In-Character
Full Name: Eudora Violet HightowerNicknames: None, not unless you want to get hexed
Birthdate: October 10th, 1876
Current Age: 14 Years
Gender: Female
Occupation: Hogwarts Fourth Year
Reputation: 10; as with Edith, Eudora comes from a quiet family and hasn’t engaged in any nefarious or reputation-jeopardizing activity… So far.
Residence: Hogsmeade
Hogwarts House: Slytherin
Wand: Spruce and phoenix feather, 9.5”, bendy
Blood Status: Half-blood
Social Class: Middle
Family:
Benjamin Hightower (1817-1867) and his wife Alice Hightower neé Bragg (b. 1827-1867): William's parents, Benjamin and Alice, died on the same day in 1867, when their eldest son was 17. Their loss broke apart their family, leaving their cottage and Gringotts account to William, while their younger sons, John and Albert, left to travel the continent. Benjamin and Alice met at Alice's coming out ball, where Benjamin took to her immediately. Alice, however, took some convincing. Her parents eventually convinced her that she and Benjamin were well-suited. They married the next spring and had three sons in the next four years. When they tried for a fourth, they were unsuccessful. This led to a rift of sorts in their marriage. Alice continued on as she had before, tending to the house with the aid of household magic taught to her by her mother and grandmother. Alice didn't attend Hogwarts, but was taught instead by her family and a longtime friend of her mother's, who tutored her. William, their eldest son, grew up knowing his parents loved each other, but that they were very different people. After Hogwarts, where he was Sorted into Slytherin like his father, Benjamin got a job as a Healer at St Mungo's. Try as he might, though, Benjamin was unable to do anything about the quickly progressing dragon pox Alice and he contracted.
William Hightower (b. 1850) and his wife Mary Hightower, neé Harris (b. 1852): Edith's parents. William is a pureblood, Mary is muggle-born. They have two daughters; Edith and her sister Eudora. They married in 1870 and are still very much in love almost 20 years later. William is less traditional than his wife, preferring to let his daughters do as they wish, within societal parameters, of course. Mary, however, wants her daughters to be proper, delicate ladies like she was brought up to be. Husband and wife clash over their parenting and more modern ideas, but they love their girls equally and strive to be there for them as they grow into women. Both were Slytherins while attending Hogwarts, which came as no surprise to William's father and grandfather. His mother didn't attend the school. Mary's parents were pleased at her being a witch at all, House aside. William looked after his parents when they caught dragon pox; he was in the room preparing a tea service when his father took his last breath. His mother followed not long after. Because of this, William is cautious, perhaps to a fault, when it comes to illnesses. Losing his darling wife or daughters to disease would break him.
John (b. 1852-?) and Albert Hightower (b. 1853-?): William's younger brothers. They attended Hogwarts together and sailed off to the continent in 1868 and returned in 1872 and 1876 for the births and christenings of Edith, Eudora, and Everard. However, William heard from them at all since Eudora started Hogwarts and he's starting to worry. Where are his brothers?
Edith Hightower (b. 1872): Eudora’s older sister, who she loves fiercely. She gets both names from her maternal grandmother. Though they argue on occasion, the sisters often get along now that they're older. When Edith was still at Hogwarts, she made sure to look after Eudora when they weren’t in classes, for they shared a House. Edith is more like their father than her younger sister. While she doesn’t approve of the direction her sister’s life has gone in, Eudora secretly admires her sister’s determination and drive to make something of herself. The sisters share desires to leave their family and move on to bigger and better things, though they love their parents very much. Eudora, unlike Edith, would much rather marry into prosperity than build it.
Everard Hightower (18676-1884): Eudora’s twin brother. He died six months after his and Edith’s eighth birthday. He fell into the lake by Hightower Cottage and drowned.
Appearance:
General | Eudora has pale skin and long brown hair. Her eyes are a warm brown color like her father’s. Edith’s height is average now, but she hopes to grow just a few inches taller, if only to spite Edith. She’s right-handed. Her favorite colors are green and silver.
Deportment | Eudora strives to be a perfect daughter. Her mother taught her and her sister wizarding, and some Muggle, social etiquette, thus helping them grow into well-mannered, polite young women. Eudora’s personality is quite like that of her Hogwarts house; she’s cunning, ambitious, and charming. She has a desire for the finer things, but she’s not without regard for her sparkling reputation. Edith’s quite like her mother in many ways, they’re both quite sly and vain with a tendency for traditional English values. Eudora’s not above manipulating others to get what she desires, either. She may be well-known amongst her yearmates for perfectionism and vanity.
Fashion | Eudora typically wears her hair in an elegant bun, or the occasional loose, curled style. She strives to keep up with the evolving Wizarding fashion trends as well as some of the Muggle ones, so she typically wears lighter colors in spring and summer, then darker ones in fall and winter with some patterns mixed in. Underneath her skirts, Eudora wears a pair of brown boots. She sometimes wears a gold locket, similar to her sister’s, but with a photo of her beloved cat named Constance.
Face Claim | Ella Purnell
History: Deportment | Eudora strives to be a perfect daughter. Her mother taught her and her sister wizarding, and some Muggle, social etiquette, thus helping them grow into well-mannered, polite young women. Eudora’s personality is quite like that of her Hogwarts house; she’s cunning, ambitious, and charming. She has a desire for the finer things, but she’s not without regard for her sparkling reputation. Edith’s quite like her mother in many ways, they’re both quite sly and vain with a tendency for traditional English values. Eudora’s not above manipulating others to get what she desires, either. She may be well-known amongst her yearmates for perfectionism and vanity.
Fashion | Eudora typically wears her hair in an elegant bun, or the occasional loose, curled style. She strives to keep up with the evolving Wizarding fashion trends as well as some of the Muggle ones, so she typically wears lighter colors in spring and summer, then darker ones in fall and winter with some patterns mixed in. Underneath her skirts, Eudora wears a pair of brown boots. She sometimes wears a gold locket, similar to her sister’s, but with a photo of her beloved cat named Constance.
Face Claim | Ella Purnell
| Hightower Sisters’ History | |
| May, 1872 | Edith is born. Her namesake, and paternal great-grandmother, dies from the next day from smallpox. The rest of the family sees it as an omen, but Mary has none of it. She dotes on her young daughter. |
| 1876 — 1883 | Eudora and her twin brother, Everard, are born to the Hightower family. Each is, like their sister before them, named after a member of their mother’s family. Edith is annoyed, but her parents are overjoyed to have new additions to their little family. They are especially concerned with the birth of a son, who can inherit the family gold. |
| September, 1883 | Edith begins her Hogwarts career. She is Sorted into Slytherin. |
| 1884 | Everard dies tragically after having drowned while playing in the lake on the family property. The family grieves, but none is more affected than Mary. She will spend the rest of her life in a state of mourning for her young son. |
| September, 1888 | Eudora enters Hogwarts and is Sorted into Slytherin. Edith takes her O.W.L exams. |
| 1890 | Edith takes her N.E.W.Ts and graduates. That summer, she takes a job working for a family in Hogsmeade as governess. |
| 1891 | Eudora begins her fourth year. |
Other: n/a
Out-of-Character
Name: SamAge: 18
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