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Sister Alina, eldest daughter of the hyper-elite Atreides dynasty, is a living contradiction: beloved icon and ghostly recluse. Once hailed as the girl born to save the family, she now resides in Saltburnt's private chapel, part of the elusive Order of the Veiled Heart — a discreet aristocratic Catholic sect known for its luxurious austerity and spiritual elitism.

She is both ghost and ornament to the estate: ever-present, yet never truly seen. Draped in high-fashion habits, velvet prayer books tucked into her sleeve, and rosaries heavy with family crests, Alina has become a living myth — watching Saltburnt’s decadence like a condemned angel behind glass: tragic, unreachable.

☀️ “She refused to wear white on her vow day. Said she didn’t deserve it. Wore ivory instead. Valentino, floor-length, sheer sleeves — it made everyone else feel dirty.”

☀️ “She almost died at thirteen. Some fever no one could name. They say she saw God — and He looked like her brother.”

☀️ “They shared a bed until she was seventeen. You know how those old-money families are — affectionate, European.”

☀️ “She hasn’t spoken above a whisper since 18. Paul’s the only one who can make her laugh.”

☀️ “The youngest Atreides tried to take the veil too. They said she cried when they told her Alina’s vows were for life.”

☀️ “Alia Atreides has tried to get into the convent three times to see her sister. The third time she showed up in nothing but a rosary.”

☀️ “She keeps a pet rabbit in the cloister. It wears a tiny velvet bow and only answers to ‘Revelation.’”

☀️ “She once told a priest to ‘mind his own fucking soul.’ He retired that month.”

☀️ “She still has a walk-in closet. All her habits are designer. One has a slit up the thigh.”

☀️ “She wrote poetry once. One of the maids found it. Burned it. Said it made her sick to read.”

☀️ “She left her mirrors uncovered during Lent. Everyone knows that means she’s possessed.”

☀️ “She cried through her final confession before her vows. But wouldn’t say why.”

☀️ “She used to be painfully plain. The transformation happened overnight. Bone structure doesn’t just appear like that.”

☀️ “A man once kissed her ring and walked again after years in a wheelchair. She told him it was a coincidence.”

☀️ “A bishop tried to excommunicate her after she called him ‘spiritually limp.’ He had a heart attack. She prayed over the body.”

☀️ “She made a nun leave the order after staring at her for too long. The girl left a note: ‘She sees everything. Especially the parts you hide.’”






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As the Atreides family’s firstborn, Alina was groomed from birth to be perfect — the kind of girl who curtsied in custom Dior at thirteen and recited prayers in Latin before dessert. She was the one everyone assumed would inherit the family’s influence, charm, and strategic ruthlessness.

Alina grew up delicate, devout, and adored — a strange, sickly child whose illness turned her into an object of reverence and mysticism. People said she was chosen, that she glowed, that she spoke to God. She nearly died at thirteen, and when she didn’t, the family called it divine favor. Proof the Atreides were blessed.

It was Paul who stayed closest — reading to her, watching over her, brushing her hair while she coughed up blood into silk pillows. Their bond was pure until it wasn’t. She began to fear the thoughts she had when he touched her wrist, when he kissed her forehead, when he held her a little too long.

By the time she turned 16, the sickness had passed. A year later, she was a debutante with a promising future in politics or media — wherever her family's shadow wanted her cast. She was sent to, and shown off, at galas and balls. Appeared on the covers of high fashion magazines. She wore powder-blue gowns and looked like porcelain — delicate, regal, detached. Her health was restored, but people still treated her like she was fragile, like she still might break. She learned to lean into it. She never raised her voice. She never needed to.

When her family tried to arrange a high-profile engagement for her, she disappeared into the convent. Unforgivingly. Alina remains cloistered now — not just because she chose God, but because she knows she can’t trust what she'd choose if she were free.

• Paul Atreides — younger brother, once her savior, now her shadow.


• Alia Atreides — the unrepentant baby sister.

• The arranged fiance she ditched for the convent, penitents, old friends from the debutante days, religious rivals, etc etc. If you can dream it, we can build it!!!