Full Name: Elara Eilish Youngblood

House: Slytherin

Age: Eleven

Wand: 27.1cm applewood and unicorn hair

School Year: First

Species: Human

Home: Swansea, Wales

Languages: English, Welsh, French

Lara comes from a large, upper middle-class Pureblood family. Her father, Iwan, was born and raised in Wales, whilst her mother, Cecile, was French. Iwan and Cecile met at the 1994 Triwizard Tournament in their sixth year, and wrote letters back and forth for two years before Cecile moved to Wales to live with Lara's father. They were engaged a year later, when Cecile became pregnant with their first child - Lara’s twenty-one year old brother, Joshua. Lara’s father works a desk job at Gringotts. Her mother was a journalist. Lara grew up in a trilingual household, and can speak French, Welsh, and English.

Lara is the youngest of six children, with one sister and four brothers: Joshua, Hugo, Remy, Lucas, and Madeleine. Three of her siblings currently attend Hogwarts and the eldest two graduated from the school as well, despite their mother’s wish for her children to attend Beauxbatons. Madeleine is a third year Gryffindor, while Lucas and Remy are fifth and seventh year Ravenclaws. Lara was expecting to be sorted into Ravenclaw, like her father and brothers, and she’s upset about being the only one of her family to be sorted into Slytherin.

Cecile left the family when Lara was seven years old and never returned - she forgot to take a necklace, with a silver chain and small emerald pendant, which Lara found and took to wearing. She's convinced that one day her mother will return for it, and is careful to always take good care of it.

Lara’s family has always been very open about magic around her, but she didn't show any signs herself until she was ten years old, and her father had begun to worry that she never would. She was fighting with her brother over the TV remote, and he accidentally knocked a glass dish off of the coffee table while trying to push her back; Lara had it levitating before it hit the ground.

Lara’s been involved in the muggle world since a young age, as two of her father’s four siblings married non-magical folk and raised their families within muggle communities. Therefore, Lara was raised to see muggles as equals to witches and wizards, not lesser.

Positive:
* Highly sociable
* Charismatic
* Outgoing
* Energetic
* Driven
* Excitable
* Usually optimistic
* Encouraging of others
* Muggle-lover
* Passionate

Negative:
Speaks without thinking *
Distracts easily *
Prejudiced against Slytherin *
Fidgety *
Unlucky *
Rambles *
Dislikes being alone *
Worries a lot *
Overthinks *

Appearance-wise, Lara looks to be younger than eleven years old; this could be due to the fact that she is shorter than most girls her age, with a thin, narrow frame. She has big, dark eyes set into a heart-shaped face, framed by thick eyebrows and high cheekbones. She has fair skin and faint scattered freckles. Her hair is dark and thick, falling to around her shoulder blades in loose, frizzy curls. She has thin lips and a small, sloped nose. Her older sister, Madeleine, convinced Lara to let her try piercing her ears at home over the summer, resulting in Lara having two slightly uneven gold rings in each earlobe.

Family



Madeleine - Sister, 3rd year Gryffindor

Reducio

Madeleine is the elder Youngblood daughter, the second youngest in her family, and Lara’s only sister. The girls were close, up until quite recently, after Lara’s sorting shook the family. The girls are very similar in appearance, nearly identical to those who don’t know them any better, with the main physical difference between them being Lara’s faint freckles. Personality-wise, however, Madeleine is much more fiery than her sister, with reckless tendencies, a bold, brave attitude, and a hot temper. She (easily) convinced Lara to let her pierce the younger girl’s ears over the summer after seeing it in a movie, much to their father’s dismay. Madeleine is the family’s wild child, and might previously have been considered the “black sheep” as well - though now, that title belongs to Lara.

Lucas - Brother, 5th year Ravenclaw

Reducio

Lucas is the youngest of four sons. Though he’d been close with his sisters, especially Madeleine, as a child, he grew closer to Remy, his brother two years his senior, after starting school at Hogwarts. This was partially because the boys were put in the same house and he saw less of the girls, who still had years to go in Muggle school - but also because Madeleine’s brash personality clashed with his own, quieter demeanour, while Lara’s persistent belief in their absent mother annoyed him. The kids’ mother left the family a few days before Lucas was scheduled to start school at Hogwarts, leaving him shell-shocked and withdrawn, making his first year difficult both academically and in terms of friendships. Because of the unfortunate timing, Lucas remains, perhaps, the most resentful of his siblings towards their mother. Lucas isn’t shy, exactly, but he is quiet. He has a few close friends he prefers to stick with, and a wry sense of humour. He is the only other Youngblood child to share Lara's freckles.

Remy - Brother, 7th year Ravenclaw

Reducio

Anybody who knows Remy well can attest to one fact: it was a miracle he was ever sorted into Ravenclaw. Remy, of course, denies it, but the truth is simple: he had to beg to be placed in the house. Some might say that his personality had him better suited to Slytherin, but never to his face. He definitely has a strong personality, and although he isn’t very open about it, he harbours a competitive, cut-throat nature. Likely, this is a result of being the middle child in his family, and growing up often overlooked in favour of his brothers' and sisters' accomplishments. There are very few things Remy won’t do to come out on top. He had recognized similar characteristics in his youngest sister, Lara, and though he tried to push her away from them, he was unsuccessful in saving her from herself. He takes it as a personal failure on his part that she was sorted into Slytherin.

Hugo - Brother, Hufflepuff graduate, Journalist

Reducio

Hugo was the only one of his siblings to be sorted into Hufflepuff, but was fortunate enough to have had one of his cousins, Ronan, sorted into the house the same year. They were the first of the Youngblood grandchildren not to be Ravenclaws, both being the second-born in their families, but with both the boys rallying together they quickly gained acceptance from their grandparents. Hugo’s quite close with his elder brother, Joshua, despite their differences. He’s a cheerful boy, and kind, always knowing how to make his friends and siblings laugh. After graduating, he moved to Cardiff and became a journalist. Now nineteen years old, he lives with his girlfriend, Maggie, a witch he attended Hogwarts with and began dating in their final year.

Joshua - Brother, Ravenclaw graduate, Healer

Reducio

Joshua was the eldest Youngblood sibling, and the main reason his parents got married at such a young age. Growing up, he had a lot of pressure to succeed - he was frequently reminded that he would have to be the one to carry his family, as eldest, and that it was up to him to set a good, Ravenclaw example for his younger siblings. Despite the pressure, he was a cheerful child, and did very well in school. His youngest sister, Lara, was born the year before he went to Hogwarts, and he adored her the most out of all his siblings. He and Lara are still quite close, even though they have ten years between them. After graduating, he became a healer, and now serves overseas, often located in third world countries or aiding emergency services during natural disasters. He isn’t often home, due to the nature of his work, but his family is very proud of him nonetheless. Lara misses him greatly.

Iwan - Father, Ravenclaw graduate, Gringotts employee
Cecile - Mother, Beauxbatons graduate, absent

Friends

Nova Anahita Hamidi - Close Friends

Amaya Bourne - Acquaintances

In Progress

III. The Dormitory of Dorea Potter

VI. Stars, Sky & Slytherin Schoolmates

X. Sorting Hat Sorrows

XI. Butterbeer Tasting

Finished

I. Early Bird Gets the... Empty Compartment

II. Searching for the Unknown

IV. She's a Wildflower

V. Hiding in Plain Sight

VII. An Accident

VIII. The Wonder Women Base

IX. The Reading List