Yvaine Thorn

## Yvaine Elisabeth Antebellum (née Thorn) †

**Savannah**: "*Isn't that a bit severe?*"
**Yvaine**: "*Sometimes severity is the price we pay for greatness.*"
— Yvaine to Savannah

**Lady** **Yvaine Rowena Antebellum** (née **Thorn**), **Duchess of Florence** and the **Marchioness of Volterra**, (b. 31 December, n.d. — 4 May, n.d.) was a pure-blood witch, noblewoman, and socialite of the prestigious House of Thorn and Walker family, and a known matriarch of the powerful House of Antebellum. She was the eldest child of Kristian and Pandora Thorn and the wife of Filip Antebellum, Duke of Florence, with whom she mothered her only child, Louis.

Yvaine attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and was sorted into the Slytherin house, instigating the pattern that followed in most of her siblings and descendants. Yvaine befriended her future husband to be, Filip, among many of the aristocratic students of the magical community that attended the institution. Yvaine was admired by all, known for her exuberance and charisma when it came to learning and was considered the perfect student. She retained titles such as Captain of the Charms Club, a Prefect, as well as a member of the Slug Club. Yvaine left Hogwarts with high grades in both of her O.W.L and N.E.W.T exams, as had been predicted.

As an adult, Yvaine took on no personal profession of her own, acting as a socialite of the Italian wizarding community, partaking in philanthropy. Having married the Head of the Antebellum Empire and the Boss of the Sicilian Wizard-Mafia, Yvaine acted as the *de facto* head of the family and ruled both organisations greatly from behind the scenes. Yvaine was recognised for her exceptional political skill, considered a true protégé of her mother. She was a talented witch, particularly in the field of charms, and was also a half-breed of Mermaid and human, a gift she did not pass on genetically. Yvaine was indirectly assassinated, alongside her brother, Yves-Thierry, during a bombing of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy.

## Personality and traits

"*Like most men, you mistake the battle for the war. True war only ends when the enemy is dead and even then, a dead bee may still sting.*"
— Yvaine to Vito
Yvaine's beauty was equalled by her cleverness, which she had in abundance. A true protégé of her mother, she was a gifted manipulator who knew how to manoeuver her way in magical politics. Yvaine's strength was in her ability to win the minds and loyalties of others, which had proven to be a threat to those who rival her family. She demonstrated her formidable skill in her charity work to win over the magical community of Italy, as well as her manipulation of Filip that inevitably made her the *de facto* head of the family. This proved to be a threat to Lorenzo, who only relied on the fear of his family name and his position in society as a source of power.

Yvaine possessed the tact and politeness that many of the House of Antebellum lacked. Whilst Lorenzo was blunt and often rude, Yvaine was capable of exuding the courtly behaviour and courtesies expected of a high society witch, whilst still privately engaging in intrigues to increase her family's power. Yvaine worked within the social standards of etiquette and feminity, turning them in her favour, often to orchestrate political machinations from behind the scenes.

Yvaine was reputable for her sharp wit and intellect, like her mother. Although she had to develop any facades depending on who she was trying to manipulate, she was shown to genuinely have a good heart, compassion, and empathy. Yvaine had loving relationships with all of her family members: she was at times considered the favourite child, as the eldest of five, which caused great envy among her siblings. She loved each of them dearly and was extremely tolerant of the various scandals they brought to their personal lives, which Yvaine nonetheless deemed careless and damaging to their noble family name. She was entirely tolerant of her brother, Yves-Thierry's homosexuality, despite his marriage to a woman and his fatherhood. She also showed support for Savannah, sending support from Italy during her collapse as the French Minister for Magic. She was also a known benefactor of Veronica's London nightclub, Isla Sirena. She shared an extremely strong bod with her mother, sharing her acuity for manipulation and political manoeuvering. Though she had developed many facades in order to sway the opinions of others in her favour, she was impeccably loyal to her family, both biological and matrimonial, and went to great lengths to protect them and the respectable names they held.

## Magical abilities and skills

### Mermaid abilities

* **Amphibious transformation**: Yvaine was capable of taking on an ordinary human appearance through a quick metamorphosis that allowed her to visit land for varying amounts of time. During this process, Yvaine shed the membrane of her tail and would decrease in length. She would undergo this metamorphosis again when returning to waters of a natural geographical origin.
* **Aquatic habitation**: Yvaine was able to survive and adapt to any underwater environment she encountered due to her complex internal structure, including high water pressures and extreme water temperatures. This allowed Yvaine to habituate in some of the deepest zones of the ocean, between the mesopelagic and bathypelagic zones which range between depths of 200 and 4,000 metres below the surface.
	+ **Terrestrial habitation**: Yvaine was also capable of surviving and adapting to terrestrial environments on land. Being of a half-breed nature, Yvaine was able to remain at land or sea for as long as she desired, due to her natural biology and physiology being catered to suit both habitats.
* **Enhanced strength**: Yvaine was noticeably physically much stronger than humans, and many other creatures, as mermaids are considered one of, if not the most physically powerful aquatic humanoid inhabitant, which is in part due to the bones and tissues of a mermaid being incredibly dense.
* **Enhanced speed**: In water, Yvaine's powerful and streamlined tail allowed her to propel through the roughest waters with incredible speed, grace, and agility with minimal restrictions to water resistance. Mermaids are noted as being five times faster than a sailfish, the fastest animal in the water.
* **Enhanced agility**: Mermaids are naturally agile creatures, due to their long tails that allow them great moves of flexibility and speed within the water.
* **Enhanced senses**: Similar to other aquatic mammals such as sea lions, whales, and dolphins, mermaids have superior enhanced senses to that of average beings, such as their ability to hear sounds far off the ultrasonic frequency. Mermaids also have enhanced sensory systems comparable to sharks, including smell, hearing, and sight. Below the water, Yvaine could hear sounds with frequencies ranging from 10 hertz to 150,000 hertz, frequencies that exceed audibility for humans on both ends of the scale. She was also able to see clearly in the darkest of waters, due to the tapetum lucidum that is located behind the retina. This allowed Yvaine to see far more clearly in dim light than that of a human.
* **Underwater protection**: An ability popular in nautical folklore, Yvaine could also grant a gift of temporary underwater protection onto a human by kissing them. For the duration they remained under the water, they could breathe as they do on land, though they were not immune to the dangers of the sea, such as water pressure and temperatures. When they returned to the surface, the enchantment would break.

## Etymology

**Yvaine** is a name of Scottish origin, with a meaning of *evening star*. It could potentially derive from Arthurian legend, where a male 'Yvain' was a Knight of the Round Table.

Her middle name, **Elisabeth**, derives from the Hebrew name Elīsheba`, meaning *God is my oath* or *pledged to God*. It is also considered the European alternative to the English name Elizabeth.

The surname **Thorn** derives from an English and Danish background. It is a topographic name for someone who lived by a thorn bush or hedge (Old English, Old Norse þorn).

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