GIVA PATIL is THIRTY-FIVE YEARS-OLD and a QUILL CONTROL & RUNE TRANSLATOR to THE MINISTER FOR MAGIC at THE MINISTRY OF MAGIC. She looks remarkably like FREIDA PINTO and considers herself NEUTRAL. She is currently OPEN.
The princess of the Patil family, Giva Patil is the perfect daughter, the perfect student and hopes to become the perfect wife and one day become The Minister of Magic she believes the wizarding world deserves. The eldest daughter of famous Curse-Breaker SANDHIR PATIL and Professor at Harrow Boys School ADITYA PATIL, Giva was raised in a privileged environment and was taught by her parents that with a dream and hard work she could achieve anything she put her mind to. Though Giva was like her mother in more ways that one, she had inherited the gentle soul of her father and was an affectionate and loving child who enjoyed the intense love and attention of her father who had taken time off work in the early days to raise both her and her younger brothers. Surrounded by the love and warmth of her family, Giva longed to emulate her parents' marriage one day herself and be surrounded by the next generation of her family. A natural mother-hen to her little brothers, Giva tried her best to help her mother and father control ISHAAN and his fondness for pranks and games, which she found only worsened when her youngest brother KRISHNA came along. Though she often found her younger siblings tiresome, she loved them both intensely despite the occasional argument and did her best to ensure she was a good role model and sister for them both.
Unable to attend Harrow Boys School, Giva attended Westminster School in London and became a standout student and favourite amongst her teachers, despite all of the strange things that seemed to go on whenever she was around. It became apparent quite early on in Giva’s life she was a witch. Though she wasn’t one to take tantrums or lose herself in her anger, the odd comment here and there from girls at school would result in their school books disappearing as if by magic, or ink stains smudged into their uniforms that just didn’t seem to come off however hard they scrubbed. Even before Giva began to realise she had inherited her mother’s magic however, she had decided what she wanted to be when she grew up. In the beginning saying she wanted to be The Minister for Magic was a childlike dream most children say flippantly, but as she got older the dream became less childish and more of a burning passion she couldn’t let go of. Sitting at the breakfast table before school she would listen to her mother speaking out about events unfolding at The Ministry. There were injustices she could see, particularly surrounding members of the Muggle-Born magical community. Giva would always embrace her Muggle side with pride, enjoying the culture of the world her father belonged to and in which they were partly raised, particularly of Muggle India where her grandparents were both born on her father’s side. It was her aspiration to make the wizarding world more accepting of Muggles and help both cultures to learn from one another.
She marched off to Hogwarts with her cat under her arm and a dream in her heart to help change the world. Throwing herself into her new school life, she was quickly sorted into Ravenclaw and began establishing herself as one of the brighter students in her year group. A particular favourite of PROFESSOR BINNS, she was one of the few students to not fall asleep during History of Magic and excelled in her knowledge of the wizarding world particularly the more ancient side of it’s history. Giva was a naturally gifted witch, though she was rarely found outside of the library or the Ravenclaw tower studying for various tests and extra credit assignments she’d gifted to herself in order to stand out amongst her classmates. Though she had a passion for learning, Giva was incredibly competitive at school and enjoyed the joy of besting those who believed they were entitled to better grades just because of their bloodline who didn’t possess the intelligence to back it up. A popular student, Giva chose to surround herself with people of influence who had similar ethics, becoming close with fellow Ravenclaw KINGSLEY SHACKLEBOLT and Muggle-Born Slytherin student ADAIRA LINWOOD who was a few years her senior. Becoming friends with Adaria truly cemented Giva’s aspiration to change prejudice in the wizarding world. An incredibly talented witch, Adaria found herself at the mercy of many members of her own house who despised her sorting due to her blood status.
The two girls became pretty much inseparable during their time together at Hogwarts, Adaira always managing to bring out the fun side of Giva which was always lurking below her perfect exterior. It was mostly due to Giva’s popularity and fondness for flaunting her intelligence and rubbing in the noses of the wizarding elite that found her on the bad side of classmate DOLORES UMBRIDGE. The kind of witch who refuses to be beaten down and bullied, Giva began to take any opportunity to climb aboard her soapbox and call out Dolores for her behaviour which was especially shocking to her given she was also a Half-Blood. It was the tenacity and passion Giva showed that encouraged slightly younger student and fellow Ravenclaw CHARITY BURBAGE to approach her in the infancy of her group ‘Sorcerers for Equality’ which focused on equal rights for members of the magical community. A creative and fairly business minded, Giva was appointed as the treasurer for Charity’s group and began trying to engineer ways to get their message heard and spread beyond the walls of Hogwarts. Along with the help of Adaira and POPPY POMFREY who she became close to through the group, she organised coundless fundraisers and parties as well as creatine, pins for students to wear to show their support- much to the headache of PROFESSOR FLITWICK who tried his best to police the group while encouraging its members to speak their mind.
Graduating a prefect and Head Girl much to the irritation of Dolores, Giva left school and began training to become a barrister for The Ministry of Magic. Though she’d felt alive at Hogwarts fighting injustice and passing her classes nothing challenged how she felt in a courtroom convicting dark wizards and coming home each day knowing the world had been made in some way better because of her hard work. The earlier years of her work at The Ministry were dominated by her job, Giva sacrificing much of her personal life to become the best lawyer possible. Whatever free time she had was spent helping Charity organise events for Sorcerer’s for Peace which she still felt strongly about, though she could take less of an active role in the organization. Everything shifted however when she met NATAN DIGGORY. A slightly younger wizard who worked for the legal department of Magical Sports and Games, Giva was asked to work with him on a case involving a referee filing a lawsuit against The Ministry for their mishandling of a group of dragons which were allowed to storm the pitch during the Quidditch World Cup in Romania which was where their romance blossomed. Long evenings working on trying to find a loophole to get The Ministry off turned into dinner dates and lunches until the two fell in love. Natan was unlike any man she’d ever met before, although his family name brought consequences as they were highly respected within the wizarding world which both had its advantages and disadvantages.
When a job came up in the Minister’s office as the Quill Control and Rune Translator for the Minister, Giva quickly jumped at the chance to be closer to her goal of becoming The Minister and was persuaded to leave her career as a lawyer behind despite how much she loved it. Everything seemed to be going perfectly for Giva, she had an amazing group of friends, a good job and was engaged to the man of her dreams. Then everything changed. A night drinking too many cocktails with her best friends resulted in a drunken fight with Natan, with her ring thrown at his head and Giva in tears at her brother’s flat waiting for him to come home to let her sleep in his guest room. Hearing the door click open, Giva rushed to greet Ishaan but found herself underneath a beast in the darkness, it’s jaws snapping at her wildly until it made connection with her flesh. Her brother managed to pull the animal off her but by then it was too late. The animal was a werewolf. Giva had escaped with her life. But she had been bitten. Immediately going into meltdown mode, Giva feels as though her life has instantly collapsed around her, with her bid to become Minister now officially over due to the inequalities and prejudice surrounding werewolves eclipsing even that of Muggle-Borns. Frightened and awaiting the first full moon, Giva has moved in with her younger brother, an Auror for The Ministry, with the hopes of figuring out a way to cure her of her affliction and find the person responsible to hold to account, all without anyone ever knowing she was bitten.
→ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Blood Status → Half-Blood (Werewolf)
Identification → Cis Female
Sexuality → Up to Roleplayer
Relationship Status → Engaged to Natan Diggory
Previous Education → Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Ravenclaw)
Societies → Sorcerers for Equality
Family → Ishaan Patil (brother), Krishna Patil (brother)
Connections → Natan Diggory (fiancé), Poppy Pomfrey (best friend), Adaira Linwood (close friend), Natasha Dupont (close friend/colleague), Charity Burbage (close friend) Billius Weasley (close friend), Harrison Bagnold (close friend), Tiberius McLaggen (close friend), Michael Thomas (close friend/ex-boyfriend), Glenda Chittock (close friend), Molly Prewett (close friend/colleague), Alice Yen (friend), Dolores Umbridge (adversary)
Future Information → Aunt of Parvati and Padma Patil
GIVA PATIL IS A LEVEL 7 WITCH/WEREWOLF.