Liliana Rinus

"I broke my family's tradition to realize my dream. As long as I want something, nothing will stop me."

- Liliana's trademark quote.

Liliana Rinus is a former student of Atlas Academy and a known Huntress in Atlas. Her weapon of choice is a Dust Action Halberd (DAH) named Water Weaver.

Liliana enrolled in Atlas to become a Huntress, going against the tradition of the Rinus family and becoming the first Huntress of her household. While she keeps pursuing her dream to become a "heroine", her paths cross once more with Ceruleo Mondlicht and she decids to help him in his quest.

Appearance
Liliana is the 3rd tallest one in the team, being slightly taller than Ceruleo but considerably shorter than Halverd Varten. While not born in an oriental family, she wears a shrine maiden outfit with a flower-shaped tail in the back of her skirt, with all of it colored with white and blue colors. In her dark blue long hair, she wears a flower-shaped pin with an aquamarine orb attached to it. She also wears white silicon gloves and leggings.

Personality
''A woman of justice, who broke traditions in order to be who she is now. Graceful, she doesn't believe in boundaries and fights to fulfill all of her desires, alone or with the help of her friends. She can be locked into a black-white judgement sometimes, which clouds her to other possibilities.''

Liliana is graceful, but she is also very firm in her decisions. She's not someone that's easily intimidated and does her best to be very just and righteous. The kindness she possess is equalized by how empowered she feels about her life so far.

By breaking the traditions that were once imposed to her, she firmly believes that she and everyone else can achieve whatever they desire as long they deliver the necessary effort to do it. Whenever someone wishes to give up, she's the first to deliver encouragement to said person and will help, if that's possible to her.

Liliana is also very caring towards her friends, acting almost like a sister to them. She can be overbearing at times, but she does it at the best of her intetions.

However, Liliana has two problems. The first one is how she can be very forceful. She's considered annoying because she doesn't know when the time calls for her to back down and not interfere. Also, because she believes in justice, she can be very much of a black-white person, which can be a problem depending of the situation.

History
Liliana is the second daugher of five children in the Rinus family, one of the lower noble families in Atlas. She was born having various complications over her childhood and always needed medical assistance. From breathing to blood circulation, she spent most of her days at the hospital to recover. This only stopped when Liliana's Aura began to show, in which the medics checked her and her abnormal state had finally diminished and her body was fine. However, the fact that she had Aura was something her father and mother weren't happy about. In the Rinus family, tradition holds that men are to become Huntsmen and women are to marry Huntsmen and help them with housework, which is why led both of Liliana's parents to worry about how she would grow up. They immediately put her into bridal training, which she deeply disliked. One day, Liliana asked if she could become a Huntress like her two other brothers, but was immediately denied by her father, who said that she had to follow the traditions like her elder sister, while the youngest of the childs was going to become a Huntsmen. Reluctantly, she accepted their decision and kept with the bridal training. When she was finally done with it, the entire Rinus family reunited from the night of Liliana's presentation. She was presented to a Huntsman and the conversation began at the dinner. But as the night went through, it was clear that Liliana was dissatisfied with the whole situation and wanted to go away. The man noticed it and asked if there was something wrong with her. While her parents tried to turn the topic around, she confessed that she wanted to be a Huntress but wasn't permitted to be one because of her family tradition. After that, she ran her mouth open and began to speak about how she disliked that tradition because it locked her away of her dream, shocking everyone. The Huntsman understood her desire and left the house, yet smiling. Of course that had consequences. An argument soon began at the table as her father began to call her a disgrace and insult her for not following what she was clearly instructed to do. But Liliana argued back and told him that she never cared about marriage and that she was going to become a Huntress, with or without their approval. With the dinner canceled, she was locked in her room so she could rethink and free herself of this rebellious phase of hers. For one week, Liliana couldn't leave her home to do anything. That is, until the Huntsman she met came back to take her away. He went to her room by the windows and took her to his home. Once reaching it, he told her about Atlas Academy and that she should use this opportunity to pursue her dream before she could be caught. She accepted it and went to pursue her dream. After her admission, Liliana trained heavily and gave her all to become a huntress. She made many friends, including her closest friends Ceruleo and Halverd. With her studies complete, she took her License out and officially became a Huntress.

Powers and Abilities
Liliana has a style of fighting that differs a little from the usual. She mixes Bajiquan, a style of chinese martial arts, with traditional folk chinese dancing. As such, she is very agile and fights really well while having an unusual style that, for more than once, doesn't look exactly as if she was fighting. She doesn't rely on projectlies but does use Dust to boost her attacks. Liliana's Aura is very basic and it doesn't have too much differences from other characters. She's equally resistant to physical and Dust attacks, so there isn't much to say.

Semblance
Her Semblance, Gracious Wave, basically gives Liliana control over water, whether it is liquid or in Dust form. She can walk on water, for a short period of time, and control it as she dearly wishes. She can create projectlies made of water, but she mostly uses it for close combat in order to make her attacks stronger by infusing her blows with water. She can also create objects made of water, such as a wall or a pillar.

The weaknesses of this Semblances are tied to two facts. For one, it's not exactly versatile and Liliana has control over water, but she cannot create it out of her own. She'll need water to be present on the field or be carrying water Dust in order to make it work out for her. If these options aren't present then her Semblance is useless and she'll be entirely dependant on her combat skills to win a fight. Secondly, Liliana's Semblance works more for her than to others, so if she were to create something to help people, it'd be a failure.

Weapon
Liliana's weapon of choice is a Dust Action Halberd (DAH) called Water Weaver. It has two blades attached to the triangular blade and it has a water Dust crystal in the middle of it. The Dust carried in his barrels can also be used outside of Water Weaver, either in rawform or in conjunction with her Semblance.

Trivia

 * CNR:  her name means "lily" in Latin, as an alternative spelling of Lilian, which relates to her white outfit and her pink eyes, considering the Stargazer Lily. Her surname means "of the sea" in Latin, which directly points to her deep blue hair and blue colored outfit.
 * Liliana makes a partial allusion to Mulan, as she broke traditions (in this case, her family's) to become a warrior of esteemed name. The allusion comes from the fact that her fighting style is basically chinese, although she isn't.
 * Liliana's design is a recolor from Ara (Elsword) in her Apsara class. All credits are given to Hwansang, the original artist of the image.