Harry Potter verse

Name: Evelyn Lancaster

Occupation: Witch in training.

Major: Magical and Technological convergence

Birth Date: March 23rd, 1980

Bloodline: Pureblood

School: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Alt: Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

House: Griffindor or Ravenclaw (Actually she’s a 4 way hatstall)

Alt: Thunderbird? (4 way hatstall)

Wand: Laurel wood, Unicorn hair core, 12" length, Rigid flexibility

Alt: Unknown shell, experimental “weave” core, 12" length, Rigid flexibility.

Boggart: None (Unable to detect)

Patronus: Wildcat (Unknown dragon species when using alt Wand)

Family

In the magical world, the Blackwells and Lancasters while known for different fields of work… they were both competitors in many ways. Like… the Blackwells might be proud of some magical garb they’d come up with, the Lancasters would figure out how to make an improved version that could be passed off as conventional muggle clothing in public without compromising any functionality. Then the Blackwells would come back with a lower cost as well as a deluxe version and so the game would go. Sometimes even some offshoot of the family would chime in causing the two larger groups to go into a frenzy. In any case… The parts of the family are very competitive with one another.

So as you can probably guess… with her being the only genetic descendant of both families, poor Evie is the one stuck right in the middle… with every family branch wanting her favor and approval. When discussing her they usually call her “the legacy” or something along those lines.

Unsurprisingly, this also makes the holidays absolute mayhem.

Choice of house

Please note that while she was pretty much given the option of pretty much any Wizarding school in the world before she even come of age.. there was more than just a simple choice attached. For a start, family politics meant that certain options came with strings attached or were off the table as it would make later life complicated and considering that she really did not enjoy the idea of basically going to the closest thing to a ladies finishing school or being reprimanded for being herself, she chose Hogwarts for her magical education instead.

On a Different note… Her mother would have been a Ravenclaw if she had gone to Hogwarts herself, but her parents insisted on Beaxbatons. Her father was a Thunderbird of Ilvermony, but would have been a Griffindor if he went to Hogwarts, but the family preferred he stayed closer to home. Her aunt and uncle met one another in Slitherin house.

Evelyn finally chose her house after a long session of being badgered by the Sorting Hat for being mistaken for the nearby table and the discussion that followed. Can’t blame the kid for being a natural at occlumency can we? Whether it could read her mind or not, she’s still a hatstall and became known as the “girl that broke the hat”.

Pets

As for the small dragon she keeps as a pet… the Ministry of magic did decide that it did not fit the expected standards for the species and marked it as safe for pet use. Too small, soft, and docile to be a real dragon according to the report and as such, legally classified as a pseudo-dragon species by magizooligists.

She also has a more traditional owl that her mother gave her for less secure deliveries… I don’t know much about this other pet, but I can say that it’s duties do not involve bringing anything rare or experimental back and forth from home.

Evelyn’s “Psuedo-dragons” usually end up hanging out wherever Evelyn might be as well as her sleeping quarters. They typically tend to be difficult to approach and somehow vanish into thin air whenever a stranger enters the room they might be.

Habits

She seems rather interested in studying the relationship between magic and Muggle electronics to the point she has been making some rather unusual contraptions in her spare time. That pet of hers seems to be encouraging this by bringing her materials for her experiments as well as running errands for her.

Speaking of Boggarts and other magically sensing beings and beasts…the best way to explain what happens during such an encounter is they seem unable to sense her presence and move onto another target. Whether this is an innate trait or a gift from the familiar is unknown. Regardless… you could say… “Error 404: Target not found” is a pretty good summary.

Wands

Her “Main wand” is a more traditional twelve inch long wand made of laurel wood with a unicorn hair core with rigid flexibility. It’s behavior could be considered strong, stable, yet balanced. At some point she inadvertently ruined the thing trying to cast a spell from one of the spell-books her mother sent over as a Christmas gift the year before. Thankfully her new wand had already arrived before this happened.

Her alternate wand and eventual replacement was made using an unknown material… with a special “weave” core meant for increased efficiency. It’s not entirely clear where she got it from, but one thing is for sure… it’s definitely more of a fit than her main wand despite it’s general strangeness. It’s likely a present from her parents sent in the mail.

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Schools supplies and other things.

Honestly though… Evelyn probably receives a lot of strange gifts from her parents… must to the annoyance of the school staff.

On top of that… her mother likely made sure she was already properly prepared for the following school year in advance. She probably also gave her a more traditional wizarding pet since her daughter’s furballs didn’t qualify as well… a wizard’s pet.

However, if she did give Evie an Owl… the packages from home were likely still brought there by one of the small fluffy “psuedodragons” for speed and security reasons. The Owl would be used for more traditional non secure deliveries.

The idea of a Cat would be technically “redundant” considering her pets usual behavior… and she likely already knew that toads were going to be out of style and not be much good outside of a test subject.

While Evie has a great singing voice… I doubt she would have joined any groups like the Frog Choir. Of course the um… siren song incident probably put the nail in that coffin.

I doubt she would have taken Muggle Studies considering her parent’s public vocation… and likely gets into frequent debates with the teachers on the accuracy of the subjects.

Considering Lockheart was the second year teacher… I’d suppose her mother supplied materials for her to do research on her own as her daughter likely had already read all of his books for recreational reading… likely obtaining an advance copy of his latest book through family connections. However… she definitely isn’t a big fan and very likely was bored to death through his lecture. Probably was quite ecstatic to see that teacher go.

Knowing Evie’s mother, she likely sent her a transcribed replica copy of the monster book of monsters so she didn’t have to deal with the real thing. However, her being send a legitimate copy is up for debate… considering it probably would have gotten torn apart by her pets on the first meeting.

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Wanderings

Honestly… I could see Evie picking up her pet’s strange habit of showing up in normally secure places doing something utterly casual or random. I’d suppose it might be frustrating at first considering that nobody knows how she pulls the feat off, but they’d probably give up on it after awhile since she’s not really that troublesome usually.

Honestly though… Slytherins coming back from class to find her reclining on a couch and reading a book would come off as a bit of a shock. Mostly since she shows up down there now and then because she considers the “ambience” of the moving water as quite relaxing. She’d mention that it’s too cold to hang out there during the winter and grows quite chilly.

While she says the Hufflepuff basement is quite cozy… she’s not really a fan of the mixed smells of all the plants they keep down there. She probably borrowed a few of their quilts during the colder months though. She sometimes drops by now and then anyway… just to examine the cool plants they got hanging about and see how they are doing.

Usually most encounters of her in the Ravenclaw tower is her taking photographs and examining things with some sort of binoculars her mother gave her as a gift the previous year. The view is great and you can see for miles! she’d say. Of course she sometimes checks to see if there’s anything new in the private library or uses one of the tables for reading and taking notes.

Mostly you are more likely to find Evelyn hanging out in the Griffindor common room during the colder months as the fireplace and comfy chairs is quite warm and toasty as she’d say. However… some of the older students try to coax her into suggesting her picks for the next Quidditch game much to her frustration.

As for Quidditch since that came up… While Evelyn is quite skilled with a broom… she’s not a fan of the sport. The most anyone got out of her over that particular topic is something about “divided houses” and “Not seeing the point of the game.” This has prompted some of the students to try and sway her to their side of things. However… her tendency of conveniently vanishing during the periods where this as it’s worst has made executing these plans rather difficult.

Sometimes she might be caught somewhere discussing class topics with teachers at various intervals… like on Muggle Life with the Muggle Studies professor and various other things. I suppose her discussing the differences between known muggle species and their magical counterparts probably would fascinate someone.

While unobserved… she likely was a frequent visitor to the room of requirement in some form or another as she was apt to “disappear” from view at times. She never talks about what she’s doing during these periods.

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Wands

Laurel wood, Unicorn hair core, 12" length, Rigid flexibility

Laurel Wood

It is said that a laurel wand cannot perform a dishonourable act, although in the quest for glory (a not uncommon goal for those best suited to these wands), laurel wands have been known to perform powerful and sometimes lethal magic. Laurel wands are sometimes called fickle, but this is unfair; the laurel wand is unable to tolerate laziness in a possessor, and it is in such conditions that it is most easily and willingly won away.[2]

Otherwise, it will cleave happily to its first match forever, and indeed has the unusual and engaging attribute of issuing a spontaneous lightning strike if another witch or wizard attempts to steal it.

Unicorn Hair

Unicorn hair can be used in wandmaking; they produce the most consistent magic, least subject to fluctuations and blockages, most difficult to turn to the Dark Arts and the most faithful of wands[1]. However, they do not make the most powerful of wands (unless the wandwood compensates) and are prone to melancholy if mishandled[1]. Garrick Ollivander made wands with unicorn hairs.

So…

I might need a bit of help decoding this. I mean… This is about the personality of the wand.

Generally I’d suppose the core and wood combination would balance it out for the post part and stick with her forever if well taken care of… However, outside of the occasional surprise it likely isn’t that special.

I have a feeling that she’s more likely to fry the thing than anything else.

“Weave core”

As for the “weave core” wand that replaces it… The design is basically an evolution of the resonator technology that the Lancaster group uses for… Various purposes.

It should be noted that weave core wands were primarily meant for heavy duty use like comparing a sledgehammer to a scalpel. While they are significantly more durable and resilient and could grant a Wizard or Witch the means to cast spells they would be unable with a more traditional wand… They turned out to be slower and heavier than their traditional counterparts with an odd tendency to pull or push back in odd directions.

In other words, while weave core wands were great at say… Allowing a lone wizard to knock a full grown dragon out cold, waterproof, and was nearly impossible to simply snap in two… They’re no good for say… Dueling or chasing pests out of the garden. Also the fact they tended to be significantly more expensive to sell did little to support that project.

Last report was that they were still making improvements on the design like using lighter and more efficient materials to finding ways to correct handling.

Evie likely has a box of old prototypes she’s tried out, but none of them compared to the one she made herself.

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Choice of School and Family

So… I probably should update the placement of members of Evie’s family… especially in the Harry Potter verse.

I can say that both the Lancaster and Blackwell families have members all over the globe… so while their initial placement makes some degree of sense…

All of the branches tend to reach both into the Wizarding and Muggle worlds, so it’s hard to tell how the other families regard them outside of being very, very rich and powerful in more ways than one. Some being politicians, other innovators and adventurers… they are quite literally all over the map.

I’m thinking of placing Lady Blackwell (Or technically Evie’s eventual mom) in Hogwarts) and Lord Lancaster in Ilvermony. Aunt and uncle Lancaster likely would have been Slitherins or equivalent.

The Mirnova family is an offshoot of one of those families that primarily stations themselves in Europe. Their Muggle side is probably mostly known for their politicians. Usually they prefer sending their students to Beaxbatons, but there has been the occasional Drumstrang in the family… although they speak little of them.

Blackwell and Lancaster both prefer Hogwarts considering their English origins, but consider Ilvermony an alternative. However… you can say that the Lancaster family plays a little looser with their choices of Magic Schools and the Blackwells would rather teach their children themselves than take an alternative if they had the choice.

Generally though… many family branches all having different choices of schools, so when poor Evie… “the Family Legacy” came close to age… there likely would have been a giant debate over which school she’d go to.

So you can probably see why there would be an uproar over Evie making her own choice.