1868 - 1878 Childhood	Born Mathilda Rowena MacFusty, Mathilda is born the only daughter her mother and father. She's part of a large family with a good chunk of them dragon keepers, hunters and tamers. So naturally, Mathilda grows up with legends and stories of dragons. When she’s old enough to speak, she cannot for the life of her stay "Mathilda" and instead says "Tilda" which sticks with her from then on. From an early age, Aislinn and Conall find that Tilda is a gentle soul, caring for life all around her. She cries when she accidentally killed a fly, and insists on a funeral for the poor creature. Her mother and father humor her, seeing the good nature in their daughter. As Tilda grows older and visits her father's side of the family, she grows a tougher outer shell - many of her cousins, although gentle in their nature are absolutely terrifying to Tilda. She quickly warms up to them though, and loves their rowdiness at times. She likes to watch at a distance when her family deals with dragons; of course her mother and father never let her anywhere close to the beasts until she proves to be well trained, so from a distance, Tilda settles on sketching them from afar. Her first bit of magic comes at age 11. Having hated greens for quite some time, Tilda rejects them being put on her plate. One night when Tilda is feeling especially stubborn and she finds that once her father puts greens in front of her, they disappear. Soon after, she received her Hogwarts letter. Her mother and father take her to purchase her school supplies and soon after that, she’s off to Hogwarts.
1879 - 1886 Hogwarts	Before the hat even rests fully on her head the youngest of their MacFusty branch is sorted immediately into Gryffindor. She happily joins the Gryffindor table and soon finds herself some friends which she has kept close to ever since. Hogwarts finds a studious student in Tilda - she finds her true passion to be healing, and takes a great interest in the Hospital Wing when one of her friends is injured. She decides she would like to be a healer with a concentration in animals (magical and non-magical) and works especially hard in the classes she knows she has to excel in to become a healer. One could suppose it’s a combination of influences from both her mother and her paternal cousins that propelled such a career desire. Her mother being a healer – that, combined with the beasts her cousins deal with produced the passion for beasts that resides in Tilda to this day. In her fifth year, much to her surprise (and her family's), Tilda was made prefect. It was quite difficult at first, and sparked many rumors around the school. She was well aware that her family name was quite infamous, and some students were quite vocal about not letting her forget that her cousin had been expelled a few years prior. After her first year though, the young girl found her footing in her leadership role and is now generally left alone, having had the support of some of her fellow prefects. Her seventh year at Hogwarts, Tilda was elected Head Girl, a position that she accepted with much enthusiasm. It was a bittersweet year, for it was her last one with the closest of her friends. It passed in a flash, and by the end of it, Tilda made up her mind to become a creature induced injuries healer. She decided on Hogsmeade instead of St. Mungos for the purpose of avoiding recognition and nepotism at her mother's former work. She procured an internship at Hogsmeade with references from her teachers. Soon after the internship is over, she happily accepted a position and now currently works as a permanent healer at Hogsmeade Hospital.
1887 - 1892 A Storm of a Romance	In the years following, Tilda comes to know and be quite fond of a fellow peer: Mr. Eugene Scamander. After a few chance run ins, there’s a delightful fluttering in her stomach whenever she finds herself near him. All this accumulates to a point in 1891 when, at the Sanditon Close, Tilda and Mr. Scamander are caught in the middle of a magical storm and must hunker down for the night until it - quite literally - blows over. But before the storm can die down, Tilda learns that Mr. Scamander is not only still married, but has a son named Theseus. It comes as a shock to her, knowing that they’re both stuck for half a year before they could do anything like publicly declare their affections to each other. He assures Tilda that there is no possibility of the mother of Theseus coming back into the picture, yet Tilda still hesitates - as a healer she knows all too well what dire life situations will do to a person. In the end, she agrees to wait for him, knowing that it’ll be worth it when the time comes. She trusts him above all, and they start to call each other by their given names. The next year sees Tilda sent away on assignment in France as she works with a small hospital in the country. Though small in size, the experience at the hospital deals her a wealth of knowledge. Witnessing a variety of cases brought upon her troupe, Tilda works with healers from all around the world: America, India, England, China to name a few. The group are put through the wringer with their work, staying up late and getting up early, but Tilda knows she wouldn’t trade it for the world. Their Matron is strict but kind and fair. So when Tilda comes home early, she is grateful to be able to kick up her feet. But first, she wants to surprise Eugene at home. Thinking that would be all of the surprise, Tilda is in for a treat when Eugene proposes. Enthusiastically she says yes, and afterward is in for a treat when Eugene gifts her a baby niffler. She ends up naming it Daisy.
1893	In 1893 prospect of becoming a mother hits full force as Tilda spends more and more time with the Scamander family; including her future son. But the more she spends time with him and the family, the more daunting motherhood seems. Not only that, but the more she realizes she still wants to work. She knows Eugene supports her in what she wants to do; and that her mother thrived in this very position; but something keeps holding her back, and she doesn’t realize what it is until tragedy strikes: dragons. Having grown up around them, Tilda is no stranger to the violence of the creatures, however her experience lies in the Hebridean Black, not the Peruvian Vipertooth. When they descend upon London, it’s Tilda’s knowledge of dragon behavior that originally saves her so she can get to the triage unit. Having known how to work through chaos, it goes as smoothly as it can until she gets home. Tired and aching, she’s ready for a spot of tea when the disastrous news hits her like a sledgehammer. Caitriona and their mother were caught in the chaos, with her mother severely wounded and her little sister dead.
1893-1894	The family is thrown into mourning, and one of the only ways Tilda is able to get out of the house is to go on walks. During one of her walks through the Hebridies she finds a baby kneazle caught by poachers. After releasing and nursing the kneazle back to health, Tilda sets to work on releasing more creatures from poacher traps. A majority of the animals she releases are able to fully reintegrate back into their own homes. There are times however, when some of them are not able to be released, and Tilda takes them home to her vivarium.