✶ KAYA VOSS ✶ — Task #3: Mischief Managed
Pine
“The straight-grained pine wand always chooses an independent, individual master who may be perceived as a loner, intriguing and perhaps mysterious. Pine wands enjoy being used creatively, and unlike some others, will adapt unprotestingly to new methods and spells. Many wandmakers insist that pine wands are able to detect, and perform best for, owners who are destined for long lives, and I can confirm this in as much as I have never personally known the master of a pine wand to die young. The pine wand is one of those that is most sensitive to non-verbal magic.”
Dragon Heartstring
“As a rule, dragon heartstrings produce wands with the most power, and which are capable of the most flamboyant spells. Dragon wands tend to learn more quickly than other types. While they can change allegiance if won from their original master, they always bond strongly with the current owner. The dragon wand tends to be easiest to turn to the Dark Arts, though it will not incline that way of its own accord. It is also the most prone of the three cores to accidents, being somewhat temperamental.”
12 in. Long
“Most wands range from 9 to 14 inches, and those in between 10.5 and 12.5 inches are considered averagely sized. In contrast to what many think, owning a wand with average length does not mean the wizard or witch have average powers and would never triumph in life. Most accomplished figures in history of magic were paired to averagely sized wands. It is because these wands usually seek owners who control their instincts and calculate their acts, which makes them use their magic in appropriate ways.”
Supple Flexibility
“The wands characterized as brittle, quite or fairly bendy, quite or fairly flexible, pliant, supple, and whippy, are considered 'flexible wands'. These usually fall in the hands of owners who like to progress quickly in life and face changes without hesitation. ... The wizards and witches best suited for supple and whippy wands are adaptive in a more cautious manner, and even if the supple wand and its owner may take a little longer to learn from each other, their results are usually the most reliable.”
Gryffindor — brave, courageous, chivalrous, daring, bold
Kaya is in many ways an embodiment of the negative stereotypes surrounding Gryffindors, though she is not without her positive side. She is brave and courageous, mainly when it comes to fiercely protecting her coven and her king. She’s always ready to do whatever she believes is right and necessary to take care of her own, or to get the job done. But she is often reckless, as displayed at the royal wedding, acting on instinct without forethought. Her disregard for the consequences of her actions can cause trouble for her and for others, though she usually makes up for this with her bold attitude and her forceful willpower. She will triumph, and naysayers will fall before her. Her recklessness is also symptomatic of her constant need for the new, the fresh, the entertaining, and the distracting. Faced with immortality, she fears she will end up being miserable and bored for the rest of her existence, and tries to assuage that by diving headfirst into any new experience or danger that faces her. If it gets her adrenaline pumping, she leaps without looking and damns the consequences, because living in every moment is better than wallowing in uncertainty.
“These small creatures are not to be underestimated. Their nocturnal nature makes it easy for them to find any Dementor heading your way! Not only are they strong swimmers, but they can also run at 6 mph, no mean feat for such a little creature. Never fear when you have your vole near – no Dementor can outrun this Patronus!”
Kaya would likely never need to cast a Patronus, which is all the better since she would be ashamed of the form hers would take. However, it suits her well. Voles are speedy little creatures who primarily operate at night, and their small size would fit perfectly with someone who spends most of their working hours remaining hidden and traveling unseen. Voles are known to be one of the few animals who show empathy towards one another, consoling other members of their species who have been injured or mistreated. They are also surprisingly hardy and tenacious, having been known to fight fiercely for their lives against much larger predators like coyotes and make it out alive.
Ilvermorny House — Horned Serpent
“Horned Serpents are defined by what they know, how they learn, and how they think. They are idealists, philosophers, ethicists, and truth seekers. Horned Serpents keep an open mind, think their way through difficult situations, and use the knowledge they gather to become more courageous people, to fuel their creative drive, to inform their relationships, or to feed their ambitions.”
Boggart — Frustration, Futility
Kaya’s boggart would be hard to form, but might most easily take the shape of Kaya throwing herself against the walls of an empty room screaming. Her greatest fear is a very abstract concept, that of a life thwarted, doomed to endless boredom and frustration, the futility of her continued existence crashing down upon her and rendering her every waking moment a monotonous misery.
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