Cassandra Grady, Witch of New England

An ask and roleplay blog for a Harry Potter universe OC.

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Gina sat by the lake, reading as usual. It was her only escape from her dreadful life. She heard someone approaching and looked up. She smiled slightly. “Hey…what brings you here?”

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Far beyond the lake a young woman appeared clutching a key. She was tall, fairly pale and had very bright blonde hair. She was dressed well, in a fine black and lavender gown. She seemed to be going along the lake collecting bottles full of water and placing them in an enchanted levitating trunk.

She eventually strode her way to the young women sitting by the lake reading. When the girl spoke to her she swung about and looked at her, head tilted slightly. "Business of the Salem Institute... the Alchemy department was curious about the properties of the Black Lake's water and in general about English Lakes." She nodded and gave a polite smile. Her accent was definitively pronounced. "This assignment is a bit easier then the one about figuring out of the lake serpent in Lake Champlain is related to the one in Loch Ness." She then gave a small laugh.

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Have you ever researched magical creatures outside of England?

I have! There’s the La Chupacabre, but that turned out to be false. Oh! But there was the Sphinx! I researched that for an assignment for Professor Grubbly-Plank. Funny that there are statues of ‘em in Egypt. They must be covering up stories of them eating humans ‘cause I haven’t heard any.

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But…you can’t have hippogriffs as pets! Well, you can. But you can’t. Not really, anyway. Not by normal standards. If you could there are plenty of creatures I’d have as pets by now, believe me.

That sounds very interesting. I’ll see if we have any books about them here. If not, well, we can write one! The wizarding community here deserves to know just in case they get visited by one. Keep me updated with anything you hear! This could be history in the making! For me, anyway. :P

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I must agree, indeed, I think every Witch and Wizard outside of San Francisco thinks she is positively batty. But, we all prefer to just nod and go along with Clara’s peculiarities.

Skin Walkers are not well understood. They stand with the legendary Mothman in terms of mysterious, mainly for having never been caught, or that strange demon that stalks Dover Massachusetts. I may be taking a trip out that way soon and will have to write, or arrange a portkey if we can arrange that.

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Please reblog if you are an OC/OC friendly rp blog

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cobbled together pages and pages worth of cutesy, tiny (for real, most of these are barely half an inch high) cryptids from a couple months’ worth of sketchbook doodles

could you guess mothman is my favorite?  the truth may surprise you

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Magical beasts of America

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Have you ever researched magical creatures outside of England?

I have! There’s the La Chupacabre, but that turned out to be false. Oh! But there was the Sphinx! I researched that for an assignment for Professor Grubbly-Plank. Funny that there are statues of ‘em in Egypt. They must be covering up stories of them eating humans ‘cause I haven’t heard any.

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Simply fantastic. It is a shame about the Chupacabre. My aunt Clara believes firmly she can snare one and that it preys on her Hippogriff’s. I suspect it’s a Skinwalker but she refuses to listen to reason. 

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I’m not so sure that that’s what’s preying on her hippogriffs. (Was a Hippogriff-ologist position created? I wasn’t aware that anyone in the world kept them as pets.) Of course, I don’t know if anyone has discovered if hippogriff is on a certain food chain. Perhaps dragons, but that wouldn’t be too hard to figure out if that were the case. Skinwalker?

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Aunt Clara is a tad odd. She moved out to Colorado and had the idea of herding Hippogriff's and selling them to families as mounts and pets. To date I don't know if it has ever made her a single dime. But our dear kin Lance, he is fairly wealthy and indulges her curiosities.

A Skin Walker is a sort of monstrous creature. It dwells across the South West of the United States and often is seen by muggles and wizards alike prowling the deserts near highway's. Legends of the Indigenous wizarding and muggle communities hold that it is possible they are failed animagi whom have gone insane adopting bestial violent forms.

I'd say it could be attacking her pets, but grandfather Ichibod and grandmother Meredith are looking into it.

[zealous-rose]

Have you ever researched magical creatures outside of England?

I have! There’s the La Chupacabre, but that turned out to be false. Oh! But there was the Sphinx! I researched that for an assignment for Professor Grubbly-Plank. Funny that there are statues of ‘em in Egypt. They must be covering up stories of them eating humans ‘cause I haven’t heard any.

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Simply fantastic. It is a shame about the Chupacabre. My aunt Clara believes firmly she can snare one and that it preys on her Hippogriff's. I suspect it's a Skinwalker but she refuses to listen to reason. 

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Once you get this, share 5 random facts about yourself and then pass this on to 10 of your favorite followers :D

1. I love warm rain.

2. My favorite superhero-heroine is a tie between Stephanie Brown's Batgirl and Cassie Sandsmark as Wondergirl

3. I am in fact a natural blonde

4. I have 3 siblings

5. I will go out of my way of sour-dough french bread.

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[Open]

Cassandra sits at a humble desk with many piles of books and parchments sprawled out about the table. Her lit candles flicker occasionally as air moves about the huddled room of cluttered bookshelves. Her wand wresting gently on the table near to her ink bottle.

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[open]

"…" 

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A tall blonde witch in rather ornate black robes appeared within a square in Hogsmeade, she was clutching a small key and at the moment had four companions who all scattered to look around the place, she pocketed the key and looked around. She looked to Ramona and approached her with a curt bow "Hello, would you happen to be able to tell me if this is Hogsmeade? The village in England? Or am I in France again?" She asked, speaking in a peculiar accent that was assuredly not native to the country, and with an air of concern as she tapped her pocket were she had placed the key.

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@Zellerrose

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Dear Cassie,

Is it alright if I call you that? Cassandra is too long to write time and time again and I think Cassie’s a cool name! If you don’t like it, let me know, and I’ll refer to you as something else.

Hello and hi? No need for such formalities! It’s a letter! Relax, have fun with it. You’re not just writing because you couldn’t reach one of them, are you? I mean, it’s alright if that’s the case, I understand they’re pretty cool, I’m partial towards Ron myself, but no one really writes to me and I’d rather not be a mistake.

I’m Rose Zeller, you can call me whatever you’d like if Rose isn’t your cup of tea. Where’s Connecticut? I mean, I know in America but I don’t know where. It’s a funny name. Connect-i-cut. Hmm. How in the world did it get that name? I wonder who came up with it. Sleepy Hollow! That’s a book! I know that book. With Ichabod Crane! Do you have Headless Horsement running around? I’ll bet Halloween over there is a big deal.

Okay, about me. Let’s see. I’m not from the UK. Well, not really. I was born and raised in Canada. My dad’s from Canada and my mum’s from the UK. But we visit a lot and I got to school at Hogwarts, obviously. At first I went to Roslyn Elementary School but when my letter came around I went to Hogwarts, of course. I’m training to become a Magizoologist beneath Hagrid’s instruction. My mom was one and my grandmother was one as well. My dad’s a photographer for muggles.

Being from “two worlds” is great, though I do wish I could do magic at home sometimes or I could show my father what I know. I know he’d be proud of me. At least, I hope so.

Write back if you can!

—Rose

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Dear Rose,

Ah, Cassie or Sandy actually will do very nicely. And actually I sent the letter rather intentionally. I wrote to randomly selected Hufflepuffs specifically. It may seem an odd choice but Hufflepuff House holds a dear place in my families history. Our ancestors from England were both in that house. As far as I know I'm the first of my line to really write to anyone who attends Hogwarts since the early sixteen hundreds. 

As for Connecticut, you're very right. It is such an odd word. However I believe it is the old name for the land the native population gave it. A few indigenous witches and wizards confirm this to be so. Connecticut is in the north east of America. In a region called New England. A bit south of your native Canada I believe.

As for Sleepy Hollow, that is a legend and a half. Ichibod Crane was one of the greats in the wizarding community of New England. I also count him as one of my ancestors. He had a daughter named Meredith whom married into my family, and for whom I'm a direct descendant. Ichibod went under a different name in the muggle world publishing books and even wrote that book. In truth he and the Horsemen are on good terms, a sort of joke by him and the ghost since the Headless Horsemen guards the Witchcraft school there. He does however have a collection of severed heads. One being the head of ancestral relative of Drago? Or was it Draco? Of that Malfoy clan. Tucked within the saddle bag, when the Horsemen wears a head to guide incoming students to the school, he always puts that head on as it has the longest mane of hair and in life he says "My hair was never this fair."

As for Halloween? Its the biggest party in town. Perhaps next time we have one I'll have to send you a portkey just so you can appreciate the festivities. We throw a huge bash through the towns, sometimes more then once a year if we feel it's time for another party. The witching neighborhoods of Salem compete with Dudlytown for best party and show. We've won the last two but Salem is tough to outdo. 

You are of two worlds? That is simply amazing too me. I've rarely gotten to see the muggle world save for a few exciting trips. Once I saw a muggle shopping place, a big building with a big glowing sign that read "Wal-Mart." It was this massive looming building that rose up like a solid fortress in their town. Magizoologist? Sounds positively exciting. My family is somewhat in that trade. We supply the Perish wand making family with materials for their wands. We gather hairs, feathers, heartstring and other things, but also help control the population of some of the more dangerous creatures of America. Creatures such as the Windigo's, the Jersey Devils, the lake dragons of Lake Champlain, the Skinwalkers of Utah, and my mother and father are currently trying to study the strange beast ominously called the "Dover Demon." Though not exactly magizoologists since sometimes we are forced to kill these creatures less they become a threat to muggle and wizard alike, my family has a lot of informal training in this.

I'm sure your father will be proud, Someday I hope every muggle family gives birth to a witch or wizard so all can do magic.

Sincerely,

- Cassie

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@curioushufflepuff @Zellerrose

Dear Hogwarts Student,

Greetings and salutations. You likely do not know me but I am curious about finding friends in many places. Hogwarts is of course a fairly famous school, with it's both illustrious staff and students. The famed Potter, Granger, and Weasley to name just a few that are spoken of in many circles, I figure some friends in Hogwarts are something to have. My name is Cassandra Grady, I am a witch of seventeen and hail from the shadowed vales and forests of Connecticut. A humble wizarding berg called Dudly Town is my home were I both grew up and work as a librarian and apprenticed lore keeper of sorts. Though I move around from time to time, as my family is well off enough to afford more then a few cabins and lodges across this continent. My school rests in the wooded thickets of Sleepy Hollow and I've apprenticed for the wizards of Roanoke Island. I'm fond of the woods, the sea and especially good stories and story telling.

Greetings and Hello, I hope this owl post finds you well and to hear back from you soon. I can not wait to hear about you.

Sincerely,

Cassandra Grady.

((OOC: Hopefully a simple letter to the two of you is acceptable.))

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I think we’ve outgrown full-time education…Time to test our talents in the real world, d’you reckon?

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Ah, the road to home. (Source)

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i just want to be back in the white mountains with my love

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Hello! This is a RP blog for my OC, Ramona Faraday. I have lots of RP experience, but unfortunately, I don’t know any Harry Potter RP blogs. So if you’re a Harry Potter RP blog, could you reblog/like this post and I’ll follow you!

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If your interested in having a pin pal or a portkey RP friend then I'm interested. This OC is fairly new, and I've been looking for some HP people to RP with.