Eli Goldhorn | First Year | Hufflepuff

Backstory

Eli was born in Stirling, Scotland on the fine morning of April 23rd, 2013 to Aedan and Leota Colten. Her father, Aedan, works as an astronomer and Eli has grown up with a healthy appreciation for the night skies and a fairly good knowledge of constellations and such. Her mother, Leota, teaches mathematics and coaches a local football team at a muggle high school. Eli did in fact attend a muggle school until she was old enough to go to Hogwarts, as per her mother's wishes.

Eli also had a little brother: Rowan. Only three years younger than her, they grew up relatively close and Eli has always been glad that she's basically had a built-in best friend for most of her life. She missed him quite a bit at Hogwarts, especially since it is a couple of years before he will be able to attend as well. She'd always been a bit protective over her little brother and worries about him a bit more now that she's not able to be there at school with him. On top of this, the family also has a grumpy cat named Gilligan (an old tuxedo who had been with Eli's father for many, many years).

Her best-friend growing up is a muggle from her neighbourhood: Elise Hughes. They met when they were five years old and had been all but inseparable since then but things have become a little more complicated now that Eli is off to Hogwarts. They were often found adventuring down by the stream and playing make-believe in the nearby woods.

Personality

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Physical Appearance

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First Instance of Magic

Eli's first instance of accidental magic happened when she was a toddler. Upset one day that her father wasn't home to read her a bedtime story, her favourite stuffie (a cute dragon) seemed to breathe a spurt of flame. Nothing caught fire, thankfully, but being a Muggle, Eli's mother panicked and decided that the safest option was to keep Eli and her stuffie in the bathtub until her father could get home. Needless to say, the young girl was excited about getting to stay up past her bedtime.