Reserved, clever, intimidating (click for better quality)
Very few cats know her actual age. If you ask her, all she will say is "I'm older than you'd think". They speculate she's in her late 30s or early 40s.
She's not very tall, but she's very muscled.
She works as the barmaid at the "Old Bull&Bush", a pub near the Thames owned by Mr Clark. There are other waitresses and barmaids/barmans, but she's the "main one".
Maybe Mr Clark is the official owner, but in practice she runs the pub as much as him. Lily's has a great hand with business and organisation, so they consider each other coworkers.
Lily's not married nor has a mate. Many pirates have tried proposing to her while they're drunk, but she has yet to show any kind of interest towards anyone.
She was born in France, with the name Liliane LaRose. She prefers to be called Lily, though.
Lily was the oldest kitten of a family of tailors. She helped with the business, both sewing and managing the profits, ever since she was young.
Nonetheless, as the eldest, she knew she had to marry someone as soon as she grew. But Lily had always considered herself to be independent and, most importantly, she wanted to see the world.
That's why, when she became of age, she took all the money she had earned in secret and left her hometown.
During years she traveled around the country, but fortune never met her.
Many cats tried to take advantage of her because she was a single, young queen. Even though she had to steal or trick others to get by sometimes, she worked by herself until she got the money to get to a boat to England.
For the first months after she arrived, she had to continue doing what she did before with the added difficulty of the language barrier.
Thankfully, she met Mr Clark, who had just inherited his family pub: the old "Bull and Bush".
He helped her learn the language and gave her the job as a barmaid, but never asked anything in return.
In a similar way, she was the one who found Billy McCaw and brought it to the bar. Nowadays, the three of them consider each other family.
Most of the time she comes across as cold and quiet because when you have to deal with drunk pirates every night you aren't in the mood to be sweet.
Nonetheless, she wants cats to have a good time so, if she sees you in a bad mood, she will do anything in her hand to make your day better.
She's very intelligent and dextrous, which is something you can easily see when she remembers the orders of 20 different clients, manages the money and organises the bar counter all at the same time.
She despises confrontations, specially in the pub. Not only does it disturb the other clients, but it can ruin the furniture. If people start fighting, she isn't scared of getting in the way and using her own fists to stop impolite cats. Currently she doesn't need to even punch someone; her bare existence and the word of mouth is enough to intimidate people into staying quiet.
So you can say she has earned the respect of most cats.
She's a self proclaimed "Protector of the newcomers". Every time she sees a young cat looking scared or confused or a female being uncomfortable in the pub (is a mostly (male) pirates pubs after all) she will go full "old sister" mode.
As a matter of fact, when she first saw the elegant Griddlebone entering the pub next to the dirty and harsh Growltiger, she made sure to warn her about how pirates can be like and to be careful.
She has a soft spot for the Raffish Crew, and she will often give them free drinks.
On the other hand, she doesn't like Growltiger that much though Growltiger does like her (if the number of time he has tried to flirt with her is anything to go by)
To this day she still enjoys sewing and creating clothing as a hobby.
Lily becomes the official bar owner when Mr Clark retires.
She keeps being friends with Griddlebone and the Raffish Crew when Growltiger dies.
On this note, she got back in touch with her family. Surprisingly, they were very happy with the life she made for herself and they even try to visit eachother when they can.
