HPHM Profile: Clara Lin
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Identity
Name: Clara Xing-Hui Lin (林星慧）
Gender: Female
Age: 17 as of May 31, 1990
Birth Date: April 25, 1973
Species: Human
Blood Status: (Pureblood, Half-Blood, Muggleborn)
Half-Blood? Both her parents are Muggleborn and were chosen by magical institutions to study magic.
Sexuality: Heterosexual.
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Ethnicity: Chinese
Nationality: English? She’s born in England after all.
Residence: Oxford, England
Myer Briggs Personality Type: ESTJ
The Mage
1st Wand: Acacia wood with Unicorn Hair, 12 inches, pliable
A very unusual wand wood, which I have found creates tricky wands that often refuse to produce magic for any but their owner, and also withhold their best effects from all but those most gifted. This sensitivity renders them difficult to place, and I keep only a small stock for those witches or wizards of sufficient subtlety, for acacia is not suited to what is commonly known as ‘bangs-and-smells’ magic. When well-matched, an acacia wand matches any for power, though it is often underrated due to the peculiarity of its temperament.
2nd Wand: Ebony wood with Dragon Heartstring, 11 and a quarter inches
This jet-black wand wood has an impressive appearance and reputation, being highly suited to all manner of combative magic, and to Transfiguration. Ebony is happiest in the hand of those with the courage to be themselves. Frequently non-conformist, highly individual or comfortable with the status of outsider, ebony wand owners have been found both among the ranks of the Order of the Phoenix and among the Death Eaters. In my experience the ebony wand’s perfect match is one who will hold fast to his or her beliefs, no matter what the external pressure, and will not be swayed lightly from their purpose.
Animagus: Chinese Li Hua (a type of tabby cat found in China)
Misc Magical Abilities: (Legilimen, Seer, Parselmouth, Obscurial, ect)
In the canon story, Clara is a born Legilimens, first practising the art with a wand and under Snape’s tutelage before perfecting the art on her own time without the pressure of the final Curse on Hogwarts and without a wand. It made reading the minds of her family much easier, especially when it came to how they felt about Jacob’s return and the downfall of the Lin reputation all those years ago. In a way, she tried to use it for good.
Boggart Form:
Considering that Clara’s got as many fears as the typical human being, it could take the form of knives coming her way, or a puddle of blood turning into a torrential flood around her ankles. But her biggest fear, and hence her Boggart, was hearing her friends and family say that she was hopeless, worthless, and useless. Backstabbers, to put it concisely. Her Boggart would be in the form of her friends and people she trusted coming in at her, spitting out those words she didn’t want to hear.
Riddikulus Form:
If said Boggart appears before her, Riddikulus would make their tongues all tied and saying such pure nonsense that it’d make her laugh. Why would she feel bad about imagining them affected with the Tongue Tying Curse, anyway? They’re not real.
Amortentia: (What do they smell like?)
If anyone was to smell Clara’s scent, they’d smell jasmine, burning wood, and a hint of orange juice. Okay, don’t ask about the orange juice. Something citrussy goes well with something sweet.
Amortentia: (What do they smell?)
Clara would smell petrichor, fresh linens, and an aromatic sort of wood--pine, maybe? Not sure? Something that calls her to the woods.
(*cough cough* totally not *cough* Barnaby’s *cough* scent *cough*)
Patronus:
Clara’s Patronus is a unicorn--a pure creature with a sole intent to protect, it can outrun any danger and face it head on.
Patronus Memory:
You mean her happiest memory? Seeing the stars one summer with Jacob and her little sister, Em, one summer. Feeling the close ties of her siblings was what made her happy.
Mirror of Erised:
In the past, she would have seen herself surrounded by all the people she loved, just being happy together. This image used to include Rakepick until she revealed her true colours in the Buried Vault--since then, her image had been forcefully shunned.
Following certain events in year 6 that caused Clara to lose her friend, the reflection had now changed to an image of Clara and Rowan, both sitting together and laughing together like they used to in old times. The sight of their smiles would have been enough for Clara to just sit in front of the mirror without any sense of time. If only she could have done something to save her best friend...her tree twin...
Specialized/Favourite Spells:
Reparo (and yes, she is fully aware that this does not heal a broken heart)
Incendio
Stupefy
Protego
Appearance
Faceclaim: N/A
**I haven’t thought of a face claim at all when making Clara, as she’s literally based off of me, appearance and personality wise. So we’ll say I’m her face claim? Though I’m not that comfortable allowing a picture of myself to circulate around Tumblr, so I’m going to leave this part out.
Height: 5′7″
Weight: I mean, she’s not overweight but not underweight? Does that count?
Physique: Somewhat slender figure, overall an average build
Eye Colour: Dark brown
Hair Colour: Black
Skin Tone: Pale
Body Modifications: N/A. She does wear glasses, though.
Scarring: N/A
Inventory: (what do they carry on them?)
a lucky Knut from her sister
her textbooks
her quills
her ink
two silk bookmarks
her wand
a couple pieces of miscellaneous candy
Allegiances
Hogwarts House: Gryffindor
Ilvermorny House: Pukwudgie
Affiliations/Organizations:
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Gryffindor House)
Auror Office, Ministry of Magic, London
Chinese Wizarding Task Force, Beijing
Professions:
Auror
Free-lance Magizoologist
Free-lance Curse-Breaker
Free-lance pianist/musician
Hogwarts Information
Class Proficiencies:
Astronomy: E
Charms: O
DADA: O
Flying: E
Herbology: E
History of Magic: E
Potions: O
Transfiguration: O
Electives: Care of Magical Creatures (O), Divination (A), Arithmancy (E)
Quidditch: Gryffindor Chaser from year 3 to year 6 at Hogwarts
Extra Curricular:
Frog Choir
Music Club
Duelling Club (on occasion)
Favourite Professors:
Professor Minerva McGonagall
As Head of Gryffindor House, Clara looks up to her a lot and always turns to her for troubling issues arising. Well, it wasn’t solely based on the fact that she’s Head of Gryffindor that she felt so connected with her. She had a strict air but it was not always for the worst circumstances. In some ways she reminded her of her mom.
Professor Filius Flitwick
As Jacob really loved Professor Flitwick, Clara always tried her best to make Flitwick proud of her Charms work. In a way, though, she always felt like he was encouraging her to do her best every time, almost the same way Jacob might have if he was still present with her. Besides, Flitwick was an insightful person when it came to certain magical phenomena she didn’t understand.
Least Favourite Professors:
Professor Sybill Trelawney
There was something a little off about the way Trelawney presented herself to her Divination class, and honestly it made Clara question her legitimacy in her pursued arts. However, she did well not to question it openly, as she knew Trelanwney would do more than challenge her.
Professor Severus Snape
She knew she could trust him, but his sullen disposition still scares her and makes her very wary about him. Truly, she couldn’t find herself entrusting him with even the most serious of her secrets and problems. Nothing good would come out of their interactions, even if he did show a sliver of care for the girl.
Relationships
Brother: Jacob Pan-Hui Lin
Jacob Lin is her closest sibling and the one person she knew she would always stand by no matter what. After all, they were close when they were kids, despite him being 6 years older than MC.
In the olden days, he used to tease her a lot on her potential music career. It wasn’t bad, of course--just something for lighthearted fun.
Jacob’s known to be quite the fashionable neat wizard in his old days. He was really picky about what he wore and how his hair looked before heading out for the day. Eventually those thoughts faded away with time.
When he attended Hogwarts, Jacob was Sorted into Gryffindor.
Most of his time at Hogwarts was a mystery, but few people who came in after his expulsion knew that he wrote in a private notebook, had a chamber where he sorted all his information and gathered clues about the Cursed Vaults, and left in his wake a rather...interesting mix of emotions.
Jacob didn’t want to be a Curse-Breaker at first, but the Cursed Vaults kept luring him in that direction until he eventually accepted its calling. Well, with severe consequences, of course.
Misc Siblings:
Little Sister: Emily Wen-Hui Lin
Emily, often nicknamed little Em by the two older siblings, is 5 years younger than MC. She was very young when Jacob disappeared, thus she had very little memories of her brother.
There were only a few moments little Em could remember when her parents were actually peaceful and at ease. Most of their time, though, was spent fighting, and...well...let’s just say she tried to ease the rifts but with no luck.
When she eventually entered Hogwarts, while her older sister is in sixth year, she got Sorted into Hufflepuff, making her the only sibling in the family to be Sorted in a different house apart from both her siblings.
Upon her graduation, Em went on to become a professional herbologist and potioneer, working closely with Penny and Chiara in her endeavours
Father: Sueh-Yen Lin
Sueh-Yen was born in China and attended Mahoutokoro at the age of 7. Following the end of his magical education he began to pursue his passions in herbology in London, where he met Clara’s mother, Renee Tao. After he became a family man, he began to work as a landscaper, helping other people design and nurture their gardens both Muggle and magical. Following Clara’s fourth year, he began to work at the Ministry of Magic in the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes.
Mother: Renee Lin (nee Tao)
Renee was born and raised in America, attending Ilvermorny and being sorted into the Horned Serpent house. While she was at school she developed an interest in psychology and the mind, and so she began to take up studies in such areas and continued to branch her studies further after her graduation. She attended a Muggle university in England then, majoring in psychology, and eventually she met Clara’s father. She began to write books for both Muggle and wizarding communities after she became a mother, her topics focusing on proper child discipline for parents. Following Clara’s fourth year, she also took up work at the Ministry of Magic, in the same department as her husband.
Love Interest: Barnaby Lee
Before Clara’s third year, Barnaby was an insignificant student whose name had been mentioned once or twice by her peers. Then she knew of him in his third year, and at first they couldn’t stand each other. At least, Clara couldn’t stand him. Eventually they warmed up to each other through an uneasy, almost awkward, interaction in the Three Broomsticks following a duel. Well, you can find all the information on their relationship here.
Best Friends: Rowan Khanna, Penny Haywood, Nymphadora Tonks, Tulip Karasu, Jae Kim, Charlie Weasley, Diego Caplan, Liz Tuttle, Badeea Ali
Rival: Merula Snyde
Enemy: Rakepick, R, Voldemort
Dormmates: Rowan Khanna, three other female Gryffindors
Pets: Clara was allowed to take Wagner (her owl) and her cat (Chopin) home after every year at school. As for the other pets in her dormitory, she would give them all to Hagrid every year before leaving Hogwarts for the summer.
Closest Canon Friends:
Rowan Khanna
Nymphadora Tonks
Penny Haywood
Tulip Karasu
Charlie Weasley
Closest MC Friends:
Sarahi Silvers (@dat-silvers-girl)
Aleksia Aries (@aleksia-aries-hogwartsmystery)
Aisilng Baskerville (@elefseija)
Helene Adler (@heleneplays)
Carewyn Cromwell (@carewyncromwell)
Kyril Vasiley (@kyril-hphm)
Cato Reese (@catohphm)
Xia Howlett (@ljthebard1)
Katriona Cassiopeia (@mcnullychaser)
Montague Donohue (@montaguehphm)
Septimus Crowe (@brothergrimm71)
That’s all for now unless you want me to add your MC to the list...
Flavio Ceccere (@sirfluffig)
Alvina Arcane-Zheng ( @oneirataxia-girl )
Background/History
Born on April 25, 1973, Clara was surrounded by love from her first cry
Okay, well, you know how it is--babies cry the instance they’re born, so don’t shun me for saying this
Clara first witnessed her parents’ occupations watching them work at home when she was young. She always loved interacting with the plants whenever she helped her dad in the family garden, and she saw her mom’s growing success with her expertise on child discipline translated into writing
When her little sister was born, Clara and Jacob both loved her dearly, but as she was too young at the time they relied on each other for many things
Clara began to take up playing the piano when she was around four years old--she first learned from a teacher just down the street for about five years, then she continued learning on her own
Her interest peaked when she was young and she saw some street musicians performing on the streets. She took up said instrument as a hobby, and eventually developed a gift for music through her education.
Clara got glasses when she was seven years old due to prolonged exposure to tiny notes on the paper. Yes, that’s a valid reason for people to get glasses. Since then, she had to go to yearly eye appointments every summer just to make sure her eyesight isn’t getting worse.
Jacob went to Hogwarts, and soon Clara saw his transformation due to his slow growing obsession with the Cursed Vaults
Eventually, when Jacob went missing in the beginning of June 1984, it was the family’s last straw
Clara’s parents both began to row over every single little thing now, leaving poor Em almost traumatized and scared of arguments
Em had been told at the time that Jacob was on vacation, thus she didn’t understand why her parents were arguing so much
Clara’s mother had resigned from writing another book after Jacob’s disappearance, having received so many negative reviews from critics (and she had been bombarded by owls with such slander)
The family gardens almost completely wilted in her father’s negligence, and had it not been for little Em the garden would have withered completely
The events of Hogwarts Mystery unfolded
Following Clara’s graduation, she began to work as an Auror in training alongside Tonks and Talbott
She and Barnaby, her love interest, got a place of their own, where they lived happily for a while
Three years into living together, Barnaby and Clara got engaged
In the summer of 1995, shortly before their initial wedding, Clara was called away for about a year and a half to China
The dark wizards expelled from Mahoutokoro have now started their own band and began to infiltrate most of China by the time Voldemort had risen once more. Clara was dispatched to Beijing, China, at her own will, and with the help of some other wizards and witches in the group they trained together and began to take down these Japanese foes
During this time, Clara stayed with her maternal grandmother (her grandfather passed away during her fifth year), occasionally visiting her paternal grandmother once in a while to make sure everything there was okay
The training with this task force was very different from her training as an Auror given the circumstances. Clara had to learn to work not only with her wand, but also in martial arts (notably taichi, taekwondo, and kung fu). She was also given a magic carpet to travel from one place to another in place of her broom.
Clara only returned to the United Kingdom when she heard of Dumbledore’s death, and attended his funeral. However, she had to return to China shortly after as the dark forces there got so strong that the task force could not hold them back without her.
Clara returned to the UK once and for all on May 1, 1998, and fought alongside her friends in the Battle of Hogwarts and survived. She married Barnaby following the end of the war, but not before they and their surviving friends first paid tribute to the fallen.
The Chinese Wizarding Task Force disbanded upon Voldemort’s fall.
They eventually had three children--Melvin and Milo (twin boys) and Sylvia--and they lived in peace ever since.
Personality
Clara’s a very well-rounded person who understands that life is all about taking risks and making mistakes along the way
Okay, well maybe one shouldn’t solely focus on making mistakes. She just acknowledges that not every person is made perfect and so she embraces everyone’s different personalities, understanding every flaw that made them who they are.
She’s analytical in many circumstances, always stepping carefully in every interaction and situation to avoid any sudden flares of attacks
She’s studious in academics, and friendly around many people, to put it in short
She won’t hesitate to help anyone, but if they knew they lied, she could never find it in her to forgive them
If someone tries to double cross her, though, she’d get really angry and wouldn’t hesitate to show her opponents how powerful she could be.
Misc
Clara’s not a very good cook. It wasn’t until her detention in fifth year when she was asked to make a simple sandwich, and from there she began to work on her rough cooking talents--almost none when she first started, and still basic when she left, but it was enough for her to sustain a simple meal.
Professor McGonagall gave Clara a room for her to practice piano at Hogwarts if things became too stressful. Not many people stumble upon this room except for one particularly curious person...
Though Clara’s dorm was decked in red, her favourite colour was actually purple. And blue. No, she couldn’t choose between the two.
Clara would always have a mug by her bedside so that whenever she had a nightmare she would make herself a mug of hot chocolate (and yes, in the middle of the night--don’t ask)
Clara could speak somewhat fluent Mandarin. She eventually continued to hone that skill when she was in Beijing working with the Chinese Wizarding Task Force.
More facts to come...