Name of PC: Marietta Griffis
Name of iNPC: Miryam Mbassi
School of iNPC: Uagadou
Year: fourth

Physical Description:
Miryam always has her hair up in in small beaded braids. Other wise it would be long and in tight, bouncy curls that get in her face constantly. She usually wears a hair band of some sort to keep the beds from assaulting her face. She has light brown eyes and dark brown skin. She typically wears brightly colored dresses or baggy pants with loose blouses. She always carries her special bat with her on a fashionable belt.

She is rather tall for her age standing proud at 5"5.

Mental Description: Miryam is loyal and stubborn. When she makes her mind up about something [which is often] she will stand on that hill long after everyone else has abandoned it. She also has a short fuse and a hot temper. Quickly turning to violence or petty acts if someone does or says something to upset her. Including harassment of her friends. Miryam is tough and unafraid of physical labor. When puts her mind to something, theres little that can stop her. Even her own physical limits. Shes not the the brightest bulb in the bunch, but she'll get there eventually and does her best nonetheless.

It is Miryam's dream to become a famous beater and she is working hard to achieve that goal.

Biography: Somebody has to provide the Cocoa for exploding bon-bons and chocolate frogs, and that's Miryam's family. Miryam's father, Clovis met Miryam's mother at her family's winery. The Mbassi family had a long standing partnership with the Aveline family, to the point where if one of their children insisted on a gap year to 'see the world' they were simply sent to the other family's home. Clovis was one of those children that wanted to see what else the world had to offer, if there was something he rather be doing than working on the family Cocoa farm. Where he met Miryam's mother Noëlle.

Miryam grew up on her Grandmother's cocoa plantation, along with [most] of her cousins. Doing her part to care for the Cocoa trees, clearing paths for her aunts, uncles, and parents to harvest and eventually getting to harvest herself. She was raised speaking English but her french mother insisted on her learning french as well so they could visit her family without a language barrier separating them.

Miryam grew up going to Quidditch games, her family being rich purebloods. Thanks to their successful Cocoa company, it was uncommon for Miryam to miss the world cup. She still remembers the first time she went, at only four years old she sat atop her Father's shoulders watching the players whiz about. Ever sense then Miryam has adored Quidditch. Growing up on a toy broomstick and playing Quidditch-like games with her cousins as soon as their chores were done. Her favorite was when they were clearing out the Cocoa beans that hadn't grown properly and couldn't be used. They would throw them at the people below like bludgers and it was the job of the people below to hit them away with a stick, extra points if it hit someone else. When Miryam was six she announced that one day, she was going to win the world cup with her team as a bludger. Her father, wanting to support her dream, used his woodcarving skills to make Miryam a beater's bat out of one of the cocoa trees that had been destroyed in a storm. Her parents gave her this bat when she was 9 and they believed she wouldn't hurt herself.

While a pure-blood Miryam has some interaction with the muggle world thanks to the Mbassi family blacksheep, Anacle. Who married a muggle woman and runs a convenience store with her in the nearest town. Because of this she has heard of and tried most muggle candies and knows what a magazine is.


First Instance of Magic: When Miryam was 4, on of her older cousins snuck up behind her and startled her. Grabbing her shoulders and shouting 'Rawr!'. This made Miryam jump and then promptly hiccup bright purple bubbles. She continued hiccuping these bubbles for the rest of the day.