Lilith Kishimoto, born Lilith Meyl Kolwa, hailed from Sarashunou in Transylvania, Romania. She possessed striking red eyes and red hair alongside a physical delicacy that manifested as weakness to sunlight. Significant trauma marked her early life when she lost both parents during a period of persecution; this event left a permanent "Stigma" symbol on her chest tied to her suffering. Following her parents' deaths, Lilith fled Romania by boat at her father's urging, eventually finding refuge. Marquis Maiyor, the head of her clan, assumed responsibility for her upbringing, though the specifics of his role were minimally detailed. Her caretaker Camilla also played a significant part, later accompanying her to Japan. Lilith's core motivation derived from a prophecy engraved on an ancestral gravestone, dictating her mission to resurrect the Strigoi lineage. This required conceiving a child with Shinta Mizumura, the last descendant of the Romuald vampire hunter line, and subsequently sacrificing both child and Shinta by bathing in their blood to break her curse. Determined to fulfill this, she traveled to Japan and enrolled at Shinta's school, Saint Ritsumei Academy. Lilith initially approached Shinta with blunt physical demands to complete the ritual, displaying interpersonal naivety despite her boldness. She sought guidance from her shapeshifting dog companion and bodyguard, Plum, though his advice often reflected immature perspectives. As her interactions with Shinta deepened, Lilith began recognizing unsettling resemblances between him and her deceased father. This created an emotional conflict between her duty to complete the ritual and her developing feelings, marking a shift from her initial single-minded resolve. Throughout her journey, Lilith wielded the great sword Caliburnus, which she pulled from the ancestral gravestone during a pivotal childhood moment of self-discovery. Her identity as a Moroi—designating vampires or hybrids—remained central, with the Stigma a constant reminder of her persecuted nature. Attacking knights responsible for her family's destruction and clan conflicts were introduced. Her story progression varied across adaptations, with the OVA condensing her manga arc into two episodes. This resulted in less exploration of secondary characters like her childhood friend Chizuru Makimura and unresolved narrative elements regarding the prophecy's fulfillment or the consequences of her emotional conflict.