Blythe Blackwell
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| Blythe Linnea Blackwell | |
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| Biographical Information | |
| Born | 13 March 1993, 19 |
| City of Birth | Cardiff, Wales |
| Current City | Cardiff, Wales |
| Blood status | Half-blood |
| Physical Information | |
| Gender | Female |
| Height | 5'7" |
| Hair Colour | Dark Brown |
| Eye Colour | Green |
| Skin Colour | Fair |
| Relationships | |
| Father | Cadogan Blackwell |
| Mother | Catrin Blackwell |
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| Magical Characteristics | |
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| Education | |
| School | Hogwarts |
| House | Ravenclaw |
| Class of | 2011 |
| Character Information | |
| Playby | Antonina Vasylchenko |
| Waker | |
Blythe Blackwell (b. 1993) is a half-blood witch from Cardiff, Wales, and is currently a student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She is a Ravenclaw. Blythe is the cousin of Bran Blackwell and Lysander Blackwell.
History
Blythe was born in the spring of 1993 to Cadogan Blackwell, a Ministry of Magic employee, and his muggle wife Catrin. Cadogan is the oldest son in his family, more serious than his brother Evan, and overprotective of his family. That didn’t stop Blythe from having all sorts of fun with the sprawling Blackwell family from a very young age. It helped that she came out looking like a carbon-copy of Bran, and the pair were thought to be twins by nearly every stranger who encountered them before they went off to Hogwarts. Until Blythe was two or three, many of those strangers believed they were both boys— it was an easy enough mistake, with Bran looking like an angel and Blythe having inherited quite the set of eyebrows. Their combined adorableness inspired much leeway with adults.
Blythe first showed signs of magic when her muggle grandmother attempted to force her into a stuffy pink onesie that made her look like a sweet little pastry. The arms and legs of the insufferable, too-small garment (no doubt a way to let strangers know that she was, in fact, a girl) grew and grew, snaking around the living room, attracting grandma’s cats as Blythe crawled around (until she crawled straight out of the onesie and toward the garden, nothing but naked chubby limbs and a diaper). Her grandmother was in awe at the sheer amount of material— enough for a hundred onesies— and knew she hadn’t sewed so much (she’d have been sewing well past the girl’s third birthday, to make that). She called up her daughter in a frenzy, and it was Cadogan who dropped by to collect the baby and soothe his mother-in-law. Blythe’s older brother, Ifan, then on holiday after his first year at Hogwarts, had been full of glee when his father returned home with the now-confirmed witch toddler. Her mother was exasperated, but in the smile-y mum way, giving the child extra attention (and being quite mindful of her clothes for the next few months). Luckily, they had expected it to happen, and even Blythe couldn’t quite match Ifan’s level of exasperating.
Blythe’s younger brother Charlie soon followed and also possessed the magic gene. Blythe was an independent child from the start, and was often left to her own devices while her mother juggled Charlie and served as a diplomat between the older ones. With Ifan entering his teenage years and in full possession of a wand, and her older sister Gwendolyn proving to be a prissy drama queen by the time she entered kindergarten, one never knew what might happen around the house. Of course, Ifan at least had the Trace— and his dad’s promise to bring aurors home if he used underaged magic. The other three were less predictable in their magical episodes (which, given Ifan’s general nature, was a marvel). For a really eventful time, they had only to have a family get-together with Evan’s branch of the family.
Shortly after turning five, she was sent to muggle primary school. Again, strangers were confused, were sure that she and Bran were twins, though by now she looked slightly more like a girl. Still, she could probably easily have gotten away with imitating him on the first day with a new teacher (and Blythe certainly tried it). Her penchant for imitating the expressions of everyone in her family, particularly her father, her brother, and her cousin Sander, made it all the easier for a young tomboy to confuse people who glanced over her too quickly. If Bran was a partner in crime of sorts, though, Sander, was nice, quiet but sweet, someone Blythe looked up to (they had an eyebrow connection, after all), until later, when he became more distant. Lester, however, ignored her. While this might have annoyed her as a child, Blythe now makes a habit of ignoring him, as he is decidedly her strangest (not-always-in-a-good-way) cousin.
Blythe proved herself to be a fairly good student, despite her penchant for adventures. Her mother had taught her to read before she entered school— even Ifan would sit down for twenty minutes and share a book with her— and she showed a knack for learning from a young age that extended into the classroom. While not an extreme bookworm, she completed the majority of her assignments on time and took an interest in new subjects. She could usually be counted on to add her thoughts to a class discussion or summarize the impact of whatever they were studying in history.
Blythe arrived at Hogwarts with the stories of her brother, a Gryffindor alum who graduated a few years before Sander. As much as a handful as he was for her parents, Ifan was always (and still is) a good brother, watched the backs of his family, offered advice. So Blythe a fairly good idea of what to expect compared to some people, but that didn’t mean it wasn’t a big change. It was her first time living away from her bustling, close-knit family. And her sister, Gwen, a Slytherin two years ahead of her, was much less helpful. Blythe had long since learned to pick and choose what to believe when it came to the things Gwen said, though. She was sorted into Ravenclaw, which pleased her, but Bran was in another part of the castle entirely (though no one could doubt that he belonged in Slytherin).
Blythe quickly took to lessons that involved a lot of wand work. Charms and Transfiguration became her easiest and favorite subjects. While the hands-on subjects like Potions and Creatures aren’t her first love, she enjoys them well enough and is not adverse to getting messy. Those situations can offer puzzles, which Blythe likes. In her third year, she signed up for multiple and diverse extra courses and has continued them into the NEWT level. Her “good student” status carried over from muggle primary school into a magical environment. Despite this, Blythe is not a teacher’s pet or the most ideal candidate for leadership positions. She has had her share of sneaking around the castle, evading Head students. The summers are far more of an adventure, though, especially with Bran.
