Ceelia

Ceelia Bennet was a Fairborn Witch. She was one of the two Fairborn Hunters (the other being Bjorn) who were sent to the Byrne household to 'investigate' and retrieve the children 'if they were still alive.' She was not privy to the knowledge of what actually happened in the house, so never guessed the truth.

She was witness to the Wolfhagen massacre when she was 11, where she saw Marcus Edge shapeshift into a wolf and murder everyone (including her parents) whilst she hid with Soul O'Brien, the two being the only survivors.

She is the Fairborn Hunter who did the monthly evaluations of Nathan Byrne to determine his Witch species status. After Nathan lost his temper and beat up Niall O'Brien, he was apprehended and sent to a remote location up North, Ceelia was assigned to conduct his training in the hopes of him fightingnand killing his own father.

## Biography

A woman asks a Man if he thinks the baby they're going to see is the Wolf's child, but he does not respond as they reach a small house in the country. Police officers ask what they are doing or they will arrest them, but the man blows some dust into their faces and tells them to go, which they do. A baby cries inside as the woman uses her powers to freeze the door. They walk inside as the baby continues to cry and they find his mother laying dead in the sitting room. They continue to search the house and find the crying baby, alongside his slightly older sister, safely shut in the kitchen. The woman picks up the baby to try and calm him and the man tells her she should not touch him because he does think it is true. After that, they drive away with the baby and girl too.

The woman who went to Nathan's old home and picked him up makes another appearance. Her name is Ceelia and we later find out that she volunteered to be the one to check up on him. She carries out a test on Nathan and tells him that Fairborn Witches heal fast as she slices his hand open. She times how long it takes for him to heal as she asks him some questions. She asks if he has been sleeping properly, if he is quick to anger and if he could hear her heartbeat. He says no to all of these questions. She stops the timer when his hand has finished healing and notices that he is healing faster, before leaving.

Older, Nathan has grown tired of the same questions over and over again and is now more sarcastic when Ceelia asks him them. (Add sarcastic responses?) He still tells her that he is not able to hear her heart. She tells him to take the questions more seriously and says that they would see each other in a month like always.

Ceelia goes to Nathan's home and tells him to go with her, taking him into her car to go to the Council, so they could talk to him.

Ceelia waits for Nathan and he answers her questions. She sees that he had healed quickly and starts getting nervous, along with him. However, when she asks if he can hear his heartbeat, he lies and says that he cannot.

Ceelia and Nathan walk into a room, where she tells him there is no internet and that she would train him to fight his father. She does not believe training him would help him face his father, but she would follow orders. Ceelia also tells Nathan to comply because if he did not, the Fairborns would kill him. Nathan tells her that he is not a Blood Witch, but is not sure exactly what he is. When he asks where his bedroom is, he is taken to a cage and told that training would start right away.

Ceelia tells Nathan they would train his mind and body first, since he had just been beaten up by Fairborn Witches. She tells him that fights are not fair and his father had taken down every single person he had faced. As they train, Ceelia easily beats him since he has terrible technique and she tells him to focus on mind and body.

As Nathan's training progresses, he is made to run a 5-mile circuit, which he is timed for. When Ceelia sees that he was not very fast, he runs it again and remembers when he started beating Niall.

As Ceelia keeps training Nathan, he is constantly being pushed to improve. Meanwhile, Jessica also trains as a cadet and is told she needs to do better.

Nathan tells Ceelia that he wants to call Annalise. However, she tells him to draw himself a picture, showing him the one he had drawn. When she refuses to give it back to him, Nathan loses his temper and says he wants to go home. Ceelia says he can go home, but he had to pick up the book she was reading first. Nathan fails to do so and keeps training. One day, while running the circuit, Ceelia shines a light on him and tells him he looks just like his father.

In the morning, Nathan is let out of his cage by Ceelia and is beaten by her. He is able to block a punch, which she says he would not have been able to do a month ago.

Nathan keeps training, growing faster and stronger. After a run, Nathan finds Ceelia with more hunters. He is told that Reutger was dead after his father attacked her, and now knew about the prophecy, so they needed more numbers to keep him safe. Nathan offers to fight a Fairborn and is beaten quickly, which Ceelia says makes her look bad. Ceelia tells Nathan about when she was 11, her parents were called to a meeting at the Council to talk peace. Nathan recognizes this as the massacre as Ceelia tells the story of when she saw Nathan's dad. She remembers staying silent and hidden as a child.

One day after finishing a run, Ceelia punches Nathan asking him what his weaknesses were, and he tells her that her weakness was underestimating him, as he fought back and threw her to the ground. However, when he did so, she smiled. Later, she tells him about his father's power and how the more Fairborns he killed, the stronger he became.

After running one day, Ceelia tells Nathan that he had accomplished his best time so far.

Nathan tells Ceelia that he knows that he should work on his left hand, but Ceelia tells him that his grandmother had killed herself with a potion. Nathan cries as he thinks about it, and remembers his grandmother's support.

Nathan keeps training with Ceelia, getting stronger and more resistant. One day, many vans show up. Soul and Jessica show up, telling him that many people were dead and his father was responsible. Soul tells him that Reutger wanted to train him to kill his father, but things had changed and he would be going with them now. Nathan proves that he can now put up a fight against Fairborns, but they start using magic to subdue him. Ceelia tells Soul to stop, but he does not listen and they take Nathan.

Soul is approached by Ceelia, who tells him that they need to talk about Jessica since what she had done to the pirate disturbed them. However, Soul says that Jessica recognized that they were fighting for their lives. Ceelia tells him that Kieran had picked up the trail of Nathan and the Blood Witch, so Soul says they should go.

In the woods, Soul and Ceelia's group realizes that there were Bloods near. Jessica tells Kieran that if there was something on his mind, he should tell her. He says he was uncomfortable with what she had done to the pirate.

As Nathan gets worse, Ceelia enters the house, announcing who she is and saying that she was there for Nathan and Annalise, telling the latter they needed to go. However, Annalise says that she never wants to see him again after what he did to Nathan. When asked why she should not be killed on the spot, Ceelia mentions she had not come there alone and the house is surrounded and if the conflict is not resolved peacefully, they would use force. She is told to get out of the house, which she does.

Ceelia approaches Bjorn, who realizes they had not fallen for their trick. She says that they would need a healer, so Bjorn says that nobody should engage yet.

As Nathan, Odette, Gabriel and Annalise make it to a boat, Ceelia yells at them to stop. Gabriel tells her not to move towards them, but she insists that they get him help. Gabriel says that if she wants to help him, to get Nathan on a boat, so Ceelia joins them. However, on the boat, she is knocked unconscious.

On the boat, Annalise stares out while Odette does the same. Nathan wakes up confused and hears Ceelia's heart. She is tied up, and Nathan approaches her. He tells her about the Witch's Bottle, which Soul had done to him. However, Ceelia cannot belive he would do such a thing.

In the distance, Bjorn notices that Max's real grandfather had been killed by Jessica, and it was her who had given Max her blood. Jessica is amazed watching Max suffer, as Nathan holds on to Odette. Annalise rushes to get Ceelia, who is told by Nathan that they had not been given their blood. Gabriel puts powder on her face, which eases her pain, as well as Max's. On Odette and Max's hand a flame starts, but slowly turns out as they die. Jessica slaps Max as Bjorn shows up; she tells him he had missed the event and leaves the van.

When Odette dies, Nathan starts to attack Ceelia violently, but she defends herself and manages to beat him. Nathan is about to kill Ceelia with a gun, calling her "Fairborn scum", but Annalise makes the gun fall apart. Nathan tells her that she would be handed over to the next Blood Clan they find, saying there needed to be consequences.

In the woods, Odette is laid to rest by Nathan, Annalise and Gabriel. Annalise asks Nathan if he really would have killed Ceelia, to which Nathan says that she does not understand, but she says that she does because her father has done terrible things as well, and her life has also been turned upside down. However she says that maybe she is also Fairborn scum. Nathan tells Annalise not to be like that, but he suddenly drops.

The poison is harming Nathan, so Ceelia tells Annalise that her power can also take the poison out from Nathan's body. Ceelia insists that it is her power, which she needs to use and not hide from. Gabriel encourages Annalise, who breathes deeply and after concentrating is able to remove the poison. When he wakes up, he holds Annalise's hand and the two hug.

On the boat, Nathan tells Ceelia that he saw Soul's memories as if they were connected. He tells her that he saw her when the Wolf had attacked. He also says that he saw her mother, who was poisoned because of him. Ceelia says that they had killed her because of revenge and because the war has been going on for far too long. Ceelia tells him that it is not his fault, and he asks what he should do. Ceelia asks him the same questions she always asked him. When she asks, he says he had slept badly, he has had violent dreams, is quick to anger, has had violent dreams about other witches, has fantasies about hurting people and he is able to hear her heartbeat. She tells him that he is a Blood Witch and knows what he is going to do because there have to be consequences.

On the boat, Ceelia escapes, followed by Annalise, who says that she would go with her. Gabriel sees this and is surprised.

Ceelia tells Annalise that she would try to take Soul back to the Fairborn Council by force if she needed to. Annalise tells her that she feels like she is losing something, but Ceelia tries to reassure her.

Annalise and Ceelia keep talking until a car shows up, which they stop and hijack. Ceelia tells Annalise to call his dad in order to find out where he is, which Annalise is reluctant to do.

Annalise asks Ceelia if she could talk to her father before the latter starts hurting people, since she believes that he could get to him. However, they are ambushed by Nikcy and Hugo's team, who shoot two arrows straight into Ceelia's chest. Ceelia tells Annalise to drive and starts fighting the Bloods on her own, removing the arrows and effectively hurting them.

Nathan is in shock as he walks into a hall. He is followed by Ceelia, who tells him he should be with Gabriel, but he tells her that he did not get his blood. She remembers when she first saw him and says that she is supposed to protect him, but tells him to go find his friend.

Soul approaches the small cabinet where he found Ceelia and she approaches him. She asks him what had happened to him, but he says that in the past he had cowered instead of fighting with power as a monster. Both of them prepare to fight, as Soul looks to her full of hatred.

Hugo prepares to enter a room, where they find Soul eating at Ceelia's throat while she is still alive. Soul holds his hands up, saying that their wolf would not save them. Soul begins tearing all of them apart and eating their hearts as Ceelia watches. Soul turns as Marcus howls in the distance and heads out of the mansion.

Annalise and Nathan find each other, along with Gabriel. Annalise asks for Ceelia, but Nathan simply says that it would be alright. As the three of them walk, they find Ceelia and all that Soul had done. Ceelia tells them that Soul is hunting, recites a poem and dies.

## Appearance

As an adult, Celia is a very tall well built athletic woman with a stern face. Her eyebrows are always impeccable groomed. Her hair is shoulder length straight light to medium brown worn untied or in half shaved undercut ponytail. She wears countryside or military garments that are utilitarian in case of combat.

## Powers & Abilities

### Basic Abilities

* **Spellcasting:** The act of changing and controlling events through the use of incantations and recitations.

* **Accelerated Healing:** The ability to heal at supernatural speeds. This ability is shared by both Fairborn Witches and Blood Witches but Blood Witches heal faster than Fairborn Witches.

### Individual Power

* **Cyrokinesis:** The power to generate and manipulate ice.