Celestia Ludenberg

**Celestia Ludenberg** is a student at Hope's Peak Academy featured in Danganronpa: Despairs Loss. Her title is 'Ultimate Gambler'.

## History

Celestia grew up in poverty, working at a local casino to make a living. One day, someone offered her a pet cat if she could beat them in a gamble. These people didn’t have good intentions and wanted to embarrass the girl who they assumed wouldn’t be able to beat them. However, Celestia bested them nearly instantly.

At first, they refused to give her the cat, but she threatened to have them handled by the casino bouncer - of whom she was fairly close with. They resigned and she smugly took the cat as compensation, naming him Grand Bois Chéri.

Celestia was never close with her family. She had a vast amount of siblings, so it was easy for her to disappear into the background. She took advantage of this and began to gamble more and more. The money she earnt would be spent solely on herself as she reinvented herself with a new name and an array of gothic lolita style dresses. Her family knew nothing of this and saw not a penny of her money. Gambling became more frequent for her, as both a pass-time and a way to gain demands from others.

When she was offered a place at Hope's Peak Academy, she immediately accepted without telling anyone.

## Appearance

Celestia dresses in a gothic-Lolita style, wearing a triple-layered, black skirt with white frills and a similarly black jacket upon a white blouse. She wears a short red tie that cuts off around her chest area. She wears thigh high, white stockings with similar frills lining the top of them - paired with dark red heels. Her hair is a deep maroon and doesn't go any father than her chin, so she wears clip on hair drills on either side of her hair. Upon her head is a laced bonnet that ties into two long ribbons over each drill. On her left, index finger, she sometimes is seen wearing a sharp, silver ring that covers the majority of her finger. Her skin is abnormal pale due to makeup and her eyes are a strong red. She also has a beauty mark beneath her lip on the left side of her face.

## Personality

Celestia appears amicable on the surface, but is rather sadistic on the inside. Part of her love for gambling stems from her enjoyment in other's struggling. She has often made people into her temporary servants for loosing gambles to her. In spite of all of this, there are rare moments where she can be a soft-hearted person, though her cat is really the only being alive to have experienced this. Along with this, she is prone to losing her temper and tends to take criticisms personally when not in a gambling setting.

## Relationships

### **Chihiro Fujisaki**

Celestia finds Chihiro entertaining with how different yet similar they are. She finds it peaceful, but not boring, to speak with her. Though, her refusal to speak up for herself annoys the gambler sometime.

### **Byakuya Togami**

Celestia sees Togami as rather immature, acting as if he is above the participants despite holding no real power in the school. Yet, she still sees him as one of the most interesting students present, and continues to observe him.

## Trivia

* Celeste is bisexual

* She rarely goes by 'Celestia' alone. It's typically either 'Celeste' or 'Celestia Ludenberg'

* She adores European culture