Profile compiled of old and new one @cursebreaker-lilith . Strengths, weaknesses, and Skills & Hobbies borrowed from @niffler-imagines.
Buckle up, this turned lengthy....
[Brackets] mean post-Hogwarts/now.
IDENTITY
Full Name: Eleanor “Ellie” E Marcovitz
nickname: Ellie - used the most; Opaleye (Charlie, and Charlie only)
Gender: Female (She/Her/They)
Age: 18/19 [now: 52]
Birth Date: 14 March 1973
Zodiac: Pisces ♓
Species: Human
Blood Status: Pureblood/Half-Blood (Depends on who asks)
“They’re a witch and wizard, if that’s what you mean.”
Sexuality: Straight, demiromantic
Alignment: Neutral good, with some variation
Ethnicity: American - European mutt (it’s complicated)
Nationality: Anglo-American
Residence: Aldershot, Hampshire, UK [now: a corner of Romania]
Myer Briggs Personality Type (MBTI): I - something; most INFJ on own
THE MAGE
1st Wand: Acacia, 12″ with unicorn hair - She adored this wand, but didn’t dote on it as much as other people. Gave it a good polish every so often, but wasn’t obsessive over it. When it was broken by Mdm Rakepick, her and Ollivander were able to salvage the unicorn core, and place it under stasis charms. [It was eventually turned into Ron Weasley’s 2nd wand.]
2nd Wand: Redwood, 11″ with unicorn hair - Not exactly her favourite wand. It works well enough, but isn’t 100% sure that it completely works for her. She suspects a jinx other than The Trace to be on it as well. [After Rakepick is kept from the last vault, she gives it to a cousin while in California.]
[3rd Wand: Sycamore, 12.5″ with dragon heartstring - most recent wand. Found the piece of sycamore while in California, and brought it with her as she travelled around the world. Romania was where she found the dragon heartstring used.]
Animagus: Beagle/Dachshund dog
Misc Magical Abilities: Legilimens, almost wandlessly/wordlessly; Seer, empath; minor electromanipulation.
Boggart Form: manifests as Snape, reeling off failings while at Hogwarts/University in his snide tone, arms crossed and glowering.
Riddikulus Form: said Snape figure with mouth duct-taped, hair washed and dyed some ridiculous colour, and black robes paint balled in equally outrageous colours(possibly red and gold), à la PoA.(Thinks You-Know-Who boggart was possibly Bill’s, not that it wasn’t terrifying)
Amortentia:
What do they smell like?: books/parchment, pen ink, earthy with a hint of stardust, almonds and raspberries
What do they smell?: Honeysuckle, grass, along with something along the lines of rain (first rain on warm earth)
Patronus: a horde of Tribbles (screaming at dementors, coos with family and friends)
Patronus Memory: Troubles with Tribbles episode, childhood memories, good times with friends (HoM antics with Tonks and Tulip, the train station with Rowan, etc.), antics of ghostly tribbles...
Mirror of Erised: Family all back together, along with Charlie, and possibly a small ruby haired child [Now: clutching an article with a discovery to her name.]
Specialised/Favourite Spells:
Lumos/Nox - learned before Hogwarts
Ferula - very handy
heating charm - very useful with cups of tea in cold observatories
Alohomora - very close to being wandless
Reparo - ‘’, comes in handy during labs
Wingardium Leviosa - so much practice w/poor Gryffindor kid
Blackboard charm - particularly useful at Uni once she becomes a TA
Languages spoken: English, some French
APPEARANCE
Faceclaim: Adelaide Kane
Voiceclaim: unknown
Game Appearance: fifth year
Height: 5′6″
Weight: underweight
Physique: lanky, skinny
Eye Colour: dark brown
Hair Colour: dark brown
Skin Tone: light olive with some freckles
Body Modifications: ears pierced, later a couple tattoos over some scars
Scarring: small duelling scars, possible ones from adventures, a couple instances falling down unexpectedly
Inventory: (what do they carry on them?)
School bag:
notebooks, parchment
pens, quills, ink, pencils
novels
geeky pins (on bag)
Astronomy book
letters, notes
Walkman (w/headphones)
plush tribbles
photos
a particular invisibility cloak (especially after y6xc18)
school tie (some days)
[Pockets/on her:
odd scraps
candy wrapper
pieces of parchment
music player/phone
wand in holster
watch
tracker
hair ties]
Fashion: Comfortable and practical, especially considering later injuries. Does occasionally dress up, but rare, which makes each time a statement. Winter tends toward cargo pants, boots and a heavy coat and several sweaters, especially since living on a dragon reservation in Romania.
ALLEGIANCES
Hogwarts House: Gryffindor 🦁
Ilvermorny House: been told either Horned Serpent or Thunderbird
Affiliations/Organizations:
Weasley family
the Order of the Phoenix/Phoenix Resistance
[University in Romania]
[University of Leicester, post - Hogwarts]
Professions: Astronomer/Astrophysicist, part time dragon carer. Part time Three Broomsticks waitress when in Hogsmeade, occasional assistant to Madam Villanelle at F&B, alongside her mum.
HOGWARTS INFORMATION
Class Proficiencies:
(★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ and OWL Grade)
Core classes:
Astronomy: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (O+)
Charms: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆☆ (E/O)
DADA: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆☆☆☆☆ (on average, E OWL)
Flying: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆☆ (pass)
Herbology: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆☆ (eked O)
History of Magic: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆☆ (easy E)
Potions: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆☆☆☆ (eked O)
Transfiguration: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆☆ (E/O)
Electives:
Arithmancy ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆☆ (O)
CoMC ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ (E/O)
Divination ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆☆☆☆☆ (somehow A OWL)
Quidditch: Chaser, 2 years
Extra Curricular: Dueling club, Quidditch(^), Astronomy club, CoK, impromptu Gryffindor book club, informal fiction writing circle
Favourite Professors:
Professor McGonagall - Strict, but fair. Knows what she’s talking about in Transfiguration. Adores her house, even if she doesn’t necessarily shows it quite like the others (*cough* Snape *cough*). Prefers winning at quidditch, and always seems to know when a player will do well on the team.
Professor Flitwick - Does a nice job at presenting the charms without being snobbish and keeps the classes interesting, and doesn’t seem to mind the chatter during practicing, so long as it doesn’t get too loud or happen during the time he’s teaching. Which is more than reasonable. Is also one of the easier teachers to approach if there’s a problem.
Professor Sinistra - Astronomy professor, and willing to listen to Ellie or Ben chatter about space, especially during the first few years at Hogwarts. Much like McGonagall, without the quidditch.
Least Favourite Professors:
Professor Snape - for obvious reasons. Needs to grow tf up. Yes, it’s been a few years, but he really needs to take his biases and shove ‘em. Really good with potions, does not know how to lose his damn grudges. Would really hate to be in one of his classes with red hair.
Professor Rakepick - didn’t fully trust her from the beginning. There was something off about her that set off an internal spidey sense as soon as she talked. Will grudgingly give points for being the 2nd best DADA teacher (and best official one, behind Bill’s unofficial teaching) that they had. And her setting Snape’s robes on fire that one time during fifth year.
RELATIONSHIPS
Brother: Jacob Gareth Marcovitz
House: Ravenclaw
Birthday: 4 May 1967
1st Wand: Maple, 10″ with dragon heartstring
2nd Wand: unknown
It’s... complicated. There’s a large enough age gap that he was away at Hogwarts during the time she could really clearly remember him. Hence the nickname ‘Pip’. Sure there’s the memory of the first time to Platform 9 3/4, and how quiet the house seemed without him, but other than a slight increase in attention (good and bad), there wasn’t a whole lot of concern.
There were letters for her, as well as their parents, but they tapered off around Halloween; possibly as he was starting to look into the secrets of the cursed vaults. They came sporadically after that. She even kept them in a box under her bed that she eventually brought with her to Hogwarts.
But he became so deeply obsessed with the cursed vaults that they barely saw him over the summers as well, especially as he got older and more fiercely independent, which led to loud rows over grades and other responsibilities leading up the summer before his 6th year.
Younger Siblings: the twins, Elliott James and Eileen Bridget. Four years younger than Ellie, they were placed in Hufflepuff the same year as Beatrice Haywood. They were concerned with the portrait curse, but managed to keep their heads down for most of the trouble Ellie has gone through.
Born 16/17 April 1977 (dates get a little fuzzy after 23.30 at a hospital)
They are there for Harry’s adventures through GoF.
Father: James Marcovitz - former Gryffindor, who works in the Magical Maintenance Department branch at St. Mungo’s Hospital. He worked briefly at the Ministry itself (and, supposedly, never ran into a particular woman in pink), before going over to St. Mungo’s. He managed to work his way up to being a Senior Supervisor, and is considered one of the most hands on.
He also had a brief stint in the muggle military in the late sixties, adding to the age gap between Jacob and Ellie, and also why they live in Aldershot. Her father’s basically a muggleborn, raised predominantly in the non-magical world. There are other magic users in the family, but it’s largely concealed.
Mother: Bridget Marcovitz - former Ravenclaw, works with Madam Villanelle at Flourish and Blotts, along with part time work in magical real estate. Her family is considered pure-blood, but also one of the biggest blood traitor clans, right up there with the Weasley and the Potter families.
She effectively wrangles her kids on top of the work she does, and always seems to enjoy whatever breaks she can catch, especially when Ellie and the twins are all at Hogwarts.
Most of her side of the family is scattered around the US, having hopped the Atlantic when old enough. Her mother still lives out in the lake district area, in the Northrup family house.
Best Friends: "inner circle"
Rowan Khanna
Charlie
Penny
Jae
Talbott
Barnaby
Ben
Good Friends:
Bill
Fred & George
Tonks
Tulip
Andre
Badeea
Chiara
Liz
Friends
Diego
Cedric
Skye
Murphy
Orion
The Weird Sisters
It’s Complicated: Beatrice Haywood, Percy Weasley
Love Interest: Charlie Weasley - hit it off during CoMC, and grew closer over the years and adventures. He was one of the few people who don’t try and lie to her face. She likes that. He also gets her odd sense of humour, most of the time. Some puns seem to go over his head.
Rival: Merula Snyde (despite JC’s efforts, always will be) - reminded Ellie far too much of this one girl at the muggle school she went to before Hogwarts, who could only be described as a Queen Bee and made sure the other students knew it.
Some Interaction: Ismelda (after a few years of the Sphinx club)
Pets: Tiberius (American short-hair cat), Hoots (tawny owl), Angus (cruppie)
University friends: Jane Watkins, Stephan Hatch, Steve Grant, Alex Winspear, Rachel Scott, Shanelle "Hilbert" Wright, and Dawn Winspear.
BACKGROUND/HISTORY
work in progress
Pre Hogwarts:
Born and raised in Aldershot, Hampshire with her siblings, she also spent a lot of time in London while growing up. Her mother works at Flourish and Blotts alongside Madam Villanelle, which meant weekends and summers prior to Hogwarts filled with books. There were even times, as she approached Hogwarts age, that she was allowed to visit the muggle bookshop next to the Leaky Cauldron on occasion for a couple hours on her own.
Went to a muggle primary school near Aldershot, but didn’t necessarily fit in with any of her classmates. She suspected that she scared some of the teachers with some of her stories, along with the fact that she comfortably read well above her age group.
She had a couple friends there, but there really wasn’t much of a friendship. She holds the suspicion that there’s a family curse, when Jacob starts going mad and no one at school likes her.
Hogwarts
1st Year:
She was glad to finally go to Hogwarts, escaping primary schoolmates who loved to torment her, and into a world where she thought she’d be welcomed more warmly. Didn’t think much of the cursed vaults, aside from Merula's curiosity over them, until second semester and the murmurs that enchanted ice had started appearing over break. Was more concerned in disabusing the rumours that Jacob had been involved with the likes of the Death Eaters and You-Know-Who, and dealing with Merula's grudge against her.
2nd Year:
Returned to Hogwarts, eager to crack the Ice Vault, after discovering the hidden staircase and icy runes.
3rd Year:
4th Year:
5th Year:
Grows closer to Charlie this year, and very grateful for his help with the vaults. Sees Rowan being killed, though is unsure how to stop Rakepick from completing the act.
Finds Jacob and gets him to not disappear immediately.
6th Year:
Probably the toughest of all her years at Hogwarts - having passed her OWLs, classes became further complicated. Her friendship with Rowan seemed to be splintering, topped off by her loss. Adding to that, finding the Sunken Vault led to her losing her left leg (below the knee).
7th Year:
Became Head Girl, explored the ministry, and it was relatively quiet up until Christmas break. Decided to visit London, and while in Diagon Alley with Charlie and Percy, Rakepick attacked her.
She feels that the Sunken Vault wasn’t the last, and is proven correct when flipping through one of Rowan’s old textbooks after break. She also has to deal with the appearance of “Peregrine” and the race is on to stop him before R reaches the vault first, and succeeds in closing the last one.
Post Hogwarts:
After managing to get into the University of Leicester and their Astrophysics programme, she kept in touch with her friends in the wizarding world. Weekends were spent between her family in Aldershot and at the Burrow with the Weasleys, especially when the younger members of the family were up at Hogwarts. Otherwise, she kept a low profile, magic-wise.
Order of the Phoenix / 2nd Wizarding War: Wishes she could’ve joined the Order, but was also busy with her University work (was on the continent in 1995, the US ‘96 and most of ‘97), to where she was unable to join meetings. Did work with @kathrynalicemc ‘s Devon Marlowe and the Phoenix Resistance instead.
Post-War: Finished her PhD in gravitational dynamics in 1999, married Charlie in 2000
She’s the one who gave the Marauder’s Map to the Weasley twins, knowing that they had better uses for it than her. Her only stipulation was they had to claim they got it from Filch’s office, which they quickly agreed with.
Favourite bands include:
the Weird Sisters
the Bent-Winged Snitches
the Proclaimers
Only her younger twin siblings are the only ones to know about her crush in her family, though she suspects both of their parents already know anyways.
She taught the twins some simple hexes in return for the help they’d given her around OWLs the summer after results came. Stuff like Bubble Head, Lumos, Silencio, Scourgify, Vermillious, and even Bat Bogey, which Eileen is particularly good at.
At the end of seventh year, she came home for the summer, stashing her trunk where it always went, by the front door, lined up next to the Twins’ ones, waiting for the mad dash to the train station in fall.
The time having to go to church, especially over summer hols, has left a deep mistrust of people.
Is allergic to a general pain alleviation potion. Found out when she was four or five.
Favourite flower is lilies. Impossible to find, but also favoured flower for a bouquet.
Majored in Astrophysics, eagerly lapping up the parts of Astronomy glossed over at Hogwarts and working on squashing the astrology learned during time at Hogwarts (divination and astronomy)
