Lian Tian-e

"I could crush your head between my thighs. Let's just say, I'm not kidding when I say 'FIGHT ME'."

- Lian dropping threats.

Lian Tian-e is one of Duchess' Swan Maidens in the ballet Swan Lake. Cursed to be a swan by day and a maiden at night, Lian is destined to dance with the next Odette and the other Swan Maidens until a prince pledges his love for Odette and all the Swan Maidens get to be human again.

Lian loves her destiny because a) unlike Duchess, she doesn't die, b) she loves to dance, and c) she enjoys the honour of being part of one of the most famous ballets ever. However, she remains confused about her alliance since she's not fond of the idea of one of her best friends committing dual suicide with a prince, and wants to be more than just a background character.

Ostenatious, dramatic and confident, Lian is generally seen as frightening to the student population. At first glance, she looks like a shy, withdrawn Chinese girl, but in reality, she's more of a fighter than a lover, her dance style is more violent than peaceful, and she is impossibility diligent and hard-working, and will do anything to get what she wants.

Personality
Lian is loud and opinionated. Whatever she has on her mind, she will say it. Whether that's slamming down people's rude comments or making loud remarks on how 'awesome' she looks today, it'll be said. There's absolutely no doubt in what's going on in her mind, what she thinks, nothing. She's straightforward, she makes everything she does absolutely obvious. If you think she tolerates you, she probably tolerates you. If she doesn't, then run.

She's very domaineering, often taking up space by putting her feet up on the table or doing the thing that guys do on public transport where they take up three-seats-worth of space. Lian acts like she owns the space, doing whatever she likes, sitting however she likes. She doesn't walk into rooms, she storms in rooms.

Lian likes to move. She hates being restricted. That's why she's so fond of dancing, because she can express herself however she likes. She's most particularly fond of ballet, because some people have told her that her body wasn't good for ballet, that she didn't look like other ballerinas, and that she didn't deserve to be a Swan Maiden and that she should hand over her position to a ballerina who looked more like how ballerians were supposed to look. Because of all the criticism she recieved, Lian wants to prove that she's better than what the cynics say, and that she can do ballet. That's what drives her to do her best in everything – because she wants to prove critics wrong.

Other interests of her including martial arts. Lian has always been a bold and flamboyant person, and ballet isn't her only way of expressing that. Her mother had sent Lian to martial arts lessons at a young age. When the strength and fury of martial arts is paired with the gracefulness of ballet, Lian is certainly a force to be reckoned with.

While martial arts and ballet are good for Lian to let out her anger and angst and general teenage frustration, Lian is a fighter. She adores the idea of proving that she's better than people, and usually that's with her fists. It's gotten to the point where her catchphrase has become "fight me". Usually when she says that, people decline though. She finds it really frustrating because Lian really does want to fight someone sometime.

Appearance
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Fairy tale – Swan Lake
How the Story Goes

Wikipedia page

Basically, Odette and her handmaidens are turned into swans.

How does Lian come into it?
Lian is a daughter of one of the Swan Maidens in the previous rendition of the story, and has been chosen to be a Swan Maiden in this one.

Relationships
Family Lian's mother was the previous Odette's Swan Maiden, and the role has been passed down to Lian.

Friends
Lian generally hangs out with Duchess Swan and some other Swan Maidens. She likes the feeling of community and also calls their friend group her 'squad'. Cynthia Swan is one of Lian's friends and her roommate, despite Lian being friends with Duchess.

Pet
During Animal Calling, a small pond frog hopped over to Lian. The frog currently resides in Lian's bedroom and attempts to mimick her dancing.

Romance
Lian is bisexual, and very picky towards both boys and girls. That's because she doesn't think anyone is good enough for her.

However, despite her lack-of-any-romantic-experience, Lian regards herself as a proper wingman/shipper, and likes to pair people up and send them on dates. She ships Duchess with everyone (that includes Duchess' destined partner Sigmund "Ziggy" Frederick, the dancing princess Minuette Dancer, Raven Queen, most other Swan Maidens, and everyone else her friend as interacted with), with two exceptions – herself and Sparrow. She thinks Sparrow is an ass and should get lost.

Outfits
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Basic
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Legacy Day
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Thronecoming
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Trivia

 * "Lian" means peaceful willow. Peaceful, because her parents always expected her to be graceful, and willows are trees that live by lakes.
 * Tiān-é is Chinese Pinyin for 'swan'.
 * Lian's design will be mainly based off the Chinese Acrobatic Ballet of Swan Lake.

Quotes

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Gallery
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