STATUS: Pending, Meenauh, 21.06.2024
You need to write a 500 word application describing how your chosen talent (Parselmouth) fits your character (as in describe how they exhibit this magical talent or race) and where it came from.

Your Parselmouth application (excluding OOC text) is 496 words, so please, expand it a little bit.

STATUS: Pending, Meenauh, 23.06.2024
I've found another thing that will require a small edit — the snake you've encountered couldn't have known what a Parselmouth is, so it should be someone else who would tell you about this ability.

STATUS: Approved, Meenauh, 25.06.2024

Character Name: Septimus Merrill
School Year or Adult Level: First Year
Link to Character Page: x
Character Statistics: (total 35)
STAMINA 5 | STRENGTH 2 | EVASION 7
WISDOM 10 | ARCANE POWER 5 | ACCURACY 6
Character Special Race/Talent: None.

Character Backstory:

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Septimus was born to Elizabeth Merrill, daughter of the respected, pure-blooded Rawlins clan, and Marcus Merrill, an American wizard descended from a line of gifted artisans and craftsmen, in the city of Bath on July 7, 2013. It was from his date of birth (and from his father's great love for the ways of Ancient Rome) that he got his name. He was something of a surprise to his parents, who had had their first two children, Marcus Jr. and Olivia, close to ten years earlier. While they were delighted to have another son, neither Elizabeth nor Marcus Sr. had the time on their hands to raise an infant again; therefore, Septimus was cared for by a number of nurses and nannies until the Merrills hired William Moses, a young wizard from Canada, to be his friend and caretaker. Over time, William became one of Septimus's closest companions, traveling with him between the family home in Bath and — during the summers — the one in San Francisco, California. Septimus saw more of William than he did his own siblings, who spent most of the year attending school at Ilvermorny. In fact, he sometimes forgot that the kindly Canadian was not his brother.

Home life wasn't bad for Septimus — far from it, really, since the Merrills were wealthy enough to be more than comfortable — but it did come with a small (yet deep-seated) loneliness. He loved spending time with William, of course. It was just that he rarely got to see his brother, his sister, or even very much of his parents outside holidays and summer vacations. He had good memories of/with them: building elaborate, enchanted sandcastles on a beach in Southern California with Marcus Jr. (or Marcus Minimus, as their father — Marcus Maximus — liked to call him) or keeping eyes out for kappa with Olivia during a family trip to Japan. He was fairly sure he was his mother's favorite child, especially when the older two reached the age where it wasn't cool to spend so much time with your parents anymore. She liked to take her youngest son out for lavish picnics in Bath's Parade Gardens or bring him to get-togethers with old schoolmates. He was her prize, and he was happy to be just that — as long as it meant he was getting attention.

Septimus's father, more than anyone else, was his idol. Marcus Sr. had taken his forefathers' gift for crafting crystal and glassware and elevated it to a successful business enterprise. Remembralls, Sneakoscopes, telescopes, omnioculars, crystal balls, and potioneering phials were just a few of the products in which the modern witch or wizard might find Merrill glass. When Septimus grew up, he wanted to be exactly as successful as his father was. It was just a shame that the business seemed to keep him away for such long periods of time. (And when Marcus Jr. graduated Ilvermorny, it took him, too.) Still, he wouldn't wish things to be any different than they were.

After Septimus's first use of magic at age nine (detailed below), his parents were thrilled to celebrate his milestone and simultaneously reminisce on their school days. His mother, in particular, saw an opportunity that she had missed out on with her first two children: she would send Septimus to her alma mater, Hogwarts. It would be good to have Rawlins blood walk those halls after so much time away. Septimus's father, an Ilvermorny man through and through, put up a small fight, but his wife was quick to remind him that both his oldest son and his only daughter had already followed in his footsteps. This one — their last one — would go to Hogwarts like his mother.

First Instance of Magic:

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William, Septimus's au pair, was the only one to witness his first instance of accidental magic when it manifested during a game of hide-and-go-seek at the Merrills' house in Bath in late 2022. Nine years old at the time, Septimus had squeezed himself between neat stacks of bedding in the back of a linen closet. He held his breath as he heard William count to twenty and begin to search for him, calling out his name while he wandered through the house. Septimus's heart beat faster and faster, listening to the sound of his caretaker's steady approach. Soon, William was in the room. Septimus could see him through the slats in the closet door. He made his way slowly and deliberately to the closet, peering through the slats and calling out Septimus's name once again in a playful sing-song. The boy held his breath. He was surely caught, but he wasn't going to admit defeat until he absolutely had to.

Suddenly, William yanked open the door. Septimus nearly shrieked — he was looking right at him! But instead of laughing and dragging him out of his hiding place like usual, William just looked confused. He seemed to stare right through his young charge. After a moment, he muttered something under his breath and closed the door; then, he began to walk away, resuming his cry: "Septimus! Where are you, Septimus?" What was going on? William was acting like he was...

Invisible. As soon as the thought crossed his mind, Septimus looked down at his hands and realized that he couldn't see anything but the clean linens. He'd completely vanished from sight. He'd done magic! The thrill of the realization almost instantly broke the spell, of course, and Septimus was fully visible when he crashed out of the closet and ran to tell William what had happened. He wasn't able to repeat it later that day, when he was telling the story, but the older boy believed him. It wasn't a big closet, after all. There was no way he could have missed Septimus otherwise. The two wizards owled Septimus's parents right away to inform them of the good news, and then marked the special occasion with a tremendous amount of ice cream.

STATUS: Approved, Meenauh, 21.06.2024

STATUS: Approved, Sarai Toussaint, 29 June

STATUS: Pending, Sarai Toussaint, 22 June
- You are missing your trunk post. Please look here for a tutorial if needed: [here]
- As a Muggleborn, Kenzie would not receive a letter of acceptance via mail. A Professor would hand-deliver this.
- Please include your First Instance of Magic to your Encyclopedia page.
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CHARACTER NAME | delaney magindara
SCHOOL YEAR | firstie !!
LINK TO ENCY | right here :p
STATS | stamina 5, evasion 6, strength 5, wisdom 6, arc power 6, accuracy 7
SPECIAL RACE OR TALENT | none
BACKSTORY |

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SAME AS ON PROFILE CARD, LET ME KNOW IF IT NEEDS ALTERING!

Hailing from the large city of Birmingham, Delaney Magindara was born on a summer day in the middle of August, eldest child to Tala and Crisanto Magindara. Both of her parents muggles themselves, with Filipino and British heritage. A few years later, Delaney’s younger sister, Nadine, was born. The two grew up in Birmingham their whole lives, Tala working diligently as a nurse and Crisanto as a firefighter-paramedic to support their family. Since Nadine’s birth, she and Delaney have been as close as sisters could get, even now. Though Nadine has always been Delaney’s more sensitive and sweet counterpart.

Though their hard-working parents always meant well, often coming home tired, Nadine would often require more attention as their youngest child, and their loving parents would of course give it. Unfortunately, that meant Delaney would usually get the short end of the stick, even if they didn’t intend it. Delaney would never let Nadine see how tired their parents were because of them and work, would always take full responsibility and harsh scoldings when Nadine did something seriously troublesome, not letting anything ruin her baby sister's sunny disposition. Most of Delaney’s childhood consisted of aiming high to please her parents and make them proud of their eldest daughter, making sure she didn’t do anything to further burden her parents, and caring for her beloved little sister, obligations of the oldest. Though their parents are very doting and loving, Nadine is a bit more cradled and delicate, Delaney turning out to be much more independent than her sister because of this. There is nothing Delaney wouldn’t do for her family, they mean everything to her.

FIRST INSTANCE OF MAGIC |

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Around the age of ten, both of the Magindara sisters in primary school, Delaney caught a few of the older students picking on her little sister and pushing her around, the latter crying and defenseless- natural for a seven-year-old. Delaney knew her odds, one scrawny girl fueled by rage versus three older kids. It was stupid, she knew that, but all of her logic had exited as soon as Nadine was victim to any harm. Of course, with no hesitation, she helped her sister up from the ground and placed herself in between Nadine and the other kids, unafraid of confrontation. She demanded them to leave her alone, which only caused the older kids to erupt in laughter. Not for long, as soon as they tried to move to pick on Delaney as well, mighty gusts of wind hurled them back onto their behinds all at once. Delaney now stood over them with a clenched fist and eyes narrowed in blazing anger. It was safe to say they didn’t pick on Nadine ever again after they ran in fear. But that gust of wind was peculiar, what a coincidence it hadn’t even swept one hair from her or Nadine. Almost like magic. In truth, Delaney was afraid to even dwell on it, that it meant something was wrong with her. Maybe she was crazy

ps - the images in my trunk only make it look as though there is tables, but there isn't i promise lol. thank u very much !

STATUS: Approved, Sarai Toussaint, 22 June

I HAVE MADE THE CHANGES HERE AND ON MY ENCYCLOPEDIA PAGE AND I'M REQUESTING A RE-EVALUATION 30|06|2024

Character Name: Autumn Hellbough
School Year: First Year
Link to Character Page: viewtopic.php?t=32973
Special Race or Talent: N/A
Stats: |Stamina: 6| Evasion: 6| Strength: 5| Wisdom: 7| Arcane Power: 5| Accuracy: 6|

Backstory:

First Instance Of Magic:

STATUS: Pending, Sarai Toussaint, 22 June
- Please include your First Instance of Magic on your Encyclopedia page.
- We need more information regarding Autumn's parents and her home life. Can you tell us more about her parents? Which parent is a wizard? Which one is a Muggle/Muggle-born?
- Please write more about your character's life before Hogwarts;
- Can you explain more about Autumn's environment? Please elaborate more regarding why they live more of "muggle" lifestyle than that of a magic household, seeing as you mention the use of electronics. Please note that wizards have difficulties living in a muggle world since electricity and magic collide.
- When you make edits here, please copy the edits over to your encyclopedia page.

STATUS: Pending, Emma Wynn, 28 June
- Please note that you do need to choose either the muggle or magical world to live in. As Sarai mentioned above, magic and electronics do not work well together so if magic was being done in the home, that would interfere with the electronics.

STATUS:
Pending, Emma Wynn, 28 June
-Since Autumn would be living in a magical household, she would not be able to attend muggle school. She would be tutored, homeschooled or small, private classroom-type settings

Status: Approved, Sarai Toussaint, 30 June

Character name (First and last name): Rose Wemberly
School Year or Adult Level: First Year
Link to the character page: viewtopic.php?t=32976
Character Statistics:

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Stamina⏐6
Strength⏐5
Evasion⏐5
Wisdom⏐7
Arc Power⏐6
Accuracy⏐6

Character Backstory:

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Rose Wemberly's life is a blend of muggle and magical experiences, thanks to her unique family background. She was born to muggle parents who believed themselves to be too young to start a family. An older couple, who were unable to have children of their own, came across the muggle couple's adoption ad and offered to raise their child in a loving environment. They had already adopted an older boy several years back and had discovered their love of being parents. Rose was then adopted after her birth to these beautiful, kindhearted half-bloods. Her older adopted brother, who is also a half-blood, shares a special bond with her, often guiding her through the complexities of both the muggle world and the wizarding world. This mix of influences has made Rose adaptable and open-minded, though her anxiety sometimes makes her cautious. Her family is her main support system, providing her with a sense of belonging and security. Despite the challenges, Rose's home is filled with warmth, love, and a deep appreciation for both muggle and magical traditions.

From a young age, Rose has been fascinated by the stories her adopted parents told of their travels. She loves helping her neighbors and often volunteers to assist at the local library, where she shares her favorite stories with younger children. Her dream is to one day become an explorer and travel to the places her parents had described to her.

First Instance of Magic:

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One adventurous summer day, 9-year-old Rose decided to explore the nearby woods by herself. She loved to make up some pretend quests and this day she was searching for a hidden treasure that she had read about in an old book. As she wandered, she came across a clear pond. Rose, feeling a mix of curiosity and excitement, leaned over to get a closer look but slipped on a mossy rock and tumbled into the pond. Panicking slightly, Rose flailed her arms, trying to find something to grab onto. Right then, the water began to swirl and lift her, creating a small whirlpool that gently placed her back on the shore. Rose looked at the pond, which had returned to its calm state, and realized that her magic had saved her.

Status: Approved, Sarai Toussaint, 22 June

Stamina: 6
Evasion: 6
Strength: 6
Wisdom: 6
ArcPower: 5
Accuracy: 6

Status: Approved, Sarai Toussaint, 26 June

STATUS: Pending, Sarai Toussaint, 22 June
- We need more information regarding Odie's parents and his home life. Can you tell us more about his parents? Which parent is a wizard? Which one is a Muggle/Muggle-born?
- Please write more about your character's life before Hogwarts; this includes schooling, experiences, etc.
- Can you explain more about his environment? Please elaborate more on whether they live more of a "muggle" lifestyle than a magic household.
- Please note that colored font, tables, and text over 100px are not allowed. Please remove this from your trunk.
- When you make edits here, please copy the edits over to your encyclopedia page.

EDITS
1. Edited First Instance of Magic to refer to Sirius Black's notorious criminality rather than his not-known-to-the-public shapeshifting abilities
2. Posted a Trunk in my Encyclopedia

Character Name: Nathaniel Costello
School Year or Adult Level: First Year
Link to Character Page: viewtopic.php?f=169&t=32944#p999657
Character Statistics:
STAMINA 7 | STRENGTH 1 | EVASION 6
WISDOM 10 | ARCANE POWER 5 | ACCURACY 6

Character Special Race/Talent: None.

Character Backstory:

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What happens when a NASA Astrophysicist and an Astronomy-inclined witch meet each other and fall in love at first sight?

Nate. That's what happens.

Nathaniel Archer Costello grew up with a profound love for the stars and the vast expanse of space beyond them. Born under the constellation of Sagittarius the Archer (his namesake), he is a free-spirited boy with an uncontainable enthusiasm for anything and everything astronomical.

He was raised with an innate respect for both the scientific and the mystical aspects of the cosmos because of his upbringing—just as likely to tell you about the complexities of his Sun, Moon, and Rising signs as he would tell you about the latest, most ancient red-shift galaxies discovered by the James-Webb Space Telescope. A lovechild of two different worlds, Nate was raised by his mother to wonder at the light and shadows the stars cast upon those on the Earth and how they inevitably led each toward their cosmic path. Meanwhile, his Muggle father instilled in him the endless curiosity and the thirst for knowledge of how those same heavenly bodies formed and came to be where they were in the sky and the forces that kept them shining there for the world to see.

One would expect for these two worlds to collide and inevitably collapse, but although his mother and father saw the world with vastly different eyes, they still looked at the same stars, the same sky, the same immeasurable universe, and at the end of the day, those eyes looked upon each other (and at him) with genuine, unbreakable, immeasurable love.

And that never did collapse.

Not even when Nate showed signs of being a wizard with his first instance of magic, the Hogwarts acceptance letter not far behind. His father celebrated the beginnings of his journey just the same—maybe even more!

The young boy had heard stories in his childhood about the glittering stars above the tall Hogwarts Astronomy Tower (disguised as fairy tales before he displayed as magical) and the absolutely ginormous telescope to see them with. There were even centaurs! With bows! Like his zodiac sign!

Who taught Astronomy!

To say he was excited to start wizarding school was an understatement. Everything turned out to be true!

Though the Muggle world held an impermeable place in his heart, Nathaniel knew Hogwarts was where he truly belonged.

First Instance of Magic:

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Nate laid back in the grass, sandwiched between his mother and father. He was in his favorite place (second only to the roof), in the grass under the night sky, with his two favorite people in the world beside him. Although tonight felt weird as they were in a different country for his 10th birthday, he felt he'd belong anywhere if he had his mom and dad with him.

"Look, bud! It's Canis Major. You can see it so clearly tonight." His dad pointed out the constellation superimposed in the vast, dark sky. The boy stared up in wonder as his dad told him all about the particular set of stars known as the Greater Dog. He listened in rapt attention, especially because the night sky in England was vastly different from the one back home.

"That brightest star up there? That star's called Sirius."

At that, Nathaniel jumped up to his knees to tap his mother excitedly in the shoulder. "Mom, isn't that the name of that scary man you told me about in that one story?"

His mother let out a soft laugh, reminding him so much of wind chimes—or the twinkling of stars.

"Yes, honey. He was the one who betrayed his closest friends to the big bad villain of the story. Which teaches us that…?"

"…trusting completely means a friend for life or a lesson for life." The boy repeated matter-of-factly before flopping back down onto the soft grass. Nate turned his head just in time to catch the fond look his dad sent their way.

Before he could return his eyes to the sky, he heard his mother's excited gasp. "Leonids!"

Meteor shower.

To the left of the constellation of the Greater Dog was Leo of the zodiac, and from it streaked a few bright points of light.

Nate jumped to his feet, mouth slack as he watched them grow in number. Feeling—more than seeing—his parents stand, as well, he heard his mom whisper urgently.

"Quick! Make a wish!"

Feeling his heart jump in excitement, the boy closed his eyes and clasped his hands right in front of him.

He thought about what he wanted most, which was difficult when he had both already beside him. He thought about the greatest wish his ten year-old heart possessed. And he thought about Sirius the Friend-Turned-Foe.

A star. Stars. I wish I had a star, too, like Sirius. Even bad guys can have stars, too, right? And I've been good. Nate the star. I want that. I want a star!

He must have been chanting that in his head for so long because he only snapped out of it when his dad grasped his shoulder with what felt like shaking hands. "Uh… bud…?" He heard the concern in his dad's voice.

Opening his eyes would reveal what would be the greatest wonder his ten year-old heart could have conjured.

In between his clasped hands was a ball of softly-glowing light the size of a marble, throwing pure white rays through their lawn.

He could hear his mom's gasp of wonder before she uttered the words that would change the trajectory of his life forever in a voice full of wonder and what sounded like pride.

"You're a wizard, honey."

STATUS: Pending, Opeila 23/06
1) Your encyclopedia is incomplete. Most of the mandatory information as well as your trunk post is missing. Please take a look at this thread.
2) Remember that not all information that we OOC know about canon characters is available to your chracter. Sirius Black being an animagus was not common knowledge in the wizarding world.

STATUS: Pending, Emma Wynn June 28, 2024
1) Sirius Black was proven innocent of betraying his friends, please edit this reference to reflect that.
2) Your first instance of magic seems very intentional. He wished for a star, and then a ball of light appears in his hand. Please remove reference to wishing for a star or edit the first magic so it does not seem intentional.

STATUS: Approved, Emma Wynn, June 29, 2024

Character name (First and last name): Aleah Vanes
School Year or Adult Level: first
Link to the character page: x
Character Statistics: Stamina: 5| Evasion: 6| Strength: 3| Wisdom: 8| Arcane Power: 5| Accuracy: 3
Character Special Race/Talent: Parselmouth

My family consisted of many parselmouths, including my father and my paternal grandfather. Our parselmouth origin was therefore a secret to all, for as I thought so, other wizards and witches world think of us as having a “dark heritage”, a well as being dark wizards. Whilst this is half true, for some of my paternal family members became dark wizards upon knowing how to speak parseltougue, most of us were hiding or abilities from the outside world.

I half expected it to happen at that time, as my father shared our ‘family secret’ as he called it so. Right in the middle of walking around in our backyard for boredom, I noticed a snake on the floor, crawling towards me. That time, being young and carefree, I panicked and took off. Not knowing that I possessed that special talent, I suddenly found out that I was running too slowly. I was bound to do something. Quick, I told myself.

Withdrawing my concentration, I gazed down at the snake steadily. Move away, I said firmly to the snake, hoping with all my heart that it would at least react in some way out other. Suddenly, with many signs of relief, the snake slithered rather smugly away, and just on time, I heard that it said something back. Yes, Miss. It was all I heard. I smiled. The snake does seem to know sense, I guess, I thought.

It was a great moment, for me, at least. It felt as though I made a new friend already. As the snake slithered back into the grassy field, I had this stage sensation that I didn’t really want it to go, and I just wanted it to stay. For a while longer. Sure, to say, I was quite proud of myself, finding out that I knew how to speak a special language, parselmouth . To me, it was deemed interesting and I was sure that that was exactly what parselmouth was meant to be. It was meant to be great fun.

As I bid goodbye to the snake, which seemed to make me see things in a whole different light, that snakes were actually one of the best creatures on earth and was nothing to be afraid of. As I remembered how other people felt that being a parselmouth meant that you had dark heritage, I found out that it was not true. Come to think of it, I simply thought that communicating with snakes was just a whole new experience for me, and a rather cool talent to have as well.

My head filled with those thoughts, I quickly poured out the whole story to my parents, who listened intently. At long last, they started to speak. All for the better. You know this, my dear.

It has mainly comforted me much about the dark heritage, the dark power that might be inside me, was untrue. At that time, there was only one thought on my head - that you don’t have to be a bad person to be able to do what sort of thing. Rather confronted, I smiled.

Character Backstory:

I was born in 4th June 2013, which is quite a coincidence concerning that it was Independence Day. That day, being cold and chilly, which, as my mother thought, that it just proved that I would be a strong witch in the future, and she had complete trust on me. That day, to celebrate my birth, my family called our relatives to have a surprise party in which they would shake hands with me. I would’ve never knew of that matter if it wasn’t for my mother, who told me the truth seven years later.

I was born in Glenrothes, a splendid building in England which my family was careful to be separated from muggles in fear that we would be noticed. That place was the only place that I would call ‘home’. Every day, its beautiful paintings would make me feel relaxing, for its simplicity was all that mattered.

I lived a joyful and relaxing childhood with absolutely no knowledge of the muggle world. Being an only child, my family put all their time and faith on me, and I am truly grateful about it up to this day.

My family consisted of many Ravenclaws and Slytherins, mainly Parselmouths. Here and there, the Vanes family get proud of each other for owning a specialty that many others might not have. I, who can be pretty impressed with it myself, just can’t stop thinking about it all day long. There was this strange gut feeling that having many relations that are parselmouths, that I might be one myself. However, I cannot prove it just yet. Sometimes I would ask my mother about this, but the usual answer I get is that I’d find out later in my life. I, being bored of waiting, simply couldn’t resist the temptation of near possibilities of me finding out.

I was homeschooled, and thank God I was. There were some things about me that other children were sure to dislike, from being ‘abnormal’ as many muggles thought so. The Vanes, my family, was a wealthy family and so we lived in a stunningly impressive mansion that many others would be jealous of.

FIOM:

My first instance of accidental magic occurred at the age of six. It was when my mother fell sick on my birthday, and at the same day, my dad had to go on an appointment to meet with the minister of magic, did I feel truly alone with no one to spend my birthday with. I started to cry, feeling depressed. Quite suddenly, as my eyes gazed in amazement, it started to rain outside. I was startled. But after a moment, when my parents figured out what was going on, they smiled and said that it was just my first instance of magic, and there was absolutely nothing to worry about.

STATUS: Approved, Meenauh, 25.06.2024

Character name (First and last name): Aamon Athanatos
School Year or Adult Level: First, starting Sept 2024
Link to the character page: Link
Character Statistics: Stamina 3 || Evasion - 7 || Strength - 4 || Wisdom - 5 || Arcane Power - 3 || Accuracy - 8
Character Special Race/Talent: Seer

Biography

The youngest of his specific parentage, he has siblings both older and younger than himself. Notably, his eldest half-sister Olivia Hess graduated from Hogwarts last year, he shared a mother with her. His eldest half-brother, Vladimir Athanatos (NPC owned by this author used in events) recently graduated from Hogwarts in 2024, they share a father. His second eldest half-brother is Jürgen Hess (NPC owned by this author used in events) is still in Hogwarts and they share the same mother, Aamon has been raised primarily in the Athanatos household but has also spent significant time in the Hess homestead as well. His second eldest half-brother is Giddeon Athanatos (NPC owned by this author used in events) who is also still in Hogwarts and they share the same father. He also has a squib half-sibling, Dirk with whom Aamon shares a mother with. Aamon has had limited association with Dirk to their unfortunate lack of magical promise, a failure in breeding and legacy unfortunately. He has a few younger half-siblings also, however he does not spend a great deal of time with these younger family members yet (remains vague because I do not want contradictory information regarding the family tree).

While his family might seem odd to some, the family tree might require a spreadsheet, to a pureblood such as himself, marriages and children are not always (or even often) made as a product of love but rather as simply a 'product.' His father, Thaddeus Athanatos is a pure-blooded Seer and rumored legilimens and his mother, also Olivia (his older half-sister has the same name) is a Seer. Due to the rarity of their bloodline and psychic talent, it is considered their duty to not only have large families to expand their numbers but to also maintain genetic diversity, so he has many half-siblings and cousins with confusing connections that he considers to be natural and expected.

Besides his unique perspective on familial normalcy, he had a rather common, albeit privileged childhood. He grew up wealthy, so wanted for little besides the attention of his parents who lived separate lives in separate homes. There was never witnessed affection between his biological parents, however he was well cared for and they both took an active role in raising Aamon.

He was educated in a private school for pureblooded wizards. While there are no known public institutions for the early training of wizard children, elementary education can be provided in a group setting without subsidy or oversight from the Ministry of Magic and that was the case with young Aamon. Aamon and several other, like-aged children were provided their basic education in a classroom setting in London. He would arrive daily via floo and return nightly to his homestead in Bath. He did well enough there, learning basic maths, science, geography, history and literature. At home, since his family was quite large and diverse and his parents did not have a great deal of time to spend with him individually, he spent a lot of his free time with tutors that taught him how to play various instruments. This was considered leisure time for him and as such he is passionate about music. (WC: 532)

Seer

Being a Seer is to an extent an expectation, however even with a family bloodline that has paid such close attention to this specific trait, even a wizard cannot control nature. In about 60% of cases, a pairing yields a child with Seer talent. This is something that parents monitor for in their children for years in idle hope that another Seer would be born. Being born 'without' or as a layman might refer to them, as 'normal' in their familiar context, they are an unfortunate disappointment in our family. The link and tie still there, the genes just failing to exhibit this talent many maintain a genetic link in our family for the sake of diversity but they rarely have more than a single child within our family line for fear of dilution.

I am one such Seer, again an expected outcome for the most part. Afterall, there is a great than 50% chance. My talent was suspected when I was about 5 years of age, where I would simply avoid unconsciously minor pitfalls or find an object that was hidden well enough that by all statistical odds I should have struggled to find. However, "luck" is simply falling outside the standard deviation of probability. So while this was suspected and these minor games would continue on for years, basically leaving a notch in my favor for the years leading up to Hogwarts until there were so many in my favor, it would have been foolhardy and hard-headed to presume that I was anything but a Seer.

Examples of such activities would be games of dodgeball with bean bags, hard enough to sting but never really injure. As a younger child in the group, I learned quickly that I wanted to avoid the sting of a full hit. Some of my evasive capabilities was certainly a manifestation of physical skill and practice, but again it was a game of odds. The same could be said when we engaged in easter-egg hunts, scavenger hunts and similar activities where a keen eye might have given me a bit of an advantage but again it was a game of odds. As capable as I might have seen myself, everyone has a weakness, however my success rates remained approximately the same - above expected parameters. this has been encouraging to both of my parents, my half-brother Giddeon never developed this gift and while he is very much a part of the family, it is likely that his madness would be better tolerated had he developed the skill of his forbearers. I suppose I can be thankful he did not.

I have not had a vision as of yet, but my half-brother Jürgen has taken an interest in my development. I am only as valuable as I am capable he would remind me. A variety of divination practices common among my family have been reviewed time and time again. It is my hope as my skill develops I will be having visions like my brothers and that I will be able to take my rightful place in my family. (WC: 515)

First Instance of Magic

Ammon's first instance of magic was rather average, he was 3 years and 6 months of age when his first instance of magic officially occured. He was playing the piano (he was quite young when he started to play so his skill was no more than a poor rendition of Mary had a Little Lamb at this time) when a loud noise caused by his older brother Giddeon had startled him and Aamon let out a shriek. The shriek caused the piano to split in half.

The incident was easily noticed and resulted in a grand reception by the tutor that was overseeing his lesson. It was one of the few days he ever saw his biological parents together in the same room and this remains a fond, core memory.

STATUS: Approved, Emma, June 25, 2024