-- CHARACTER --
Name: Tabitha Bagshot Faceclaim: Zoey Deutch Age: 27 Blood Status: Muggleborn Affiliation: Neutral / Order leaning Former School & House: Hogwarts, Hufflepuff Occupation: Full time Caregiver
-- BIOGRAPHY --
Growing up on the streets of Godric’s Hollow leads to being very resourceful. Secretive. A bit of a hoarder. And naive. By the age of 9, Tabitha could barely read, count, or act proper at a dining table. She could sneak through alleys, hide behind dumpsters, and steal a pie that was chilling on your window all without being seen. She would blend in with the shadows, sticking to walls and climbing over fences. It wasn’t until she hadn’t slept for three days, the cold of late fall biting into her fingers and toes that she made a mistake. It was common knowledge, at least she knew, that Bathilda Bagshot had a horrible memory when it came to locking her back door.
So she snuck inside, staying close to the door but huddling as close as possible to any heat that she could find. And then she fell asleep. For a good fifteen hours. Bathilda found her that morning, and she was just strong enough to carrying Tabitha to the couch and cover her with a homemade quilt. Ever since then, Tabitha has been an unofficial Bagshot. Bathilda never had kids of her own, and her nieces and nephews didn’t visit often. Unless you count Gellert Grindlewald that one time that Bathilda will never talk about.
Bathilda helped her go to Hogwarts, taking her to Diagon Alley and outfitting her for anything and everything she may need, including an owl and eventually a broom. Tabitha didn’t take quidditch as seriously as her contemporaries, but she was a good ass beater and she won’t let you forget it. Her sneaking around didn’t stop once Bathilda took her in, though. Tabitha spent her free time finding secret passageways, collecting secrets frome very corner of the castle and collecting them into a little journal. It may have stemmed from Bathilda rattling on about the novels she had written and how she collected all her data, or from the fact that Tabitha finally had a home. She was going to make sure she knew Hogwarts like the back of her hand, just like how she knew the streets of Godric’s Hollow.
Now, though, it’s been ten years since she left Hogwarts. Bathilda isn’t terribly decrepit, but her memory is almost shot. Tabitha takes care of her, her way of thanking the old coot for taking her off the streets and giving her a life. She’s waiting for an opening at Hogwarts to be the Muggle Studies Professor, but every time she sends a letter it either ‘goes missing’ or is unanswered. It’s not stopping her, though, as she’s determined to go back to her home and help kids that were just like her. She won’t tell you that, though. Instead, she’ll insist that living at the castle is going to be the only option once Bathilda bites the dust, and the streets have gotten much to dark over the past decade.
-- TRAITS --
Negative - Crass - Naive Positive + Resourceful + Perceptive
Tabitha Bagshot is taken by Lucy.