/* About section interpreted as an intimate story card and two celestial markers. */
.about-reference {
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 100% 52%, #5d317138, transparent 45%),
    linear-gradient(180deg, #100c19e8, #100c19f3),
    url("assets/mystic-background.webp") center center / 100% auto no-repeat,
    #100c19;
}
.about-reference .about-role {
  margin: 0 0 25px;
  color: #eee2ef;
  font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 26px;
  line-height: 1.17;
  text-align: center;
}
.about-story-card {
  position: relative;
  padding: 29px 22px 28px;
  border: 1px solid #aa8a685f;
  border-radius: 14px;
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 100% 100%, #7142722e, transparent 53%),
    #100d17;
  box-shadow: 0 20px 35px #0503095e, inset 0 1px #e9d1a20c;
}
.about-story-card::before {
  content: "✦";
  position: absolute;
  top: -15px;
  left: calc(50% - 10px);
  width: 20px;
  color: #e3c38d;
  background: #100c19;
  font-size: 19px;
  line-height: 1.3;
  text-align: center;
  text-shadow: 0 0 14px #d9b47b75;
}
.about-story-card::after {
  content: "✧";
  position: absolute;
  right: -8px;
  bottom: 18px;
  color: #d6b483;
  background: #100d17;
  font-size: 15px;
  line-height: 1;
}
.about-reference .about-story-card p {
  margin: 0 0 16px;
  color: #d8ccdc;
  font-size: 13px;
  line-height: 1.8;
}
.about-reference .about-story-card p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
.about-reference .about-symbolic {
  display: block;
  margin: 31px 0 0;
  padding: 0;
}
.about-reference .about-symbolic li:nth-child(-n+2) {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: 0;
  padding: 0;
  border: 0;
  text-align: center;
}
.about-reference .about-symbolic li:first-child {
  width: min(100%, 242px);
  min-height: 82px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 12px 18px;
  border-radius: 11px;
  background: linear-gradient(110deg, #dfbd7d, #f3e0b0 52%, #d8b574);
  box-shadow: 0 10px 24px #ddae7038;
}
.about-reference .about-symbolic li:first-child::before { content: none; }
.about-reference .about-symbolic li:first-child strong {
  color: #251a23;
  font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 35px;
  font-weight: 600;
  line-height: 1;
}
.about-reference .about-symbolic li:first-child span {
  margin-top: 4px;
  color: #352528;
  font-size: 12px;
  line-height: 1.2;
}
.about-reference .about-symbolic li:nth-child(2) {
  position: relative;
  width: min(100%, 280px);
  height: 204px;
  margin: 16px auto 29px;
  background: none;
}
.about-reference .about-symbolic li:nth-child(2)::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 22px 22px;
  border: 1px solid #c8a56e9c;
  border-radius: 50%;
  transform: rotate(-14deg);
  box-shadow: 0 0 17px #c79e6d1c, inset 0 0 16px #c79e6d12;
}
.about-reference .about-symbolic li:nth-child(2)::after {
  content: "✦";
  position: absolute;
  right: 21px;
  bottom: 25px;
  color: #e5c38b;
  font-size: 18px;
  text-shadow: 0 0 14px #d0a36d80;
}
.about-reference .about-symbolic li:nth-child(2) strong {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  color: #ebcf9b;
  font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 47px;
  font-weight: 500;
  line-height: 1;
}
.about-reference .about-symbolic li:nth-child(2) span {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  max-width: 160px;
  margin-top: 5px;
  color: #e6dce8;
  font-size: 12px;
  line-height: 1.4;
}
.about-reference .about-symbolic li:nth-child(n+3) {
  position: relative;
  display: block;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 14px 0 14px 25px;
  border: 0;
  border-top: 1px solid #a989a43e;
  color: #dfd3e3;
  font-size: 13px;
  line-height: 1.65;
}
.about-reference .about-symbolic li:nth-child(n+3)::before {
  content: "✧";
  position: absolute;
  top: 12px;
  left: 0;
  color: #ddbe89;
  font-size: 15px;
}
.about-reference .about-symbolic li:last-child {
  border-bottom: 1px solid #a989a43e;
}
@media (max-width: 350px) {
  .about-reference .about-role { font-size: 24px; }
  .about-story-card { padding: 27px 18px 25px; }
}

/* Biography follows the portrait. */
.about-reference .about-role {
  max-width: 330px;
  margin: 3px 0 31px;
  padding-left: 17px;
  border-left: 1px solid #d5b47e;
  text-align: left;
}
.about-reference .about-photo {
  margin: 0 0 28px;
}
.about-reference .about-photo img {
  object-position: center 58%;
}