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| “ | Y'know, she was a big girl...but this city was just so much bigger. I think she just got lost in it. | „ |
| ~ Holly to Snow White and Bigby Wolf, Fables: The Wolf Among Us #27 — "Chapter Twenty-Seven" |
Lily is a Fable bridge troll who first appears in Fables: The Wolf Among Us #9 — "Chapter Nine," glamoured as Snow White. She is the sister of Holly, as well as one of Georgie Porgie's prostitutes. She was Faith and Nerissa's friend.
History
Lily's murder
Lily is a drug addict who works as a prostitute to fund her debt to the Crooked Man.[1] One day, she meets up with Ichabod Crane[4] at the Open Arms Hotel while there is still light outside,[5] glamoured as Snow White[6] to allow Crane to play out a fantasy of him and Snow.[4]
Lily is mentioned by Grendel during an argument with Bigby Wolf at the Trip Trap bar. He says that she went missing weeks ago and that he reported her disappearance to the Business Office, but was brushed off.[2]
Shortly afterward, Lily's head, still glamoured to look like that of Snow White, is left on the front steps of the Woodlands. It is found by the NYPD, who cordon off the scene, and later Bigby, who believes it to belong to the real Snow White and is horrified.[7]
The rest of Lily's body, still glamoured as Snow White, is thrown into the East River, where it is discovered by T.J. during a swim. Snow White helps recover the body and brings Mr. Toad and T.J. to the Business Office.[8]
When Snow reveals herself to be alive, she also brings Bigby to the Business Office, where T.J. tells him that "the lady" found in the river had cinder blocks tied to her feet and that she "didn't have her head on." He also shares that he heard someone say "stop laughing" on the shore when the body was disposed of.[8]
Bigby and Snow White go to examine Lily's body and Snow White is visibly disturbed. She remarks that the glamour is surprisingly good but it failed to replicate her body exactly. They discover objects the glamour did not cover, such as Lily's brooch, an extra button on her coat, and track marks on her legs from using mundy drugs.[6]
Searching her pockets, they find a bottle of Snow White's perfume as well as a glamour trinket containing a picture of Snow White and a lock of her hair. When the glamour wears off, Bigby and Snow recognize her as Holly's missing sister.[6]
Murder mystery
At the Trip Trap, Bigby breaks the news of Lily's death to Holly. Grendel and Holly are bitter, believing Lily's death could have been prevented if not for Bigby and Snow's inaction. Snow gives Lily's brooch to Holly and implores her to help with the investigation. Holly explains that she and her sister weren't close.[1]
Holly states that she knew of her employment at Georgie Porgie's club, the Pudding and Pie, where Lily worked as a prostitute to fund her drug habit. Holly asks if she can have Lily's body in order to cremate it as part of a traditional troll ritual. Snow White then leaves with Holly to head to the Business Office, and Bigby travels to the Pudding and Pie.[1]
When Bigby questions Georgie about Lily's clients, the owner refuses to cooperate,[9] giving up the club's client book only when threatened. It reveals that Lily met with "Mr. Smith" in Room 207 at the hotel the night before, but Georgie feigns ignorance of any further information. Bigby then investigates the dancers' dressing room, where he finds a note from Lily to Faith, and Nerissa indirectly points him to the Open Arms Hotel.[10]
After breaking into Room 207, Bigby finds a murder scene: The bed is covered with blood and flowers,[11] and throughout the room he finds objects related to the mundy tale of Snow White. He determines that Lily was glamoured so her client could live out a fantasy of "waking" Snow White from her deep sleep. He then finds a picture of Crane hovering over Lily's glamoured body in the bed where she was murdered.[4]
Following Bigby's discovery of the photos, he rushes to the Buckingham Bridge where Lily's funeral is being held, to warn Snow White. Holly is immediately hostile toward him for disturbing the seremony.[12] The funeral is later ruined by the intrusion of Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, who insult Lily and shoot several of the participants before escaping.[13]
Bigby revisits the Trip Trap as part of his investigation. There, Grendel reveals that Holly found evidence of the Woodsman and Lily's sexual relationship while going through her sister's things. Gren and the Woodsman have a falling out over the matter, and when a dazed Holly mistakes Bigby for the Woodsman, she asks if he cared at all about her sister. Bigby reassures her, saying that he cares. He looks through Lily's things and finds a photograph of Lily glamoured as a human with Faith and Holly, as well as an address book, and discovers the name of the witch who provided the glamour.[14]
The truth
The Crooked Man informs Bigby that the crimes under investigation were committed by one of his employees, specifically Georgie. Georgie gladly admits that he killed Faith and Lily and that he was ordered to do so by the Crooked Man; however, he becomes angry when the Crooked Man makes him take the fall for the murders.[3]
Georgie elaborates that the Crooked Man placed magical ribbons around Faith, Lily, and the other girls' necks to prevent them from speaking. He explains that his colleague Vivian is the original "Girl with the Ribbon," and all of the subsequent ribbons were made from hers. Vivian states that the girls that were killed were like family to her and no one was supposed to die. She pulls her own ribbon off, committing suicide. As her head separates from her body, the enchantment is broken. The implication is that Lily was killed when her own ribbon was taken off.[15]
The Crooked Man is arrested for Lily's murder and brought to trial. Nerissa unexpectedly shows up at his trial and claims to have witnessed him ordering Georgie to murder her colleagues Faith and Lily.[16]
The real truth behind Lily's death is revealed when Bigby speaks with Nerissa the following morning: She, Faith, and Lily were planning on escaping the Pudding & Pie for good. However, Faith decided to steal a photo of Crane with Lily in order to gain some leverage, which would later in turn cause Faith and Lily's death.[17]
Appearances
Fables: The Wolf Among Us
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References
See also
| Fabletown | |
|---|---|
| Governing body | King Cole • Snow White (formerly) • Prince Charming (formerly) • Beauty • Ichabod Crane (formerly) |
| Inhabitants | Beast • Bigby Wolf (formerly) • Flycatcher (formerly) • Trusty John • Grimble • Bufkin • Cinderella • Mowgli • Hobbes • Pinocchio • Briar Rose • Doctor Swineheart • Rapunzel • Kay • Edmond Dantès • Crispin Cordwainer • Thrushbeard • Fairy Witch • Frau Totenkinder • Ozma • Fairy Witch • Morgan le Fay |
| Places | Grand Green Florist Shop • Chateau d'If Fencing Academy • Edward Bear's Candies • Ford Laundry • Nod's Books • Lewis Antiques • I Am the Eggman Diner • Yellowbrick Roadhouse • Web 'n' Muffet Market • The Woodland Luxury Apartments • The Glass Slipper Shoes • Branstock Tavern |
| Unique items | Magic Mirror |