Since Merilia's there mostly for occasional background stuff/harassing the bunny:

[list][*][u][b]Name[/b][/u]: Lilianna Belwiss
[*][u][b]Age[/b][/u]: 29
[*][u][b]Gender[/b][/u]: Female
[*][u][b]Race[/b][/u]: Human 
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[*][u][b]Personality[/b][/u]: Though not as harsh as she often first appears to be, Lilianna is generally quite cold to most people--polite but closed off and unfortunately prone to coming across as supercilious. As her family and the captain can attest to, she just takes a long time to warm up to anyone and only relaxes in private.
She also [i]hates[/i] anyone that claims a position or privilege solely on the circumstances of their birth or their connections. If you haven't the skills for the role, then you should be stripped of it at the soonest convenience in her opinion--something that sets her at odds with the more traditional members of the knights, though it earns her some prestige amongst more progressive sections of the nobility.
If there's one thing that Lilianna takes pride in above everything else, it's her swordsmanship: any knight claiming to be better than her has been asked to prove it... and their oldest member's refusal to accept her terms for a fair duel frustrates her to no end. 
[*][u][b]Brief Backstory[/b][/u]: As the fifth daughter of the Countess Belwiss, Lilianna received a thorough education, including instruction with the sword, but after that was left to make something of her life on her own. The young woman pledged her service directly to the royal family, serving admirably and proving her skills sufficiently to be granted a position as a commander in some minor engagements. It was this experience that gave her the leverage to join the Iron Roses.
After Phoran Cal's rebellion, there was the obvious need to find those able to train the new Captain--a job that Lilianna, refusing to have some uneducated ditz there with no qualification other than their birth, volunteered for immediately. In the end, was the captain's primary tutor when it came to military matters--aside from a brief leave of absence due to a romance with one of the Danbalion family maids, which got cut short due to her replacement's unexpected death.
Despite being one of the few knights that are actually married and responsible for raising a daughter, Lilianna has no intention of stepping off the battlefield any time soon. Though she quite likes the captain, she won't rest before the order is reformed--it hardly has a religious mandate nowadays and tradition is no reason that its leader should continue to be chosen for such foolish reasons. Better to select someone that already has the skills needed than train a random girl from scratch.
[*][u][b]Equipment[/b][/u]: Lilianna wields two weapons, both of dwarven make and alloy--a much newer, and more ornate, rapier and a dagger with which to parry or (frequently) stab someone more concerned with the more 'obviously' dangerous weapon. So confident is Lilianna in her abilities that she eschews any form of armour when going into battle. She must be doing [i]something[/i] right in order to still be alive and pretty much unscathed.
[*][u][b]Skills[/b][/u]: As befitting one of those tasked with bringing the new captain's abilities up to a level where she could competently fill the post and avoid a painful death in battle, Lilianna is an exceptionally skilled swordsman. Despite having no abilities beyond her swords and footwork, she is more than able to serve on the field of battle alongside her more heavily armoured comrades. Her awareness of combat seems quite exceptional as well, since arrows don't seem to trouble her.
The swordsman is also a practised battlefield commander and tactician, having been responsible in part for [i]all[/i] the militant aspects of Fanilly's education. Though a large portion of her knowledge comes from history, her posts prior to joining the knights have given her direct experience of command--as did being one of those involved with battle plans when putting down Phoran Cal's rebellion.[/list]