Wand: 13 in, oak, unicorn tail hair

Physical Description:
Athena stands at a towering 6’2 with pale skin, short blonde hair, and a boisterous smile. She has brown eyes and a sharp nose and chin. She has a solid build, and moves with the grace of an athlete, someone used to her limbs. Taking up space doesn’t bother her, she’s all self-love and personality.

At work, Athena dresses practically in healers' robes with the sleeves rolled up, revealing an eclectic collection of tattoos featuring insects, anatomical reference, and astrological symbols. On her own time, Athena is fashionable and always on trend favoring bold colors and a dark smokey eye - she’s very happy to be seen.


Her rough northern accent is easily plied to make her opinions known, penetrating easily through a disagreement. Now 40, she's not concerned about aging, and is coming to enjoy the privileges that come with experience.

Personality Description:
There are few who delight as much in blood, disfigurement, and gore than Athena Marrowbone - that is, in the context of repair and care. Athena has crafted for herself a purpose to seek out disasters and she does it with verve - she can afford to bypass the shock and sadness and take sometimes disturbing gusto in the fixing of ills, never a hint of squeamishness or hesitation. After twenty years there’s nothing surprises her, and when a mystery or malevolence emerges, her delight and curiosity reign.

Outside of work, Athena is a risk-taker, a hard partier, and has been romantically linked to people ranging from professional Quidditch players to Unspeakables, chefs to homemakers - whoever excites her and for as long as they hold her attention. She’s usually a friendly person, but can be a bully towards people who lack the qualities she values: fortitude, bravery, and drive.

She’s open about her political beliefs, which include loosening of regulations around Healing, abolishing the Werewolf Registry, and complete Ministry transparency. She’ll argue her points with anyone but will set her stances aside in favor of a good time.


History:
Athena is the third of five children raised by single father Helio Marrowbone in a small village outside of Leeds. Helio is a freelance magical builder who has recently founded his own guild in partnership of a few of his old colleagues. Growing up, Athena was always interested in his craft and went with him to work sites from time to time.

Athena showed an early fascination with injury when she splinched herself trying to Apparate on a summer home from school. Even through the agony, Athena insisted on watching every unpleasant step of attaching her arm. She took special interest in simple healing spells and improvised her own poultices from whatever she found in the garden.

The 1970s were a troubling time to grow up, even in rural North Yorkshire. Even though they were well outside of the fray, their isolation meant they were far from help as Voldemort’s servants terrorised the countryside. When Athena was five, the family left the home and went into hiding for three weeks in remotest Scotland; Death Eaters had been spotted in the area and Helio took no chances.

By the time Athena joined her siblings at Hogwarts in 1982, the Dark Lord had been defeated, seemingly for good. She did well in school despite frequent disciplinary write-ups. When Athena began to gain her height, she was a force for the Ravenclaw Quidditch team, and was considered popular.

Following Hogwarts, she took a gap year in the United States where she formed much of her political views. When she returned to England, she began as a Healer’s apprentice. Nothing could faze her, no kind of injury or malady could make her blink, and she was desperately eager to get her hands in as much as possible. Upon completion of the program, she was hired up by St. Mungo’s where she as been for fifteen years, working in various specialities before finding focus on Creature Injuries.

During the Second Wizarding War, Athena had no qualms side-stepping the ethical rules that would get in the way of helping the just and hindering the harmful, and picked up one or few muggle medical techniques. The war ended and everyone buttoned up again, but some things were never quite the same.

Athena worked through the ranks, learned as much as she could, and gained a reputation as a fearless and effective Healer, especially in the gravest of cases. In 2011 she began taking shifts as an on-call field mediwitch for the Ministry of Magic.


Describe your job duties and how you go about them:
As Healer-in-Charge on the Creature Injuries floor, Athena supervises a team of Healers, nurses and Mediwix in caring for those who’ve been maimed, rended, bitten, scratched, lashed, cursed, or otherwise harassed by any magical creature. Or indeed, any mundane creature as well - whatever is nipping your heels.

Healer Marrowbone actively treats patients, teaches others, and coordinates with other Floors. Hers is the floor that most likely deals with Dementor victims and werewolf bites.


Elaborate on your expertise in your field:
Athena has seventeen years’ experience as a Healer at St. Mungo’s. She’s proved her mettle and skill many times over.


Writing Sample:


Sum up your character in one paragraph:
Athena Marrowbone delights in the blood and gore she encounters in her craft as a healer. Her height and big personality tend to polarize how people feel about her, but ultimately her goal is to help people and have a good time.

Special Ability

Character Name: Athena Marrowbone
Age: 40
Character Biography: https://absitomen.com/index.php?topic=20188.0
Do any of your other Characters have Special Abilities?: Yes
If Yes, then Please provide their name and a link to their bio: Tamzin, Animagus: https://absitomen.com/index.php?topic=19608.0
 
Special Ability: Legilimency

What level is this ability at?: Intermediate

At what age did your character gain this ability?: 20s

How did they learn or hone this ability?:
She got interested in it when she was in the US for a gap year, but started to seriously pursue it during her healer training. On the recommendation of a friend she contacted a Legilimency maven who gave her private instruction. (Unless there are any current Legilimens who'd have taught her.)

Describe how the Special Ability influences their life.  What do they use it for?:
Athena's practice of Legilimancy is primarily in the emotional aspect. She's not a skilled mind-reader but she's adept at seeking and finding the corners of complex and hidden emotions.

She finds the greatest use of it as a Healer to understand the mindset of her patients. It's helped improve her boisterous sometimes callous bedside manner over the years.

Privately it helps her a great deal in her love life, such as it is.

Write a description of what happens when your character is exhibiting this Special Ability: Transparency is important to Athena so she doesn't hide her ability. But she doesn't always announce it either.

When she's peeking in, a perceptive wix may be able to sense it, and she's good at wading through the bs. It takes an Occlumens to effectively conceal that they are hiding emotions.