Lilith Mortem

"'You just have to be optimistic, so even if you die you'll die smiling! Oh wait, you know, that would actually be really creepy, so maybe just..um..don't. Yeah.                 -Lilith Mortem."Lilith Mortem is one of the main protagonists of the Yaalheim Series. She is a Tracker-class mercenary working for the YMS. She is a novice cellumancer and excels at animal taming. She is aged 9 at the start of the books, appearing first in chapter 1.

Appearance
Lilith is a fifth-grader at an average height with long curly brown hair. She has a very rounded face and smiles abundantly. Lilith wears a rugged mage's cloak with a hood and arms. It is green and brown, slightly resembling a gillie suit, allowing for excellent camouflage. She wears no armor other than leather knee pads and padded finger-less gloves. She carries a large hornet nest strapped to her back, to the distress of most people she meets. She carries a small hooked dagger in a sheath at her side, primarily for collecting mushrooms and herbs. She also carries a wooden staff with a knotted end, around 4 feet in length.

Weapons and abilities
Lilith is a user of life magic, controlling animals and plants through her staff. It can also be used to quickly heal her friends and allies. The animals she controls are primarily those that function mostly on instinct, as her magic manipulates pheromones. Her magic emanates from her catalyst, a staff, which has a life crystal she found in the wilderness super-glued inside. Instead of using actual weapons, she uses creatures she had tamed, such as her spindler, a dog sized spider which she is at first terrified of, as she accidentally tamed while trying to hit it with her staff. Other tamed animals include a fotter named Nero and a group of hornets. She also controls entire locust swarms in later chapters, as well as large animals.

Personality
Lilith is best described by her Myers-Briggs personality equivalent, ENFP. This essentially means she hardly ever stops smiling or asking people for hugs. She cares a great deal for her brother, Siegfried and her companions. She is the heart of her group of mercenaries, often being not the voice of reason, but of morality. She always tends to see the brighter side of things and looks for the best in people. However, she is nevertheless extremely melodramatic and all of her emotions seem to be, in a way amplified. This is in great contrast to her brother, who cares little of the affairs of others or their feelings. In truth, she is one of the bravest people in her group, though usually portraying a weak and helpless demeanor. For example, she manages to scare off a Wraith with her magic while her friends were petrified with fear, leading to them giving her a great deal of respect. She has an IQ of 98.