Sara Hartwood

Celeste
Biographical information
Other names	Celeste The Witch
Home	Catskill Mountains
Affiliations	The Martense Order Third Degree Priestesses
Family	Emily Hartwood (Great-grandmother)
Weapons	Lightning Strike Burning Glow Fireball Draining Curse
Physical description
Gender	Female
Species	Human
Hair color	Blonde
Eye color	Light Blue

Celeste, a.k.a. The Witch (real name: Sara Hartwood), is the great-granddaughter of Emily Hartwood and a playable character in Alone in the Dark: Illumination.

Background

The Witch is the great-granddaughter of Emily Hartwood. After her various other-worldly encounters with Edward Carnby, Emily Hartwood began to dabble in the supernatural world. But unlike other occult practitioners she met, Emily learned only what she needed to protect herself.

Her great-granddaughter, the Witch, followed in her footsteps and also studied the supernatural arts. From a young age, the Witch had a natural gift for magic, and her abilities far surpassed those of her other family members. The Witch swore to use her abilities to help others, and help protect the world from evil forces, such as those that terrorized her family.

Alone in the Dark: Illumination

Three days earlier, the Order's queen had dispatched a trio of the most powerful Third Degree Priestesses to Lorwich to investigate a powerful physic disturbance. The last communication that the Queen received had received from the group was the equivalent of a telepathic S.O.S. It had come from somewhere dark, deep underground.

The High Priestess forbade Celeste from leaving the covenstead, as she was only a Wiccan of the Second Degree and had only recently demonstrated a tenuous control of the Craft. Her sisters, she had been told, could take care of themselves, but Celeste absconded to Lorwich anyway.

Now, at the train station, Celeste has to search for a way underground to find her sisters.

Primary Weapons and Abilities

• Lightning Strike (replaced Colt/ 45 PHX as default weapon)
• Burning Glow
• Fireball (replaced lightning Strike ability)
• Draining Curse (replaced Lightning Crawler ability)

In the previous patch of the game, the Witch formerly used to be armed with a colt revolver as a basic weapon. This has since been replaced with the Lightning Strike, which was more powerful but needed to be replenished with magic.

When using melee, the witch's striking hand is covered in electricity, possibly to augment the power of her melee.

• Creature Control
• Arc Pulse (Expansion)

Common Abilities:

Stamina Health Gun Damage Reload Resources Cost of skills? Increases maximum stamina by 10% Increases maximum health by 10% Increases gun damage by 5% Increases charging speed by 5% Increases the amount of collectables by 10% Decreases the cost of skills by 10% Increases maximum stamina by 20% Increases maximum health by 20% Increases Gun Damage by 10% Increases recharge speed by 10% Increases the amount of collectibles by 20% Decreases the cost of skills by 15% Increases maximum stamina by 30% Increases maximum health by 30% Increases gun damage by 15% Increases recharge speed by 15% Increases the amount of collectibles by 30% Decreases the cost of skills by 20% Increases maximum stamina by 40% Increases maximum health by 40% Increases gun damage by 20% Increases recharge speed by 20% Increase the amount of collectibles by 40% Decreases the cost of skills by 25% Increases maximum stamina by 50% Increases maximum health by 50% Increases gun damage by 25% Increases recharge speed by 25% Increase the amount of collectibles by 50% Decreases the cost of skills by 30% Increases maximum stamina by 80% Increases maximum health by 80% Increases gun damage by 40% Increases recharge speed by 35% Increases the amount of collectibles by 70% Decreases the cost of skills by 40% Increases your maximum stamina by 150% Increases your maximum health by 150% Increases gun damage by 80% Increases recharge speed by 50% Increase the amount of collectibles by 100% Decreases the cost of skills by 60%

Class Ability:

Burning Glow: Enchant a light source with forbidden magic that burns enemies that enter it Lightning: A lightning bolt thrown from your hands that damages enemies Lightning Crawler: Summons a lightning bolt that moves on the ground in a straight line Increases the burning duration of the glow on lights by 10% Increases damage done by lightning by 10% and can bounce 3 times Increases the maximum spreader distance by 20% and damage by 10% Increases the burning duration of the glow on lights by 15% Increases damage done by lightning by 20% and can bounce 3 times Increases the maximum spreader distance by 40% and damage by 20% Increases the burning duration of the glow on lights by 20% AIncreases damage done by lightning by 30% and can bounce 4 times Increases the maximum spreader distance by 60% and damage by 30% Increases the burning duration of the glow on lights by 25% Increases damage done by lightning by 40% and can bounce 4 times Increases the maximum spreader distance by 80% and damage by 40% Increases the burning duration of the glow on lights by 40% Increases damage done by lightning by 50% and can bounce 5 times Increases the maximum spreader distance by 100% and damage by 50% Increases the burning duration of the glow on lights by 75% Increases the maximum spreader distance by 120% and damage by 80%. Increases the burning duration of the glow on lights by 120% Increases the maximum spreader distance by 150% and damage by 150%.

Post-patch:

After the Patch Summer 2016 Update the 45 PHX pistol and the Spargifulmini spell are removed. Sara's main weapon becomes the Lightning spell and Fireball and Draining Curse are added to it.

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Appearance

• Short leather mini-skirt
• Black top
• Black high boots

Personality

Celeste had a strong bond with her fellow sisters in the coven. She suffered a light form of claustrophobia.

Trivia

• In the early stages of development, Sara should have had long, loose hair rather than collected.

Gallery

The witch, when she was able to use the revolver