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Zeta Pepper

From Absit Omen Lexicon

A cartoonist with a horribly bright lack of fashion sense, Zeta's a sharp girl with more interest in art and people than in school.

History

Born in 1995, Zeta is the second child (and second daughter), of Octavius and Catherine Pepper. Her early life was largely quiet, most notable for early incidents of artistic destruction such as when she painted the living room wall at age three. This led to her father taking a particular interest in instructing her in art, and while Zeta's proven far more interested in drawing than painting, the shared artistic bent has made them especially close. Her younger sister Eta was born a couple of years later.

Zeta and her sisters were very close as well, along with the girl's cousins: Ambrose and Timothy, the sons of Octavius' brother Francis. While Zeta was thrilled to be sorted into Hufflepuff when she started at Hogwarts, she was also a bit saddened to be away from her younger sister and cousin, who hadn't yet started school. She took better to the school that to her schoolwork, and has long had the desire to draw every member of the Hogwarts staff; a project often frustrated by their high turnover.

The summer of 2008 left the family stunned, as Zeta's aunt, Claire Pepper, suffered severe memory damage at the hands of Thomas Gregory, her son and the half brother of Ambrose and Timothy. Claire has been in St. Mungo's ever since. The return to school was welcome then, an opportunity to focus on less unpleasant matters.

Most of Zeta's life since then has been relatively calm, with changes such as her older sister Theta graduating Hogwarts, and starting electives in her third year. However, returning home over the 2009-2010 Christmas break gave her quite a shock-one she's still struggling to accept. Her father, to whom she's always been rather close, suffered an accident with a time turner while on a vacation to the United States. One that left him two decades older when he returned. Despite how close the two of them were, Zeta's still felt compelled to withdraw, a move that allows her to temporarily ignore how much he has aged.

At Absit Omen

Written during her fourth year by Socks [1]

Written from her sixth year by Niobe [2]