also known as Hogwarts' resident curse-breaker!
âĽďšshe was born on September 3rd 1972, making her the oldest in her year and also a virgo
âĽďšshe grew up in the English countryside with her wizarding family. they lived in close proximity to a muggle village but did not interact with them, so she doesn't know much about muggles nor their technology
âĽďšthrough her father, she is part of the very old and very rich pureblood family Nouzen. however, her father became estranged from them before she was born, so she has no connection to them at all. she can't use the family wealth, but she absolutely takes advantage of the family name.
Alysa is known to be very kind and outgoing, and people have a tendency to be surprised when they find out she's a Slytherin. But as she always says,
â the most effective slytherins are the ones you least expect â
She is always happy to lend a hand to a student in need, and her willingness to go out of her way for others has earned her several very resourceful contacts. She has a friend for almost any situation. She, of course, denies that this happened on purpose.
Her only friend growing up was her older brother Jacob and his disappearance when she was younger hit her very hard, and the failure to find him left her extremely mistrustful of authority figures. She has a tendency to want to do everything herself as a result, even when it doesn't make sense to do so.
While many consider her a friend or even a close friend, her actual circle is very small, and her best friend Rowan Khanna is really the only person she fully trusts. Because of her outgoing persona, most people fail to see that she's a very guarded person to the point of often feeling lonely.
Alysa wants to do everything at Hogwarts (from breaking every curse to being Head Girl) for two main reasons: the first is her ambition and desire to be the best at what she's passionate about (and anything that will help her get to where she wants to be, she'll do), but the second is that it enables her to stay busy all the time and never think about her own emotions or her own sadness/loneliness.
When she went to Hogwarts, Alysa's main focus became the Cursed Vaults, and like her brother before her, it became a very unhealthy obsession.
Alysa has always been a tad bit obsessive. When she was a child, she developed an interest in Nifflers and would talk about nothing else for four months. some of her other interests through the years include
âĽďšmystery novels. she would never finish them because she'd get caught up trying to solve the mystery on her own
âĽďšbutterflies. when she was six years old, she could identify almost any butterfly within three seconds of looking at one
âĽďšmuggle music, specifically The Cure. none of her friends can stand the latter but they're too nice to say anything
Though the Cursed Vaults are an unhealthy obsession and started with the desire to find her brother above all else, Alysa discovers a genuine passion for curse-breaking and she seeks out other mysteries and curse-breaking opportunities wherever she goes. For the most part, the Hogwarts faculty recognize and even respect her ambition; however, the fact that she becomes more and more of a workaholic as she gets older does worry everyone in her life, and they worry that once she gets a job her work-life balance will be virtually nonexistent. They are right, but that's also the way she wants it.
She also discovers her love for Quidditch while at Hogwarts. She's played on the Slytherin team since her second yearâ two years as a Chaser, one as a Beater, and sheâs interested in playing as a Keeper next if the opportunity presents itself.
She is also a devoted member of the Dueling Club at Hogwarts and spends a lot of her time practicing there. She likes dueling because it combines her favorite subjects: Defense Against the Dark Arts, Charms, and Transfiguration.
âĽďšshe doesn't have a specific Quidditch team she follows, at least not until her friends get recruited
âĽďšthese two are the closest she has to hobbies, but she also picks them because they help her with curse-breaking in the long term and help her stand out. she also uses them as an opportunity to stay busy.
While she never had much of an interest in wizards' music, Alysa develops a love of muggle music after Ben introduces her to it one summer and she discovers a music store in the muggle town near her house.
Her top five albums are (in no particular order)
âĽďšDisintegration by The Cure
âĽďšThe Piper at the Gates of Dawn by Pink Floyd
âĽďšStrawberry Switchblade by Strawberry Switchblade
âĽďšRemain in Light by Talking Heads
âĽďšRevolver by the Beatles
âĽďšshe wants to be a curse-breaker after Hogwarts but doesn't really fancy working at Gringotts because goblins freak her out
âĽďšher glasses keep falling off the bridge of her nose, but she doesn't want to stop wearing them because she loves her glasses
âĽďšshe doesn't want to make any enemies out of useful or powerful people, but Merula is determined to be prickly
âĽďšBarnaby named her Firecrab "Blood Joe" and he won't answer to anything else now
âĽďšshe doesn't have a favorite food nor a hated food. most of the time, she can barely taste the food anyway. this has less to do with her depression and more to do with disliking british food
âĽďšdespite her previous obsession with Nifflers and butterflies, her favorite animal is actually a Hippogriff
âĽďšshe is 169 centimeters (5'6 feet) tall
âĽďšthe golden butterfly she wears in her hair is the Nouzen family crest, but only a few recognize it
âĽďšshe is technically part of the Noble and Most Ancient House of Black through her maternal grandmother and is on the family tapestry, though she does not share their values on muggles and muggle-borns in the slightest. Kreacher would have to take orders from Alysa because her grandmother was never disowned
âĽďšher favorite teachers are Professor McGonagall and Professor Kettleburn
Anyways that's it for now I can't wait to draw her more and to keep playing Hogwarts Mystery to see what happens! This is my player character in case you couldn't tell LOL and she doesn't have a romantic partner yet, I'll have to see who appeals as the story goes on!
I am currently in year 4, please don't spoil anything! I'll update her lore as the story goes on!