Tillie Casanova

Overview
Tillie Casanova is the main protagonist Of The Iris, The Iris: Snowfall, and '''The Iris: Beside the Dying Fire. She did not appear in The Iris: Dragon Age. '''Tillie was a student at Enchanted Cove College before she was given the task to find The Iris. She was best friends with Violet since they were both 8 years old, despite being complete opposites. When she returned in Snowfall, she was shown to be much, much more mature but in many ways much weaker mentally. She was one of the many characters to accept the fact that the Iris was gone for good.

Childhood
Tillie led a minimalistic life, often deemed to be the most average girl in the city. Secretly, she was distraught over this ongoing label, thus she met a strong mental breakdown when she was 13, in which Violet stepped into her life at this point. Once the breakdown began to where off and she resumed her "average" life, she joined the Varsity Soccer League in which she became extremely popular over. She grew to be the most popular and noteworthy student in her school, besides her low grade average and minimalistic attitude. Her depression was long gone, however, even through high school and graduation, she looked for something more.

Trivia

 * Tillie is the first character introduced in the series.
 * Tillie was supposed to die after the first book, according to the author, Catherine O'Leary.
 * Tillie is similar to Sailor Moon is terms of leadership.
 * Tillie is one of the three fairies to survive the plague after The Iris became in active, the others being Violet Hollins and Dr. Zharkov.
 * Tillie is Catherine’s favorite character.