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Delilah Warbeck
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Potion & Plant Poisoning Healer-in-Charge
31 year old Pureblood
5 ft. 1 in.
❤   Widowed
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Full Name: Delilah Evelyn Warbeck, nee Farley

Nickname(s): Lila

Birthdate: January 23, 1864

Age: 31

Gender: Female

Occupation: St. Mungo’s Healer; Potion & Plant Department

Blood Status: Pure

Residence: Tutshill, England

Hogwarts House: Former Gryffindor

Wand: chestnut, 11”, dragon heartstring, supple

Family:
Ikenna "Ken" Farley | Father | 18xx
Bess Farley née _____ | Mother | 18xx
Jacob Farley | Brother | 1861
Zipporah Farley | Sister | 1869
Jemima Farley | Sister | 1872
Noah Farley | Brother | 1874

Zachary Warbeck | Late Husband | 1861-1891 - Died during Sandition Hurricane
Lavinia Warbeck | Daughter |December 1886
Ambrose Warbeck | Son | 1888
Appearance
General | Standing at five foot one, Delilah is petite in almost all her features. She has dark, curly hair she often has braided to the side to keep it out of the way or in a tight updo to keep it out of her face, although if it was commonplace she would cut it much shorter. She has light brown eyes that always show her expressions, although she doesn’t do too much to hide it on her face either.  She is right handed.

Expressions | Her eyes are the most expressive portion of her body; she's learned to fake smiles and laughs and is pretty good at passing them off for the real deal - something that has been practiced and perfected thanks to her job.

Clothing | Delilah lives in her St. Mungo's robes because she works more than she is at home, and the dresses she does wear may be a bit out of fashion but they are of good quality without any signs of wear and tear. She’s a sucker for matching with her kids, even if it’s just the same color. She leans toward mostly reds and golds.

Scent | Delilah spends a lot of time outdoors in her garden and has a scent of floral, dependent on the season and what flowers she is currently growing.

Face Claim |Aisha Dee

History

Childhood| 1864-1875 | Tutshill, England


1864: Delilah is born to Ikenna and Bess Farley in the wee hours of the morning in Tutshill, England on a cold day in January. They are smitten with their firstborn daughter.

1869: Her first sister joins the family; Delilah shows her first signs of magic by rocking a crib to make Zipporah stop crying in her crib one evening a few months after her birth. She consistently demands to hold her but it isn’t until she is trusted that she is able.

1872: Her youngest sister, Jemima is born. Much like how she was with Zipporah, Delilah adores her; it’s nice to be in a house full of mostly girls.

1874: The last of her siblings is born, though this time it’s a boy. Despite the age difference, she is smitten with him.




Hogwarts| 1875-1882 | Gryffindor Tower at Hogwarts


1875: Delilah is off to Hogwarts and joins her elder brother in Gryffindor. Like many of her classmates it takes time to adjust to a schedule and living away from her parents. She makes friends and finds the classes she is decent at and those she struggles with. She thrives more in her second year than her first.

1877: By time OWLs roll around Delilah realizes she’s not the smartest person in her house nor in her year, but she certainly isn’t the dumbest. She is thrilled to add more classes to her roster. While excited to finally take Muggle Studies, Delilah doesn’t always agree with how exciting muggle things can be - her parents are quite obsessed with them and she does her best not to roll her eyes at times when they get too excited.

She excels in Herbology and finds she has a green thumb, and even goes as far to begin a garden at their home in Tutshill over the summer. She finds magical use to care for it is much easier than by hand.

1882: Delilah graduates from Hogwarts. She debuts with the rest of the girls her age and finds some of the men lacking. Still, she puts in the effort and doesn’t turn down any potential suitors. However nothing comes to fruition much to her dismay. She applies to a position at St. Mungo’s she’d been considering and her NEWTs are good enough to become a trainee healer in their Potion & Plant Poisoning department; her specialty lies more with plants than potions but she makes due. She finds satisfaction working there.




Early Adult Years| 1882-1891 | Townhome in Magical London


1884: Two years later she finds herself in a courtship with a muggleborn, much to the delight of her parents. He encourages her to become a full fledge healer as she waivers whether or not she wants to work after she weds. With his blessing, not that she needs it, Lila becomes a full fledged healer at St. Mungo's.

1886: Zachary Warbeck is everything Delilah could have asked for. A middle class man who works at the ministry, he appears to be nothing special on the outside but Delilah is drawn to him. They finally wed in February and move to London to begin their life together. They welcome their first child, a daughter December that same year.

1888: Their second child is born. A little boy named Ambrose Zachary.



Mourning Years| 1891-1893| Farley Home in Tutshill, England


September 1891: Tragedy strikes and a hurricane claims the life of Zachary while they were visiting Sanditon. Torn with grief and finding the need to be surrounded with support Delilah packs up herself and her children to move back to her childhood home. She continues to work.

July 1893: Lila is promoted to Assistant Head of the Plant & Potion Poisoning Unit at St. Mungo's after nine years of being a healer. She of course, is thrilled.

September 1893: Delilah's mourning period ends, but she has no desire to even try to court anyway; she is satisfied with life.

January 1894: Delilah is promoted to Potion & Plant Poisoning Healer-in-Charge at St. Mungo's. Maybe one day she'll be the director. With the promotion and the increase and pay, she moves out of the family house with her children.

Personality
Delilah can be very strict as she has high expectations for herself, her family and her children, although it is because she wants the best for everyone. Now a mother, she tends to put her kids before herself (and probably everyone else) as she loves them fiercely - there isn’t anything in this world she wouldn’t take on to protect them. She can have a sharp tongue and no problems standing up to others when she is angry, although she hands out second chances often when people have proved themselves worthy of it. She is very enthusiastic about her passions and hobbies, although she has a zest for life and can be a very expressive person about… everything. She'll take your ear off about her children just as much as she will about plants. Delilah can be prideful and stubborn to fault, and perhaps a bit reckless in her youth. (Though it might translate to circumstances in her adult life. She refuses to admit that.)
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TRIVIA
  • Boggart: Unknown
  • Patronus: An Orca
  • Amortentia: Fresh rain, lilacs and jasmine 

Reviews
  • "Mrs. Warbeck’s instincts were – rather extraordinary, actually. If Evander was not generally horrified by this he might have been impressed." - Evander Darrow

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