(First of all: English is not my first language, it’s Spanish. Sorry if I confuse the words between race, ethnicity, ancestry, heritage, and so on. I do not mean to offend anybody, and I would really appreciate any correction.)
Short answer: Talbott is mixed. His mother was probably a Native American descendant. He also has some caucasian heritage by his father’s side. His father was British.
We know that Hogwarts Mystery shows a lot of diversity in terms of ethnicity. Some of them are pretty obvious, but when it comes to Talbott’s ethnicity it’s not clear. One day, I was on reddit and I saw a comment saying that Talbott was probably a Native American descendant, especially by his mother’s side; immediately I started to support that theory, and here’s why:
- What do we know about Talbott’s mother?
She was a (beautiful) white swan animagus
She was pretty skilled in herbology
She owned a huge garden filled with both magical and normal plants (including pumpkins)
She was a healer at St. Mungo’s
She collected some muggle books, one of them being “Of mice and men”
She and her husband opposed Lord Voldemort in the First Wizarding War, but they never joined any kind of organization.
Short time before dying, she made two necklaces with her own feathers, one for her husband and the other for her son.
She was the one who taught Talbott how to become an Animagus so that he could escape if necessary.
She and Talbott were pretty close.
She and her husband were killed by Death Eaters between 1978 and 1981. Talbott managed to scape from this attack due to his animagus form.
Now, what does all that matters?
Well, because there are several things about her that make you think that she is a Native American descendant. In Pottermore, Rowling wrote this article that talks about Native American wizards in Harry Potter’s world.
This article states that several of the branches of magic in which Talbott’s mother and Talbott himself are skilled, are the most developed by ancient Native American cultures: herbology, healing, magic involving animals and also the use of assumed animal forms to escape from persecution.
And talking about assumed animal forms… She was a swan animagus. Swans representes grace, purity, beauty, love, fidelity, and also death. Okay, but it turns really interesting when you search for the swan meaning for Native American Cultures. For Native Americans, swans were sacred animals with a very deep spiritual and magical significance, especially in Shamanism. The swan by itself represents healing, and what was Talbott’s mum? A healer.
Also, did you know that a female shaman is called a “swan” in some Native American languages?
Finally, the matter of the feather necklaces. For North American cultures, feather jewelry was sacred; and it represented both protection and a special bond between the person who gave the gift and the person who received it. Talbott’s feather necklace is like a charm that his mother made to protect him from physical and/or spiritual danger. In fact, that necklace even looks like beads or a dream catcher; both are also talismans representative of Native American cultures.
Once we’re done analyzing his mother, let’s take a look at Talbott.
In official art, Talbott is a slender and tall wizard (or at least, he’s taller than Penny, Jae and Chiara) with brown skin, hooked nose, reddish eyes, bIG eyebrows and dark brown hair that seems to be bleached on some parts (we don’t know if it’s natural, magical or chemical bleached).
Well, some of his physical characteristics seem to indicate that he is of Native American and Caucasian heritage.
Native American features:
His very angular facial features
Within the game, Talbott does not have a set casual outfit. He is usually seen in the characteristic Hogwarts robes. But when it comes to the special events outfits, the things become more interesting.
Talbott seems to really like wearing boots. He wears boots in pretty much all of his outfits, except for Festival Fun. Also, he seems to enjoy wearing formal suits with ties. This doesn’t say nothing, but the jewelry he use does.
This jewelry consists on beads, turquoise bracelets, feathers in clothes and bolo ties. All of them are usually seen on traditional Native American jewelry.
Why would you say that his father was British? It could be of any other nationality!
Because, first of all: Talbott couldn’t attend to Hogwarts if he wasn’t British or Irish.
Second, the name Talbott is a very English name. And also, his last name Winger has a deeply English origin.
So, what do you think? Do you support the theory?
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