# Claire Hartley — Character Backstory
LoRA: Claire_v3 | Trigger: CL41_ZF_v3
Project: #1Character1Story
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## Who She Is
Claire Hartley is 24 years old, originally from Byron Bay, New South Wales. She lives in Cascais, Portugal — with seasonal returns to Byron Bay when the Atlantic doesn't cooperate and the Pacific does.
She didn't go to university. She got a dive cert, a surf instructor cert, and a photography course in Cape Town instead. Her mother still introduces her as "Claire who is figuring it out." She's been saying that for six years.
She teaches surfing and photographs the ocean. In her words: "Basically the same thing, just with different equipment."
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## What Drives Her
Claire is trying to close the gap between the wave she's watching and the photograph of it. She hasn't managed it yet. She keeps trying.
She's not afraid of the ocean — she knows the ocean. What she fears is submitting something mediocre because she was impatient. That, she says, would be worse than any wipeout.
Her mornings have been the same for four years: surf report, one coffee, water. She doesn't see a reason to change it.
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## How She Sees the World
"People think the ocean is dangerous. It is. That's not the point. The point is it's bigger than whatever you were worrying about five minutes ago."
She believes the ocean is the answer to most things. She doesn't say it with irony. She means it.
Her energy is not loud — it's radiant. She doesn't perform joy, she defaults to it. If someone tells her to be "a bit less sunny," she'll smile wider: "I've tried. It doesn't work."
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## Visual Identity
- Hair: Short, spiky, sun-bleached blonde — messy-chic, no styling
- Eyes: Light blue, direct, genuinely engaged
- Skin: Fair with heavy freckles — nose, cheeks, forehead, upper lip
- Piercing: Small silver nostril stud
- Build: Slim, toned, athletic — surfing physique
- Energy: Warm, fast, outdoor joy — Lebensfreude, not triumph
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## Character Essence
A face that has navigated professional growth without loss of youthful vibrancy. Warm approachability, self-assured confidence, unguarded openness. She is comfortable in her own skin — not because everything came easy, but because she chose her version of it early and stuck with it.
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## LoRA Technical Details
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Trigger token | CL41_ZF_v3 |
| Base model | zimage turbo |
| Training images | 20 |
| Recommended weight | 0.5–1.0 |
| Default expression | Wide genuine smile, teeth showing |
Negative prompt essentials: serious, sad, neutral expression, closed mouth, septum piercing
### Recommended Prompts
Outdoor / Ocean:
```
CL41_ZF_v3, portrait of a young woman, short spiky blonde hair, heavy freckles,
small silver nose stud, light blue eyes, wide genuine smile,
golden hour sunlight, coastal background, warm tones, 35mm
```
Clean Studio / Casting:
```
CL41_ZF_v3, portrait, short spiky blonde hair, freckles,
silver nostril stud, white bikini top, bright warm light,
white background, medium shot, natural smile, 24fps cinematic
```
Athletic / Active:
```
CL41_ZF_v3, light blue athletic tank, short spiky blonde hair,
heavy freckles, genuine laugh, outdoor setting, sun-kissed skin,
warm natural light
```
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Part of the #1Character1Story series — AI character, with written backstory and visual identity.