♛ → THE CROWNLANDS present(s) MARCELLA CELTIGAR, the LADY of CLAW ISLE. when the dragons danced in the sky, they thought the BLACKS would still fly, but in the blink of an eye, they would all die. the 25-year-old FEMALE, who was ADAPTABLE & CHARISMATIC before they saw the first of the flames, is now VAIN & WICKED after seeing the last. they’re often associated with blood splattered on parchment, the noise of wind howling on moonless night, a dagger pressed at your throat, and an eerie hum from the darkness. ( jessica alexander )
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STORY
marcella was born on an unusually hot day to lord and lady celtigar. despite the hard birth in boiling hot conditions, she came out healthy and was the perfect image of a valyrian baby with silver-gold hair, although hers were more gold than silver, and lilac eyes. she grew up with the belief that being valyrian elevated her above every non-valyrian in the world.
she was young when she started taking an interest in bloodmagic. throughout her life, she has pushed the boundaries of what magic she could do. never once did marcella ask if there were reasons not to do it. this led to experiments throughout the years, the most haunting being when she took an interest in necromancy. she would do experiments on captured rats and mice to hone her skill. at age 15, she succeeded in bringing a mouse back from the dead, but it scared her with its odd and unusual behaviour, and she ended up putting it in a box and throwing it out at sea. she has not dabbled in necromancy since, but is slowly starting to be drawn towards it again.
marcella was a lady-in-waiting to queen daenerys for years, but was quick to change sides alongside her brother when jaehaerys conquered the throne. she even gave up another of the ladies-in-waiting to the new king when she learned of a plot to free queen daenerys shortly before her execution. she did not believe it would work anyway, and used the opportunity to prove her 'loyalty' to the new king.
PERSONALITY
marcella purely has her own interest, and that of her house, in mind. she is proud to be a celtigar. if you are not valyrian, you are basically irrelevant to her. for this reason, she is against lenora as queen, and against wylliam as hand of the king. she does not believe such powerful positions should be filled by non-valyrians. she also believes the stormlands has been granted too much power at court. she believes her brother should have been chosen as hand of the king.
while she has a sharp tongue, she also knows when to turn on her charms. her views about valyrians are well known, but she is more the type to whisper in people's ears than yell. she trades in rumours, secrets, and blackmail.
she is the type of person to make jokes where you start questioning if she is actually joking, or if she's roasting you but doing so with a smile. marcella does enjoy humiliating people, but there is a subtleness to it, a mean playfulness.
LIST OF MISDEEDS
marcella is a practitioner of bloodmagic as many in her house have been throughout the years. this is a well-kept secret. bloodmagic requires a high price and is incredibly hard to control. she is by no means a master of it yet. she is drawn to the darkest magic, the kind where the cost of it tears on your soul.
she was the one of the six who stabbed unwin peake and was responsible for his death, something cella has managed to hide from her brother up until now. it worries her, as this was not a carefully planned attack, and there were too many witnesses to her crime. she is currently considering how to keep control of the situation.
marcella was the one who arranged the poisoning attempt of king jaehaerys before he was crowned king. she was acting on the orders of maximus.
RANDOM FACTS
she is mostly called cella by friends and family, it's her favoured nickname.
she is an experienced ballerina, taught by the strict ballet mistress residing in claw isle. the ballet mistress used a cane to forcefully correct her movements if they were off by even an inch, and would have marcella dance for hours until her pointe shoes were bloody to get every move correct. this has resulted in cella lacking emotion when she dances, but she is always technically perfect.
marcella regularly bathes in a specific mix of half water, a quarter milk and a quarter blood scented with roses. it has been passed from generation to generation in house celtigar that this is the secret to preserve beauty.
she is an insomniac, which often leads to her being up for most of the night, and only making an appearance at noon or even the afternoon sometimes. it is well known that marcella is rarely up early enough to eat breakfast.
















