Celeste Hiemal

Raised as a princess, Celeste is formal and reserved. Raised as a neglected child, she’s grown a bit more flippant of the rules as she’s aged. She’s quiet and keeps to herself, preferring to watch rather than interact. Not one to sugarcoat things, she can come across as rude when she’s only being honest and/or speaking her mind. She is not a pushover and would rather do things her own way, though she’s not entirely unreasonable.

Being born with silver hair, Celeste was initially thought to be chosen by Selûne, Goddess of the Moon. This was further expanded on when she began showing signs of magic around eight years old; however, eventually it was discovered that she wasn’t a child of Selûne, but a sorcerer of draconic descent. Her parents’ attention quickly shifted towards Ciel, who had recently come into magic as well, due to the Mosala’s disdain for dragons. While Ciel became the center of their world as they traversed the path to becoming a cleric of Selûne, Celeste was not let off the hook. She was kept on a very short leash and taught to keep her magic (and, in her teen years on, her scales) a secret because her mother Kaya didn’t want Celeste’s ancestry spoiling the public perception of the Mosalas.

As the years passed, it was made abundantly clear that Ciel was Kaya’s favorite. Kaya was directly involved with Ciel’s magical and aristocratic classes, and the two were often seen together both in and out of the castle. No amount of Celeste trying to appease her mother seemed to have any effect, and eventually Celeste gave up, doing the bare minimum to comply with Kaya’s wishes school-wise and withdrawing further into herself. Kaya didn’t want this behavior rubbing off on Ciel, and so overloaded Ciel’s schedule in an attempt to separate the twins even further.

Ciel, unable to spend much time with their sister, was unaware exactly of how Celeste was being mistreated and how it was affecting her, and Celeste grew to resent Ciel as a result of Ciel’s perceived purposeful ignorance. On the rare occasion Ciel was able to meet up with Celeste, Celeste was cold and distant - which drove Ciel back to their mother as a source of comfort. Kaya’s plan had succeeded.

Several years later, having finally had enough of the restricted freedom and the neglect she’d been dealing with for the majority of her life, Celeste breaks away from the castle after many moons spent planning her escape. There is no note nor any goodbyes, not even to Ciel. Celeste flees to Crescent Port under the cover of nightfall, guided by the full moon, and attempts to find passage out of Luneia.

Afraid the crews of the well-known merchant ships will recognize her, Celeste sneaks aboard a pirate ship, wary but desperate. Two days later, she is discovered by the captain, Avery Raval. She manages to conceal her true identity and offers to pay him to drop her off at whatever his destination is, which he accepts. With the world at her feet, Celeste intends to find out exactly what it has to offer her.