In-Character
Full Name: Hippolyta Millicent PuceyNicknames: Polly, amongst the family
Birthdate: December 11th, 1877
Current Age: 16
Gender: Female
Occupation: Student
Reputation: 9 or 10
Residence:
Godric’s Hollow, though the Pucey households often visit the family manor in Cornwall and share a London home for the season.Hogwarts House: Slytherin
Wand: Yew, twelve-and-a-quarter inches, with three braided dragon heartstrings at its core. Slightly yielding.
Blood Status: Pureblood
Social Class: Upper
Family:
Benedict Pucey, Father [1850 - 1894]Appearance:
Cosmina Pucey, Mother [1856]
Lysdandra Pucey, Sister [1880]
Hermia Pucey, Sister [1883]
Demetria Pucey, Sister [1883]
Bernardus Pucey, Uncle [1850]
Callista Pucey, Aunt [1856]
Iseult Pucey, Cousin [1875]
Juno Pucey, Cousin [1878]
Kingsley Pucey, Cousin [1881]
Elwin Abercrombie, Uncle [1850]
Evelyn Abercrombie nee Pendergast, Aunt [1863]
— Regina Pendergast, “Cousin” [1883]
Ares Abercrombie, Cousin [1884]
Ambrosia Abercrombie, Cousin [1885]
Araminta Abercrombie, Cousin [1888]
Archibald Abercrombie, Cousin [1891]
History:Ethnicity: White
Height: 5 feet, 5 inches
Hair: Brown, like her mother’s. It is often styled a bit more precisely than most young ladies her age, owing to her desire to appear more mature.
Eyes: Brown
Build: Lithe, though with evidence of her newfound womanhood.
Attire: The usual for young ladies of her class and age.
Wand Arm: Left
Of Note:
- Polly’s least favourite attribute is her slightly up-turned nose.
- You will never see it, but she has a birthmark under her left buttock roughly in the shape of an alpaca..
Her PB is Mia Goth.
Personality:Two of Both Kinds Make Up Four
Seeing double, perhaps?
The tandem courtship and shared weddings of the identical Pucey twins to the identical Abercrombie twins raised more than a few eyebrows in early 1875, but it seemed also, quite unusually, to be a love match in both cases. Once wed, the new Pucey couples acquired neighbouring homes in Godric’s Hollow in which to rear their budding families.
For the first time, however, Callista and Cosmina diverged: while Callista seemed to get pregnant almost immediately, it would be two years before Cosmina would follow suit, causing the witch no shortage of worry. Fortunately, Hippolyta was born in December of 1877—followed by a cousin, Juno, the following month.
Though She be but Little, She is Fierce
Bold. Confident. A bit… brash….
All proved to be apt descriptors in Polly’s earliest years. Though the eldest child in her household, she was only second in the joint household, and often strove to keep up with Iseult (and leave behind Juno). Indeed, in spite of their mothers’ best efforts, Polly and Juno—the spit of one another!—simply did not get on from the get-go. By the age of five or so, they had learned to put on a show to avoid their mamas’ Disappointed Faces, but away from the parents, they had more or less agreed to ignore one another as much as possible.
In 1884, Polly’s entire household contracts the Laughing Plague—and by some miracle, the other Pucey household is spared it entirely. Polly proves to be the only one not utterly bedridden by the affliction, and is the first to recover.
Polly’s first act of magic comes in 1885 when, during an argument with Juno, she turns her cousin’s hair a particularly nauseating shade of green. It is the better part of a year before the green tinges leave the other girl’s hair altogether.
During this period, a number of relations join the family. Polly becomes a sister thrice over to Lysandra, Hermia, and Demetria (her mother’s favourite play, if it were not yet clear, had long been A Midsummer Night’s Dream) and feels a protectiveness for them that she did not expect. Her aunt, too, delivers another child, this the only boy to either of the twins: Kingsley. And of course, Uncle Elwin and his wife have children, too, but as they don’t live immediately adjacent, they are much less a part of Polly’s life.
Two Lovely Berries Moulded on One Stem
It is the normal way of things: magical children, invited to a magical school to learn magical things.
In the autumn of 1889, Hippolyta and Juno prove no different, departing for Hogwarts together, riding the train together (albeit with Iseult and a couple of her friends so their silence isn’t quite so awkward), and being sorted one after the other. Mercifully, they are not sorted into the same house: Polly lands in Slytherin, whilst Juno finds herself in ___________. Still, for the first very long while, both of the Pucey girls are frustrated to have to repeatedly explain that no, they are not twins, simply cousins who look alike.
(After all, their parents’ being identical twins means that the cousins are, genetically, full siblings.)
Early in the year, Polly decides to take Hesper Gamp under her wing—her dormmate, and a tragic young orphan with nothing to recommend her. It is a charity project, to be sure, but as the months wear on, Polly begins to feel genuinely fond of, and protective towards, the other Slytherin. By second year, she genuinely considers Hesper to be her friend and, by third, has concluded that Hesper is not nearly so much in need of charity as she had first believed.
A third year also sees Polly earn her first (and last, to date) detention. Well series of detentions, having forged her mother’s signature to try out for the house quidditch team—she is pulled from the pitch mid trial. To this day, Polly is adamant that Juno ratted her out, but in truth, it was Iseult (who shares their mothers’ feelings that quidditch is too dangerous for young ladies). Too, she adds care of magical creatures and arithmancy to her timetable.
In 1893, Hesper is awarded the prefect’s badge for Slytherin. Polly is happy for her friend, but this prompts insecurity—an altogether new emotion for a young witch who has never known a lack of confidence.
O, When She's Angry, She is Keen and Shrewd
It might have been the perfect summer if it had not been for the sinkhole of 1894.
Among those taken into its depths was her father, who is unbelievably killed in the process. Hippolyta knows two things for certain: life will never be as it was again, and it was all Juno’s fault.
After all, if Papa had not been chasing after her her hat (she, who he had always seemed to love an inordinate amount), he would not have been there, would not have died. With her father dies the careful truce of silence the girls had long cultivated. As far as Polly is concerned, this means war.
Other:CONFIDENT — DETERMINED — LOYAL — COMPETITIVE — RISK-TAKER
SKILLS:
- Languages: Fluent in English. Above average for a young lady in French.
- Quite talented at the pianoforte, and in possession of a lovely mezzo-soprano singing voice
- Where magical matters are concerned, Polly always fared better in courses that depended less on wandwork, particularly herbology and astronomy.
- Athletic, she is particularly skilled in tennis.
TRIVIA:
- Boggart: TBD
- Amortentia: TBD
- Polly is bisexual.
Out-of-Character
Name: KayteAge: Over 30
Contact: PM Aldous Crouch
