Elan Langly

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**Elan Langly** is a young Cherokee Hufflepuff, a powerful animagus, and a loyal confidant to Lyra Black. His parents moved to Somerset, England 4 years before he was born, as his father, a construction worker, was sent to lead a new branch. The branch was closed after 8 years, and the family moved to Dover. Elan is a muggle-born, warm, kind, friendly, humble, shy, and hardworking. He has always felt like an outcast, and tries to keep his head down, being helpful where he can, and trying to keep up with his fellow wizards that he feels are more talented than him.

## History

### Early Life

Born to muggles in Oklahoma, he moved to Wales after his father died when he was eight years old. He has two older brothers and a younger sister. His family was poor, and his mother a seamstress and weaver. Both his brothers worked in construction as soon as they were old enough, while Elan looked after his sister and helped his mother sew. She told him tales and mythology, his family was excited when he got his letter, the only one in his family to get one. He had to leave his sister, who was a lot younger than him, to attend school. He has a large extended family in the States, but his mother wanted a fresh start after his father died early of cancer, not wanting a reminder of him, since he was a violent drunk. His mother spoke to them in Cherokee at home, and also pushed him to learn Welsh to fit in better.

## Involvement

### Order of the Phoenix

Joins the DA, becoming more confident and outspoken.

### Deathly Hallows

Gets closer to Lyra who tests his morals, makes him more complicated and hardened, becomes deeper and more confident in his abilities, gets fanatically loyal and obsessed with Lyra, crushed when she leaves and and becomes a useless nobody who wallows in the past.

## Physical Description

He still has not grown to his full height, standing at around 5 feet 5 inches. He has a warm and unsure smile, with twinkling dark eyes that make him look younger than he his. He is fit and tanned, and slightly thick, with broad shoulders and a large nose. His hair is in a long braid, though he cut it when his mother died and shaved the sides. Despite spending time doing physical labor outside, he still has a layer of baby fat, not having abs.

## Relationships

### Lyra Black

She is sweet on him and thinks he is cute. Though she ignores him in public due to his mudblood status, she talks with him at night. He is her secret-keeper, and she confides in him due to his loyalty to her. She is the first person of such a high status to ever notice him and treat him like a person, and make him feel seen and valuable. He idolizes her and would do anything she asked, regardless of if it is against his own personal morals, of which are valiant and sure. He feels both subservient to her, and that he is special and chosen. He is not romantically interested in Lyra, though he finds her beautiful, the two are simply close.

## Skills & Abilities

* Animagus: He is extremely lucky to have his animagus form be the night-indestructible wampus cat, allowing him to survive any battle without relying on his mediocre magic.