Aella Persephone Strand

Female

16

6th

Muggleborn

Good

-Alchemy
-Apparition
-Care of Magical Creatures

-Magical Creatures Club
-Astronomy Club

A Drunk Man

Astronomy, Herbology, Care of Magical Creatures, Potions

Defense Against the Dark Arts, Transfiguration, Charms, Arithmancy, Flying

Crisp, fresh air|the smell of the forest after rain|the warm burn of a far away campfire|flowers|

Springy, Hemlock wood, Unicorn hair, 13 ½ inches

-Quick at drawing wand
-Can learn potions, plants, and creatures easily

-Is inefficient in spellwork
-Does not grasp a spell easily
-Spells often don’t work

For Aella's whole life, she had been on the outside, looking into the window at others. Yes, she was friendly and warm, sympathetic and empathetic, but her awkwardness and inability to communicate well without coming off as weird or annoying usually turned people away. Her strict adherring to the rules and general fear of everything led to others thinking her a bore. So, instead, she dove into her studies, not having surfaced from her education since the second grade of primary school. She became the rock for her friends, a reliable rock that was always there in the corner, but never approached unless needed. She was the paper weight whose only purpose was to hold the papers down. Nevertheless, Aella is loyal, always the shoulder to cry on, and always willing to give advice, though half the time she has no idea what she is talking about; a gentle hand to guide to the light, but remains in the dark. And so, she filled her time with hardwork and perfecting every homework assignment, to the last letter.

When alone, Aella was even more of a mess. Every time she looked into a mirror, insecurity stabbed her in the gut; every time she made a decision, she regretted it. She became cynical and pessimistic, believing that humans didn't have the capabilities to care for others, only themselves. As if to prove her point, people walked over her as if she were a welcome mat, but, to their credit, she never stood up for herself. She was submissive, did everything everyone expected her to do, she was easily discouraged by others and completely dependent on her peers to determine her self-worth. She was always tense and timid, expecting the worse to happen. Aella was neurotic and anxious to the max, always going over in her head the worst case scenario - it got so bad sometimes, that she would become sick from her anxiety and throw up. And despite her hidden desire of being idolized by others, she became a conformist and a coward. Even though she was brimming with opinions, she kept her mouth shut and went along with whatever people told her to do. She ran from confrontation and everything else. Aella put effort into blending in with everyone else, becoming a forgetful face. However, there were moments when her clumsy nature would expose her to her peers, set her apart if only momentarily. It is easy to guess that Aella is depressed, often crying when no one is looking and cursing her bad luck. When she discovered she was a witch, Aella turned to superstitions, hoping she could change her luck, but so far the six years have been fruitless.

-Southern Sweet Tea
-Baked Alaska
-Ice cream (favorite flavors: Neapolitan, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Green Tea, Pistachio, Butter Pecan)
-Root Beer
-Root Beer Float
-Animals
-Stars
-Lapidary
-Reading (Favorite Authors: Edgar Allan Poe and Dr. Suess)
-Origami
-Puzzles/Sudoku

-Alcohol
-Tobacco
-Breaking Rules
-Strong Perfume/Cologne
-Risks
-Juice
-Breakfast Food
-Breakfast for lunch/dinner
-Food touching other food
-Wearing socks without shoes
-Her toes touching each other (She has to wear toe socks)
-Flat Soda
-Spiders

-Being embarrassed
-Failing
-Being a disappointment
-Being alone
-Clowns
-Dolls
-Ghosts
-Needles
-Rejection
-Roller coasters
-Spiders
-Buried alive

-Lapidary
-Star Gazing
-Reading
-Origami
-Puzzles/Sudoku

Aella was born and raised in Palatka, Florida. It was a nobody town that nobody has ever heard of, but Aella liked the smallness of it all. She was the third child to muggle parents John and Karen and she had two older sisters, Clio and Thalia who were six and seven years older than her. While her family was always close, and she was closer to them than anybody else in her life, Aella always felt like she was too different than the family - too young, too immature at the moment. While Clio and Thalia were best friends, Aella sought friendship with rats. She started raising rats from a young age, and by the age of eight, she had six female rats.

Around the age of nine, Aella's mother began drinking heavily. Aella didn't really understand much of what was going on since her family neglected to tell her, but it felt as if the family was breaking apart. Aella dove into anime, reading, and rats to escape the whole ordeal. The eldest sister, Thalia, began fighting with her mother - this wasn't so much of a surprise, since the two were too alike to not fight, but it was starting to escalate. Until one day, Karen kicked Thalia out of the house during the summer. For a month, Thalia was forced to find refuge with her friends, only sixteen years old. During the night, sometimes Thalia would break into the house and chill with her friends in the basement. Clio knew about it, but had steadily grown more distant towards her sister, often times staying at a friend's house when she knew Thalia was coming over. This left Aella alone, knowing that her sister was drinking and smoking down in the basement while her parents slept.

Meanwhile, her mother's drinking hadn't been getting any better. Aella had been in her room, reading a Dr. Seuss book, when her mother came in, slurring and stumbling. Aella tried to ignore her, and her father had to drag her mother out of her room and into the hallway; Aella shut the door and locked it. It was only minutes later when she heard shouting and Aella peeked her head out of the door - her mother was rummaging through the pantry which was just down the hall and her father was trying to pull her away. Aella quickly closed the door and huddled on her bed, trying to close the sounds out, when Clio came into the room with a popcorn bowl. But instead of popcorn, there were pill bottles. Clio urged Aella to hide it and, on hands and knees, Aella stuck it underneath her bed and sat up just before her mother came bursting into the door. Aella couldn't make out what her mother was saying anymore, her words were so slurred, but all she could hear was her father on the phone telling someone that his wife had swallowed pills and he needed help. The ambulance came and went, Aella's father and mother with it. Aella tossed and turned until one in the morning until she went downstairs into her sister's room and climbed into bed with her.

After that night, Aella's mother went to rehab for a couple of months and came back better. Thalia was allowed back into the house, and harmony was restored. But Aella came out of the ordeal tenser and more reclusive than before. Soon enough, she got her letter to Salem Witches' Institute - baffling her mother and father - and started to attend. There, she didn't have much luck with friends, and after her first year there, Aella had fallen into a depression. When she arrived home for the summer, she was sent to therapy where they realized that she might have clinical anxiety and depression. She was put on pills and then whisked back to school. During her second year, Thalia changed drastically. She had gotten pregnant with her ex-fiance, partied too hard, and had a tobacco addiction. She lacked responsibility, something that Clio possessed, and Aella realized that she had two options: become like Thalia or like Clio. She chose Clio, setting her on the path of a cautious girl who took no risks in life. By the time Aella came back home after her second year, Thalia had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. It was in the beginning months of her third year at Salem when Thalia had her son, Cal, and given full custody over to her parents. Despite being now in her twenties, Thalia was going in no direction, was living at home with her parents, and could not provide emotionally or financially for her child. The stress put on Aella's mother who desperately tried to get Thalia on track led Karen to a familiar comfort that would solve her problems. Alcohol. And, going into her sixth year, not much has changed - Karen Strand was still an alcoholic, Thalia was still a deadbeat mother, Clio had distanced herself from the family, and John Strand was barely staying in the marriage.

Lü Ziya

Male

15

5th

"Half-Blood"

Warren

Nügua the Puffin

Care of Magical Creatures
Divination
Study of Ancient Runes

Duelling Club
Astronomy Club

Lü Ziya's greatest fear is, as expected of such a great young teenager, in actuality a creature born from his own imagination, and so it is a sickly, eldritch mushroom creature that is the form his Boggart takes upon. With sterling silver eyes, perfect replicas of ancient coinage, and towering above even the tallest of men, it is a lumbering, fungal foetus that looks to corrupt, its decaying mass ready to devour all.

Varanus komodoensis

The smell of freshly smelted copper and iron combined with the scent of a factory deep in the throes of industry.

Redwood; Dragon heartstring; Unyielding; 11 inches

Skilled orator, fountain of knowledge, enthusiastic and easily adaptable learner.

Lack of tact, obscured vision due to headwear, inability to accept positions contrary to his own, low stamina.

The young teenager known as Lü Ziya is quite an eccentric fellow, one that seems to work on an independent wavelength from his fellow, less politically-motivated fifteen year olds. He seems a communistic society as the epitome of all political aspirations, and it is obvious from conversations with him that the pursuit of such a goal in the magical world is a major aspect of his person. He is a skilled orator, though the presence of the mask upon his face and lack of visible eyes due to his large hat are detrimental to his attempts at conveying his messages, with the muffled, lightly accented words seemingly comical to those who listen. Life is a source of passion for him, and he will take to all that he does with vigour and energy, although it can be rather overwhelming to others at times. His manner of speech is quite formal, and he will always try his best to treat everyone with respect.

Sleeping; Cartoons; Learning new things; History; Dengism; Four Classics; Century Eggs

The Bourgeois; Inefficiency; Opposing opinions; Mushrooms; Neo-Feudalistic Plutocracies

The unknown; Dying; Failure

In the mid-1800s, a lesser branch of the Chinese Lü family, a magical clan that claimed descent from the ancient military strategist and sage Taigong Wang (though supposedly separate from the House of Jiang, rulers of the Qi state), crossed the great Pacific Ocean for California, leaving their homes and loved ones to seek new fortunes in what was known as the Gold Mountain. Though the wizards and witches of the family would first suffer discrimination from the established white settlers like many of their fellow Chinese brethren, they were lucky enough to achieve success in the goldfields (though it was possible that magic may have been involved), and soon became semi-respected members of the East Coast's magical authorities, even after they were subsumed into the great American Association. While they were still in frequent contact with the upper branch back in Qing China, this side of the Lü family began to identify more as Americans as the years went by, becoming a mix of the disparate cultures of their motherland and their new homes.

This was the foundation of Lü Ziya's beginnings.

Following the victory of the Chinese Communist Party over Jiang Jieshi's Guomingdang in 1949, the members of the upper branch that had survived the horrific magical shadow wars that ran alongside the First and Second Sino-Japanese Wars as well as the Chinese Civil War were left in a destitute state. Their fortunes, located in their native Shandong province, had been destroyed during the Japanese occupation, when General Yasuji Okamura implemented his scorched earth policies to deal with the Chinese resistance, and despite prominently supporting the CCP, failed to regain their wealth after Jiang Jieshi's Republic was forced to Taiwan. The next few decades were hard for the family to bear, and the economic development enjoyed by Shandong following Deng Xiaoping's rise to power, while definitely improving their situation, failed to return them to former greatness. So in a snap decision, Ziya's grandfather, Lü Yongpei, moved his part of the upper branch over to the States, where they hoped that the lesser branch would accept them.

And they did.

By the time Lü Ziya was born, the first child of the magical Lü Zifeng and his long-time Muggle girlfriend, Hua Peixing, his family had joined the middle class of America, though backed with the support of the firmly entrenched lesser branch. It was quite a simple life for him in his youth, with the only strange happenings being his bouts of accidental magic. Then he turned eleven, when he was accepted into Salem despite his family's wishes to send him back to China for his wizardry studies. Still, he went to the closer American institute without too much disagreement, taking to the school like a fish did water.

He has spent the last few years enjoying his time at Salem, and wishes to continue in such a manner.

Cassandre LaFlamme

Female

17

7

Half-Breed (Veela)

Tituba

Alchemy
Arithmancy
Divination

Divination Club
Choir

Her friends turning their back on her. Loneliness.

Cat

Lavender blooming in a meadow

Pear with Veela Hair, Somewhat rigid, 11 1/4 inch.

Transfiguration, Divination, Apparition

Flying, Study of Ancient Runes

-Compassionate
-A talented musician
-An adept student
-Spiritualist

-Too often thinks the best of people
-Reacts emotionally instead of rationally
-Fear of heights and, thus, flying

Cassandre had been raised to put others on an equal plane as herself. Sometimes she has taken that to an extreme, putting others well before her in most things to her own detriment. The fact that she was being torn between worlds as a child made it all the more important for her to make the best possible impression that she could. The need to connect with people quickly, people of vastly different cultures, beliefs and traditions.

As she got older she also started to realize the subtle racism around her. She experienced much of it, purists looking the other way as she walked in. So many times she tried to break through with a smile. But soon she realized what was happening and it began to darken her view of people. Starting school she experienced it a few times still. But, putting on that smile, Cassandre pushed past that with sheer power of will and helpfulness. Starting study groups, joining too many clubs to make new friends.

All this because she fears being alone. Fears not being accepted. Rejection hits her harder than anything she can imagine. But, those first years of trying too hard burned her out. Now, she's gotten a bit more down to earth. Instead of putting everyone first, it's friends and family. It takes little for her to consider someone a friend, but she's not going to try too hard when people dislike her because of prejudice. It has given her a strength that she didn't have in previous years.

Music, all types really
Singing and playing guitar (punk)
Dancing
People
Learning new people's traditions
Cooking
Politics

Prejudice
Mean people
Being Alone
Silence
Quidditch

Losing her friends and heights.

Amelia Artemia Averyonna

Female

11

1st

Muggleborn

Tituba

None

None

None

Either a powerless version of herself or a thunderstorm

Falcon

The great outdoors.

Apple, Single Unicorn Hair, 8 inches, Swishy

Potions, Herbology, Care of Magical Creatures (once she makes it to third year)

Anything that requires verbal incantations

Artistically talented, good memory

Mute, not that good in a fight

Amelia is a kind, sweet, and gentle but very shy girl. She has a tendency to prefer to stay by herself and away from others, in order to avoid having to talk to others. These habits are due to her embarrassment at being mute and wanting to avoid situations where she might have to speak. Even though she is capable of using sign language but due to a lack of people around her capable of using it, she prefers to find other means to talk to others.

Amelia enjoys spending time outside and will do so, regardless of the weather, unless it is a thunderstorm. She likes being around plants and creatures, things that she can interact with without having to talk. She also enjoys taking care of them and the visual beauty that comes from such effort, using them as subjects for her sketching's.

One outstanding trait of Amelia is her self-confidence. Or rather, her complete lack thereof. Amelia's lack of confidence in herself is to the point that if she does accomplish something, she doesn't feel as if she was the one who actually accomplished the task, even if she was the only one to work on it. This lack of confidence also effects how she views her talents, causing her to think she is lacking in an area where she is actually quite skilled at.

Amelia is also a pacifist. No matter how badly you treat her, she will simply bow her head and let her tormentor(s) continue until they are finished. She will never seek revenge on them or hold a grudge and simply views such things as a natural part of her life that she cannot avoid. This, combined with her muteness often makes her a target for bullies and people of the like.

Candy, peaceful and quiet places, the outdoors

Bullies, loud places, situations where she has to talk

Amelia's greatest fear is losing her freedom and not finding her place in the world. She feels a need to find where she belongs and fears that she will never really belong anywhere. She also fears for losing her freedom, as without that, she will never find where she belongs.

Amelia also has a great fear of thunder, due to a certain incident.

Carlo Dion Valentine

Male

17

6th

Fullblood

Warren

Given to him by his oldest sister, Adrianna, Tomers is a Toyger breed. Usually that type of breed of cats come in a more orange and black color scheme. However, Tomers isn’t like the usual type of Toyger breed. Everything about him is unusual from his fur color to how he supposedly has hints of magical prowess. Carlo was told that when he first got Tomers. At the time, he believed it, which was why Carlo protected Tomers with all that he could. However, as he soon learned, it was just some selling tactic that the store owner tried - and it worked. Regardless of that, however, Carlo loves his Tomers, even though the cat can sometimes be a bit of a handful since he is very lazy and doesn’t like to play when Carlo wanted to.

Carlo learned that, over the years of owning Tomers, that his lazy and stubborn cat loves to be in front of a camera. He has no idea why Tomers does, but for whatever reason, he will do all that he can to get in front of a camera even if it’s getting in the way of news casts or other people’s vision. One time when Carlo tried to remove Tomers away from being in front of a camera, the damned cat snapped at him so hard that Carlo nearly lost his right index finger due to it.

Again, Carlo loves his cat, but he’s a real dick sometimes.

A tall figure with the height of Carlo‘s father, but he never seen it. All that is noticeable about the figure is that there is a hard leather belt in its hand, poised to strike.

White Tiger.

Burning wood in the Winter | Smell of Autumn leaves in Virginia | Fresh blooming roses in the spring

Defense Against the Dark Arts, Care of Magical Creatures, Magic Ruins, and Charms

Transifguration, Potions, Herbology, and Astrology

Not to use slang, but the way that one could describe Carlo as the best they can without making it overcomplicated would be that he has a gentleman’s swag. The charisma he shows off can lead anyone to believe what he says. That isn’t to say that he’s manipulative, but he wouldn’t say anything if someone were to blindly follow or believe him about something. His charm also goes hand in hand with his charisma since its essentially the same thing. Carlo’s charming personality puts him in a good light to the professors, especially if they catch him or those he is with in a compromising situation.

When Carlo speaks, he is able to capture the grace and beauty in anything he is reciting in front of anyone. He is able to capture the emotion within the written text he is reciting as well clearly express it in a memorable way. Adding to speaking eloquently, Carlo shows a certain grace when he’s around people that can only be described as elegant sophistication. What this means is that Carlo does not subject himself to the primal instincts of man that includes, but is not limited to : curse words, starting fights for no reason, being without manners, making noise when eating, burping and farting whenever the need comes, making inappropriate jokes. So, in the end of it all, Carlo acts with dignity and grace and his manner of speaking represent itself as such.

To say that Carlo is confident would be an understatement. Some could say that it’s more cockiness than it is just confidence. Being the son of one of the richest families in the Canadian-American Wizardry World, Carlo half-expects people to treat him a certain way or for him to get a certain reaction. This could show itself in a form of elitism or perhaps even an overconfidence that would fall over into the cockiness region. His overconfidence and almost self-entitlement shows itself dominantly when he’s vying for the attention of someone. It could be some lucky girl that stands out to him in a crowd of wonderful applicants to become his woman. He looks for those that seem different than the rest of the snobbish ones. When he spots one he likes, he goes in like a tiger - fierce and full of confidence. When he approaches them, he will use all that he could to get them to say yes. However, there have been instances where Carlo has been given the word “no” in response to his advances. That’s entirely okay with him even though he doesn’t like the word no. He simply smiles at the fact that he’s going to be able to partake in a game of persuasion - which he is awfully good at. He likes to think that the word “no” just means that he isn’t trying hard enough and a grand gesture won’t be enough; he needs to win whomever he’s trying to get the attention of so much that they couldn’t possibly stay away from him.

Coming from the background that he does, there comes a certain amount of abrasive arrogance that, while Carlo doesn’t intend to, he could come off as a bit insensitive. This is due to the fact that he perhaps doesn’t think of what he says to people that might come from a lower social class than him. Or perhaps it’s that he doesn’t think about what he says and it comes off in a snobbish way. Regardless of what it is, this is sometimes off-putting to those in the middle and lower classes of wealth.

Underneath all of that style, all of that grace, that eloquent, and that elegance, is a man wanting to find love. Underneath all of that overconfidence and nigh-cockiness is a boy who never really found himself to be accepted by his parents. Though as he might try to fool those around him - and maybe himself - Carlo never really could. He wants to find someone that would be able to look past all of those off-putting traits and do what his parents could not wholly: accept him for all that he is.

Though never proven, rumor has it that the Valentine family is directly derived from Saint Valentine of Rome himself. It‘s true that there is a lot of mystery that surrounds the great Saint Valentine of Rome like who exactly he was and what he did for the Roman Catholic Church back in his day of living. At least, that‘s what the public has reason to believe. In actuality, he faked his death. It was rather easy considering the wonders of magic and how the muggles could be deceived by anything. Surely a simple alteration spell of his death would be enough to fool them.

After his faked death, Saint Valentine desired anonymity from the Roman Catholic Church, so he sought out help from a few contacts within the Wizardry World where he would assume a new identiy with a new face to boot. Under the name Vincent Valencio, the former Saint Valentine took to a promising land across the Atlantic that would later become what is known in the modern day as America. It was secluded and more importantly, away from those that wished to harm him. There he settled in a cottage and lived his days in peace.

If one was to trace his life down through that funny thing we call time, it would reveal that sometime after he settled and in the year of 2014, he had a family and the tree of the Valencio name sprouted. Only, that it wasn’t actually the Valencio as he would have preferred. Over the years, the name went through several different changes of names until a few generations ago, the name reverted back to its roots after a certain wizard by the name of Vincent Alistair found the origins of his family’s ancestry and traced it to the Saint Valentine of Rome. After meeting the now aged Saint, he became fuelled by rage that his ancestor would deceive everyone like that. After murdering the former Saint of Rome, the name of Valentine came back to the family once more.

Ever since that day, the Valencio’s became known as the Valentines. And since that day, their name became one to be reckoned with in the Wizardry World. They soon became known as one of the most prominent as well as wealthy - and equally as ruthless - families. They even rivaled the Malfoy’s of England.

The current head of the Valentine family, Fabio Vincent Valentine, is the father to four Valentine children, the youngest being one Carlo Dion Valentine, a student at the Salem Witches’ Institute. The young Carlo was groomed from the very start to appeal to people a certain way, speak to them a certain way, and always show good manners. There was never a moment where Carlo was allowed to speak out of turn when it came to social gatherings at the Valentine Estate, even less when visiting other places. Only because of Carlo’s heritage was he forced to attend the Salem Witches’ Institute. He didn’t want to, but as it was tradition for the Valentines, he had to.

Six years he had been there and Carlo has never once gotten a word of congratulations from his father. Even though his mother, Bianca Valentine, had her ways of showing her love for what her son has done, she hardly showed it in front of others due to the strictness that his father puts on him. Regardless, Carlo never once acted out towards his teachers - well, that is until maybe his forth or fifth year where he garnered himself a large popularity. In truth, due to who he was and how he looked, Carlo became really popular with the ladies and even took part in Quiddish when he was in those years. However, he has long since given that up due to reasons unknown. Some say that he was forced to and some say that he simply lost interest. Whatever the reason, it was a damn shame since Carlo was one of the best beaters that SWI has known.

For some odd reason, all of those who have blood directly descended from the Saint Valentine of Rome have all been born on February 14th, which is ironically Valentine‘s Day, named after said saint.

The main Valentine Estate is located within The Golden Triangle Neighborhood of Greenwich, Connecticut.



The Valentine wealth comes from a number of questionable activities as they have been the center of a lot of controversy of importing nigh-illegal goods from all over the world. Though none of it has been proven, it still has been questioned by the Republic of Magic.

The Valentine Family as it stands now:

• Fabio Vincent Valentine | 65 | Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer of Valentine Incorporated
  Described as strict, overbearing, and always on his children’s asses about their respective responsibilities. He also has a habit of physically abusing them if they get out of hand or if they argue with anything he commands them to do - that goes double for Bianca.
• Bianca Valentine | 58 | Executive Vice President of Valentine Incorporated
  Described as firm, but still loving. She is probably the reason why the Valentine children have love in their hearts. Even though he abuses her, she loves her husband and knows that there is good in him even after all the shit he does to her.
• Pablo Valentine | 30 | Co-Vice President of Valentine Incorporated
  Being the first born, Pablo definitely takes after his father the most. He has just as much strictness in him as his father has and is just as much of a hardass like Fabio. There is also a rather power-hungry and greedy side to him. There is currently a plan to overthrow his father sometime in the future.
• Adrianna Theresa Valentine | 25 | Professor at NYU
  Completely separate from her family’s semi-legal operations, Adrianna chose to not even take part in her family’s business. Instead - and much against her father and mother’s wish - chose to live among the muggles as she teaches Film Study at NYU. She tries to maintain a relationship with her family, but they haven’t returned her olive branch. Well, that is aside from her youngest brother, Carlo, who has a rather close bond to her. He still harbors some kind of anger towards her for leaving. If only he knew why..
• Cassandria Medusa Valentine | 22 | Assistant Branch Manager of Valentine Incorporated
  Though a bit wild, Cassie has been given the opportunity by her parents to redeem herself in their image by giving her a job at the family business. She is described as that kind of person that doesn’t really like being told what to do and usually acts out just to spite her parents. This, obviously, isn’t something that they like - especially her father due to the way that he is. She is awfully close to Carlo and Adrianna.
• Carlo Dion Valentine | 16 | Student at Salem Witches’ Institute

Human - Christina Perri
Placeholder theme until I find something more pop-punky that fits Carlo. xD

Ariadne "Addie" Dorothea Tune

Female

16

6th

Half-Blood

Good

A fluffy black cat named Henry

Alchemy
Muggle Studies
Arithmancy

Astronomy Club
Potions Club
Charms Club

Addie's boggart used to be what she imagined was the troll that killed her mother, but these days its her two cousins threatening to tell her Aunt Bea how bad she is.

A cat

Jasmine, oil paint, the air after it rains, and freshly brewed coffee.

Willow, Unicorn Hair, 11 1/2 in, springy

Potions

Herbology

Good at motivating herself and others
Can easily replicate a potion in a matter of minutes and has memorized the ingredients for several potions
Almost always honest
Quite skilled in transiguration as well
Intelligent
Witty
Quick learner

Not the best at managing time
Very insecure
Almost completely incompetent when it comes to Herbology. Countless hours have been spent studying for this class in order to get a passing grade.
How are you supposed to even memorize all the stuff taught in History of Magic? Huh?
Can't always muster the right amount of confidence
Sometimes easily discouraged

Mixes up and forgets spells sometimes
Constantly wears a mask to hide her emotions

From her past, it may seem like Addie is a weepy, sad, mess. Though this is sometimes true, almost always when she is alone, she puts on a front for the world to see. Talking about her feelings and family is not something she partakes in frequently, although she will share the occasional, good memory from a happier time when she was younger. Otherwise, she is usually fairly quiet, especially when it comes to discussing herself. She’s not necessarily shy, but Addie is a very insecure girl. She has no issues speaking up in class or participating in some small talk with classmates and friends. She is not too quick to judge others, but is a firm believer in listening to your gut when it speaks up. Because of this, Addie is cautious of those that rub her the wrong way. A lone wolf, she normally enjoys being alone but won’t shoo away a friend who wishes to share her company or engage her in conversation. It is because of this that she is known as a friendly and kind person.

She seems to always have an open shoulder, for Addie hates seeing others in a sad mood, but will hardly ever go to anyone to talk about her own problems. You could say she has a certain pride that she’s afraid of tarnishing, a fault that causes her to bottle up her problems until they come bursting out when something truly awful happens to her. She dislikes being touched, especially near her arms. However, she will sometimes find that she desires to be held for a long period of time (of course this is a silly request, and she would never make it, opting instead to snuggle up with her cat…although he’s not always up for it.)

There is a certain charm to Addie in the fact that, although she is generally very sweet, she has some bite to her. Addie is stubborn, sarcastic, and on her best (and sometimes worst) days, she will not hesitate to snap back at anyone who tries to trample over her. After all, it’s her family that she fears the most-everyone else can’t hurt in the same way. Though no one can really tell, Addie hardly feels much. One of the reasons why she’s always drawing is because her passion for the arts is one of the only ways she distract herself from how badly her emotional state of being is.

Drawing, sketching, and painting
Chocolate almonds
Rainy weather
Fall, especially the leaves changing colors
Handsome young lads
Purple irises
Hot tea with honey
Warm socks and boots
People that make her feel comfortable
A clear night sky
Furry animals
Cute jackets
Kindness
Reading (fairy tales and stories about magic)

Yelling
Crudeness
Sweating
Humid weather (it makes her hair frizzier than it needs to be)
Crying
Finding sad people
Greediness
Fall (though it's her favorite season, the anniversary of her mother's death takes place in the fall.)
Disappointing others
Peas
Bad dreams
Dishonesty
Bad manners

Her cousins
Being unloved
Ending up alone
Disappointing her father
People finding out about her bad habit
Earthquakes
Huge monsters
Losing more loved ones

There was a time when Addie knew no tragedy. Born in a rainy town with a sunny disposition, she spent the first seven years of her life in Washington with her parents, Jamie and Cecilia. As a child she was happy and almost always smiling. Her mother was a witch who had fallen in love with a muggle, and so she grew up in a magic-friendly household while also obtaining the customs of the muggle world as well. Cecilia worked as a journalist for Magic Daily, often writing about magical creatures in the wild, always trying to inform the public on all the wonderful beings that existed in the magical world. Jamie was a pilot who was often traveling but made sure he could be home with his family as much as possible. Her parents were just as happy as their beloved daughter and worked as a team to raise her on good, strong principles. They not only encouraged her to think for herself, but to believe in her abilities and to be who she wanted to be, not what everyone else wanted her to be. From an early age, she expressed a great interest in art so her father, an artist himself, would sit with Addie for hours just drawing and painting together. He taught her the techniques he had learned over the years while allowing her to develop her own methods and style. For a long time, the Tune family lived very happily.

When Addie was seven, her mother decided to head north to Canada to do some research for an article she was working on about forest trolls. Just like every other time Cecilia had left for a job, Addie and her father were certain she would be back with stories of her findings. But things were about to take a turn for the worst. They received news the news three days after she had left: Cecilia had made it to her destination, but she had not been prepared for how aggressive forest trolls were when they sensed an invader. She was killed immediately by blunt force trauma to the head. Jamie was devastated and Addie was traumatized, and after his wife died, Jamie’s mood changed drastically. He cut off ties with many of his closest friends, stopped coming home for days on end, and began to neglect Addie. It got so bad to the point that Cecilia’s younger, muggle sister, Bea, had to step in and take care of Addie while Jamie was gone at work. Eventually, Jamie let Bea take Addie into her home for good. She now lived in Portland, Orgeon with Bea’s family.

The only thing Addie liked about her new life was her Aunt Bea and her youngest child, Esther. Esther was two years younger than Addie and immediately latched onto her as if she were another big sister. Though spending time with these two, plus her Uncle Teddy, made her feel welcome, her two older cousins, Benjamin and Lydia, did not take well to the new addition to their home. Instead of constantly picking on their little sister they found a new target in Addie. They teased and insulted her frequently while also pushing her to partake in “games” that ended up with her hurt or embarrassed. You would think that once she turned nine and her powers manifested, they would have been scared of their cousin but this was not the case. As a matter of fact, their bullying became harsher-kids that are jealous of other kids can be cruel. Benjamin and Lydia put the idea in Addie’s head that if she were to tattle to their mother, they would lie and say that she was the one causing trouble. And so even though her Aunt Bea showered her with love, her heart stopped working the way it was supposed to, and Addie slowly let depression take over her body and her mind. Even worse, her father’s reaction to her newfound abilities was not positive. Jamie tried not to let it show, but he had always blamed the magical world for his beloved wife’s death. And to see his daughter become just like her didn’t sit well with him. She found some escape as she and her cousins grew older. As they matured, they became less interested in child’s play and more into hanging out with their teenage friends. Once Addie began attending the Salem Witches’ Institute, her mood changed for the better, but only slightly. Having to go home for breaks and holidays and having to deal with her father’s increasingly prevalent absence from her life, and the cousins that still disliked her brought all her feelings of loneliness and self-loathing back. They just wouldn’t go away, no matter how positive she tried to be. She began to cut herself when she was thirteen, never going deep enough to kill but just enough to scar. Addie constantly throws herself into her art in order to banish away the negative feelings that hold her back from flourishing, and you can often catch her sitting by herself, sketching or painting something beautiful.

Edgar Barnabus Whitby

Male

18

7th

Pureblood

Good

Archimedes-The Barn Owl

A spectral version of his Father

Owl

The smell of the pages of a book, particularly older books

Pine, Firm, 13 1/2 inches, Dragon Heartstring

Potions, Magical History, Charms

Herbology, Transfiguration, Divination

Edgar has become the product of an overbearing father who values knowledge and titles above all else. As such Edgar has become a shut in who's only comfort is the books that he reads. He has worked very hard to become the person that he is taking time to accurately and with great detail plan every single function that his life revolves around. While he seems too cold and distant to most he does find time to help other students in some of the more difficult classes knowing how difficult those classes can be.

As a consequence of his up bringing Edgar has an almost irrational fear of authority figures and does everything he can to stay within the accepted line. While among his peers this leads to rumors that he tends to be a snitch or a teachers pet, the latter he doesn't mind being called, has led him to nearly abandon most common social interactions. When he hears of bullies among the school he will be quick to confront them and easily wear them down with a witty and intelligent barrage that would almost rival the brightest of professors.

The Whitby name is not one that is well known within the wizarding world, although in centuries past it was tied to some of the most prominent names in American wizardry. During the years of the Salem witch hunts the Whitby's were cousins to the Proctor's and as such Edgar's family still holds that connection tight. As the years progressed Edgar was beaten over the head with the thoughts that he was to continue a long line of wizardry and it was his responsibility to continue the name of Whitby.

Edgar's childhood was a bitter and lonely one, being the only child of a once prestigious wizarding family Edgar's father began his wizarding training from as early as physically possible teaching him magical history at the tender age of four. By the time he was old enough to attend his first year at Salem Edgar had already read most of the core classes books and knew most of what the professors were going to teach. This lead him to become an outcast among his peerage calling him all sorts of terrible names which only furthered his introverted behavior. When his grades began to slip it was only a matter of time before his father heard about it and began his tyrannical rule from a far.

After his first year came to a close Edgar's father began buckling down on him enforcing strict mandatory study times and material that was too far beyond what a second year should be learning. Without anytime to figure out life in a social aspect Edgar retreated into his books and his studies in the hope that if he studied hard enough or learned enough of the materials that his father shoved in front of him that maybe he would let up on him and possibly give him a taste of freedom that he so desperately wanted. Sadly this was not the case. The better that Edgar did the more his father shoved onto him and Edgar's only hope was that he could return to Salem just to have a minute break from studying.

His second year quickly became a repeat of the year before, his over zealous father pushing him into his studies caused him to skyrocket academically but fall tragically short socially. It wasn't until that another student began having trouble with a particularly troublesome class that Edgar began to shine. With his knowledge in the classes and courses far beyond what many had experienced he was able to aid in studying to the first years that were quickly becoming overwhelmed.

Finally feeling like a normal child Edgar dreaded going home knowing that his father would be waiting to continue the almost torturous activity of studying under him. Sure enough Edgar was right and the rigorous exercise of his father's tutelage began almost instantly after he walked through the door. Edgar thought that his ability to help others in the school would finally give his father a moment of pride at that thought, however, quickly passed. Edgar's father quickly scolded him telling him that his knowledge was only meant for Edgar and Edgar alone and he should never share what he knows with anyone.

Now in his seventh year Edgar continues his aid of other students, much to his father's displeasure, and now has started a personal campaign to help those bullied as senior member of the student body. Even with his new found bravado Edgar still harbors a deep seeded fear of the teaching staff and still prefers the solitude of the library to the hustle and bustle of the Good common room. It is unsure wither or not he will continue to thrive or shrink back into his almost hermit like life style since Edgar himself does not know if he will ever be free of his father's influence.

Emily Athena Geralds

Female

16

6th

Half-Blood

Tituba

She has a dog called Piper

Piper is very relaxed dog, friendly and welcoming to both people and other animals. She prefers to be close to Emily, sitting on her lap or laying on her stomach when Emily is asleep or resting. She loves her daily walks and can get very playful.

Apparition
Study of Ancient Runes
Alchemy

Magical Creatures Club
Choir
Potions Club

Muggle Studies, Divination

Apparition
In all honestly, she finds the class bit of a bore. She does her best, but doesn’t seem to succeed when she tries.

Her aunt Geraldina; her aunt is rather unfriendly, insanely strict and a scary person. She and Emily never got on, and the image of her aunt haunts Emily’s mind

A Peacock.

Freshly cut grass, Wild flowers in the garden and the spell of peaches

Vine wood, Dragon heartstring core 12¾", pretty strong

Fast learner with most spells
Spells work 80% of the time
Good listener
Gentle when it comes to handling creatures, of any size
Has a lovely singing voice
Enthusiastic about most lessons/school clubs
Good wand work ~ quick at drawing a wand etc

A rather slow runner
Doesn’t seem to grasp the concept of Apparition
Lacking in some abilities in a duel
Bad habit of mis-placing her wand, things by accident
Not the best flyer on a broom
Lacks knowledge in Herbology
Potions tend to blow up in her face, cause a mess or don't work properly
Bad with memorizing Latin words
Not Physically strong~ could be easily beaten in a fight *Duels and physical combat*
Can be stubborn at times

Emily is a friendly and out going person; she is always trying to make new friends and make new students feel welcome at the Institute. She gives everyone a fair chance and she avoids having enemies, and arguments with people; she much rather prefer being on good terms and being friends than being upset/arguing about something...although it can't always be avoided.
She can be rather sensitive, and always tries to put other people before herself; she's very self-less and would do anything she could to make a person smile, or make them feel better. Her compassion and gentleness, have always been important as people know that they can rely on her and she can rely on others in return.

Emily is also rather smart and take pride and joy in most of her lessons, learning and school work/extra things. But just like any person, she is flawed and will make mistakes; if she can, she'll fix it and learn from it afterwards. There's not much that she doesn't enjoy; and if she does, it tends to show as she lacks behind and doesn't show much enthusiasm for it e.g. Apparition. Which doesn't always give her a good record in that subject.

Unfortunately, Emily's family is known to be Stubborn and that trait is one that Emily posses at times. This only shows, if and when she's in a confrontation, even though she tries to avoid those; she tries to stand up for what she believes is right/should be right/ what she and other deserves. She won't always admit that there might be another solution or answer.
It's rare to see her angry or annoyed; but when she gets in a moody strop, she will become defensive and does not like to hear otherwise. That tends to push her buttons a bit more. In the moment, Emily won't accept another answer/solution, once she calms down only will she then realize her mistake and see that not everything always goes her way.

Singing
Music ~ Classical/Opera/Rock
Dancing
Ice-Skating
Ice Cream: Vanilla, Lemon, Honeycomb and clotted cream, Coffee
The Institute’s Garden
Nature: Animals, Plants, Trees etc
Swimming
Exploring
Spending time with friends
Reading
Likes to study for most of her subjects
Quidditch
Italian/Spanish/Chinese food, culture etc
Likes Ancient History, artifacts etc
Fruit; Her favorites are Peach, Raspberries, Gooseberries, Water Melon. Pears and Apples

Violence/Death
Arrogant people
Horror movies
Roller Coasters ~ they make her sick and dizzy
Traveling on sea by ship/boat ect...as she gets sea-sick
Her friends being hurt

Losing her wand
Dying a slow and painful death
Having to live with her aunt
Losing her dog

The Geralds family is English/American, but all have thick English Accents. Emily is the youngest daughter of Clark (43) and Mikeala Geralds (39), younger sister to Phillip (21) and Clarissa (19). Whilst her mother is a muggle, her father was a pure-blood wizard that graduated from Hogwarts, whilst her older siblings went to the Salem Institute, being housed in Warren Household, unlike Emily who is housed in Tituba. The Current Geralds family, is the fifth generation of Witches and Wizards; most of their predecessors coming from the houses of Tituba and Warren; with the occasional family member coming from Hogwarts (only on rare occasion has that happened).

Her early-child-hood has always been a happy one. She remembers going to trips and foreign places with her family, as her father works for the Ministry of Magic and her mother works for a Newspaper Company. She loves her family and is close to almost every one of her relatives; excluding her aunt Geraldina who comes from her mother's side. Her aunt had never really showed Emily any compassion, love and positive feelings whilst growing up and is overly strict and terrifying person in general. The few and far in between encounters with her aunt, had scared Emily so she does the best to avoid seeing her.

Emily knew about her heritage/family's magic since she was a little girl, along with her siblings. When she was 10 years old, she got her acceptance letter to the Salem Witches Institute. It was a rather proud and exiting moment as she was following in her family's footsteps. It didn't take long for Emily to settle in at the Tituba house and Institute, she still tries to discover the secrets and wonders off the school. She thinks of the Institute as her second home, and has enjoyed her time there and making new friends along the way.

On her 14th birthday, she received her dog Piper. Those two are rather inseparable, she adores her dog and wouldn't want anything bad to happen to Piper. When Emily is feeling low, Piper cheers her up instantly. Luckily enough, with Piper being a small dog, she takes her pretty much anywhere with her.
Over the years at the Institute, Emily has developed some new interests and keeping in tone with her old one's as she joined school clubs. She is a fan of Quidditch, whilst she doesn't play the sport itself, she is a supporter and watches every game that the school hosts in the playing field, as she supports her house and friends who play.

Alain Félix Morneau

Male

16

6

Muggle Born aka Mudblood

Tituba

Girard is a very quirky dog often following Alain wherever he goes. He is quite good at retrieving things and often will spin in a circle to let Alain know that he is hungry. It’s affectionately called the bones dance.

Muggle Studies, Care for Magical Creatures, Divination

Dueling & Potions Club

Cockroach
Alain loathes bugs but absolutely hates roaches this fear came about when he was a kid. One night after going to the restroom a large sewer roach crawled out of the drain and flew at him. Such an event cemented his fear of roaches early.

Wolf

Oak | Unicorn Hair| 12 in|flexible

Muggle Studies, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Potions

Divination, Magical History, Charms

Quick witted
Able Voice
Quirky
Leader
Potions
Cooking
Quidditch
Optimistic
Great Sense of Humor
Not Easily Swayed

Blunt
Confrontational
Spells
Charms
Understanding of Wizard/ Witches Culture
Vindictive
A bit of a Goon on the Quidditch Field.
Loyalty

Alain is for the most part is very quirky, good natured young lad with a dorky smile and a loyal heart. Those that are close to him he treats warmly and is more than happy to do favors for. It does however take some time to get to this point with Alain as the more zealous purebloods have elicited ill feelings towards him based on his muggle parentage. This has caused him to be a bit more tenacious and appear to have a chip on his shoulder. He is quite upfront and blunt about how he feels and does not shy away from confrontation especially those that poke fun at his muggle parentage. He often seeks to outdo those that come from pureblood wizarding families that hold their pedigree over his head. Often employing his sharp wit to counter their uncouth comments.

He keeps a good majority of his interests from muggle world as opposed to adopting those of the wizarding world as it is still more familiar and welcoming then what he has experienced at Salem’s Institute. He is a bit indecisive if he wants to continue in this world or forego it completely for a life of normalcy in the muggle world. This is one of the biggest sources of conflict for him as he doesn’t really feel like he belongs in either world. He often keeps this to himself and puts up a very convincing front. He longs to be accepted by his peers and not be seen as an outsider.
His sense of humor however tends to be causes people to be drawn towards him. He often can make a joke about anything and often is good at getting out of awkward situations. The liveliness of his facial expressions are often on par with his witty banter. This allowed him to make quite a few friends and become moderately well known within his class.

In regards to romance Alain is rather aloof and doesn’t think anything of it. Although it would be nice to find a lass but it isn’t something he is actively seeking. He figures it will come to him when he least expects it. This has caused him to inadvertently flirt with members of the opposite sex and may have given them the wrong idea as he is just being himself. He goes to the beat of his own drum and romantic endeavors remain on the periphery for the most part. What the future holds he isn’t sure but is fairly optimistic that things will turn out for the best. This optimism has helped him persevere when things would often look bleak in this world that befell him.

Music within the rock spectrum most notably indie and emo
Hockey
Potions
Quidditch
Ancient Muggle History
Singing
Cooking
Breakfast food
Reading
Ladies
Cello/Bass

Being discriminated based on his parentage
Arrogance
Silver Spooned Brats
Mother Hens
The Word Mudblood
Bugs
Divination
Materialists

Alain fears that he will never truly be accepted by his peers and that he will be caught between two worlds. Never truly fitting in with either.

Alain comes from humble origins of two blue collar working class muggle parents in city of Montreal. His earlier years were spent lazing around in school until he was off so he could go play hockey with his friends. Often hoping to emulate his brother who was away at Michigan University as a forward. For the most part his life was relatively normal and completely unaware of the fact magic even existed. It came as quite a culture shock to him when he received his letter to Salem Witches Institute. This was an immediate culture shock for him as this world was completely foreign to him. His folks couldn’t offer helpful advice as they hadn’t a clue what this world entailed.

His first year was quite difficult as it was a significant learning experience for him and he began to experience the subtle bigotry that exists in the wizarding world. However he persevered and carved out his own niche in his class. Eventually he landed himself a spot on the Tituba quidditch team as beater in his second year. He excelled quite a bit in this role but wasn’t the cleanest player and took on the role of goon often directing the bludgers or his bat the direction in the opposing team’s players. This didn’t go to well with the other clubs but made him well liked on Titubas team as he protected his teammates no matter the consequences. This coupled with his comedic wit allowed him to make a few friends and become moderately well known within the class. Popularity was never his aim but rather to be accepted by his peers.

The rest of his years seemed to decently well with Alain starting to become more comfortable with his place in the wizarding world. However the thought of never truly being accepted by these people is always on the periphery of his mind.