Hogwarts Legacy Brainrot

Lyra's Introduction:

"like the clarion morning bells greeting the friendly townsfolk" - @creampuffcloudsdreaming

The new 5th year at Hogwarts, sorted into Gryffindor

Muggleborn and therefore pretty overwhelmed by the turn her life has taken

Her father Gottfried Prag was from the German Empire and came to England in 1873 to work at the embassy. He met Dorabelle Finch, who was from a well respected, rich family. They fell in love and married against her fathers wishes, which left them in a precarious financial situation

After the birth of their second child Claire (1884), said child and Gottfried get smallpox in early 1888, of which Gottfried dies eventually. Claire survives, but is left with a disabled leg.

Lyra is at school at the time and gets no chance to say goodbye to her father. This led to her not really reckoning with his death. These events however help her relate to Natty later, as she herself feels guilty over not being there when her father died and not grieving properly.

Lyra was born 4th of October 1875, making her only 14 when being accepted into Hogwarts, as in 1890, the rule is that everyone who reaches the age of 11 until December 31st of a year will start school that year. It's Professor Weasley who advocates for a change of that rule to make it that they have to be 11 before they start school, so next time there is a student like Lyra, there will be more of a chance they won't have to start school in their OWL year

Fig shows up at Lyra's school in early August 1890 to give her her acceptance letter. He needs to proof he's actually telling the truth by making her belongings dance across the table. She instantly likes him as he makes her feel truly seen for the first time.

Lyra is an outsider at her old school, with the other girls not exactly being mean, but also not nice. The popular girls make an effort to isolate her from others. Everyone being so welcoming at Hogwarts almost makes her cry.

Lyra is usually very quiet, loves reading and all sorts of animals. Attention of crowds makes her uncomfortable, but she likes being asked for input and will happily talk about her favorite books or the pretty bird she saw for hours.

At Hogwarts:

Wand: Alder, 10¾", phoenix feather core

Favorite subjects: DADA, Beasts, Potions

Least favorite subject: Astronomy (It's not that she hates it, but it's the least fun)

Academic pursues:

Lyra does pretty well in classes, but doesn't often attract attention, so she neither wins nor loses many house points. (Especially since she manages to hide her spare time activities of fighting poachers and sneaking into forbidden places pretty well.)

As for her OWLs, well, take a look for yourselves:

Future Career:

Lyra will be an Auror one day. She wants to keep protecting the people of the Wizarding World, not only by fighting dark wizards (and poachers), but also by trying to help those who turn to the Dark Arts in desperation and fear. She feels if she is the one deciding who to arrest, she can figure these things out and perhaps make a different call, like she did for Sebastian.

Best friends:

Natsai Onai

Easy one. Natty is the first to be kind to her at school and also the first person Lyra tells about her Ancient Magic after their eventful trip to Hogsmeade. As they are both Gryffindors and have nearly every class together, they quickly become inseperable. They're both new and they share a quiet nature and a strong sense of justice. They also bond quite a bit over the loss of their fathers and the guilt they both feel on this matter. Over the course of the year, their bond grows ever stronger and soon becomes unbreakable.

Sebastian Sallow

Lyra is sold on this friendship the moment he doesn't berate her for besting him in a duell, but doesn't quite know how to handle him, as she never had much contact with boys her age. Luckily, Sebastian is the kind of person to persist. After the events of the Restricted Section, she is hopelessly infatuated. He is the second person to learn about her abilities after he's shown her the Undercroft. Lyra sees him spiralling after they found Slytherin's spellbook and tries her best to get him to stop searching into Dark Arts without making him feel like he's alone in his fight for Anne. After the unfortunate outcome, she is there for him as much as she can, just as he is there for her after the fight against Ranrok. They understand each other perfectly and often without words after all they've been through together.

Poppy Sweeting

Lyra, who loves animals so much and who is delighted to find out magical beasts exist, of course takes an instant liking to the girl that introduces her to a hippogriff. She also sees herself in Poppy, who is a bit of an outsider at Hogwarts, just like Lyra used to be at her old school. Poppy learns about Ranrok soon, but doesn't ask many questions. At the end of the schoolyear, Lyra tells her the whole truth about what was going on.

Amit Thakkar

No matter what anyone says, Lyra loves this blubbering mess of a Ravenclaw to pieces. He is so smart and knows so much, but is also so nervous and erratic all the time that she can't help but like him. When they go find the first astronomy table and they see the lyra, Amit says it might be a sign. He is her go-to source whenever she needs to know anything specific or obscure and more often than not he can help her out or point her to the right book. Amit on the other hand loves hearing about the muggle world and their inventions from her. He learns about Ranrok in the mine and also gets told the whole story at the end of the year. She feels she owes him that. In their sixth year, Lyra takes him to all the astronomy tables so he can do his research safely.

Ominis Gaunt

After a bad start, these two bond after the whole scriptorium thing as they both become more and more worried about Sebastian and try to work together in bringing him back to reason. Lyra, knowing nothing about the hatred of pureblood families against muggleborns and how the use of dark magic is tied to this until he and Sebastian explain it to her, doesn't have the same Gaunt bias that most other students have and is honestly curious about the old traditions. She is amazed by his ability to speak parseltongue and his general competence, as someone being blind in the society she's grown up in wouldn't be deemed capable of going to school with non blind people. Ominis likes that she is not afraid or resentful of him for being a Gaunt and that he can speak his mind freely around her. They love to bicker every now and then, especially in History of Magic class. He is the last person to learn about her Ancient Magic, because Lyra feels like he has enough to worry about already. He is told at the same time as Poppy and Amit and nearly freaks out that she was carrying so much and still helped with Sebastian. And Harlow? And the poachers? Seriously, when and how does she rest?

What do they make of it?

Lyra in her sixth year decides to hide Isidoras Magic again, with new trials and some more memories. So she chooses new keepers: Natty, Poppy, Amit and Ominis. Sebastian gets why he wasn't chosen to protect a source of immense power, but is still a little hurt. They'll figure it out somehow.

Honorable mentions: Garreth, Adelaide & Deek

MC friends:

Beatrice Bluelake

Carina Savage

Leonard Lovegood

Jocie Bell

Orpheus Kerr