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Peter Pan // 17 // Fifth Year // Thunderbird // No-Maj born

Undecided

FC:Thomas Brodie Sangster

About fifty or so years ago, it was a popular thing amongst wizards and witches to go to their own theme parks. As time passed and No-Majs got more and more technologically advanced it became more dangerous to run them and not nearly as much worth the effort. These parks were abandoned and became popular places for those with less than stirling reputations to spend their time, people like the infamous Peter Pan.

Peter was born in Florida to two very loving parents but when his magic began to manifest itself their love turned to fear. They tried to kill him one night but he escaped through his window and into the woods. He was ten years old and was pursued relentlessly. He ran for days and days and found himself at Neverland, an abandoned wizard theme park. The park was empty but he could feel the pulse of magic that ran through it. It was as if the place was alive, it made him feel powerful and unafraid. He began to reach out to other homeless children and those who were cast out by less than understanding parents.

Peter has had to turn to crime in order to get by and people fully expect that when he graduates from school, that will become a full time thing. He believes he’s destined for a life of danger and misdeeds and he’s perfectly alright with that. He doesn’t care if he gets arrested one day but he wants his lost boys and girls to escape that destiny.

Positive Traits

Brave, Adventurous, Clever

Negative Traits

Tyrannical, Mean Spirited, Stubborn  

Connections

Shan Yu // 18  // 6th year // Thunderbird // Halfblood  

Frontline Specialization

FC: Jordan Connor

Shan is a little rough around the edges. He’s the boy that parents warn their children about. He rides around in a magical motorcycle and his friends aren’t exactly Eagle Scouts. As a matter of fact, Shan is the leader of their gang, the Invisibles. Their biker gang handled small dealings like getting no-maj contraband and low-level drugs until the hunters started attacking the School.

The ragtag team of misfits changed operations. Now, they use their profits to aid in their new cause; hunting Witch Hunters. The way they see it, if the hunters want them dead, then they want them dead, too.

Shan is at home with the new cause. He’s actually very good at killing no-maj Witch Hunters. But not everyone in the magical community is on board with what the Invisibles are doing. Most are too scared to speak up against him but there are a few who aren’t. Will they be able to stop him? Or will Shan and his gang wipe out witch hunters once and for all?

Positive Traits:

Leader, Loyal, and Brave

Negative Traits:

Aggressive, Cruel and Tactless

Connections:

Orson Bates “Oogie Boogie” // 35 // Alumni // Thunderbird // No-Maj Born

Illegal Casino Owner

FC:Charles Michael Davis

Orson Bates was born and raised in Romania, not far from Transylvania. There was and remains to this day, very little magical government in Romania and dark wizards roam wild there. In such an environment, most wizards and witches go a little dark but few as dark as he did. He became the head of one of the country’s many mob families, raking in impressive wealth through loan sharking and illegal gambling, though he really has done almost any despicable thing you can think of. He is impressively talented with his use of bugs as familiars to spy on people or in some cases, poison them. He specialized at Ilvermorny in Transfiguration which he uses to turn his lairs into elaborate death traps.

With so many important people gathering in America around Ilvermorny he felt there was an opportunity there he couldn’t pass up. He took his most loyal lackeys with him and set up shop in Greylock’s landing, spreading out through New England. He runs an impressive and dangerous underground casino in Greylock’s landing and is looking for business partners to open other locations.

Positive Traits:

Charismatic, Energetic, Hard Working

Negative Traits:

Cruel, Secretive, Temperamental  

Connections:

The Trick o’ Trio:  His “Boogie boys,” despite one of them being a girl. He has a great amount of faith in them but would push them in a boiling pot of oil if he thought it would serve his best interests.

Eilonwy Llyr // 17 // 5th year // Thunderbird  // Pureblood

Undecided

FC:Teresa Palmer

Eilonwy was born and raised in Wales. Her mother and father were the last remaining members of an ancient bloodline of witches and wizards and they died when she was very young, leaving her to be adopted by a witch named Achren who wished to steal her family’s magic. Achren had Eilonwy work as a scullery maid in her home, denying her the chance to go to Hogwarts when she got her letter. By the time she was fifteen she was able to convince Achren to allow her to attend Ilvermorny instead but the damage had been done, her magical growth was irrevocably stunted as a result of not having trained at it earlier.

Despite being unskilled at magic, she has enormous potential and is a fairly quick study. Eilonwy has one trinket from her parents that Achren left to her, thinking that it was nothing but a simple orb pendant. Achren took the family’s ancient tome of spells to take the ancient powerful Llyr  magic but the book remains locked tight. Little does Achren know that Eilonwy’s pendant or “bauble” as Eilonwy calls it, is the key to opening it.

In order to pay for school, Eilonwy is a dishwasher and kitchen cleaner at the Peg Leg in Greylock’s Landing. She’s looking for a cheap place to rent near by so she doesn’t have to return home. If she doesn’t go home she can’t one day reclaim her family’s inheritance but she doesn’t care. She wants to escape Achren at any cost but she doesn’t yet truly understand what the cost is and what she’s leaving behind. Will she ever learn the truth about her family’s magic and if she does will it even change anything?

Positive Traits:

Smart, Determined, Kind

Negative Traits:

Feisty, Anxious, Bull headed

Connections:

Kiara Akida // 17 // 5th year // Thunderbird  // Pureblood Werelion

Unknown

FC: Alexandra Shipp  

Once upon a time, there lived a happy young girl who loved her father and brother with all her heart. She believed that they would always be there to help and protect her and that she’d be able to live fairly carefree…she couldn’t have been more wrong. When her father died and her brother disappeared she found herself isolated from the pride, her mother protected her the best she could but she couldn’t avoid the reality of who she was completely. A fairly large portion of her pride believed that she should be the one to inherit the role of Lion King but when Scar challenged her to a duel for the position when she was five years old, she conceded to him. She didn’t wish to name a champion, though her mother would have fought bravely for her because she didn’t want to see anyone get hurt in her name.

Years later when Nala left to go find her brother, she left as well feeling the call of adventure. She ran away from the pride and enrolled at Ilvermorny in secret. When she sees her brother again, she hopes she’ll recognize him,  and that he’ll recognize her. She doesn’t know that she wants him to return to the pride like Nala does; she just wants to see that he’s okay and, maybe if he is, they can put back together what’s left of her family.

Positive Traits:

Kind, Brave, Fun

Negative Traits:

Reckless, Stubborn, Gullible

Connections:

Simba Pryde: Her brother.  

Olaf Schnee // 19 // 7th year // Thunderbird  // No-Maj Born

Care of Magical Creatures Specialization

FC: Miles Teller  

If there is one thing that Olaf loves more than carrots, unicorns and sandwiches, it’s the summer…or it used to be, until he stopped feeling the heat. Olaf was around thirteen when it started, the heat of the sun, the gentle touch of the wind and the soft sensation of morning dew soaking through his shoes began to no longer register. He couldn’t feel it. Any of it and it was terrifying but he never wore that fear on his face. At first he just let it go, it wasn’t like he was in pain, maybe this whole thing would go away on it’s own. It didn’t. It got worse and worse and he became so desperate to feel something, anything that he stuck his hand in a pot of boiling water, it wasn’t until he had a third degree burn that the pain even registered. He was 17.

His foster parents got him to a healer and the fixed his hand but they couldn’t figure out what was wrong with his senses. They determined that it wasn’t a medical condition but a curse but try as they might, they couldn’t find a way to break it. With the mystery about it gone, he became far less afraid then he used to be. He began to get used to it, found ways that his inability to feel pain was funny, at least, until the beginning of his seventh year.

It was bizarre, he felt as if something was caught in his chest, like a ball of phlegm. He coughed all day, trying to bring it up. He made jokes about how he was like a chain smoker but he was really worried. Finally, huddled over the sink in his bathroom, he got it up but what came out of his mouth and landed in the sink shocked him. It wasn’t phlegm, it wasn’t even blood…it was snow. He was slowly turning into snow and he couldn’t stop it. 

Positive Traits:

Funny, Loving, Determined

Negative Traits:

Reckless, Avoidant, Tactless

Connections:

Moana Waialiki // 17 // 5th year // Thunderbird// Pureblood

Undecided

Paris Berelc 

This curly-haired ball of energy comes from the magical island of Motunui. Actually, she happens to be the only child of their chief and is set to inherit that title. When people hear this, they instantly think of her as one of the other pureblood heiresses, snooty and elitist. She will be quick to remind them that she is not some prissy princess and prove it too.

When Moana arrived for her first year at Ilvermorny, she politely asked Maui, a professor, and the thief of the relic that left her island home unprotected from the no-maj witch hunters, to return what he had stolen. Four long years went by, and he still refused. Then while home for the summer, witch hunters attacked with the intentions of killing Moana and her family. Sadly, during the attack her grandmother was struck down.

Moana’s return to school for her fifth year was a struggle. Her father wanted her to stay home, but she knew what had to be done. She would have to go to school and force Maui to do the right thing. With the help of her mother, she snuck back to school and began her mission; whether by force or by freewill, Maui would return the relic and return Motunui to the protected magical oasis it once was. The only clincher is, Moana doesn’t know that the relic was lost long ago, and Maui doesn’t know where it is.

Positive Traits: Independent, Fast-learner, and Passionate 

Negative Traits:

Stubborn, Obsessive, Rash

Connections:

Maui Kaiaina // 40 // Alumni // Thunderbird // No-Maj-Born

Transfiguration Professor

FC: Dwayne Johnson

Maui was born in Hawaii to two wonderful parents. His life as a young boy was fairly normal for all Samoan children. That was until his magic manifested and his parents rejected him. Discarded and alone, Maui was left to fend for himself. Hope came when a magical family from the magical island paradise, Motunui, found the young man and took him to live on the island.

He went to Ilvermorny for school and returned to his new island home when on vacation from school. Maui became an animagus at a young age. He asked his professor of transfiguration if it were possible to have more than one form and was told it was impossible. He took that as a challenge and mastered the ability to shift into any animal he wanted.

After graduation, Maui returned to Motunui and began his career as a wayfinder. He was a natural voyager. His inner sense of direction and magical abilities brought him around the Pacific Ocean in search for treasures and treats for his people. One day he returned to the island with a fruitful bounty. When it came time to give their thanks to the wizard, the people ignored him. That was when he stole the magical relic that protected the island from no-maj witch hunters that sought to destroy their way of life.

Maui ran to Nova Scotia, losing the relic along the way, and hid among the people there even though he stood out like a sore thumb. He remained there until Headmaster Pillar from Ilvermorny offered him a position as the Transfiguration Professor. Maui was skeptical at first but took the position. He missed being able to use his powers without worrying of exposing himself. But, would he be safe at the magical school? Or would the people of Motunui be after him for the relic that he no longer possessed?

Positive Traits: Adventurous, Generous, and Talented

Negative Traits: 

Prideful, Vain and Willful

Connections: