Celeste Morne

"When you go hunting&mdash;send a hunter."

- Lucien Draay

Celeste Morne was a Human female who was a Jedi serving the Jedi Covenant as a Shadow, an agent whose records of their existence had been erased and were known only to a few of the Covenant's members.

Biography
After the destruction of Ossus, Celeste's family became homeless and wandered the Galaxy for years until it fell apart. Celeste found herself a new family however in the Covenant as a secret agent devoted to stopping the Sith from rising in the Galaxy again.

She was known to have destroyed the last copy of the Epistle of Marka Ragnos, and recovered Jori Daragon's amulet and the Eye of Horak-mul on behalf of the Covenant. Around 3,963 BBY she was contacted by Lucien Draay and given the task of bringing in Zayne Carrick and finding the Muur Talisman on Taris.



On Taris, she found Sector Constable Noana Sowrs ambushed by rakghouls. Morne came to her aid in cutting down the rakghouls. Morne however discovered Sowrs had been infected with the Rakghoul Plague and cut Sowrs down as she mutated. Just then, Zayne and his companion Marn Hierogryph rushed into the tunnel, being chased by another horde of rakghouls; she quickly cut them down. After learning Zayne's identity, they fell into a cavern with Mandalorians, who had just acquired the talisman. She strapped on a jetpack and flew after them.

Celeste, Zayne and Marn Hierogryph stowed away on board the Mar'eyce and traveled to Jebble. On board, Celeste tried to convince Pulsipher to throw the Muur Talisman out of the airlock by using a Jedi mind trick but he resisted. On Jebble, she tried to separate herself from Zayne and Gryph, but was found by Zayne who informed her that the Mandalorians were planning a raid on Alderaan. Gryph, dressed as a Mandalorian, convinced Celeste and Zayne to pretend to be his captives Joam and Hettie Hierogarl, the Taris Techno-Terror Twins, allowing the trio to get passed the guards and enter the War Forge. Inside, Celeste determined that Zayne should warn Alderaan about the upcoming raid. However, Gryph accidentally discharged his weapon causing a cave-in, Celeste to lose her lightsaber and alerting the Mandalorian guards to their presence. Before Celeste and Zayne could be taken hostage, a guard transformed into a Rakghoul, dropping Celeste’s lightsaber in the process and forcing the other guards to fire on their former comrade. Afterwards, those guards also transformed into Rakghouls, resulting in Celeste having to hack and slash at the Rakghouls wearing Neo-Crusader armor. After disposing of the Rakghouls, Celeste and Zayne tried to find a way out, running out onto a balcony and discovering that Jebble was not just a local War Forge or training center, but a staging area for invasion with all the recruits from the Outer Rim present.

After sliding down the mountain side, Zayne informed Celeste that the Masters on Taris had framed him for the Padawan Massacre of Taris. Celeste attempted to be ignorant of a secret cabal within the order though she let it slip that it was a Jedi Covenant. Celeste contacted Lucien Draay to inform him about the impending invasion of Alderaan and the Rakghoul plague. Lucien ordered her to stop the invasion and to kill Zayne Carrick. Celeste questioned the order to kill Zayne but he reminded her of her familys past and of the Sith War. As Zayne was contacting his friends at Taris, Celeste activated her lightsaber to kill Zayne. However, she stopped when he contacted Cassus Fett instead to warn him about the plague. Celeste witnessed that Zayne wasn't just trying to save the Republic worlds but Mandalorian ones as well, making it difficult for her to have justification to kill Zayne.

While Zayne went off in search of Marn Hierogryph, she followed, cutting down the rakghouls that she encountered. She managed to find Zayne, restrained by Pulsipher and being attacked by the Muur Talisman itself. Celeste attempted to pry it away from Zayne. Zayne protested, suggesting that he might be able to stop it from spreading if he controlled it. Celeste ordered the Talisman to come to her, informing it that she was a Jedi. The Talisman released itself from Zayne and attacked Celeste, binding itself to her neck. Celeste encountered a vision of a man with pointed ears, white hair who informed her that he was the future and she was his. When Celeste managed to climb to her feet, she discovered that she commanded the rakghouls.

She was in stasis around 19 BBY and in possession of the Muur Talisman at this time. Eventually, she would encounter the Sith Lord, Darth Vader.

Behind the scenes
Celeste is a colour in Spanish, between blue and white.

'Celeste' and 'Morne' appear in the random name generator for the Jedi Exile in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: Vector
 * Star Wars Dark Times: Vector