CHARACTER INFO:
Character name: Cecelia Padgett Age & Birthday: 27 & November 8th Gender & Pronouns: Cisfemale, She/Her Occupation: Exotic Dancer Blood Status: Halfblood/Part Veela Previous House: Ravenclaw Previous Affiliation: Death Eaters Face Claim: Mia Goth
Cecelia is taken by Kay
BIOGRAPHY:
TW: Predatory behaviour, sexual assault, murder
Cecelia’s existence was a mistake and she’d been told that her entire life. Her mother was only nineteen when she was charmed by a half-veela, a man nearly twice her age who used his beauty to prey on her. A one night stand that led to Cecelia’s birth, a bastard child and what was even worse was the fact that she was a girl. It wouldn’t have been so disappointing if the family was given an heir. But instead they were given Cecelia, at least the girl was beautiful.
Her mother, Evangeline, found a man that accepted the two of them and even gave Cecelia his last name. However, that was the only nice thing he’d ever done for her. After her brother Cedric was born, she was no longer the favourite. Ced was the real heir, the real child, the one that was planned. And Cecelia… Well, she was simply a ghost living in the halls of the manor. She quickly learned, after a few stern back hands, that she wasn’t to speak unless it was an emergency. She wasn’t to be seen unless she was asked to be seen. Her place was to be off in the sidelines, and the only thing she was useful for was her looks.
Hogwarts proved to be an interesting time in her life. She was expecting for things to be the same, that she could simply blend into the shadows of the Ravenclaw Common Room and get through without being noticed. That was not the case, however. Being part-veela, Cecelia had a charm about her that she realized quite quickly could be used to her advantage. People had a hard time keeping their eyes off her, and just about every female-attracted person seemed to be constantly fighting for her attention. She got used to it quite quickly, coming to accept that she would almost always have an entourage following her around.
It was, however, confusing. Cecelia could never tell if people liked her for her, or if they liked her charm. She could never tell who genuinely wanted to be her friend, and despite being surrounded by people all the time, she was incredibly lonely.
And things got even worse when boys decided it was okay to do things to her. They told her that she owed it to them, she wouldn’t look like that if she didn’t want it. She shouldn’t flirt with everyone if she didn’t expect this outcome. They were wrong, and Cecelia knew that, however she was quite small and easily overpowered. Sometimes she stopped fighting back, simply closing her eyes and waiting for it to be over. She hated men, she hated that they thought they would get away with this. They wouldn’t get away with it, Cecelia wasn’t going to let that happen.
Whispers through the castle caught her attention. A war, a fight for equality vs purity. Cecelia didn’t care what the fight was for, she knew she could use war as an excuse to get her revenge. An excuse, just like her abusers used on her. She’d gotten in with some of the Slytherin girls, a group of girls who actually wanted to be her friend. A group of girls who could bring her into their inner circles and let her have her revenge.
Not being welcomed back at home now that she was considered an adult, Cecelia had to do what she could to survive. She began dancing at a club, her veela charm enticing many customers, oftentimes leaving for the end of the night with more money than she could even count. The club life proved to be the best thing that ever happened to her, especially when she’d run into familiar faces. She would dance for them, let them empty their wallets and most times she’d even go home with them. However when two people entered a room, Cecelia was often the only one to leave. They deserved it after what they’d done to her.
Despite having the Mark, she managed to keep herself out of Azkaban. Not very many people missed the men whose lives she’d taken and she managed to slip under the radar. Cecelia doesn’t plan on leaving the club life anytime soon considering she was making more than a liveable wage from her job.