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[Nellancholy]

Name: Celine Lee

Age: 21

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Likes women, I guess

Arcana: Hanged Man/Tower (I'll lock in after I've confirmed if someone else is picking one or the other)

Element: Pierce (physical)/Debuff

Persona: Beatrice, Rappacini's Daughter. Serving as a manifestation of Celine's guilt and isolation, Beatrice incarnates with the appearance of a scholarly woman whose body is overgrown with symbiotic plant life. Directing the plants that grow upon her, she is able to lash enemies with thorns or emit toxic compounds.

Weapon: Only once she gains the will to fight against Shadows, Celine will wield a meteor hammer, a weapon of great weight and reach, potent in the hands of someone with the will to control it.

Biography:
To look at Celine Lee now, one could never tell that only a few years ago, she was a rambunctious young firebrand and a promising amateur in the kickboxing circuit. Ever since she was a kid, she wasn't bad at her studies, but her athletic prospects grew far more promising. Eventually, she showed a particular inclination for combat sports, particularly kickboxing. And so it was that she spent many hours training and studying, seemingly dedicating her life to this deeply competitive career, one that for all her effort was likely to make her burn bright and fast. And when her father heard this, he beamed with pride.

Celine had been born when he was in his early forties after an affair with a married woman, who herself got divorced when she began to show, and left Celine with him the very day she was born. Knowing that his unexpected child had grown up to possess a bankable talent, he became deeply invested in her growing career, taking every opportunity to let his million dollar baby become someone who could give him a good life in his twilight years.

It all came to a head at the finals of an amateur tournament in Celine's senior year, against a rival who had dogged her for a long time. Everyone in the know would call it an even match, one that could go either way. But Celine and her father knew more of what was at stake. Distinguishing herself in her last year of schooling would mean the difference between Celine entering university on a sports scholarship...or not at all.

As she geared up for the match, she noticed a friend of her father's slipping out of the locker room, but thought nothing of it. She finished her preparations, headed out into the arena, and-

The match was called off. An anonymous informant had reported Celine's opponent for drug possession, and a search of her bag proved it.

-It seemed a terribly unfortunate discovery, but Celine knew better. Rather than risk her public loss, her father had assumed that at least winning by default would look better than a defeat. Filled with shame and guilt over the desperate hope her father put in her, and her opponent risking a prison term, she made a decision that day not to return to the ring ever again.

Despite her father's pleas, her heart was set. Even so, she never dared confront him about it. The moment she graduated, she left home, moving to the city of Zion and bouncing between jobs before eventually landing a place at a flower shop. Her dreams are still wracked with regret, and recently she has been dreaming of wandering in a strange reflection of the city, surrounded by shadows, one in particular following her closely...

The Celine of today is a yielding, quiet woman who is difficult to hold a conversation with, her caution and clumsiness giving the impression that she is very afraid of hurting or breaking anything. She attempts to lead a cosmopolitan life in the busy city, as much as her salary allows, listening to live music, shopping for clothes. But she has few acquaintances, and something inside her has been lost. Perhaps one day she will regain her courage, even if not for the sake of fighting in the ring.