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Born on March 27th about 18 minutes after Maer, the doctors and his parents feared at fist that he was stillborn. He didn't make a sound until the doctor finally smacked him on his backside. Of the three, he was the quietest and easiest to take care of, while his siblings would be howling their lungs out for something he'd just sit and stare at everything around him. It actually took him longer to walk than the other two, him being so cautious, he would wait until no one was around to attempt walking because he didn't want to get run into or pushed down by an older rowdier sibling. They didn't even know he could walk until he was 20 months.

Liam has always been quiet and an easy child to raise, unless the other two managed to drag him in on their escapades. And even then he was reluctant to be as adventurous and was always the more cautious and had much more common sense than the other two. Though they'd often egg him on and demand he do what they were doing until he did it. And then even after he got hurt he never really blamed them for it. He'd just suffer alongside them without much complaint.

As they got older and his siblings started to do more on their own, Liam often felt left out. He never knew who to spend time with or if they even wanted him around. This is when he started to pull into himself more and became withdrawn from others and not as talkative. It was a bit alarming to his parents, but they didn't want to try anything drastic just yet. They figured he'd grow out of it so they just encouraged him to spend time with them more often.

Liam showed some initial interest in taking kick boxing lessons with Leoben but never really got into it as much as his brother did. He decided to drop it after about three months of taking the class. He just wasn't really into violence or fighting as much as Leoben. In fact, he was rather taken aback by the aggressive side of it.

Liam actually showed signs of his magic before either of his siblings, though he never told them or his parents that. When Maegrethe had the terrible encounter at the boarding school, Liam would often wake up with horrible nightmares of what was happening to her. At first he was sure it was just his imagination getting away from him, but when she wrote to them telling them how terrible the school was and how mean the teachers were that Liam realized he had seen things that had actually happened. He tried to speak to his parents about it but they didn't really pay too much attention to him about it.

They were rather stunned when they were requested by Improper Use of Magic Office at the Minstry of Magic to come to what was left of the boarding school. They found a very distraught and hysterical Maergrethe. No one could get much of anything out of her on what had happened, and no one in the school knew anything. It was Liam, who was able to give an accurate account of what had occurred and what had been done to his sister to cause her to do what she had done.

Their parents were furious and sued the school and got a rather large settlement to keep news of it out of the public eye. The family returned home where their mother started teaching her children at home out of the public eye. It was difficult but the siblings became a bit closer after this.

Liam was rather pleased when all three of them received letters to Hogwarts. He had always loved the idea of magic and having been raised around it he was very delighted to be able to learn more about it.

Growing up with such a noisy and busy family often made him feel the one one out. He usually retreated to a quiet corner when it got too loud or went on a walk by himself outdoors. Unlike the other people in his family, Liam is an introvert.

He's pretty close to his Maer and Leo because of their odd sixth sense they share with one another. It often allows them to know or feel when one of the others is in trouble or hurt. Up until Maer was sent away, they were thick as thieves and did pretty much everything together, though Liam was usually talked into it. Liam being much more sensitive to their sixth sense actually has more of an understanding of what his sister went through. He always knows when she's having a flashback or nightmare about the place and can help calm her down or help her get out of it.

He's rather close to his father, probably because they are a lot alike and have the same love for animals. He loves to help his father with caring for animals and is planning on following in his father's footsteps one day. He's so into animals that he doesn't eat any red meat and chooses to live off of vegetables, fruits, gains and fish.

He pretty close to his older brother Challis and will often be allowed to go with him on his photo shoots in the summer. Challis has no patience for Leoben's wild antics or Maer's incessant complaining. He rather prefers the quiet triplet who can help him track down animals and stay completely still and not scare them off. Liam has also managed to find some of the rarer wild life species for him to photograph. Liam finds these trips to be relaxing and very rejuvenating, especially after being stuck with his annoying loud classmates or siblings.

Liam's family knows when to leave him alone and give him space when he needs it. If he doesn't get it he can become rebellious and reckless, sometimes even mean. He'll lash out at people to make them leave him alone. While he's patient most of the time after too much interaction and being forced to do things that test him or stress him out he'll crack.

To say Liam was overwhelmed by all the noise in the great hall would have been putting it mildly. Every noise and yell was causing him to flinch. Which meant it looked like he was having a spasm attack or worse. He tried to calm himself down as he waited to be called forward to the sorting hat, but it didn't really help when the hat was screaming out a house name every five seconds.

Liam covered his ears and tried to get to his happy place. Being such an extreme introvert, in situations like this the only way to stay sane was to try and get the over stimulation muffled and concentrate on something better. He smiled as thoughts of being outside and images of mountains came into his mind.

The next moment he was being poked and shoved by the kids behind him. He turned around in confusion and reluctantly took his hands off of his ears. "Come on man, stop going off into la la land, it's your turn!" He heard Maergrethe call from somewhere behind him. Liam laughed at her words and turned to go up the stairs.

He must have missed his brother's being sorted, because he didn't see him in front of him anymore. He thought it was rather funny that the sorting had them arrange themselves in the opposite order they were normally in. He made his way up the stairs and plopped down on the stool.

He grimaced slightly when the hat was forced onto his head and a voice began to speak in his ears with a gravely tone. "Well..now what House is best for you? You could go with your brother into Gryffindor, though you're not really one for glory. Hmm..I know, HUFFLEPUFF!"

Liam was rather relieved by the House he had been placed in. He didn't really mind being put into a House other than his brother. Maybe he'd finally get to do what he wanted instead of being forced to do everything his brother did. For some reason Leoben was always thinking he needed to get him to join in all his games.

Liam made his way over to the Hufflepuff table and slide into an empty spot grinning at the welcome the others were giving him. Of course..if they kept it up he'd probably need to make some makeshift earplugs. The noise was just too much for his sensitive ears.

Siobhan Song, was born to Rosemary Burls and Chen Song on June 13th. Her conception came as a major surprise and shock to her parents, as they hadn't planned on having a third child. Because of this, Cheng asked his mother to come and give his wife a hand at adjusting to the needs of the new baby.

Siobhan quickly learned at a young age that if she wanted love and affection she'd not be getting it from her intellectually minded parents and brainwashed siblings. Thankfully, Xiu was able to see to most of the child's needs and helping her develop as normally as possible. Siobhan, still rather hopes and wishes that one day her parents might snap out of their selfish ways and give her some much needed attention.

Once Siobhan grew old enough for school, her parents began discussing what boarding schools to send her off to. They figured that she had been coddled enough and needed to start growing up and taking more responsibilities. Her grandmother, who was more of a mother objected rather loudly. But to no avail. On Siobhan's 7th birthday she was sent off to an All Girl's Private School in Oxford, London.

Siobhan wasn't used to being constantly surrounded by chattering stuck up girls, and it took her quite awhile to get used to the school. For the first two weeks, she cried herself to sleep until one of her roommates complained to the Floor Monitor. Trudy Finnigan was more than happy to move the quiet, and reserved girl into her own quarters and treated her more like a little sister than a student that she was supposed to punish and keep in line. Siobhan was overjoyed by the close relationship and made sure not to do anything that might jeopardize it.

For the next four years, the two girls got along splendidly. Though many of the teachers and staff members seemed to think that the friendship only stunted Siobhan from creating other relationships with the other students. It wasn't until her friend was sent away that her magical talents began to emerge. Mostly books hovering around the room, or a girl's dress flying up at a most inconvenient moment. It rather frightened everyone at her boarding school and soon Siobahn found herself sent home to her parents.

Her parents were rather appalled at what she was doing and tried to force her to stop using her powers through any means they could find. Her grandmother knew she couldn't allow her grand-daughter's magic to be stifled. She had always wished magic existed and when she discovered her grand-daughter could actually do magic, she wasn't about to let it get ignored.

It was a relief to her grandmother and Siobahn when a letter arrived, along with a spokes person, at the end of the summer welcoming her to Hogwarts. Her parents wanted nothing to do with it and said as much; though they had started to loosen their strict discipline on her if her magic flared up. Her grandmother took it upon herself to help Siobahn gather her items from the magic shops and pack for school. She took it upon herself to use most of her savings to pay for a few surprises for her grand-daughter as well. With the rest of her money, Xiu moved to a small flat of her own in England, closer to the school so Siobahn could come stay with her when she was out of school on breaks.

Like most Chinese families, she doesn't really have much of a relationship with her parents. She respects and honors them daily, but doesn't really get any time to get close to her parents. Nor does she have time to spend with her siblings, as they are always studying and focusing on scholarly endeavors.
She is much different than the rest of her family; as they are all reserved and private people. She's much more open and animated. Her Grandmother and her are super close and often try to get the rest of the family to open up more. They have yet to get them to actually express any emotions other than frustration and annoyance.

Siobahn gets on rather famously with her grandfather as well. He is a rather gruff and moody man, but he is always smiling after he's seen and spent time with her. She always finds a way to brighten his day, even though he doesn't always tell her.