Celes Chere

au cliff notes

mostly identical to canon wowieee
product of imperial research into magic; instead of espers, was augmented by ether extracted from other humans
basically raised by cid the scientist + was used in the magitek experimentation at young age (no idea who or where her biofamily is)
didn't attain the rank of general but definitely Some rank of renown with command of a unit - something equivalent to the canon unprovoked attack on maranda and conscripting the survivors into the army
briefly investigated figaro family as possible rebel sympathizers; dismissed the case at the time given the current heir is a useless dandy
defected for ??? reason (canon breaking point was the poisoning of doma, ??find out how long the servant's gate has been in use in-universe, "empire resting on the backs of mass slave labour" is a pretty goddamn big breaking point, keep things vague in case a kefka exists lmao), was imprisoned and awaiting trial + almost certain execution
freed during the chaos of a corsair raid (details vague also in case a locke exists)
didn't join up at first; fled with cid onto an unknown island at ocean-level to try and live away from the empire - both of them got injured during the raid?
(??potential connection with sabin somewhere in here given he's off punching sharks with vargas in this timeframe??)
~a year passes, presumed awol or dead
cid dies of his illness, celes despairs, leaves the island, falls in with the corsairs
some potential for uncertainty that people think she's a double agent

need to think more about what she does in elysium given she's theoretically identifiable but also i think her singing as "maria" at the starlit stage is fun

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