❛❛ susan bones . ❜❜ ― 💫 ― born just before the end of a war, you faced a lifetime of loss before you’d hit double digits (death would become a lifelong companion)... forever determined to be a light in a seemingly dimming world, kindness can defeat cruelty and love will overcome hatred (of that you are sure)... a family in power places you high on a list you’ve never wished to be named on, a target on your back in the upcoming battle (you can survive this, you must)...
BASICS.
full name : susan lucinda bones
name meaning :
susan : hebrew | “lily of the valley”
lucinda : latin | “light”
bones : old norse | “river that runs through a settled valley” & “promontory, headland”
nickname / alias : sue, suze, suzie
title : miss
gender / pronouns : cis woman / she/her
sexuality : pansexual
date of birth : april 24
age : 23
zodiac : taurus
place of birth : braemar, aberdeenshire, scotland
accent : scottish
languages : english, latin, gaelic
species : witch
APPEARANCE.
faceclaim : abigail cowen
height : 5′7″
eye color : blue
hair color : ginger
glasses : n/a
MEDICAL.
mental : adhd, insomnia, depression, anxiety, paranoia, survivor's guilt
physical : n/a
PERSONALITY.
positive traits : empathetic
negative traits : resentful
hobbies : singing, crocheting, watching quidditch, baking, dueling, learning new offensive and defensive magic
RELATIONSHIPS.
parents :
malcolm bones; father
isla bones, née mcphail; mother
siblings : n/a
extended family :
amelia bones; paternal aunt, deceased
edgar bones; paternal uncle, deceased
gillian bones, née taylor; aunt via marriage, deceased
duncan bones; eldest cousin, deceased
graham bones; middle cousin, deceased
freya bones; youngest cousin, deceased
kenneth bones; grandfather, deceased
fiona bones, née adair; grandmother, deceased
children : n/a
pets :
echo [flammulated owl]
MAGICAL.
blood status : half-blood
hogwarts house : hufflepuff
wand : pear wood with a unicorn core 12 ½" and quite bendy flexibility
patronus : hedgehog
boggart : lord voldemort
amortentia : tba
BACKGROUND.
quick facts :
can perform nonverbal magic, and is working towards learning wandless magic as well
has perfected her felix felicis potion
orphan
early history :
the only child born to isla and malcolm bones, susan was named for her aunt amelia's middle name. a rather powerful and respected family in the wizarding community, it's no shock that they were sought after by death eaters during the first wizarding world war. most of the family wouldn't survive.
first year :
susan bones started her education at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry the same year as the famous harry potter. she shared a boat with seamus finnigan and hermione granger, and was the third student to be called upon by minerva mcgonagall for the sorting ceremony. there was an indescribable joy at being sorted into hufflepuff, the very house that her parents had shared before falling in love. the house that most of her family had called home while at hogwarts. during her first year, susan would learn all about the basics of magic and spell performance, like her other classmates. she was also present at the end-of-term feast during which gryffindor won the house cup breaking slytherin's seven year winning streak.
second year :
during her second year, susan seemed to develop a crush on the then defence against the dark arts professor, gilderoy lockhart, which caused her to be off-task daydreaming during his lessons. she participated in the duelling club, as a precaution due to the attacks that occurred after the chamber of secrets had been opened. the fact that lockhart oversaw this club was merely an added benefit, as was the discovery of a talent for duelling magic. if only she’d known how much that skill would come in handy in later years.
year two wasn’t all clubs and cute professors. when her friends were all petrified by the unknown creature (now known to be a basilisk) roaming the school, fear seemed hard to shake. for someone who had already faced so much loss, the thought that her friends’ lives were in peril was a hard one to shake. to say that she was filled with a sense of relief when professor sprout and madam pomfrey were able to cure the petrified students would be an understatement.
third year :
idk she was scared of sirius black like everyone else that year. i'll flesh this year out later maybe. maybe not. we'll see.
fourth year :
during susan's fourth year hogwarts held the triwizard tournament and hufflepuff's cedric diggory was one of the triwizard champions. she supported cedric in favor of harry, as he was in her house and her best friends were also strong supporters of him.
cedric's death at the end of the triwizard tournament left susan with a lot of questions, though of one thing she was certain. harry potter was no liar. voldemort was back, and it was only a matter of time before the rest of the wizarding world began to suspect the same.
summer before fifth year :
it was in late june that the death eaters who murdered susan’s uncle edgar and his family escaped from azkaban. news that immediately set the bones family on high alert, and for good reason. mid july saw an attack on the bones household, with susan left the only survivor. she’d credit it to pure luck and her mother’s forethought, if you could even get her to speak on the incident.
her father’s shout from the kitchen had given enough warning for susan to barricade herself into her bedroom. unfortunately there was already a death eater waiting for the girl. fortunately he hadn’t been expecting her to throw a punch instead of a hex. it was only that split second of shock that allowed her to grab for the portkey her mother had placed on her nightstand only a few weeks earlier. an emergency escape hatch of sorts. and it worked. susan successfully escaped to an alley behind the leaky cauldron. she entered and gave a fake name to tom, the pub’s owner, and asked him to send for amelia bones. it was only when her aunt arrived, having recognized the fake name as a previously agreed upon safety code for her niece, that susan learned that neither of her parents had been so lucky as she’d been.
the following days saw her settling into a spare bedroom at her aunt’s home, her new home, and struggling to accept her new reality. still weeks later, the grief at her parents’ death feels as fresh as it was standing in the leaky cauldron. she only hopes this school year proves to be the distraction she so desperately craves.
CONNECTIONS.
bestie : basically her ride or die from childhood. ➢ 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍
