Argus Scrimgeour
UCPB | b. 1824 | Slytherin Alumnus | Reputation 8
Gentleman of Leisure
The father (and frequent antagonist) of Bella Scrimgeour. He attended Hogwarts as a Slytherin and graduated with the required NEWTs to go into the auror training program. He served as an auror for over twenty years, but an incident involving a dark wizard torturing him with the cruciatus curse sent him into an early retirement. Since then, he's not been quite right in the mind, but hasn't done anything that would cause speculation in the public eye.

Traditional in his beliefs and extremely stubborn, he displayed great disappointment when seeing how Bella had been brought up in her childhood. Her inability—and often her reluctance—to conform to upper class standards let to many arguments that led the two to loathe each other. He "sent her away" to live with his wife's sister in 1887, though keeps an annoyingly close eye on her from afar.

Suggested PB: Liam Neeson. Alternatives should be age-appropriate and white.

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Lucille Flint
UCPB | b. 1869 | Hufflepuff Alumna | Reputation 8
Ditzy Debutante
The cousin and close friend of Bella Scrimgeour. She attended Hogwarts as a Hufflepuff and graduated with at least some NEWTs. She and Bella were likely not friends while at Hogwarts (probably due to lack of time spent with each other rather than clashing personalities), but found themselves a good pair during the season. Her father died before she was old enough to remember him, but is often told by relatives that she physically resembles him far more than she does her own mother.

A girl with a bubbly, bright personality but prone to bringing undesirable attention to herself, was well-balanced with Bella, a girl with anxiety around unfamiliar crowds but well enough sense to not make a public spectacle of herself. The two girls consider each other dear friends, but are prone to bickering among themselves about trivial issues.

Strongly suggested PB: Freya Mavor, with others to be white and age-appropriate.

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— For Shawn Delaney —

CAROLINE DELANEY
b. 1869 | MCHB | Debutante | Suggested PB: Meika Woollard
High Priority Character
The little and only sister of the Ship Captain and Merchant Shawn Delaney. The two hail from Boston and are some of those pesky Americans. As the only daughter with three older brothers, she’s quite strong and independent. She was never really babied and doesn’t want to be. She went to Ilvermorny and was a Thunderbird. Of all her brothers, she was closest to Shawn and his disappearance in 1883 bothered her the most. She was beyond ecstatic when he suddenly walked back into the family’s importing business in 1887. She’s the one to fill him in on most of what has happened in the four years he had been gone. It is Caroline that convinces Shawn to go back to Hogsmeade in search of his fiance and then begs to go with him since it was her idea. It takes some time, but he relents. It takes more time for their parents to agree, loathe to let their only daughter go to a land unknown and to let go of their son they just got back. It becomes a good opportunity for the family though, a chance for Shawn to start up business for Delaney Imports in Great Britain. Caroline is determined for it to be a grand adventure, however, and hopes to find herself a Brit for a husband.

Caroline will play an integral part in Shawn’s life when he finds out Immie has married another man and started a whole new life!
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