Most of the information we have about pre-NRC Lilia has come from Silver: he explains that Lilia is “one of the royal guards who serve the rulers of Briar Valley” in the present tense and
“I have heard that his martial prowess is widely recognized and that the queen trusts him greatly”.
Silver also tells us that “he has stepped down from the front lines now, but he once earned medals for his myriad feats in battle”.
During Halloween Silver explains that Lilia’s “work” once “led him to the border between life and death. He glimpsed the Spectral Realm, said ‘Oh, crumbs!’ And came right back”.
Silver also says that Lilia can run on on lotus leaves across the surface of water (considered to be “the mark of a true warrior”)
In his birthday vignette Lilia himself explains that he raised Malleus, Silver and Sebek from when they were children.
(although Malleus has a large age gap that separated him from the other two)
Lilia says he was originally very strict with training Silver and Sebek, forcing them to swim in fast-moving rivers and climb cliffs where the air was thin.
Lilia says that one day he had the realization that he is no longer on the front lines and the two children were not his soldiers, and that he was wrong to treat them as such. He became more hands-off with them, then, allowing them to play freely and watching over them from afar.
Lilia is Silver’s adoptive father, though Silver tries to refer to him as “senpai” rather than “father” in front of the other students.
Silver joins the Culinary Crucible course in order to “cook more enjoyable meals for the father who raised me”--
--and to earn money, as “any money I can save up now will help me to be less of a burden on my father later”.
Silver says, “he raised me as a single father. I owe him everything. I often find myself wishing he could live a very long happily ever after."
"And I haven’t done anything to repay him for all that he’s done for me. I’m not just going to leave this matter to the stars, of course. I’m going to do everything I can for him too.”
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An original culture woven into costume
An element of Twisted Wonderland that has had the most heart poured into it is the costume design.
Toboso Yana explains the struggles behind creating entirely unique designs meant to reinterpret the worlds of the movies upon which--
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The Passion of Toboso Yana, the Creator of the Game’s Concept and Characters
Where did the inspiration for the world and characters of "Disney's Twisted Wonderland" come from?
The person who painstakingly took care of every creative element and--
Epel runs away and explains how Vil has forbade him from speaking in his natural dialect and forces him to wear “frilly uniform shirts”.
While venting his frustrations to Deuce he receives a phone call from his mother--
--who reveals that Vil has promoted the apple juice produced by their village on his Magicam, saving them from a financially unstable situation.
Epel returns and tells Vil that while “Deep down, (he’s) always looked down on people who care about being cute or charming”--
--he finally understands what Vil meant when he talked about power.
Vil responds, “There is one form of power that can bring people to their knees. It is more overwhelming than violence, more eloquent than word. I speak, of course, of beauty…"
Vil’s first interaction with Epel is when Epel—deciding to be preemptively aggressive to keep from being bullied like he was back home—insults Vil by saying he is “feeble like a woman”.
On the NA-server these comments--
--(and Vil calling Epel “adorable”) were changed.
Vil beats Epel in a magicless, physical fight and explains, “In this school, the rule is that the weak obey the strong…since you lost, you will do as I say.”
Vil insists on Epel--
--improving his appearance, his impolite way of speaking and his attitude, saying “if you want to voice a grievance, you’ll have to beat me in a fight first.”
This interaction forms the foundation for the relationship between the two, where Vil--
Malleus seems to have a fondness for Vil: when he learns the player will not be participating in the VDC he follows up with, “But Schoenheit and Asim will be in it? Heh. That should be quite the spectacle”.
Malleus also banters with Vil after his overblot, saying, “You seems to have has a bit of sport, yourself. However did you become such a mess? You’re hardly living up to the Fairest Queen’s spirit.”
Vil concedes that he’s “not wrong”, and--
--Malleus repairs the damage done to the coliseum as a favor for Vil, saying, “You owe me, Schoenheit” and “I’ve set the stage for you, Schoenheit. I trust you will keep me suitably entertained.”
When Vil says he hardly need Malleus’ urging to put on the finest possible show--