Celene Valmont I

The current Empress of the Orlesian Empire, Empress Celene I lives up to the memory of her predecessors.

Background
Celene's ascension to the Orlesian throne is swathed in rumours, with some Orlesians claiming that she organized the assassination of her uncle to seize power.

Celene is an amateur scholar and her patronage of education and the arts has led to a cultural renaissance in her empire.

She is willing to put historical disputes behind her, and enter into an alliance with Ferelden, though it should be said this alliance would ultimately benefit her. She was a close contact of King Cailan Theirin, and the two of them were united in their stance against the Fifth Blight, with Celene even sending a legion of Chevaliers to aid Ferelden.

Trivia

 * During an interview at PAX, the lead writer for Dragon Age, David Gaider, revealed that the original plot for Origins included a visit by Celene to Denerim. There it would have been learned that Cailan had planned to divorce Anora in favour of the Empress, and that Teyrn Loghain had discovered this scheme.