Aglaya Lilich

Aglaya Lilich is an Inquisitor, sent from the capital to address the epidemic.

She is the sister of Nina Kaina (Lilich) and, consequently, the aunt of Maria Kaina. However, according to Victor Kain, the sisters hated each other, and this hatred did not lessen even after the death of her elder sister. Therefore, Victor suggests that one reason Aglaya coming to town may be for revenge.

The Inquisition
In this case, the term has nothing to do with the Church. Inquisitors are a closed circle of unique experts (their number has varied over the years from 19 to 52), entrusted with special tasks by the Powers That Be from time to time. Inquisitors possess a mysterious gift, which includes their ability to solve a problem that seems to be completely unsolvable. They combine their unique tasks, techniques, and broad outlook with the unlimited powers with which inquisitors are provisionally vested in by the Powers That Be. While executing a task, inquisitors are bound by no law except the ones established by themselves.

The Arrival Of The Inquisitor
Initially, everyone assumed that the authorities would send Inquisitor Kroy, Orff or Karminskiy, so the arrival of Lilich proved to be very unexpected. This is partly due to the fact that the Inquisitors Board had sentenced Aglaya Lilich to death.

Victor Kain makes three suggestions why Aglaya was given the mission to save the city: either their information about the sentence is incorrect; she was playing the role of Inquisitor illegally, having usurped her power from another; or the authorities provided her with one last chance to rehabilitate herself, through the completion of a near-hopeless task. The last assumption is confirmed in a conversation with Burakh by Aglaya herself.

Lilich was the student of the famous Inquisitor Herman Orff. Unlike other Inquisitors, he relied on investigation and interrogation rather than trickery. He "always set his cards on the table, and always won". However, all of his students were eventually sentenced to execution for their initiative and for using their positions for secretive games of their own.

Objective
Aglaya Lilich calls herself a servant of the Law and considers the main purpose of her activities saving the city and the rule of law. According to Aglaya, a major reason that the law has been violated was the presence of miracles. In her view, creative wonders break the thin fabric of the universe. The logical outcome is clear: to save the city it is necessary to demolish the Polyhedron.

In part, this conclusion follows from the information obtained in the process of searching for the Udurgh. However, if you recall that the spirit of Scarlet Nina is currently concentrated in the Polyhedron, the brainchild of the Kains, Victor's assumption of revenge may not seem so wrong. But there is additional nuanced perspective: that Aglaya knows who the Powers that Be are and leads the fight against them directly, thus presenting another reason for the demolition of the Polyhedron.

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