Ava Nott’s birth had been something of a scandal, the young woman a product of her father’s liaison with his muggleborn secretary. Upon her birth, she was taken from her mother and raised in Nott Manor beside her half-brother. Her step-mother had always wanted a daughter and the circumstances of her birth were overlooked, even if her blood status was not. Born so much later in life and doted upon by her parents, Ava was sheltered from the world for her formative years. It was only when she arrived at Hogwarts that she began to see how twisted the rest of the world could be, what people could do to themselves and to one another when they had the desire to get ahead. Many have called her naïve; the harsher ones have called her ignorant, but Ava does her best to ignore the whispers when she passes. She has always had an innocent demeanor, has always done her best to see the absolute best of individuals, and she refuses to change that even as she has begun to see the world at its worst.
Ava has never liked the man that she was to marry, has always found him too clinical with something else bubbling under the surface just waiting to be let out at the opportune moment. Having been betrothed to Octavius for years, Ava had always thought that she would find someone more suitable to marry and her parents would simply have to agree. But now that they are formally engaged and with the wedding day eventually coming, Ava has begun to hear the dark whispers that surround her fiancé and her concern that her worries are not unfounded has grown.
Tristan has been her saving grace from the moment she was born. Ava knows that she is lucky to have been raised as she was instead of as the pureblood’s bastard daughter and she has always assumed part of it was because Tristan had fallen in love with her the moment she came to their home. He is the one who taught her to walk, the one who told her about quidditch, and she is closer to him than their father. However, she worries that his dislike about her fiancé has clouded his judgment and she is currently struggling to distance herself.
Though they had not been close at Hogwarts, Ava often believed the other girl to be a kindred spirit. But while Ava had the Nott name behind her whispered blood status, Marlowe had not been so lucky and had found refuge in halfbloods and blood traitors that the Nott parents would never have approved of. Now that she has begun to gain independence, however, Ava has sought Marlowe out on a few occasions and continues to invite her to teas and other pureblood events.
Ava’s face claim is Ivana Baquero & she is closed.
