The Eating Woods · Character

Lilleven

Also known as Lilleven Pontrey

  • Minor
  • First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 13

Lilleven is a minor character in The Eating Woods, first appearing in Anathema (Book 1).

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Gender
female
Age
child
First appears
Book 1 · Ch. 13
Books
2

Lilleven Pontrey begins as a village girl in Maevyth’s hometown who mocks her, then reappears in Caligorya where she taunts a dark-haired girl and is killed when Zevander Rydainn uses the Aeryz glyph to shove her into the path of a carriage. The event is later attributed to Maevyth’s spoken will, yet Zevander privately claims responsibility, leaving Maevyth to grapple with guilt over a death she did not cause. Across the two books, Lilleven shifts from a living bully to a posthumous symbol of Maevyth’s feared power and Zevander’s protective intervention.

Description

Lilleven is described as a young girl. Lilleven is a young girl with light brown, almost sandy-colored hair and blue eyes. She wears a sneering expression.

Connections

  • Maevyth BronwickEnemy

    Lilleven’s bullying of Maevyth begins in their village and continues when she insults the dark-haired girl in Caligorya; after Lilleven’s death, Maevyth is wrongly blamed and later learns Zevander acted to protect her.

  • Zevander Rydainnkiller

    Zevander becomes Lilleven’s killer when he uses magic to push her into a carriage after she taunts the girl he dreams about; the act is later concealed from Maevyth.

Story so far

  1. BOOK 1Anathema
    • Taunts Maevyth in their shared village
    • Killed by a carriage
  2. BOOK 2Eldritch
    • Taunts the dark-haired girl Zevander dreams about
    • Crushed by a carriage after Zevander uses the Aeryz glyph to knock her into its path
    • Her brother accuses the girl of wishing her death by trampling

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