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Full Character Name: Olivia Amara Davenport
Character Birthday & Age: April 1, 1995
City & Country of Birth: Cambridge
Pureblood, Halfblood or Muggleborn: Muggleborn
House & Year: Slytherin, 5th year

Wand: Pliable, Smooth, 11 and a 1/2 inches, fir, phoenix feather.

Physical Description:
Olivia is a little over five feet. Her long hair makes her appear shorter. She tends to wear it long and straight and it flows down her back to her natural waist. She’s got a pointed chin and wishes it didn’t protrude as much as it does. Her eyes are on the large side and given her a startled or solemn expression. She thinks they are a bit freakishly large and wishes they were a tad smaller. People typically tell her what big eyes she has. She doesn’t see it as a compliment. She inherited her mother’s pale blue eyes, she rather likes the color and is grateful she didn’t inherit her father’s dark brown. Instead she got is nearly black hair instead of her mum’s dirty blonde.  Her clothes are of high quality and on weekends she can be found in a nice jumper and designer jeans. She doesn’t really care about shopping and it’s done by either her nanny or her mother’s personal assistant.

Personality Description:
Hidden by a tranquil, even keel is an emotional, imaginative, passionate young woman that very few people ever see. To most, Olivia Davenport is thick skinned, detached, uncompromising, purposeful and shrewd. Olivia is a very reserved young woman who is cautious in everything she does. She likes to research things before she comes to a decision and has a habit of making pro and con lists. She doesn’t make decisions easily and can change her mind often, especially if it is about something trivial. She can be very methodical and has a process that she must complete before coming to a major decision in her life. She likes things to be in her control and doesn’t like it when others have power over her. She has a tendency to withdraw from people when she gets overwhelmed.  She can be quite moody and her moods can change quickly, going from calm to sharp in seconds. She has a tendency to snap at people when she’s uncomfortable. It’s a defense mechanism she learned from a young age.  She sympathizes with people, often feeling their pain as her own. Her parents saw this as a weakness and taught her how to control her emotions for showing too much could leave one vulnerable.  She has a secret love for all things dramatic and as a young child she yearned to be an actress. She enjoys the arts, especially watching plays. She plays the piano and often pours out her emotions on the keys. She has a tendency to overcompensate and work hard.

History:
Olivia Amara Davenport is the only daughter of Alice Davenport and Richard Monroe and is much loved by her parents in their own peculiar ways. Her father is a scientist who worked hard to get his position in a famed muggle research lab. Her mother is an interpreter for the British government. They’d met at a conference where her mum was translating and her father was  giving a lecture. There was mutual attraction and over the course of several years they kept meeting up whenever her mum was in town often spending weeks at a time together. However, they both saw other people except during the times they were together. It was an odd arrangement that suited them. Both were highly career oriented and weren’t not the type for sentimental attachments. They cared for each other deeply and were physically attracted but they were not in love. Olivia came about because the birth control had failed. Alice had been 39 and Richard 44.  After careful consideration they decided to keep the child since they both had excellent genes and any offspring of theirs had to be brilliant.

Her childhood was privileged. Olivia had the best nanny, a kind Egyptian woman, private tutors and anything she ever desired. From birth her routine was regulated. Her parents had studied extensively on the subject and thought they had the perfect plan to raise a child. Her diet was carefully controlled to prevent her from getting autism, she began to learn piano at the age of 4. She was expected not to yell or cry or tell tall tales or show that she was upset. To show too much emotion gave someone power over you, plus it was just “not done”.  When she was six she attended a prestigious private school where she was expected to do well.  She traveled with her mother forma  young age. One of her favorite pictures with her mum was a picture in front of Peter Pan’s flight at Tokyo Disney. It was the only time she went to a theme park. She’d been seven and it had been a gift from an emissary.
While her parents expected a lot from her, they loved her. She knew they cared for her or otherwise they’d just send her off to boarding school. She divided her time between both her parents it wasn’t necessarily equal. It depended on her mother’s assignments. Her parents were kind to each other, but they often bickered about the best way of raising her.  Her father wanted more science to be empathized and her mother preferred more of what her father called softer subjects, art, history and languages.

When she was eleven her parents were blindsided by the visit of a teacher from a special school called Hogwarts. Neither had ever wanted to think that their daughter was magical. They didn’t believe in magic only hard scientifically prove facts. At first they thought the person calming magic was real was insane. They’d threatened to call the police. It had taken several demonstrations for them to realize that maybe magic was real.

Learning about magic was strange. As a child she had believed in fairies and magic but her parents hadn’t approved of such things. They  had said that there was no such thing as magic just good science. Her first trip to Diagon Alley was overwhelming. Her nanny had taken her instead of her parents who just couldn’t handle the reality of it all. They called Olivia’s magic her special talent. They told her friends that she went to a prestigious boarding school.

Hogwarts was very different than what Olivia was use to. For the first time in her life she didn’t have everything regulated. She tried bangers and mash for the first time. It had been surprisingly tasty. She made very few friends. It was hard to open up to her peers. She didn’t understand the magical world and her life as a muggle had been very sheltered. She studied hard, spending a lot of time in the library. She was determined to prove to her parents that she could do well in the magical world, that just because she was a witch didn’t mean she wasn’t like them.

That first summer back was very awkward. Her parents asked three questions about school and then completely ignored it. They pretended that magic didn’t exist and locked up her spells books as soon as she got home. She fell back into her routine. She attended music lessons, scheduled play groups, tutoring in math, science, history, reading, French and Arabic.

At Hogwarts, Olivia relaxed more. She was less rigid than she was in the muggle world. However, she couldn’t completely relax as her mother’s voice constantly nagged at her. She made several friends and did well in her classes for the most part. She’s kept her head down and muddled through. Now, she’s fifteen and bored. She’s starting to worry about her future. What was she going to do with her life? Her parents talked about her going to muggle university after she completed her training in how to control her “special talent”. She was thinking about doing some kind of ministry job. She isn’t sure if she belongs in the magical world or the muggle.


Her best subjects are potions and transfiguration. She likes the preciseness and concentration needed for them.  She also has rather enjoyed taking ancient runes because it's like learning another language.

Classes:

Core Classes Astronomy Charms Defense Against the Dark Arts Herbology History of Magic Potions Transfiguration No

Electives Study of Ancient Runes No Care of Magical Creatures No No

How Do You Fit Into Your House?:
Olivia was chosen to be a Slytherin because she's calculating, shrewd and ambitious. She wants to make something of herself and that drive has pushed her to work hard. She can be quite cunning when she needs to be and is willing to sacrifice people to get what she wants.

Writing Sample:


Sum up your character in one paragraph:
Olivia holds herself at a distance from people. She is afraid of letting anyone too close for fear of rejectment. Her parents have kept her at arms length, incapable of showing more than affection to her. This has caused her to be cautious in her relationships. She's quite moody and can be a bit bitter. She also cares deeply for people but doesn't know how to express her emotions. She buries herself in her studies following the examples of her parents.