Parve Pivin

**Parve Pivin** (b. 8 January 1875) was a Scottish half-blood witch and Ravenclaw student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry during the late 19th century, however, the circumstances around her attendance was peculiar; not receiving her letter until the age of 15.

Before Hogwarts, Parve grew up in Debenhame’s Home for girls, an all-girls orphanage run by headmistress Esther Caine. She was born to Argo and Juniper Pivin (née Harpis).

During her first year at Hogwarts, she would learn that she possessed the rare ability to perceive and use ancient magic, a trait which had been dormant for roughly four-hundred years since the days of the Keepers. This was a form of magic that was noticeably more powerful than ordinary magic, thus requiring the watchful mentorship of Professor Eleazar Fig, who guided and tutored her in her introduction to the wizarding world.

Parve's journey coincided with Ranrok's goblin rebellion and the growing threat of the Rookwood Gang, a criminal organisation of poachers and extortionists organised by Victor Rookwood, the most notorious underworld player in Europe. Ranrok, on the other hand, was desperate to supplant wizardkind with goblins as the dominant magical species by way of discovering the final repository, a store of ancient magic created by Isidora Morganach and Ranrok's ancestor, Bragbor the Boastful.

Facing the threat of death countless times, Parve's fight against Rookwood ended in a duel where Rookwood was killed with a rebounded Killing Curse. Shortly afterwards, when Ranrok invaded the Keepers' Caverns beneath Hogwarts Castle with the aim of obtaining the final repository, Parve, Fig, and several other Hogwarts professors successfully defended the castle, and by extension, the wizarding world. She contained the ancient magic within the Repository, thereby becoming a Keeper herself. By the end of her fifth year, she was regarded as a hero and saviour of Hogwarts.

## Biography

### Early life (1875-1889)

Parve was born 8 January 1875 somewhere in the city of Aberdeen, Scotland. Not much is documented, or remembered by Parve herself, about the first years of her life. She is left at Debenhame's Home for girls around the age of three.

#### Debenhame’s

At the orphanage, her magic was weak and easy to hide, she was possibly a late-bloomer, but it made her an anxious and cautious child, who was prone to reclusion and didn't make many friends. Some orphans were groomed into becoming governesses, or maybe being married off, and this would include Parve with her growing interest in books and learning. This was an unfair advantage to the other children, and they started to resent her.

To the staff; this kept Parve humble, and the other kids had something to take their emotions out on. Since she was their little project, they would also always treat any wounds, especially considering the rise in diseases during this time and place.

During the spring of 1885, Parve made instant friends with the newly arrived Dorothea Suchet. Dorothea loved bugs, especially ladybugs, so Parve gave her the fitting nickname 'Dot'. They bonded over the feeling of being outsiders.

Some years later, during the beginning of 1887, Dorothea leaves the orphanage due to her being of age, and she promises to get Parve out when she has sufficient money. After Dorothea's departure, she sends her friend letters at least once a week; updating Parve on her travels. Parve is not allowed to send any back, but devotedly reads them, sometimes even more than once. The box she keeps them in is her most priced possession. Dorothea would sometimes include small things like flowers, postage stamps and even small rocks that had laid on the roads she walked. After a few months, the letters stop abruptly - without any correspondence about Dorothea's whereabouts. The weeks waiting for an updating letter is tormenting, and will turn out to be extremely consequential.

**Parve**: "*The first one I received has now faded slightly from when I fell asleep outside in the summer. Some have rips, or lost postage stamps. I think the fourth one reeks of garlic since I reread it while cooking in the kitchen. And the last one I ever got...*"
**Sebastian**: "*Merlin, please, tell me that's not the one I ripped.*"
**Parve**: "*It is, and it's okay. Well, it will be. Maybe it will be easier now. Besides, these effects of time used to be bad things to me, but I'm starting to look at them fondly now, I think she would have too. I need to go out and find more important things.*"
— The significance of the letters, told by Parve to classmate Sebastian Sallow, after he accidentally rips one in half.
#### 1887 accident

At the age of 13, Parve accidentally injured some other girls at the orphanage; Josie Lobb, Irene Beale and Annette Fitzgerald, who would antagonise her verbally and physically on a daily basis, including this day. While being tormented by the three, her uncontrolled frustration run amok and channels the magic she had kept hidden. This raw feeling of emotions had been triggered by the realisation of never receiving any more letters from Dorothea Suchet.

The incident included the magic breaking the glass in the room, which then would fly toward the group of girls in a sort of defence. All of them ended up with cuts all over their bodies, big and small. Annette Fitzgerald was sent to the care of the orphanage's nurses, but would die due to infection in one of her wounds.

The staff at the orphanage declare her as possessed or a devil in disguise, sending her away to McLelland Psychiatric Hospital. It was their way of sweeping the incident under the rug, not wanting be put out of business.

#### McLelland Psychiatric Hospital

Life at McLelland's was tame in comparison to the place she just left, There was no labour, bullies or threats to her physically or mentally, but there was isolation, boring walls, echoes of other patients and a lack of books. Before, she had felt everything, now she felt nothing. She would also eventually realise that the two places were evil in two different ways.

At night, she would take out Dorothea’s letters and re-read them, looking for hidden messages or implications that she had missed. The only time anything big ever happened at the hospital was the time Parve realised that her letters had lost Dorothea’s smell, her panic attack causing a commotion. When holding her down didn’t help, they strapped her to the bed, which only made it worse. That night was horrible, and is one of the few clear memories she has of the time spent there.

Sometime when she was 15, she found a foreign letter among the ones she had kept for so long, and at the window sat an owl.

## Hogwarts

### Fifth-year

More about Parve's fifth-year can be read about at the *Hogwarts Legacy Wiki* under *Unidentified 19th-century Hogwarts student.* The results of her O.W.L exams can be seen in the image below.

Parve was approved of taking N.E.W.T’s in Ancient studies, Astronomy, Care of Magical Creatures, Charms, Defence Against the Dark Arts, Divination, Herbology, History of Magic, Magical Theory, Potions and Transfiguration. Obtaining ten was impressive and she achieved academic prestige, but it was also because of hard work.

### Sixth-year

Based on her O.W.L scores, Parve chose to take N.E.W.T-level classes in Ancient studies, Astronomy, Charms, Defence Against the Dark Arts, History of Magic, Magical Theory and Transfiguration. Now being able, she also took Apparition classes.

### Seventh-year

In her last year, Parve is elected as head-girl. She also received the highest grade in all her N.E.W.T subjects, as seen below.

## Personality and traits

Parve, in true Ravenclaw fashion, was a smart and curious girl, always a book in hand, whether it was on the curriculum or not. She was an avid reader who loved to learn things about any subject, especially if she had a lot to learn. This trait was even more enhanced considering she was new to the wizarding world. She was highly intellectual, but was both book-smart and street-smart, making a powerful combination that could solve any problem.

Parve was also incredibly stubborn, almost to a fault, her ambitions sometimes leading her blindly and it was hard changing her mind on anything. Because of the way she grew up, she is individualistic and will rarely, if ever, turn to anybody else for guidance. She won't ask for help, because she actually can handle most things on her own, but also because she feels an obligation to carry herself with grace and dignity. This is probably why she feels such a big need to achieve academic and personal success.

## Magical abilities and skills

Even though her true magical talent didn't show until relatively late, her born talent was clear.

## Relationships

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governess
2. ↑ https://www.jstor.org/stable/175593
3. ↑ https://pages.jh.edu/jhumag/496web/orphange.html
4. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diseases\_and\_epidemics\_of\_the\_19th\_century