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EKLANDS COLLEGE of MAGIC STUDY Dean of Faculty, Ira Northmont Dean of Students, Susana Seabrooke

Dear Ms. Dew,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Eklands College of Magic Study. We await your raven by no later than March fourth.

Yours sincerely,

Writer Information Name:Riley Walls Age: 15 Pronouns:she/her Timezone:Eastern US timezone Activity Level: 6-8

Original Student Character Information

First and Last Name: Amiya Dew Faceclaim: Alexia Fast Gender:Female Age:19 Primary AOS:Magizoology Secondary AOS:Herbology Sexual/Romantic Orientation(s):Pansexual Pet: Spotted owl(mail carrying), European Hedgehog Preferred Gender of Roommate: don’t care Classes:

Primary/secondary

Common Creatures

Class One Creatures

Class Two Creatures 

Class Three Creatures

Class Four Creatures

Class Five Creatures

Creature Healing

Emergency Creature Healing

Common Creatures

Class one and two creatures

Class three and four creatures

Creature healing

Clubs: 

Newspaper Club

Outdoor Adventures Club

Athletics: (opt) [view /athletics for more information]

Quidditch

Right Beater

Appearance Description: Dark Red hair with bangs medium length.One green eye one brown.Hourglass shaped body with pale complexion. Kind of big feet.Small hands with short bitten nails. About 5'7" and 130lbs.Freckles and small nose ring along with both ears pierced.tends to be more fashionable and wears everything from streetwear to chic.Three inch scar on left shoulder.

Personality Description: Amiya has always been known as an all around person. She’s friends with alot of people and it’s easy to see why with her openminded and comedic personality. She tends to keep to herself alot, but when she feels like it she’ll be a blast of energy. She enjoys many outdoor activities along with indoor activities some of them being reading, riding her broomstick, swimming, and shopping.She is a bit afraid of the dark, and has trouble sleeping. She enjoys sweets and will constantly carry them around. She has a bit of an eye for mischief and can be a bit protective of her friends. She is absolutely selfless and is not afraid to get into a fight for the people she cares about. She owns many plants and keeps them with her since they were her first love. She is very suspicious of love and is not easily woed.

2+ Positive Traits: Analytical, Humorous 2+ Negative Traits:Easily Suspicious, Negative Biography: Amiya Dew was born to a muggle family on September 22nd, 1997.She was always making strange thing happen which made her muggle parents and 2 older sisters cruel towards her. She received her Hogwarts letter at 11 years old. She was sorted into the Hufflepuff House and was known for her vast plant collection and close friendship with Hogwarts older Keeper of Keys Hagrid. She was added to the Hufflepuff Quidditch teach her 3rd year and was an exceptional beater.In her 4th year she took a three week trip to South Korea to learn more about the witches and wizards there leading to her being bilingual in korean by her current age. She currently resides in New York and is awaiting entrance to her dream College Eklands. After being admitted to Hogwarts she no longer had anything to do with her muggle family and her legal guardian is her great aunt which she got her magic from. She recently purchased a hedgehog to go along with her spotted owl she had had since her first year at hogwarts.

Desired Connections: non

Sample/Prompts:

*click* Amiya finally finished packing her last suitcase. She quickly pulled it onto her bed with the other two deep maroon bags.“Aye Amiya that taxi you called is here” her friend yelled across the hall. Overcome with excitement she grabbed her 2 bags and backpack along with her carefully wrapped vintage Nimbus 2000, and speedily was out the door downstairs and loading her luggage into the back of the taxi. She climbed into the back and leaned forward to give the man directions to the Greyhound station she would be traveling on until she boarded her boat. (I AM PRESSED FOR TIME AND I WOULD WRITE MORE BUT I HAVE TO GO PLEASE FORGIVE ME)

Anything else:

Any song from Cigarettes After Sex

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PROSPER SHEPARD .:. Portrayed by Hugh Laurie

Age— 53 Sexual/Romantic Orientation— Up to Writer Teaching— Groundskeeper

APPEARANCE

Both of Prosper’s legs and his right arm were lost in a seventy-hour-long battle, and have been replaced with wooden prosthetics. He walks with a limp and often uses a cane, though some days are better than others. His family’s habit of dressing properly and formally (even during casual events) has spread into Prosper’s adult life. From a young age, Prosper received attention for his handsomeness, and he was always quite bashful about it. Now, with his confidence quite low, he doesn’t like to draw too much attention to himself.

PERSONALITY

Unlike his brother Martin, Prosper has more difficult time rejecting the prejudices he was taught nearly from birth. Spending so much time around the latest generation and witnessing first-hand the differences in culture has somewhat opened his eyes to acceptance, however. Still, he struggles with the guilt of disobeying his late father’s commands to feel hatred towards everything -- because after losing both legs and an arm in a war, his priorities were entirely restructured, and he doesn’t have much hate for anything anymore. There are times he finds himself fascinated (not disgusted, like his father would be) with Muggle life -- even sometimes secretly looking in on Muggle Studies out of a fiery curiosity. He’s certainly the type to talk about the old days -- specifically when he was a solider in the riots -- partially because he feels he should’ve played a bigger part than he did. Prosper would’ve gladly sacrificed himself to be made a hero in history. Although he overall enjoys the students and making even idle chit-chat, his injuries have made him quite shy, and he’ll never engage in a conversation unless someone speaks to him, first. Prosper struggles with guilt and post-traumatic stress from the riots, and there are some days where he hides away until dark to fulfill his duties as Groundskeeper.

+ loyal, often pleasant – tends to romanticize situations, often judgmental at first (in familial habit), prideful

BIOGRAPHY

Prosper Shepard could’ve been very successful had he been born into the ‘right’ family. His parents (particularly his father) were very hateful, prideful purebloods who could have a problem with anyone for any reason, no matter how good their day had gone so far. He grew up shy -- embarrassed, sometimes, at the loud remarks made by his parents at passersby -- but absorbent, and although he’s never been as angry as his father on his worst day, Prosper began to echo his family’s views. Still, his true personality could show through: his head was often in the clouds and his cheeks were often red with blushing. He was overall quiet but received his fair share of attention (even as far as being in a kind of polyamorous relationship with three girls during most of his high school years) and was, in fact, remarkably well-mannered for a boy raised in a hateful family. There were many traits in young Prosper that his parents did not and could not inspire in him -- particularly a kind of romanticized, heroic-driven selflessness. He desired to be apart of something greater than himself, to give his life for something he believed in -- and he very nearly almost did. After school, Prosper followed in familiar footsteps and worked in the family potions shop. He and his friends secretly practiced dark arts and defense together in friendly duels -- all of them, except Prosper, nobly studying in similar fields. The younger Shepard son romanticized a life as an Auror, and although he could not outright become one (lest his family disown him due to his ‘neglect’ of the field that lead to the family success), he jumped at the first chance to fulfill his need to be brave. His brother Martin (a professor at Eklands) is one of the only teachers who really touch on the New York Wizard Riots of the 1990s, being such a small incident in the grand scale of wizard history. News had spread of pro-Dark-magic wizard radicals ambushing (and murdering) both Muggles and magic folk alike -- and Prosper had traveled from his little hometown to help. When he was thirty-four, after six years of fighting and trying to keep the ‘war’ under the Muggle radar, Prosper was one of many wounded in a series of dark magic ambushes. For an entire seventy hours, both sides had each other pinned down -- most of the force against the rioters bleeding out all around Prosper. Although he lost all but one limb himself, he more importantly lost many of his closest friends -- including every member of his old secret ‘dueling club’. Prosper sunk into a deep, dark depression in the years that followed. His attempts to find employment were thwarted by stereotypes about veterans and his lack of skills in anything except war. Even his ability with potions had diminished, and he was distracted far too often by the smoke they sometimes let off. It wasn’t until three years after he returned home that his brother was able to get him a job at Eklands. It seemed like the perfect fit: he didn’t have to interact with anyone unless he wanted to, and there was truly a use for him -- Prosper desires to always be useful (what else could he be, he thinks?).

CONNECTIONS

Martin Shepard — Brother

Venetia Lawson — Niece

Character is open.

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THANE BLOODWORTH .:. Portrayed by Balian Buschbaum

Age— 31 Sexual/Romantic Orientation— Up to Writer Teaching— Transfiguration

APPEARANCE

Thane takes pride in his appearance: perfecting his hair between each class, keeping his tie straight – even spending a small chunk of his income in new suits and cloaks each month (and donating his oldest ones to the local clothing bank or giving them to students of similar size). Having medically transitioned via Muggle surgeries (and having had both top and bottom surgeries), Thane has two very faint scars on either side of his chest, under each pectoral muscle. Although unfortunately (in his opinion) just five feet, seven inches, Thane’s body is hard with noticeable muscle.

PERSONALITY

Thane is a master of both Transfiguration and keeping work separate from fun. He focuses when had must and jokes when he can. He’s neither a difficult professor nor a particularly easy one; he enjoys providing challenges – believing that those who succeed (or want to succeed) truly belong in Transfiguration. He, of all people, understands that life offers many different paths and it may be difficult to choose the right one the very first time. That being said, he’s one of the friendlier professors, often starting class with asking about everyone’s day (or weekend, or break) but this shouldn’t be mistaken for a weakness. He is certainly no push-over, no matter how close he is to a student.

+ friendly – headstrong

BIOGRAPHY

The name Bloodworth is very well known in wizarding New England. They’ve been able to trace their ancestry back further than any other family in the vast area -- and they’ve done so proudly. For generations they’ve followed (or forced) the ‘old values’: each son is proper and assertive, each daughter dainty and quiet. For Thane and his twin sister, this made expressing their personalities extremely difficult. From a very young age, Thane was interested in suits, in short hair, in speaking his mind. This cast him out as a black sheep -- because he had been assigned 'female' birth. His parents dealt with this with nothing short of social neglect -- they ignored him and hid him away from the public as an embarrassment. He still had an easier life than his sister, though, whose long hair and feminine attire was more desirable (her parents had to work on her combative personality) and led to her being married off at the age of fifteen. Puberty awoke a particular rebellion within Thane. At fourteen he and his sister began to learn how be Animagi, and before she moved away one year later, they'd mastered it. Thane used his secret form to sneak away from the estate, and although it took his parents quite a long time to notice, it infected him with a freedom he could not shake in the years to come. When his parents told him they'd 'finally' found someone to marry him, he ran away. At sixteen and a half, Thane was homeless. The wizarding world seemed too personal, and recklessly he dove into the unfamiliar world of Muggles. His favorite place became the library, where a kind-hearted but often confused librarian answered his strange questions and found him all kinds of books -- about cars, about computers, even about wars that'd taken place among Muggles. When she learned he was sleeping on the streets, the widow offered a home to him. Within a month he’d gotten two part-time jobs -- one at the library and another doing construction work, both under the table because he had no legal records -- and the librarian, who had very much become a mother-figure, pushed him into therapy, believing that he must’ve had such a traumatic, sheltered childhood to not even know about electricity. It was these very vague therapy sessions (Thane had always been smart enough not to give away anything that might violate the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy) that he discovered the idea of transgenderism, and within a week, his case was handed over to a gender therapist. From being born into a pureblood wizard family to living (and transitioning) with an elderly Muggle stranger, Thane’s life ended up in nearly the very opposite of what it’d been when he was born. He used magic less and less over the years -- except during some nights when he’d take advantage of the freedom his Animagus form gave him, or conjured flowers when he’d put off Mother’s Day to the last minute. When the librarian was on her death bed (five years after she’d taken him in), she told Thane she always knew there was something different about him -- and his biggest regret to date is not revealing his magic to her. He moved on then -- alone and having lost his single soul of support -- and, too embarrassed (as he’d fully transitioned by now, and they wouldn’t recognize him) and proud to return to his family, he moved to the Eklands Islands, having heard of its opportunities to live modestly. As soon as he discovered the college, he set out to study Transfiguration -- and excelled so well (with almost perfect scores) he was offered the teaching job at recommendation of the professor who was retiring the same year of his graduation.

CONNECTIONS

none — ask for a connection to this character

Character is open.

Note: This character is a trans man. If you are not familiar with details of the lives of trans men, please read this guide and/or this blog. This character has had top surgery and phalloplasty (via Muggle medical procedures) and considers himself post-transition. Important: if you play this character incorrectly, you will be removed as their writer.

Note: This character is an Animagus. When applying, please include your chosen Animagus form for this character.

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MAGDALENE MERRYWOMPUS-STUMP .:. Portrayed by Meryl Streep

Age— 60 Sexual/Romantic Orientation— Attracted at least to men; may be heterosexual/bisexual/pansexual/etc [Up to Writer] Teaching— Potions

APPEARANCE

Magdalene participated in both the First and Second Wizarding Wars and has quite a few scars to show for it -- the most noticeable being across her neck and another over her heart. She rarely wears her hair down (and never when she’s teaching or making potions) and has an impressive collection of (mostly inexpensive but pretty) jewelry that she wears. Although Maggy, unlike her sister, is quite feminine, she isn’t afraid to get dirty. She’ll paint her nails early in the morning and by noon, they’ll be chipped. Mag is sometimes seen in glasses -- and loses them far less than her sister loses hers.

PERSONALITY

Magdalene is most comfortable among students. She is charismatic and attentive to individual shortcomings or needs -- much like a mother, although she’s never had any children of her own (although she acts as a motherly figure to Professor Lawson). Feeling a constant need to help, she sometimes hovers over her students and gives them answers when they should be figuring it out on their own. Although she tends to become more quiet among peers her own age, Mag still enjoys good jokes no matter how old the teller. She carries a heavy weight in her heart that includes the guilt of the deaths of two husbands. She has neglected her love life for seventeen years and is, for that reason, quite reserved.

+ kind, motherly, selfless – reserved / guarded, sometimes overbearing or micromanaging

BIOGRAPHY

Magdalene still remembers her mother fondly: dark brown hair (or maybe it was red -- it was always so dirty), the greenest eyes, the warmest smile but the coldest touch. Mag was eleven, her sister Philly just three, when her young, homeless mother decided to give them over to an orphanage. As her sister dug through the dirt with the boys, Mag kept her nose a book, keeping a watchful eye -- making up for the motherly instincts her young sister was missing. She’d been lucky enough to have them until she was eleven, at least. She had last saw her mother three months before she received her acceptance letter from Hogwarts -- and even though she’d known she was a witch her entire life, she regretted she could not celebrate with that dark hair, those green eyes, that warm smile. It was a bittersweet moment: although her mother was not there to see her off, and although she would leave her sister behind until holiday breaks (provided Philly did not get herself into too much trouble while she was gone), her excitement to start school was incredible. Excitement turned to anxiety four years later. Maggy was just fifteen when the First Wizarding War started. Native to England, she felt a personal calling to the war -- and her bravery showed like a Gryffindor even though she was placed (proudly) in Ravenclaw. She did was she could -- delivering messages, keeping lookout, and even participated in a few duels before she graduated. Beside her the entire time was her school sweetheart who’d she met (and been smitten with) in her very first year. Just days after their seventh they were married, and continued to help in the war -- until Maggy’s husband was killed in 1979 when they were both merely twenty-four years old. She dove into the fight with a reverence, so much so that she was lost when it was over. She turned to freelancing dangerous jobs -- among which included investigating rumors of dark wizards or ridding a home of some dark creature (with the advice of her sister, of course). It wasn’t until an old friend from school -- and a fellow soldier -- reached out to her when she was thirty that she thought of her life long-term. At thirty-two, Maggy was married again. She began to seek out more permanent employment -- opening a potions ingredients shop and using quite a bit of her stock to practice (the subject having always been one of her favorites). Her husband owned a pet shop in the same alley, and therefore got along especially with her little sister Philly when she came to visit. With very little widespread warning, a Second Wizarding War began, and Maggy was hesitant but still willing to fight. Four days before Voldemort was defeated, Magdalene’s second husband was killed in a duel with a dark wizard. Having lost both her school sweetheart and her second husband of eleven years to wars, Maggy has secretly sworn off love for the last seventeen years. She still partially bears her second husband’s last name both in pride and as a reminder of how she must be cursed to lose love twice in the same way. She and both her husbands discussed having children often, although attempts were never successful. After the death of her second love, she decided to fill her motherly void with students to teach.

CONNECTIONS

Philomena Stump — Younger Sister

Venetia Lawson — Friend (treats like a daughter)

Character is open.

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SINDRI BLACKREACH .:. Portrayed by Tom Hiddleston

Age— 33 Sexual/Romantic Orientation— Pansexual Teaching— Muggle Studies

APPEARANCE

As one might expect, Sindri can only ever be seen in Muggle attire -- modern suits especially. He dislikes outdated Wizard fashion and can usually be found without his own wand -- a habit, still, from those five years he spent without it.

PERSONALITY

Sindri is very accepting of his students -- from those who come from Muggle families to those who know next to nothing about Muggles (or, worse, have extreme misconceptions about them). He finds teaching about Muggles to be both fun and rewarding, though this may be because of his incredibly passion for the subject. In intense situations or arguments (something that happens more than you’d think within Muggle Studies) Sindri responds calmly and logically, supporting all of his knowledge with studies and facts. He has a particular enjoyment in Muggle history and will sometimes sit in on History of Magic classes so that he may add his own tidbts of Muggle information to curious students.

+ accepting, ambitious, curious, calm – obsessive (with Muggle culture), opinionated / headstrong

BIOGRAPHY

Sindri Blackreach is the eldest son of the American pureblood Blackreaches. As such, he was raised within the high pureblood sciety -- but his attention was to be found elsewhere: he developed a fondness for quaint Muggle inventions. Toasters, televisions, heaters. They all fascinated him. His parents were supportive despite their sophistication and thought this was a simple hobby of their young son’s, taking apart Muggle contraptions to see how they worked. There was no harm to be found in it, they thought. While in school Sindri met a witch who had a Muggle boyfriend, and in his efforts to get information from them, he entered a poly-amorous relationship over the summer with the two. His fascination for Muggle things only increased as he spent more and more time with his new boyfriend -- secretly, of course, as his parents disproved of him being around actual Muggles. Their devices were one thing, but Muggles themselves (his parents thought) were entirely another. The three had a relatively happy relationship together, and when Sindri graduated they went their separate ways in a peaceful parting. The Muggle boy went into the military, the witch went to Eklands Collenge, and Sindri went to explore Muggle culture -- having found it far more enticing than his own after all these years. For five years he lived among Muggles in a small apartment he’d bought in New York City. He’d banned himself from using magic so he would truly know how Muggles lived and interacted. Even despite this drastic adventure, his parents believed he would ‘come around’ sooner or later and tried to encourage this by giving him only a very minimal living stipend. The arguments he would have with his parents over the values of Muggle things (bills, food, clothes, even transportation) would lead him to believe that an awareness for Muggle lifestyles would largely benefit the Wizarding world in eventually integrating with Muggles. After these five years, Sindri went on to work as an activist to do away with the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy. There was little luck to be found in activism; instead, he realized that educating people is the best weapon in his arsenal. Like many other professors at Eklands, he believes the young generation will go on to shape the world, and it is the professors’ jobs to teach them well. For eight years he’s been teaching Muggle Studdies at Eklands College, and has adopted a few odd practices since the start. He requires that all of his students have a laptop, and he even sponsors a winter break trip that is essentially a road trip across America and Canada -- where students are not allowed to bring their wands.

CONNECTIONS

Martin Shepard — He enjoys sitting in on Martin’s classes & providing some Muggle history facts.

Character is open.

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PHILOMENA STUMP .:. Portrayed by Tilda Swinton

Age— 52 Sexual/Romantic Orientation— Asexual and Panromantic Teaching— Magizoology

APPEARANCE

Philomena pays little attention to what she wears, and is often seen with her glasses on (or on top of her head, which always prompts the question, “Where did they go?”). Her tunnel-vision while concentrating on something often results in her skipping meals -- and her figure is very slight as a result. Although her sister sometimes convinces her to paint her nails, she is otherwise minimally feminine (but not particularly otherwise masculine). Due to the low up-keep and many accidents involving fire-affinity creatures, Philomena prefers to keep her hair short. Having been interested particularly in dangerous and dark creatures while studying Magizoology herself, Philomena is missing the top halves of her pinky and ring finger on her left hand. She also has a burn scar across her cheek and various talon scars on her arms.

PERSONALITY

Asking about Professor Stump’s personality will get you many, varied answers. Her sister will tell you she’s quite often very distracted -- with her nose in a book, a quill racing across papers, or her hands busy feeding creatures. A student might tell you that she’s a very intense, hard-working professor who (fortunately) seems to know all there is to Magizoology, but who also feels like something of a cooky aunt. A stranger might see something entirely different -- a quiet, keeps-to-herself type, who only seems to speak up when someone is misinformed about her area of study. Philomena is, through all things, very welcoming. She likes to invite people for tea -- and she tends to leave the kettle boiling all hours of the day (perhaps so that she might always have a cup, or perhaps because she forgets it’s on the fire).

+ determined, hard-working, logical, welcoming / accepting – distracted, preoccupied, forgetful, introverted

BIOGRAPHY

Philomena grew up in England with her older sister, Magdalene. She was born to a particularly poor young woman who thought her two daughters might fare better in an orphanage. When Philomena was three and her sister eleven, they found themselves in a warm bed instead of a cold alley -- but they never saw their mother again. Philly (or ‘Mena’, as her sister called her -- and only her sister) was always an adventurous sort. She found herself getting along best with the boys in the orphanage, as they tended to prefer delving deeper into the forests and crawling over the dirt trying to sneak up on animals. While they often wanted to spook them, Philly was interested entirely in learning about them. Why was an Ashwinder’s life so short? How, exactly, could a Clabbert signal in such a way when danger approached? What made a Grindylow so fierce, and could they really only be tamed by merpeople? Not wholly satisfied with the education she began receiving as a Hufflepuff at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Philly began conducting her own secret research at the age of eleven. Although she never had any kind of romance in those formative teenage years, Philomena was not lonely. In fact, she seemed all too thrilled to surround herself with magical creatures. She did her oral reports best when she imagined everyone as Horklumps. She pretended the buzz of the Great Hall was really the wings of laughing Flitterbies. Her school years were filled with knowledge -- much of it not entirely provided by the school itself, but instead discovered in its forests -- and her after-school years even more so. Almost the very same day she graduated, Philomena set off to travel the world. Not only did she want to learn about magical creatures among cultures very different from her own, she wanted to discover them. With her fascination for dark creatures especially, she’s seen her fair share of terrible things -- yet never shies away or refuses to treat a creature. She heard word of the Second Wizard War (too young to help during the First) from her sister -- having been deep in remote areas and nearly unreachable for most of her life. To help the cause, she sent as many dark creatures (to be used in the fighting, provided they were given proper care) and potion ingredients as she could find -- as well as her loving wishes to a sister she missed dearly. In her fifty-two years, she’s accomplished many things, including publishing the books Seventy-Four Other Uses for Ramora, The Anatomy of a Chimaera, and Merpeople Uncovered, increasing the population of Re’em, and saving a village from rampant Kelpie. She never married, although she was often propositioned by smitten men in little villages around the world during her exploration. Eventually, as she found herself more often teaching Magizoology to the children in villages than studying it herself, she found interest in spreading what knowledge she had collected. Her sister, already a Professor at ECMS, was delighted to push her in the ‘right’ direction.

CONNECTIONS

Magdalene Merrywompus-Stump — Older Sister

Character is open.

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MARTIN SHEPARD .:. Portrayed by George Clooney

Age— 56 Sexual/Romantic Orientation— Attracted at least to women; may be heterosexual/bisexual/pansexual/etc [Up to Writer] Teaching— History of Magic

APPEARANCE

Martin enjoys very casual, comfortable attire -- even sometimes wearing his pajamas to class (which usually tends to get a laugh). He often makes jokes about his age, his whitening hair, and his weight (although he’s very much of average/normal build).

PERSONALITY

Often starting class with a made-up song, Martin Shepard is, through all things, very humorous. He’s as talented at rambling on with a joke as he is with steering a controversial conversation (something that happens more in History of Magic than you might think) in a completely different direction. Although his planned lessons are sometimes derailed, he likes to make sure his students are thoroughly learned in a subject before moving on to something new.

A firm believer that not every technique works for every student, and that everyone deserves another chance, Martin provides many chances for students to bring up their grades if only they ask.

+ humorous, accepting / open-minded – easily distracted, sometimes easily 'pushed over'

BIOGRAPHY

Martin was raised in a very hateful household in the northeastern United States. Although he was taught to disprove of everyone from Muggles and half-bloods to same-sex couples and anyone outside his race, Martin rarely had anything except acceptance to offer. He was an decent student (B’s made up most of his report cards) but he made a point to follow the rules. Whether this was a lesson instilled on him from his very strict family, or a habit of his own morale and integrity, Martin rarely got into any trouble -- until he met his very first girlfriend. Fifteen and full of hormones, Marty began letting his grades slip, began missing classes, and even disobeyed his parents’ curfews. His girlfriend was not a very pleasant one -- pressuring him into many things he never thought he’d do (stealing, drugs), cheating, constantly breaking up with him only to beg for his forgiveness -- and Martin stayed with her. Eventually the Shepard family moved to a neighboring state and the relationship was finally ended -- or so they thought. Martin again began focusing on his schoolwork at his new school and finished his final year with straight A’s. His favorite subject had always been history and he spent most of his early after-school years in libraries -- reading, taking notes, even learning about Muggle history (which he found fascinating in itself). It was there that he met the woman who would become his fiancée. She had been a librarian and taken notice of his repeated visits. She was kind but assertive, and approached Martin confidently. They went on to date for a few years and Martin promised a wedding as soon as he could afford to give her the ‘perfect’ one (although she combated this by telling him he was all she needed). She kept her chronic illnesses secret -- blaming her sickness on the seasons instead of admitting to her very weak immune system -- and died before Martin was twenty-two. Although he swore off love out of grief, Martin’s high school girlfriend came back into his life -- starting with just an owl, the two of them exchanging letters, and then eventually reconnecting in person. She’d still had some kind of hold on him, because just a few months later, they were married. At the age of twenty-five, Martin’s wife informed him she was pregnant and, having been unfaithful, unsure of the paternity. He was all too eager to accept a child into his life, regardless of their blood relation. When Venetia (whose mother gave her her maiden last name) was only a year old, her mother left, leaving Martin to raise a little girl on his own. The heartbreak barely hurt -- as he was delighted to be a father every day. It was only when he realized how much he loved children that he decided to teach. After getting his disabled brother a job at the college he transferred to, his daughter (an accomplished healer) followed in his footsteps and, too, joined Eklands as the Healing professor. His family feels as ‘complete’ as ever -- after all, he gets to see them at work every day. History of Magic has been regarded as many as a ‘weak’ or almost ‘useless’ subject -- but Martin has always wholly disagreed. With his energetic, humorous attitude, he has always tried to inspire students with a laugh rather than a lecture. Every week he likes to include some kind of spell-oriented contest -- like, "Whoever can make this history book hover in the air the longest gets an ‘A’, feel free to try to distract other classmates.” Often, he takes the class outside to teach the lesson on the grass, as he finds that the basement can ‘stifle’ brain power (and will joke, “That’s what’s wrong with me!”).

CONNECTIONS

Venetia Lawson — Daughter

Prosper Shepard — Brother

Sindri Blackreach — Sindri often sits in on Martin’s classes & provides Muggle history facts, which Martin absolutely welcomes.

Character is open.

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NAZAIRE PLAMONDON .:. Portrayed by Garrett Hedlund

Age— 28 Sexual/Romantic Orientation— Panromantic and Demisexual Teaching— Herbology

APPEARANCE

Having little sense for (or interest in) fashion, Nazaire often wears simple, plain robes and cloaks and merely runs his fingers through his hair after a wash. Although he washes up every day, he’s constantly dirty from greenhouse work.

PERSONALITY

Nazaire is most certainly the very opposite of a people-person. He has little social skills, little charisma, and even ends class early when he doesn’t quite want any more interaction. It makes a lot of sense that he’d choose a profession involving plants – but little that he’d choose to become a teacher. He was actually sought-out by ECMS – his resume that impressive – and was offered a substantial salary (with incredible retirement benefits) after he repeatedly turned down the offer.

+ hard-working – withdrawn / reclusive

BIOGRAPHY

Born on a farm in rural France to a Muggle family, Nazaire has always had an affinity for plant-care. He was a quiet, hard-working boy who didn’t go to school until he received multiple acceptance letters from various French wizarding schools. Independent (by personal choice) at merely ten and not knowing how to read anything except his own name, he discarded these letters without telling his family (obviously not very curious of their contents). It wasn’t until a group of cloaked, pointy-hatted individuals showed up at his home that any of them had any idea why strange things seemed to happen when Naz was around. It was then that he learned he was a Seer, too – having asked the question, “Is that why I can sense the future sometimes?” He never cared much for Divination – if anything, it was an inconvenience. He excelled in Herbology (and Magizoology) naturally, like he had an inborn gift for plant-care, too. There was no replacing his love for Muggle plants, however. He was pushed further into his ‘shell’ when he began to be bullied by the other students for coming from a completely-Muggle family – who had sent him to the most prestigious school, wanting to give him the best future but not realizing the pretentiousness it might harbor. Naz was a savant in the world of Herbology. At merely fifteen he wrote a paper (containing only facts and almost no descriptive language at all) describing the ways to decrease the toxicity of aconite leaves, having tested on himself, and was widely published. Many papers followed: how to distract the Snargaluff when harvesting alone; how to restrain a Venomous Tentacula and Bouncing Bulb alone; how to harvest the Chinese Chomping Cabbage without taking the whole plant; the various applications of Dittany and their (very slightly) different results. At the age of seventeen, Nazaire had a small fanbase among the Herbology community, was offered the front page of Witch Weekly (but declined), and received an overwhelming amount of job offers -- so many, in fact, that he simply began throwing away all the letters stacking up at his window instead of reading them. All of his work was done alone, testing on himself (even injuring himself to test the healing properties of various magical plants) -- because he was very much always alone. It was lonely life at times but one he always preferred, and it helped him concentrate harder. For many years, he was unemployed, working instead from his own personal greenhouse and publishing for money. Among his most famous works includes a very long article about Muggle plants and their (often less potent, but still valuable) uses. Although controversial among anti-Muggle or Muggle-dismissive circles, many believe it to be an invaluable contribution to Herbalists. When he got word that his family farm (along with his family themselves) had been destroyed in a tornado, he was neither seen nor heard from for months. Within the first week of work at ECMS, he considered quitting when Lycus Leandres began to consistently try to talk to him. He barely offered words in reply (especially when he began to pry into his Seeing, pressing the question, “Why don’t you focus your gift?”) but these frequent attempts at conversation – or friendship – have almost warmed him up to the Divination professor, who may as well become his very first 'friend’. Where Lycus inspires a sociability in Nazaire, Nazaire pushes Lycus (however indirectly) to be humble.

CONNECTIONS

Lycus Leandres — Friend (possible eventual love interest)

Character is open.

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VENETIA LAWSON .:. Portrayed by Kristen Bell

Age— 31 Sexual/Romantic Orientation— Homosexual / Lesbian Teaching— Healing

APPEARANCE

Although Venetia begins her day with a perfect appearance -- her makeup meticulous and not a hair out of place -- she often ends up looking flustered, with her done-up hair almost positively down. Having grown close to Professor Merrywompus-Stump, Ven enjoys sharing jewelry with her (although sometimes loses it throughout the most stressful day). Because the hospital wing of the school is a hospital to both the students and the citizens of the village, she’s almost always wearing her medical robes -- but changes into pajamas as soon as she’s off work (and will, like her father, wear them around the school without shame).

PERSONALITY

Perhaps because she grew up without a mother (and instead a single but very loving father), Venetia is very caring and compassionate. Becoming a Healer was no difficult decision. Often, after a stressful day of work or the loss of a patient, Ven will struggle to keep her composure but almost always saves her emotions (or more accurately: her tears) for private. Her biggest downfall is her tendency to get overly attached to patients and investing too much of her emotional stability in her work. She spent five years working in emergency medicine before teaching and although she does not regret the experience, it was a very emotionally-taxing time for her. Ven still has nightmares of losing patients. She’s very confident in her work as a healer, and often butted heads with professionals during her apprenticeship at the hospital.

+ caring / compassionate, hard-working, confident – over-emotional, headstrong

BIOGRAPHY

Venetia had a very normal, healthy childhood -- except for the absence of her mother. She was raised entirely (or after the first year of her life) by her father. Although he’s never been sure if she was really his biological daughter, he had nothing but love to teach her. She grew up in the northeastern U.S. and attended an all-girls wizarding school -- mostly because it was within very close walking-distance and her father was a busy, passionate professor. It was only by sheer luck (for her) that she realized she’s attracted exclusively to the same sex -- although it rarely escalated past giggling, blushing crushes and staring across the tables in the library. Having no mother-figure in her life (aside from distant family members, like aunts who only seemed to care about her on holidays) she performed fantastically in school and had many options open to her upon graduation. Although she had an affinity for the history of magic (her father being a professor), she was torn between caring for magical creatures and healing. Ultimately she chose healing, learning mostly at a local hospital -- and the moment she became a professional, her confidence grew and she began both unintentionally and eventually purposefully charming fellow female healers (apprentices and professionals alike). After many flings, five (taxing) years in emergency medicine, and a sudden inspiration to teach, Venetia followed in her father’s footsteps to the Eklands College, where she began work as a healer only a year ago. Her ‘crush phase’ seems to have seeped into her adult life, as she often finds herself staring at the Dean of Students and flustered whenever they talk.

CONNECTIONS

Martin Shepard — Father

Magdalene Merrywompus-Stump — Friend (mother-figure)

Susana Seabrooke — Crush (possible love interest)

Prosper Shepard — Uncle

Character is open.

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LYCUS LEANDRES .:. Portrayed by Dan Stevens

Age— 27 Sexual/Romantic Orientation— Homosexual / Gay Teaching— Divination (and Arithmancy)

APPEARANCE

As a personal preference, Professor Leandres is often dressed in dark colors and concealing cloaks. He has a disdain for anything ‘bright and cheery’ to the point of obvious annoyance. Nearly the only time his hair is perfectly neat is when he’s speaking to Professor Plamondon -- otherwise its quickly-done part loses its neatness throughout the day.

PERSONALITY

Lycus is arguably the most difficult professor – if you’re a non-seer. He purposefully makes the Non-Seers Area of Study nearly unbearable (hoping they’ll change their AOSes), believing firmly that a non-seer could use their talents far better elsewhere. He’s also of the belief that all Seers – being as rare as they are – should focus on their gift and little else. He’s quite abrasive and blunt but attentive to a student’s needs -- he has to be, as certain things work only for certain Seers and no two are the same. Discovering he was a Seer made him somewhat pretentious, having already become accustomed to feeling like he was above his peers as a very intelligent (but unstimulated) student. He’s also independent to the point where he feels he needs no one else in his life -- making himself quite lonely as a result.

+ attentive, confident – abrasive, somewhat pretentious, closed off / reserved

BIOGRAPHY

Lycus discovered he was a Seer at the age of fourteen when his school (in French Canada, proudly) first offered a Divination course to students. He’d had little visions and strong periods of emotion (dread, anticipation, elation) but thought little of it until he’d been instructed to gaze into a crystal ball for the first time. Although he was extremely intelligent, he had had no particular interest in anything beforehand -- his grades (except in math) had been dismal as a result -- but Divination awoke something in him. His parents -- well-known in the wizard community, his mother as a published Astronomer and his father a locally-famous potioneer -- were very absent from his life. By the time he was six he was fixing his own meals. He learned to be independent, to ‘grow up’, at such a young age he might’ve turned slightly bitter as a result. He found that the only person who could give him confidence was himself, making him come off as pretentious or conceited at times. The moment his parents were told by their very excited son that he might be a Seer, they became all too involved in his life. They desired to push him into something else -- Potioneering, Astronomy, Herbology, even Muggle Studies -- obviously ashamed and embarrassed that he could possibly have such interest in Divination. This only made him delve into it farther, becoming even more bitter -- focusing on his gift with a vengeance. Teaching was something of a strange choice -- Lycus not being particularly charismatic -- but he felt as though he had an obligation to teach other Seers as well as he possibly could. Over the years he formed the opinion that Seers should be Seers and non-seers shouldn’t bother with Divination, and the moment he was hired at the college and learned that the Herbology professor was a Seer, he locked onto him. Perhaps slightly smitten (having never before even had a crush), he now approaches Professor Plamondon -- who seems slightly annoyed but slowly less so -- to talk to him about his gift (or, really, anything). While opening Nazaire up, he's slowly discovering what it means to be modest. As soon as Lycus was given the Arithmancy course, there was an uproar from anti-Divination students and local media. Since Divination isn’t exactly the most credited application, why would they give him the Arithmancy subject? He’s by far the most qualified professor the job, however -- his scores in anything number-related are almost perfect.

CONNECTIONS

Nazaire Plamondon — Friend (interested in/possible crush)

Zavia Chesire — She sits in on his classes & is fascinated with his Seeing ability, though he finds her to be an annoyance.

Character is open.

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ADAIR DRAGO .:. Portrayed by Idris Elba

Age— 43 Sexual/Romantic Orientation— Up to Writer Teaching— Defence Against the Dark Arts

APPEARANCE

Having lost his left leg (replaced with a prosthetic) and some sensation in his torso as a result of a dark magic ambush, Professor Drago walks with a limp. He has scars on almost every part of his body -- both from his days as a criminal and his days as an Auror. He dresses sharply and professionally, and nearly the only time he smiles is on graduation day, where he lets his pride in his students show.

PERSONALITY

Professor Drago is the strictest professor at ECMS -- with good reason. His work load (with the Auror concentration alone) is heavy and he has no time to put up with nonsense. Because students interested in the Auror concentration have to pass a test to be approved, he believes anyone not taking their work very seriously has wasted not only everyone’s time, but filled a slot that might’ve gone to a more deserving student. There are many things that will lose Adair’s respect. Calling him by his first name (or anything except Professor Drago, for that matter), coming to class even a minute late, skipping homework, or goofing off (his definition of this is vast) will result in the Professor kicking a student out of class. Although it is very difficult to earn and keep Adair Drago’s respect, you will certainly know when you have it. He smiles the widest and looks the proudest on graduation days, when he’s sending students off with the knowledge that he’s worked them hard enough to not just succeed, but survive. Adair’s older brother has been missing since Adair was merely twelve, and he began investigating it himself when he became an Auror. Although he’s had little luck (and a ‘lead’ in the investigation was faked so that he’d walk into an ambush), he spends what little free time he has outside of teaching to investigate -- even though he’s been investigating in circles with no real leads for the last nineteen years.

+ hard-working, persistent, moral – strict, impatient, obsessed (with his brother’s disappearance)

BIOGRAPHY

Although Adair’s parents were both born in different parts of West Africa, he was born in one of the worst parts of wizard Los Angeles. With such a high focus of people, many in poverty, it was nearly impossible to avoid being either a victim or a criminal. Until he was sixteen, Adair was the latter.

His family was terribly poor, and his sickly mother stayed home with her children while his father worked himself nearly to death. Leaders in organized crime seemed to have a way to spot the most desperate, angriest, and saddest kids -- by the time he was nine (small, agile, and innocent) he was trafficking illegal goods on foot. He was paid well -- at least by a nine-year-old’s standards -- and taught quite a lot of dark magic (and counters) by fellow gang members. He helped provide from his family, who asked little questions about the origins because they already knew the answers. By the time he was fifteen, his younger sister was pregnant and his older brother had been missing for three years. Adair was very good at what he did -- or, rather, very good at magic. He was a quick learner with even quicker reflexes, whether he was casting at someone chasing him or turning a corner and seeming to disappear. At the age of sixteen, he was moving up in ranks and positive he would some day command his own section of illegal goods distributors. Although not without its very consistent dangers, the young Drago thought of every scar as a lesson in survival and reiterating his strength. This strength was shattered, though, when Adair’s father was mugged and murdered on his way home from work. He had poured his life into providing stable and honest funds for his family -- and in a single morning, he had been erased from the world. Adair (now the only man his mother had left in her life) barely remembers being told about his father’s death -- recalling only the way he held his hysterical mother and sobbing for the first time in years. Even though he had been involved in crime since he was nine and even though he considered many other criminals his brothers -- Adair went to the police as an informant. He’d racked up an extensive juvenile record (he was an expert at escape, for the most part, but Aurors were the real masters) but cooperated fully, even offering a stay in the local wizard prison if it’d only help his case more. At sixteen, Adair had been an ambitious criminal. At seventeen, he was an informant wanting nothing more than vengeance for his father’s death. Perhaps Adair Drago had always had some kind of good in him, because the moment his eyes were open to the world of law enforcement, the stronger he felt a calling to it. With the help of a few Aurors after his father’s killed was captured (and sentenced to merely ten years in confinement), his criminal record was expunged and he began to study very, very hard to meet Auror standards. Being twice denied and finally approved on the third try, the then-twenty-four-year-old dove into the world of Auroring. Intelligent and well-learned, he was a go-to teacher for the newest among the ranks. While investigating his long-missing brother’s disappearance, Adair was injured in a set-up (having gone to meet a potential informant) and lost his left leg, as well as some sensation in his torso. Unfit for prime Auroring, Adair very reluctantly retired after fifteen years on the job. For the last four years he’s been teaching Defence Against the Dark Arts at ECMS, and although it doesn’t compare to his calling to Auroring, Adair takes pride in teaching youth the ‘right’ way of the law -- as he, himself, had been taught.

CONNECTIONS

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DALILA ADOYO .:. Portrayed by Lupita Nyong’o

Age— 30 Sexual/Romantic Orientation— Up to Writer Teaching— Charms

APPEARANCE

Although she’d earned quite a few scars in her life, Dalila’s skin was made mostly blemish-free by the officials putting her into hiding. She’s new to the world of makeup and jewelry -- having only started using both when she ‘became’ a teacher. She enjoys it, embracing her newly found femininity gradually. Lila keeps her hair short -- a habit from the days when she worked in a field where agility and reflexes were everything and you’d better not give the enemy anything to hold onto.

PERSONALITY

Secretly in hiding, Dalila is very paranoid and quite skittish. You’d do best not to sneak up on her, lest you’d like a wand in your face (and then profuse apologies for her being so frightened). That being said, she’s not one to shy away from the attention that comes with teaching. Having rarely done it (aside from mentoring newer recruits) before she came to ECMS just two years ago, she’s quite an excellent professor. Even at a mere five feet, two inches, she can certainly demand respect from her students and does so without a second-thought. In class, she’s very patient, but outside of it, she always seems to be in a rush. Among anyone her own age, she’s slightly less vocal or assertive -- most likely because she’s observing them to see if they might be ‘after’ her. Part of her old life seeps through sometimes: having gotten accustomed to being praised for her abilities and title in Kenya, she sometimes behaves conceitedly or becomes overconfident for the ‘role’ she must sustain every day -- as an ‘innocent professor from Georgia’.

+ confident (with students), patient, ambitious – skittish, paranoid, sometimes conceited

BIOGRAPHY

Dalila Adoyo is not the Charms Professor’s real name, but not even the school administration board knows that. She was born in one of the richest parts of Kenya and attended a private school that did not shy away from teaching Dark Arts as part of a core curriculum. She excelled so quickly that before she was fourteen, she was offered many different positions in different organizations. Ultimately, she chose to work for the government -- and no public position: Dalila worked in espionage, in secrets, and in covert operations. The only thing she drew the line at was assassination (or other killing), but she still walked the same halls as some of the witches and wizards with the highest body counts in her country. Otherwise, she’d had vague morals from the beginning -- what was another government’s secret stolen for blackmail, or her own government’s secrets kept, as long as it protected the country she loved? Admittedly, Dalila had also fallen in love with the impressive pay and the way it sated her ambition. At twenty-three, she was a high-ranking official, able to out-duel anyone in her office, and reveling in the pride of being called by such a formal, high title. Just six months after her most important promotion yet, Dalila’s branch of affairs fell under new management -- its old officials missing (although anyone gone missing in their line of work never raised any flags with their co-workers) -- and it positively became more and more corrupt. On a mission she was paired up with a well-known assassin who out-ranked her, and her questions were deflected with stern but very vague orders. When they arrived at a well-guarded hotel, Dalila was finally told what they’d been sent to do: assassinate one of their own top government officials who’d broken agreements, openly spoke out against the secret branch, and threatened to start a campaign of activism against them. Dalila knew better than to disobey orders or even verbally disagree (aside from her initial reaction of surprise) because she didn’t want to be killed. Although she had an impressive title, she secretly worked for a secret part of the government, and little questions would be raised if she, too, went missing. For the first time in her life, Dalila took part in an assassination. She was told by her partner that it got easier over time, but after her fifth -- when she looked up from the body of her very own co-worker (accused of giving information to other governments) and saw a portrait of his family, she was sure her spirit had thoroughly broken. She knew she needed to get out, and within the week, she’d set up a meeting with both Somalian and American officials. She was smart in her choice: relations between Somalia and Kenya have been historically tense -- both in the Muggle world and the wizard underground and they were desperate for any connection to Kenya -- and the United States had both the manpower and drive (Kenyan instabilities sometimes blamed on Western activities, and the U.S. always wanting a leg up in the world) to see her through it. There was a catch, although it was one she expected: she needed to reveal government secrets in order to assure them she was truly cooperative. Dalila, sure she would never want to turn back, gave them as much as they needed -- keeping some to herself in case she needed more in the future. She was given papers that said she was a native to the U.S. and an entire, well-written back story. She would tell anyone curious that her parents were from Africa, that she grew up in Georgia, that her father was a factory worker and her mother was a nurse, that they’d always struggled with money and she used it as a motivator to work very, very hard in school. She would swear (and had the papers to prove) that she’d gone off to teach right away, had spent her previous years in her hometown, then moved to the Eklands Islands only two years ago -- desiring the freedom away from any Muggles. Her story included a late husband (they even staged pictures of her and a man together, with extensive makeup to make them look younger and wedding photos to complete) who died after falling off a broomstick in a storm. She was given culture and speech lessons, and being as sharp as she was, in no time Dalila Adoyo was just a young, widowed teacher from Georgia. The only thing she was allowed to choose was her first name. She chose Dalila out of humor and fondness: in Kenya, her mother complained often of the lilac color of their kitchen. In a way, with an entire false life structured for her, it is her only hold onto the past. You might catch her smiling just a little if you say her name.

CONNECTIONS

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ZAVIA CHESIRE .:. Portrayed by Lucy Liu

Age— 42 Sexual/Romantic Orientation— Up to Writer Teaching— Astronomy

APPEARANCE

Zavia is one of the more recognizable professors -- often wearing cloaks that have been patterned with stars and nebulae and almost never seen without her witch’s hat. Dark circles can usually be found under her eyes, as she’ll stay up for several nights just recording the stars.

PERSONALITY

Zavia is incredibly smart and grew up being praised for this. Often, she overestimates how quickly her students can catch on and will sometimes have to completely re-teach a lesson after too many students have been lost in her explanations. Her fascination with Seeing is still prevalent from her younger years and she can sometimes be found sitting in on Divination classes, much to the professor’s distaste. As such an intelligent person, she favors logical and non-emotional responses to things, and may come off as cold as a result.

+ determined, logical, level-headed, curious – arrogant in her intelligence, sometimes seems cold

BIOGRAPHY

The Chesire family, a mix of both Chinese and Canadian purebloods and half-bloods, has always been known for their intelligence. Every witch and wizard born is expected to go on and do great things -- Zavia’s grandfather was a transfiguration savant; her mother was an esteemed herbologist; her father was a revolutionary potioneer. Every Chesire always graduated at the top of their class and were drowned in acceptance letters to colleges or workplaces they had never applied to. Zavia was no different. Except, perhaps, in the area she pursued knowledge. While her parents pushed her towards practical classes -- potions, herbology, transfiguration, charms -- Zavia was enthralled with Divination. Desperately she wanted to  be a Seer and studied all material there was to study, believing (despite her teachers’ and family’s opposition) that she could become one simply through will. She was determined to teach herself how to See for much of her teenage years, but all her effort and determination fell short. Though she had no gift of Sight, she was especially talented at astrology and interpreting the meanings of the stars, often baffling her teacher with her relevant predictions. It was the stars themselves that fascinated her, however, and she dropped her astrology class for an astronomy one instead. It was much more important for her to comprehend how small the earth was in the scale of things -- and she found it very humbling that one can know so much and yet mean so little. Instead of personal happiness she strove for personal advancement. This resulted in many failed relationships, falling out of touch with her twin sister, and not even hearing about when her brother-in-law was killed in a Muggle car accident. During her final year of traditional schooling, she attempted to build a more proficient telescope after becoming frustrated with the limitations of wizarding equipment -- though she soon learned that such a thing already existed in the Muggle world. After graduating, she spent time interning with Muggle astronomers and learned how to use their telescopes and devices without so much as lifting her wand. With her intelligence still as sharp as it ever was, Zavia now develops her own tools that are a mix of magical and Muggle -- and generally believes that the discrepancies that exist between wizarding assumptions and Muggle assumptions concerning the solar systems indicate an incomplete answer. When she isn’t teaching, she works to find these answers. Whenever she discovers information through wizarding methods, she leaks this information under a pen name in lesser known scientific journals -- so that the Muggle community can have some sort of greater insight.

CONNECTIONS

Lycus Leandres — She sits in on his classes & admires his Seeing ability, though the admiration is not returned.

Character is open.

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KYO MORI .:. Portrayed by Hideo Muraoka

Age— 28 Sexual/Romantic Orientation— Up to Writer Studying/Teaching— Alchemy (and Magical Theory)

APPEARANCE

Whenever he’s reading or working on an alchemical experiment, Kyo can be found wearing glasses. Students may catch him wearing the same clothes two days in a row -- as he has the habit of working all night on his research and projects.

PERSONALITY

When teaching, Kyo has the habit of neglecting to explain much background information and instead jumping right into the core of the lesson, assuming that his students already know the background. He has patience in one manner, however; he can sit and talk about the different takes on alchemy throughout history for hours over a pot of earl grey tea. Kyo is very selective in picking his students. Although he allows the study open to anyone, he will accept only a small amount of students, thus (he feels) weeding out those who do not have the drive to devote all their time to a still-mysterious subject.

+ logical, hard-working, organized – selective, often accidentally dismissive

BIOGRAPHY

Kyo Mori grew up in a Brazilian wizard orphanage, knowing only that his mother was Japanese and his father was Brazilian -- and nothing else. He was told he’d been there since he was four years old, though he never had any memories of life before. To his luck he’d been surrendered to one of the better-funded orphanages and it acted both as a home and as a school: he was taught a wide range of magic from a very young age. As most orphans dealt with abandonment or other emotional issues, the staff did their best to try to control these children -- though disasters would often happen, such as cookie jars being smashed against the kitchen walls or even homework being set ablaze. Kyo was one of the better-behaved boys, if only because he was so preoccupied with learning. He had a knack for potions especially -- where the other children would add too much or too little, Kyo’s measurements were precise and his potions were always by-the-book. The teachers were delighted by this, and then soon surprised when they would find Kyo mixing his own potions with no directions at all, only having a very organized list of notes about what each ingredient did. He found himself to be a great experimenter and the chase for the intended potion was always something he enjoyed. It wasn’t until he was sixteen that he found his calling. Alchemy was a new subject being taught at the orphanage and he was one of only a handful of students who were curious enough to try it. It was here that he found true amazement -- a field of study that had yet to find its holy grail. This drove him wild with curiosity and soon alchemy was his primary subject. After he was of age and had moved out of the orphanage, Kyo traveled across Brazil and then Japan, studying alchemy while also attempting to find his parents. There was no luck with the latter endeavor, but soon Kyo was regarded well for his contributions to the field. He studied with both poor village mothers and successful potioneers. He had never found a teacher that taught alchemy the way he thought it should be taught -- and so, when he was approached by Eklands College to fill in as a teacher for a new subject they were offering, he took it without hesitation. His approach to alchemy is less theoretical and more scientific, and he constantly has at least three experiments going at once. He views his students as modes of research and invested fellows, and will take his classes on long field trips to other countries over the weekends to allow students to find their own ingredients and explore the old texts first-hand. “Accidental Advancement” is a theory of his claiming that a majority of wizarding medical discoveries were made by alchemists that, during their efforts to turn substance into gold, silver, or eternal health, stumbled upon other discoveries that benefited the medical field. This is where his approach to spagyric alchemy stems from.

CONNECTIONS

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SUSANA SEABROOKE .:. Portrayed by Lucy Lawless

Age— 44 Sexual/Romantic Orientation— Homosexual / Lesbian Teaching— Dean of Students

APPEARANCE

Although somewhat of a child at heart, you wouldn’t know it by looking at her (except, perhaps, by her smile). She owns an impressive amount of professional clothing -- both Muggle and wizard alike -- and usually spends a large bit of her morning doing her hair or putting on makeup.

PERSONALITY

Having been raised by a mother who embraced ‘hippy’ culture (which, in fact, led to Susana’s existence), Susana is nothing short of easygoing and fun-loving -- although she may have varying definitions of what fun is. She has a love for running and does so every morning and night, cooking and most importantly eating (and often stops in on the Muggle Cooking & Baking Club to both participate and sample), and sitting in on classes just to learn something. She often has a smile on her face and will laugh at whatever inappropriate joke she hears a student tell. Due to her appearance and the way she carries herself as a professional, she may at first come off as very much Dean-like. In appropriating consequences, however, she tends to be very lenient and give perhaps too many chances -- which is great for students, but less so for the establishment. She seems to desire to be a friend first.

+ friendly, easygoing, professional – sometimes too lenient or tolerant, intimidating at first glance

BIOGRAPHY

Born to a wizard father and a Muggle mother, Susana had two very different experiences living between homes with split custody. Her Auror father had been deeply smitten with her free-spirited mother, and they quickly married -- but their very different personalities proved successful for passion, but less so for long-term marriage. When her mother (in love with wizard culture) moved from the coast of Canada to the Eklands islands, Susana saw her mother only every other weekend and on holidays. Having taken after her mother in personality drove a wedge between Susana and her strict father, and when she was fourteen, Sana went to live on the Eklands Islands with her mother. Susana’s mother was rarely a mother and nearly always a friend. She was often under the influence (or preparing to be) in Sana’s presence. She even allowed her daughter to smoke and drink with her when she was only fifteen. Sana became a spitting image of her mother in her teenage years: wild, reckless, nearly out of control. After coming home to find her mother overdosed on the sofa, Sana dove into study and pushed away drugs. Having barely had any contact with her father for three years, then-seventeen-year-old Sana wrote, told him of her mother’s death, and asked to make use of his connections. Within the month, she herself had been enrolled in ECMS. There was no other place she felt more at home. Within just two months she’d gone from rarely ever not under the influence and skipping school -- to becoming the Student Government President. She had a way with her peers, almost putting the Parliamentarian out of a position. She’d had plans to become an Auror, like her father, but upon completion of the program (at which, after a very bumpy start, she excelled at) she decided to immediately return to the school. Muggle Studies was an easy degree, History of Magic a little less so (after repeated drug use at a development age, her memorization wasn’t the best, although it’d been improving), and Transfiguration was her favorite. By the time she was thirty, Sana had completed a good chunk of the available Areas of Study, and decided to finally apply for a real career -- having made money thus far by part-timing at Elm-Ear Sweets. Although she seemed to have a knack for selling candy, Susana wrote the longest letter in her life to the administration of Eklands College for Magic Study, writing mostly of her life, her experiences, her vast knowledge, and her love for the school. Overall it was a letter (and resume) begging to be allowed some kind of job -- “I’ll even clean the floors,” she’d written -- and within the week they accepted her as the Transfiguration teacher. Three years later, the Dean of Students positioned up, she applied, and got it. For the last ten years Susana has held that position both happily and proudly. Often she acts as something of a counselor or therapist for any student looking a little bit down -- and even though her memory is only decent, she always remembers their names and stories. Her interaction with the professors is surprisingly minimal, although she finds herself volunteering in the hospital wing a little too often -- if only to get to know the pretty Professor Lawson a little bit better.

CONNECTIONS

Venetia Lawson — Crush (possible love interest)

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