Keltie

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### distinctive features

Seal-like eyes

**Keltie** is one of the two central protagonists in the graphic novel, *The Girl From the Sea.* She is a selkie that lives in the sea near Wilneff Island, Blue Rocks, Nova Scotia.

## Appearance

In her human form, Keltie is a short, stocky and a bit plump girl with long light blonde hair that is fluffy as if blown by the sea wind. She has freckles all over her cheeks, shoulders and arms and legs. Her eyes are a striking feature, wide with large glimmering dark pupils and lush eyelashes.

In seal form, she is a beautiful gray seal with freckle-like spots all over her water-dynamic body. She also has whiskers on her eyebrows and muzzle. And her eyes stay practically the same as in her human form, large and dark.

## Personality

Keltie is a very perky, generally upbeat, and passionate person. She shows her feelings to the world, not caring what others think, unlike Morgan.

## Relationships

#### Morgan

After Keltie saves Morgan from drowning, she asks if she remembers her, as mentions she has been watching Morgan from the sea for most of her life. Morgan thinks that she is having a "near-death-experience hallucination", and figures that it might as well be a romantic one. "This is all in your head, then?" asks Keltie. Morgan confirms and then leans towards her to share a kiss.

Later, when Keltie comes to find Morgan, saying that she is her *true love*, Morgan is worried about the thought and doesn't want Keltie around. Keltie convinces Morgan to give her a day together with her, and if she still wants her gone by the end of the day, she will go. The two explore the town and buy Keltie new clothes since all she was wearing before is a large rain jacket.

But after Morgan finds her friends in the town, she tells Keltie to go back to the island, because she doesn't want to be seen together with her, because she sin't normal, and she's a girl. Later, when Morgan finally comes back at sunset, Keltie tells her she can't stay where she isn't wanted. As Keltie puts back on her sealskin, Morgan asks her if she can come back, but Keltie has to stay in the sea for the next seven years if she puts it on and goes in. Morgan takes the sealskin from Keltie and Keltie is happy-- Morgan wants her to stay!

The next day, the girls go out on their kayaks and visit the seal rookery and finally kiss again. They spend the next week together in secret, watching movies, having picnics and enjoying their time together. They bond over this time.

When Morgan is outed by her brother, she comes to Keltie who tells her about her plan to stop La Riene de la Mer from scaring the fish away from the seals' home. Morgan feels betrayed that Keltie hadn't told her about her plan before, and she though Keltie had come to the land because of her. Keltie tries to explain that she has her mission, but also loves Morgan, but Morgan doesn't listen and tells Keltie that she's done with her.

After talking with her mother however, Morgan realizes her mistake and apologizes to Keltie, giving her a dress she made for her. They go to Serena's birthday party which is on *La Riene de La Mer*, together as girlfriends, and Morgan convinces Serena to change the route of the boat, so that it doesn't harm the seals.

Unfortunately, because of an accident Keltie made in trying to wreck the boat, Serena falls over the edge and into the water. Keltie is forced to put back on he seal-skin and shift into a seal in order to save her. Once it is on and she is in the sea, Keltie cannot become her human form for seven years. Morgan asks Keltie to stay, but there's nothing she can do. Morgan says she'll wait for her, but Keltie insists she doesn't.

The two girls are forced to say good bye, but promise to meet again.

#### Serena

From the moment they met, Serena doesn't seem to really approve of Keltie. She thinks her style is weird and doesn't understand why Morgan would want to hang out with her. When she finally understands that they're girlfriends, she seems okay with it, except that Morgan wasn't being honest with her.

Only after Serena falls off the boat and into the water and Keltie saves her as a seal, does Serena truly believe that Keltie is a selkie like Morgan told her, and by then it's too late to make up for her treatment of the other girl.

## Quotes

"Morgan! I am a selkie and you are my true love! Your kiss has allowed me to become human and walk on land! Now we can seek our fortunes together!" *-Keltie's lines to Morgan as an introduction on land.*

"You were a mystery. Your face sometimes open, sometimes closed. Always around others. Then you started sitting on the cliffs at night, and there was no one around you..." **...** "I wished more than anything to be able to comfort you. To know you well enough to say the right words." *-Keltie, telling Morgan why she loves her.*

Sometimes plans must change, Morgan!"*- Keltie tries to convince Morgan that they can be together.*