Character Information
Name: Violet Greengrass
Age:16
Blood Status: Pureblood
House: Hufflepuff
Year: 6th
Sexuality: Pansexual (closeted)
Gender:Cisfemale
Wand: 12" ash, dragon heartstring core; firm
Patronus:Badger
Boggart: The Greengrass family tree with her name and date of death on it, and no heiress
Allegiance: Unknown (Floater)
Faceclaim:Jade Thirlwall
Extracurriculars: Beater, Choir
Traits
Positive Traits: + Empathetic + Playful + Loyal + Cunning
Negative Traits: - Deceitful - Sensitive - Uncaring - Stubborn
Connections
Wanted Connections:
A Legacy member/Death Eater who is highly suspicious of her allegiance, and tries to figure out which side exactly Violet has chosen.
A Resistance member who recognizes that Violet doesn’t fully subscribe to the pureblood supremacist ideas, and tries to recruit her.
A male Pureblood who, unbeknownst to Violet, has been arranged as her betrothed; her grandmother however requested him to try and get close to Violet before it can be announced, so that she won’t make a fuss about not being involved with the decision and they can pass it off as a natural development.
Current Connections:
Phoebe Greengrass - Cousins
Nemesis Selwyn - Cousins
Delilah Mckinnon - Friends
Emma Vanity - Annoys
Rita Skeeter - Gossips with
Lucius Malfoy - Best friend, knows his secret
Biography
Violet was a miracle, her mother told her as soon as she understood the word ‘miracle.’ Born to Flora Greengrass and Marcellinus Selwyn, Violet is the sole heiress of the matrilineal Greengrasses; a bloodline where the girls inherit the Greengrass name, rather than the father’s one, while the boys are part of the father’s bloodline. Violet has three brothers, all of them almost a decade older than her, and her mother has given up hope by the time she got pregnant with her. Her birth was therefore unexpected, and much celebrated, even by his father’s family. Then, at the age of four, she was promptly whisked away to her grandmother, Ivy Greengrass, to be educated on the duties and traditions of her family line.
Violet was taught how to care for and maintain Greengrass Court, their family manor, and she has studied the history and rituals of her line extensively. The matrilineal Greengrasses have been around for centuries, her grandmother stressed, and even though the other line liked to overlook them, they were in the possession of ancient lore and deep magics that could not be lost. Violet’s position was unfortunate and precarious; to preserve her bloodline, she had to have at least one girl, but to truly protect her family, two or three would be ideal. Not that she had much of a chance—her grandmother believed that most Pureblood men worth marrying were too inbred to produce a decent family size.
That was one of those things Violet could never repeat back to her father. Marcellinus Selwyn made sure his only daughter was a perfectly poised Pureblood lady, lacking for nothing material. He gave her more freedom than usual in their circles—after all, she wasn’t technically a member of his household—but in return he expected much more from her as well. It was never enough for Marcellinus to have a girl with the right manners and right associations; he wanted her to become just as ambitious, fierce, and successful, as his sons.
Being sorted into Hufflepuff was a slap in the face for him, and Violet did not hear from his father until the Christmas break of her first year at Hogwarts. She wanted to cry when she saw his cold stare, but her grandmother was there too, and there was no way she could show that kind of weakness in front of her. Besides, she did enjoy being a Hufflepuff; there was so much warmth there, and she never realized she was chilled to the bone before.
But her happiness didn’t last long. Soon enough she understood that there was no way they could live peacefully, with no one getting hurt, at this day and age. She had an entire bloodline depending on her, a centuries-long chain of tradition, and she was ready to sacrifice everything for its prosperity. While kind and nonjudgmental outwardly, Violet can count the things and people she truly cares about on the fingers of one hand, and if worst comes to worst, she will abandon and betray all else to save these precious few.
But for now? She feels safe. She plays the part of the dutiful Pureblood girl, nodding for the Legacy or the Death Eaters, depending on who is asking. She exalts the Death Eaters to her father, a prominent, albeit well-hidden member of Voldemort’s ranks. She has her fun in her common room, she enjoys the rush of a perfect hit on the Quidditch pitch; she even sings in the choir. None of it matters. In the end, Violet will only stand for those who will stand for her too—and she knows that Gaunt or Riddle, she will only ever be a pawn in theirgames.
Interested in Violet Greengrass? She is closed and being played by Kat.