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Cquote1 I'm True Neutral. I go both ways. Cquote2
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Julia Greenhilt
Biographical information
Birth

Year 1167

Hometown

Cliffport

First Comic

256

Last Comic

364 (in person)
887 (as phantasm)
1276 (as Sending)

Physical description
Species

Human

Gender

Female

Age

17[1]

Hair color

Brown

Chronological and political information
Affiliation

Warthog's School of Wizardry and Sorcery

Class

Wizard

Alignment

True Neutral[2]

Known masters

Warthog

Known relatives

Eugene Greenhilt† (father)
Sara Greenhilt† (mother)
Roy Greenhilt (brother)
Eric Greenhilt† (brother)
Horace Greenhilt† (grandfather)

Status

Living

D&D Stats
Level

3+

Int

15+

Feats

Scribe Scroll

Spells

Feather Fall, Magic Missile, Mask Scent, modified version of Sending

Julia Greenhilt is Roy Greenhilt's 17-year-old sister who followed her father's wish for his children to become wizards (unlike her brother, who took the path of a fighter). She is currently studying at Warthog's School of Wizardry and Sorcery in Cliffport, the same school attended by Pompey, and Eugene Greenhilt (shown in Start of Darkness) where she is considered to be the most popular girl in school.

Biography[]

On the Origin of PCs[]

Julia was born to Eugene and Sara Greenhilt, two years after the tragic death of their second son Eric at a young age. Due to their grief and guilt over the death of Eric, Julia's parents doted on and spoiled her.

Roy may harbor feelings of jealousy against her because he thought of her as being their father's favorite child. ("I can tell because you almost never use the phrase, 'crushing depression' when talking about her.") She does seem to be her father's favorite child (probably because she became a wizard while Roy went to Fighter College) because her father is counting on her to finish off Xykon.

When Eugene died, his Blood Oath of Vengeance would have passed to Julia, a fact that he told Roy so he could tell her when she became old enough. To spite his father, Roy took the oath on himself.

About five years before the Order of the Stick would enter the Dungeon of Dorukan, around the year 1178 at the age of eleven, Julia entered Magic University, her father's alma mater. Around 1182, she began studying at Warthog's.

No Cure for the Paladin Blues[]

Pompey had just been hired by the Linear Guild, when Nale happened across Julia at the same school. Pompey had a crush on Julia, but she never paid any attention to him. Her typical gossiping and studying was interrupted when she was kidnapped by a rocket skates-wearing Thog. Julia was used by the Linear Guild as a pawn to lure the Order of the Stick to Cliffport so that Nale could replace Elan.

War and XPs[]

While the trap unfolded, Julia was guarded by Sabine and Pompey. Roy came to rescue her but was assaulted by Sabine. While Pompey was busy attacking the Cliffport Police she escaped her ropes and climbed on the warehouse's roof.

Julia

There, she found Durkon concentrating on a Weather Control spell to aid the OotS while they battled the LG; she tried to gain his attention by seducing him. While Durkon was battling with Leeky Windstaff transformed into a dire bear, he gave Julia a healing potion to aid Vaarsuvius. On her way there, she informed the Cliffport Police of the abduction.

When the plan was ultimately foiled (or so thought the Order), Julia said goodbye to her brother to return to Warthog's.

Blood Runs in the Family[]

As Roy imagined his perfect future under the effects of Girard Draketooth's phantasm, he saw himself walking past a huge statue of himself defeating Xykon with his sister. Julia looked up in annoyance at the statue.

Current Activities[]

"Julia" contacted Roy via a modified version of the Sending spell while Roy was waiting for V and Haley to return from their scouting mission, and again when Roy stepped outside Serini's lair. However, it is revealed that it was actually Eugene disguising himself as his own daughter.

Personality and Traits[]

Julia was introduced in the comic at 16 years of age, and is currently 17. She was portrayed as a stereotypical "High school mean girl" i.e. an unapologetically spoiled, superficial brat who was much more concerned with her kidnappers' lack of coolness than with the mortal peril she and her brother were in. She revealed herself to be of True Neutral alignment[3], as opposed to Roy's Lawful Good. She was also a flirt who used her natural endowments (which she seems to get from her mother[4]) to get her way with her fellow students and even with her teachers. At the same time though, she also possesses a level of intelligence equal to her father and has a large level of pride in her intelligence (a trait she shares with her father and even her brother.)

However, she ended up changing considerably when she met Durkon. After witnessing his show of magic to defeat their enemies, he made it clear that he was well aware of what she was trying to do and sternly informed her he would have a talk with her about it. His stern reaction surprised her so much to where she did not give him any attitude and acknowledging him respectfully, even calling him sir. She refers to him as such once more after said talk. In fact, she even boasted about knowing him, and insisting (correctly) that he did most of the fighting in their encounter with the Linear Guild.

This indicates that her hostile attitude was the result of a lack of formal discipline (likely due to being spoiled after the death of Eric) along with her similarities to her father. Combined with how she has been able to coast with her endowments with little criticism (barring her older brother), this indicates why she has gotten away with it until she met Durkon, who managed to bring her down to earth and earned her respect. When she reappears in the comic through her improved sending spell, she is dressing more modestly, showing that Durkon's lecture had been taken to heart and an indicator of her growing maturity.

Despite her and her brother arguing frequently, they do very much love and care for one another, something that the disguised Nale found hard to comprehend due to his hatred of Elan and Savine could only expalin it to him as "some families are just different."[5] She is most decidedly her father's child and the one most willing to defend him though time will tell how she will react when she learns of Eugene's deal with Roy. At the same time, she's more down to earth than her father is, well aware that magic is not the solution to everything in life, a trait present even prior to her development with Durkon. She's also willing to listen to other people when the chips are down (a trait that likely became more prominent after her interaction with Durkon.) Much like her brother, she was raised to be unafraid of being critical of the gods and one of the things she and Roy have in common, though she notes that this critical thinking skill was likely why Roy would become so defiant of his father (and perhaps why she herself is the same with most authority figures).

Powers and Abilities[]

She is a third level Wizard according to Roy[6], and was able to cast a number of spells (specifically Magic Missile) to defend herself against Pompey's Summoned Monsters. She also apparently has the ability to cast Feather Fall, something that rankled Roy as he could have used that spell to prevent his fatal fall from Xykon's zombie dragon.

References[]

The Greenhilt Family
Eric GreenhiltHorace GreenhiltJulia GreenhiltEugene GreenhiltRoy GreenhiltSara Greenhilt
Appearances
256, 257, 258, 337, 342, 343, 350, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 358, 360, 361, 364, 887, 1191, 1192, 1193, 1195, 1196, 1272, 1273, 1274, 1275, 1276
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