Talk:Cecelia/@comment-6013030-20130118183559

I believe Cecelia is a member of the Pendleton clan. I think she left her fancy dwelling in the business district to assume an incognito identity as a humble servant to the Loyalists in the Hounds Pit Pub.

My theory is that her motivation is two fold. First, she is at heart a 19th century liberal reformer in the vein of those real life women of the time such as Mother Jones who led the fight for justice for children, females, and the working poor. Cecelia viewed her privileged station as morally improper. She cast off the mantle of the aristocracy and joined the one group pledged to resist the rule of the corrupt Regent and his supporters.

Her secondary motivation was one of survival. Knowing the greed and treachery of the Pendleton brothers, she donned an anonymous role disguised as a servant with no last name and altered her first name from Celia to Cecelia and dressed in that scruffy outfit with a pullover tweed cap to hide her former status. Cecelia suspected that the brothers would kill any potential rival heir to the fortune.

She is not by nature a violent or brave person, so her role as a simple servant in support of the Loyalists fits her well. She at times seems resigned to her fate and expects that nothing will really change for the common folk. But inspired by the example of Corvo, she finds courage to make a break to escape the cycle and do more to change the future. I think she will become a leader in attempts to resist the greed and corrupt and unjust aspects of their society.