Lily Harper

Lilian 'Lily' Harper is the daughter of Dot Harper and Dale Harper. When Dot breaks her leg at the beginning of Unwell, Lily moves back to Mount Absalom to help look after her.

After Dot is diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's at the end of season one, Lily makes the decision to stay in the town for longer, although she doesn't wish to live there permanently.

Early Life
When Lily was six, her mother Dot and her father Dale separated. Dot left in order to run Fenwood House. Lily visited Mount Absalom every summer from eight her mid/late teens, and used to play with her friend Joey.

She still feels some resentment at Dot for leaving for Absalom, and for how much time Dot spent helping the people here. She considers her step-mother, Cynthia, to be her mom. However, she and Dot eventually grow closer after Lily returns to Mount Absalom.

She has had many jobs in customer service, including at an alpaca farm, a Starbucks assistant manager, an apprentice blacksmith, a fire-fighter, and a call centre operator. Her time at Starbucks made her very conscious about food safety, and as an apprentice locksmith, she learnt how to pick locks. Lily was also a roadie for a band with no name.

Quotes
"'I never know what to say to “Where are you from”, anyway. Do you go with the place you were born? The place you grew up? The place you live now? The place you lived before then? Do you give the whole rundown, of every single place you’ve ever lived? What are we even looking for, when we ask it? I mean besides the people who are just being racist.'"