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[Celestyn]

It was easy for her to pass through life unnoticed. She was not one of those girls that had been born radiant. There were some that seemed to shine even without a spotlight, and yet for all of the natural beauty that she possessed, Celestyn somehow seemed to be invisible. She hadn’t ever tried to change that, however, usually clinging to the outskirts and watching everyone from a safe, unsociable distance. There were a few things she had inherited from her mother, and a nearly crippling shyness was one of them. Even though she stayed far away and looked over the small gatherings of horses with an almost sense of longing, her fear of sounding like an uneducated, sheltered little girl kept her at bay. Besides, she had nothing interesting to offer them. She was plain. She was simple. She had no hidden secrets, no sense of mystery, no sparkling traits and she came from fairly humble linage. She was just Celestyn, and that was the beginning, middle and end of it. Despite being born in Beqanna, she felt like an intruder. No one here really knew her, and she didn’t know any of them. She walked slowly along a narrow deer-path that lead towards the Meadow, the spring sun straining through the leaves and sending shadow-dapples across her milk and honey patterned coat. Her black mane and tail were tangled with wind-knots and briars that had been embedded for who knows how long, which seemed to add a wild flair to her otherwise soft and almost meek appearance. Their voices come like a hum on the wind, and she follows the sound, her footsteps light and quiet, careful to not attract attention to herself.  The trees are beginning to thin out now, and her pace slows, angling her direction away from the larger gatherings. She settles within a small grove of trees and brush, watching them with amber-colored eyes, an almost inaudible sigh brushing past her lips as she finds herself wondering what it must be like to be able to just waltz into a conversation like it was nothing out of the ordinary. corruption and elentári