Alesana Selwyn

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**Alesana Selwyn**, also called **Alice**, is a character in the *Rigel Black Chronicles*. While at Hogwarts, she was in Slytherin and was Head Girl in the 1992-1993 school year.

## Profile

### Appearance

Alesana is described as a "very pretty" girl with long black hair and blue eyes. She wears heavy eye make-up to "give her too-pretty face a more down to earth edge."

### Personality

Harry initially assumed that Selwyn was stuck-up and disinterested, but as she got to know the girl, a more playful side of her came out, as well as a softer side. She enjoys playing games with Edmund Rookwood, and has a fondness for children due to her own experience losing a younger sibling to the Fade. She can be quite sensitive about personal matters. Like most Slytherins, she does not typically do favors for free.

### Skills

* Thorough knowledge of magical creatures
* Runes
* Defense[*citation needed*]

### Possessions

* Sapphire blue butterfly earrings, a gift from Edmund when she came of age. A pair of butterflies in Chinese myth symbolise eternal love.
* Dark-stoned engagement ring

## History

### Early Life

Alesana had a younger sister at some point, who was sickly and passed away because of the Fade. Likely because of this, Alesana is fond of children. She later states that her parents having a second child "was a foolish ambition", and has difficulty opening up about the incident.

Alesana can also see thestrals, though whether it was her sister who she saw die or somebody else is unclear.

### 1992

Sometime after March 15th during this year, most likely during the spring or summer and before September (see *Trivia*), Alesana turned 17. Her parents threw a small coming-of-age party, where Edmund gave her a pair of blue butterfly earrings to symbolize eternal love. This memory was considered one of her fondest, and she used it later to produce her Patronus, a silver wolf.

### 1992-1993 school year

Selwyn was Head Girl this year, and as such was tasked with a number of responsibilities, including keeping a close eye on the younger students.

### Adult life

After graduating, Selwyn had a job lined up at *The Circle*, a rune magazine.

Selwyn attended the Parkinsons' winter gala of the 1993-1994 school year with Edmund Rookwood. At some point, the two had gotten engaged.

Alesana and Edmund's wedding was scheduled for the summer of 1995, after Draco Malfoy's birthday. Edmund hand-delivered invitations to Rigel, Pansy, and Draco in the summer of 1994.

Hermione Granger began to research the Fade, and wrote a letter to Alesana asking for information. Alesana did respond.

### Wedding

Alesana and Edmund's wedding reception was said to be a "who's-who of Dark society". A number of people attended, including most of Rigel's schoolmates and many parents. A notable surprise of their wedding ended up being a present from Rigel herself, consisting of a letter and a powerful memory potion.

## Relationships

### Edmund Rookwood

Alesana and Edmund dated while attending Hogwarts. While they were there, they played a game in which they exchange samples from magical creatures, and try to figure out what creature it was from within the next week. If the other person can't figure it out within a week, the person who collected the sample gets a point; if it takes two weeks, an extra point is awarded. According to Alesana, "Whoever has the most points at midnight on December 31st wins, and then next year we start all over." The prize is insinuated to be something that isn't appropriate for a first year to hear about, as Alesana adds that she'll "tell [Rigel] when [he's] older." The game seems to have lasted for a while, and at one point Alesana even obtained a sample from India. She also gave him dangerous Shrake scales once.

The two got engaged sometime in 1993, and their wedding was in the summer of 1995.

### Rigel Black

Alesana and Rigel first met while Rigel was in her first year. She found Rigel interesting, especially when she realized that Rigel had brewed an enormous amount of Sweat Inducers for Professor Snape. This interest only increased when she set Rigel on the task of finding an animal sample for her game with Edmund Rookwood, and Rigel procured boomslang venom, which took Edmund several weeks to figure out.

At the beginning of Rigel's second year, the two had a tense encounter when Rigel expressed curiosity over the thestrals. Alesana had to explain to her that she could see them as well, but was clearly upset that she had to talk about it. Their interactions over the next year were strained, especially due to the stress of the basilisk attacks at Hogwarts and Alesana's role in keeping the younger Slytherins safe. Rigel later reflected to herself that "Selwyn didn't really trust her very much." Alesana tries to improve Rigel's defense by teaching her to keep her wand readily accessible.

By the end of the year, after Selwyn is no longer Head Girl and the attacks are over, Rigel gives her a basilisk scale for use in her game with Edmund. The two don't expect to keep in touch, considering they weren't very close, but Selwyn believes they'll likely see each other again.

Over a year later, Rigel (along with Draco and Pansy) is invited by Edmund Rookwood to her wedding. She was unable to attend due to being wanted for blood identity theft crimes, but she sent a thoughtful wedding gift: a letter and a memory potion.

### Harry Potter

Harry meets Alesana for the first time at the winter gala at the Parkinsons', after Alesana graduated. Harry says that Rigel has told her about Alesana and her friends when they meet, and Alesana expresses her interest in Harry.

### Marcus Flint

According to the Hogwarts Professors, Marcus and Alesana studied together for the Care of Magical Creatures OWL.

## Appearances

**Appearances**
* The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 18
* The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 19
 * The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 3
* The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 4 (*mentioned*)
* The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 5 (*mentioned*)
* The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 6
* The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 7
* The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 8
* The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 10
* The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 12
* The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 13 (*perspective*)
 * The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 8 (*mentioned*)
 * The Futile Facade: Chapter 6 (*mentioned*)
* The Futile Facade: Chapter 9 (*mentioned*)
 * The Malignant Masquerade: Chapter 1

## Trivia

* Alesana's birthday is unknown. However, her birthday is most likely in the spring or summer, making her young for her year. The evidence for this includes the fact that by March of her seventh year, she says she turned 17 on her last birthday, meaning she was not yet 18. She also says it was warm outside that night.
* The game Alesana and Edmund play is inspired by an analogous game in a Tamora Pierce book.

## Notes

1. ↑ In Violet Q&A Session 2 — 1:28:30, Violet said that Alesana didn't actually Apparate to India (mistakenly mentioned here as Africa) and actually just has "mysterious ways of acquiring things." Whether that means she actually visited India or not is unclear.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 13
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 11
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 18
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 3
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 4
6. ↑ The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 5
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 14
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 The Futile Facade: Chapter 6
9. ↑ The Futile Facade: Chapter 10
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 The Malignant Masquerade: Chapter 1
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 19
12. ↑ The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 18 Author's Notes