Celeste Devolt

**Celeste Devolt** is the younger sister of Julian Devolt and the current head of the Devolt Foundation in Secret Palace.

## Appearance

Celeste is an elegant woman with dark brown hair styled in a shoulder-length wavy fashion which is loose and she shares her older brother's natural hair color and was dyed in light brown , she also has matching light brown eyes and always wears peach lipstick.

During the Devolt Foundation Charity Gala serving as the host of the party, she wears an elegant black formal gown with the sleeves reaching to her shoulders and high heels.

When she goes yachting with her brother Julian, James and the player, she wears a one-piece swimsuit; with the top being white with black frill designs and her bottoms are in a black bikini. Before she takes swimming with them, she was seen wearing black sunglasses, a matching fashionable summer hat on her head and a matching sarong where she covers her bottoms.

Her casual outfit which is now seen in Chapter 4 as her outfit is a mixture of both Jenny Blake's sleepwear and her corporate outfit; a black sleeveless and white polkadotted mesh blouse with frill designs to cover her shoulders. The blouse she wears also shows her black bra beneath it, a red pencil skirt and high heels. She is also accessorize with a pale brown ribbon at the collar of her blouse.

Her corporate outfit displays her revealing approach; a black fashionable coat with a navy blue plunging v-neck sleeveless top that exposes amount of her cleavage, orange fashionable slacks and heels. She also accessorize with a different gold earrings and wore an expensive loose necklace on her neck. Later when she meets up with James and hanging out with her brother Julian, she is not seen wearing her fashionable coat.

## Personality

Celeste can be described as kind but also fashionable as when she went up to the player at the masquerade to find out what designer her dress was from while giving her compliments about her dress and beauty, and said that she hopes they meet again. In Chapter 2, she had an animosity between her and her brother Julian as well as her relationship with James begins to falter when he gave her a cold shoulder much to her annoyance. Her nice personality towards the player is actually a facade and her true personality is described as a cunning, demanding and manipulative when she displays her manipulative streak towards the player when she catches her off guard as she attempted to snatch James' wallet to get his badge, but to no avail since the player knows that she had no intent on stealing his wallet because it was risky and she can only state to her that it was James who allows her to keep his clothes. She also displays her dislike of her brother's child-like antics which also cause the rift between the two siblings.

In Chapter 4, Celeste finally displays her true personality when she confronts the player due to her closeness with James and also annoys James when he is more focusing on the player rather than her. That also happens when she outsmarted James by giving an invitation letter for a Rolls Royce test drive posing as Mr. Lozano.

From Chapter 5 onward, Celeste demonstrates both aggressive and obsession towards James who is frequently turned off from her actions and the player noticed her behavior for using both power and family wealth in order to get James and never let go from their past relationship. Her aggressive attitude also being disliked by the player and later Beth Young when she tries to get close to James.

Despite her attitude however in Chapter 7, she and James had already research about the player in the internet and it turns out her name was not there and asking her friend Jenna Gomez who is the deputy mayor of Los Angeles to search for her, but to no avail. She soon warns James about the player who's real identity being (The Player's name) Murray regarding about both her lies and deception. Despite her manipulative side, she is also bratty, confrontational and envious in a similar manner to both Samantha Gautier and Fiona and her threats to the player just to expose her real identity is also similar to Lana Escobar as another way to break the relationship between the player and James much like how Jenny Blake breaks the relationship between the player and her half-brother Ryan Carter in the first season by making horrible threats on her blog. In Chapter 8, Celeste is revealed to be spying on the player whenever she goes on her free time and trying to expose her true outlook in life in front of James despite the latter actually impresses the player's other job as an drama actress.

In Chapter 9, it is revealed that Celeste is a conniving schemer and was the mastermind of the player's illegal firing made up by Henry at the end of Chapter 8 where she hires Mr. Phillis as her accomplice who is actually the actor, Karl Robertson and she pays him a large sum of money for his acting performance. Both of her parents and her brother Julian are also unaware of the true extent of her awful behavior when her parents are complaining to Henry and Ivana about her. In Chapter 10 while being pretentious and similarly to both Lana Escobar and Neema Walker, Celeste takes a desperate attempt by sabotaging the player's beetle car brakes so that the player would drive the beetle without brakes, which resulting from her death by car accident and not knowing that it was James who driven her car to meet Henry with the player. At the final chapter of the story, it reveals that Celeste was manipulated by Ivana by removing the brake disc from the player's car in order for the player to be killed in the car accident until they found out that Ivana had masterminded the killing attempt and for ruining Rose's current life due to her relationship with her husband. Celeste apologizes to the player for everything she had done to her and finally realized that she will never be with James and that she will never love James as much as the player does. Celeste was genuine with her apology and told the player that she'll never be that Celeste again and hopes to find real love one day like James and the player and also showed disgust towards Ivana who had manipulated her.

In Cameron Cooper's story route, she serves at the best friend type character to the player, replacing Beth Young.

## Season 1

She first appears in the near end of James' route during the Devolt Foundation Charity Gala who the player remarks as stunning when she first saw her. The two of them then had a discussion about the player's dress and she didn't believe her when the player said it was only $40.

She later makes an opening remarks about the charity gala when it was officially open. At the end of the first chapter, she later danced with James Oswald-Descieux in a waltz at the behest of his own father Henry Oswald-Descieux after he disapproves of his dance with the player because she was one of the hotel staffs and she is not in upper class standard like Celeste. In Chapter 2, she dances with James continuously on the waltz, much to his reluctance and she is the one to inform James to introduced the CEO from another company. Later when she and James get on her brother's sailboat, the New World, she had an animosity towards her brother Julian which also displays her disgust from his annoying antics when he played loud music as she tried to read. Her relationship with James also begins to falter when he was given a cold shoulder causing her to get annoyed and went to the cabin to read in silence. James also reveals to the player that he and Celeste are inseparable because of their respective families had their partnership on business since he befriended Julian during their high school days.

As soon they enjoyed themselves and noticed the player's crusade within her personal mission, Celeste manages to catch her off guard to see her snatching his wallet until the player tells her that it was James who allows her to keep his clothes. Displaying her pretentious side, she joked that she was only kidding after she catches her and leaves, much to her relief. She briefly swims with her brother Julian and his friends along with James and also shows her dislike of her brother's child-like antics. Once both her and James gets back on the boat, the player begins to get envious of them.

She was mentioned again by James in Chapter 3 after she texted him to see her making James cancel the schedule after he teaches the player how to roller-blade at Venice Beach. While sitting at the sands of the beach, James opens up about his past date with Celeste which dated back to their teenage years and their relationship became faded when they finally reached adulthood. She reappears again in Chapter 4 when she confronts the player while displaying her real behavior towards her and getting annoyed and pouts towards James who is more focused on the player rather than her.

In Chapter 5, she poses herself as Mr. Lozano by giving an invitation to James due to his interest in luxury cars. As James waited for Mr. Lozano to arrive, Celeste reveals herself by opening the car window within the Rolls Royce which horribly surprises James who soon became annoyed over her presence and her actions. Her aggressiveness was observed by the player who takes Mrs. Moss in a stroll with her wheelchair which causes a commotion between them. James tells her that he won't take a test drive stating that her surprise was a waste of time causing Celeste to pout and angry. Celeste sarcastically informs him that she could drive the car with or without him and she angrily slams the car door and drives away. The following day, she visited James at the riding center to see him and the player are taking horseback riding lessons. She tried to tame his stallion horse Pink Biscuit but became restless and disappointed over her presence and getting pushed away from its rump. James tells her that Pink Biscuit is not her best friend as Celeste tried to pushed herself that it will be her friend whether it likes it or not. James then asking her of why she was here. Celeste tells him about the Rolls Royce she had enjoyed driving it before walking away. Later she hangs out with Julian and his rich friends at TBTP at the VIP room where James hangs out with the player, Beth Young and Abed. She was talking to Beth about the dress designs she had sewn but was interrupted by the player. However, both also dislikes Celeste's aggressive attitude whenever she gets too close to James who is now frequently turned off and annoyed over her advances.

Throughout the chapters, it reveals that Celeste has been searching for the player by the internet and it turns out that her name was not there even she called her friend Jenna Gomez who is the deputy mayor of Los Angeles to track her down, but to no avail. In Chapter 7, she finally calls James who now learns of the player's real identity being (The Player's name) Murray as James puts his phone on speaker so that the player could hear. She tells him about the player as well as her research into search for her turns out to be nothing and she has been lying to him the whole time. She warns him about the player and was willing to talk to him in person before hanging up. Later, she was very clingy to James despite the latter's annoyance as well as his ignorance to the player because of her lies. She was mentioned by her brother Julian when he angrily asked James why Celeste was crying to him (he was unaware of her actions, especially when James didn't tell him because he keeps rejecting her romantic advances and her aggressive attitude) which led his decision to break his friendship with James. Two days later, she confronted the player who is still waiting for James to arrive at the parking lot. It was revealed that the reason why James was rejecting her advances and leaving at TPTB because of his feelings to the player, which frustrates her even more. She even wanted to tell the player to stay away from James until the player berates her that she will never stay away because it is between her and James and nothing else. This angers Celeste because of the player and they started a confrontation and argument between them and it was recorded by Damian Krug who is amused at their fight. Celeste angrily does not give up the argument as the player had already told her to stop because she knew their argument was getting out of hand. Celeste angrily threatens her further that she will use her power to break her relationship with James up, just for herself and she angrily stomps away.

In Chapter 8, it was revealed that Celeste had been following the player at night where she is about to have drama class with Raj. Although Raj decided to close the theater because of his decision to return to acting after accepting Bong's offer. The next day, Celeste angrily exposes the player about her other job as a drama actress which impresses James who was surprised. Celeste's angry meddling also annoys James when she tries to tell him not to trust the player and her outlook on life.

In Chapter 9, it was revealed that Celeste was the mastermind for framing the player for stealing which led to her illegal firing by Henry, by hiring the actor Karl Robertson to play the role of Mr. Phillis to trick the player for stealing his wallet as she pays him a large sum of money. Despite her successful attempts, it backfired at the same time when the player was reinstated by Margaret and Ethan with the help of Mrs. Moss, one of their guests in Secret Palace who makes a huge scene for her illegal firing. Celeste was horribly dismayed and angry when James had informed her about the player being cleared and was given an alibi. She was soon comforted by Ivana after learning of this and decided to discuss with her at the bar place in the hotel. Their alliance is found by the player. It is also revealed that Celeste was used by both Henry and Ivana for James to make other rich and aristocrat visitors or guests, especially her parents Allan and Hailey, to get them to see them together as a couple, but because of James and his relationship with the player, they berated them both that they'd ruin the hotel's reputation because they want Celeste to be with James instead of the player, which the player overhears. Both of her parents are also unaware of their daughter's current actions.

In Chapter 10, Celeste couldn't accept James' rejection and took a desperate attempt to get rid of the player, she was found by the player who is unaware that she had sabotaged the car brakes within her yellow car's beetle and became upset and depressed while leaving the premise. Although the sabotage she had made was found by James who had driven her beetle car to take the player to the restaurant where they were supposed to confront Henry, they were almost rammed by a truck and end up crashing through a tree, leading James to rescue her from the rubble from the car crash before it exploded.

In the final chapter of the story, Ivana had already revealed to her that it was Celeste who had taken a desperate attempt by sabotaging the car brakes from her car that resulted in their car crash. Although Ivana herself had manipulated her into removing the brake disc on the player's yellow beetle car. Celeste sadly tells them that she had never kill the player because of love. Upon learning that it was Ivana who masterminded the car crash in her killing attempt, she was horribly surprised. As Ivana voluntarily arrests for her crimes and for ruin the life of Rose Murray, Celeste finally apologizes to the player for her recent actions stating that she can never be with James. And became disgusted after being manipulated from Ivana's manipulations.

## Allies

* The Main Character (James) (sometimes)
* James Oswald-Descieux (sometimes)
* Julian Devolt (sometimes)
* Margaret Lawrence
* Henry Oswald-Descieux
* Ivana Oswald-Descieux (formerly)
* Cameron Cooper
* George
* Ethan McAllister
* Beth Young (sometimes)

## Enemies

* Damian Krug
* James Oswald-Descieux (sometimes)
* Beth Young (sometimes)
* Julian Devolt (sometimes)
* Ivana Oswald-Descieux
* The Main Character (James) (formerly)

## Trivia

* She bears a strong resemblance to Holly Simons and also shares her main portrait in the game. Her main pose is also shared by the player's mother Rose Murray.
	+ She also looks a little similar to Jenny Blake.
* In Chad Williams' mini-series, Cleo Bartholomeus has been shared from Celeste's main pose and her obsession to the man she loves but in her case it was Viktor Bartholy.
* In the promotional poster of Secret Palace between masked and unmasked appearances, many fans were hilariously joked at Celeste who accidentally touches Damian Krug' crotch when the artists had sketched the entire poster.
* Her role in the game is based on Caroline Lane from the 2002 romantic comedy film, *Maid in Manhattan* portrayed by the late British actress Natasha Richardson.
	+ Both girls are socialites who were attracted to their main love interests (James and Chris respectively).
	+ Both girls are also getting annoyed when their relationship with their main love interests begins to falter. Celeste was given a cold shoulder by James while Caroline was ignored by Chris who becomes attracted to Marisa who mistook as her.
	+ Both had their respective organizations. Celeste is the head of Devolt Foundation while Caroline owns a hotel suite in Beresford Hotel.
	+ Their hair is completely different, with Caroline's hair is blond while Celeste being brunette.
	+ In Chapter 4, the way James ignores Celeste who remains attracted to the player is a reference to the same scene as how Caroline was ignored by Chris who is now attracted to Marisa.
	+ Both women also exposes both the player and Marisa's ruse where Caroline exposes Marisa before she gets fired at near end of the movie while Celeste informs James about the player in Chapter 7 while exposing her real identity at his family villa, leading James to break his relationship with the player because of her lies.
* Celeste's obsession, manipulative acts, and her desperate killing attempt are taken from the main villainess Georgia "Adyang" Ferrer, from the hit Philippine TV series, *Ika-6 na Utos* (A Woman's Scorned), played by former Kapuso actress turned Kapamilya actress, Ryza Cenon. Georgia is obsessively in love towards the pilot named Jerome Fuentebella (played by veteran actor Gabby Concepcion) a married man, which leads her to become his mistress to compete with his current wife and main heroine, Emma Fuentebella (played by actress Sunshine Dizon).
	+ Both women are shared their main outfits to show off their elegance and they are seen getting so close to their respective main love interests. However at the near end of the series, Georgia loses all of these privileges when she loses her fortune, getting rejected frequently by their love interests for their lies and manipulation and being disowned by her mother Mildred Ferrer (played by veteran actress Rosemarie Sarita) for turning herself into a criminal and a psychopathic killer for shooting her older sister Geneva "Gengen" Ferrer-Takahashi (played by actress Angelika Dela Cruz), dead.
	+ Both characters have older siblings to help them deal against the heroines (both Emma and the player) from getting close to their respective main love interests. However at the near end of the series, Georgia's older sister, Geneva had finally decided to turn against her younger sister after she nearly killed their mother Mildred during their intense fight, and for physically abusing Emma's daughter Milan de Jesus Fuentebella which is renamed as Sydney Fuentebella (played by child actress Angelica Ulip) as she sacrifices her life to save Sydney by shielding herself from getting shot by Georgia, resulted in her death while Julian and his parents, Allan and Hailey are unaware of Celeste's real behavior and her true motives.
	+ Celeste's personal confrontation with the player in Chapter 7 is similar to both Georgia and Emma when they frequently confronted each other personally, resulting themselves in a physical brawl.
	+ They have different outcomes at the end of the story, Georgia was killed in the explosion after being impaled by one of the construction steel pipes on her chest inside the car she had bumped into the truck while Celeste was redeemed and she apologizes for her actions due to Ivana's manipulations.
* It's possible that she could severe as the second love interest in Julian Devolt's upcoming story route.
* Her angry expression is a retooled version of Lorie Bartholy in Mystery Spell.
* The name Celeste is often short for Celestial, which means either relating to the sky and astronomy or being heavenly and related to heaven or supremely good, which is ironic considering her personality.