Caelus

Biodata

Power Progression

Appearance

• Gray hair and youthful appearance: Introduced as a gray-haired young man; Sparkle later calls him “Little Grey Hair” 8 40.
• Mikhail’s hat: Wears the hat inherited from the Watchmaker when delivering the Astral Express’s answer to Sunday 66.

Personality

Caelus is protective of his companions and cautious around strangers who know too much about him. When Hanxing offers information about his past, Caelus accepts his company only after warning him not to harm his friends. He also worries about Clara’s safety and volunteers to help gather urgently needed medical supplies 7 8.

He prefers cooperation when it appears possible. He advocates getting Svarog on their side rather than destroying him, and later accepts an alliance with Hanxing and Firefly despite Hanxing’s earlier betrayal. When March 7th challenges that decision, Caelus explains that their future is too important for hasty conclusions 12 50 52.

His resolve coexists with a playful streak. He teases March 7th, introduces himself publicly as the “Galaxy Bat Hero,” and eventually jokes with Hanxing about being stabbed in the back. Even so, the prospect of facing Hoolay again makes him openly apprehensive 57 75 78 114.

Abilities & Skills

Bat Combat

Caelus uses a bat in close combat and to intercept incoming attacks 8 15.

• Knocks aside one of Svarog’s missiles 15.
• Fights Mara-Struck and Borisin in the Prison of Deep Seclusion, striking enemies hard enough to damage the surrounding walls 100 104.
• Kills a Borisin with a direct blow to the head during the pursuit of Hoolay’s forces 114.

Preservation and the Flaming Lance

Caelus gains his fiery lance after receiving Preservation’s gaze during the battle against Cocolia 20.

• Defensive use: Blocks Cocolia’s icicles and intercepts Hoolay’s blade 20 105.
• Flaming Lance: Charge!: Rushes through a target in a streak of red-orange light, followed by an explosion 20 105.
• Demonstrated limit: The charge tears a large opening through Hoolay’s body and frees Xueyi, but Hoolay regenerates. Caelus blocks the counterattack but is thrown into a wall 105.

Stellaron Bearer

A Stellaron resides inside Caelus’s body. Hanxing uses knowledge of it to establish credibility during their first meeting, while Aventurine later addresses Caelus as “Mr. Stellaron” during his staged confrontation 8 48.

• No deliberate use of the internal Stellaron as a weapon is shown in these passages.
• Hanxing speculates that Aventurine might intend to detonate it; this is not established as Aventurine’s actual method 48.

Negotiation and Investigation

Caelus frequently speaks for the group during disputes and investigations.

• Explains the crew’s peaceful intentions and Stellaron-sealing objective to Svarog, though Svarog rejects their claims 14.
• Correctly deduces that someone is manipulating Penacony’s Stellaron 52.
• Offers a confidentiality agreement during the dispute over Scott’s cargo, then calls out Scott’s refusal to negotiate in good faith 86.

Mechanical Assistance

• Helps Dan Heng repair the Mechanical Settlement’s power supply after Dan Heng identifies a misaligned, blocked bearing 14.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Bat — His regularly used melee weapon, retained even after acquiring the flaming lance 8 100 114.
• Flaming lance — Appears when he awakens under Preservation’s gaze; used for blocking and explosive charges 20 105.
• Mikhail’s hat — An inheritance from the Watchmaker, worn while rejecting Sunday’s vision of Order 66.
• Signaling metal fragment — Given to him by Hanxing after Hoolay escapes. Channeling power into it allows Hanxing to sense the signal 105 106.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Jarilo-VI: First Trailblaze Mission

Jarilo-VI is Caelus’s first Trailblaze mission. He travels through the Underworld with March 7th and Dan Heng, working alongside Seele, Bronya, and Wildfire to investigate the Stellaron disaster 5 12 18.

Hanxing approaches him disguised as the Galaxy Ranger Mangfeng, offering information about his past in exchange for joining the journey. Caelus reluctantly agrees. During their time together, he volunteers for the Rivet Town medical-supply expedition and helps repair the Mechanical Settlement’s power supply 8 14.

Caelus attempts to negotiate with Svarog, explaining that the crew wants to find the Stellaron and end the disaster. Svarog instead classifies them as a maximum threat and initiates extermination protocol. After the confrontation, Caelus credits Clara with making access to Svarog’s information possible 14 15.

During the battle with Cocolia, Caelus reaches her with assistance from Seele and Dan Heng but is impaled by an ice spear. He subsequently receives Preservation’s gaze and awakens with his flaming lance 19 20.

He helps Hanxing defeat Cocolia, only for Hanxing to seize the Stellaron and incapacitate him with Prison of Fiery Eyes: Forbidden Thrust. Caelus awakens in the Underworld clinic distressed that the crew failed to seal the Stellaron; March 7th reassures him that they still resolved the world’s disaster 20 21.

Penacony: From Hostility to Cooperation

Hanxing deliberately exploits Caelus’s hostility toward the Stellaron Hunters to draw him into the pursuit of the Watchmaker’s legacy. Claiming that the legacy is a Stellaron, he confronts Caelus and traps him in an illusion 38 39.

Caelus later investigates a hidden dreamscape with Black Swan and Acheron. At Clock Studios Theme Park, Aventurine singles him out as the witness to three murders—including the one Aventurine says is about to occur—and threatens to make him the cause of the coming deaths. Caelus helps defend the crew during the ensuing battle 41 48.

Afterward, Hanxing and Firefly reveal their identities and ask to cooperate. Caelus welcomes them on behalf of the Astral Express and persuades Welt to give them a chance. Together, they reach Dreamflux Reef and pursue the truth behind Penacony’s disappearances 50.

At the Watchmaker’s resting place, Caelus repeatedly attempts to access Mikhail’s dream bubble but obtains no apparent result. He later joins the Scorchsand Festival and confronts Sunday’s proposed paradise under Order 54 57 63 66.

When Himeko asks him to state the crew’s choice, Caelus dons Mikhail’s hat and declares that Mikhail’s Penacony will never belong to Order. During the later struggle against Ena’s dream, Yan Bai catches him after he is blasted into the air and carries him onward 66 71.

Reconciliation and Departure

Caelus accepts Hanxing and Firefly’s wedding invitation and attends their ceremony aboard the Radiant Feldspar. When they subsequently board the Astral Express, he jokes about Hanxing’s earlier betrayal and supports accommodating the Hunters’ script as repayment for their help 75 76 78.

Xianzhou Luofu: The Borisin Crisis

Caelus returns to the Luofu as an Astral Express representative. He assists Yanqing during the dispute over Scott’s suspicious cargo, offering confidentiality terms before accusing Scott of obstructing a good-faith resolution 79 80 86.

When March 7th, Yanqing, and Yunli become unreachable, Caelus contacts Hanxing. After the group identifies Hoolay as the likely target of a prison break, Caelus and Dan Heng are assigned to seek Jing Yuan 94 95.

Caelus later enters the Prison of Deep Seclusion with Dan Heng and Hanya, fighting toward Hoolay’s escape route and joining forces with Moze. His flaming-lance attack frees Xueyi from Hoolay’s grasp, but Hoolay regenerates and escapes after Modu deploys smoke that disrupts the group’s connection to their Paths 100 105.

During the pursuit, Caelus works with Feixiao and Yanqing to expose disguised Borisin at Stargazer Navalia. Feixiao eventually sends him and Yanqing to the Skysplitter to hold off Hoolay until she returns 111 114.

Relationships

• March 7th — Fellow Trailblazer and frequent bantering partner. She watches over him after Hanxing’s betrayal, while her later disappearance prompts him to seek help 21 75 94.
• Dan Heng — Close traveling and combat companion. They repair machinery together, coordinate against Cocolia, and fight through the prison during Hoolay’s escape 14 19 100.
• Himeko — Senior crewmate who trusts him to face his first mission’s difficulties and later entrusts him with voicing the Express’s answer to Sunday 18 66.
• Welt — Senior ally. Caelus persuades him to accept temporary cooperation with Hanxing and Firefly 50.
• Hanxing / Mangfeng / Yan Bai — An apparent ally who becomes a betrayer, adversary, and eventually teammate. Their later relationship includes mutual trust and jokes about the original betrayal 8 20 39 50 78 95.
• Firefly / Sam — Stellaron Hunter turned traveling ally. She helps bring him to Dreamflux Reef; he later attends her wedding to Hanxing 50 76.
• Seele and Bronya — Jarilo-VI allies who accompany him through the Underworld investigation and the struggle against Cocolia 8 14 19.
• Mikhail — Predecessor in the Trailblaze whose hat Caelus inherits and whose legacy he invokes against Sunday 54 66.
• Yanqing — Luofu ally who addresses him as “Teacher.” They investigate disguised Borisin and are assigned together to defend the Skysplitter 106 111 114.
• Feixiao — Allied general who directs his role in the pursuit of Hoolay 111 114.

Notable Quotes

“Fine. But if I find out you dare lay a finger on any of my friends, I definitely won't let you off.” 8

“If we can't even overcome this, how can we Trailblaze?” 17

“To Trailblaze is to follow the paths others have left unfinished and journey farther still...” 66