White Lily

White Lily
White Lily is a white horse with a bad temper. Zero often skips classes and sleeps in the horse stables, near White Lily. She appears to be protecting him while he sleeps. In the anime, she even tries to hide Zero's blood tablets from Yuki's prying eyes. White Lily also appears to disapprove when Zero yelled at a girl who tried to give him chocolates.

White Lily first appears in the manga Chapter 6. None of the students want to ride White Lily since she has such a bad temper. White Lily is suddenly spooked. She kicks Yuki and bolts. Zero is sleeping nearby under a tree. He warns White Lily to not disturb him. She rears to trample him. Zero acts quickly, jumps on her back, and brings her under control. The Day Class students are amazed at Zero's skill. Zero guesses correctly White Lily was spooked by a bad smell. The window of the Moon Dorm had been opened, and the scent of vampires scared her.

In the manga special edition, more background information is revealed about White Lily. Zero does not understand why White Lily is not afraid of him. He is a vampire, and surely she can tell. The stable caretaker makes fun of Zero, and calls White Lilly his "girlfriend." Zero dismisses this and says she only likes him because he fed her milk when she was younger.

White Lily is a metaphor for Zero. White Lily shares traits with Zero: they have similar coloring, they are both hot tempered, and they both are protective of loved ones.

The White Horse (The Knight)


Zero's symbol in Kaname's Chessboard is the White Knight (Horse).

The anime open, Yuki runs on a chessboard full of giant glass chesspieces. When she drinks the vial of blood, Zero appears in the Knight (Horse) chess piece and shoots his gun at her (to stop her?). Firing his weapon breaks the Knight chess piece (foreshadowing his breakdown over what will happen to Yuki?).

When Zero drinks Yuki's blood when she offers it, Kaname is seen thumping the head of the White Horse chess piece.

At the climax of the first act, Kamane calls Zero, "The Horse" (Knight) he has carefully raised, and commands him to kill Rido.

The White Horse (Hooded Woman)
In the manga, a second White Horse has appeared in Kaname's distant past. The "Hooded Woman," a Pureblood Vampire who sacrificed herself to create the weapons that could kill vampires, rode a White Horse.