In a spur of the moment decision, Augustine encased her adoptive daughter in concrete to gain the government's trust, making Celia the first Conduit to be captured and imprisoned by the newly formed D.U.P. Eventually, military order was restored, but the pair was seen as a threat, despite their innocence. Celia followed Augustine through the lawless, chaotic city, coming to think of her as a mother, where the majority of the populace organized lynch mobs to root out the Conduits among them. However, said parents perished when The Beast, a powerful conduit with the power to awaken other Conduits at the cost of immense human life, destroyed her home town, during which Celia's powers over paper awakened.Īlone again, she was discovered by Brooke Augustine, also a Conduit and a soldier, the only survivor of her battalion which was wiped out by The Beast.
Her parents unknown, Celia bounced from foster home to foster home during her early years, until she was eventually adopted by a family. Together, we traveled through a lawless city that wanted us dead, because of what we now were. She tailed me as I made my way back to the safety of my battalion. Locked up in Curdun Cay, Celia spent seven years within its walls despite her imprisonment by Augustine, she came to see the head of the Department of Unified Protection as a parental figure and became her most trusted agent. However, upon reaching Augustine's battalion, Celia found herself imprisoned by her friend, who, in doing so, avoided being persecuted by the military and secured the government's trust. Tonight, I use it to leave this life forever.Ĭelia Penderghast is a Conduit that has the power to manipulate and control paper.įollowing the death of her parents during The Beast's rampage, a young Celia encountered Brooke Augustine, another Conduit and member of the military. A little everyday for seven years, secreted away, has become a flock. for once in my life, I choose what happens next. A new cage they want me to rot in to never use my powers again! No. And now they wanna ship me to a government detainment center.