Name: Mary Winthrop Appearance: [img]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/2f/11/02/2f110209635659b115bef1895f24f990.jpg[/img] Age: 16 Year: 6th House: Ravenclaw Classes taken: [b]NEWTs Levels[/b] Charms Transfiguration DADA Runes Potions Short bio: Mary was born to a backwaters hick of a mother who believed God had punished her with Mary. Mary's father was unknown to Mary, and the source of Mary's abilities seen as the worst possibility of a deal between Satan and God. Mary's mother believed she was suffering as Job had, and to free herself of the curse she must cleanse Mary. The woman's definition of cleanse grew worse as Mary's abilities grew. These abilities were never quite under control though. Somehow word got to Mary's father, Andrew Winthrop, about her situation. How word got to him was never something he told Mary, but late in the night he took the small 8 year old from her home and freed her. It took Mary sometime before she realized she had side-along apparated. The next few years Mary and her father learned from each other. Mary on how to trust people again, Andrew on how the simplest thing can bring joy. Mary was grossly undereducated so Andrew lost no time in catching the girl up in general education. When the letter for Hogwarts came he beamed. Personality: Mary is a quite girl, though very curious. One would not expect her to know the things that she knows. Unless they saw her library research history. She is not quick to trust people. It is very unlikely that anyone knows her full history. She does not talk about her mother. Due to her undereducated early in her life Mary feels like she is always trying to catch up. Her wit can be particularly scathing at times. Wand: 8 9/10 in, stiff, Fir, Unicorn hair Patronus: Dove Hobbies: Reading. She never got into quidditch really. Ice skating (She loves winter near the lake and always checks to make sure the ice is thick enough and has been known to spell it to be safer). A small love for movies. Pets: A grey cat named Perry. Perry walks funny as when he was only a few months old he fell from a stair case and broke his back, even with magical help it did not heal properly. Personal possessions: Standard things for school at Hogwarts, and a few extra books, some muggle, most adventure novels. Relationships: TBA NPCs: Emma Tate, A muggle born Ravencalw same year as Mary. Emma started their friendship in their first year by discussing horror movies. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor Name: Kyle McCarthy Appearance: [img]http://images.fashionnstyle.com/data/images/full/42987/charles-michael-davis.png?w=600[/img] Age: 29 House: was in Slytherin Short bio: Kyle was raised in a family that touted the pure-blood belief, and he believed it. That is until his first year of school, that year he met his wife to be. They became great friends and it wasn't until the next year that everything went wrong. Voldemort's hold on the school shocked the young Kyle and he distanced himself from his family. His mother dying of natural causes, his father in the war, and his sister disappearing after the fall of Voldemort. Kyle decided, since no one else could, that he would find her. He pushed himself until he became an Auror. It took him several years after that to find Maggie, but when he did he was able to defeat her and bring her in. He retired after that, and became a teacher at Hogwarts for DADA. Personality: Kyle is protective. He is especially protective of those he cares about, a very small group of people. He's reserved with people he doesn't know well. Wand: Rowan, 11 2/5, stiff, dragon heart-string. "An odd combination for an odd boy" Patronus: Black Panther (Also his Animagi form) Hobbies: Reading. Pets: An owl Personal possessions: A large assortment of dark detectors. A small library. An extra-denominational trunk.