Eszter Martell

**Margeaux de Grasse**: *“Who was that boy you were talking to?”*
**Eszter**: *“I just met him and shared some candy. His names’s Arthur, his dad owns that shop.”*
— Eszter’s extremely open heart and friendliness
**Eszter Ileana Martell** is a pure-blood witch, the daughter of Modesty Comăneci and Dorian Martell. She is her mother's only child, and her father's only daughter. Her godparents are her mother's best friend Ileana Adams and her uncle Christian Martell.

She was named after her late grandmother Ester Goldstein and her godmother Ileana Adams. She began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 2045 and was Sorted into Hufflepuff house.

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## Biography

### Early childhood

Eszter Ileana Martell was born in 2034, to Modesty Comăneci and Dorian Martell, she is her father's only daughter. Her father has several other children, all sons, with several other women. Her mother is only his newest wife. Dorian is a serial monogamist, he has a very hard time not being in a committed relationship. He has been married nine times, and he's got children by seven different women. He's also not afraid to marry or become a father, again, anytime soon.

She ran away with her godmother when she was seven. She hadn't yet proven she was a witch, she was getting depressed about it. Her godmother Ileana swept her away side-apparition style to an exotic location. Never the irresponsible adult Ileana was in constant conversation with Eszter's mother Modesty the entire trip. It absolutely did the trick and little Esz was in great spirits. Within a few months she even managed to use a weather charm inside the house.

In 2044 after losing a rousing game of ice hockey to some of her friends Eszter found out her mother's position in the Ministry was taking the family to a brand new home. This time they were going to Great Britain. Prior to a total solar eclipse she wasn't able to enjoy as it was only the third time they were moving because of one of her parents. Again, without warning, her mother's career was uprooting them. First it'd been her mother Modesty's career taking the family from the US to Hungary. Then it was her father Dorian's career taking them from Hungary to Canada. She didn't want to leave but she knew she had no choice.

As former members of various magical organizations Modesty and Dorian hold a great deal of knowledge. Within the British Ministry of Magic her mother transferred into the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes while her father was invited to join the Department of International Magical Cooperation. Her parents have dedicated their lives to the Ministry, living all over the world for the betterment of the magical community. Despite not seeing either of them much Eszter is inspired by her parents work ethic and professional ambition.

### Hogwarts Years (2045-2052)

Eszter Martell began her magical education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 2045, she was Sorted into Hufflepuff.

Her parents working colleagues had their children; The Crofts daughter Celestine, the Ellesmere's twins Arabella and Abigail, the MacQueen's daughter Quinn and the Michealson's daughter Shelby, take young Eszter under their wing.
#### First year

In 2045 Eszter boarded the Hogwarts Express for the first time. Headed for Hogwarts she was joined by; Bradley Capello, Irene Fitzpatrick, Ethan Ketteridge, Jocelyn Macmillan, Stewart Boothby.

She developed a crush on Alfie Lancaster-Schneider.

## Physical description

1/8
**Species:**
Human/Witch

**Gender:**
Female

**Height:**
4′ 5″

**Hair colour:**
Blonde

**Eye colour:**
Blue

**Skin colour:**
Light

## Personality and traits

Neither of the E's in Eszter stand for explosive, but at least one should.

She's an extrovert to the max. She can't go anywhere without talking to someone she just met as if they were her ex-best friend. The one she had, then lost and is reconnecting with. That only goes to show just how friendly she is as well. She's always got a compliment loaded and ready to toss at someone like a grenade. She's generous and she'll do a million and a half kind gestures without even thinking about it. She has this talent for calling upon this sickeningly compassionate side of herself. So sensitive in a psychosomatic sense she's soon to leech off of the 'symptoms' of the people around her.

Beware. Her dark side is just as magnetic as her bright side.

She goes the blatantly naive almost innocent way of being untrustworthy. She's bound to tell someone else's secrets just making a connection in a conversation with someone. She would never share anything salacious, only the information she thought was more public than it truly was. She doesn't like disrespect, she won't stand for it without something to say. To keep her more vicious mannerisms at bay she wears her emotions like a second skin. She's downright brutal and she's most definitely unstable. She's wicked, just diabolic and unsympathetic about it. She's the kind of girl who laughs at a bad thought she just shared out loud.

## Magical abilities and skills

* Charms

* Baking
* Hockey
* Horseback riding
* Skating {Ice & Roller}

## Possessions

* Wand: Eszter’s wand is made from Birch, known to give more "oomph". Her wand core is made from Jobberknoll feather, good all-around as they perform above average in all magical branches. They excel the most in Charms and non-verbal spellwork.
* Owl: Alder Snowy Owl
* Bookbag

## Relationships

Eszter and a group of kids belonging to various "friends of the family" have been in communication as pen friends since they were small children. They have kept in contact across continents, time zones and in some cases across the magical and non-magical world.

### Family

#### Martell Family

*“The hazel-eyed girl gasped then began laughing hysterically after a spoonful of peas flung into the air by the nanny, Margeaux, hit her in the face.”*
— Eszter losing it when her nanny started a food fight
Eszter's been brought up by nannies since the age of two. Of the nannies she's had she remembers a total of five; Ambrosia Richmond, Paige Greene, Juliet Stevens, Laverne Higgins and Margeaux de Grasse. Her favorite being her the latter; Margeaux. Eszter sees her mother and her father on the typical SDO, scheduled day off, from the Ministry. She's never quite understood why they call them days off since all her parents do is work anyways.

## Etymology

* Eszter: Possibly means "star" in Persian. Alternatively it could be a derivative of the name of the Near Eastern goddess Ishtar.
* Ileana: In Romanian it is a form of the name "Helen" (another form is Elena), and a hypocoristic for Ileana is Nuţi (from Elenuţa, Ilenuţa). It is the feminine form of the male name Elijah meaning "my God is YAHWEH".
* Martell: English and French: metonymic occupational name for a smith or a nickname for a forceful person, from Old French martel 'hammer' (Late Latin martellus).