Ginevra Vespucci-Delacroix
- Status:
- Pure-blood
- Birthday:
- 06 Jun 2015
- Nationality:
- Italian
- Residence:
- Oxford, England
- Function:
- First year, Ravenclaw
- Wand:
- 31,9 cm cherry wood and dragon heartstring
Physical description: They have short black hair. It is curly and often styled with hair gel for a unique 1920s-inspired look. They have brown eyes, which are set wide apart. They are upturned and almost cat-like. They have a long, straight nose and rosy lips. Their expression is often quite troubled. They are of average height – 4'8". They carry themselves with grace, bordering on arrogance.
Mental description: They appear timid and reserved. They are not good with unfamiliar people, and even with their close ones they often struggle to express themselves. There is an eeriness to their presence that makes people want to keep their distance. Ginevra does not mind that. They like all things morbid and grotesque, from unloved insects, to medical oddities, to uncanny places. They find interest in anything that is forbidden or dark in nature, because they find comfort in it – in similar fashion, it is all outcast, like them.
Biography: They were born in Italy. Their parents were eccentrics: their father, an exceptional dollmaker known in the high society of wizarding Italy, and their mother, no less of an oddity, a fashion designer. Needless to say, they grew up among the arts and the aristocracy. They developed a liking for similar things in turn, but unlike their parents they were more interested in decay than in creation.
When they were nine years old, their father became involved in shady business, or perhaps it had begun earlier, but in that year the Vespucci-Delacroix family were forced to flee Italy, as Mr Vespucci was in debt and unable to pay it back. With what remained of their fortune, they managed to escape to the United Kingdom and settle in Oxford. Their whereabouts are still not shared with many, and the family keeps its business mostly low-key.
For Ginevra, it was never quite clear why they had to leave home, but they were not attached to it anyway. To them it was simply a passing place to perform their rituals, to conjure their spirits, and take from it what was theirs. England was not much different. The move did not affect the child.
Attending Hogwarts was a weighty decision for the family, as they were concerned about privacy, but after Ginevra proved trustworthy with secrets, and following careful consideration, they decided to send her to Hogwarts.
First instance of magic: It happened when they were ten: they became very angry, and a nearby glass vase shattered.