Heliotrope LeJean

Heliotrope LeJean
Biographical Information
Born	15 October 1996, 21
City of Birth	Loch Lomond, Scotland
Blood status	Half-breed
Physical Information
Species	Part Merperson
Gender	Female
Hair Colour	Blonde
Eye Colour	Grey
Skin Colour	Pale/Grey
Marks/Tattoos	Webbed digits, gills along base of neck/collarbone
Relationships
Father	Kulgor
Mother	Danielle LeJean
Magical Characteristics
Wand(s)
13 inches, Black Palm, Kelpie Mane Hair (Made by Deaglan McDonough)
Education
School	Hogwarts
House	Hufflepuff
Class of	2015
Classes Included
Occupation
Title: Mermish Translator July 2015 - Office: Beast Division Department: Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures Ministry of Magic
Character Information
Playby	Brooklynn Proulx (youth); Beth Riesgraf (adult)
Biography Threads
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Heliotrope is part merperson. Hers was a slow adaptation to magical society, growing up with little to no social skills nor wix society constructs. She spends every extra moment swimming. She is a Hufflepuff Graduate (Class of 2015)

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Origin

Danielle LeJean, a dropout of Beauxbatons, followed the tradition of Mirabella Plunkett (of Chocolate Card Fame) of falling in love with a merman. She made Union with Kulgor, a hunter, considered marriage in Loch Lomond tradition. Heliotrope spent her early years with the spawnlings, raised communally, although was considered a 'merg' that would never amount to much even when she got her Hogwarts Letter.

By the age of 10, she could subdue Kelpies, and the mane hair that would become the core of her wand was from such a hunt. Mermish is her first language. Her physiology is akin to wixes under the effects of Gillyweed although she also has functional lungs. Her eyelids are transparent so she sleeps with a mask.

At the end of her 1st year of school, The Quibbler wrote an unflattering article about her schooling, suggesting: she was a homonculus experiment created by Analiza Snark, was key to the 'Rotfang Conspiracy' to poison water wells with gingavitus, wouldn't live past the age of 16 and was the source of a hair-discoloring illness affecting one of her housemates. Obviously none of this is true, yet first impressions of Heliotrope don't do her any favors.

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Upon leaving Hogwarts, Heliotrope eventually got a job as a Mermish Translator, although she was also scouted for several Quidditch teams.

1st to 3rd Year

By the spring of '09, Heliotrope was the strange, silent girl who spent most of her free time swimming the Black Lake eschewing her studies. People were either fascinated by the concept of her existence or disgusted by her strange habits. Transforming mice to clams (snuffboxes), jelly beans into flavored tadpoles, horrendous blocky handwriting and an alien, merfolk mindset to life, as some examples. She nearly interrupted a Quidditch match by trying to catch the 'Gold Snidge' from the stands (misunderstanding the history of the Snitch/Golden Snidget). Earning particular enmity from Erin Harper during his Seeker years on the Slytherin team. When constructing a new Kelp Whip, her and some first year Gryffindors restrain what they believe is a Kelpie colt.

Her mind was a stunted blank, a deep pool as a staring contest with the Legilimens sensitive Alvis Norling would suggest. It also helped shift her perspective, as Heliotrope became motivated to embrace both her merfolk and human side, previously an unknown limitation. In the summer of '09 she swam around the continent, both to tow home her plum tree from a Herbology final and to learn the more of the ways of other merpeople. Notable pit stops included The Lazy Kelpie. She met the likes of Deus Deres and Tynan MacFusty. This was also the time she got a pet Lobalug and her first Mermaids Purse.

During her 2nd year, in the shadow of the TetraWizard Tournament, remedial tutoring is a must if she's to have any hopes at Hogwarts. She's tutored by her academic opposite, super overachiever Sasha Schlagenweit. Many of her 2nd year classes show she's still thinking 1 year behind, as her relationships with Obderedria Pienas and Philo Falkin cement as frequent class partners. (Don't ask what happened with Cheering Charms) Of course, she vehemently believes that a lake crossing from the train station is the only way to reach the castle.

Then Head of Hufflepuff Leopold Sandusky encourages honing her hunter instincts to Quidditch, as Heilo is a natural athlete. Really, the Hufflepuff team needs every chance fielding a team after an unfortunate bout of broom sickness. It takes her several games and practices to learn Seekerhood, achieving many a foul from illegal catches, again to Erin Harper's chagrin vs Slytherin. And believe it or not, as grungy as her Yule Ball dress is, her poise is excellent compared to the other 1st and 2nd years taught ballroom dancing by Aileen Reid and Nightingale Kesali. Even if she was barefoot. When Zel Trumble was outed as a werewolf, Heliotrope was swept up in the brawl arming herself with a 'miniature trident' from the place settings, only be be knocked askew and stab Nicholas Bevans in the leg with a fork. Sissel Jowd also utilizes her help introducing the 1st Years to the denizens of the lake in a History of Magic class.

Compared to her sluggish activity in winter, summers see her far more active, especially in the tropical seas of the Southeast Asia trip in the summer of '10. Back in the UK, more frequent trade with her home colony of Loch Lomond prompt more questions she's had on why Merfolk are classified as Beasts by the Ministry, given their cultural divides.

Back at school for her 3rd year, she slowly seems to be understanding jokes and emotions. She's naturally adept at Creatures, of course, yet is also enrolled in Muggle Studies to improve her understanding of humanity. She becomes fascinated with an Animus Amulet lost to the lake, although never wearing it, systematically retrieving it and casting it away over the months even at risk of temperature shock. During the events of the student abductions in February (Mischief Unmanaged) she's caught in the lake when it transforms into blood, requiring hospitalization to clear out her gills.

4th Year On

Three years of almost Trolling half her classes lead to an uncomfortable ultimatum, much as it took a lot of effort from her circle to get Heliotrope to realize this: if she flunks her 4th year she might not even be able to sit her OWLs. Concepts of education and friendships are tested, but ultimately Heliotrope strives to tackle the academic challenge ahead of her.

Summers still see her visiting distant Merfolk colonies but she also starts visiting friends in muggle areas, gotta get those Muggle Studies into practice.

5th year is especially draining for her, mentally. Try as she might she never did achieve an Outstanding in any subject (although it appears some of the examiners were never given the memo as to her upbringing). Her scores do little to suggest she would be back for her 6th year:

O: none

E: Muggle Studies, Transfiguration, CoMC

A: Potions, Herbology, DADA

P: Charms, Astronomy

D: History

One of her mentors challenges the Defense & Charm grades, and Ministry interest in her connection to the Merfolk bring about plans for her NEWT education after some remedial training. She misses check in and is not seen at the start of the 6th Year for her class. What nobody realized over the summer was that she was imprisoned in Finfolkaheem, found past the Orkney Islands. Although one of the most beautiful permanent merfolk cities, the local Finfolk are highly aggressive against humans and don't take kindly to a half human visiting. Once she escapes, it's mid-October before she can return to Hogwarts and yet again play catch up on her studies.

In 2014, Loch Lomond draws public ire given the disappearance of Maya Elliot, as Heliotrope's colony never revealed what happened to her after weeks of searching. Her mother Danielle is arrested for a time during the investigation.

NEWT grades, if any, TBD