Celty Sturlson

**Celty Sturlson** is the main protagonist from the *Durarara!!* anime and light novels.

Celty is the resident Dullahan of Ikebukuro. She used to roam the roads of Ireland, spilling blood on humans and riding down the hills with her headless horse. You know, typical stuff. One day, she awakened to find her head snatched and most of her memories gone. She managed to follow the perpetrator to Ikebukuro where she's still searching for her head to this day.

She lives with Shinra and makes a living by being a "transporter". She communicates with people by her cellphone and is seen riding a black motorcycle, wearing a helmet with kitty ears. She also has the cutest pink pajamas, loves chatting on the internet, and is afraid of space aliens.

In the AWA fics, Celty is set to appear in a future AWA storyline.

## **Appearance**

In her early years, it is shown that Celty wore knight's armor as she traveled the country side with her head resting on her lap. When she immigrated to Japan, she updates her attire to match the times. For most of the series, Celty is shown to wear an all black biker jumpsuit with black gloves and shoes. With the exception of pajamas and slippers shown in the anime, all of her clothing is made from a shadow-like substance that materializes around her at her will. She also wears a yellow and blue helmet that vaguely resembles the shape of a cat's head. As far as physical features go, Celty isn't particularly imposing, although she does have above average strength. She is well-endowed, has pale white skin, and her head is shown to have brown hair and blue eyes.

## **Personality**

Celty's personality is, ironically, one of the most normal and down-to-earth compared to most of the other cast. Although she was fairly emotionless in her early life, she has since developed a much more defined personality as she spent more time with humans. She is generally a confident and optimistic individual although she is not without her insecurities. Chief among these are her concerns about how people will react to her monstrous nature. In the start of the series, Celty tends to avoid most people as they usually react negatively upon realizing she has no head. However, she has recently begun opening up more to people as she encounters others who are not only accepting of the paranormal (such as with Shizuo Heiwajima or Anri Sonohara) but seem to revel in it (such as Mikado Ryuugamine or Izaya Orihara).

Aside from developing a more human personality, she has also developed a few human interests. She is shown to enjoy watching movies and playing video games but has developed an odd phobia of aliens, something that has been used for comic relief throughout the series.

## **Abilities**

Celty is a very skilled fighter who is adept at wielding scythes. Apparently one of her abilities; she's pulled a cell phone, a shopping list, a kitchen knife, and a scythe from some kind of smoky darkness she can access.

Celty's shadow constructs can take on a variety of forms and uses, including a scythe, a helmet, and gloves. Supposedly, her black suit is made out of these shadows too.

Celty uses her helmet to strike foes or parry their attacks, when she doesn't want to use her sinister scythe.

## **Trivia**

* Celty cannot taste or eat due to the lack of a head. This may be why the color illustrations of Volume 04 rate Celty's cooking skills 35 out of 100, barely above Anri.
* Her hobbies include gaming, watching the television, and Internet surfing.
* She sang the rapping CD's eighth track Rouge no Dengon.
* Celty has a shoe size of 16.
* Her first name may be a reference to her Irish background as "Celty" can be associated with "Celtic."
* Her last name may be a reference to a possibly Norse background (since it was mentioned in the series that some regard Dullahan as fallen Valkyries, which are Norse) as "Sturluson" can be associated with "Snorri Sturluson," an Icelandic historian, poet, and politician who authored a narrative of Norse mythology.
* In the full version of the first Durarara!! opening song Uragiri no Yuuyake by Theatre Brook, Celty is referenced twice - once as 'yousei,' which is 'fairy' in Japanese, and again as 'fairy' during the English phrase 'fairy ride' in the second verse.
* The Dullahan coach or carriage is called 'Cóiste Bodhar' *(koe-shta-bower)* meaning 'deaf or silent coach.' However, in the *Durarara!!* series, the Cóiste Bodhar is known as the spirit that takes the form of Celty's headless horse as well as, occasionally, a carriage, coach, or cart. She has named it Shooter.
* In the novels, Celty, Shooter, and all the shadows they exude are described as being devoid of light with no reflections whatsoever, appearing as flat, two-dimensional silhouettes that can easily blend in with their surroundings and create an otherworldly feel just by looking at them. However, in the anime and manga, perhaps due to the difficulty of suggesting their three-dimensional shapes with plain black silhouettes, they are shown to have shading and highlights.
* Common mistranslations of her name include "Selty" and "Ceruty."
* Celty has appeared twice in the *Megami Tensei* franchise, appearing in a special event in 2011 for Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE and gives her outfit as a gift to those who do her quests. Then she appears as one of three limited time downloadable demons in Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker.
* Celty is one of two guest Naritaverse characters who feature as joker cards in the specialty playing card set accompanying the first *Baccano!* audio drama, with *Vamp!* character Gerhardt von Waldstein featuring on the second joker card. The rest of the cards in the set all feature *Baccano!* characters. Her card may be found here.
* Celty appears in a short story written by Ryohgo Narita for *Dengeki Gakuen RPG Bunko* (RPG, a collection of short stories written by various *Dengeki Bunko* series authors that accompanied the limited edition of the NDS game *Dengeki Gakuen RPG: Cross of Venus* (RPG Cross of Venus). In the story, Celty and Walker find themselves in a 1930s-era Manhattan casino managed by Firo Prochainezo. They encounter both Firo and Ronny Schiatto while there, the latter of whom recognizes Celty.
* Most people (usually males) who come into contact with her head develope an obsession with it, though the exact nature of the obsession varies. Most notably, Seiji fell in love with and Izaya tried to awaken it.