Full Name:
Alexandria Marie Gladwynn
Nicknames:
Alex, Riri, Ally, Ally-Kat, Xan
Blood:
Half-blood
Date of Birth:
June 8
Family:
Father's Side: The Gladwynn name, known for it's muggle-hating reputation, had been a pureblood family until Randolph's and Pamelia's Son, Gulliver decided to marry the half-blood mut, Adeline. Gulliver was then disinherited from his family and forced to change surname, but Gulliver refused. He would not let his family intimidate him. Gulliver still carries the Gladwynn name hoping to put an end to the bad reputation his ancestors left for him.
Mother's Side: Adeline was the only witch in the Pierson family aside from her father in her household, making her the black sheep. Unlike her husband's line of purebloods, Adeline's father had ended his pureblood line, by marrying Clarice, a young woman who he had met at work. The Pierson family wasn't really big on bloodline, but they were pretty disappointed about Oswald's decision of marrying into a poor family. Oswald was disinherited and forced to fend for himself. Oswald promised that he would never let his children suffer from poverty so he worked hard and accomplished his goal. When Oswald found out that his daughter Adeline was a witch he was quick to inscribe her into Hogwarts although he didn't expect for her to be put down for being a half-blood. Adeline suffered through her 7 years at Hogwarts and promised herself to never let her children go through that torture of being a half-blood.
Mother:Adeline L. Gladwyn Pierson
(Half-blood, 38 years old, Hufflepuff)Father:Gulliver A. Gladwyn
(Pure-Blood, 40 years old, Slytherin)Siblings:Layton E. Gladwyn
(Half-Blood, 14 years old, Ravenclaw)Arabella L. Gladwyn
(Half-Blood, 8 years old)Mother's Parents: Clarice Pierson Harrison
(Muggle)Oswald F. Pierson
(Pure-Blood, Gryfindor)Father's Parents:Pamelia I. Gladwyn Cox
(Pure-Blood, Slytherin)Randolph E. Gladwyn
(Pureblood, Slytherin)History:
Alexandria was the second child born in the Gladwyn household. Her older brother Layton was only 3 years older and her younger sister Arabella was three years younger. She was brought up mostly by nannies since both her parents were workaholics that would rather hire maids than ending a shift early. However, Adeline and Gulliver Gladwyn still loved their children very much.
Once Arabella was born, Alexandria's mother took time to be able to raise Arabella into the little princess she had failed to raise with Alexandria. Alexandria took this very harshly, feeling that her mother didn't love her because she wasn't like her younger sister. When Alexandria was five years old, she began taking trips to her grandfather's house while the three year old, Arabella, and her mom went shopping. Noticing Alexandria's sadness, Grandpapa Oswald would fill Alexandria's head with stories about witches, wizards, and a magical place called Hogwarts.
Alexandria grew fascinated with the idea of magical places and far away lands, that all of her playtime stories with her brother would revolve around Grandpapa Oswald's stories. However, Grandpapa Oswald had made Alexandria promise him that she wouldn't tell her mother about the stories since he knew Adeline wanted to keep her children away from magic. Little did Alexandria know that the stories of magic were true and Grandpapa Oswald had lived them himself.
When Layton turned 11 he was taken away to their aunts house across sea. Alexandria thought it was their mother's way of punishing her for not being as girly as her sister, but the real reason was that Adeline was hiding Layton from Hogwarts. Adeline had had a bad experience while she was there and the past events that went on in that school made Adeline question the school's safety. Gulliver, coming from a pureblood family, had different thoughts about Hogwarts. He believed that it was a strong school that had been through many battles and still stayed afloat. He thought it should be up the the kids to decide if they want to go to the school or not, but Adeline wouldn't here of it.
Ever since her brother left. Alexandria had resorted to playing by herself since Arabella was always too busy with dolls and playing mommy. That's when the weird stuff started happening. With her brother gone, Alexandra started going out to the backyard to play. Great adventures would happen between those fences, adventures that Alexandria only thought of as her imagination, but they weren't. Alexandria was making stuff happen.
When her adventure took place in tall grasslands, the grass in the backyard would grow up to her knees, or when she was running through a bridge above a large pit of lava, Alexandria could feel the ground burning at her feet. She always thought it was just her imagination and that none of the stuff actually happened, but when her mother found Alexandria completely dry while she was playing outside in the pouring rain, she knew exactly what was happening. Even though the changes were minor Adeline knew it was the Magic running through Alexandria's veins that made her husband have to cut the grass every day.
When Alexandria was close to turning 11, her mother already packed her bags so that she could go with her aunt and brother. Alexandria had been excited about finally joining her brother again, but her excitement vanished when Alexandria found a letter from Hogwarts addressed to her. Alexandria was astonished by the fact that all her grandfather had told her was real. ALexandria hid the note from her mother and on the next trip to her grandfather's house she showed him the letter. Grandpapa Oswald was thrilled that his granddaughter had been accepted to Hogwarts. "This calls for a celebration!" He yelled grabbing her hand and running up towards the attic.
Alexandria was very surprised of being taken to the attic. Her grandfather had always told her it was off limits, but now he seemed delighted to sharing his special place with her. Grandpapa Oswald's attic was just like any other attic, filled with old furniture and dust. Grandpapa Oswald made his way to a rustic old trunk and began rummaging through it until he found what he was looking for. He took out two robes, a small one for Alexandria and a large one for him, two hats, and two wooden sticks.
Grandpapa Oswald put on a robe and hat and started swaying his wooden stick around. "Hocus pocus rat's tail and lotus."Alexandria immediately jumped on board with a smile on her face, putting on the robe and hat and also waving her stick around. Grandapapa Oswald and Alexandria laughed and played pretend wizards until Adeline appeared at the door of the attic. She was outraged at the scene she was seeing. Grandpapa Oswald and Alexandria where in the middle of a magical duel each standing at either side of the attic pointing at each other with the wooden sticks. Alexandria's mother ripped the robes off of her daughter and left with her furiously muttering about sending her off to her sister's house later that night.
Alexandria protested that she wanted to go to Hogwarts and learn to be a wizard like her grandfather, but her mother kept denying the existence of Magic and Hogwarts. Once they were home Alexandria was sent to her room while her mother arranged for her to be taken away. Alexandria had a different plan though. She would run away, just like Grandpapa Oswald had when his parents didn't like the idea of him being with Grandma Clarice. Alexandria grabbed her DC Universe backpack and began stuffing her action figures and cars in it, thinking those would be the only things she would need. Once her bag was full, Alexandria opened the door of her room to find her father standing on the other side.
Gulliver and Alexandria talked for hours about Hogwarts and Magic hoping that Alexandria understood why her mother had hidden the truth from her and the reason why she didn't want Alexandria to go. Alexandria understood that there had been a really bad guy, and that a really big fight had happened, and that it had been really dangerous, but she didn't understand why her mother was still scared if the bad guy had already been defeated. Gulliver tried to explain that there was still fear of him returning or there still being other bad guys, but Alexandria had her heart set on going and didn't care if a bad guy came.
That night Alexandria's parents had a strong discussion about Alexandria's future and it was decided that she would go to Hogwarts for a year until they found another school for her to attend. Alexandria wasn't all that convinced, but if it meant going to the school her Grandfather had, then she would agree to the plan her parents had made. Alexandria was looking forward to going to Hogwarts awaiting the day of departure with great anticipation.
Pet:
Alexandria's brother, Layton gave her a kitten for her first year at Hogwarts. Alexandria named the kitten Cosima. Cosima has orange colored fur with a bit of white and dark brown, and she has big dark green eyes. Cosima is a very curious kitten and, just like Alexandria, lives for adventure. Cosima hates being locked up and will act up if she is inside a cage for too long. This often leads to Alexandria leaving her out and Cosima getting lost. Cosima will often get caught in the moment and venture out into the wild. She is very loyal though and has a good memory so she'll return after a couple of days. Cosima's favorite snack is field mice, but she'll occasionally like a small fish or two.
