Aurelia Yang | Second Year | Hufflepuff

26.9cm Walnut wood and Phoenix Feather
"Swishy, attracted to wizards possessing the divination or the legilimency gift."

Governed by a strong sense of curiousity, the question "Why" is a friend that Aurelia keeps close by her side, thus powering her strong intellect and sharp mind. She views the world as a question waiting to be answered, each new piece of information seen as another piece of the puzzle revealing a bigger picture. It's a major reason behind why she keeps a journal and a pencil tucked behind her ear at all times, ready to jot down an interesting discovery or a curious question left to be pondered at a later time.
However, her strong determination comes at a price. Her stubbornness in getting to the crux of the answer can come across as a bit forceful and sometimes can lack self-awareness in pursuit. She has been known to push someone's limits a little too far, stressing out the people around her. Her stubbornness also comes into play when forced to face her faults, resulting in a fiery temper and a tendency to blurt out whatever is on her mind, which usually ends up with her coming back to apologize sincerely in order to make things right.

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Born on the coast of Brighton, Aurelia Yang is the daughter of Muggle parents: Mrs. EunMi Yang, a strong and independent Korean/Chinese woman living a comfortable life as a housewife, and Mr. Ronald Matthews Yang (he took his wife's last name), born and raised in Crawley before moving south to Brighton in order to be closer to the city so he could find better paying work as a software engineer.

Aurelia is energetic and bubbly for a girl her age. She always keeps a journal with her, a pencil tucked behind her ear ready to jot down anything that catches her attention. Always curious, she occupies herself with hobbies such as reading, playing make-believe, and exploring. A common family outing would involve weekend camping trips, during which Aurelia would spend a lot of time doing said exploring among the wooded areas with her father, frequently straying from the paved pathways and discovering various flora and fauna that she would add to her journal while noting down any interesting facts or features about the plant.

PRE-HOGWARTS

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Age 7: A Sudden Foreshadowing (requirement for Seer)

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Growing up, Aurelia was always aware that she was different from fellow kids her age. It was like she had a certain kind of intuition about things, heck it was what started her hobby of documenting things in her journal. What solidified this was the day she told her mom that sometimes, she would feel uneasy as if something bad was about to happen. See, at the time she had just casually mentioned it at the kitchen table while eating breakfast. It was one of her favourite parts of the day as Aurelia loved breakfast foods. Pancakes, eggs, bacon, sometimes her mom would make this delicious congee (Asian rice porridge)! This particular morning, Aurelia was half-way through her plate of pancakes when she felt that uneasiness again, but it felt stronger than usual, and it was like she knew something bad was going to happen, but it wasn't clear as to what. Looking up at her mother, what happened next slowed down to a blur as she watched her mom absentmindedly reach for the burning skillet without gloves. A shriek echoed through the home.

Her mom let go of the skillet to reveal a second-degree burn mark on her left hand. Immediately running to the faucet, Mrs. Yang started a stream of cold water, directing it on the burn. She ordered Aurelia to go get the medicine and emergency supplies box. "It's clear but has a red cover! Bottom cabinet beside the TV in the living room!", she urged. Aurelia slid off the chair, rushing to said bottom cabinet. It wasn't hard to find as it was quite large, taking up most of the space. The top was indeed red, it was quite the bright firetruck red. You could see glimpses of medicine bottles, cloth wraps, and bandaids through the clear plastic walls. It was heavy, but not too much for Aurelia to handle as she quickly dragged it out. Passing her mom the alcohol, Mrs. Yang quickly went to work and with Aurelia's help, binding her injured hand with a cloth wrap and securing it with medical tape. After the situation was properly dealt with, her mom took a moment to process Aurelia's words and what had just happened before leading her to the attic.

Taking out what looked like a dusty leather-bound book that was hidden behind old cardboard boxes, Mrs. Yang told Aurelia to open up the book and began explaining the ancestry and history behind Aurelia's gift...

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Unbeknownst to Aurelia, over a dozen generations ago there was a witch in her bloodline: Madame Rhodia. Easily one of the few women who wasn't afraid to speak her mind, Madame Rhodia was someone who naturally stood out. She stood out in her family dynamic because she was adopted and therefore was already different from her many siblings right from the get-go. She stood out in the streets because of her scarlet red hair that she would soak in a solution made from the ashes of burnt plants or nuts. Her clothing that was fashioned out of anything and everything she could find in the street markets. Everything about her was just... different. Thankfully, Rhodia was not one to give up easily, so she eventually figured out that her unique style, plus her knack for talking turned out to be quite the combo and was rather useful in enchanting Muggles with tales of the present, past and future. Eventually she made it a full-time job and rose in popularity as a prominent fortune teller throughout the early 1600s. After all, those Muggles would believe anything as long as it sounded good.
It wasn't until the late 1600s when things got really bad for Rhodia. There were posters everywhere suddenly demanding that whoever knew a witch, had business dealings with a witch, was related to a witch, everything, they were to tell the Ministry immediately. There were some hefty rewards for it too, and a lot of people were taken away. When it came to Rhodia, she seemed like an easy target what with her fortune telling, but because she was not using magic to tell fortunes, they just brushed off the accusations and Rhodia just kept on doing her thing.
"What does that have to do with me?" Aurelia looked up from the photobook and glanced at her mom, perplexed.
"You know how earlier you told me that sometimes you get this uneasy feeling, as if something bad is about to happen?"
Aurelia nodded.
"I think you may have inherited Madame Rhodia's witch genetics."
Aurelia stared at her mom in disbelief. Her mom continued.
"I didn't believe it either, after all they were just stories my mom would tell me about Rhodia jeungjo halmeoni (OOC: 증조 할머니, meaning great grandma). They chalked it up to her just being blessed with the gift of luck, but even back then, there was always a thought in the back of their minds: could she have been..? No one else after her exhibited any symptoms or lucky coincidences like that ever again."
A moment of contemplation washed over Aurelia's face as she sat on the wooden floor of the attic.
"No. I can't do this. There's no way. This is ridiculous." Closing the book, Aurelia got up and gave the book to her mom before walking towards the exit. "Mom, they're just stories, it's--" At that very moment, an uneasy feeling sent a shiver through Aurelia's bones right before she took her first step down the ladder that led into hallway. She looked down and noticed a piece of paper that had probably just fallen onto the step. It was directly where she would have put her foot and most likely would have slipped on it. The remaining words "not true..." left her mouth as she looked back up at her mom who was looking at the photobook with her right hand, left hand in a curled position on her chest. Shaking her head, Aurelia continued down the ladder, never to speak of it again.

Age 9: The Disappearing Injury (one-time magical instance)

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During one of the many family camping trips, Aurelia was in the process of studying a new plant when an accidental caused her hand to brush the edge of the plant, resulting in it turning red and starting to puff up. The stinging pain caused her to cry as Aurelia ran back to her parents for assistance, but for some odd reason, by the time she reached them and showed them her hand, it had gone back to normal, and the pain was no longer there. Grappling with the confusion of what she was experiencing versus what she just witnessed a few minutes earlier, but with no evidence to show her parents, she stubbornly went back to cut herself with the plant again, determined to recreate the situation, but this time around it didn’t happen. Her hand stayed red and puffy and the pain didn’t go away. As her parents took care of her injured hand, the throbbing pain lost its urgency, for it was now replaced with a headache and a million questions running through her mind.

On her 11th birthday, Aurelia recieved her letter to Hogwarts which really only came with more questions, but she was determined to find out the answer to the questions that swirled in her mind.

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