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==School Aspect==  
 
==School Aspect==  
 
'''Huff and Puff and Bludge Your House Down''' Gillian is one of Hufflepuff's starting Beaters, and a particularly aggressive one at that.  Last year, she beat Hufflepuff's rookie-season record for forcing dismounts, and came frustratingly close to the same record for all of Hogwarts*.  She had a lot of anger to draw on, after the year of hell before that.  She's also unusually 'partisan' for a Hufflepuff, being thoroughly tired of her House's reputation as the slow kid shuffling behind.
 
'''Huff and Puff and Bludge Your House Down''' Gillian is one of Hufflepuff's starting Beaters, and a particularly aggressive one at that.  Last year, she beat Hufflepuff's rookie-season record for forcing dismounts, and came frustratingly close to the same record for all of Hogwarts*.  She had a lot of anger to draw on, after the year of hell before that.  She's also unusually 'partisan' for a Hufflepuff, being thoroughly tired of her House's reputation as the slow kid shuffling behind.
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<nowiki>*</nowiki>Held by a Slytherin wizard, Edmund Strand, who went on to a storied career in the Orkney Nuckleavees and the Scottish national team, but his number was retired in disgrace for being a Death-Eater.
 
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Held by a Slytherin wizard, Edmund Strand, who went on to a storied career in the Orkney Nuckleavees and the Scottish national team, but his number was retired in disgrace for being a Death-Eater.
 
:'''Invoke:''' To play Quidditch aggressively, to stand up for her House, to go on a rant, to intimidate someone.
 
:'''Invoke:''' To play Quidditch aggressively, to stand up for her House, to go on a rant, to intimidate someone.

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Gillian Keane

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"They've forgotten that we're badgers."

High Concept

The Big Red Witch of Hufflepuff House Gillian is a tall girl, having topped six feet this past summer, with an Amazonian build. People have long tended to assume she's older than she is, with people now easily mistaking her for a 7th year or simply an adult. While some look up to her (socially, at least; physically, most other students do) and some are intimidated by her, she's also gotten a lot of teasing. She puts on a big, boisterous personally partly as compensation for that, and partly because it feels like her body sets that expectation, though sometimes she wishes she could pass more unremarkably in a crowd or just fit society's narrow definition of 'feminine' better (which is one of the reasons she's so strongly drawn to transfiguration).

Invoke: To apply brute strength to a problem, to use her height and reach to her advantage, to stick out in a crowd
Compel: To be self-conscious about her physique, to feel uncomfortable while trying to be 'girly', to obliviously overapply her size and strength.

School Aspect

Huff and Puff and Bludge Your House Down Gillian is one of Hufflepuff's starting Beaters, and a particularly aggressive one at that. Last year, she beat Hufflepuff's rookie-season record for forcing dismounts, and came frustratingly close to the same record for all of Hogwarts*. She had a lot of anger to draw on, after the year of hell before that. She's also unusually 'partisan' for a Hufflepuff, being thoroughly tired of her House's reputation as the slow kid shuffling behind.

*Held by a Slytherin wizard, Edmund Strand, who went on to a storied career in the Orkney Nuckleavees and the Scottish national team, but his number was retired in disgrace for being a Death-Eater.

Invoke: To play Quidditch aggressively, to stand up for her House, to go on a rant, to intimidate someone.
Compel: To play Quidditch too aggressively, to go on a rant, to lash out in anger.

Wizarding World Aspects

Big Pawprints to Fill Gillian is keenly aware that many of the fallen in the Battle of Hogwarts were Hufflepuffs, such as the Auror Nymphadora Tonks, despite popular history focusing on the conflict between Slytherin's Death-Eater infestation and Gryffindor's prophecy-anointed heroes. Other Hufflepuffs were among the first members of Dumbledore's Army, like Susan Bones, and did everything they could to keep younger students like her safe. Gillian is trying to honor their memories through defending others rather than being bitter, but being part of the afterthought House is... grating.

Invoke: To jump in harm's way to protect someone, to carry on through a dire situation, to carry on her House's legacy of unsung service.
Compel: To feel obligated to jump into harm's way to protect someone, or conversely to let a Gryffindor or Slytherin suffer the backlash from something hey brought on themselves. To take bold action when it's ill-advised.


Sort-of-Legally a Wolverine After being helped through her first transformation by McGonagall, Gillian is registered as a wolverine Animagus, and is taking private NEWT-level human transfiguration instruction from the Headmistress to avoid accidentally hurting herself or, worse, someone else. She's not supposed to change without supervision, but things often don't go the way they're supposed to...

Invoke: Demonstrate knowledge of potions and transfigurations beyond her normal year, when performing transfigurations, and doing animalistic things. Permission for Animagus stunt.
Compel: To take on bestial traits when losing her temper too badly, to have someone spot her transformed when she shouldn't be.
Each Wizarding World Aspect represents the most noteworthy thing that happened to your character in a previous year. They can lean positive, like, Named Head Boy or they could lean negative like, Lost The Big Quidditch Match Singlehandedly. Even something like My Mother Was A Deatheater can be used for good invokes and compels. First year students should start with one aspect, while returning students should start with 2. 

As returning students, you will each be starting with two Wizarding World Aspects.

Approaches

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Approaches are Careful, Clever, Flashy, Forceful, Quick, and Sneaky. Set one at +3, two at +2, two at +1, and one at +0.

Wand

Wood: Wood Type | Core: Core Type | Flexibility: Degree of Flexibility

Wand Stunt:

Stunt Description
Each wand starts with one free stunt. Stunt should be (loosely) relative to the wand's Wood, Core, and Flexibility (see section on Wands on the main wikipage for details).

Pet/Familiar

Pet Name: Description

Pet Stunt:

Stunt Description
Your pet or familiar gets one free stunt appropriate to the type of animal.

Character Stunts

Stunt 1:

Stunt Description

Stunt 2:

Stunt Description

Stunt 3:

Stunt Description
Each character starts with three free stunts and may buy up to two more in exchange for refresh on a point to point basis.

Stress & Conditions

Stress Track

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Consequences

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Character Background

In addition to whatever description you choose to put here, your character's background should endeavor to answer the following questions:

What was I doing during the Battle of Hogwarts (two years prior)? Were you at the school at all? Did you participate? What side of the conflict were you on?

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?

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?

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?

*Note: This pejorative term is now officially designated as hate speech and strictly not tolerated in the school.

Extra Curricular Classes

Choose two classes beyond the Core Curriculum from the following list: Arithmancy, Care of Magical Creatures, Divination, Muggle Studies, Study of Ancient Runes.

Note: You can also make up an extra-curricular class of your own devising if you prefer and we'll say it's a thing this year.

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