#heavy emphasis on pre b&w events for obvious reasons but !

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    leading up to the events of the night of the long fangs, celine admires anarietta and genuinely likes her, wishing more rulers on the continent would style themselves like her. while anarietta isn’t perfect, and celine’s well aware growing close to a throne is dangerous (after all, kings die & realms fall but magic endures), all the same she actively enjoys serving the duchess. in light of the chaos throughout the north, and certainly in comparison to emhyr & radovid, celine wouldn’t chose to serve any other court and, in truth, counts anarietta as a close friend amongst the few she possesses.