Celios

"*It's all a lie... isn't it, Master?*"
―Sol[src]
**Celios** is a minor character in the *The Murder of Me* comic series created by Gigi Dutreix. He is one of the three original gods, along with Zielo and Heephis. Not much is known about Celios up to this point in the comic but various off-panels have shown that Celios is the most outgoing, vocal, and positive out of the three gods. His appearance is also quite similar to **Shadow The Hedgehog.**

## Before The Fall

The only information we currently have before The Fall of the old gods is a short two panel flashback from Sol in issue 13. In it, we see an untainted Celios presumably speaking to a young Sol. It is unknown what he is saying, but his expression resembles a calm and eerily welcoming one.

It can also be assumed that the existence the gods had resided in was heaven-like in terms of hues, lighting, and mood. This reiterates the fact that Bunnie stated back in issue 8 that the gods were very peaceful.

## The Fall

Celios was one of the major Old Gods that had fallen to Sin, and murdered by his brother Zielo. Zielo had then absorbed Celios's power, becoming the only god in the process (Issue 5).

In Issue 11: Ambush, we get a brief view of the Ini Pyramid's upper walls and ceiling. We see a mortally wounded Celios implying that he was either the first or the last to die by Zielo's hand.

In Issue #14, Celios entrusted his brother Heephis with his responsibility (his powers) but confronted him with Zielo when Heephis became corrupted.

## Personality

Not much is known on Celios' personality, but it is implied in Issue #14 that he is led with a sense of duty and responsibility to his role as a God. It is also implied that Celios is not afraid to confront his brothers if something is amiss.

On *The Zielo Cave* youtube channel and on Gigi's *deviantart*, Celios is portrayed as cheerful, smiles often, gives love to his creations, is thankful, and generally positive. This is in stark contrast not only to Shadow the Hedgehog, but his brothers as Heephis and Zielo are either emotionless or show very little to no emotion.

## Trivia

* Celios is responsible for life. It can be assumed that he created all living things in the universe as per Heephis's guidelines/blueprints.
* His power color (lilac/lavender) is the second most seen hue in the comic series aside from Zielo's cyan.
* In The Lover of Me, the fanmade **noncanon** game, Celios is responsible for life and nature. **NOTE\*: take this information VERY lightly as none of this is considered true or canon.**
	+ Celios is considered the father of the natural order. This compliments Heephis's ways of creation since now his energy flows through different elements and into the worlds he makes.
	+ In Shadow's route, it's revealed that Celios doesn't like to dwell on the past, even going as far as to erase planets Zielo aligned with good memories of him and his brothers.
	+ In Easton, Celios was worshiped for "miracles".
	+ The book in Easton refers to Celios as the midday, sunrise, and sunset. This follows the in-game lore of Heephis being referred to as the sun and Zielo being referred to as the moon.
	+ In Shadow's route, the first star created was Celios's. He created it for Zielo.
* According to Gigi via tumblr: *"Celios was less original and not as hectic. His name was also supposed to be temporary, and I think Celios was my attempt at trying to god-ify the name Carlos. Of course that temporary name eventually became permanent too."*