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- NICKNAMES New
AGE 25
BIRTHDAY 15 February 2008
BLOOD STATUS Pureblood
WAND 12 inches, Buckeye, Merpeople scale, Supple, Decorated Shaft
GENDER Female
SEXUAL ORIENTATION Heterosexual
LANGUAGES SPOKEN English
FACECLAIM Adelaide Kane [x]
xxxS C H O O L A N D C A R E E R xxxxxx
- ATTENDED Hogwarts
HOUSE Hufflepuff
CLASS OF 2026
BEST LESSONS
- ■ Art
■ Music
■ Potions
WORST LESSONS
- ■ Astronomy
■ Defense Against the Dark Arts
■ History of Magic
OWL SCORES
- ■ Astronomy ~ P
■ Charms ~ O
■ Defense Against the Dark Arts ~ P
■ Herbology ~ EE
■ History of Magic ~ P
■ Potions ~ O
■ Transfiguration ~ O
■ Art ~ O
■ Divination ~ A
■ Care of Magical Creatures ~ EE
■ Healing ~ O
■ Muggle Art ~ EE
■ Muggle Music ~ EE
■ Music ~ O
NEWT SCORES
- ■ Charms ~ A
■ Herbology ~ A
■ Potions ~ EE
■ Transfiguration ~ A
■ Art ~ O
■ Healing ~ EE
■ Muggle Art ~ EE
■ Muggle Music ~ EE
■ Music ~ O
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT Owner of Dominic Maestro's
DREAM JOB Current job
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- ■ SENSIBLE Newlyn has always had a level head on her shoulders, and if never noted for being especially clever, does have a good deal of practical know-how. Much of what she knows now as an adult has been self-taught over the years, and she's extremely capable. Newlyn knows to keep her expectations realistic and her morals firm, and this far it's served her well.
■ DEVOTED In nearly every relationship in her life, Newlyn is devoted. Her loyalty is part of what got her sorted into Hufflepuff at the tender age of eleven, and she is an extremely supportive, encouraging person to have as a family or a friend. Honest and committed one hundred percent to everything and everyone she values, you'd be hard-pressed to find someone more faithful.
■ RESOURCEFUL Newlyn has always been someone who has always managed to find a way, even with the odds stacked against her. She grew up being forced to take initiative, as there was no one else around to do it, and that has stuck with her since. What Newlyn is good at, she is very good at, and she takes pride in her skills and her talents.
■ SELF-SACRIFICIAL Newlyn has always been one to put others before herself, sometimes to her own detriment. Much of her hard work is due to wanting to provide and be there both physically and emotionally for other people, and she tends to give up her needs and wants in favor of the needs and wants of those around her. It's very hard for her to be self serving, even when she needs to be.
■ GUARDED A private person by nature, Newlyn is not very chatty or one to say much about her personal life, even if pressed. She likes to keep what is important to her close, and will rarely confide in or reveal much to strangers or even acquaintances. Unfortunately this leads to her bottling a lot up, and it can be hard for her to vocalize what she is really feeling.
■ PRESUMPTIVE Newlyn, a classic eldest child, can presume too much, and it can at best make her come off as slightly condescending, and at worst, arrogant or judgmental. While none of this is intended, she does have a tendency to jump to conclusions without getting to the bottom of things first, and her opinions can be clouded by emotions running high.
LIKES
- ■ Drawing
■ Painting
■ Piano
■ Violin
■ Long walks
DISLIKES
- ■ Patronizing attitudes
■ Violence as a solution
■ Excessive crying
■ Dust and dirt
■ Long nights
HOBBIES
- ■ Painting
■ Drawing
■ Playing the piano or violin
STRENGTHS
- ■ Her creative talents
■ Her composed nature
WEAKNESSES
- ■ Her tendency to blame herself for everything
■ Her reluctance to share her troubles and open up
FEARS
- ■ Losing her sisters
■ Losing Miles
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- CHILDHOOD Newlyn was born and raised in Upper Barnton, England, the firstborn child of Mitchell Vass and Rhiannon Vass nee Rayhorn, a pureblood wizard and witch. While her father came from a traditionally purist Slytherin home and background, her mother had been raised in a more accepting nature by two 'blood traitor' Gryffindors. Their marriage was an elopement- Rhiannon's parents were killed during the Second Wizarding World War, and Mitchell's parents expressly forbid him from pursuing a relationship with her. He ignored their warning, and was disowned in all but name. The new Vasses eventually settled down to raise a family, and had Newlyn, then her younger sister Elsbeth, and finally her youngest sister Morven. Shortly after Morven's birth, when Newlyn was six years old, her mother was killed by a rogue werewolf in the countryside. Her father, having idolized and clung to his wife for so many years, was permanently and irreversibly scarred by the event. He sank into a deep depression, and it fell on Newlyn to do the majority of the caring for and nurturing of her younger sisters. By the time she was of Hogwarts age she was both their mother and their father, and her father had made it clear over the years since her mother's death that he fully blamed her for it, as Rhiannon had died protecting her daughter.
SCHOOL YEARS
- FIRST YEAR Newlyn loved her first year away from home, away from her father, and she admitted to herself guiltily, the constant chore of looking after her younger sisters. She was sorted into Hufflepuff, and fully embraced the school as her home, and as an opportunity to finally act her age, rather than as a mini adult. She joined the music club, became friends with a housemate named Chloe, and met a charming older boy named Jay. At the end of the year, he asked her to be his girlfriend, and eager to jump into her first relationship with any boy, Newlyn accepted.
SECOND YEAR Newlyn spent her second year enjoying the feeling of having a boyfriend and friends for the first time in her life, people who actually seemed to care about what she felt and wanted. She did, after some internal debate, tell Jay what had happened to her mother and about the guilt she still felt over it.
THIRD YEAR By the time her third year had started Newlyn had begun to clash with her father more and more frequently, with the renewed sense of confidence having a normal life had started to give her. She was tired of being the quiet, dutiful, little mother.
FOURTH YEAR The summer before Newlyn's fourth year she attended a circus with Jay and her sisters that was violently attacked by dark wizards. Newlyn and her sisters made it out unharmed, by her boyfriend was struck by a spell that caused him to slowly sicken and die by the winter of her fourth year. It left her completely numb; her main source of support and encouragement had been suddenly ripped away, just like that.
FIFTH YEAR Newlyn slowly began to move on, despite another attack, this time by vampires, on a festival the fall of her fifth year. Her sister Elsie began attending Hogwarts as a first year, and was sorted into Hufflepuff with her.
SIXTH YEAR During her sixth year Newlyn befriended Miles McLellan, another Hufflepuff two years her junior, and was horrified to discover he was a werewolf. However, she was able to move past it and their friendship came out stronger for it; she told him that she was starting to develop feelings for him.
SEVENTH YEAR The summer before Newlyn's seventh year Morven was bitten by a werewolf and would have been killed if not for her intervention. Knowing her father's reaction would likely be violent if he found out, she and Morven hid it from him, and Elsie. However, Elsie found out over the course of the year, and stung by what she perceived as a rejection from her sisters by their not telling her, inadvertently revealed it to Mitchell when they returned home. A violent struggle ensued, and by the end of it, Newlyn had knocked her father down a flight of stairs in self defense, killing him. She assumed guardianship of her sisters.
POST GRADUATION After graduation Newlyn bought and currently runs Dominic Maestro's music shop in Hogsmeade. She and Miles live above the shop, and married in November 2033.
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- FAMILY Miles McLellan (husband), Elsbeth Shoichet (sister), Morven Vass (sister), David Shoichet (brother-in-law)
FRIENDS Chloe Clarisse
BEST FRIEND Chloe Clarisse
ROMANTIC INTEREST Miles McLellan
ENEMIES The werewolf that bit Morven
PETS Owl named Speckle
