#| ocs.

Lillian's design has some subtle angelic traits, thanks to his animal the Archangel Pigeon. I chose a breed of Pigeon as they're descendants of Doves, to bring out a faint connection to "true divinity (kindness.)" Doves are revered but their children who we made over years to fill a purpose are regarded as pests, something so abundant and mundane it's annoying. I chose the Archangel Pigeon both for it's name, strengthening the angel connection, and for it's colors. I found the black and bronze coloration evocative of old brass statues. something old that's been here for a long time, something that will be here long after we're gone. This, I like to connect to his kindness, his habit of wearing his heart on his sleeve, think of an angel amongst humans trying to appeal to what they think humanity is in the wrong place, where their words fall on deaf ears every time. Every plea goes unheard. I don't personally believe in humanity's "inherent selfishness/unkindness" so I'm not going that direction, more so, i want to focus in on the angel in that instance. It will forever choose to continue to offer such open warmth, for someone will want it, someone will need it, and it wants to give it, why give up before it finds the soul who needs it most? This, sort of immortality of a life philosophy, works well with the bronze coloration, the angelic aspects, and the aforementioned bronze statue meaning.

His flowers are the Snowdrop Flowers. Delicate, small white flowers which push up through snow as winter ends and begin to bloom. I agreed with the associations of hope, resilience, and innocence for the snowdrops. Hope is a recurring theme for Lillian, resilience is an obvious trait; The fallen oracle specifically, but all of the MC backgrounds in Touchstarved are more than just resilient. For Lillian, I thought it worked well, how he always chooses hope despite all the pain he's been through for wearing his heart on his sleeve, giving kindness so openly. Innocence was another obvious choice for Lillian, he's lived an isolated life. He's been run out of a less than stable situation into a new one, against his will. His first true choice for himself was leaving for Eridia- and he almost died for it. But he did it! There's the resilience. The city is fascinatingly new for him, as I imagine his temple where he resided as an oracle was remarkably poor and cutoff from any cities. Perhaps a village in or near a forest with only a few stone buildings withstanding, like Lilian's chapel. I also imagine he grew up there. His innocence is tied to his process of learning how to be a person, despite all of his reservations including but not exclusively caused by, trauma.

I chose The Star as his tarot card. It's a favorite of mine in the major arcana. Though for Lillian I adore the symbolism you can draw out of the card yourself depending on the deck's unique art. I was thinking of something like "Following the north star." The star - intuition, divinity, faith/belief, renewal. It fit perfectly with other design choices i'd already made. hope, faith, purpose, renewal are of course, recurring for Lilian. I also enjoyed contentment, healing from another site for the cards meanings. Symbolism is always fun to play with, because you can find your own meaning in the symbols you've chosen. And it's fun to make a case for your choices (sometimes.)

I don't have anything too in depth for the north star choice, it's vibes to be honest. Though I do love what you can get out of "brightest star in the sky used for navigation by word of mouth." I may tie it back into the earlier description i gave of the angel. Something eternal which helps simply by existing or choosing to be it's self. Even if it does die out eventually, it is immortal to us.