EMPIRE, liliana bellamy

liliana bellamy

I USED TO TRUST THE MEDIA TO TELL ME THE TRUTH

Born to a seamstress and her tailor husband, no one ever assumed that Liliana would make it too far in life. It was always hoped that she wouldn't struggle, yes, but no one ever that that she'd end up as much more than a seamstress herself. To say that one day the girl would become one of the emperor's chosen counselors would more likely than not get laughed out of Blackspring, the place of her birth. After all, Liliana had never even seen a domesticated pokemon before enlisting in the military, how would she pull herself into the emperor's council? She had no family connections to help better her, no wealth to her name to bribe her way to the top, and wasn't even from a large city which could possibly give her political ties. No, Liliana was a country bumpkin at absolute best.

A sickly child, Lily spent most of her early years indoors, where she would take up helping her parents with sewing and embroidery on her better days, learning the ins and outs of the trade she thought herself destined to learned. Though an active participant in her classroom, and obviously bright, Lil was never seen as much. It wasn't until her teen years that any attention would be thrown her way. When Liliana started talking about enlisting in the Empire's army, she finally had the spotlight, but not in a positive way. Constantly, the girl was told to give up, settle down. She'd struggle, she'd stumble, she'd fail. It wasn't worth it. Just finish school and be a seamstress. Live in Blackspring, settle down there like someone in her position should. Liliana was not the sort to be held down.

Liliana enlisted in the military at sixteen, as was traditional. Her family tried to talk her down from this silly idea, but it was no use. Lily was shipped out to Southwall before they could get their grip on her. At the very least, she'd be more wealthy than them, right? She'd hopefully always have a job? That was all her parents could truly hope for.

Those two years in training were possibly the most difficult in her entire life. While probably hard for most people not within military families, for a sickly girl who'd never been around a domestic pokemon in her life before Southwall, prone to horrible allergies, constant illness, and being weaker than most upon starting her training, the Liliana struggled more than most. Having been assigned a ghastly as her training pokemon, Lily happened to become a ghost trainer upon graduation.

Rather than being assigned a ghost pokemon upon her graduation though, Liliana would receive a normal type, an eevee. It would seem that she would be cursed to struggle once. Eevees were said to be pet quality, not avid battlers. It was as weak as she was. It was beginning to seem like Lily was destined to be weaker than all of the competition. Even worse, she was deployed to Newhaven, a big city. She had been hoping a smaller assignment at first, somewhere more comfortable where she wouldn't be surrounded by looming buildings and overwhelming amounts of people. It wasn't her choice though. She'd just need to live with her assignments.

It would come as something of a shock to Liliana when she discovered that though she was expected to work hard- why wouldn't she be?- she wasn't exactly looked down upon for her lineage. At eighteen, she was seen as a low-ranking soldier, not as a civilian donning the Empire's uniform. Lily worked harder than most within her group, learning with each mistake she made and growing even more powerful under the Beau family's guidance.

By the end of her first year, due to nonstop work- constantly running drills, fighting with other soldiers, and bounding with her eevee, he would evolve into a sylveon. Cinna, pink and fuzzy, covered in ribbons, would not be taken seriously by the other soldiers until he proved himself to be far more powerful than he ever was- a force to be reckoned with, especially under Lily's particularly bloodthirsty control. She was often able to quickly overwhelm her fellow soldiers in spars, quickly tearing down their pokemon. The Beau family was proud of their soldier, and she was grateful to them. By halfway through her second year, Liliana would find herself promoted to Captain.

With her promotion, Lily would be given her second pokemon, a Mawile she would lovingly dub "Chai" after a tea she was particularly fond of. With her new pokemon- who meshed quite well with her all-out offense approach-, she would work even harder to try to catch this one up to speed with her training, while now trying to motivate and train the soldiers beneath her. It would be about six months into her career as a captain when she would find herself noticing Arel Beau, the elder son of the Beau family, and the soon-to-be heir to Newhaven, finally back from his own training at Southwall.

The two would hit it off pretty well, and when they weren't getting chummy in their off-time, they were battling and running drills together, working to make the Newhaven militia the most powerful into Loros, something which caught the attention of the Emperor. The Beau family, instead of taking it upon themselves to steal Liliana's thunder, would instead graciously give her her proper credit, and as a result, the girl would be bestowed her third pokemon as a reward for her efforts. This ralts, sadly, did not mesh as well with Lily as her other two pokemon. A psychic type with telepathy which it used to communicate with the world around it, found that it just did not like fighting others, not one bit. Oppressing the civilians was not something it wished to do- it did not have the power-hungry streak that Lily and her other pokemon had. Peppermint- or Pepper, as it dubbed itself- was constantly at odds with Lily, trying to talk her out of her more extreme declarations and spent a good deal of time trying to even itself out. More of a healer than a fighter, it was rarely brought out onto the field.

On the other hand, after her ceremony, Arel himself would gift Liliana with her forth pokemon, a Whimsicott who she would name Chestnut who would find himself far more happy with Lily's antics- or those of anyone who doted on him. Chestnut, while also not one for battle, often seeming more like a pet-grade pokemon than the stockier battle-bred that the Empire was so fond was, was far more accepting of his trainer than Pepper, and as a result, Lily did take a strong liking to him, even if he did make a name for himself by snatching up anything left within his reach.

The next five years would breeze by, with Lily doing her best to further enhance the Newhaven's army, making a name for herself as both one of the strictest and best captains. Disciplined, decisive, and quite devoted to her job, it was assumed that this would be the niche she had settled in. She was one of the best of her kind, and happened to be the talk of the town due to her rather unassuming heritage. There had been no one to back up the girl or help pull her into her position- no, Lily had brought herself into the rank of captain through her own blood, sweat, and sometimes tears. It wouldn't be until the Newhaven riots that she would really be tested for what she was worth though.

Having such a reputation behind her, it was no a no-brainer to send Liliana into the thick of things to try and calm the protesters. Her squad was to disband the crowd by any means necessary. When the civilians refused to be ushered back into their homes peacefully, her squad's pokemon were ordered on them, and quickly the situation degressed. It wasn't long before chaos broke out around her. Days would pass with Lily trying to keep her squad together and ensure Newhaven didn't fall into a state of complete disrepair because of the vandals running the streets.

By the end of the first week, Lily would find herself with a shot like no other: The protester who had started this all was trying to rally support through another public demonstration. Infiltrating the crowd, Liliana would sic her sylveon on the pokemonless protester, having him drain the life right out of her in the midst of the crowd. Stunned by the fact that their main organizer had been killed in front of their very lives, the people would soon be ushered back into their homes.

It would take several more weeks to entirely get Newhaven back under the Empire's control, but by the time it was managed, it was under complete lock down. No one walked the streets without soldiers breathing down their neck. Liliana, however, would be called to Lorcastle for reasons she wasn't told before she was able to help entirely control Newhaven's people.

Lily would find herself given the rank of Counselor- the first time in quite a few generations that such a position would be bestowed upon someone of her social class. It wouldn't be until three months after her promotion that she would learn of the fate of her close companion, Arel Beau. Having been busy in the thick of fighting to hear about him going missing, it wouldn't be until he was declared dead that she would hear of his status at all.

Using her new found power, Lily would speak for his younger sibling to get the rank of noble in Newhaven, seeing as Arel had been so young and hadn't technically named himself an heir yet. Her persuasive speaking would allow her to get her way- besides, hadn't Newhaven been under the Beau family's control since its founding? It only made sense to keep it there- and quickly she would go about planning a memorial for Arel in her own way. At the sixth month anniversary of the Newhaven Riots, Liliana would sponsor a public execution of Spectre sympathizers in the very square where the protesters had originally gained momentum.

Since gaining her position on the council, Lily has spent a great deal of her time wrapped up in the politics of Newhaven, and has made quite a name for herself through her grizzly public spectacles, clashing against her appearance of a tiny girl, dressed in poofy dresses followed about by fairy pokemon. Liliana was a beast through and through, as she proved time and time again: a wolf in sheep's clothing, and wasn't one to be taken lightly.



Name Cinnamon
Species Sylveon
Gender Male
Ability Cute Charm
Moveset Tackle | Quick Attack | Draining Kiss | Rest
Origin Assigned to her upon her graduation from cadet to soldier.
Personality Fitting in quite well with Liliana's own personality, her sylveon's a rather finicky creature and incredibly prissy. Beneath the covering of glitter and gleam, he's a brutal killing machine, made for war, and just as fond of bloodshed as Lily herself.


Name Chai
Species Mawhile
Gender Female
Ability Intimidate
Moveset Play Rough | Fairy Wind | Sucker Punch | Crunch
Origin Gifted to Liliana upon her promotion from Soldier to Captain.
Personality A rather fiery creature, Liliana's mawile is not one to back down from a fight, regardless of the chances of success. Hotheaded and tempermental, she can sometimes make herself out to be a bit of a menace, but generally she means well. Regardless of her rather aggressive behavior, she is a huge glutton and tends to like anyone willing to spare her a few scraps of food.


Name Chestnut
Species Whimsicott
Gender Male
Ability Infiltrator
Moveset Leech Seed | Mega Drain | Protect | Thief
Origin A gift from Arel Beau.
Personality Overly fond of being carried around and pampered, Lilianna's whimsicott is a glutton for attention and adores anyone who gives it to him. This whimsicott is also known for his sticky fingers, and snatching up and taking anything left within his reach.


Name Peppermint "Pepper"
Species Kirlia
Gender Female
Ability Telepathy
Moveset Confusion | Double Team | Heal Pulse | Draining Kiss
Origin Gifted to Liliana for her work in the Empire.
Personality Liliana's kirlia wants absolutely nothing to do with her. A much more levelheaded creature with little interest in bloodshed or the Empire's goals, her kirlia would much prefer to spend its time healing people than it would being commanded to harm them. Due to having telepathy, it is capable of speaking to and understanding people, but most often, it just finds these attempts to be irritating and too underwhelming to continuously attempt.


Name Jasmine
Species Spritzee
Gender Female
Ability Aroma Veil
Moveset Sweet Kiss | Aromatherapy | Moonblast | Charm
Origin Given to Liliana upon her promotion to counselor.
Personality A rather sassy creature with little interest in fighting, but lots in winning. Though not fond of being called upon to get her metaphorical hands dirty, Liliana's spritzee will stop at nothing to succeed once she gets in the groove of things. Due to being both Liliana's youngest pokemon, and the newest addition to her team, her spritzee is often doted on by her other pokemon.

[b]HETALIA, belarus[/b] as [i]liliana bellamy[/i]