Birdy Warrington

## Appearance

### Signature

"*I didn't just become Birdy overnight. I've always been her, and they've always been me. It's just that it took me years of discomfort to realise it.*"
— Birdy regarding her gender identity[src]

**Birdy Warrington** (born **Xavier Warrington**) (b. 2006) was a Scottish witch that began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 2017. They were sorted into Ravenclaw house and was a classmate of Los Cincos. They apparently showed great interest in flying and became the Ravenclaw seeker in her second year, eventually even the Quidditch Captain and thereby earned the nickname **'***Bird*' by her peers. After coming to terms with their gender identity in their third year, she changed her name to *Birdy*, as a tribute to her nickname. She was the younger sister of Noa Warrington, who was a Slytherin student only a year above them.

## Biography

### Early years (2006-2017)

Birdy was born sometime before August 31st, 2006 in Scotland to a Half-blood witch and Half-blood wizard. She had an older sister by two years, Noa. Birdy massively looked up to their mother who was a Quidditch player for Montrose Magpies formed in Scotland and earned a passion for Quidditch at a very young age.

### First year

Birdy arrived at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on 1 September 2017. Other students in their year included Los Cincos, Scorpius Malfoy, Albus Potter, and Rose Granger-Weasley. Due to Birdy's surname starting with a W, she was actually the last person to be sorted during the Sorting ceremony that year - and the Sorting Hat evidently placed them in Ravenclaw. Due to Birdy being identified as a boy during her first year, she shared dormitory with two other boys that got sorted that year, Midgen and Vane. She also became good friends with fellow Ravenclaw student in their year, Abigail Chapman.

## Physical Appearance

Birdy had reddish-brown hair that was cut short in her first year. She let it grow out a little bit in their second and third year, but it didn't grow out completely until her fourth and fifth year.

Being a Ravenclaw, Birdy usually wore a blue-and-grey tie and a black jumper along with their black Hogwarts robes. Due to her being identified as a boy in her first- to third year, she wore trousers along with her Hogwarts uniform. This changed in their fourth year when they began to wear a skirt with the uniform with black stockings.

During Hogsmeade trips, both in summer and winter, Birdy was always prone to wear cardigans and long skirts with quite tall boots. She loved flowy skirts. She also loved to wear dresses as seen during the Christmas Ball.

## Personality and Traits

Birdy showed great enthusiasm when it came to Quidditch, sometimes even a little too much for her friends' liking. Their biggest idol was their mother, who happened to be a Quidditch seeker for a popular team in Great Britain. If someone were to talk bad about her mother, or her mother's team, Birdy would often get angry and go on a tangent about why they were actually the best, using her notebook for help.

## Possessions

* Notebook: Birdy had a notebook which she was often seemed to be scribbling inside instead of doing homework, much to her friend Abigail's disappointment. The book was filled with everything related to Quidditch like strategies, and historical moments that they learned from their mother and research.

## Relationships

### Family

#### Parents

Birdy apparently had a very close relationship with her parents, considering they allowed Birdy to socially transition at the age of 13. Birdy often spoke fondly of her mother who was the seeker for a very popular Quidditch team, and wished that they would one day play together in that team. It's presumed that Birdy's mother was the reason she became so obsessed with flying and Quidditch.

#### Relatives

Although a lot of her relatives accepted her for being transfeminine, some of Birdy's relatives had a hard time to wrap their heads around the concept. One to mention happened to be Birdy's grandmother, but Birdy didn't take what she said to mind as she happened to have been against the idea of her daughter being a proffesional Quidditch player since it was apparently a "male sport."

## Behind the scenes

* Birdy's chosen name and character design is inspired by the english singer-songwriter Birdy, who is one of author William J. Newton's favourite songwriters. The character does not seem to be interested in music, but it's simply a little easter eggs for those who notice it.
* Birdy's mother, Samira, is also based on another one of William J. Newton's favourite singers, Samira Manners.
* Birdy's sister, Noa, is based on Noah Cyrus, another one of William J. Newton's favourite singer-songwriters.