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| − | '''What was she doing during the Battle of Hogwarts''' (two years prior)'''?'''
| + | '''What was I doing during the Battle of Hogwarts''' (two years prior)'''?''' |
| − | :After the brief overview of animagi in 3rd year Transfiguration, Gillian became enchanted with the possibility; with her brother's betrayal and circumstances at the school growing ever more dire, she became obsessed with it. During a raid for spellbooks by the D.A, she had found ''Obscura Principia Persona Zoologica'' in the restricted stacks of the library detailing the method. Mysteriously, the book was already enchanted not to set off the normal alarms, by someone from years past presumably. Despite frantic practice, she'd barely learned the first principles of the magics necessary by the battle. | + | :After the brief overview of animagi in 3rd year Transfiguration, Gillian became enchanted with the possibility; with her brother's betrayal and circumstances at the school growing ever more dire, she became obsessed with it. While she had found ''Obscura Principia Persona Zoologica'' in the restricted stacks of the library detailing the method - a book mysteriously enchanted not to set off the normal alarms, by someone from years past presumably - she she'd barely learned the first principles of the magics necessary by the Battle of Hogwarts. |
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| − | :Gillian wouldn't let herself simply hide away with the other younger students, though, not after everything else. So she took advantage of everyone's tendency to think she was older, and snuck off with the upperclassmen to join in the defense with the Order of the Phoenix. She wasn't able to do much magically, besides a few basic counter-curses, but she was able to carry supplies and wounded.
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| − | '''What was her focus before the battle?''' What were her favorite classes/things to learn? What did she see herself doing after school was finally over? | + | '''What was my focus before the battle?''' What were your favorite classes/things to learn? What did you see yourself doing after school was finally over? |
| − | :Before the battle, Gillian would easily have been described as a stereotypical Hufflepuff, unafraid to apply effort but not particularly sticking out. Except for her awkward height, which along with her red hair made her an easy target for bullies from Slytherin (and other houses). Despite Professor Snape's relentless favoritism, she did do fairly well with the methodical attention to detail required of Potions.
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| − | | + | '''What is my focus in the aftermath of the battle?''' It has been two years since the battle. How did it change or temper your answers to the question above? How has it affected how you move forward as a witch or wizard? |
| − | :Out of the classroom, she practiced hard through her first year to try out for Keeper on the Hufflepuff team in her second, but didn't make it. She practiced even harder before her third year... and then everything went to heck.
| + | :Gillian devoured ''Obscura Principia Persona Zoologica'' obsessively over the summer after; her parents gave her wide latitude while the whole family struggled to come to terms with her brother's choices and death. In 4th year the previously middling student raised eyebrows in Potions and Transfiguration classes, though her reputation from the Quidditch pitch was more, and she badgered her girlfriend at the time, Karyn Culver of Ravenclaw, to help her set up the final rituals once the Quidditch season was over. Karyn didn't think Gillian would actually go through with it, not yet at least, and panicked and went to Headmistress McGonagall. As Gillian started to partially transform during the ensuing shouting match with Karyn, McGonagall recognized she was too far along to stop now, and (after docking Hufflepuff 20 points) she agreed to help Gillian through the final phases so long as she ''absolutely did not'' transform over the summer. Now, |
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| − | '''What is her focus in the aftermath of the battle?''' It has been two years since the battle. How did it change or temper her answers to the question above? How has it affected how she moves forward as a witch? | + | '''Who are my parents/guardians, and what (if any) is their place in the wizarding world?''' Are you pureblood, *mudblood, or are the details of your ancestry uncertain? Is either of your parents muggleborn? Both? Is their knowledge of the wizarding world a new thing or something they're steeped in? Or have they been made to forget? |
| − | :Gillian devoured ''Obscura Principia Persona Zoologica'' obsessively over the summer after; her parents gave her wide latitude while the whole family struggled to come to terms with her brother's choices and death. In 4th year the previously middling student raised eyebrows in Potions and Transfiguration classes, though her reputation from the Quidditch pitch spoke more loudly for most. | |
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| − | :Rather than Keeper, Gillian tried out for Beater, and performed spectacularly, whacking the Bludgers with force and purpose into every target. In her rookie year, she smashed through Hufflepuff's record for forced dismounts and started to gain a measure of actual appreciation from her fellow students, even though it was mixed with more than a little fear.
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| − | :Once the Quidditch season was over, she badgered her girlfriend at the time, Karyn Culver of Ravenclaw, to help her set up the final rituals. Karyn didn't think Gillian would actually go through with it, not yet at least, and panicked and went to Headmistress McGonagall once Gillian started preparing the final potion. As the young woman started to partially transform during the ensuing shouting match with Karyn, McGonagall recognized she was too far along to stop now, and (after docking Hufflepuff 20 points) she agreed to help Gillian through the final phases so long as she ''absolutely did not'' transform over the summer.
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| − | '''Who are her parents/guardians, and what (if any) is their place in the wizarding world?''' | + | *Note: ''This pejorative term is now officially designated as hate speech and strictly not tolerated in the school.'' |
| − | :Simon Keane, her father, was from a pureblood line of Irish wizards, while her mother Melinda Knopf was a muggle-born American. Simon is a broker in the international magical materials trade, and Melinda is a portkey specialist and travel agent. They moved to London together to start their family... right before the first rise of Voldemort. Melinda had to give birth to James, their first child, in hiding, though they managed to avoid getting caught up in the violence directly. They had Gillian four years later, and thus far no further children.
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| − | :James Keane is tall like his sister, but gangly rather than powerful. He was sorted into Slytherin house in the same year as Draco Malfoy, but never rose particularly high in the social structure nor ended up as a prominent minion. He lied to his friends that the Knopfs were a pureblood line from America to fit in, got increasingly swept up in Slytherin's pureblood-supremacy culture, and by seventh year had gone full Death-Eater - to his little sister's horror and shock. Having always idolized her brother, even as he started to turn into an asshole, she thought she could trust him with news she'd learned about Dumbledore's Army... and was horribly, horribly wrong. She spent the rest of the year with the D.A. When their father tried to talk some sense into him over winter break (with Melinda wintering in relative safety in America), he used the Cruiciatus curse on him, prompting Gillian to kick his ass good and proper. James didn't return to Hogwarts, instead leaving to join the Death Eaters outright, and has been missing since Voldemort's final defeat.
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| | ==Extra Curricular Classes== | | ==Extra Curricular Classes== |
