The hidden love between Maranna, the youngest sister of the Lord Lebeda, and an unknown paramour resulted in much scandal when rumors of a pregnancy surfaced. Much was speculated but nothing known about the mystery man, but when the entire house of Rogarvia disappeared overnight the gossip turned to much more interesting matters and the shamed sister hidden away and cloistered. When talk again turned to other things in the coming years, few remembered Maranna or wondered what became of the lovechild.
One miserable winter Maranna, never of the strongest constitution, caught a chill and withered away. Feeling much guilt as to the treatment of his once favourite sister, Lord Lebeda went to the monastery to pay his final respects, arrange her proper burial and see to his niece. He did not expect to be met by an enigmatic and almost ethereal young girl. Her hair was more white than blonde and was never still, it swirled above her shoulders as if always catching a breeze, even indoors. The monks, while kind, were at a loss as to what to do with a young girl and while admitting to their Lord that there was something of the divine about her, they were not prepared to deal with her and requested he take her with him. Before leaving the monks delivered to him a letter from his departed sister. In it she confessed that the father to her child was none other than a bastard half-elf son of the House of Rogarvia!
Upon arrival home with the young girl he explained the situation to his wife who was not enamored with the idea of having the girl in their house and sparking up all the distasteful gossip of her parentage. She was a shrewd woman though and knowing the value of the information pondered how best this Celeste could be used to gain them advantage. She maintained a cooly polite manner to the girl and over the years sent her to various relatives, even sometimes in other houses, to learn all she could. Poor Celeste was always treated with politeness and grace but very rarely with any true kindness or love. As a result she grew to be almost a chameleon of social situations, able to fit into almost any situation as she was shuttled from distant relative to distant relative before finally coming to the main house itself, some years after the death of her uncle as a 16 year old. Sarrona was pleased to see that the beautiful young woman had learned much and, while planning to marry her own daughter to Noleski Surtova to further their house’s fortunes, continued to train Celeste to someday be able to be used for the furtherance of House Lebeda as well.