Celia Kelly

> A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do if she wants to survive in Remnant... But I am sorry it has to be like this.
>
> Celia Kelly to Pierre Navarro

## Celia Kelly

### Nickname

CelLia

Boss

## Appearance

### Outfit

Black, Grey, Brown, Silver, Gold (Volume 2)

## Professional Status

### Affiliation

The Six Merry MurderessesVale Woman's Correctional Center

## Personal Status

### Relatives

Velma Kelly † (sister)Rosco Blackburn (Husband)

## Media

### First Appearance

"The Mystery Cat Part 2"

Celia Kelly is a former antagonist in Team OPRA's story. She is the leader of the Six Merry Murderesses and a temporary hire by Sable Vedova to kill Team OPRA for interfering with the Vedova Syndicate's plan to kill Mei Lin Xun. Her weapons of choice are a pair of bladed dust boots called Femme Fatale.

She first briefly appears in "The Mystery Cat Part 2". In "All That Jazz", she is properly introduces being hired by Sable Vedova to kill Team OPRA. She later hires a scout to follow Pierre Navarro in Vale before he is scared off. Celia then attempts to assassinate Sandy Bowles as she tells Team OPRA about Sable Vedova. After fighting the team, Celia escapes.

Afterwards she and her gang infiltrate the field trip Team OPRA are on with Anna Atwood and Celia kidnaps Pierre and takes him to be killed. However, she is stopped when Pierre escapes.

After Gertrud Festini convinces Celia to stand down from killing OPRA and being attacked by Sable, Celia is arrested on charges of attempted murder and is given a prison sentence.

Later, it is rumoured that Celia fled to Mantle after the Fall of Beacon and her release from prison.

## Appearance

### Physical

Celia stands at 6’1 and weighs 130lbs. She has a slender frame with peach fair skin and jet black hair cut into a pixie cut with a small, longer lock that is braided on the right side of her head. She has magenta eyes with a circular head shape. Celia is shown wearing make up including eyeshadow and red lipstick. She also has a pair of gold earrings.

### Attire

Celia’s attire consists of a dark and light grey corset with a black mesh neck cutout that ties around Celia’s neck with a black collar. Over the top, Celia wears a black and dark grey jacket with the sleeves pulled up to above her elbows. On her legs, Celia wears low cut tight black leather pants tucked into brown, grey and black boots, which also serve as her weapon. She is also shown wearing what looks like a gold wedding ring.

## Personality

At the surface, Celia is shown to be a serious, aloof and rather cold woman. She takes her position as the leader of the Merry Murderesses seriously and is willing to do what it takes to get by in a world like Remnant, going so far as to attempt to kill children if it means making ends meet.

Despite this cold exterior, Celia also has positive qualities to her which are evident with her interactions with the other members of her group. Celia is shown to be incredibly caring and motherly to the other woman, vowing to do what it takes to secure better lives for them after being betrayed and abused by their now dead spouses. While this leads to her taking part in something so abhorrent as murdering children, Celia is willing to step aside as evident when Gertrud convinces her to back down from the job. Celia is also someone who shows remorse in what she does, evident with her apology to Pierre before she attempts to kill him.

Celia's determination to find and secure better lives for the people she cares about often leads her to tunnel vision in her goals. Celia is also not above threats and intimidation.

## Background

Not much is known about Celia's childhood other than she trained with her sister in acrobatics and formed a duo with her.

As an adult, Celia Married Rosco Blackburn who became her and Velma's touring manager as they toured their acrobatic act around Remnant.

During rehearsal, Celia went to go get ice and came back to see her husband and sister performing an evocative technique. This caused Celia to fly into a blind rage and kill them both. After she cleaned herself, she handed herself over to the police. She later pled guilty and was sentenced to a five year stint in Vale County Women's Correctional Center.

While in jail, Celia befriended Gertrud Festeni, Florine Wilcoxon, Cora Arthurs, Missy La Costa and Earta Dominic. The six woman bonded over their shared fates of murdering their husbands. They later formed the Six Merry Murderesses of Vale County and vowed to stay together after serving their sentences. The woman eventually are released individually and stay together in Vale.

Celia then started taking odd jobs to make money in Vale. At some point, Celia was approached by Sable to kill Team OPRA on the promise of a large payment which Celia takes. After she and her gang are defeated they are sent back to jail.

After the fall of Beacon, it is rumored Celia fled to Mantle.

## Abilities and Powers

Celia focuses on a kick-based, close range style of fighting. She uses a combination of Kick-boxing, taekwondo and capoeira with her bladed boots *Femme Fatale to* performs strong kicks and she primarily uses her feet in combat. Having a background as an acrobatic performer, Celia applies these skills in combat which lets her move with strong agility across the field. She is also able to take on multiple combatants at once as shown in her fight with Team OPRA.

### Weakness

However because of her reliance on leg-based martial arts, Celia struggles with hand to hand, which was proven to her detriment against Albert Regalien.

### Weapon

Celia’s weapon is called *Femme Fatale.* They are the *Bladed Dust Combat Boots.* Femme Fatale are a pair of dark brown, black and grey knee-high boots that have a sharp light grey blade on the back of the boot, from just below the mouth of the boot to the middle of the boot’s heel. In the heel of the boot a dust battery can be inserted to add dust effects to the blade.

## Relationships

### The Six Merry Murderesses

* Gertrud Festini
* Cora Arthurs
* Florine Wilcoxon
* Missy La Costa
* Earta Dominic

### Other

* Team OPRA
* Velma Kelly
* Rosco Blackburn

## Trivia

### Allusion

* Celia Kelly alludes to the character of Velma Kelly from the 1975 musical *Chicago.*
	+ Her sister, Velma, is directly named after the character from the show, who is named Veronica.
	+ Celia's fate of seeing her sister and husband perform an evocative routine and killing them is a reference to how Velma kills her sister and husband in the original show.

### Colour Naming Rule

* Celia is a latin name derived from the word 'caelum' which means 'Heaven', bringing to mind colours such as white and gold. These colours are commonly associated with the idea of heaven and god.
* Kelly meanwhile is an Anglicised form of Gaelic Ó Ceallaigh, meaning 'descendant of Ceallach.'

### Miscellaneous

* Her weapons, *Femme Fatale*, are named after the film trope of the same name which originates from Hollywood crime noir films of the early to mid 20th century.