Celine Valenne's Reference Carrd

   ✧Expression & Mood • Soft, natural smiles
• Shy or slightly hesitant eye contact
• Gentle curiosity and quiet wonder
• Bashful or easily flustered reactions
More subdued moods may include introspection or a faint, distant sadness, but never anything harsh or severe.
Avoid expressions that feel cold, cunning, or overly confident.   ✧Movement & Presence Her movements are light and slightly reserved, often close to herself. She is not physically expressive in a bold way, but instead gentle and contained.
Gestures should feel:
• Soft
• Careful
• Slightly shy
Avoid strong, aggressive, or overly confident posing.   ✧Optional Inspiration (Tone & Aesthetic Only) This section is purely for visual and tonal guidance.
Celine draws inspiration from:
• Regency, Bridgerton or other 19th-century London high society stylistic stuff
• Romantic manhwa / webtoon noble heroines
• “Villainess” style aesthetics focused on softness rather than severity
• Old-world noble romance, Victorian-inspired elegance
• Floral, decorative, storybook-like compositionsCommon visual themes include:
• Flowers and garden settings
• Soft, idealized romance
• Elegant femininity
• Light contrasted against quiet underlying tension

   ✧Visual Feel & Aesthetic Celine’s visual tone should lean heavily into romantic softness and floral elegance.
Think:
• Spring gardens, flowers, soft greenery
• Warm sunlight, filtered light, gentle glow
• Light fabrics, flowing silhouettes
• Pastel tones: blues, creams, soft pinks, gold accents
She should feel like she belongs in peaceful, idealized spaces, not harsh or oppressive ones. When placed in colder Ishgardian settings, she should visually contrast them rather than blend in.   ✧Combat & Casting (Visual Guidance) Céline is trained, but not experienced.
• She understands basic martial form and can spar
• Her physical training exists more from upbringing than personal focus
• In a real situation, her body may remember, but she is not battle-hardened nor testedHer primary identity leans toward casting and healing.
If depicted:
• Magic should feel elegant, light, and refined
• More restorative or supportive than destructive
• Movements should remain graceful rather than forceful   ✧Key Direction Céline should always be presented as:
Soft before strong
Warm before complex
Gentle before anything else
Any deeper elements of her character exist beneath the surface, not in immediate presentation.

✧ Some Family Pictures

✧ Deeper Family lore and shots located Here <<<<<<<<<
Below is just for art being made for her character carrd.

Parents⸺ .ᐟ.ᐟ

  ˖· Lerrant & Céline (Father) ⸺ .      Lerrant & Céline (Father).For the father I have no set pose in mind, just the idea to represent. So, maybe knee up for him and waist up for her because of the height difference?Brothers/family's things:
Lerrant & Céline (Father)
Visual:
Stoic knight father. Soft golden daughter. She is radiant. He is granite.
Mood:
Contrast of steel and sunlight.
Blurb tone:
He stands like a fortress. She laughs like spring. Between them is silence filled with things neither speaks aloud.
This image establishes protection, trauma, and devotion without exposition.

  ˖· Irine & Celine (Mother) ⸺ .      Irine & Celine (Mother).Oh! And one for her mother. It would be a daughter looking longingly at a portrait of her mother. Or, getting a portrait of her mother for the mothers space, and then another hat adds her (and a little space around it) where she's staring at it longingly, or sitting alone with some emotion with the painting behind her? I'm not 100% on this idea, but I do want the mother to be an old painting rather than a person.

Misc ⸺ .ᐟ.ᐟ

There's gunna be some others like the broken betrothal button, the Vault, maybe House Velenne's crest for that one? That will give the inner workings like public vs private realities and such. I'll put stuff in that is roughly going with each button. I'm almost finished with the layout of Celine's actual carrd, I'd quit on the one that you've seen and just am making it from scratch to my personal tastes.So far:
•Broken Betrothal
•The Vault
•House Velenne

Brothers⸺ .ᐟ.ᐟ

  ˖· Oswald & Céline (Oldest bro) ⸺ .      Oswald & Céline (Oldest bro).I have some idea/references that aren't perfect, but give somewhat of an idea. The oldest brother and my character where he's lifting her up, all is happy and joyful, both adults is the first picture. It could be a waist up of him, but it would be a little more of her I'd think. But this is what I have written for that.Oswald & Céline (Oldest bro)
Visual:
Lifted by the waist. Laughter. Movement. Youth.
Mood:
Devotion without suffocation.
Blurb tone:
He carries her easily, as though she weighs nothing. He once could not protect her. Now he will never fail again.
This reinforces his emotional arc visually.
(Also his engagement!~)

  ˖· Alvort & Céline (Middle Brother) ⸺ .      Alvort & Céline (Middle Brother).This one was harder to try and find a reference for, and might be one of the more intricate ones because of the roses and thorny vines. And, I want all of the photos to be bordered or something like it's a painting or something that represents the relationship. This can just be a waist up of each of them maybe? Or bust?Alvort & Céline (Middle Brother)
Visual:
Back to back. Wall dividing them. Roses on her side. Thorns on his.
Mood:
Distance. Beauty and bitterness coexisting.
Blurb tone:
They share blood. They do not share peace. Between them grows something neither names.
Do not state jealousy. Let imagery speak.
(His own broken engagement and the blame game)

  ˖· Egrant & Céline (Youngest Brother) ⸺ .      Egrant & Céline (Youngest Brother).Yeah this one was the hardest. Their relationship is... somewhat non-existent. So the distance between them is all the more, and it's the brother she shuts down around the most, even though this is her baby brother.Egrant & Céline (Youngest Brother)
Visual:
Standing apart. Eye contact across space. Tension but not hatred.
Mood:
Misunderstood strength.
Blurb tone:
He believes steel is the answer. She believes in gentler things. Neither understands the other. Yet neither looks away.
This leaves room for development.

✧ Family info

   ✧ Irine Valenne  
Age: Died at 29, would have been 40 if still alive.
Senior Priestess of the Vault, deceased at twenty-nineIrine was devout without being naïve. As a senior priestess attached to the Vault, she oversaw healing efforts, charitable works, and the early instruction of girls entering religious service. She moved comfortably among noble families yet did not belong to the inner political circle. That position gave her access — and insight.She was observant. Protective. Steadier than most realized.The incident involving her daughter was not spoken of openly. Official records would show nothing beyond a brief disturbance and later reassignment. But Irine defended her child. She acted decisively. She crossed someone powerful enough to retaliate without consequence.Her death eleven years ago remains a sanctioned tragedy. Within her family, it is something else entirely.

   ✧ Lerrant Valenne  
Age 44 — Celine's Father
Lord of a minor house sworn to House DurendaireAt thirty-three, Lerrant lost his wife to what the Holy See named a tragic dragon assault. At thirty-three, he also learned how quickly righteousness could be punished. Once a disciplined knight with steady faith in Ishgard’s structure, he became a quieter man after Irine’s death. Not weaker, but watchful. He withdrew his daughter from Ishgard proper under the justification of safety, relocating her upbringing to the Lavender Beds where distance offered control.Lerrant is not politically ambitious. His house is respectable, martial, steady in its loyalty to House Durendaire, but not powerful enough to withstand scandal. Since Irine’s death, he has invested himself in preservation rather than advancement. His sons were raised to endure. His daughter was raised to survive.He does not speak ill of the clergy publicly. He simply does not trust them.

   ✧ Alvort Valenne  
Age 19 — The Jealous MiddleAlvort was eight. Old enough to feel the shift. Too young to understand the why.He remembers celebrations becoming somber. He remembers attention centering on Céline. He remembers his own childhood betrothal quietly dissolving as whispers clung to House Valenne. He remembers his father changing.To Alvort, the equation is painfully simple. Something happened around his sister. Then everything unraveled.He does not truly hate her. He hates what changed. He hates that his life narrowed because of it. His resentment lives beneath civility, tangled with guilt for feeling it at all.

   ✧ Oswald Valenne  
Age 23 — The Devoted EldestOswald was twelve when his world fractured. Old enough to recognize fear. Old enough to see blood. Old enough to understand that something was terribly wrong — and that he was powerless to stop it.He remembers arguments spoken in lowered voices. He remembers his father’s silence afterward. He remembers his mother’s expression before she left for her final reassignment.His devotion to Céline is not indulgence. It is repentance. He could not protect his mother. He could not protect his sister. Now he tries to make up for both failures at once.He does not resent her softness. He fears the world that would punish it.

   ✧ Egrant Valenne  
Age 16 — The Hardened YoungestEgrant was five. His memories are impressions rather than events.He grew up in aftermath. In colder rooms. In stricter training. In a house that guarded one child more than the others.To him, strength is the answer to everything. If one is strong enough, nothing can be taken. If one is hard enough, nothing can fracture the family.He pushes himself relentlessly. He questions his father’s restraint. He watches Céline with a mixture of confusion and frustration. He believes fragility invites danger.He does not yet understand that danger sometimes comes from power, not weakness.

✧ NPC info

   ✧ Loyal Knight Name: Groupax (Grandpa) Zilins  
Age: Late 60s
Role: Personal Knight of House Valenne
A seasoned knight who rose through merit, not lineage, he once trained alongside or above Lerrant and earned his place through discipline and endurance. He remained when others distanced themselves, standing as a constant through Irine’s death and the years that followed. Age has begun to slow him, but not diminish him. His presence alone carries quiet assurance. He has guarded Céline not as duty alone, but as a continuation of a life spent in loyalty to her family.

   ✧ Loyal Knight’s Wife Name: Albie Zilins  
Loyal Knight’s Wife
Name: Albie Zilins
Age: Mid to late 60s
Role: Household Matron, Grandmother Figure
Warm, gentle, and steady, she became a source of comfort in the years after Irine’s passing. Though slower now, her presence fills the home with softness and routine. She bakes, tends, and fusses in small, loving ways, never prying into matters beyond her place. To Céline, she is something close to a grandmother, offering quiet affection in a life otherwise shaped by caution.

   ✧ Loyal Knight’s Daughter Name: Zadeane De Sade  
Loyal Knight’s Daughter
Name: Zadeane De Sade
Age: Early to mid 40s
Role: Maternal Figure, Household Anchor
Practical and composed, she stepped naturally into a guiding role within the household. Not a replacement for what was lost, but a steady presence in its absence. She offers structure, quiet correction, and reassurance without overstepping. Where others protect Céline physically, she ensures she is cared for in the quieter, everyday ways that go unnoticed but matter most.

   ✧ Loyal Knight’s Son Name: Glenmont Zilins  
Age: Early to mid 40s
Role: Successor to the Personal Knight
Raised with the understanding that he would one day inherit his father’s duty, he now stands on the threshold of that role. A capable knight in his own right, he balances responsibility between House Valenne and a political marriage maintained in Ishgard. The arrangement is respectful, if distant, and understood on both sides. He carries himself with quiet restraint, aware that loyalty often demands personal cost. His presence marks the transition from one generation of protection to the next.

   ✧ Loyal Knight’s Granddaughter Name: Dominique (Domi) De Sade  
Age: Around 18
Role: Handmaiden, Social Counterbalance, Closest Companion
Bright, expressive, and socially attuned, she brings color into Céline’s otherwise sheltered world. Where Céline is soft and inward, she is outward and lively, guiding her through small joys like fashion, gossip, and shared stories of romance. She was there through the heartbreak of the broken betrothal and its aftermath, reacting where Céline could not. To others, she is a handmaiden. To Céline, she is something far closer to a best friend.

   ✧ Nicolaus De Sade  
Age: 25
Role: Former Inquisitor, Family Ally, Unofficial Protector
Charismatic, capable, and widely admired, Nicolaus moves comfortably between noble halls and the streets below. A frequent visitor and longtime friend of the family, he is especially devoted to Celine's well-being, often returning with stories, gifts, and news from beyond her sheltered world. To most, he is a celebrated knight and protector. To those who know him well, there is something far more complicated beneath the smile.

✧ HOUSE VALENNE — (Public vs Private Reality)

   ✧ HOUSE VALENNE — (Public vs Private Reality)  House Valenne has always been regarded as respectable, if unremarkable.Loyal to House Durendaire.
Measured in speech.
Conservative in presence.Never ambitious enough to draw attention. Never weak enough to invite criticism.After Irine’s passing, the house grew quieter.Appearances were maintained. Obligations fulfilled. Nothing outwardly changed—yet the family withdrew from the social rhythms of Ishgard in a way that did not go entirely unnoticed.They were not shunned.
They simply… stopped appearing.Over time, House Valenne became known less for what it did, and more for what it did not do.It endured.And it kept its distance.

✧ THE BROTHERS — (Emotional Truth, Not Just Aesthetic)

   ✧ THE BROTHERS — (Emotional Truth, Not Just Aesthetic)  Céline’s world was shaped as much by absence as it was by those who remained.Her father became something steady and immovable—present, but unreachable in the ways that mattered. A figure of protection more than warmth.Her eldest brother carries that same stillness, though where their father is stone, he is restraint. Careful. Watchful. The kind of man who does not speak unless he must, and rarely says more than is needed.Oswald is the exception.Where the others hold themselves apart, he reaches. Where the house is quiet, he brings motion back into it. He does not undo the distance that exists—but he softens it.The youngest stands somewhere in between.Close enough to understand her, distant enough to never quite meet her where she stands. There is no cruelty in it. Only difference. The kind that does not resolve easily.Céline was never alone.But she was never fully understood, either.

✧ THE BROKEN BETROTHAL — (Fragile Truth)

   ✧ THE BROKEN BETROTHAL — (Fragile Truth)  The match had been considered appropriate.A young knight. Good standing. A future that aligned cleanly with expectation.They were never close.
Not truly.What existed between them was not love, but the quiet acceptance of something already decided.And then it ended.Not with scandal. Not with conflict. Simply… undone before it could take shape.By the time news of his death reached her, the betrothal had already been dissolved.There was no place for grief to settle.
No name for what had been lost.Only the absence of something that had never fully existed to begin with.In its wake, whispers formed—not sharp, not cruel, but persistent.That she was ill-fated.
That she was too delicate for the life intended for her.No one ever said it directly.They did not need to.

Hello ⸺ .ᐟ.ᐟ

  ⟡ About Celine ⟡   Celine was raised far from the rigid expectations of Ishgardian society, kept in quiet comfort beneath her family’s protection. Sheltered from court politics, rumor, and obligation, her world was shaped by warmth, routine, and carefully chosen company. Though of noble birth, she remains untouched by the harsher realities that define her homeland, standing now at the edge of a life she has never truly been prepared to face. She does not yet realize how fragile that peace has always been.

  ⟡ Disposition ⟡  
Gentle to a fault, when she's hurt she feels it deeply and quietly, often holding it close rather than letting it be seen.
Unused to conflict, she withdraws rather than resists, shrinking from tension rather than meeting it.
Prefers to keep peace in every space she enters, often placing others’ comfort before her own without realizing it.
Content in small routines and familiar faces, she has never been encouraged to want more for herself.
Carries a softness that has never been tested, and does not yet know how easily it can be broken.

Background ⸺ .ᐟ.ᐟ

Born to House Valenne, a minor Ishgardian house sworn to House Durendaire, Celine’s early life was forever altered by the loss of her mother, Irine Valenne, a senior priestess of the Vault who died eleven years ago during the Dragonsong War. Though her death was remembered publicly as a tragic casualty of a dangerous reassignment, whispers lingered around the circumstances, and House Valenne was never left entirely untouched by rumor. In the years that followed, Lord Lerrant Valenne withdrew his daughter from Ishgard proper and raised her in the relative quiet of the Lavender Beds, far from courtly politics, clerical influence, and the sharper expectations placed upon noble daughters. There, Celine was given a sheltered upbringing shaped by warmth, routine, and careful protection rather than social ambition.Once promised in marriage to a young knight, Celine spent much of her youth believing in the future that had been chosen for her, only for that engagement to unravel before it could ever truly begin. By the time the match was lost entirely, she had already become a figure more often spoken of than seen, known in rumor far more than in person. The daughter of a respectable but quiet house, Celine grew into a gentle and deeply sheltered young woman, marked as much by what she was kept from as by what she was given. Though noble by birth, she remains unfamiliar with the harsher social world that shaped her family’s standing, and much of the history that formed her life still rests just beyond her understanding.

New buttons coming soon ⸺ .ᐟ.ᐟ

  ˖· Will soon be...      Pontificating still lol.✧ THE VAULT — (What Actually Happened with Celine's mother)
✧ HOUSE VALENNE — (Public vs Private Reality/timeline)
✧ THE BROTHERS — (Emotional Truth, Not Just Aesthetic) (Maybe...)
✧ THE BROKEN BETROTHAL — (Fragile Truth)Brothers stuff might just be on their thing, in a separate blurb?

• Home.
• About.
• ToS./Background
• Portfolio/big info
• Rates./ooc
• Socials.(Nothing)
• Credit.

Temp photo moment! ⸺ .ᐟ.ᐟ

Loyal Knight

  Loyal Knight   A seasoned knight who rose through merit, not lineage, he once trained alongside or above Lerrant and earned his place through discipline and endurance. He remained when others distanced themselves, standing as a constant through Irine’s death and the years that followed. Age has begun to slow him, but not diminish him. His presence alone carries quiet assurance. He has guarded Céline not as duty alone, but as a continuation of a life spent in loyalty to her family.

Important ⸺ .ᐟ.ᐟ