ABOUT YOU
Name: Tara
Age: 26
Contact Info: MSN: anita_blake_vampirehunter@hotmail.com (Yes, I'm a big long time fan. lol)
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CHARACTER INFO
Character name: Lilya Bianca Dharnen
Nicknames: Lil, Lily, 'Tigerlily' (what Liam used to call her)
Character age: 22
Birthdate: May 1st, 1985
Gender: Female
Lycan Species: White Tiger
Level: Alpha dominant
Strengths: Lilya's exceptionally fast and agile with awesomely sharp reflexes, as a testiment to her former days as a ballerina as well as her feline DNA. She has the ability to heal others but uses it sparingly. Intelligent, friendly yet cautious, and is proficient in ninjutsu. She recovers from wounds speedily and can control her beast enough to only shift at her own will. She has a hybrid form as well as her beast. Her hearing is extra sensitive at times, and she also has the ability to 'sense' or 'feel' anyone near her when her sight plays up.
Weaknesses: Due to her size she's not physically the strongest lycan, which is part of the reason she trained in a martial art. Her hearing is extra sensitive and she gets headaches from loud noises, also obviously highly allergic to silver. She occasionally gets blurred or darkened vision because of her animal. Using her ability to heal will cause her to feel weak and require rest for a number of hours.
Weapons carried on person: She likes to keep a couple of small throwing knives hidden on her or in her bag if she's feeling insecure. She'll only use teeth and/or claws if its against another lycan or a vampire.

Tell me about yourself
Hair colour/style: White-blonde
Eye colour: Hypnotic light blue
Portrayal: Emilie de Ravin
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Physical description: Standing at only 5'2 and fine-framed, Lilya is small for a born weretiger (but makes up for it with speed/agility), her coloring is much like her animal, very light/fair. She almost resembles a porcelain doll with her fair skin, white-blonde hair, and clear blue eyes. She also has scars around her wrists and ankles from cutting them on silver shackles.
In her tiger form, she is albino white, her stripes can barely been seen, making her a unique animal even among the rare tiger lycans. Due to this, sometimes she will have blurred vision, but extremely stronger hearing and the ability to 'feel' others nearby.
Depending on her mood she may wear dark make-up, or prefer to look more natural which can make her look almost ethereal considering her light coloring. She tends to wear small light dresses the majority of the time because they're not restrictive, but will occasionally swap it out for jeans and a light shirt.

Likes: Music, dancing, singing, men, fooling around, doing things she probably shouldn't, exercise, relaxing among nature either in her animal form or naked human form

Dislikes: Restrictions, anyone who tries to control her, deep water, heavy clothing (its restrictive), her father's family, manipulation or being held or forced to do something against one's will

Fears: Being caught by her father's family, drowning, silver, letting anyone close and being betrayed.

Nervous habits: If she's nervous (or feeling impatient) she'll tap her heel or drum her fingers against something, or she might start playing with a random strand of hair or rub the side of her neck. She'll also play with the scars on her wrists when she's especially on edge, it helps remind her that she's the only one in control of herself.

Personality description: Generally friendly by nature, there is also a definite hardness about Lilya that is hard to crack, due to her experiences over the past few years. She has little trust in anyone and chooses to rely on herself. On the other hand, there is a soft calm that also seems to vibrate around her, making her seem less aggresive than she potentially could be if she chose. She is able to draw in people or make then avoid her depending on her mood. She likes nothing better than relaxing in a garden or forest area, and becomes quite peaceful. The same if she's singing or dancing. But she won't take being threatened or attacked lying down, and can be quite vicious if need be. She' a bit of a rebel, preferring to do things her way. She doesn't like restrictions or manipulation of any kind and won't stand for it. When it comes to men, she's not picky about species, its all about personality and moves. She hasn't met anyone to date who has been able to quite take her fancy like Liam did.

Take me home to meet mom and dad:
Parents: Patrick Dover (father), Maria Icano (mother - deceased)
Siblings: N/A
Children: N/A

History:
Lilya's Italian mother was kidnapped by a strong weretiger family based in Ireland when she was discovered to be one years ago. From there the young woman Maria (then 18) was forced to marry Patrick Dover and become his mate so that they might be able to keep the weretiger genes strong. However, upon discovering she was pregnant and not wanting her own child to become like the father's family or to be used as a breeding tool, she managed to run away, selling her own grandmothers diamond ring so she could get a flight to Australia and hide.

When she was born, the first thing that was noticeable was how fair Lilya was, and so she was named after the flower, lily, and Bianca which is Italian for white. The first time the infant shifted her mother was amazed to see a purely white tiger. She'd never realised there was such a thing as white weretigers at all, let alone albino white. She also wondered if this would turn her husband's family off wanting the child, or whether they'd want her more for her uniqueness. She would soon find out as they located where she was, forcing her to move again.

For a number of years the mother and daughter lived like this, moving from place to place anytime they sniffed other tigers on the air. However, after some time, they were able to settle in Melbourne, the huge city it was, and Lilya was still able to live a fairly normal life, enrolling in ballet and singing classes and studying ninjutsu at a dojo. When her eyes began to play up there wasn't much they could do about it, but her body made up for it by making her extra sensitive to her surrounds, and 'feeling' for other people and objects, along with help from her sensei.

When she was 16 though, her entire life changed when her mother was shot with a silver bullet in broad daylight right in front of her, by a bounty hunter who'd been hired by her father's family to take her back to Ireland. Having lost the most important person in her life, Lilya had no strength to argue, and so she was taken back. For the next 2 years she suffered for her mother's indescretion by doing all the most difficut chores for her father's family and being beat with a chain if she missed anything or made a mistake. When she finally lost her temper and started fighting back, often causing damage to others in a display of dominance, they shackled her with silver cuffs for a period of time, each time extending it until she felt like she was going mad. And when that began to have less effect, they would stick her head in a bucket of water until she almost drowned.

At 18, they began grooming her to be sold as a mate, and to their surprise her rarity made her popular and valuable, despite her occasional eyesight problems and lack of coloring. It was also around this time Lilya met a vampire named Liam whom she became infatuated and began an affair with. When it was discovered, she was locked away until he came and broke her out, injuring a few of her relatives on the way and in a shocking turn, she attacked her own father and managed to enforce her own alpha status over him when she left him injured and unable to come after her. She ran away with Liam and they travelled for some time until her vengeful family sent another hunter after her. This time it was Liam who was struck down, and in her rage Lilya killed the hunter.

On the run from not only her family, but hunters as well now, Lilya kept on the move, hitchhiking, walking, stopping in towns only long enough to work odd jobs for lodgings, and occasionally hooking up with other lycans or vampires. Eventually after a few years and after changing her surname to Dharnen, she found herself in America and was drawn to Miami where she has so far been able to slip into the crowd, getting a job waitressing/singing/dancing at a local club, and simply trying to get her life back together, praying that her family won't find her.


Writing Sample:
She closed her eyes and sighed as she rubbed her temples. It was happening again, and right when her order was being brought out. Lilya opened her eyes and looked through blurred vision as the waiter brought her chai latte out to her and set it down. She smiled warmly and spoke in her Australian accent that was just tinted with an Irish lilt, "Thank you." And as he left, closed her eyes again, using her senses to pick up the drink and sip from it. She often preferred to do things blindly than through the fuzziness, and now wished she'd brought her sunglasses except for the fact that it would look strange to be wearing them at night.

Lilya sighed and placed the drink back down, leaning her elbow on the table so that she could rest her head in it. She'd really wanted to look over the university information today. Unless she happened to get a big break in her singing career then she needed to do something with her life. She'd been here for a few months now and was reasonably sure that she was safe... for now at least.

The thought didn't take the nightmares away though, she still rarely slept and when she did it was filled with gruesome thoughts of what the family would do when and if they found her. The would need more than a couple of hunters though, she would never go back without a fight.

"Excuse me miss, do you mind if I sit down here?"

Lylia opened her eyes again to find that her vision had cleared somewhat again and there was an elderly woman in front of her. Most of the tables were full, and why not, it was a beautful night. She smiled kindly, "Go right ahead." She glanced at her watch and almost jumped out of her skin. She gathered her information and made to stand, "I'm almost running late for my job interview anyway. Have a pleasant evening."

Running across the road to a nearby park, Lilya realised there was only one way she was going to get to the club on time and as much as she disliked it, she really didn't want to be late. Among the coverage of trees and bushes, she stripped down quickly and threw her clothes in her backpack. She then shifted into her tiger form, bones shifting and sliding as her skin became covered in pure white fur until an albino white tiger stood in her pace. She stretched out and shook her fur, then picked up the bag with her jaws and began bolting across the next few blocks, zig-zagging through the shadows of the back alleys and trying to avoid bumping into anyone. The last thing she needed was a confrontation right now.


And the rest:
Anything else? Not that I can think of right now.

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