Talia Byrne
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| Talia Byrne | |
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| Biographical Information | |
| Born | 18 May 1995, 17 |
| City of Birth | Westport, County Mayo, Ireland |
| Blood status | Muggle-born |
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| Gender | female |
| Height | Average |
| Hair Colour | Auburn |
| Eye Colour | Green |
| Skin Colour | Fair |
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| Education | |
| School | Hogwarts |
| House | Hufflepuff |
| Year | Seventh Year |
| Class of | 2013 |
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Talia Byrne can be the best friend you have ever had, if you accept her as she is. She's shy so it does take her a bit to warm up to people. If anyone's in need of help, she'll do anything in her power to assist. She's never been scared of hard work and has no problem getting her hands dirty if that's what it takes. She's always been a tomboy, but is starting to come to terms with her feminine side after her summer fling with her now ex boyfriend.
History
The baby of the devout Wiccan family, her brother held nothing but disdain for the interloper in his life. One day when the kids were 10 and 7, Mam strapped them into pads and sent them outside to duke it out. Isaac was in training to be a boxer, following in his father’s footsteps, so he easily bested his sister. She didn’t let that stop her, though. She all but fell in love with sparring with her brother and takes up the job whenever she’s home. She tries to get practice in while she’s at school as well. Now she’s not sure which she enjoys more, the physical aspect of it or the witty repartee that they engage in.
If she wasn’t in the ring with Isaac, she was generally found up a tree. Her parents thought it odd that she could be such a menace to herself and everything fragile around her when on her own two feet, but when up in a tree she was perfectly at home. This earned her the hated nickname of “Monkey” from her brother, who only used it to rile her.
Talia, along with the rest of her family, was stunned when she received her letter from Hogwarts. Raised Wiccan, she had never thought that there were any other kind of witch. The fact that she was a wand wielding witch was another reason for her brother to dislike her. She attended as a proud Hufflepuff, pleased to be put into such a house. She keeps her head down at school, rarely getting into trouble and always with her nose in a book or up a tree. Her shyness keeps her from making friends easily, but the friends she makes she intends to keep for life.
Her summer between third and fourth year was ordinary for any teen, but has left her changed. She met Galen just days after she returned home for the summer holidays. He was a new comer to the gym where Isaac boxed. It was pretty much a whirlwind relationship, even though they were both fairly young- her 14 and him 15. Within days of meeting they had learned just about everything about each other. Talia wasn’t naïve enough to believe him to be her happily ever after, they were young after all, but that hadn’t stopped her from falling for him hard. It wasn’t until the very end of summer that they would be seen without each other. After being avoided for over a week, Talia sought him out to find him doing things that he shouldn’t have been doing with her best friend. It shattered her self esteem and her thoughts on loyalty were now in question. She’s trying her best to cope with everything, but for now that only means that she’s drawn deeper into her shell.
On a side note, of all of Talia’s family, she’s closest to her Grams, Reenie. The two have always been thick as thieves. Since their homes are within walking distance, it was a rare day that Talia would be at home in Ireland and not go visit her Grams and spend time out in her garden.
At Hogwarts her best class is Herbology by far. She almost lives for that class because it’s the one class she knows she can do without issue. She’s always been the unwilling teacher’s pet because she’s quiet, does what she’s supposed to, and works hard. Due to her clumsy tendencies, she’s not the greatest at casting spells. She knows the theory; it’s the practice that needs a bit of work. She tries not to let it discourage her and she works hard to fit in. Fitting in is the one thing that she really wants and that contributes to her loyalties when someone does consider her a friend. She had never really fit in in the muggle world, but she doesn’t feel she fits in at school in the wizarding world either. You’d think that after three years at Hogwarts she would have found her niche, but she’s still struggling to find it. Frustrations with that lead her to want to spend quite a bit of time alone, usually in study.
