Brighid Zemirah McTavish, Hogwarts Legacy OC
"There's a grain of truth in every fairy tale..." - Andrzej Sapkowski, The Last Wish
~General Information~
Name: Brighid Zemirah McTavish
Gender: Female
Birthday: September 18th
Nationality: Irish
Ethnicities: Irish, German, Palestinian
Species: Human, Halfblood
~Appearance~
Hair: Naturally blue, but she uses a charm to turn it to a reddish brown when in Muggle spaces. It's long with soft curls and she normally keeps it down or in a loose braid.
Eyes: Light brown, almost golden.
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
Build: Athletic with soft curves.
Skin/Complexion: Pale and rosy with freckles littering her face and shoulders.
Markings: Scar over her left brow and eye from a diffindo spell that came a little too close for comfort.
Fashion: Lots of blue, black, green, and silver, very flowery
~Bio~
Dreamer, Persistent, Stubborn, Emotional, Optimistic
Brighid is a bright and cheerful young woman with a green thumb to rival that of Professor Garlickโs. She is a Slytherin born in Ireland in the late 19th century with a love for herbology. She's constantly looking for new uses of plants in just about anything: potions, battle, floral arrangements, you name it. She frequents the restricted section in hopes of finding any botanical research or experimentation involving the dark arts, such as the effects of the Imperius curse on plant growth or fruit production. Most of her horticultural practice is much more mundane, however, and one can often find her in the castle greenhouses in her free time.ย
Outside of gardening, Brighid enjoys getting into general mischief both in and around the castle with her friends. She has a hard time getting along with those who think themselves better than others or those who donโt know how to bend the rules every now and then. She particularly despises blood purists since she herself is a halfblood.
Brighid has two twin brothers, Finn and Ciaran, who are five years older than she is and both work in the Ministryโs Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes, specifically in the Muggle-Worthy Excuse Committee. Her father, Ronan McTavish, is a muggle farmer, while her mother, Heidi Hoffman-McTavish, was an alchemist and incredibly skilled witch. She was unfortunately murdered as a casualty of a robbery when purchasing ingredients in Knockturn Alley when Brighid was five years old. Brighid decided from a young age to try and take up alchemy and potion making herself to follow in her mother's footsteps, but found herself much more intrigued by the sourcing of the ingredients themselves, and as such, her love for herbology was born.
~Magical Inclinations~
Wand: Spiral - Green-Grey.
Wood: Chestnut.
Core: Dragon Heartstring.
Length: 11 3/4 in.
Flexibility: Quite Flexible.
Handle: Botanical - Bronze Leaf.
House: Slytherin
Favorite Subject: Herbology
Patronus: Black Swan
Animagus: Ulysses Butterfly (acquired in the summer before 6th year)
Amortentia Scent: Wood smoke, jasmine blossoms, and the smell that accompanies the soil of freshly watered plants (similar to petrichor)
If you've made it this far, thanks so much for reading and I hope you like her!!
I'm always open for asks if you'd like to know anything more about her (and it gives me a chance to flesh out the little details which is always fun!) and her adventures.
