Emilia Miller

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**Emilia Miller** is a first-year student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Class of 2035). She was sorted into Ravenclaw House.

## History

### Early History (2020-2031)

Emilia Dawn Miller was born in Puddlemere, England on March 17, 2020 as an only child. Her father, Allen, is an assistant coach for the Puddlemere United Quidditch team. Her mother, Rowan, is a healer at St. Mungo’s Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, where she specializes in potioneering and poisons. Emilia and her parents live in a modest, clean home with two floors. The home was hooked up to the Floo Network, which her parents used to travel to work most days.

Growing up, Emilia spent a lot of time with other kids in the neighborhood because of her parents’ busy jobs. Although they were always home by 5 PM, and always made themselves available for her when she needed them, many of her early memories were of other people’s houses. Despite this, she was close with her parents. They spent every evening and weekend together, and her parents made a real effort to ensure that she knew she was loved, and Emilia knew that. Even if they weren’t always sitting beside her, she knew they were there for her. Because she lived in a wizarding neighborhood, she was never shielded from the realities of their lives and the magic that surrounded them.

When she was 3 years old, she began climbing a tree in the backyard as her babysitter was called away to the front door. When the babysitter returned, she called for Emilia, startling her and causing her to fall out of the tree. Before the babysitter could reach for her wand, Emilia’s latent magic caught her fall, gently lowering herself to the ground. When her mother picked her up that evening, she was thoroughly disappointed that she’d missed her daughter’s first display of magic, and spent the evening comforting her confused daughter.

Around her 5th birthday, Emilia began expressing a strong interest in the way things work: the items around the house and the magic that her parents used. On her 6th birthday, her father brought home a copy of “A Beginner’s Guide to Broom Enchantments” by Kennilworthy Whisp - a gift for Emilia from his boss - and Emilia spent the weekend pouring through it, occasionally running downstairs to ask him a question and then running back to add to her notes.

When her friends would come over to her house, Emilia was ready to show off her new findings and research, then bound into play. However, her friends would tease her about spending so much time learning, saying “there’d be plenty of time for that at Hogwarts,” and pulling her into their games. She ended up giving a full presentation to her parents every night. Although they always listened with a smile on their faces after a long day at work, they were very tired.

When Emilia received her Hogwarts letter, her parents were thrilled. That night, her parents took her out to her favorite restaurant as a special treat. Throughout dinner, they regaled her with stories of their time at Hogwarts. As Emilia listened to the exploits they’d gotten into, she worried whether she would be able to live up to them. She didn’t tell her parents, but resolved to be more social.

On the day that her parents took her to Platform 9 ¾, Emilia carried a small bag with snacks, a letter from her parents, and Hops, her stuffed bunny. She wore her favorite blue dress, hoping that she would be sorted into Ravenclaw, like her mother. Her parents both kissed her goodbye, with Emilia promising to write, as she stepped aboard the train. She took a deep breath and stepped into an empty compartment, and began her journey.

## Appearance

Emilia is a short pre-teen girl. She has a slender frame, and although not particularly athletic, is in better shape than most other girls of her age. She has hazel eyes, and her face is decorated with light freckles above her cheeks. When not in her school uniform, she tends to dress femininely, preferring dresses and skirts to “rough clothes,” as she puts them. Although her parents never allowed her to wear makeup, she regularly paints her fingernails, with it being part of her evening routine most nights. On special occasions, her mother would cast *Lumos* on them, making them shine to Emilia’s delight. She has brown hair which is usually just past her shoulders, and which she wears down most of the time.

## Personality

Emilia thrives on learning the inner-workings of things. When she finds something new, she’ll focus intently on learning everything she can about it, sometimes neglecting everything else in favor of her research. Her parents have often had to pull her away from tinkering to eat or sleep. On one occasion, after having searched the entire house for her wand, she found a young Emilia poking and prodding it, surrounded by books on wandlore. She tends to be a bit mischievous at times, but never with malicious intent.

Despite her intimate knowledge of these things, Emilia is very shy and will rarely speak up about what she knows. When she was younger, she was often teased by other kids in her neighborhood for being a “know-it-all.” When she does share her knowledge, she tends to ramble, fitting in as much as she can before her courage runs out. This often leads to situations where she will lose her original point in her rambling, causing confusion.

Although Emilia is shy, she is fiercely loyal to (and open with) those she is close with, and she is able to make friends somewhat easily when she chooses to. Among them, she drops her guard, and is sometimes more impulsive than she should be. On one occasion, for example, a muggle was bullying a friend of hers on a trip they took together. Emilia didn’t hesitate to put herself between the two, ending up with a black eye before her parents intervened.

Emilia tends to express her emotions, rather than keeping them bottled up on the inside. Although she can keep herself under control in tense situations, she always finds a way to release them when either out of the situation or in private.

Emilia is quite needy when it comes to attention; having grown up constantly around other people (whether those people be her parents or friends), she finds it incredibly difficult to be alone for extended periods of time, and will often act out if she feels abandoned or ignored.

## Trivia

* Emilia always sleeps with a stuffed rabbit, Hops, given to her by her mother.
* Emilia had a habit of getting lost in Hogwarts, and often muttered directions to herself as she roamed the castle to help her memory.