Willa Everglade

## Relationships

### Family Members:

Samuel Everglade (father); Delphine Everglade (mother); Fen Magnolia Everglade (half-sibling); Mabelle Everglade (sibling);

## Magical

### Wand:

Laurel Wood with a Unicorn Hair Core, 14 ¼” and Quite Flexible Flexibility.

### Amortentia:

Willa smells marker fumes and wax pencils as well as pencil sharpener shavings, she also smells donuts and occasionally the smell of Lizzie Seawright's hair

"I wouldn't mind being dragged into the pit if it means helping my friends." - Willa, Transfiguration Class

**Shale Willa Everglade** is a first year at Hogwarts Witchcraft and Wizardry. She is a halfblood witch from Manchester England. She is the daughter to parents Samuel Everglade, a pureblood wizard who attended Hogwarts and was sorted into Gryffindor, and Delphine Everglade, a muggle woman. Willa is the middle child of her house. Her older sister, Fen, is a fourth year pureblood witch at Hogwarts in Hufflepuff house. Her younger sister, Mabelle, is a young halfblood witch who attends a muggle school currently and will join Hogwarts next year. Willa was sorted in Hufflepuff House.

## Appearance

Willa is taller for her age, often finding it hard to fit in around other children her age. She has natural blonde hair that is dyed with a brown ombre on the bottom of her hair. It could be assumed she had dyed her hair brown and her roots have grown in since then. Her hair falls down her back, taking no particular style, and reaches waist-length. Her eyes are brown, almost matching the dye in her hair. She usually has gentle makeup on, hiding acne and freckles that dot their face, usually replaced with face paint on top of normal makeup.

## Personality

Willa is an artist, and loves experimenting with crafts and makeup. She can usually be seen drawing rather than taking notes, and doodling in the margins of her work when she gets bored. Willa is very imaginative and her drawings often feature things that sprout from her dreams and random thoughts and inspiration. She is generally talkative, although insecure and moody as well as emotional, and can easily become determined if she is set to solve a problem. She is very loyal to her friends, as well as sympathetic with others, so she loves helping her friends if they're having a bad day. She has trouble meeting new people, but often talks about her personal life without ease if she meets someone she trusts. Willa has an interest in cooking and baking, although she’s never tried it. Willa knows not to let schoolwork take away from her friends, and is good at balancing them, although she’ll often draw more than doing schoolwork sometimes.

## Background

Willa grew up in a middle class household, being raised well by her parents. Her parents, a Gryffindor pureblood wizard and a muggle woman, got along well. Willa had an older sister, Fen, who was her half-sister, and they got along well as Willa grew up. Her younger sister, Mabelle, however, wasn't her favorite person to hang out with. Of course, that's probably inevitable as it was a younger, and in Willa's opinion, rather annoying sibling. Willa went to a muggle primary school, making a few friends that eventually was narrowed down to her best friend since year one, Dara. Willa knew her dad was a wizard, and Fen was a witch, but she had thought since her mother was "normal" (as her mother had put it), that she wouldn't have any magic powers. So, when they got she Hogwarts letter this summer, it was a pleasant surprise, to which she immediately ran up to Fen, excited they could go to Hogwarts. Fen was discouraged, although happy her sister got to go to Hogwarts. After days following days of persuading from Willa and her dad, Willa's mom let her go to Hogwarts to learn witchcraft, but only if Fen could go also. Willa immediately packed their stuff, ecstatic they could go to the school their sister had talked about for years. Since then, Willa had met the Seawrights, a group of four rather chaotic first year quadruplets, and decided they were her friends at Hogwarts. Most importantly, her best friend Lizzie Seawright.

Willa sees herself as fake. Entirely and utterly fake. She has never believed she has a real personality. All she knows that is authentic about her is that she's good at art. When at home, previous to Hogwarts, Willa was super mean and put up walls. She had no care for other people's feelings. She got in a few fights, still did art but hid it from most other than her younger sister. The only exception is her face paint, which was a lot more gothic previous to Hogwarts. When she arrived in the Wizarding World, she convinced herself to give herself a 'second chance' where she was more nice and kind and put more effort into caring about people. It was a lot for her to grow into, but she got herself there by the sorting ceremony. She feels fake. She doesn't know which part of her is actually real. All she knows is that she cares about Lizzie, and she can do art. Everything else feels like a simulation or something she's built in an attempt to blend in.

Willa just has two different parts of her and she can switch between them super easily and doesn't know which one is actually her, if either. She uses her middle name, Willa, to explain the kind and Hogwarts part of her. While she uses her first name, Shale, to separate her home self from her school self. She feels more comfortable being "Willa," and doesn't like people to call her Shale at school. So sometimes she can convince herself she's actually nice. Until she remembers she was "Shale" and unchanging, and comfortable with that, for 11 years of her life. She just feels fake and made up.

Last Edited 5/10/2022