Camellia De Castiglione

Camellia De Castigoline is a minor character in "Sister In This Life I Have Become the Queen”.

## History

### Early Life

Born the daughter of Baron De Castiglione, she was betrothed to Ottavio De Contarini sometime before the events of both timelines.

### First Timeline

Despite some tension, Camellia successfully married Ottavio, even having children with him. As far as Ariadne remembers, they had a peaceful marriage.

### Second Timeline

Camellia and Ottavio attended a tea party that Leticia was hosting on behalf of her best friend, Isabella De Mare. Ottavio expressed admiration and warmth towards the beautiful Isabella, gushing over her after she allowed him to call her by her given name, all right in front of his fiancé Camellia, irking her greatly. Later on during the party, Isabella suggested that Camellia was attracted to Leticia’s handsome new domestico, even getting Leticia to back her up saying that Camellia had asked if the new servant would be at the party that day, humiliating Camellia in front of Ottavio, who was angered by the thought of his future wife having a wandering eye. Things only worsened for Camellia when Isabella soothed Ottavio with flattery, right in front of her. Camellia, among the rest of the guests of the tea party, were invited by Isabella to the debutante ball of her younger half-sister, Ariadne De Mare.

At the ball, Camellia and the other noble ladies witness Ariadne be escorted into the ball by Prince Alfonso, and share the first dance with Count Cesare De Como. During the second dance, which Ariadne shares with Prince Alfonso, Ariadne’s dress rips on the center, exposing her front, and she runs from the ballroom humiliated. When the ladies express pity for Ariadne, Isabella suggests that her sister ripped her dress on purpose to show off her body, which makes the ladies’ sympathy turn to disdain, speculating that Ariadne was trying to seduce men with her body, until Prince Alfonso overhears and stands up against such rumors. Isabella tries to apologize and make it look like it was a misunderstanding, when Ariadne reenters the ball, in a modified dress. Isabella tries to look good in front of the other ladies by suggesting that she was complimenting Ariadne’s figure and Alfonso misunderstood her, but Ariadne declares that she hates people paying attention to her body and she is hurt by her sister speaking of her in such a manner, causing people to thinking Isabella is actually bullying her younger sister.

Isabella goes crying back to her friends, weeping that she can’t understand why Ariadne is being so cruel to her, since Isabella has tried so hard to be nice to her. It works, amd Camellia and allthe ladies express sympathy for her and disgust at Ariadne, until Isabella claims that she has lent Ariadne her clothes. Julia De Baltazar then points out that she can see the bra pouch from Isabella’s shoulder, meaning that if she needs a bra strap to enlarge her own breasts, large-chested Ariadne could not fit into Isabella’s clothes, exposing her lie. Julia leaves, and the other ladies follow, deserting Isabella.

Some time after the debutante ball, Camellia attends a tea party hosted by Julia, and vents to her friends her worries over Ottavio’s interest in Isabella over her. In the middle of her rant, Julia walks in with Ariadne, whom she invited to the party immediately after exposing Isabella’s lie at the ball. Overhearing Camellia recount the incident involving Isabella at the last tea party, Ariadne approaches Camellia and claims she had nothing to worry about, saying that Isabella would reject Ottavio should he seriously pursue her, claiming that her sister is just after men’s attention. Camellia thanks Ariadne for her kind words and expresses hope for friendship between them, before confessing to Ariadne what Isabella said behind her back at the debutante ball about her ripping her dress on purpose to seduce Prince Alfonso and Count Cesare, even adding in the secret about her breast pouches. Ariadne then revealed that Isabella had claimed to the Cardinal that it was Camellia who started the slanderous talk about Ariadne, angering Camellia and disgusting the other ladies.

Later, at the masquerade ball, after the uproar concerning Marquess De Campa and the unknown identity of his secret mistress, with Ariadne being accused and Prince Alfonso and Count Cesare proving her innocence, Camellia sees Isabella amidst the parting crowds and goes to greet her, only to be met with hostility. Camellia then sees Isabella with a ruby that matched the one that was mussing from the bracelet that supposedly belonged to Marquess De Campa’s mistress, and concludes that Isabella is actually the secret mistress. She taunts Isabella that she is still yet to be betrothed, and it means ill for her, since her father is not a nobleman. Isabella retaliates by insulting Camellia on her looks and her shaky relationship with Ottavio, whom Isabella claims she has at her beck and call, before finishing off by telling Camellia that Ottavio is far above her station and that she should know her place. Camellia, humiliated and furious, vows to ruin Isabella’s reputation. At the next tea party she attends, she tells the other ladies what she saw, and speculates that Marquess De Campa wooed her with jewelry to become his mistress, starting the rumor mill to tarnish Isabella’s reputation.

Years later, Ottavio suddenly breaks off his engagement to Camellia without stating a reason, even refunding her dowry to her family with interest. This greatly upsets Camellia, as by now she has passed marriageable age and will have great difficulty finding another suitor.

## Relationships

### Romantic

#### Ottavio De Contarini

Camellia’s parents paid a generous dowry to the Contarini family to have her marry the oldest son and heir. Despite this, Ottavio was deeply infatuated by Isabella De Mare, the Cardinal’s daughter, and often showed more affection for her in public than his fiancé, accepting her flirtations even in Camellia’s company.

Years after Isabella was exiled to a nunnery, Ottavio met her again while visiting there, and she intentionally seduced him. He fell for her deception, made love to and impregnated her. Because of this, Ottavio brought Isabella back to San Carlo so that he could properly marry her, anuling his engagement to Camellia without giving her proper reason as to why. Camellia was heartbroken by Ottavio’s rejection, even more-so since it had happened after she had passed marriageable age, meaning that it would be extremely difficult now for her to find another good husband.

#### Caruso Vittely

After Ottavio breaks off their engagement, a heartbroken Camellia goes to walk in the gardens and wonders what she had done wrong that would cause him to lose interest. There, she accidentally bumps into Caruso Vittely, a merchant who had come into recent riches thanks to the business that flourished during the Black Plague. She finds that he is the first man she feels at ease with, and likes that he lacks the wandering eye that Ottavio was guilty of. They quickly become engaged, with Ariadne fully supporting the relationship.

### Friendships

#### Ariadne De Mare

The two are shown together in a lot of scenes, but they have good friendship over all and Ariadne supported Camilla's new relationship with Caruso Vittely.