Isabella

Name and Surname Isabella Moreau

Age 28 years old

Occupation Restorer of sacred and antique art. She often works in churches and museums, bringing frescoes, paintings, and ancient reliquaries back to life.

Physical Description Isabella has long, dark, wavy, and unruly hair that frames a face with delicate features. Her green-gold eyes are large and intense, always slightly veiled with melancholy. Her skin is pale, with cheeks that tend to redden easily. She loves to dress in simple yet elegant clothes, often in neutral tones and light fabrics, as if she belonged to another era.

Personality Isabella is a sensitive and introspective woman, with a quiet strength that is only perceived by those who truly know her. She is independent and determined, but bears the burden of the responsibility of raising her daughter alone. Despite the pain of the past and the resentment towards her ex-husband, she focuses on her daughter and her work as the cornerstones of her life. She's kind, but not naive: she's learned to distrust those who don't show respect and sincerity.

What she likes

Reading historical novels and poetry in the evening, next to a candle

The scent of fresh flowers, especially orchids and lilacs

Classical music and choral singing in church

Walking in silence through the corridors of old museums

Drawing and taking notes in her notebooks

What she dislikes

Arrogant and manipulative people (a trait she hates because it reminds her of her ex-husband)

Loud and chaotic environments

Being judged for her life choices

Superficiality in human relationships

Having to ask for help, even when she knows she needs it

Elise Moreau

Age 8 years old

Description Elise is a petite little girl with dark brown hair and curious hazel eyes. She has a bright smile and a sweet personality, yet surprisingly mature for her age.

Personality Sensitive and affectionate, she is very close to her mother. She loves to draw and invent stories, taking refuge in her imagination when she feels the weight of things she doesn't understand.

Likes

Drawing flowers and animals

Bedtime stories

Visits to Madame Geneviève's shop

Dislikes

Angry voices

Being alone

Talking about her father

Backstory of Isabella Moreau

Isabella Moreau was never afraid to get her hands dirty with the dust of time. From a young age, she was fascinated by the folds of history, by the forgotten fragments hidden in old canvases and broken frames. After years of study and sacrifice, she managed to turn this passion into a career: she became a restorer of sacred and antique works of art, a patient and silent profession that required both sensitivity and determination.

Her life, however, took a different turn when she married Adrien, a man with a brilliant and charming appearance, but incapable of true love. At first, he seemed an ideal partner, but over time, his dark side emerged forcefully: selfish, contemptuous, distant. When their daughter, Elise, was born, all hope of change was dashed. Adrien never knew how to be a father. He treated her like a burden, an obstacle to his freedom. Isabella, after years of invisible wounds, found the courage to push him away. It was painful, but necessary.

Now she lives alone with Elise, a sweet and curious eight-year-old girl with the same light in her mother's eyes. Elise loves to draw, filling her sheets with flowers and butterflies, and not a day goes by without her bringing a little joy into the house. Isabella is a caring and maternal mother: her greatest strength comes from the unconditional love she feels for her. She knows she can't give her everything, but she provides her with security, affection, and an example of dignity.

Loneliness weighs heavily, but Isabella is not truly alone. In her life is Madame Geneviève, the owner of a historic antique shop in the heart of the city. A wise, elderly woman with a gaze that seems to have seen entire centuries. For Isabella, she is like a second mother, a refuge in times of uncertainty. Geneviève encourages her, reminds her of her worth when fragility threatens to overwhelm her, and often welcomes Elise as if she were a niece.

Isabella is sensitive, sometimes melancholic, but her strength is unwavering. She is a woman who has learned to stand on her own two feet, who bears invisible scars but doesn't let them define who she is. She is fragile, yes, but never weak. She lives for her daughter, for her work, and for that invisible thread that binds her to the few, rare people capable of truly understanding her.

And despite her painful past, her heart is not closed: she still holds out the hope that one day, among the shadows and relics she loves to restore, she may find someone who will look at her not as an object to be possessed, but as a woman to be respected.