Salome Drerey - A Gothic Granny (Illustrious)

Salome Drerey, descended from colonial stock that once governed with scripture and gallows, abandoned the salt-stained stone of New England for California’s golden desolation in the 1890s, where the sun failed to soften her. In her cliffside house above the Sutro ruins, she tends a ledger inked in vanished names—witnesses to a power she never speaks of, and who, upon seeing it, never speak again.

## 🕯️ Salome Drerey – LoRA Usage Guide

A character LoRA for Stable Diffusion 1.5 / Illustrious-style checkpoints

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### 🧠 Character Summary

- Name: Salome Drerey

- Trigger Word: dr3r3y, elderly gothic woman

- Style: Gothic, colonial, stern elderly woman

- Trained On: ILLUSTRIOUS / KFT Requiem für a Dream (semi-realistic)

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### ⚙️ Recommended Settings

| Setting | Value |

|-------------------|------------------------------|

| LoRA Weight | 0.75 – 0.9 |

| CFG Scale | 6.5 – 7.5 |

| Steps | 25 – 30 |

| Sampler | DPM++ 2M Karras or Heun |

| Resolution | 768x1152 or 768x1216 |

| Clip Skip | 2 (if using SD 1.5 locally)

| VAE | Auto or vae-ft-mse-840000

| Upscaler | 4x-UltraSharp or NMKD 8x

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### ✏️ Prompting Guide

Base Prompt:

dr3r3y, elderly woman, silver hair, scowling, black dress, sharp features, deep wrinkles

**Additions for refinement**:

- 3/4 view, portrait, gothic lighting, stormy background

- long gloves, lace collar, mourning veil, fur stole

- cliffside, fog, victorian dress, parlor interior

**Avoid**:

anime, beautiful, cute, young, soft lighting

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### 🎨 Style Modes Tested

| Style | Add to Prompt | Notes |

|-----------------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

| **Oil Painting**| oil painting, dark shadows style | Adds dramatic, brushy effect |

| **Close-Up** | extreme close-up, face only | Focuses on wrinkles & emotion |

| **Comic Style** | monochrome, comic, greyscale | Stylized inked/graphic look |

| **LEGO Variant**| lego style, minifig, toy | For humor or stylized outputs |

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### 🧪 Best Used For

- Gothic storytelling

- Vintage portraits

- Character-focused scenes

- Occult or period horror tone

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**LoRA trained with 30 curated images, tagged dr3r3y**

Maintain prompt realism and compositional control for optimal likeness retention.