Jinx Loset

Smells like old books with a faint scent of honeysuckle. If she's going undercover then she has a large perfume collection to pick from.

## Biography

Adopted at 3 by Professor Minerva McGonagall and her husband, Elphinstone Urquart; she grew up on the grounds of Hogwarts and in Hogsmeade village. Once warming up to her new parents, getting used to the welcoming and safe enviornment, the trio was as happy as could be.

Unfortunatly, in 1985 Urquart died to a Tentacula. Accidental death. Afterward Jinx and Minnie moved into the castle, leaving the Hogsmeade cottage behind.

The other teachers helped with Jinx, keeping an eye on her and making sure she's happy while Minerva recovered.

When there was the rare time that no one could watch her, the painting and ghosts were put in charge of watching after her. This just makes her talk to the castle more, but she got a lot of free History lessons.

Probably knowing the grounds better than Grounds-Keeper Filtch, she often wanders the halls, talking to the castle in general. But, she also claims it talks back, just in the way it moves or creaks. Because Minnie is her parent, she learned how to withstand or block powerful spells. Stunning spells take a while to kick in, torture spells don’t have any effect, and she can block killing spells

Even when she got old enough to look out for herself, she still would travel from class to class. Listening in to the lessons for the day, that's why she never has to learn anything now that she's enrolled in Hogwarts. The teachers taught her everything she needs to know and can test her on that. Sometimes even by accident, teachers would tell her charms, or let her memorize potions. When she could wander by herself or when the ghosts were watching here there were also many trips to the library or Ravenclaw common room. She loves to read, to learn in general.

Sense she lives on campus, Jinx was given a room in each of the houses without any roomates. The teachers didn't want her distracting students even though they more distracted her. The Ravenclaw students are allowed to decorate their dorms however they wish, so she used their big book of decorating charms to alter all of her rooms in each of the houses. They all have a different aesthetic, and she can choose where to stay depending on how she feels that day. There's also a fair amount of magical creatures that come to live in her dorm. Hagrid would let her babysit his creatures, but she might have decided to keep his Niffler because it's a good cuddler and she likes shiny objects too.

If she has a room in each house, she has to be allowed in all of the common rooms as well. Jinx especially loves the Slytherin common room because it's under the lake and she gets to see the mermaids and squid. But, this means she has access to all of Ravenclaw's charms and books, if she wants to have coffee and braid hair while talking all night she can visit the Hufflepuffs. She rarely visits the Gryffindors though, they're just not interesting to her. I mean, they give the best hugs and if she needs comfort then she'll visit them but she doesn't find screaming matches about how to pronounce scone entertaining.

Jinx is also allowed in the kitchen. It took years of begging McGonagall, but she was finally allowed to go in the kitchen. It was mostly so that she could get midnight snacks without having to ask the house elves, but she also gets to help the house elves make food for the student. Her cooking skills could improve, but her desserts are the best.

She helps out the house elves quite a bit, also keeping her rooms basically spotless and leaving treats out for them if they get hungry while working. They can always trust her to have at least a little bit left over from her midnight snack.

She's just a really kind person in general though, helping out others when they need it. Gladly tutoring her classmates or helping staff. If she has an open spot in her schedule she's usually helping someone. Other times she's probably wandering around or sitting by the lake. Jinx enjoys conversations with the giant squid, he's surprisingly funny and just wonderful in general. There is occasionally times when she's just having a rough day or she wakes up and chooses violence, just being highly sarcastic or spitful towards everyone. But just because she's nice most of the time, don't think she can't fight. Mama Minnie raised her to stick up for herself.

Jinx Loset isn't her real name, but she doesn't really remember her original one. She took the surname Loset from a Northern European line of witches and Jinx was a sort of nickname she gained at the orphanage. The only other person who knows that is the sorting hat. He found out when looking at her soul, sorting her into a house. But he's promised to keep it a secret just because that's what everyone considers her real name, even McGonagall.

I know what you're wondering, if she's so nice why did she get sorted into Slytherin? Not all Slytherins are evil, ok. She could have gotten sorted into any of the houses, she has the personality for it. But Jinx is very ambitious, likes to follow her dreams, and is highly cunning. If she needs to she can talk her way out of any situation. She's a teacher's pet and loves it. Plus she didn't have a family until she came to Hogwarts, but now that she's here she never wants to give it up. This is her home, she'll do just about anything to keep it. Admittedly some rules are made to be broken, but who says she gets caught?

Let's not forget that this little Slytherin is a Muggle-Born wizard, someone that Purebloods would hate. But she doesn't care about her past nor what snobs think of her. McGonagall takes her out to a nearby Scottish village sometimes just to connect to her roots. Of course that simply made it so she uses regular pens instead of quills. She carries around a messenger bag instead of carrying her books by hand. Some of the other muggle-borns or mudbloods have enchanted muggle technology in their common rooms to use as well, and she enjoys the heck out of those things. The toaster in the Hufflepuff common room that scared purebloods, the coffee maker in the Ravenclaw common room. Plus she listens to muggle music while studying, so if there was a flashmob on campus she would be right there in the middle.