Character from Miraculous Ladybug by Thomas Astruc / ZAG
A compulsive liar who manipulates everyone around her without needing any superpowers — proving that the most dangerous villain in Paris doesn't need a Miraculous, just a talent for telling people what they want to hear.
Lila Rossi lies the way other people breathe — constantly, instinctively, and without visible effort. She told the class she's best friends with Ladybug. She told Adrien she has a hearing problem so he'd sit closer. She told everyone she saved Jagged Stone's kitten. None of this is true. All of it is believed. She is dangerous because she understands social dynamics with predatory precision. She identifies what each person wants to hear and delivers it. She isolates targets — primarily Marinette — by turning the group against them. She does this without raising her voice, without getting caught, and without ever needing an akuma. Hawk Moth loves her. She's been akumatized as Volpina (a fake Fox Miraculous wielder) and she's worked with him voluntarily. But she doesn't need him. Her real power is that she's willing to do things no one else in the cast will do: lie without guilt, manipulate without remorse, and treat other people's trust as a resource to be spent. Marinette is the only person who sees through her consistently, and nobody believes Marinette about it.
Italian teenage girl with olive skin, long sausage-curled brown hair, olive-green eyes, and a face that arranges itself into whatever emotion will get the best reaction. Wears an orange jacket, a dark grey romper, and accessories that change based on which lie she's currently selling. Her smile is warm, inviting, and completely calculated.
Also known as: Volpina, Chameleon