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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Name: Ophelia Vanderbilt	XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Age: Eleven
DOB: 07/08/2014	House: Gryffindor
Species: Human XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX	Status: Muggle-Born XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

History ─── .✦

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Ophelia grew up in a loving household; her parents loved to travel, and they made sure to show their first child the world she was going to grow up in. Traveling with a 2-year-old was certainly exhausting, but it was worth the fun they had, visiting the famous attractions in multiple countries, including their home-country. Ophelia had the attention of the whole family since she could remember. It was tiring for her, of course, being the oldest grandchild on her dad's side and the second-oldest on her mom's, but she couldn't deny the fact that she sometimes enjoyed being coddled. Her whole family lived in Iran, so the times when she could feel free of the hovering and visiting this and that person were on school days. Fortunately, since both her parents had to work, she was left in the kindergarten for hours, playing with the teachers and other children her age. Years later, when Ophelia was 7 years old, she started primary school. As much as she liked kindergarten and preschool, which she'd visited the previous year, she didn't want to leave her parents on her first day of primary school. It took lots of reassurance for her to at least try to go in the building and find new friends. At first, she found it difficult to make new friends because some of the children already knew each other from years ago, but after the first two weeks, she finally found two friends with whom she really got along.

Her brother, who was around three years younger than her, was the one who received most of the family's attention after he was born, and Ophelia was grateful for that. She loved her brother probably more than she loved her parents, feeling more protective of him as they grew up, but only just enough to not make him feel protected or hovered, like she had felt when she was his age with their parents. Their parents let her brother, Ilia, do things they were sceptical about her doing when she was his age, because he was the second child and they now had some experience with their first, knowing what to be concerned about and what not. Her brother grew up to be the opposite of her; while she was an introverted, calm, and collected person, Ilia proved to be a ball of energy who radiated rays of sunshine. Despite being opposites, they had a quite lovely relationship and protected each other emotionally, because none of them would dare stand up against their parents when they were frustrated and angry, but they would be with and comfort each other afterwards.

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She was just playing with her parents inside the flat. Her mother was blowing soap bubbles in the air, and she was jumping up with excitement, popping them one by one. One of the bigger bubbles floated over to her hand, but as it landed on her skin, it didn't pop. The 3-year-old Ophelia looked at the bubble with awe and poked it multiple times, trying to do so even with her nose and chin, but the bubble stayed firm. She tried to shake it off her arm, make it fall or slip on the floor, but the bubble stayed still. She sat down and held her arm a few centimeters above the ground, lowered it slowly, and as the bubble touched the floor, it popped. Her father, who, along with her mother, was looking at her in astonishment and was also speechless, picked her up and took a thorough look at her, checking for abnormalities. “No bubble would stay unpopped for 2 minutes when touching skin,” was what her mother had said. Ophelia didn’t understand the weird, concerned, and astonished looks her parents gave her; afterall, it was just a bubble. Years passed, and her parents decided to keep this a secret, telling themselves what Ophelia had thought: “It was just a bubble.” No, yes, maybe they were really just overreacting. Nothing was wrong with their daughter; something must’ve been wrong with that bubble, but not with their daughter. They wouldn’t accept that! It was just a bubble. They didn’t tell anyone about it, and they didn’t even tell Ophelia about it when she grew older. They didn’t want to think about it, to live with the knowledge that their daughter wasn’t normal.

Physical Description ─── .✦

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Ophelia has long, black hair that comes down to her mid-back. Her eyes are a dark brown, which would look lighter than they actually are if light is directly shone on them; if she's in normal lighting, her pupil would barely be visible. She has a tan-ish skin, which turns one or two shades lighter in the winter. She has an average build and is 145 centimeters ( around 4'7"). Ophelia likes to wear minimalist gold - or silver, if she likes to differ, but usually always gold - jewelry, such as small, round earrings, and a necklace with one or two small charms. She has a round but also oval-ish face shape, thick eyebrows, and long lashes. Her nose is flat, and her lips are medium-small. Her rest-face is usually bored or tired-looking, which she believes looks scary on her, so she usually keeps her eyebrows up and tries to have a facial expression, even if it includes just smiling or pursing her lips.