Full Name: Cecelia Ruth Stuart-Lane
Nicknames: CiCi
Birthdate: November 16, 1873
Current Age: 20
Gender: Female
Occupation: Feminist Debutante
Reputation: 9

While the Stuart-Lane family is largely unblemished, CiCi is the only one active in magical society, supported by a woman whose own daughters have since wed — quite admirably, as well.

Residence: Stuart-Lane House in London
Hogwarts House: Slytherin
Wand: Dogwood, 13", Hebridean Black dragon heartstring
Blood Status: Muggleborn
Social Class: Upper
Family:

Father: Charles Stuart-Lane (b. 1838)
Mother: Cynthia Stuart-Lane (b. 1845)

Brother: Caleb Stuart-Lane (b. 1867)
Brother: Connor Stuart-Lane (b. 1871)
Sister: Chloe Stuart-Lane (b. 1875)

Appearance:

General | Standing a modest five feet, two inches tall, in silhouette CiCi looks every bit the perfect English socialite in the making. Her base skin tone is a rich sepia brown, eyes dark chips of coal and almond-shaped. She is naturally right-handed with wand and quill.

Expressions | Though true emotion can break the surface, CiCi is primarily quite reserved. In polite society, she is typically not seen without a modest, kind smile.

Deportment | Like the typical young lady of society, CiCi has been training for this her whole life; her gait, her motions, even how she holds her tension has all been trained to be just so.

Fashion | Favoring warm colors and vibrant jewel tones to compliment her coloring, CiCi isn't afraid to order imported fabrics for the modiste to work with. She wears the latest muggle fashions, unless wizarding robes are called for.

Accessories | Though she has no connecting thread of an accessory, she favors pear-cut gems, pearls, and silver in all her jewelry and accessories.

Scent | CiCi wears the same perfume as her mother — a delicate perfume of violet and clove.

Distinguishing Characteristics | The most striking thing, visually, about CiCi is her skin — CiCi has vitiligo, a condition which has created pale patches on her skin. This is especially prominent when she is in evening fashions, at least in places most people are likely to see.

Face Claim | Winnie Harlow

History:

someone told me that love would all save us
1873	The third and final child born to Charles and Cynthia Stuart-Lane, muggles through and through of the upper crust of society, is a beautiful and healthy baby girl. They quickly name her Cecelia Ruth, and are very pleased and proud of their little girl.
1877	Cecelia doesn't know why the family takes refuge in their country estate for the whole year, until she's much older. What she remembers, though, is as they departed the city, watching from the carriage window as a mob attacked a woman.
1879	Cecelia's first act of magic — making one of her dolls dance with her in her loneliness in her nursery at the country estate — is her own secret. She thought, for a beat, that her doll had truly come to life, but no, it was just the energy of her sadness manifesting into magic.
1881	While helping Cecelia dress, the governess notices a small pale patch of skin. Fearing the worst, she calls for the lady of the house, who recognizes the condition immediately — her own grandmother had been similarly afflicted, and while it wasn't severely detrimental to her health, it was something she'd had to explain.
1885	An older gentleman comes to the estate to inform the family that their precious baby girl, their CiCi, was more than merely a girl, but a witch, able to manifest great things. Mother's first reaction is fear — not of CiCi, but for her. And she reveals that the reason they'd fled to the country nearly a decade before had been to avoid the riots of people making accusations of witchcraft of their neighbors. The violence had about made Mother sick, and the thought that her daughter might face such violence is terrifying. She is quickly reassured that such violence has largely ceased. Of course, Mother expresses other fears — how will her schoolmates react to her?
but how can that be? look what love gave us
1885-87 First Years	Upon arriving at Hogwarts, CiCi quickly finds herself sorted to Slytherin — something (some of) her new peers assure her is a good thing. She quickly finds out that each house thinks they're the best, and though she tries not to fall into the trap, she finds herself rooting for the Slytherin Quidditch team. Her skin condition continues to spread, but she reassures her classmates early on that they can't catch it, and it doesn't really hurt her, either.
1887-90 OWL Years	CiCi adds Arithmancy and Ghoul Studies to her schedule, and begins to understand the way politics work in the wizarding world — especially that it really isn't that different from muggle politics. In her third year, she participates in student protests of the half-breed ban, and after its repeal, she writes a handful of letters in the interest of repealing the accompanying marriage ban. For who is the government to say who people can love?
1890-92 NEWT Years	In her final years of Hogwarts, CiCi realizes abruptly that she hasn't planned much for her future beyond Hogwarts. She opts to continue with five classes, but classes mean nothing without someone to sponsor her on the social scene. Without her mother in magical society, she has no one to chaperone her. She writes out a few letters to older ladies of society, and makes a connection in Amelie Chamberlain, a fellow muggleborn who had made an advantageous match in magical society. Mrs. Chamberlain agrees to sponsor the young woman after meeting for tea over a Hogsmeade weekend, with the caveat that she no longer be as politically vocal. Come the end of her final year, CiCi debuts into magical society.
a world full of killing and blood-spilling, that world never came
1892	Her first season could have gone better. At her third ball, she ended up tripping over her skirt somehow and found herself face-first in a tray of lemon squares. Mrs. Chamberlain reassures her that not everyone is an immediate success on the marriage market and everything is as it should be.
1893	At some point during the year, CiCi reconnected with someone from Hogwarts — one Miss Clementine Greengrass. The pair connect on things CiCi had once thought Miss Greengrass had no interest in — politics. Specifically, the rights of women in magical society. Mrs. Chamberlain doesn't quite approve of their friendship, but as she is not actually CiCi's mother, she cannot forbid it.
1894	Cecelia Stuart-Lane is on her third season, and more than ready to find a husband. Preferably one who will allow her the freedom to set herself into the political sphere, or at least that she can push towards such agendas as will benefit women and the downtrodden. She'd like for these changes to come within her lifetime. Preferably within her relative youth.
and they say that a hero can save us, i'm not gonna stand here and wait

Personality:

SELF-CONFIDENT | STRATEGIC
IMPATIENT | STRONG-WILLED
ARROGANT | RUTHLESS

Other:

Class	OWL	NEWT
Arithmancy	E	E
Astronomy	E	—
Charms	O	O
Defense Against the Dark Arts	O	E
Ghoul Studies	E	O
Herbology	E	—
History of Magic	A	—
Potions	A	—
Transfiguration	E	E

• CiCi is fluent in French and German, and capable of reading and writing in perfect Latin.
  
• She is capable with several instruments, though she favors the traditional pianoforte.
  
• Her talents in visual arts lie with embroidery; she's an absolute terror with a paintbrush.
  
• Since Hogwarts, CiCi has cast a corporeal patronus, largely with tutoring from her society sponsor; it takes the form of a Bengal tiger.
  
• CiCi has two pets; a male Eurasian eagle owl named Ares, and a female English Mastiff named Hippolyta.
  
• She is a fan of the Holyhead Harpies.
  
• Much of her childhood was spent on the Stuart-Lane family's country estate in Lancashire; however, once she debuted into magical society, she took permanent residence in the London house. She also stays with the Chamberlains sometimes in their Wellingtonshire, Hogsmeade house.
  

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