UM - Helena

“They say I’m crazy, but normal minds just don’t understand a real genius.”

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✦ Name : Helena Verhalle

✦ Age : 16

✦ Birthday : February 13

✦ Height : 5’6”

✦ Blood Status : Pureblood

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✦ House : Ravenclaw

✦ Year : 6th

✦ Pet :  Freddy || Desert Rain Frog

✦ Wand : Vine || Dragon Heartstring || 14 1/2 inches || Swishy

✦ Electives : Apparition || Care of Magical Creatures

✦ Extracurricular : Magical Cooking

✦ Personality :

Observer | Passive | Composed | Detached | Eccentric | Out of the box thinker

Perpetually adorning a faint smile, she seems to be always amused yet detached to the world around her. Demure and reticent when it comes to first impressions, prolonged exposure to her company will prove otherwise. Often she would blurt out strange things and opinions that stray from the dogma. While she can be strange, she is not so different from any regular student.

Not one to yield so easily under pressure, Helena keeps a cool head so she can figure out what to do. It is difficult to arouse strong emotions in her but to say that she is expressionless is false. She can be detached and apathetic however, as sympathy and compassion can lead to biases which hinder neutrality in judgement.

In studies, you would never find her surrounded by books like typical Ravenclaws. In fact, she detests having to rely on printed material for learning. She prefers to learn by observation and application and rather finds joy in exploring the new and the unknown. She is not wise beyond her years nor among the smartest in her class, but she offers unconventional advice that may sometimes be useful.

✦ History :

Hailing from a small family of humble pureblood roots, Helena’s early life is magically ordinary. Being the only child, the young girl was given all the love and attention she could seek, but was never pampered. Early years prior to attending Hogwarts had been uneventful except for a few magical mishaps that occurred during the dawn of her budding magical abilities.

At age eleven, she received a letter from Hogwarts as expected of pureblood children, and her parents felt excited to know that their child is beginning her steps to become a witch. During the sorting ceremony, the Sorting Hat barely touched the tip of her forehead when it exclaimed Ravenclaw. She truly was fit only for this house and the young girl was pleased knowing that she’ll be following her mother’s footsteps.

During her first years in Hogwarts, the young girl sought to meet people than to pursue rigorous studying. Almost uncharacteristic of a Ravenclaw, she surrounded herself with people than books and often daydreamed in class instead of reading books and listening to lectures. It was not a surprise that she ended among the average ranking in grades, often becoming a disappointment to her teachers because she could’ve been a very bright child if she tried.

Now entering her sixth year, she looks forward to learning Apparition but the rest of the classes remain uninteresting except for the exercises that require less books, more wand-wishy action.

Stance on the looming threat of the muggle world.

Quite well-informed about the latest news regarding the ongoing threats, it is one topic that she carefully keeps a steady eye on. While some of her peers may shy away from the subject, she does not and rather finds it interesting to discuss. She herself admits that if the issues escalate to a bigger threat, she is not ready to take up arms. She thinks that there is one big lesson wizards and witches could learn from this - that their unwillingness to change and stubbornness to stick to traditions may be the real threat to their magical existence. Like all other species, they should learn to adapt and maybe they could be a step ahead again in this race.

✦  Family 

• Haans Benedict Verhalle. Slytherin alumnus. Pureblood. Magizoologist. Always travelling to explore magical creatures.

• Griselda Verhalle (nee Lievens). Ravenclaw alumna. Pureblood. A Seer. Working as an Unspeakable at the Department of Mysteries.

✦  Likes and Dislikes

✦  Trivia
- She only signed up for Magical Cooking to be as good as baking pastry like Spongebilly. Her efforts have not borne fruit yet though.
- She would have been better in the Arts classes.
- Hoots her thoughts in vague riddles or unfinished phrases.

✦ RP Method: Google Docs for lit script, Skype/Twitter for headcanons!

✦ Relationships :

[TBA]