Serenity Blackthorne

Serenity Lee Blackthorne
Biographical Information
Born	30 October 1996, 21
City of Birth	New Ashford, Massachusettes; USA
Current City	Godric's Hollow, UK
Residence	Briar Cottage
Blood status	Pure-blood
Also known as	Ren, Reni
Physical Information
Gender	female
Height	4'0"
Hair Colour	Dark brown
Eye Colour	Brown
Skin Colour	Fair
Relationships
Father	Romulus Blackthorne
Mother	Morgana Blackthorne
Siblings	Romaine Blackthorne Fionnuala Blackthorne Angerona Blackthorne Morrigan Blackthorne
Blackthorne
Pet(s)	Cat named Gimli
Magical Characteristics
Wand(s)
Larch Wood, Unicorn Hair, 8 and 3/4 inches. Springy with a Spiraled shaft. (Made by Garrick Ollivander)
Boggart	Mummy
Patronus	Tortoise
Education
School	Hogwarts
House	Ravenclaw
Class of	2015
Classes Included
Character Information
Biography Threads
Shana

Serenity is a friendly yet highly curious little Ravenclaw with an eccentric, nerdy personality. Not many people know what her face looks like because she has tried her hardest to keep it hidden by the dark brown, almost black, hair she inherited from her mother. She is rather introverted because of a lack of self-esteem, but nevertheless she is friendly to all those who have a good attitude and tries to make friends (although this is a little hard for people considering she doesn't smile very often).

Personality

Though not necessarily timid so much as she is uncertain and wavering, Serenity tends to be rather friendly. Her muggle-loving family isn't something to be ashamed of nor is her intelligence and clever thinking, but she still feels as if there is something about her that people simply cannot generally accept. Whether it's because of her extremely strange taste (even by Muggle standards) for odd trinkets and "nerd culture" or because she is so curious and imaginative that she is seen wandering around chasing invisible butterflies, the girl is deemed odd among both wizarding and muggle societies. Due to her constantly daydreaming and goggling off in another world, she has become a very ditzy and absent-minded, although very imaginative, Ravenclaw.

From the very get-go, Serenity was a timid first year. She was terrified of older students and was occasionally bullied. Her speech was even timid: she talked barely above a whisper or a mutter. The first years were really the only ones she associated with and she got along all right with her dorm-mates. She was always studious, though it was an odd topic she would spend hours reading about. If the essay was assigned Goblin Wars vs Humans, she would be reading about Goblin culture and the rise of Gringott's. She would also be reading muggle books on the subject of Goblins, when she could find them, and include the muggles' view of Goblins somewhere in her essay--just as trivia, of course. Her curiosity and imagination are the very core of her being and she never once turned down the idea of an adventure with the other first years.

Over the years with her peers, she has grown accustomed to at least one misadventure a year and always looks forward to another one--often going so far as to instigate them herself. If any research needs to be done before the kids go scrambling around to hatch a dragon egg, Serenity is on the case and will read a broad assortment of books on dragons. This particular Ravenclaw lives for adventure and knowledge. These passions are what lead her to joining the Hogwarts Gaming Club, where she aspires to become a Dungeon Master for a game of Dungeons & Dragons. She is a huge nerd, being a fan of muggle television shows such as Doctor Who, Sherlock, and she indulges in dozens of fantasy books (Discworld, Lord of the Rings, Howl's Moving Castle, etc.). She also reads comic books on occasion and is a Marvel fan-girl.

History

Romulus Blackthorne and Morgana Strange had been wed for several years and lived among an America muggle community, regardless of their magical heritage. At the time, Romulus worked with the U.S. Magical Government in the Muggle Liason Office whereas Morgana stayed at home to look after her children, Romaine and Angerona.

A third child was soon born to the Blackthorne's on Halloween of 1996: a girl which they named Serenity Lee. On her first birthday, Romulus and Morgana received word that Voldemort had been totally defeated by Harry Potter at the Battle for Hogwarts. Immediately, the family relocated to Godric's Hollow in England to be reunited with their families: the Blackthornes, the Ruggles (Romulus's mother's side of the family), and the Stranges (Morgana's father; her mother was a muggle). Upon moving to Godric's Hollow, the pair switched roles: Romulus stayed at home with the children while Morgana went to work as an English teacher at a muggle boarding school.

Romaine was accepted to Hogwarts not long after the family had settled in to their new home and was not there for Serenity's 2nd birthday. A new addition, however, arrived little more than a year later: Ravenna Laudine. Even though she was only a toddler when her sister was born, Serenity was extremely sweet to her sibling (as opposed to a rather jealous Angerona). Over the course of school, it became customary for the girls to sit around the living room, listening to their father read Romulus's letters of his adventures in Hogwarts with little Ravenna asleep in her bassinet.

Meanwhile, Serenity and Angerona went to muggle grammar school to understand the basics of language, writing, and arithmetic. Serenity was a sort of oddball among her own family, as she quickly became addicted to muggle things such as television, comic books, some video games, and, above all, books. They were not necessarily useful books, but in fact they were fantasy series. Her father decided to invest in a game for Christmas that year: Dungeons and Dragons.

As it was not a simple one-player game, the whole family played with her (Romaine and Morgana joined during winter and summer breaks) and it became another family tradition. Angerona finally received her Hogwarts letter, leaving only Serenity, the toddler Ravenna, and their dad alone throughout the school years. During the day, the three would frequent book shops in both the wizarding and muggle communities, watch television, or play video games. The four years seemed to lag by. Romaine finally graduated from Hogwarts and, that September, Serenity Lee received her own Hogwarts acceptance letter.

Hogwarts (2007 - 2008)

Serenity Lee's first year at Hogwarts was terrifying and thrilling all at once: she was the first one to be sorted into Ravenclaw since her father. She received good marks in her classes and kept her nose in her books because she was too timid to make any friends. Her hair hid her face like a curtain most of the time and she rarely smiled. She received a letter from her father stating that Romaine acquired a job at the Ministry of Magic in the Care of Magical Creatures Department. Her father also said he would be working at a broom shop in Diagon Alley and that his sister, Ingrid, would be babysitting Ravenna if this happened.

Summer Break It was customary for every summer since they had moved to England for the little family to spend an entire summer break with one family or another, alternating each year. Serenity loved both families, but she was more attached to her maternal grandfather, Gerald Strange, who worked as a magical artifact curse breaker; his muggle wife, Miranda, was the Professor of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge and a part-time archaeologist. They occasionally sent her muggle curiosities to tinker with such as broken clocks, jars of old keys, photographs of insignificant people, and sometimes a magical trinket like a Sneak-o-Scope, a broken talisman, or a Remembrall. She didn't mind if these things never worked because she was more interested in collecting them or jumbling parts together.

This year, they visited the Strange's. For doing good in school, her grandparents gave her a new broom for Quidditch and the book, Quidditch Through the Ages. She and her siblings, along with some of their cousins, got in lots of practice over the summer. Ravenna was finally allowed to play after years of begging; she was old enough to not fall off her broom.

Hogwarts (2008 - 2009)

With her brother working for the Ministry of Magic and her older sister years ahead of her, Serenity felt a little lonely. She sent countless letters to Ravenna giving her odd tips and was happy when she got a reply. Thanks to some of her cousins, she managed to come out of her shell a little bit (mostly by accident, as it was hard not to be excited what with the Tetrawizard Tournament going on) and made a couple of friends. She once again acquired good marks and was excited to sign up for her third year electives.

Summer Break

This year, the Blackthornes went to stay with her paternal side of the family: the Ruggles and the Blackthornes. Her grandparents were not there for very long as they had important social events to attend, but they did leave her with some things they thought she might like such as The Slither Girls collection, a record of Celestina Warbeck, and a new set of robes for school (including dress robes). What she enjoyed most about her summer vacation was that some of her cousins actually joined in a game of Dungeons & Dragons with her and her siblings! She bonded with several of them over summer break and was honestly sad to go, though she knew she would see them again at Hogwarts later that year--along with her sister, Ravenna, whom received her Hogwarts letter.