Ruby Lilithborne

Ruby Lilithborne, also known as Veronica Marquéz and Adia Barton, is a supporting character in the Chateau Aensland saga. One of Lilith's daughters, Ruby is the human form of the Greek moon goddess Selene and the house healer, who is seen correcting physical problems with Danny and Julie and training their bodies to be in synchronicity with their new environments.

Her flower and flavor are currently unknown.

Biography

Maria's blood sister, Ruby is spiritually the most powerful member of the Lilithborne family, being the modern day incarnation of the goddess of the moon, Selene. As such, her powers include absolute control over the dreams of others, a hypnotic, calming gaze and the ability to heal souls. It is through her ability to heal souls that Ruby can heal bodies, and she is the resident medic of the Lilithborne household.

In her mortal life, Ruby was a nurse and so has some knowledge of mortal medicine as well, but only uses it to guide her healing anatomically and as a last resort when spiritual methods do not work. Her personality is very quiet and unassuming, but her words carry serious power and bodies obey her commands before their owner's minds can process the statements.

Much of her initial knowledge came from her attempts to heal Glynis, who was sick with a virus that destroyed her immune system. Ruby's efforts gave Glynis immortality, but at a cost - her body was far too weak to sustain any kind of pleasure. Glynis is Ruby's greatest regret and when Danny and Julie came to the household with physical problems of their own, Ruby did her best to avoid the mistakes she made with Glynis.

Trivia

• In "The Vertical Event", Ruby takes the name "Adia Barton", inspired by a song by Sarah McLachlan and an anime character. Her dream form doesn't resemble her real life form at all, illustrating her absolute power over dreams.
• Julie initially mishears Ruby's true name as "Celina".
• Maria and Lupe are Ruby's blood sisters.
• Ruby was named after the Smashing Pumpkins song "Thru The Eyes of Ruby".
• Ruby's screenname is "PostitNotes".