Liliu

Liliu, the Lady with Bones instead of a Hand, is member of the White Court of Fomorians and recently escaped from her imprisonment beneath the Milderwood.

Overview

One of the White Fomorians, the Lady Liliu loves nothing more than the hunt for children. Dressed in exquisite haute couture gowns (she never wears any colors but white and iridescent, reptilian green), elbow gloves, wide-brimmed hats, and uncomfortable shoes, she roams both the Dreaming and the Waking World looking for children to capture. In the Waking World, she never remains in one town for longer than a lunar month.

The Lady has no flesh on her right hand, only living bone, which she hides with a glove to keep her identity secret. When she thinks she's alone, she absently scratches her boney fingertips against metal, wood, or chalkboards to produce truly disgusting noises. The bone hand is much stronger than that of a human woman of her build.

In the Flesh Realm, the Lady's favored method is to move into an abandoned house in a small town, then do away with a teacher at the local elementary school and take his or her place. She then examines her students over the next week or so. If she discovers any childlings among them, she stalks them and attempts to lure them into her house. At this point, a struggle begins that will not end until either the childling is captured or the lady is driven away from the town. It is doubtful whether she can be killed by normal means. If there are no childlings in the Lady's chosen class, she has no qualms about kidnapping another teacher and trying again until her month is up.

No one knows what happens to children captured by the Lady with Bones Instead of a Hand. Perhaps they become part of her entourage of strangely wizened dwarf house servants. Perhaps they are eaten or otherwise utilized. In any case, according to some accounts, the Lady cannot be seen by wilders or grumps, but such claims may be mere exaggeration.

References

• CTD: Dreams and Nightmares, p. 73