Lilith Delcroix

Lilith Delcroix
Biographical Information
Race	Hapan (infected with Diathim Plague)
Homeworld	Cinnagar
Mother	Amelia Kaine
Father	unknown
Spouse	none
Siblings	none
Children	none
Born	Y-9 D177
Physical Description
Gender	Female
Height	1.68 meters
Coloring	Black/purple/red hair
Eye Color	Yellow
Political Information
Affiliation	Dark Skies Gearworks, House Valeo
Rank	Forgemaster
Positions	Company Leader, Aspirant
Prior Affiliation	Royal House James Dael`mor Logistics Black Sun Galactic Empire Industry
Awards	Dael`mor Logistics Veteran Ancient Gear II Holonet Activity III Demolition Expert I Logistic Ace I Iron Gear

"Never compromise. Not even in the face of Armageddon."

Lilith Del`croix, by her full name Countess Lilith Kaine-Del`croix of Vorsia was approximately born in Year -9 Day 177 by the Combine Galactic Time. She is the current monarch of Vorsia Companion and leader of Dark Skies Gearworks recycling company. The exact date and place of Lilith's birth is unknown and it is assumed her mother was residing somewhere in the Hapes Cluster at the time. She grew up with her uncle Admiral Kaine in Kaine Estate on Cinnagar which led to her eventual enlisting in the Galactic Empire Industry, just like most Kaine family members before her. Through series of complicated and unfortunate events that ended her industrial career Lilith eventually became member of the Black Sun crime syndicate. Though she didn't find the peace she was looking for and almost a year later she retired into seclusion and private life. However she returned to her industrial roots when she became fulltime Retainer in the Royal House James of Hapes. In mid-year 13 with one of her long-time friends Lilith created the Dark Skies Gearworks. Soon in Year 14 she began to explore the Neutral places of the galaxy and joined House Valeo of the Avance Coalition. Lilith is also renowned artisanal starship designer with a reputation spanning the galaxy.

History

Little flower

Lilith saying farewell to her uncle.

Lilith’s birth is as mysterious as her mother. Nobody knows who her father is or where and when she was born. Her mother Amelia Kaine abandoned baby Lilith at very early age and didn’t share the information about the baby girl’s birth with anyone. It is assumed that Lilith was named after her great-grandmother Lilly. It was rainy night when Amelia showed up on the doorsteps of the Kaine estate on Cinnagar, which was at the time occupied by her brother, Lilith’s uncle, High Inquisitor and Rear Admiral of the Imperial Navy Herbert “Incubus” Kaine. By the galactic standard it was Year -9 Day 177, which was used as Lilith’s birthday since only her mother know the correct date. Incubus decided to raise the girl and care for her but under strict rules and Lilith was expected to obey them from early age. It was at that time she began to develop the same xenophobia as her uncle possessed, she was taught to view aliens as lesser species.

During her childhood she was mainly in contact with Imperials, so it was only natural she wanted to pursue service in the Galactic Empire just as her uncle and rest of the Kaine family. Her childhood was lonely, she didn’t had any friends of her own age and wasn’t allowed to leave her home without permission, even her education took place in the estate with private lecturers. Only visitors she could relate to were her two older cousins Gabriel and Reina that visited the estate for several weeks each summer. The older she grew the more she could be found wondering the gardens of her home alone when she had free time or spending time on computer terminal. It was her teenage years that were the hardest; she wanted to explore and even more she wanted company. However she still wasn’t allowed to leave the estate much and only other occupants beside her uncle were slaves. Eventually HoloNet became her escape from the lonely reality, only there she was able to find some sort of company she longed for.

From time to time they had visitors in the estate, they varied from Imperial Officers to lawyers, businessmen and many more but it was not the company Lilith was interested in. Most of them didn’t stay long or took the time to talk to Lilith. She would meet some at dinner around a large table where her uncle hosted his quests, but more times than not Lilith was quiet the whole time. One such visitor however stood out and affected Lilith. At one night a business woman in a dark suit with pair of Mandalorian bodyguards arrived at the estate for reasons unknown to the young Hapan girl. Unlike other visitors the woman intrigued Lilith in a strange way; she felt attracted to someone for the first time, despite there was obvious age difference between them. When she managed to overcome her shyness Lilith kept the woman company while she waited for Lilith’s uncle, it wasn’t unusual for Incubus to arrive in middle of the night or not at all, his position within the Empire was very demanding. After she left Lilith was somewhat changed, it was the closest thing to teenage-crush she experienced. The woman unfortunately never visited again so Lilith didn’t dwell on it for too long.

Spoiled teenager

Lilith was still just a young teenager when her life received a blow that affected her forever. Her uncle was accused of treason against the Empire and decided to turn himself in to prove his loyalty which lead to his murder. It was a sad day for Lilith when her uncle left, never to return. Since that day the sound of rain can make Lilith sad as it was heavily raining the last time she saw her uncle. For some time life was very confusing, she had the family wealth at her disposal and the Kaine estate was now in her hands, only shared with Incubus’s alien servant Raum Cambions. For the first time ever she had complete freedom, but didn’t know what to do with it. She was still too young to enlist in the Empire and without guidance of her uncle she felt like losing a purpose, not to mention she had no close family since her cousins lived in a different part of the galaxy. None of her relatives tried to move into the technically free estate, she never found out why.

She decided to cope with her grief probably in the worst possible way. The night city offered to satisfy all her teenage needs and credits provided the means to forget her pain. Often she spent whole nights out, coming back home in the morning and sleeping whole day till it was time to go out again. If she wasn't going out she spent hours with computers, over the years she became very skilled with computer operations and under pseudonym Pixie she used those skills as a slicer. Though she never did anything too dangerous, mostly just breaking into holosites she shouldn't just to prove she could to pass the time. It was during this time Lilith found the company she wanted so much in the past and discovered her attraction to girls, however never entering any kind of relationship. In time only going out and spending credits wasn’t enough to satisfy her, she was getting tired of her homeplanet and the spoiled lifestyle wasn't as glorious as she thought it would be.

Imperial Service

Lilith wanted to change, she couldn’t continue living the way she did. If her uncle knew all that she was doing he wouldn’t be happy with her. The first idea was to enlist in the Empire but lack of any specialised skills made her chose something else. Instead she enrolled in the University of Engineering that was located on a nearby planet in her home system; she wanted to leave her spoiled past behind her and start a better life. Thanks to the education her uncle provided for her from early age she had it easy on the university, almost too easy for her liking. The spoiled life she used to live affected her more than she would admit, she had problems to concentrate and eventually felt like the university wasn’t teaching her anything. After eight months she decided to quit and train as civilian pilot instead. During the time in the university she discovered passion for capital ships and wanted to know how to pilot and command them better. Lilith was natural in it and excelled in her training, after a year she knew everything there is about piloting capital ships and her piloting skills became second to none, but she wasn’t interested in their military use so combat skills were average at best. She was twenty years old when she finished her training and decided it was time to follow her uncle's example and enlist in the Empire, though she chose civilian Industry department over the more traditional service in Navy.

The Imperial University she had to go through first wasn't much harder than the university she already been through so she managed to came out with very high marks and graduate with honours which impressed her professor and her graduation was made public in front of the academy. With rank of Workman she was sent to Cloud City where is worked as prospector. She enjoyed it but saw it only as a stepping stone for something better. Searching for raw materials on distant planets was interesting in a way, but she belonged into space on a bridge of a capital ship. To her surprise after two months she was approached by Lord Kuat who followed her progress, a Sith Lord and Director of Research and Development offered her to join his department as an officer which she gladly accepted. However due to internal politics she wasn't allowed to fully transfer and her officer status was taken away from her, which was rather upsetting at the time. Nevertheless she was at least allowed to work in the R&D department as a liaison from Could City. It was almost like a dream job to her; Lilith had large capital ship at her disposal with several haulers and worked more or less on her own time. There was little bureaucracy while working for the Sith Lord, which she enjoyed.

Lost faith

However her faith in the Empire was shaken. The fact that a command from a Sith Lord could be so easily over-ruled by office department was bothering her greatly. The longer she was in service the more she realized that the Empire wasn't how her uncle used to describe it to her. It wasn't what she expected it to be, probably the most surprising and off-putting were aliens serving beside her in the Empire. It didn't appeal to her xenophobic nature. She was able to tolerate them not to cause trouble, but to her the Empire no longer was the glorious government as she grew up believing, so her interest in serving declined. She became more interested in girls than her work and was very reckless with relationships, most of her love interests were not part of the Empire or even the Imperial Union. Some people didn't agree with her lifestyle, not even the person she believed to be her best friend and it lead to events that changed her life.

Without a trial or chance to defend herself Lilith was arrested and executed for reasons unknown without any evidence, though rumours go from aiding the enemy to treason against the Galactic Empire. Regardless of the reason why, her death set a chain of events nobody had anticipated. When Lilith died, like anyone, her soul began its journey through death to be reconnected with the Force, save an unexpected intervention. Years before Lilith had been executed, another Kaine shared her fate. Rear Admiral Herbert “Incubus” Kaine, her uncle. Incubus too was charged with treason for unknown reasons and as a sign of loyalty to the Emperor, turned himself over to be executed. He was killed, but his honour grew within the ranks of the Imperial Navy and the Empire as a whole. Little did anyone know that somewhere between the realms of the living and dead, Incubus’ soul remained. It was there that Incubus and his other departed niece, Saige Kippenbrock-Kaine, were able to save Lilith’s soul from being assimilated. Back in the realm of the living, a dark jedi had felt the death of her lover and together with the assistance of an entourage assembled by the Kaine family; Lilith’s soul was drawn back from the clasps of death and transferred to an awaiting body void of a soul. This reincarnation was a key to foundation of the Church of Reansucru. Lilith never became active key member of the Church, but embraced their ideology as her own.

The Family

"A balance of fear and love is acceptable."

Lilith while part of the Family.

The experience with death made her realize the importance of love and family; she was no longer interested in material wealth and ranks or power. She simply wanted to live in a happy relationship. She married the dark jedi woman that helped to save her life and followed her into Maurari force sect which was part of the Black Sun organisation. As was a tradition in Black Sun Lilith went to meet one of the Vigos, Amaranalah Jou, before she could be accepted into the Family. It was a life changing experience. Unlike rest of the Family members Lilith had no official rank or duties; she was the only non-Force sensitive member of the sect with honourary rank of Aspirant. She was there only to serve her Mistress and wife. Lilith was always intrigued by the Force but it wasn't easy to gain any solid information on it. The Imperial Order of the Dark Hand was very secretive and low rank Imperials had very limited contact with the Sith.

During her time in the force sect she spent lots of time researching the Force, gathering as much as she could and listening to the Dark Masters whenever she was in their presence. The Dark Side was appealing to her, she felt like if she could just reach out and connect with it she could experience the ultimate freedom but she was never able to attune to the Force to manipulate it, which was making her very disappointed. Her lack of Force Sensitivity was suggested to be because her soul wasn't in the body she was born in, but it was never confirmed. Even her Force "signature" was apparently unnatural, almost as if she was soulless. Only people very close to her like her wife was able to attune to her fully. Despite her lack of force connection with the help of ex-Sith Lord Azrakh Raleep she was able to train with lightsabers and became skilled in the Makashi form. During that time Lilith was touched by the Dark Side and her eyes changed colour to amber yellow because of all the time she spend in presence of many powerful Dark Masters.

Her marriage however didn't mean to have a happy end; the deception of dark jedi woman she married had crushed her and left her with more than physical scars. It took her long time to get over it, but she was never the same again. Lilith prefers not to talk about it and rarely refers to her former wife by name. What happened is mostly unknown to but a few, for a time she had to leave the sect and was allowed to rejoin the Family after few weeks with death of the dark jedi that broke her heart. After all that happened to her Lilith wasn't entirely mentally stable and even though she was back in the Family she wasn’t able to cope with all the depression well while she was left alone to deal with it. She needed to take a break, a long break to put her life back together, so eventually she retired from the Family and chose to live privately.

"Sometime I just constantly question my value, like why was I so easy to cast aside? And I wonder if the other party is gonna come to their senses and call me back... And they always tell you it'll hurt less with time. When actually it hurts more."

— Lilith, after retirement

Moon Countess

Countess Lilith of Vorsia.

While she was still full time member of the Family and married Lilith used her connection and wealth to buy control of a large moon in Neshig sector and formed a noble house Del`croix, granting herself and her wife titles of Countess and Dark Countess, respectively. They rarely attended to the day-to-day needs of the jungle moon, but they did began reconstruction of the only palace on the moon to suit their needs better. However before their plans could be completed the marriage fell apart and Lilith was left alone. She felt broken down and was making very little changes to the moon, though over time she formed a Council that would rule in her absence. She was content to remain in the shadows and simply fund credits to the restoration efforts, only giving the Council a general direction and letting them to deal with how it was done.

As she lived privately and away from the galaxy's problems Lilith met with Princess Jessica James of Hapes. What started as private art contract grew into invitation to work for the Royal House. Lilith saw that as an opportunity to return to industrial work which she was fond of and accepted the offer. It was almost like a fresh life for her as she was able to bury herself in large scale tasks and prove to herself that she could still have a purpose in life. It was quite a difference from working in the galaxy's underworld and she welcomed it. More importantly she was able to work on her own time and be her own boss. She was doing such a good job that eventually she was accepted as full time Retainer.

In early year 13 Gabriel Kaine, Lilith's cousin, decided to step down as head of the Church and an assembly of the Conclave was called. Although not officially part of the ceremony Lilith visited the Kuat system in hopes to confirm rumours of her mother attending. Since she was a little girl Lilith wished to meet her mother and get to know her, but it was impossible for her to find out anything. However before she was able to land in the capital city an event occurred that ended the Church's operations on galactic scale. Only hollow Cathedral and disappointment were left after the Conclave disappeared in unexplained event. With her hopes of meeting her mother shattered Lilith returned back home with sorrow. The temples on Vorsia Companion remained dedicated to the Reansucru ideology, despite the Church officially closed its door.

It was probably the confidence Lilith gained from working in the Royal House which made her believe that she was ready to accept her responsibilities as monarch, and so she decided to spend more time living on the moon and be more than a rumour to her people. Her ultimate goal was to make a positive difference for the citizens so most of the wealth and efforts were dedicated into reconstruction of old cities to improve the standard of living. Throughout the reconstruction the Vorsia’s population dropped rapidly, from over 100 million citizens to barely 40 million. There were rumours about large scale alien deportations but it was never confirmed and the government’s only statement was that all citizens that left were granted homes on another planet.

Gearworks

When there was very little work left to do in the Royal House Lilith got involved in Dael`mor Logistics company owned by Dael’mor Mandalorian clan, led by her close friend Cait Catra. There was no appeal to the Mandalorian culture for Lilith but she was happy work alongside them. It reminded her some of the better times in her past during the service in Black Sun. Eventually Lilith was placed into position of the Director, for nobody else wanted to actively lead the business part of the company. It didn’t take long for her to realize she wasn’t enjoying it, the business plan was flawed from the start and it was taking lots of her energy to keep the company profitable. Lilith decided if she was going to be in charge they needed to change. For long hours she was researching about business opportunities throughout the galaxy to make sure the new company would have a future.

In the end Lilith chose to start a recycling operation as there was lack of independent and reliable companies out there. It also helped with reconstruction efforts of her moon, no longer she would need to rely on external companies. It was mid-Year 13 when Dael`mor Logistics was dissolved and all of its assets were used to fund the new company. Lilith selected Vorsia Companion to serve as her base of operations. The longer Lilith was leading her company the more she was enjoying it. The people that made Gearworks and actively worked to better it were making it easier to adjust to her responsibilities. It was thanks to Gearworks she met Tex Navos who became closer to her than any other member of the company. It wasn’t easy for Lilith to do everything on her own; there was a lot to making Dark Skies a success. Especially after late Year 13 when Lilith bought out full ownership over the company from her co-owner. It was around that time Lilith began to talk with Olwin Froon, Duceroy of the Trade Federation, about partnership between Gearworks and the government. In early Year 14 Lilith became citizen of the Federation and soon after Act of Vorsia was signed to pursue a path of mutual diplomatic understanding to further peace and the foundations of the Vorsia system.

Newfound Purpose

Lilith with her girlfriend, celebrating Ankha's re-election as the Senate Speaker.

Despite her business success Lilith’s private live wasn’t as bright. In public she tried to hide it and wouldn’t admit it to anyone but her friends that for a long time she was living in rather deep depressions. She was far from used to be in charge, with nobody to follow or look up to. She was trying to find her purpose in a long time relationship, but as with it all others in her past the exciting start didn’t have a happy ending. After two years Lilith couldn’t go on any longer and with her partner decided it was best for both of them to separate. It began rather confusing time in her life. Unsure about who she was Lilith felt like she was drifting in space, unsure where her life was heading to and without the will to do much about it.

Without the dysfunctional relationship Lilith was no longer depressed as much, but she didn’t feel fully happy either, she just enjoyed being somewhat at peace for once. Fortunately she met someone else who didn’t have luck in their previous relationship. Several months earlier Lilith was contacted diplomatically by Ankha Natanaele from the New Republic to open line of communication between the government and Gearworks. To her surprise Lilith found it extremely easy and pleasant to talk to Ankha for hours at a time about more than just the professional. Almost a month after her break up Lilith found out Ankha was single too and their conversations soon began to reveal the mutual attraction to each another. Lilith was hesitant at first to consider a new relationship but eventually she realized just how attached she became to Ankha and happily followed her heart. Despite the relatively short time they have spent together Lilith never felt happier in her life, the relationship opened new possibilities and experiences. One of such experiences was attending the coronation of the new Falleen Federation King on D123 of Year 14 as Ankha’s guest, something Lilith thoroughly enjoyed. With the new life also came new home, Vorsia became her workplace instead of home after she moved into her partner’s penthouse apartment on Messert III.

Even though Hapan space was very close to where Lilith worked and used to live, she was much less in contact with House James than she used to and eventually lost her Retainer status when Princess Jessica James decided Lilith was no longer fit to be part of the House. It was an opportunity for Lilith to seek a place somewhere else. After she was granted citizenship within the Avance Coalition, she chose to apply for membership in House Valeo. When she arrived to the embassy she was surprised and excited to find out it was Ankha who would interview her. It wasn’t easy for her to talk about her past openly and she felt anxious the whole time. After a week of waiting for Valeo Senate to vote, she was accepted into the House with title of Aspirant.

Description and Personality

Lilith is a very pale, average sized Hapan girl with long black hair, often partially coloured magenta or red. She was born with emerald green eyes but because of the dark side aura of Dark Masters from the Force sect she was part of her eyes turned amber, something she is quite fond of. She is not very tall for a human and has a skinny figure; though she always managed to keep it athletic shaped. At one point in her hard life Lilith's whole right arm and part of her shoulder has been replaced with cybernetics of metallic silver colour and engraved details. She rarely talks about the reasons behind it, but doesn't regret it; some could say she enjoys being cyborg. Lilith has a strange accent but isn't quite sure where she picked it up, one of her theories is that the body her soul occupies simply grew up talking that way.

MCL Liner "Dance With The Devil" in orbit of Vorsia Companion.

After becoming a widow Lilith changed, she used to be mostly happy and cheerful person, and around her wife very obedient and playful but she became distant, cold and prefers to keep to herself, though she is warm and open person to her close friends. The failed marriage affected her more than she would like to admit and ever since prefers to live in private, away from the galaxy, but she can be outgoing as well, almost flirty with other girls. Most of the time she carries herself confidently, although her walk is heavy, like she carries something that weights her down which can give her impression of being a lot older than she actually is.

Lilith is not a violent person, she prefers to be calm and isn't easy to anger, though she is more than capable of defending herself when needed. Due to her mental problems sometime she can be very jealous and paranoid; resulting to self-injury and outbursts of anger but for a long time she didn't feel that way. Over the time in Black Sun her industrial skills slowly faded away, replaced with more combat oriented training, making her good with handing heavy weapons and exceptional swordfighter. She still keeps practicing those skills but she also decided to get back more into engineering while leading Gearworks.

Just like many other wealthy individuals Lilith is a collector of rare and hard-to-get assets. Though because the Vorisa moon is independent her private collection is secondary concern to being able to provide for her people, so most of her fleet is not just for pleasure but Lilith does enjoy several luxury ships. Some of her favourite ships are modified GR-75 Medium Transport "Amaranalah", M-Class Mon Calamari Luxury Liner "Dance With The Devil" and J-Type 327 "Kaab be Werde", which translates to "Sound of Darkness" that was a gift from Mand'alor Oryk. Lilith's pride and joy is her flagship Nebulon-B Frigate "Devil Makes Us Sin". The small private fleet is easily recognisable by its white and black paint, turquoise viewports and a crimson lily, Lilith's personal sigil.

The Angel Plague

Ever since the Metamorphosis Plague struck the galaxy in early Year 14 Lilith was feeling her health deteriorating. The medical droids on board her ships were unable to identify what was wrong with her. Only after she consulted the most skilled doctors on Vorsia Companion they concluded she was struck by the Plague and traces of newly discovered Diathim DNA was present within her own. Refusing to be anything less than human Lilith immediately tasked them with preparing a cure. They were not able to cure the virus but produced a vaccine that would keep her condition in check, but she would most likely have to keep taking it periodically for the rest of her life.