Caelia

Elven Lord **Caelia** (カエリア, *Kaeria*?) is an female eldar and one of the Praetorians of the Praetorian Guard of the kingdom of Anaheim, as well an member of the Order of the Round Table. Being selected to be one of the two personal bodyguards of Gabriel, she would be in position as one of the Nine Kingdoms most powerful warriors, rivalling *Adamantite*-class adventurers or higher. She has been the close friend of Gabriel, having been for her since Uriel gave birth to her and vowed to forever protect the Anaheim princess from any danger.

Before having officially joined the Praetorian Guard, Caelia is an eight-hundred year old elf born during the Age of Strife, whereas she developed her skills to become an powerful Eldar in her own right. She has been through many centuries of the world's history, having encountered the Six Great Gods, fought against one of the Greed Kings and assisted the Thirteen Heroes and the Nine Goddesses against the Evil Deities. She would join with Týr and the Nine Goddess as an Elven commander during the Liberation of the North, where she became one of the first Praetorians of the Nine Kingdoms, assigned to Anaheim. Caelia served the Anaheim branch of the Praetorian Guard for over two hundred years, becoming its most exalted and senior member, achieving the position of Lord Commander and held the office up to the Anaheim's eventual defeat in the Great War, force to flee to secure Gabriel's safety alongside the Lord Captain.

After escaping Anaheim, Caelia took Gabriel to Alfheimr to be safe under Titania's watch as the War took a toll on the northernmost part of the Peninsula. However despite the efforts by Alfheimr and Titania herself, she was force to take Gabriel away from the Peninsula itself, fleeing to the mainland continent alongside the Lord Captain in hopes to keep Gabriel safe as per ordered by Queen Uriel. In order to support themselves long term, she would became an adventurer to earn consistent income as the Lord Captain safeguarded Gabriel.

## Appearance

Tall, learn as well as muscular, Caelia is an well built and powerful Eldar female, of the only remaining Eldar since he Age of Strife. As an Eldar, she has kept an youthful, young appearance due to her longevity, but having lost heir light hair to time as it became white to symbolize her advanced age, which is kept both tied on the back of her head, as two long strands flow down her chest. She is an extremely tall elf, standing at 218cm (7.1ft), just a foot shorter then Titania, but two feet taller then Ljósálfar, her eyes being dulled grey and lost its colour. As an elf, she has the iconic elven ears, being pointed towards her back with a somewhat angled facial structure.

## Personality

Caelia is widely known to being strict, stern and foreboding in her aura. She described herself being more happy and spirited before the Age of Strife which lead down to the extinction of the Eldar as an collective whole, leaving only her to remain by the time of the Great War. She sees herself as someone who carries the heavy burden of living ever onward as the only remaining Eldar in the world. She vowed to Seraphiel and Edward the Confessor to continue living for the royal family, defending and protecting them from any foreseeable danger. She will do anything her capacity to secure the family's future no matter who threatens it.

To many however despite her mythical status in the North, Caelia is described as very callous towards most individuals excluding her fellow Praetorians and the royal family. She is extremally blunt and straight-forward, speaking what's on her mind directly and not caring if her words affects their feelings in a negative way. She has lived for well over eight-hundred years, she finds most matters beneath her since she can assign someone else to take care of it. Her only duty is the protection of the royal family and the capital of Anaheim.

However her attitude changed with the birth of Uriel and eventually Gabriel. These two individuals broke through Caelia's defensive nature and was able to be more open, and more mindful of her actions and words to others. Gabriel even introduced an ancient legend of the Eldar based on respect, and compassion which she remembered fondly due to actually being there when it was written at age fifty.

## Powers & Abilities

Caelia could be considered some of the North's most fascinating warriors and some of the North's strongest individuals who is not an demigod or even a descendent of players. By the time of the Great War, she is considered Anaheim's strongest fighter-class warrior, excluding Uriel who was an hybrid of an magical summoner and an fighter-class swordswoman. She is one of the nine individuals with the title of "Sword Saint" (剣聖, *Kensei*?, Lit. "Master Swordsman", not to be confused with the job class from YGGDRASIL), which she won after combating some of the North's best swordsman twenty years before the Great War began in the Highlands.

As an Eldar, Caelia possess strength that surpasses normal humans and only rivalled by certain individuals of great caliber, she is able to physically overpower any of her Praetorians with little effort, even won the "semi-official Praetorian Arm Wrestling Competition" and was even banned from participating due the fact she'll win 100% of all the matches. She has an long-extensive lifespan nearing to total immortality, having not aged since hitting her maturity seven-hundred-and-eighty years ago.

### Passive

**Blessing of Titania** (ティターニアの祝福, *Titānia no Shukufuku*?):