's a skilled politician, the real strength of her power lies in her ability to delegate. She has a keen eye for competence, and has no qualms about giving shrewd subjects the leeway to perform the functions of their office. She is kind-hearted and generous, and as such is quite popular among the commonfolk.

While skilled in swordplay and archery, these skills have been learned entirely from masters-at-arms in controlled environments; she has only engaged in a few real battles, and is still fairly green. She is quite soft at heart and will likely be incapable of actually killing another human being, unless the lives of others are in great danger. Her weapons of choice are a longsword and buckler, and a fine English longbow crafted of ash wood. She has a small suit of chain armor which was masterfully crafted from lightweight steel. Her horse is more suited for speed than battle, however, and is untrained in fighting from horseback.

The hub of her lands is Stokesay Castle, but she spends very little time there, as she prefers to avoid suitors. At 24, and still unwed, there are many who seek to claim titles, land, wealth and power by claiming her hand, but Lily is uninterested in marrying. She prefers to spend most of her time travelling, reading, visiting with the smallfolk, or hunting at her countryside manor. As a wealthy noble, Lily can afford to read for pleasure, and prefers to read biographical accounts of famous historical leaders. She has something of a fascination for Church history and reads as many ancient religious texts as possible, though the interest is more academic than pious.