THE BASICSAge: 26
Birthday: September 7th, 2000
Blood Status: Muggleborn
Location of Residence: Hogsmeade for her own personal resident, her adoptive parents live in London
Occupation: Currently works in Freelance Photography
School: Hogwarts Graduate
House: A Gryffindor Graduate
Group?: Not Affliliated
DIGGING DEEPER Appearance: (Kadritskaya Bogdana)
Three Characteristics You Think You Are: Unpredictable, Energetic, Unafraid of Danger
Three Characteristics Others Think You Are: Needs some brains, needs to learn self preservation, at times unapproachable
Hobbies or Interests: Photography, Journalism
Career Aspirations: She would like to work for the Daily Prophet at one point. She thinks it'd be quite fun. She's never been squeamish or anything, and she's always been pretty fearless. Sveta is down to run around to take pictures of, well, anything. She currently just does freelance photography.
Personal Aspirations: She kind of wants to learn why her siblings hated her. Like they're older now, surely it's something they can talk about yeah? At the same time, this is hard because she refuses to talk to them without being made to. Sveta wants to be able to take that first step to ask them "Hey, why did you hate me a child." even if it's the answer she thinks it's gonna be.
She's a muggle born, she was stealing their parents, she's useless.Family:Yakov Muratov and Anastasia Muratova nee Sokolova, both muggles, deceased
Theresa Mitchell nee Harken, Adoptive Mother, (1967), halfblood
Gregory Mitchell, Adoptive Father, (1967), pureblood
Adoptive older brother (1995)
Adoptive older sister (1997)
Adoptive older sister (1999)
Adoptive younger brother (2003) - also adopted, muggleborn
Relationship with Parents:In contrast to her relationship with their kids, Sveta had a great relationship with her adoptive parents. They tried to make her feel inclusive, even though Sveta spent a lot of time just staying out of the way, and never needing more than she well, needed. They took her in after an accident took her parents, they didn't care that she hadn't had any magic - which she found odd given that her father was raised in a traditional pureblood family, but they cared for her as if she was their own. They were quite excited for her when she got her Hogwarts letter, her adopted father's parents, not so much.
As she got older, she could put a name to that: Blood Purism. Relationship with Siblings: Sveta does not have a good relationship with her siblings, what so ever, at least none of the older ones. Her older siblings hated her the moment she was adopted, and to this date, Sveta honestly can't tell you. Some of her friends from school will say it's because Sveta got to stay with their parents for a few years while they were shipped off to their pureblood grandparents (which, in retrospect, Sveta thinks is the underlying reason - because they're pureblood, and she isn't). In her defense, their parents had been working in Russia, where she had lived, and her parents had offered their home to stay in.
Then things got bad, and her birth parents died - they adopted her because she had no one (she had also shown spurts of accidental magic while they were there). It wasn't like Sveta wanted their parents, she'd rather have her own thank you very much. She appreciates being taken in, and she was plenty okay with just making herself scarce - Sveta hardly interacted with them unless it was utterly necessary growing up, and she never complained about anything. She wasn't trying to take anyone's parents.
Her relationship with the younger brother is much more mellow, nicer. They bonded over the fact that they were both muggleborns, and well, they had some similar memories of muggle things. Oddly enough, her adopted younger brother never received the same sort of anger and distrust that Sveta got when she arrived. Perhaps it was an age thing, as Sveta was about 6 when she arrived in the Mitchell household, making her older siblings 11, 9, and 7 at the time. The younger brother was adopted in 2013, meaning Sveta was 13, and their adopted siblings were 18, 16, and 14. Perhaps they grew up during that time. Sveta isn't sure.
Honestly, even now, her relationship with the older siblings is very rocky at best. Sveta never reaches out to them unless she has to.
OPINIONBlood PurismOh she hates it. She absolutely hates it. She was on the receiving end of the scorn sometimes growing up, especially from her adoptive father's parents, and from her own adopted siblings. Sveta thinks it's a load of bull. It honestly makes her quite angry, judging people because of their "blood". A muggleborn is just as magical as you are, and we're worthy of it.
HerbologyShe likes getting down and dirty so to speak about the plants. She has her own garden of plants, magical and not, at her little residence in Hogsmeade, and she loves it. Sveta really enjoyed doing herbology in school and part of it has something to do with the fact that her siblings hated it, but she really enjoyed it. Nothing like making a plant thrive under your care.
MugglesOkay, there are stupid muggles. She's not gonna lie about that. But Muggles aren't all bad? There are some innovations and inventions that muggles think of that magic hasn't even thought of sometimes. Muggles are really quite neat. (Sveta drops often into the muggle side of the world, just to get away from magical things. She does this a lot after she's ahd to attend family reunions. She hates those.)
HippogriffsInteresting creatures. She doesn't know too much about them, but they look cool. Plus they're quite a lot like humans. You treat them with respect, they'll be chill with you. If you're rude and an idiot, welp, they'll probably kill you. It's like humans.
The MinistryToo many hands in the pot? Sveta can't say she's familiar with everything they've done over the years but sometimes, it feels like they're both stretched thin trying to do things, but also trying to do too much at once.
PENSIEVE [briefly write about at least 5 memories and include at least 2 from the
site timeline]
Harry Potter being a Fugitive (2006-2013) - Ok, first off, she had just moved from Russia to the UK after being adopted. She was a muggle, and honestly, she had know idea who the heck Harry Potter is, and why he was wanted by the (very new to her) wizarding world. She honestly thought it was like...one of those muggle things on the news where peoeple are being dramatic. Years later, it registered that "no, it was not being dramatic", and there was some funky shit going down at the time. Her siblings might have been more into the news, but after a while, Sveta decided it was more important for her to try to survive this new world. (Getting a letter to Hogwarts later on sort of helped her adjust. Once at Hogwarts, she finally learned, properly why Harry Potter was an important figure.)
The Pureblood Marriage Fiasco of 2008-2011 - Ok, that was shitty too. It was a very shitty 3 years, and her paternal grandparents were just shit. What kind of stupid rule was that? That purebloods could only marry other purebloods. Wasn't there enough inbreeding in some pureblood lines? Besides, how could they also null and void already existing marriages. Sveta was very happy when it ended and reversed.
HogwartsWhat to say about Hogwarts? There is never a simple year it seems. Sveta's entry into Hogwarts was exciting for her, because it meant that she was meant to be a part of the world her adoptive parents graciously brought her into. What she could have lived without was the scorn from blood purists, and of course, her stuck up siblings. Over all though, her school years weren't terrible - as long as she didn't have to spend time with her siblings. Thank goodness, in a way, for the different Houses sommetimes. It made running away from them easy.
The PlagueSchool wasn't bad enough huh? They had to throw an incurable disease at them. Bollocks. At least it was fixed in due time. She thinks she had an uncle pass, couldn't reach civilization or something. Sveta didn't think she knew him. Her sisters hexed her because Sveta couldn't relate to their being upset. (Sveta hexted her back because, look, she doesn't know who Uncle what's his face is. Why be sad over someone she didn't know?! Her adoptive mum did ground her for that one.)
Graduating from HogwartsIt was really nothing to write home about - not that home didn't already know? She did decently on her newts, but could have done better, and probably thinks of retaking them - if possible. She hasn't asked anyone because she's sure there'd be some jeers from the siblings. But was nice, if she had to admit. She was done with school, and also magically an adult (not that she wasn't before) but now she could actually move out of the family home. She settled in Hogsmeade shortly after graduation, and lives there still today.
Post Hogwarts LifeShe had hoped life would get boring, but Sveta forgets that she's in the magical world. Nothing is boring really. Tournaments are still going on, there's civil wars, and let's not forget that Muggleborn Festival. Sveta had been present for that one and goodness, that was a disaster. Entertaining, but also not at the same time. (Sveta can't remember too much about it, but she saw quite some people flop around, and others do stupid stuff. It was....something. Sveta was probably one of them.)
Sveta was Svetlana Mitchell after adoption but has since, after talking to her adopted parents after graduation, changed her name back to Svetlana Morozova, in honor of her birth parents. She appreciated their sentiments becuase she's sure they wanted her to know that she was loved and all.
ROLEPLAY EXAMPLE She was going to be quite annoyed if it was just her for the lower years at the club. Dueling perhaps wasn't on most people's lists, as it took someone disciplined to do it properly, but she had still hoped people of her own house would be more inclined to pop by. Her wait was not long and Wisia's eyes were drawn to a flash of green and silver, the colors of other snakes, and she smiled at the other girl.
The smile almost faltered, quirking a touch more in amusement as she listened to the other girl. Leda, if she wasn't mistaken, a first year. And she was calling ...the leader "Mr. Tree"? How amusing. She waved as the other girl spoke and Wisia smiled, "I can't see how we wouldn't have partners. Dueling does take two people after all." She waved at the empty spot next to her. "C'mere, I wanna start casting. Or you can cast first!"
A voice spoke up and it took Wisia a moment ot realize that someone else was standing with them. Goodness, she needed to up her spatial awareness skills. "After you?" she offered.
ALIAS: Abby
OTHER CHARACTERS: NOA FITZ-SIMMONS ,
WISIA KIEVAN ,
DARIEN KRUM WELCOME BUDDY?: N/A
CANON?: N/A
WANTED AD?: N/A