Appearance

FC: Nell Fisher
Avalon stands about average height for someone her age. She is skinny with long, dirty blonde hair and soft brown eyes. She prefers to wear bright colors that make her happy and wears her hair down or braided. She does not care what others think of her outfits, wearing what she likes rather than conforming to social standards.

Backstory

Reducio

Cirque Briard has always been and will always be chaotic. The birth of Avalon was never going to change that. She needed to learn to float, or she would be left behind in the rapids.

From the beginning, Avalon was tossed into the ever-moving flow of the circus. Tucked away in the corner of the fortune-teller’s tent, her bedtime stories were the lies that always seemed to slip from her mother’s mouth. Desperate people come to the circus to learn their fortunes, only to be gifted with a scam. It was always a surprise to the young girl that her mother had never gotten in trouble for pretending to be a Seer.

Avalon’s favorite part of the day was when she was clutched tightly to her father’s chest. Listening to his booming voice as he prepared for the evening shows or checked on the performers, both human and creature. He would explain everything to her, from the main focus to the invisible details; he wanted his daughter to know everything about the circus he inherited.

The circus was Avalon’s home, no matter how strange it seemed. She traveled continuously with the circus until she was about three years old. At that point, her travel time was limited to only one week out of the month. The rest of the month was spent with her brothers, exploring the Briard estate and interacting with the performers not on tour. A nanny and a governess were the children’s main caretakers while they were home, teaching the children the basics and making sure they were well taken care of.

The Briard estate was a large property, acting as a sanctuary for the performers. It provided a home for those who did not have their own and a safe place for the creatures who performed with them and were unable to live in the wild on their own. The creatures that used to travel and perform with them were even given a large area to retire and live out the rest of their lives with caretakers. Avalon grew up seeing the performers as additional family, learning plenty from them over the years.

For Avalon’s 7th birthday, she was gifted a young Connemara pony by the name of Butters. The young girl had grown fond of the flying horses in the circus, so her father purchased her a pony of her own. Flying horses were obviously too dangerous for someone her age, but a non-magical pony with previous training was the perfect first pony for a little girl to grow with.

When her brothers started attending Hogwarts, Avalon spent a bit more time with the circus. As long as she completed all of her lessons and chores, her father allowed her to come to the circus for the rest of the day. He did not want her feeling lonely at home, so did not see an issue with the girl coming to spend her free time with her family. Avalon would spend that time helping the performers and following her father around before returning home in the evening.

First Instance of Magic

Reducio

Avalon’s first instance of magic happened at just three years old, a few days after her birthday. Arthur and Gwaine, her brothers, had gifted her a music box for her birthday. It was wooden and metal, with purple and gold details painted across the exterior. When the box was opened, a small unicorn popped up and pranced around the intricately decorated interior. Avalon had fallen in love with it as soon as she had opened the present.

Avalon had been spinning around the sitting room. Her little feet tapping against the ground as she danced to the music coming from the little box. The music did not last forever though, stopping in the middle of one of her spins. A young Avalon could not figure out what had happened and could not get the music to start again, and in her frustration, threw the music box to the ground. With tears streaming down her face, a crashing noise from the box was expected, instead, something else crashed. The box seemed to make itself rubber, bouncing across the floor and knocking over a lamp.

Her father, Idiris, came running into the room. Having heard the crash of the lamp, he had assumed someone was hurt. Avalon’s brothers instead explained what happened and handed the box to their father. It was in perfect condition, not even a scratch. It was a delicate wooden music box, so at least a crack in the wood exterior was expected.

In his excitement about his daughter having her first instance of magic, Avalon’s father picked her up and spun her around. This startled Avalon, causing the music box to once again drop to the floor. This time, the cracking of wood could be heard as the box hit the floor and the outer casing cracked open. Luckily an easy fix, but at least it had not broken into a million pieces when Avalon had first thrown it.

Avalon Briard Trunk

Statistics

Stamina: 5 | Evasion: 5 | Strength: 4 | Wisdom: 4 | Arcane: 5 | Accuracy: 7

Abilities

Ability One| Metamorphmagus